Justice League - Secret Origins

Product Description

When global catastrophe strikes, the World's Greatest Super Heroes answer the call to join Justice League. Justice League works together as a team to overcome a dangerous array of intersteller invaders and world conquering megalomaniacs.
Running Time: 60 min.

Format: DVD MOVIE

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The big guns in the superhero world find that fighting aliens is a whole lot tougher than battling plain old earthly villains, so they join together under the moniker Justice League in this hour-long Cartoon Network offering. When Superman is duped into disarming the planet's warheads, huge buglike creatures land in several of earth's major cities and systematically begin destroying them, impervious to remaining weaponry. The conflict pits Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, the Flash, Green Lantern, Hawk Girl, and interstellar refugee Martian Manhunter against the evil aliens. They're the same shape-changing beings that desecrated the Manhunter's home planet centuries before, which gives the wise Martian insight into their mad methods. This series marks a departure from the dark, more adult-themed superhero series and a return to the more simple good-versus-evil plot lines, making it both appropriate and palatable for ages 6 and up. --Kimberly Heinrichs

Customer Reviews:

Average Although Implausible Storyline and Pathetic Extras!.......2006-08-20

It's an interesting time if you are a cartoon lover. We now have CGI playing an ever-increasing role in the genre and if indications of the success of "Chicken Little" and "Cars" is anything to go by, it looks like 2-D images like we get here are on the way out pretty soon. I guess as we already have quite a decent Spider-man out on CGI, it's only a matter of time before all cartoons including the DC characters get onto the bandwagon as well.

As for this disc, I was pretty disappointed. Although the sound quality was pretty good, the storyline is pretty lame and the overall running of the movie was just too short to do justice (pun intended) to the development of each character's "secret origins." In fact, we only get to see Wonder Woman and the Martian Manhunter's origins unless they are talking about the origin of the Justice League in which case, what's so secret about that?

Just when you thought things couldn't get any worse, we have virtually nada on the Special Features side of things. All in all, quite a high price to pay for a dvd that barely runs over an hour and with little bonus features.

Good. Ready for Set........2005-12-18

Secret Origins is a great start to the greatest Justice League cartoon ever made. Dont buy it though, because the Complete First Season is coming out next March. I cant wait! Im gonna buy it fast as I can!

On March 21, 2006 get the real thing.......2005-12-17

Warner did the same thing with Batman the animated series. First they put out a bunch of cheap worthless bare bones single disc sets and then boom release the same episodes in awsome boxed sets filled with episodes with some good extras. That is coming on March 21, 2006 when Warner will release Justice League the complete first season. That set includes 26 episodes for less then triple the price of this set which includes three. Do the math. Don't buy this or any of Warners lame single disc releases. Save your money for the real thing this March.

Confusing!!.......2005-09-28

Recovering from an auto accident and got hooked on the Batman animated series. Have all three volumes. Saw the review in Wizard magazine where they listed BAS, Superman and JL in the top 10 cartoons of all times. They were right. The BAtman series dark/art deco artwork, the plots... all beautiful and targeted for adults. However, I am having a hard time following up on the other works of Superman, Justice Leaque. Seen a few and all good work, but I am not able to follow which is first, second, beginning etc. Seems like they just put any episode on a dvd and published it. Will just rent for now. I absolutely hate buying a DVD and finding out I already have it in an anthology. The Batman series was great, well labeled and the episodes enjoyable as they built on the previous story. Why can't they do the same with the other series. It must be a DC thing. They don't label their graphic novels either. You never know which one you are reading. Hey, take a page from Marvel. They mark their issues: vol. 1, 2, 3 on the spine...how hard is that?

Great movie!.......2005-08-18

An all-around great movie - very suspenseful and really fun to watch. I'm not a huge comic book follower, but my boyfriend is and he loved it too. It's cool to find out the "origins" of these superheroes' friendship.

Challenge of the Super Friends to Justice League (DVD 3-Pack) (Attack of the Legion of Doom/United They Stand/Secret Origins)

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Great stuff!

Challenge of the Super Friends to Justice League (DVD 3-Pack) (Attack of the Legion of Doom/United They Stand/Secret Origins)
Starring: Super Friends to Justice League 3 Pac
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
ProductGroup: DVD
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ASIN: B0001O3YTE
Release Date: 2004-04-13

Customer Reviews:

Great stuff!.......2004-06-29

3-dis set which contains "Challenge of the Superfriends: United They Stand", "Challenge of the Superfriends: Attack of the Legion of Doom", and "Justice League" (pilot).

Description

The Big World of DVD Just Got Smaller! Introducing the new, evolutionary personal Mini-DVD player from CyberHome; the CH-MDP 2500 uses a 3-inch Mini-DVD disc that will enable you to enjoy DVD on the go with unprecedented portability and ease of use. Weighing only twelve ounces, it's small enough to fit in the palm of your hand, a backpack or in your pocket! In addition, the Mini-DVD discs are compatible in standard tray-loading DVD players! And there's more - it also comes with a rechargeable Lithium Ion battery pack for up to 3 hrs of running time and a charging cradle so you'll never have to buy batteries! Great for long trips or quiet time, the CyberHome CH-MDP 2500 is a personal, portable, and easy to use Mini-DVD player wherever you or your family goes. Sometimes the job is too big The greatest superheroes of all time team up to battle for truth, justice and freedom in the first Justice League movie, Secret Origins. Martian Manhunter comes to Earth to warn of an impending alien invasion. With the help of Superman and Batman, he enlists the world's greatest heroes including Wonder Woman, The Flash, Green Lantern and Hawkgirl to fend off the unstoppable invading armada. From the creative team behind the Emmy® Award-winning The New Batman/Superman Adventures, watch for the Justice League on Cartoon Network.

Customer Reviews:

Smaller AND cheaper? Cool.......2005-06-23

Warner Home Video has re-released the first three episodes of Justice League on its mini dvd format. These episodes explain how Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and other great heroes come together to thwart an alien invasion.

After seeing the second season and the later series Justice League Unlimited, its hard to be impressed by whats shown here. The story is really basic, the characters don't display much depth beyond their typical surface traits, and a couple of cornball lines and cliches pop up here and there. However as a pilot story it does what it needs to do, acting as a base for future episodes to build from. You can also feel the love and respect the creators have for the source material, which ultimately outweighs the flaws I've listed above.

The original dvd release had no bonus features either, making these two releases the same. If you havent picked this one up yet Amazon.com does list the mini as slightly cheaper, making it the ideal purchase until season sets come out.

The Justice League Collection (DVD 3-Pack) (Secret Origins/Justice on Trial/Paradise Lost)

Average customer rating:

Hollywood Strikes Again
Don't Buy This Piece Of CRAP
JLA Collectors BEWARE!
Buyer Beware
I agree with many reviewers

The Justice League Collection (DVD 3-Pack) (Secret Origins/Justice on Trial/Paradise Lost)
Starring: Justice League 3 Pac
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B0001O3YPI
Release Date: 2004-04-13

Customer Reviews:

Hollywood Strikes Again.......2006-03-25

Once again, corporate america is attempting to gouge our pockets (and our common sense) with this junk offering. I am a die-hard JLA fan but I refuse to give in to this DVD piracy. This is classic carrot-and-stick. Once they've exhausted these copies MAYBE they'll finally start offering complete seasons. Don't waste your money on this piece of garbage.

Real JLA fans will protest and fight this injustice.

Don't Buy This Piece Of CRAP.......2006-02-11

Get the full season. . .it's coming soon and will be a MUCH better collection than this palrty garbage.

Warner Bros. should be tarred and feathered for offering this as a "Collector's Edition" - it's just repackaged copies of the single DVD's they've released - not worth the money, not even worth their price as frisbees to toss at idiotic WB exec's heads.

Save your money and have some patience.

JLA Collectors BEWARE!.......2005-10-21

As a 56 year old JLA collector (completist) with every JLA comic ever printed, bought from the stands, AND a masive collection of JLA related items, I thought this was going to be THE video collection to have. IT ISN'T. READ THE OTHER REVIEWS!

What WE all want is "JLA Season 1"; JLA Season 2" etc. NOT some jumbled mixture of some of the episodes while missing others. If WB wants MY money, they will do like they have done for Smallville, and release each season, in a COMPLETE collection with EVERY episode, in the order of their TV showing.

Don't waste you money on this, no matter HOW good the video is. If it isn't complete, you will just have to buy more later and waste your money on duplicated episodes.

Buyer Beware.......2005-08-10

A few years ago I purchased B:TAS VHS tapes. Then I purchased the DVDs. Then I purchased the collected box sets. Don't make the same mistake I did. I was lucky enough to sell my double copies however I still lost plenty of money. Warner will release a complete season box set or else people will illegally make their own by downloading them or getting them off the black market. Warner will be extremely niave to let this happen. Be patient wait for the season box sets.

I agree with many reviewers.......2005-03-22

It's a rip-off, selling the episodes three at a time and at inflated prices. Insert sermon on the disintegration of integrity and mankind's slide into a moral abyss sticky with ignoble motivation and short-sighted thinking. Phooey.
The show itself was very good, the writing transending the level of many TV shows and movies. Fun for us boomers who grew up with stuff like this, filled with messages of hope and basic humanitarian values, not the holier than thou hypocrisy that passes for "moral values" today.

Batman - The Animated Series - The Legend Begins / Justice League Secret Origins (Two-Pack)

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Batman As We Know Him

Batman - The Animated Series - The Legend Begins / Justice League Secret Origins (Two-Pack)
Starring: Warner 2pak
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
ProductGroup: DVD
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ASIN: B0002WZS6W
Release Date: 2004-11-16

Customer Reviews:

Batman As We Know Him.......2004-12-31

Now you can own your own copy of the television animated series that have updated batman. The color is crisp, and the dialogue witty. Not at all like the movies with live actors and cheesy costumes, this batman is as you picture him, and the voice acting is just as good as any celebrity actor's acting. With cartoons this well-done, you might like watching cartoons just as much as your little nephew. Other recommendations: Wonder Woman, Superman, The Gargoyles, Queen B Superheroine, Power Puff Girls, and Batwoman.

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