{"id":128797,"date":"2015-11-14T10:41:21","date_gmt":"2015-11-14T17:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/11\/14\/the-best-superhero-tv-show-ever.html"},"modified":"2015-11-16T09:28:01","modified_gmt":"2015-11-16T16:28:01","slug":"the-best-superhero-tv-show-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/11\/14\/the-best-superhero-tv-show-ever.html","title":{"rendered":"The Best Superhero TV Show Ever"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are some other fine contenders, but I can't argue with the conclusion of the writer here. JLU was and remains the best supers show on TV.<\/p>\n

In addition to all the fine reasons the writer mentions, I'll add a couple of my own.<\/p>\n

Though the show gave us a lot of done-in-one episodes, vs multi-parters, it often did so in the context of a broader seasonal plot — e.g., the Cadmus \/ government conspiracy against seemingly uncontrollable super-folk, or Luthor's obsession with getting back long obsession, first with Superman, later with Braniac. <\/p>\n

Indeed, being unafraid to to dive back to episodes previous in the season, or even from earlier seasons — heck, from earlier DCAU shows (Hawkgirl's betrayal of Earth in the "Starcrossed" finale of Justice League;<\/i> Superman's brainwashing by Darkseid, back in his own animated series) meant that everything had texture and nuance and growth to it that belied it being just a bunch of half-hour colorful slugfests.<\/p>\n

That applied to the bad guys, too. Luthor is a great example of a character driven in a number of directions, but I'll also call out the pseudo-villain (say, "antagonist") Amanda Waller, here in her still classic body shape that made her nickname "The Wall" physical as well as tempermental. Waller is misguided — sort of — in her planning against a bunch of neo-gods in orbit with a giant space laser pointed downward — but she does it with dedication, sneakiness, ruthlessness, and even personal valor. <\/p>\n

We even got consistent personalities and differentiators amongst the "mooks" of the villain world, as different characters — Deadshot, Grodd, Solomon Grundy, Morgana, Copperhead — show up time and again, not as faceless people to be punched out, but individuals who have personal agendas, as much as the flock of heroes in the JLU do.<\/p>\n

Good, good stuff — and something we rewatch enough, even though we have the DVD set, I'm angling for the Blu-Ray at Christmas, just to make it that much easier to do so.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nWhy Justice League Unlimited Was, and Still Is, the Best Superhero TV Show<\/a><\/span>
\nWe live in a golden age of superhero television. Hits like The Flash, Agent Carter, Arrow, and Agents of SHIELD dominate our TV screens. We champion them for their ability to bring some of the most mind-melting comic book sagas to TV—but one show did it all before them, nearly a decade ago: Justice League Unlimited.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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There are some other fine contenders, but I can't argue with the conclusion of the writer here. JLU was and remains the best supers show on TV. In addition to all the fine reasons the writer mentions, I'll add a couple of my own. 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