DVD – Season 1, Vol. 2: Joining Forces

Sound Quality:
Espanol: Dolby Surround Stereo 2.0
English: Dolby Surround Stereo 2.0
Francais: Dolby Surround Stereo 2.0

Subtitles:
English, Francais, Espanol

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
 

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\xE2\x80\x99m sure most of you are undoubtedly upset that this release is full screen, I won\xE2\x80\x99t dwell too long on it. Despite the fact it\xE2\x80\x99s not the native widescreen, the video we get here is of gorgeous quality.
Absolutely no interlacing (something that\xE2\x80\x99s always plagued cartoons) and very little compression give us a gorgeous look at this show. I\xE2\x80\x99m 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\xE2\x80\x99s only Dolby Surround Stereo, the audio is still strong on this release. There\xE2\x80\x99s nothing particularly amazing about the track, but it\xE2\x80\x99s clean, clear and crisp.

Once you watch the episodes, you\xE2\x80\x99ll want to head to the special features, right? Well if you\xE2\x80\x99re looking for a wealth of knowledge, you\xE2\x80\x99ll quickly be met with nothing that\xE2\x80\x99s really worth much.

?The Science of Superheroes: Secrets Behind Superman\xE2\x80\x99s 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\xE2\x80\x99s 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\xE2\x80\x99s a relatively short feature and while it doesn\xE2\x80\x99t show or reveal anything that we haven\xE2\x80\x99t learned from past DVDs, it\xE2\x80\x99s 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\xE2\x80\x99re 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\xE2\x80\x99the sad fact is, it\xE2\x80\x99s not worth it. There\xE2\x80\x99s 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\xE2\x80\x99t any real meat. Even if you gave this DVD to a kid, he\xE2\x80\x99d 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\xE2\x80\x99s all there is to watch.

I know I\xE2\x80\x99m 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.