JUSTICE LEAGUE - THRONE OF ATLANTIS:
An obvious re-vamp(re-tool, re-boot, whatever!)
of the JLA lore, this is actually very good!!!
I had high expectations, as this has the very
wonderful, and my favorite current tv actor
in it, Nathan Fillion(playing Green Lantern)!!!
The artwork, story, action & music are well
done, and overall this is one of the best
animated superhero movies so far!!! A
From an IMDb.com customer
"Son of Batman" & "Batman: Assault on Arkham"
director Ethan Spaulding stages plenty of action
in this Aquaman origin opus. Mysterious forces
sink a U.S.Naval nuclear sub and remove its
devastating missile payload. Naturally, the
Justice League receives a summons, and
Cyborg hikes into the Marianas Trench to
investigate the damage done to the sub.
Flash, Green Lantern, Superman, Wonder
Woman, and Shazam all show up. Apparently,
the villainous Orm/Ocean Master, Queen
Atlanna's rebellious son, advocates war
against the surface dwellers despite Queen
Atlanna's wishes to the contrary. You know,
it's the old Cavalry versus the Indians western
with an unhappy upstart fomenting war
despite the council of the wise Indian
chieftain. Arthur discovers that his mother
is Queen Atlanna after she dispatches a
resourceful envoy named Mera who saves
his bacon. What this lady can do with water
is pretty amazing.
Indeed, the plot is as predictable as a 1960's
Italian sword and sandal saga with malice in
the palace. Nevertheless, the confrontations
are good, particularly Arthur's introduction.
He is sitting in a bar getting himself sloshed
and carrying on a conversation with a lobster
in a tank. Ultimately, Arthur saves a lobster
from being cooked and beats the snot out a
group of unruly thugs over the creature. Of
course, Arthur leaves all of them sprawled
on their faces. When a lone thug tries to
stab him with a knife, this incredulous
villain watches as his knife crumbles to
pieces as his blade strikes his flesh. The
animation is Filmation meets Anime.
Everybody needs a haircut as my dad
would say. Aquaman sets out to thwart
his evil half-brother. Superman dates
Wonder Woman and buys her a meal
at a little cozy restaurant. Lois Lane
stumbles onto them. They look like
they modeled Mera on Jennifer Aniston.
At 72 minutes, "Justice League: Throne
of Atlantis" is worth a look-see. This
represents the second time that writer
Heath Corson and Spaulding have worked
together on a DC Comics project. - zardoz-13