Never said Batman was arguing that, I was just pointing out the irony that the rest of the league was debating one member lying when one of their premiere members basically had a super secret on all of them. Although I am sure Batman would just say "you never asked, I hide nothing"Originally Posted by gbagok
I do have to say though, the league meeting the way it did brought a sort of real nature into the ordeal. I have been in a lot of corp and business style private meetings that were just like that over the past 20 years. It was kind of refreshing to see that even the mighty heroes could be just as petty and biased in what is essentially a superhero defense corporation.
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In JLU, Green Arrow played the all important role of "reality checker" for the League; it's too bad he's not taking the same role here. It was interesting to see the League debating like this, and seeing a little pettiness showing up here and there. Made the whole thing seems very real, and something we haven't seen a lot of before. But it was a cheat that we didn't see (and may never know) who was let in and who wasn't, unless we see them pop up in an episode.
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It seemed to me that we would get to see the results of the JLA's voting in the next episode or over the next few episodes.
Ever since the short scene of Bruce telling Clark he was Superboy's/Conner's father-figure and needed to talk with & help Superboy, I've been waiting for a focused Superman and Superboy episode. Basically Superman saying 'mea culpa' and apologizing for not being there for Superboy early on and setting their relationship on the right course. Fitting events for such an episode would be Superman taking Superboy to the Fortress of Solitude, show him some of Krypton, giving Superboy access, and maybe eve begin working with Superboy on developing his powers. Certainly their should be technology within the Fortress of Solitude that can analyze Kryptonian DNA and ferret out anything implanted or imprinted on Superboy by Cadmus under Luthor's direction.
I like this show a lot, but Kryptonians are real "richards" on it. This is especially surprising with Clark since he's(or at least was Pre-Flashpoint) the nicest hero in the DCU.
I remember the Match storyline. It is really cool that they used that from the comic. I'm with you, Superboy is my favorite character. In may ways he is like Clark at that age, the only thing is while Clark had Jonathan and Martha to form a loving environment Conner only has other heroes and they expect more out of Superboy. Where Clark was able to grow up Conner has responsiblities now. When he and Megan went to high school and Conner answered questions in class you could tell he didn't think of himself as human. I always got the impression that, even though he was fully aware of his heritage, being raised as a human Superman thought of himself as human to a degree. Hopefully Superman can get past his hang ups about Conner, probably the Luthor part, and the two of them can grow closer. He was ready to only see the good in Supergirl, maybe he can do the same with Superboy.
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I agree with you here. I've been waiting for such an episode myself. It's time for Superman to stop this attitude toward Superboy and just accept him. Superboy certainly is making the effort. And now that Luthor has added "complications" to the picture, it would be perfect to see things could go.
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Young Justice has failed at retail. The show continues, but the toyline has died before a 6" Ms. Martian could come out.
Yup, like $10 for 5 POA was a good idea.
well, those smaller scale figs just weren't that great and the 6" figs were too expensive (since they added the big accessory). i'm not really surprised.Young Justice has failed at retail. The show continues, but the toyline has died before a 6" Ms. Martian could come out.
Yup, like $10 for 5 POA was a good idea.
Has Mattel officially called it quits with it? I'm not surprised. Not only did I never see the Walmart exclusives, I didn't see any of the regular releases at any Walmart either. I'm still tempted to get all of the 4" so I can make the Hall Of Justice. So far, SDCC Superboy is all I have.Young Justice has failed at retail. The show continues, but the toyline has died before a 6" Ms. Martian could come out.
Yup, like $10 for 5 POA was a good idea.
Yes. They confirmed this today on their DCUC at Retail Ask Matty.
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Are looong overdue in the Young Justice 6" line.
Unfortunately, as you've probably noticed at Target, Young Justice didn't work out well at retail and will be going away. We're disappointed, but that's how it can turn out. That doesn't mean you might not see more one day on Matty.
MJLYou stated that the 4" scale isn't sell well and will be canceled. But what about the 6" scale?
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That's rather disappointing, the 6" figures looked better than the 4" -- I was hoping for a decent Captain Marvel figure to come along.
Of course it would have helped if the show hadn't all but disappeared from the airwaves between the last set of new episodes and the current one. Cartoon Network should have been running repeats on the weekends at least, you can't people actively interested if the product isn't available.
Has Aqualad become the Chuck Cunningham of the DCU? He hasn't been featured on this show much recently and completely disappeared from DC Comics after a big build up during Brightest Day.
Just caught up on the last 5 toon episodes today. Still think this is an awesome cartoon series and I put it squarely in my top 3 DC toons (in this order)
1. Teen Titans
2. Legion of Superheroes
3. Young Justice
which also happens to be the ONLY 3 DC toons I like
The animated Teen Titans at number one? Wew, we're very different in our tastes! But I do share your appreciation for this show and LoSH. I'm still annoyed we never saw organic Brainiac 5 in action. I miss him and Lightning Lad the most.
I liked the newest episode. Good spotlight on Robin, who honestly does seem like the natural leader of the group. I hope we don't see a lot more of these drug-metaphor shields for Superboy. I mean I want the pay off to that story thread to come sooner than later. I loved seeing Roy on the team--although he was won over a little too much. "There is no mole"?!?!? Crud, they're ALL moles! Okay, not Richard and Wally. This is the first time I felt like they were particularly close too, which was nice.
That's interesting. I haven't missed him on the show. I was looking forward to the Black Manta connection, but by now that'll just feel like a variation of the same stuff Superboy and Artemis are going through. Maybe the league offered him membership and he's thinking it over while he's away. Oddly he's the only character I wouldn't have cared about losing if he'd been stuck as Dr. Fate, but only because he was the least interesting host. Non-believer Wally as Dr. Fate is still the pairing I think would be fun to see repeat.
I agree about the Superboy patches. I don't like the idea of them in general, but I hope we don't have to watch him slap one on multiple times an episode now.
Hopefully the cancellation of the Young Justice toyline has less to do with the cartoon's future than a cartoon not supported by an entire line of comics(like Thundercats or He-Man). I'm really starting to love this show and would hate for it to die so soon.
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Bummer about the toy line getting cancelled. I really liked the 6" figures. Now we won't be able to complete the core team. That sucks.
I really enjoyed this episode. I agree about the patches Superboy is using. I'm interested to see what they lead to, but hope it doesn't take long to get there. I also had the exact same thought when Red Arrow said "There is no mole!" My thought was "Really? Just like that you've changed your mind?" *shrug* Ah well, not so big a deal I guess.
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I think TG should rethink the way he plans toylines. Just get everyone major out first! Then focus on secondary characters. Don't try to keep the toyline going forever.Bummer about the toy line getting cancelled. I really liked the 6" figures. Now we won't be able to complete the core team. That sucks.
Maybe Red is trying to lull the spy into a false sense of security, now that he officially isn't looking anymore.I really enjoyed this episode. I agree about the patches Superboy is using. I'm interested to see what they lead to, but hope it doesn't take long to get there. I also had the exact same thought when Red Arrow said "There is no mole!" My thought was "Really? Just like that you've changed your mind?" *shrug* Ah well, not so big a deal I guess.
Did anyone else catch that Ms. Martian seemed a little "off" this episode? She seemed...I dunno...meaner than her normal cheerful, bubbly self.
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A disturbing pattern with CN properties of late, regardless of who is making the toys.
But Mattel bears the brunt of the blame. Figures with five points of articulation made them little better than Happy Meal toys, and many, like Superboy, wound up being significantly off model thanks to cost cutting. And whoever designed the packaging to hide the major reason for the $10 price tag, namely the HOJ piece, should not be working in that capacity. All any parent saw was a small, unimpressive figure that wasn't close to being worth 10 bucks. The HOJ was a bold idea, but they needed to SHOW you what you were getting. Adding in a bunch of repaints of the same characters required to complete the Hall, and you had the usual bad marketing from Mattel.
I don't know when Mattel is going to get it through their heads that they can't make dollar store toys and then charge more for them than Hasbro is charging for far better figures. Marvel universe seems to be doing fine just feeding off the various Marvel media, even with the figures that aren't in the movies (Iron Man tends to back up more than anyone; go figure). But they are toys in the same scale as YJ, just far more worth the money when you see them in the package.
Mattel needs to look at it's entire business model concerning the DC license; they simply count on the DC name to sell the toys, and figure they can make any piece of junk and people will buy it. That's not how it's working. The only line to last 20 waves is the one they are constantly whining about as far as cost go. You want to make money, you have to spend some money and put out decent product, not something that could have been released 15-20 years ago.
Looks like I'll have a bookcase shelf free for the new Turtles when they come out; the YJ stuff is sadly getting moved to a smaller display area...
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On the brighter side the show is doing great in the ratings and we at least have another season so it will get to 52 eps
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Well that's a relief. I can't wait to see more episodes like the one 2 weeks ago that focused on the Justice League and their views of themselves and of the Young Justice group. Still waiting for some closure.
Does it seem that Superboy is addicted to the Super-Patch?
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Awesome news indeed as this is probably my fave cartoon that is currently being shown
It is for me, too. But, if a new Teen Titans or Legion of Superheroes show hits TV Young Justice better watch out!
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You mean a TT show like the one that already aired? It's funny that the YJ show is more like the Teen Titans comic in the old days at least for its tone, and the TT cartoon was more like the tone of the YJ comic book. I'd rather they not continue to represent TT like the last show however. If the production team for this show were to take on either Teen Titans or Legion of Super Heroes I would be giddy as a school girl!
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