Justice League: Doom Blu-Ray Review.

In this new 2012 movie, Superman and Batman are back along with the whole Justice League gang. They must work together to bring down the evil plans of Vandal Savage and his team of villians, which includes the man who broke the bat's back BANE! As well as Metallo, Ma'alefa'ak, Cheetah, Star Sapphire and Mirror Master.

The story was great, but it wouldn't of worked without the animation team who worked on it. They did an fantastic job putting the movments with the sounds, only issue noticed was the fact that Superman's Symbol on his chest kept changing every now and then.

The work by the voice-actors in this movie was EPIC, each voice fit perfectly. Tim Daly was the voice of Superman, this wasn't his first time. In 1996 Daly became the voice of Clark Kent/Superman in "Superman: The Animated Series", Tim has spent a lot of time flying even in a plane as he played Joe Hackett in the 1990 TV series "Wings". Now Daly wasn't the only one who came over from the "Superman: The Animated Series", David Kaufman reprised his role of Jimmy Olsen in this movie.

Now The Dark Knight is also a returning voice, Kevin Conroy. If you have ever watched an animated movie with Batman in it, you have heard Kevin's voice. From the movie "Batman: Mask of the Phantasm" to the TV series "Batman Beyond", Conroy has always been the voice of Bruce Wayne.

Any Smallville fans reading? There are two people, you might have seen once or twice on that TV series. Lex Luthor was in this movie, only this time he looked like The Flash. Michael Rosenbaum also reprised his role of The Flash on this movie, most of the comic book world fans know Michael as the young Lex Luthor from Smallville. Now a good guy from Smallville as reprised their role on this movie, Phil Morris played Vandal Savage in this Justice League movie. Now he is also known for his live action role of John Jones aka Martian Manhunter in Smallville.

There once was a man named Castle, who wrote novels about mystery (but we can't talk much about him since he is from Marvel and the movie is DC). Now this man is named Hal Jordan, who is also known as the Green Lantern. The man is truly named Nathan Fillion, who is both Hal Jordan and Castle.

Now on to the Special Features.

First off is "A League of One: The Dwayne McDuffie Story", he is best known for creating the animated TV series Ben 10 as well as Static Shock. McDuffie also wrote and produced the animated series Justice League Unlimited, he co-founded Milestone Media. The video was great and I found it really easy to get into his story, since it was being told by people who knew him growing up. The only issue with this video was for new fans of the Justice League watching this, there should have been more about who he was in comic history at the start.

One of the other features that caught my eye was "Guarding The Balance", this is about the story of the plan Batman has in the case of one of the League members going rouge. One of my favorite parts of this is how they worked the comic book page images and drawing into the video, it fit in so well. It really lets you learn about how the story has some real world base.

Don't forget to check out the behind the scenes sneak peek at Superman Vs. The Elite, check out the new take on the classic superhero in this 2012 movie.

Make sure to see these features and more, all on the Blu-Ray/DVD and UltraViolet Digital Copy.

Interview with Bryan Q. Miller writer of the upcoming comic book season 11 of "Smallville"

I had the great chance to do an interview with the writer of the upcoming "Smallville" comic book series season 11. This series will pick up six months after Clark stopped Darkside! Check out the whole interview below, the picture of the cover. Don't forget to check out the series when it hits the digital world of DC Comics on April 12th! It will in print on May 16th!
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Hello Mr. Miller!
Hello Mr. Jeremy!

Jeremy: Thank you for taking the time to do this interview! As many, I can't wait to see the new Smallville comic book series!
Bryan: Neither can I ;-)

Question 1: When you started as an unpaid intern on the set of "Smallville" durning Season Five, did you ever think you would have written full episodes for the show and then become the head writer of the comic book series based on the show?

Answer 1: Not in the very least. They were a wonderful group of people who were very fond of teaching, apprenticeship and promoting from within.  I was only there to learn, and wound up starting a career.

Question 2: What can you tell us about the upcoming series? Will we see more Justice League storyline?

Answer 2: You'll see members we've seen throughout the series every now and again across the length of the season. Though there might be some call to arms, all Justice hands on deck action toward the end of the season, Smallville Season 11 is primarily about Clark's first year as Superman.

Question 3: What advice do you have for aspiring writers?

Answer 3: Keep writing, and find a way to get a glimpse into the inner workings of your desired system (i.e. publishing, television, video games, etc.). Internship (though usually unpaid) are a great way to do this. Being a talented writer is just as important as knowing how the nuts and bolts of your field work. Get to know people. Network. Find a workshop, either inside of, or outside of, school. Learn to take criticism, and build a stronger script from it - if 9 people tell you something isn't working, it probably isn't. You're writing for an audience, not yourself. Work on your constructive criticism skills, as well.
Question 4: Will this comic series be a lead up to the highly talked about maybe series, "Metropolis"?

Answer 4: Right now, my focus is on crafting and completing the best year of non-television I can. Regardless of location, the brand is "Smallville."

Question 5: Who will we see return to Smallvile in this comic book series?

Answer 5: Aside from a few surprises, looks for most of our regulars from the last several seasons: Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Oliver Queen, Chloe Sullivan-Queen and Lex Luthor (who returned to the land of the living in the series finale). Maybe even a splash of Emil Hamilton here and there, too.

Question 6: Why is it starting with an online series almost a month ahead of the print edition?

Answer 6: That is a question best life to digital strategizers who exist well above my pay grade. Justice League Beyond, Batman Beyond and Beyond the Fringe seem to be following the same model (as well as Arkham Unleashed... I think).

Question 7: How was it meeting Geoff Johns and having him introduced you to the editors at DC Comics?

 Answer 7: He's a great guy who was very helpful in telling me how to approach starting a relationship with DC.  Wouldn't be doing this if he hadn't given me some advice a few years ago.

Question 8: After meeting the editors, you landed a three-book arc for Teen Titans. How was it writing those?

Answer 8: It was a ton of fun, but also difficult - I had never written for the comic format before. TV has a very strict structure, format and approach (features a little less so). Comic scripting is pretty open for interpretation. It was a team book with a very young voice, which I was more than happy to take a crack at. The script for my first issue (#72) was what got me onto the radar of the Bat desk with a shot to put together a Batgirl pitch for them.

Question 9: How was it working on what people call "The best Superman based TV series"?

Answer 9: Even though it was a "Superman-based" series, we always approached it as a series revolving around our characters and the takes and spins created for the show long before I arrived. Though we would fit in Superman and greater DC references when we could (especially toward the end), we did our best to stay true to the players we already had on the board.

Question 10: What other projects do you have coming up, which you can tell us about?

 Answer 10: There's another 1 or 2 that I don't think anyone will get to see for a little bit, so it's best to not talk about those just yet.

 Jeremy: Again, thank you for your time!

Bryan: Thanks for having me!