Young Justice: Invasion Ep. 1- "Happy New Year" Review: WTF!!!

All start out by saying, WHAT. THE. HELL.

I'm sorry, but this was a really meh episode.

It turns out that we had the inevitable timeskip, not just one year later, but a whopping 5 years later...

What mainly really pissed me off about this episode, was that we have have a new team, filled with newbies besides Superboy and M'Gann, WHO WERE THE MOST DEVELOPED CHATACTERS IN SEASON 1! Dock as Nightwing appeared, which was cool though, but I don't if he is a den mother or a full fledged member of this new "team". Also, there is a new Robin, who is not Jason, but Tim Drake, which I liked as Tim dosen't get enough love in DC Animation. As for The new members, There is Mal Duncan and Bumblebee, who practically did nothing, Batgirl and Lagoon Boy, Batgirl really didn't too much. As for Lagoon Boy, I will say that the Supermartian ship has sunk, Lagoon Boy is now dating Mgann, which I didn't see coming. I guess that leaves Conner open for Cassie...:)

I particularly liked Blue Beetle and Beast Boy, and the way they played off each other. Wonder Girl was great.

Lobo, was only in the episode for like 3 minutes, which was Dissapointing. The invaders turn out to be...Kroloteans. I'm a hardcore DC Comics fan, to be honest I never heard of them.

And another reason I have a problem with this episode, where the hell are Kaldur, Artemis, and Wally!! I greatly dissapoints me that they go the short end of the stick. Hopefully they will appear later on, and confident that they will..

Zatanna and Rocket also graduated into the League...interesting.

I'm gonna miss the old team greatly, but this episode wasn't all that great, I have faith in Weisman and Vietti...hopefully they will prove me wrong..

Now excuse me while I rewatch season 1 and cry myself to sleep.

3/5

Young Justice Season 1 Review

"Young Justice" is something truly special to me. This is show I've kept under my radar for a long time, but thanks to the March-September 2010 hiatus, I lost track of it. But I caught "Failsafe" on CN, and what do you know? I'm became a huge fan.

The season finale aired today, I decided to a season 1 review, but I my opinions on the finale will be brought into "light" here.

Many of people haven't said this, but YJ is the best DC superhero animated show ever made. This is superior to JL/JLU, BTAS, STAS, and Beyond for two simple reasons: characters and overarching plotlines.

First, characters. We see Superboy and his issues with his father Superman, and him trying to fit in a world where he isn't in a Cadmus pod. Artemis, who is trying to keep her Supervillian family kept a secret from her teammates. M'Gann, who is fighting who she really is. Both Robin and Aqualad have leadership issues. Zatanna coping with the loss of her father. And lastly, Wally's denial, eventually putting him in a life and death situation.

Every single character is just phenomenal, and is a reason why I adore this show.

And the main plot of this show, The Light conspiracy. Everything they've done has built up to the big finale, them retrieving the Starro piece, partnering with Apokilips, the creation of Kobra Venom, and using the Injustice League as a distraction. Personally, my favorite Light members are Vandal Savage, Klarion, and Lex Luthor. Klarion is the immortal version of the Joker. Lex Luthor is YJ's version of a Greg Weisman trope- evil businessmen- example- Gargoyle's David Xanatos and TSSM'a Norman Osborn. Vandal Savage is a brilliant mastermind, who is the best villian on this show.

And lastly, the mole storyline. Probably one of the best season long mysteries in Animation history, it really kept me guessing. At first I was thinking Aqualad, Superboy, or M'Gann, all for various reasons. But this particular storyline came to unexpected end- it was Red Arrow/Speedy since the pilot.
He was a Cadmus clone with programming to infiltrate the League, and placed Starro tech on the League- and the Light's endgame, controlling the League.

When you look at this season as one big story, it's one of the best superhero shows in history.

Something not to be missed-really good stuff, With Gargoyles, Spectacular Spider Man, W.I.T.C.H. And now YJ, Greg Weisman has proved himself one of the best storytellers in Animation history.

And next week, the Invasion is coming, And I'm absoultely pumped.

-spartanx54

I will also be doing Legend of Korra reviews, so stay tuned :)

Young Justice Ep. 25- "Usual Suspects" Review

This is the episode I've been waiting for. And what can I say? It was absolutely phenomenal.

The meat of this episode was the mole storyline. We had Artemis, M'Gann, and Conner tell the Team their secrets. I had a couple of issues with that particular scene. I thought that we got a anticlimatic ending for the Artemis family subplot, and they should've had her secrets revealed in "Insecurity". White Marrtians would've made sense if they postponed it to the last scene of the season finale, hence the second season title "Invasion". Superboy's secrets weren't all that big, so it didn't bug me that it was revealed here. Also a part I liked about the White Martian reveal was that everyone stepped back when they saw her true form except Aqualad. Just heartwarming.

Also, this is definitely one of the best episodes when it comes to action. The Cheshire/Riddler Lex Luthor/Queen Bee fight scenes were executed very well, I enjoyed them a lot.

There was a full circle element to this episode as well. We had nods from Independence Day/Fireworks and other continuity stuff.

But damn, that ending was friggin' badass. Vandal Savage watching the sunset as the League now down to him, badassery plain and simple.

And Roy was the mole, Dissapointing more emphasis on this when I do a review of the season finale.

5/5! Epic, Heartwarming, and Action-packed! An episode you won't want to miss!

A heads up, I will start a new blog review series soon, revolving around YJ.

Young Justice Ep. 24 "Performance" Review

Well I liked this episode, but I just gotta say this...Why in the world do we have a filler-ISH episode this late in the season? Ehh, kinda bugs me, but that's besides the point.This was a much needed Robin focused episode and it didn't dissapoint.

The villian of this episode was Parasite, kind've odd for a circus episode. I didn't really like his design. It is also noted that he works for Intergang, which someone theorized on Toonzone that his weather device was actually a big boom tube. Also, Clancy Brown was King Faraday investigating the thief in the circus. Hmm.. white hair, cop, reminds me of a certian George Stacy ;)

Another part of this episode was the mole storyline, Roy was on the mission to spy on the three mole suspects (Conner, Arty, and M'Gann) Something tells me that all points are directing to Roy being the mole. Well it's either him or Superboy, maybe even both, time will tell...Speaking of Superboy, he is still using those shields Lex Luthor gave him back in "Agendas". Maybe those shields are supposed to manipulate Supey...

Again, this was a Robin focused episode, the circus they went to was Haly's Circus which was the circus where he performed as the Flying Graysons with his now deceased parents..sad. The effect of him because of the loss was in play in the whole entire episode. He also had a little pep talk with Wally, which is nice to see their friendship in play.

I liked it not as good as the past 5 episodes, but still fantastic.

4/5

Next week THE MOLE WILL BE REVELAED!!!!!!!

Also, expect a late review of the first two episodes of "Ultimate Spider Man".