Justice League: The New Frontier

I went out and bought the Justice League: The New Frontier one-shot special, the release date of which coincided with the release of the movie. Contrary to what the cover says, it's nothing special and certainly nothing new. After reading it, I realized that I never shared my thoughts on the movie, so I thought I would go back review it. I didn't mention it at the time, but I was at the world premiere showing of Justice League: The New Frontier at Wondercon.

What can I say? Overall, it was a just-a-league of disappointment (rim shot). I very much enjoyed the main title sequence, which resembles the cover art for the different issues, but that's pretty much the extent of what I liked. The writer seems to have forgotten that Hal Jordan and John Jones (aka J'onn J'onzz, Martian Manhunter) really carry the story (for volumes 2 & 1, respectively). It was very fast-paced and at some moments, downright confusing. I don't believe anyone who hasn't read the comic can easily understand what is going during their first viewing. My friend, who read the series, agreed; his sister, who never read the series, also agreed. So, safe to say--confusing. Granted, it is very difficult to compress all the events in The New Frontier into an hour and fifteen minutes. That's understandable but not really excusable. The voice acting was mediocre--I found many of the male voice actors sounding very similar, characterized by a very testosterone-y voice (the one refreshing voice was that of Neil Patrick Harris, N-P-H rocks!). I love New Frontier, but with that and this recent one-shot special, I think I've had my fill of anything new and frontier-ish for now.

Go read the book.