Double Date
Episode #19 - Double Date
Original Airdate - June 4th, 2005
Green Arrow and Black Canary race to stop The Question and Huntress from
killing organized crime lord, Tobias Whale.
Review by Bird Boy
Media by Bird Boy |
Credits:
Written by Gail Simone
Directed by Joaquim dos Santos
Music by Michael McCuistion
Animation by D.R. Movie Co., LTD.
Voices:
Amy Acker as The Huntress
Morena Baccarin as Black Canary
Kin Shriner as Green A rrow
Jeffrey Combs as The Question
Carl Lumbly as J'onn J'onzz
Glenn Shadix as Mondragora
Scott Patterson as Faraday
Joe Nipote as Tony
Steven Shirripa as Cecil
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Review
If I had to pick one episode of Justice League Unlimited to show to
someone to try and get them into the show, this would be one of the
high-ranking possibilities on the list. There’s an intense amount of action
present, as well as great dialogue, character interaction and great
animation to back it up.
This episode introduces Huntress as a speaking roll, as well as setting up
the relationship between Huntress and Question, which is explored in later
episodes. The two characters play off of each other so well that each scene
with them is a treat to watch. In addition, we get more Green Arrow and
Black Canary, hence the whole “Double Date” title. The episode, if anything,
was just a lot of fun to watch.
One of the darker elements of the story was Huntress’s origin. While they
didn’t show her parents dieing, combined with Question’s voice over and the
visuals we see, it was a rather chilling thing to watch. You get a bit of a
Kill Bill Vol. 1 vibe from the flashback, which is similar in the
placing of the little girl. Both stories show the little girl witnessing the
death of her parents, only, obviously, Kill Bill does it in an
extremely gratuitous way, where Justice League Unlimited couldn’t (and I
don’t think would have anyway), so it was all off-screen. Perhaps I’m
drawing arrows between two things that are unrelated, but the scenes just
felt somewhat similar, with, again, the violence aside.
Mandagora in himself is a rather interesting character. He reminds you of
Albino from Batman Beyond’s “Mind Games”, although in appearances
only. However, in addition to talking, this one is a lot tougher than Mr.
Albino; that’s not body fat Mandagora’s carrying, he’s complete muscle. He
withstood Canary's scream (including his pants! They must be made of his
body) and he gave Arrow, Question and Huntress quite a work out. And now the
more I look at him, he kind of looks like Ozzy Osbourne…
There are really no qualms I have with the episode. It’s got a really nice
presentation, great characters and some hilarious dialogue. The voice actor
for Question also deservers another kudos—his “Bored now, go away” had great
delivery. Great episode all around and highly recommended. |
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