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Young Justice – Reviews – Season Two – Targets


GUIDES – EPISODE REVIEWS – “TARGETS”

Targets
Original Airdate – September 16th, 2011
Red Arrow’s battle to prevent the League of Shadows from inciting a war, pits him against the world’s most dangerous assassins – and allies him with someone more dangerous still. Too bad Aqualad couldn’t convince him to ask the team for help…

Written by Andrew R. Robinson
Directed by Christopher Berkeley
Review by GregX
Media by Warner Bros. Animation<

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Review:
This is a show that, I swear, gets better with each episode. I’ve been enjoying the Red Arrow character since the first episode, so I really dug this episode. He had a lot of character development, and while I can’t see him joining the team yet, I do think the door is open for it.Sportsmaster and Cheshire both make welcome returns. And Cheshire is a character that has really grown on me. I love the chemistry she has, not just with Red Arrow, but with everyone. Kelly Hu is doing a magnificent job with that character. So are the writers and animators. She just personifies the sexy badass, and I am eager to see more of her.

As for Sportsmaster, well, I still don’t know too much about him. But I am told he is a D-List villain in the comics who is really shining in this series. He’s intimidating, badass, and I guess I’m eager to see more of him to. And while we’re talking about villains, for the first time in this series, two of the DC Universe’s A-List villains have finally been formally introduced.

I was really happy to see Ra’s al Ghul, he’s one of my favorite Batman villains. Oded Fehr did a great job with his voice, even if I’ll have to take some time to get used to it. I guess David Warner’s voice has just imbibed itself into my brain for that character, that Fehr has a lot to live up to. But I enjoyed his performance and I am eager to hear more of him. I also enjoyed his skills not just as a leader, but as an assassin. With just pure skill he knew Red Arrow was watching his meeting with Cheshire and Sportsmaster and from where. Very cool. This is why he’s the master of the League of Shadows.

And then, there’s Lex Luthor. Lex is a character I have never, ever liked. I’m not quite sure why, it’s like oil and water with me. I’ve always thought of him as the poor man’s David Xanatos, even years before I ever met the character of David Xanatos. I don’t know why. That being said, I did enjoy Mark Rolson’s performance as Lex, he brought a lot of charisma to the role. Clancy Brown did the same thing for Lex Luthor too, loved the performance even if I still didn’t like the character. Will this version of Lex break the mold and make me like the character? Time will tell. But Greg Weisman managed to make me like Venom, a character I’ve always detested. Again, time will tell.

Also, looks like we can finally, officially, identify two members of the Light. Oded Fehr voiced L-2, and Mark Rolston voiced L-3. May I just say, and I understand that this might be a bit petty, how ecstatic I am that Lex Luthor is not L-1? If these numbers are indeed a rank, then I would have been disappointed if Lex, again, took center stage. That’s one of the reasons why the Justice League cartoons disappointed me, because they put too much emphasis on Lex Luthor (who already had that in the Superman cartoon that preceeded it) and not enough on a guy like Vandal Savage, who’s appearances in Justice League really impressed me and who I felt should have been the main antagonist of that show.

The school scenes were pretty fun, although I was wondering why Superboy needed it, or a secret identity at all. But then, knowledge aside, Superboy could definitely benefit from learning more social skills, so I understand it. Miss Martian too, who seems to have learned everything about interacting with humans from a 50’s sitcom.

And who is that, voicing the teacher. Hmm… someone couldn’t resist now, could he? 😉

By the way, I loved the origin of the Conner Kent alias, and where they all think the “Kent” part came from.

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