The characters are annoying, the dialogue is unbearably expositional and the time travel element makes no sense. During the Licensing Expo 2014, a poster was uncovered for Batman Unlimited, which seemingly indicated that, Our weekly round up of all the latest stories from the world of screen superheroes, including. The Justice League must stop Lex Luthor from going back in time to eliminate Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman by changing their origin stories. Another just okay but kinda meh DC animated feature. Can you imagine if the moment Karate Kid identified Time Trapper's weakness, Green Lantern stepped in and saved the day, denying Dawnstar her moment? JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time does not produce a strong reaction. By creating an account, you verify that you are at least 13 years of age, and have read and agree to the Comicbook.com Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, By Russ Burlingame and the Legend of the Vampire, Tom and Jerry: Robin Hood and His Merry Mouse, Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League vs. Bizarro League. The Joker is aided in his Halloween quest to render modern technology useless and take over Gotham City by Solomon... Storyline. Some fans online mentioned if he was truly Wally, then his eyes should have been green instead of blue. I can handle the truth. By the way, the presence of Karate Kid and Dawnstar also forced us to incorporate some sort of time traveling device to explain what they were doing in our century. Look at the numbers in the list. ?. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Use www.random.org . Lex Luthor is frozen in ice and the piece of ice he is in breaks 1000 years later. At 53min, it's in-out, no padding. [4], Learn how and when to remove this template message, "Target-Exclusive "JLA Adventures: Trapped In Time" Movie Hitting DVD January 21st, 2014", "Review: 'JLA Adventures: Trapped In Time, Scooby-Doo! This happens more than once in the movie. They find that Luthor has been in suspended animation for nearly a millennium after being discovered and excavated in the 29th century and placed on display. As the sands of time run, thy will shall be done. Again, this was all in an effort to keep the whole thing manageable. ComicBook.com: You said in a previous interview that some of the elements of the movie were already in place before they brought you on (notably the Legionnaires). This Justice League seem to say take out Superman and they are finished. After a crushing defeat from the Justice League, Lex Luthor is frozen in ice. In comes this teenage dickhead wannabe superhero who calls himself Karate Kid. ComicBook.com: How would you pitch the studio on Blackest Night for Kids? Refusing to accept defeat, Captain Cold overloads the remaining satellite, which falls back to Earth and entombs Luthor in an ice sheet shortly before the satellite explodes. The League is triumphant and believes Luthor to be dead. ComicBook.com: Is that Wally West in this movie? Luthor's frozen body is on display at a museum built to honor the legacy of Superman, his friends, and all the asses they kicked. Without Superman, there is nobody left in the past to inspire individuals with extraordinary abilities to become superheroes. Following up after the events of Trapped in Time, Gorilla Grodd & a newer Legion of Doom plans their revenge as they ???. The keystone of the story is that without Superman, the Justice League will not exist. In the absence of the Justice League, the Legion pillages the world, robbing banks and depositories, and leaving Washington D.C. in ruins. JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time had quite an intriguing plot beneath the atrocious script, immature humour, annoying side characters & ham fisted attempt to create a sequel or potential “JLA Adventures” franchise. This causes a temporal paradox, enabling Time Trapper to erase the Justice League in the present. In the sequel we'll have Lex trying to develop a really successful iPhone app. Travelling or based outside United States? In the early stages, I already thought it was too much to try and fit the Justice League and the Legion of Doom into a 44 minute movie. Add to the fact that it isn't very well written and has a terrible ending and one is left with quite the crap of a film. Superman recovers Luthor and sends him to Blackgate Prison. (319) IMDb 5.9 53min 2016 NR. A mysterious being known as the Time Trapper arises, and a sinister plan led by Lex Luthor sends the Legion of Doom back in time to eliminate Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman before … But Batman, as most of the others, is a 2D cipher. Bright spots were the characters of Karate Kid, Dawnstar, and the Time Trapper. Scooby-Doo! It makes me wish his eye color would have changed from scene to scene, just to further throw them off. I love comic books - I am familiar with nearly every DC and Marvel origin stories and characters. ComicBook.com: Is that ship Yamamoto named after anyone? You'll notice that the Riddler, Giganta, Braniac and Scarecrow are missing, as well. Since JLA Adventures was aiming for a younger demographic, I'm not sure we'd want to actually see our beloved heroes getting killed. Get ready for a battle of the ages when the Justice League faces off against its archenemies, the Legion of Doom, in an all-new movie from DC Comics. Photos. So in hindsight I'm glad we were told to do it the way we did. While the young children will enjoy it, older teens and adults who have been exposed to the quality of the Young Justice TV series and the Animated movies like "Justice League-Doom" will fine it very hard indeed to sit still and watch this one all the way through. In the comics the Black Lanterns rip people's hearts out of their chest to charge their power battery. The cool thing is, my wife still got the reference. Adding the Legionnaires felt like the straw that'd break the camel's back. After some time-wimey stuff, the action comes back in full force, including some pretty sweet animation. Plus, it puts over Dawnstar and Karate Kid huge (didn't know them prior to this but they fucking rule).