An excellent write-up of "Starcrossed", one of my favorite Justice League stories. There's so many quotable lines in this one, from Batman's forthright unmasking ("Wally West, Clark Kent, Bruce Wayne") to the Flash and Alfred ("Hey, that's a giant dinosaur!" "And I thought Batman was the detective.")
It really is a shame Wonder Woman didn't get her own animated DCAU series.
Thanks! Yeah, the lack of a Wonder Woman series is the DCAU's most glaring oversight. But to be fair, they couldn't do everything, and we're lucky we got as much as we did.
I'm glad to see this series recognized and examined this way. I always thought that the best JLA movie ever made was the 4-parter Cadmus story arc ("Question Authority," "Flashpoint," "Panic in the Sky," and "Divided We Fall"). It also features possibly the best dialogue and character clashes of the show (Question confronting Lex in "Question Authority" always gives me goosebumps... "A is A."). I agree on "Starcrossed." Although the story is compelling and exciting enough, it's the character development that anchors it. It's a sad and even heartbreaking episode. I'm planning on rewatching the entire DCAU from BTAS to the last JLA movie... this post motivated me to start this summer when I have more time.
An excellent write-up of "Starcrossed", one of my favorite Justice League stories. There's so many quotable lines in this one, from Batman's forthright unmasking ("Wally West, Clark Kent, Bruce Wayne") to the Flash and Alfred ("Hey, that's a giant dinosaur!" "And I thought Batman was the detective.")
It really is a shame Wonder Woman didn't get her own animated DCAU series.
Thanks! Yeah, the lack of a Wonder Woman series is the DCAU's most glaring oversight. But to be fair, they couldn't do everything, and we're lucky we got as much as we did.
I'm glad to see this series recognized and examined this way. I always thought that the best JLA movie ever made was the 4-parter Cadmus story arc ("Question Authority," "Flashpoint," "Panic in the Sky," and "Divided We Fall"). It also features possibly the best dialogue and character clashes of the show (Question confronting Lex in "Question Authority" always gives me goosebumps... "A is A."). I agree on "Starcrossed." Although the story is compelling and exciting enough, it's the character development that anchors it. It's a sad and even heartbreaking episode. I'm planning on rewatching the entire DCAU from BTAS to the last JLA movie... this post motivated me to start this summer when I have more time.
I love that Cadmus story too. It's impressive how re-watchable the whole series is.
I recently watched these episodes, and they were so painful, but well done.
In animation one can do what they can't do in live action.
Meaningful stories can be told without fear of retconning.