{"id":7430,"date":"2005-03-07T18:43:47","date_gmt":"2005-03-08T01:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2005\/03\/07\/superfriends-redux.html"},"modified":"2015-05-08T13:49:20","modified_gmt":"2015-05-08T19:49:20","slug":"superfriends_re","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2005\/03\/07\/superfriends_re.html","title":{"rendered":"Superfriends Redux"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oh, my. Watching a repeat Justice League Unlimited<\/em>, “Ultimatum<\/a>,” I was treated to a rebooted version of the “classic” Superfriends<\/a>, including updated (and renamed) versions<\/a> of such famous made-for-TV figures as Apache Chief, Samurai, Black Vulcan, and (heh) the Wonder Twins. No sign of Gleek, though, more’s the pity.<\/p>\n

Mix well with some Warren Ellis Ultramarine Corps, tie into (actually kick off) this season’s Amanda Waller\/Project Cadmus subplot, toss in Maxwell Lord, shake well, and good stuff.<\/p>\n

But recognizing the old SF would have made it worth the price of admission even if the rest of it had sucked. The twins, and their powers, were the giveaway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Oh, my. Watching a repeat Justice League Unlimited, “Ultimatum,” I was treated to a rebooted version of the “classic” Superfriends, including updated (and renamed) versions of such famous made-for-TV figures…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[852,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dc-cinematic-univese","category-media"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11355,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2007\/09\/13\/saturday_super_stars.html","url_meta":{"origin":7430,"position":0},"title":"Saturday Super-Stars","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 13-Sep-07 3:36pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Steve asks:Were Saturday morning cartoons a part of your weekly routine? 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