Neither race nor gender dependent

Rating: 9/10 (14 July 2000)

It's always a treat for me to find a movie (or TV series, for that matter) that treats both race and gender simply as a matter of fact, and not made to make points one way or the other. As I understand it (as was more fully explained on the way home from the theater), some of these characters have been around for almost 40 years and others for 20. Men, women, black, white, all working together for the common good (okay, or bad, if you were rooting for the other side.) It was a great experience for me since I wasn't at all familiar with the comic book at all when I was growing up. I will make an effort though to seek out some old issues. From what I understand, there's a LOT more of the whole story. Yes, I can see four sequels easily. (Well, it was a long ride home!)