Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths [Blu-ray]

I too will try and keep this short, though I will probably fail at that goal. This was possibly my favorite, and at least tied for first among all of the Direct to Video DC Universe animated features so far. I loved the story, the music, the characters and MOST of the voice acting (I will explain below). It was a definite "auto-buy" for me and I am glad I did (and pre-ordered).The animation and character design was excellent. The story and action was very exciting. This may have had the BEST fighting scenes so far. It was almost like watching a good kung fu movie in certain scenes (more in the "flying people" sub-genre than the "old-school" just plain good fighting, but there was a lot of that too! The moves, both in blows as well as holds and throws, seemed and felt real. As a martial artist and one who loves good martial arts in movies, this was some of the best I have seen in a American animated movie).I found the music very moving and would love to have a soundtrack CD of it, Very inspiring. I found myself getting so lost in the story that the very few weaknesses got left in the dust after awhile. The voice directing by Andrea Romano was superb as usual. However, I did find some of the voice acting to be the weakest link in a very strong chain.The Good: well, James Woods performance as a very evil, dark and twisted Owl Man (Batman's counterpart on the parallel Earth is just outstanding. He gets the MVP among the voice actors in this one for me. He played it very cold and deadpan and it just worked like a charm. Creepy and scary.James Patrick Stuart's performance as The Jester (the parallel's Earth good counterpart to our evil Joker) was another great performance (albeit too short). I found myself really liking and cheering for this character, which was so weird because his evil counterpart (who does not show up in this movie at all) is fun to watch, but not someone I ever CHEER for. This guy is also nuts, but truly a good man and a hero. I really found myself buying Mark Harmon's voice as Superman after a few scenes, whereas at first it bothered me. He totally worked as Superman. Still miss Tim Daly or George Newbern a bit, but Harmon did just fine.Now for the main bad: I really missed Kevin Conroy as Batman. Unlike many reviewers here, I did not hate Billy Baldwin as the voice of Batman and I also found myself letting go and enjoying his performance, as I did with Mark Harmon. But he was not perfect for the role. Not like Kevin Conroy is. I do not understand what the motivation was to not use Conroy, except for possibly to make the movie its own thing and not connect it to any other product released so far. I still think no matter who else they cast for other roles (and I still like Tim Daly best as Superman and George Newbern second best), they should keep Conroy for Batman for all their projects. I think he helped define the DCU Animated almost as much as Timm, Romano,Walker, Dini and the other creators of those early Batman Animated series and should be used almost like a trademark.Anyway, none of the above was enough for me to give the MOVIE itself less than five stars. It is easily tied for first in my collection and may end up being my favorite over time (time will tell). And all the other voice actors did just fine.As for the DVD set: I really want to give this set 4 stars for the lack of a commentary (I have missed that on the last few and I think it is a mistake for them not to include those anymore. I hope they bring them back. IT makes the product more re-watchable), as well as a really good featurette about the movie. Now, the mostly talking heads "First Look" at this movie that was on the Green Lantern set last year was okay. BUT IT IS NOT EVEN ON THIS SET! They don't have any NEW stuff about this movie, they could at least include the 10 minute "preview" that they made for it, just as many DVD's include (or at least used to) the trailers for whatever the movie is (this is still done for certain kinds of classic movies, such as golden age classic Hollywood movies and classic kung fu movies). Having nothing about the making of this great movie on the DVD itself, is a crime to me. Now, there are some hidden locked features that you can unlock, I think if you collect the virtual cards that they have on their FaceBook page (or maybe they just show it to you there). If those are any good, that would bump it up.The talking heads featurette about the DC Universe and how it developed as a contiguous, coherent universe and the various epic Crises that have been used to explore that more is... just okay. It is interesting in parts, and as a comic book geek, I did like hearing some of the creators talking about how they developed some of these projects. But it does not make up for nothing told about the making of the movie.And including the Bruce Timm's picks from the Justice League Animated series, "A Better World", was fine, but I already have these episodes in the collected set. I can see how this might be great for those who don't yet have those sets.And the other First Looks are also okay, but again, I already have all of these on other sets. Except for the new one BATMAN: UNDER THE RED HOOD. And that was awesome! I am so looking forward to that one! It looks very scary, dark and more along the lines of some of the darkest Batman stories, such as Frank Miller's Dark Knight stories and the recent DARK KNIGHT movie.But the thing that really bumps this up to a solid four and half stars for me (along with the excellence of the feature film itself) is the short animated film of DC PRESENTS: THE SPECTRE! That was so very cool. This idea of bringing a short subject onto the disc I wholeheartedly applaud. I actually liked it a lot when they did this with the mostly silent (no talking) Catwoman short on THE MYSTERY OF THE BATWOMAN DVD set. And this one is just superb. They truly captured the horror, the dread and yet still the coolness factor of The Spectre. The mystery was good for a short 13 minute animated movie, the voice acting was great (not directed by Andrea Romano! I was surprised, but they did a good job on this, nonetheless), the music was excellent and I like how they made some parts of the movie "scratchy" to make it look classic and old. It was just great.Conclusion: So, I give the set a very solid four and half stars and I always round upward with half stars. The half star missing is because of the casting of Batman, the lack of commentary and any other special features about the making of the movie featured on the disc.A must purchase for any DCU Animated fan. IF you can save some money, and don't care about the talking heads featurette about all the Crises (mostly about IDENTITY CRISIS and INFINITE CRISIS) and the two episodes from the Justice League series, you can easily get by with just the single disc set (if there is one) because the movie itself, The Spectre short and all the First Looks (including the new Batman one) are all on Disc 1). I am glad I got the two-disc set, because as a pre-order it was only about $13 shipped and well worth it. But I could easily be happy with just the first disc if I could get it for less than $10. And I did fail to keep it short, as per usual, although I hope I gave the most important stuff in the beginning for those who didn't want to read the entire review.

The Blu-Ray version of this movie has a lot of plusses and very few minuses. Rather than go into the story at length as others have done, I'll concentrate more on the features of the disc. Besides, who wants to give the story away, right ?Suffice to say that the theme is pretty straightforward with Good Guys vs. Bad Guys, and the episode doesn't link up to any other storylines in the DC Universe that I am aware of. If you are DC Comics aficionado, don't be confused by the title and think it has anything to do with the 1980's "Crisis On Infinite Earth's" storyline which attempted to tie up the many different multiverses in the DC universe with different Flashes, Green Lanterns, etc. This storyline revolves around a single solitary parallel Earth and the superpowered entities residing on it. The Justice League, with the 'good' Lex Luthor from the parallel Earth, have to cut down to size a crime syndicate run by JL-type superheros (note the 'Goodfellas' accent on Ultraman).PROS: The Blu-Ray quality is excellent. I watched the movie on my 720p plasma HDTV and a brand-new Sony 460 Blu-Ray player. The picture is sharp border-to-border and the audio quality is excellent. If you are on the fence for getting a new Blu-Ray player, this disc as well as GREEN LANTERN: FIRST FLIGHT should convince you to finally spend the money. The DVDs play fine, but the improvement in audio and video quality - especially if you have a TV larger than 50" and/or an audio home theater system - is noticeable. The Blu-Ray is putting out about 3-5x as much data per second in operation as a standard DVD, and you can see and hear the difference.Finally, the 1975 TV pilot for "Wonder Woman" (remember when a 75-minute movie fit into a 90-minute time slot without a ton of commercials?) is included and Lynda Carter looks great in HiDef. Ditto the never-aired (?) pilot for the "Aquaman" spin-off from "Smallville."CONS: The voice animation is fine, but it is tough getting used to new voices coming out of your favorite characters after you've been used to certain actors and actresses for 8 years on the earlier cartoon series and movies. I wouldn't have minded a few more time-traveling 2-parters from Justice League Unlimited in the bonus episodes (I guess they don't want to give away the store and give you no reason to purchase them elsewhere, right?). The storyline in CRISIS is pretty traditional and has no link to either of the two Justice League TV series.The bonus Justice League episodes are very appropriate for CRISIS. You get two 2-parters: "A Better World" which features the Justice Lords (a parallel version of the Justice League) and the key incident that led to their creation. This storyline ties in very well with the Cadmus arc storyline in Justice League Unlimited and if you like alternate-universe storylines, you may like that story more than CRISIS itself. The other 2-parter is "Twilight" which was the final episode(s) of Justice League before it became Justice League Unlimited. These episodes have relevance to Brainiac's entrance in the Cadmus episodes as well as the re-appearance of Darkseid at the conclusion of JLU. My only quibble here is that the 4 episodes were not upgraded to HiDef before being put on the Blu-Ray. Since the originals were not HD quality, any upgrade would never look or sound as good as CRISIS but the drop-off is noticeable. There's also some minor glitches in the credits at the end although thankfully they don't seem to crop up during the episode itself. Almost looks like they rushed the inclusion of the standard-def TV series onto the Blu-Ray without looking to upgrade the quality. Let's hope for some HD remastering in the future.The Blu-Ray version also includes the `free' digital copy for use on your iPod or PC and which can be burned for a regular DVD copy for your traditional DVD player in the home, car, etc. Take note of the expiration date (February 2011 for mine) to unlock the digital copy. And remember that if your PC crashes or you buy a new PC, the digital copy will NOT transfer/unlock on your new system so burn or store a copy elsewhere if you want a copy for posterity.I am giving this 4 stars instead of 5 only because I think that while the storyline is OK, it is nothing spectacular. In fact, I think that a continuation of the ending of JLU with Darkseid's return or some of the other bad guys from Justice League might have made more of an impact (let's hope if or when they bring back Darkseid that Michael Ironside is once again doing the voice). Conversely, I think that GREEN LANTERN: FIRST FLIGHT did an outstanding job in re-telling the traditional Hal Jordan-Green Lantern birth while also introducing some new angles and elements to the story to keep it fresh.All-in-all, CRISIS ON TWO EARTHS is a fine Blu-Ray addition and worth the purchase price. In the future, however, I'd like to see more of a link-up to the great storylines, episodes, and story arcs created in Justice League and JLU. Bruce Timm and Dwayne McDuffie did spectacular work in the earlier TV series and it would be a shame and a waste not to rely on them for future DTV releases. Remember, the first "Star Trek" movie was a flop and it wasn't until "Wrath Of Khan" reached back to the 1960's TV show that the franchise was resurrected. Timm and McDuffie should take advantage of the critical acclaim they received for their work on the earlier cartoons and not be afraid to 'reach back.' And as with PUBLIC ENEMIES, getting the phone numbers for the original voices can't hurt, either.

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幾つも存在する様々な並行世界の一つ「アース１」にて活躍するジャスティスリーグと、「アース３」に存在する悪の組織クライムシンジケート（悪役版ジャスティスリーグ）の衝突を描いた物語DCコミックスはその歴史が長い故に時代や物語ごとに一つの独立した世界が複数存在し互いに並行しているという設定は有名ですが、どれがどれだかさっぱりわからんよ、という方への入門的な作品ですこの作品一つで全てを理解するというのは無理がありますが、少なくともDCコミックスの世界観をざっくりと知る分には最適だと思いますそれをきっかけに深く勉強していくのも良いでしょうしね近年ではジャスティスリーグを題材にした格闘ゲーム「インジャスティス」が発売されていましたが、このゲームでも異世界に迷い込んだジャスティスリーグと悪墜ちしたスーパーマン率いるジャスティスリーグの対決を中心とした話だったので、インジャスティスからファンになった方にもお勧めですそして特典映像が地味に凄いこのブルーレイにはなんとドラマ版ワンダーウーマンと、お蔵入りとなったドラマ版アクアマンのエピソードが収録されています特にアクアマンに関してはかなり貴重な映像ではないでしょうかアクアマン好きには必見かと思われます当然のことながら日本語字幕はありませんとはいえ世界観を大まかにでも理解すればそれほど複雑なお話でもないので、ついていけない事はないはず作画は流石DCアニメと言ったところでしょうか、とにかくアクションは動きまくってますジャスティスリーグファンは勿論、近年のゲームから好きになった知識のまだ浅い人にもお勧めできるアニメです

Una muy buena película de animación, muy recomendable.

Buenas película y buen servicio, entregada muy rápido. Material en español latino y en inglés

Esta en inglés con sustitulos en español. Creía que como las demás vendría en castellano o español latino, o ambas pero nada de nada