Justice League: The New Frontier (2008)

PG-13 | Video | 75 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

In the 1950s, a new generation of superheroes must join forces with the community's active veterans and a hostile US government to fight a menace to Earth.

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Cast & Crew

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David Boreanaz

Hal Jordan

(voice)
Miguel Ferrer

J'onn J'onzz

(voice)
Neil Patrick Harris

Barry Allen

(voice)
John Heard

Ace Morgan

(voice)
Lucy Lawless

Wonder Woman

(voice)
Kyle MacLachlan

Superman

(voice)
Lex Lang

Rick Flag

(voice)
Phil Morris

King Faraday

(voice)
Kyra Sedgwick

Lois Lane

(voice)
Brooke Shields

Carol Ferris

(voice)
Jeremy Sisto

Batman

(voice)
Joe Alaskey

Bugs Bunny

(voice)
Jeff Bennett

Sportscaster

(voice)
Corey Burton

Abin Sur

(voice)
Townsend Coleman

Dr. Magnus

(voice)

Awards

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy.

Another 2 nominations.

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21 June 2011 | peteranderson975

| Golden Heroes for the nostalgic geek

Synopsis: This animated feature is set in the 50s during the era of cold-war paranoia with a population that doesn't trust superheroes and a government that doesn't trust anyone. There is a malevolent force which has watched humanity grow in strength and violence and it has decided it has to eliminate it. Also included in the plot are shortened versions of Martian Manhunter and Green Lantern's origin stories.

This film's setting is really used to great effect and the heroes have a classic Golden Age look about them (though their attitudes remain anachronistically modern, especially Wonder Woman). I'm sure there references to many of the other DC characters that I'm just not very familiar with.

Overall the main story was fairly routine. There may have been just too many characters and the story tried to do too much. Aquaman got one line and I don't think Green Arrow even got that. Even though I liked it I think it's going to mainly be one for the comic book fans

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This direct-to-DVD animated feature is an adaptation of Darwyn Cooke's 2004 DC Comics miniseries, 'DC: The New Frontier'. Cooke has also worked on Batman Beyond (1999) and is a regular writer for DC Comics.

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The Centre: Like all things on this hurtling sphere, I emerged from the molten center of creation. But mine has been a unique path. Isolated, I developed attributes beyond those of lesser beings. Then the sphere was struck by a vast celestial stone. Black ...

Goofs

When Wonder Woman saves Jimmy from the Centre's dinosaur, the image through Jimmy's lens shows her wearing shorts. In subsequent shots, she's back to wearing a skirt again.