The failure of the "Justice League" in 2017 shattered Warner's confidence just gathered from "Wonder Woman", which not only forced the executives to change their minds, but also tended to create personal movies (even "Joker" which has nothing to do with the DCEU. 's work), which also puts a huge question mark on when the "Justice League", the strongest superhero team, can still appear in live-action movies. However, although we may not see its debut in the DCEU in the near future, in the field of DC animation films, the appearance rate of "Justice League" is still very high, and there is a work about this team almost every one or two years. . The first appearance was in 2008's Justice League: The New Frontier, then 2010's Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths, and 2012's Justice League: Doom.
Due to the multiple restarts of the DC Comics world (such as "Flashpoint", "New 52", etc.), the founding members of the "Justice League" have some differences in each version. Unlike in the DCEU, there are no Aquaman and Cyborg in the founding six giants of the "Justice League" in the DC original animation universe, and they are replaced by Green Lantern and Martian Manhunter. Among them, "Green Lantern" need not be repeated. The failure of that film in 2011 made Ryan Reynolds unable to look up for several years. And "Mars Manhunter" needs a few more words. The Martian hunter, whose real name is Ron Ronze, was originally a policeman on Mars. He was inadvertently transferred to a laboratory in Colorado by a scientist on Earth, Dr. Od, and escaped by accident that led to the genocide of the Martians. plague. After Dr. Oder died, he could not return to Mars either, so he joined the police department in a human image, under the pseudonym "John Jones", and secretly used superpowers to maintain justice.
The film has a rather intimidating villain, Vandal Savage, who is too old to surpass the history of civilization. He is a Neanderthal born 80,000 years ago. He was affected by the radiation of a meteorite that fell on the earth. Gained immortality and wisdom far beyond ordinary people. In the long history, he has worked as a worker, scientist, priest, artist, doctor, thief, etc ), and an enormous amount of wealth. It is precisely because of such a family background that he can spend hundreds of millions of dollars to gather six villains to form the "Doomsday Legion" to fight against the "Justice League", to achieve the goal of destroying two-thirds of the earth and building a personal empire.
Which six villains?
"Poison King" Baine. He is the most familiar to the audience among the six, with amazing intelligence and physical fitness. At the peak of his life, he broke Batman's spine, causing him to be paralyzed. In Nolan's "Batman: The Dark Knight Rises", Bane, played by Tom Hardy, left a very deep impression on us;
metal man. John Cobain, whose real name is John Cobain, was originally a reporter. When he was on the verge of death in a car accident, he was transformed into a metal man with a metal body and a kryptonite heart, thus becoming one of Superman's most troublesome opponents;
Leopard girl. Formerly known as Barbara Minerva, she was a British female archaeologist who found an ancient god named "Urtzkartaga" while exploring Africa. . Leopard Girl will appear in the future "Wonder Woman 1984" and will be played by Kristen Wiig;
"Star Sapphire" Carol Ferris. She was originally the girlfriend of Green Lantern Hal Jordan, but after being occupied by Star Sapphire, she became both righteous and evil, opposing Green Lantern everywhere. At the same time, she is the leader of the "Star Sapphire Corps" (also known as the "Purple Lantern Corps"), one of the Seven Lantern Corps (including the Green Lantern Corps' "Green Lantern Corps");
Mirror Master. His real name is Samuel Scudder. When he was working in a mirror factory, he accidentally mixed the wrong chemical substance in a mirror, so he had the ability to connect dimensional space and create his own mirror image. enemy;
Malafak. That is, Malafak Rongz, the brother of the Martian hunter, and the culprit that led to the genocide of the Martians. With a bad personality, he has always been the enemy of Martian hunters, and even chased all the way to the earth.
These six villains correspond one-to-one with the six giants of the "Justice League". Sure enough, in the first wave of the "Legion of Doom", the "Justice League" was caught off guard, and everyone encountered a difficult situation. Bane dug up the graves of Batman's parents and buried him alive in a coffin while he was angry; Metal Man transformed into a newspaper reporter who wanted to jump off a building and was hit with a kryptonite bullet when Superman persuaded him He; Leopard Girl disturbed Wonder Woman's vision and hearing with a large number of nano-robots, causing her to fall into a state of madness; Star Sapphire created the illusion of a mining accident in a mine, causing Green Lantern to mistake it for his own responsibility. As for the loss of fighting spirit; Master Mirror set up a mechanism to induce Flash to wear a bracelet, and as long as the running speed drops, the bomb will be triggered, so that he has to keep running; and Malafak transforms into A beautiful woman invited a Martian manhunter to drink, not only mixed the poison with the function-suppressing poison in the wine, but also ignited his body with magnesium.
Of course, Savage was a wise man, but he must have made a mistake. One is to ignore the existence of Cyborg. At that time, Cyborg had not officially joined the "Justice League" and was a non-staff member. Because of this, instead of being targeted by the "Army of Doom", he gave a helping hand in a timely manner and provided great help. And a more critical omission is that Batman is not completely killed.
Why do you say that? In fact, the reason why the "Legion of Doom" was able to take an overwhelming advantage in the early battle against the "Justice League" was because Savage assigned the mirror master to steal Batman's "Babel Project". The original intention of Bruce Wayne to formulate this plan in private is to prevent the members of the "Justice League" from becoming a potential threat to the earth due to their excessive ability, whether it is subjective or affected by objective factors such as mind control, once such a situation occurs. The situation will undoubtedly require the necessary backup plans. In fact, whether it is in DC's famous animated film "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns", or in "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice", which partly draws on its plot, it can be seen that Bruce has always had a certain sense of Superman's excessively powerful ability. This is also the expression of the ultimate proposition of "whether the existence of superheroes is beneficial or harmful to human society", just like the "Sokovia Agreement" in the Marvel Universe that led to the outbreak of the Avengers Civil War ".
Then, since Bruce can formulate plans for each superhero with foresight, it also means that he also has corresponding means of release. And Savage did not instruct Bane to kill Batman cleanly, and gave the "Justice League" a chance to turn around. As long as Batman can escape, other superheroes may also be rescued. As everyone returned to normal one by one, the six villains did not have the strength to contend after all. As for Savage's ultimate move, it's a bit of a nonsense. He launched a missile at the sun, leaving a magnetic pole resonance along the way, guiding the solar flare to spread to the earth along the magnetic pole, not only destroying the side of the earth facing the sun, but also the accompanying electromagnetic The pulse will also disable all the equipment on earth that is more advanced than the steam engine, and then the world will be in his hands. Fortunately, Cyborg cracked the cloaking device Savage was planning to use to avoid the flare, and with everyone's combined efforts, saved the planet.
The ending of the film is meaningful. The "Justice League" first accepted Cyborg as an official member, and then voted on Bruce Wayne, who developed the "Babel Project", to decide whether to expel him from the organization. Batman did not explain and defend his actions further, even insisting that he would still do it under the same circumstances: "As individuals, and even as a team, the Justice League is too dangerous to have a safety net in case we Anyone abusing their powers... If you guys can't see how dangerous the unregulated Justice League is, then there's no need to wait for a vote, I don't belong here." After saying that, he left the group on his own.
Superman catches up with Batman and asks him, since there are so many plans for everyone, how come there is no plan for himself. Bruce said eloquently: "I do have a plan, and that is the Justice League." The implication is that although he has left the team, the team can supervise him to prevent him from abusing his abilities. Superman then gave him a small box without a word, which contained a kryptonite bullet. The bearing and sympathy of the two superheroes is evident. Presumably the audience in front of the screen can also smile.
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