Justice League: The New Frontier
M'House
DVD
March 1, 2008

So I decided to show this to Tilda and her now six-year old cousin last week when Jamee and her sister were helping their parents movie. So what if it's got a PG-13 rating. Well, it starts off with someone shooting themselfves in the head, then Hal Jordan shoots someone in the head, and then there's a scene that shows you just what Wonder Woman's invisible jet would look like if the cockpit was splattered with blood. And they never really say whose blood it is.

But the girls were unfazed, and dare I say, kinda bored with it.

I thought it was great. It's a little short, only clocking in at 75 minutes, and from what I can tell a lot has been cut from the original miniseries, which I've never read. DC's published a nice Absolute Edition of it that, if if the animated film is only have as good as, is probably worth picking up. I've yet to see one of those oversized hardcovers that's a disappointment.

So, anyway, New Frontier is supposed to be a bridge between the Golden Age and the Silver Age of DC Comics. If you have no idea what that means, there's a nice bonus feature that goes through the history of the Justice League. It's short, but fairly comprehensive and even covers the Detroit years, of which the less said, the better. This is classic, though bloody, superhero stuff and I can't recommend it more any more highly.

Plus it's got Blackhawk in it.