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Justice is Like an Ephebophile: Sometimes It Must Go Young
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So the...movie/pilot thing aired earlier today on Cartoon Network, and it was fuckin' awesome.
Who are all these people you might ask?
ASK NO MORE
The Young Justice Members
Robin:
AKA Dick (hahahaha) Grayson. Actually not the leader of Young Justice! Weird, right? I guess he's Batman's sidekick or something? He has an Omni-tool to hack into shit, plus is like a mini-Batman, so you can't go wrong there!
Aqualad
AKA Aqualad, this guy IS the leader of Young Justice! He is Aquaman's loyal subject/sidekick/bro. This is a new incarnation of the character, and is kind of like a cross between the Green Lantern and Aquaman. He uses magic tattoos and Atlantean shit to turn water into shit like a Mace, a Hammer, and I guess he can use it to electrify people too?
Kid Flash
AKA Wally West, he is the resident speedy guy (not to be confused with Speedy), and he runs around and that's about it, right? Speed Force or something? I guess?
Superboy
AKA Superman Clone, is a sixteen week old clone of Superman created by Cadmus. He can't fly, or shoot laserbeams out of his eyes, so what the hell use is he?
Miss Martian
One of two resident vaginas. And yes, you're reading that right, it's MISS Martian, so you know she's DTF
Those were all of the heroes introduced for the team so far, (Artemis is the other resident vagina, but she wasn't in the pilot so fuck her) with apparently two more slots going to be filled through the season (which starts January 2011)
Other Notable Cast Members:
Batman
Red Tornado
Black Canary
Aquaman
Captain Marvel
Hal Jordan
I think I saw Sinestro!
Martian Manhunter
Okay, thats pretty cool, but didn't they already do a Teen Titans show?
Yeah, but this is New Justice, jackass.
Alright, but what actually happens in the show?
Basically the Young Justice bros want to start being recognized as more than just sidekicks, and want to start initiation rights into the Justice League. Some shenanigans ensue, and eventually Batman authorizes the creation of Young Justice, a covert ops team which he will basically be the general of. Red Tornado is going to help out with babysitting, and Black Canary is in charge of training them to be badass. The main bad guys seem to be Cadmus, which is controlled by this weird Council thing called the Light. But it looks really interesting!
I thought this was the tits, and I even did a live twitter feed of me watching it, which no one should read.
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I'm assuming something is eventually going to come from Speedy walking out at the beginning.
so it might have been him?
going to keep watching this, hope it continues to own faces
dude was trying WAY to hard to be the kevster
at least Jesse McCartney does a good robin!
i'm too sick to fix it
he's a black guy
with gills!
and no shoes
Is Mark Hamil the Joker?
It's too early to say but if this premier is anything to go by then yes!
And isn't Arkam Asylum 2 Mark Hamil's last gig as the Joker?
who cares
How does he not have the most experience?
I bet Superman is freaking out. When he talked to him you could just tell he was struggling with it.
Didn't the guy behind Spectacular Spider-Man and Gargoyles do this? That's some fucking pedigree right there.
Probably never had a use for them considering he lives underneath the sea.
Sealab 2021
I don't know if I'll live that long with this terminal boner disease.
nope none of that happened
here's an excerpt:
robin is the youngest of the group by a good 3 years actually
also, it should be noted that this is Earth-16, not usual DCAU Earth.
I need to see Aqualad's resume before clearing him for leadership.
In any universe Robin should have seen a lot of stuff.
aqualad is 16 and is a lot more...calm?
watch the show, it's really good.
i do like robin's tim drake costume though
Robin's young as hell and Aqualad was taught and trained by a King. Also if you watch the show you'll see that he is able to communicate with people better and motivate them.
edit:
Also Robin and Kid Flash weren't exactly worried about being team players to start out with. More like they were competing for who's cool guy #1. While Aqualad was more serious about the situation.
The Batman
Sure most people love, Batman.
Robin in this show isn't Batman, though.
Now if Batman wanted Robin to be team leader who the hell would question that? No one, because he's the goddamn Batman.
But Robin's not the team leader.
No one's going to question Aqualad's ability to lead until he goes off mission, gets a teammate hurt, and is challenged by a female team member he has the hots for. But can't do anything about it, because he's all competitive and shit and Superboy might Hulk out on him because he wants to bone her to. Problem is he's a 16 week old clone. He don't know a thing about a thing.
He may go Incredible Bulk though.
They cover that in any intro biology course.
They cover that in any intro biology course.
Son, have I ever told you about the birds and super sperm before?
Good to see I am a measurement now.
Like a Fonzie but far worse.
Simply because well. Sidekick to Aquaman isn't the most stellar resume bulletpoint to kids these days.
"Aqualad, being a leader is just like controlling fish. Just make some concentric circles with a sound effect and that's it."