Releases - DVD - Season 1, Volume 2: Joining Forces
Release Information:
Format: DVD
Announce Date: 6/22/05
Street Date: 9/20/05
Closed Captioning: Yes
MSRP: $14.97
Packaging Type: DVD Tray (FLP Snapper)
Media Quantity: 1
Sound Track Language: English
Run Time: 68 |
Aspect Ratio:
Original Aspect Ratio - 1.33, Standard [4:3 Transfer]
Sound Quality:
Espanol: Dolby Surround Stereo 2.0
English: Dolby Surround Stereo 2.0
Francais: Dolby Surround Stereo 2.0
Subtitles:
English, Francais, Espanol
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Special Features
• The Science of Superheroes: The Secrets Behind Superman's Power of
Flight
• Voices of Justice: Super Voice Lessons from the Professionals
• Justice League Superhero Challenge
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Review: So here we are with the second Justice League Unlimited
release. Once again we are met with a random group of episodes, all part
of the shows first season and presented in full screen. Already, the
odds on this release are stacked against it.
Since I’m sure most of you are undoubtedly upset that this release is
full screen, I won’t dwell too long on it. Despite the fact it’s not the
native widescreen, the video we get here is of gorgeous quality.
Absolutely no interlacing (something that’s always plagued cartoons) and
very little compression give us a gorgeous look at this show. I’m not
going to lie, I wish it was widescreen; but if I have to settle for this
now in terms of DVD releases, at least the quality of the full screen is
immaculate.
While it’s only Dolby Surround Stereo, the audio is still strong on this
release. There’s nothing particularly amazing about the track, but it’s
clean, clear and crisp.
Once you watch the episodes, you’ll want to head to the special
features, right? Well if you’re looking for a wealth of knowledge,
you’ll quickly be met with nothing that’s really worth much.
“The Science of Superheroes: Secrets Behind Superman’s Power of Flight”
goes into how Superman would work in our real world, courtesy of Todd
Barber who works at the JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) in Pasadena,
California. He describes how Superman could use and work with Newton and
Einstein’s laws and what uses Superman would have if he truly existed.
It has moments of fun facts, but I challenge anyone over the age of 10
to want to watch it more than once.
“Voices of Justice: Super Voice Lessons from the Professionals”
interviews Phil LaMarr, Susan Eisenberg, George Newbern and voice
casting and director Andrew Romano. It ranges from how they do their
voices, what goes on and what they think of their jobs. It’s a
relatively short feature and while it doesn’t show or reveal anything
that we haven’t learned from past DVDs, it’s still a fun featurette,
even in its short run time.
“Justice League Superhero Challenge” is a quiz on how well you remember
what you just watched from the three episodes on the DVD. Nothing really
all that hard or amazing and you’re treated to a video montage at the
end.
A few trailers fill out the special features on the DVD.
As much as I would love to say this DVD is worth every penny and that
everyone should all rush out and buy it…the sad fact is, it’s not worth
it. There’s absolutely nothing on this DVD that would warrant any real
fan to purchase it. Its video presentation is outstanding, but past that
there just isn’t any real meat. Even if you gave this DVD to a kid, he’d
have it watched in barely over an hour and unless kids have changed
since when I was one, they will be quite angered that that’s all there
is to watch.
I know I’m not anywhere near the target demographic of this DVD. I just
wish WHV would give the fans a little something to chew on when it comes
to these releases while we wait for the larger and more expensive box
sets.
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