Justice League: Doom

Plot synopsis:
The Justice League, with Cyborg's assistance, stop the Royal Flush Gang's attempted robbery of a diamond vault using complex technology that allows them to pass through solid objects. Vandal Savage plots to start a new civilization by exterminating part of the population; he gave the technology to the Gang for testing. Savage hires Mirror Master to hack into the Batcomputer and steal contingency plans devised by Batman to incapacitate his League teammates, in case they go rogue. Savage assembles Mirror Master, Bane, Cheetah, Ma'alefa'ak, Star Sapphire, and Metallo, who all have personal vendettas against the heroes and pays them to simultaneously attack using the plans, altered to be lethal. When the supervillains agree, he welcomes them to the Legion of Doom.
Batman, as Bruce Wayne, is informed by Alfred Pennyworth that the bodies of Thomas and Martha Wayne have been exhumed and are missing. At their graves, Bruce is ambushed by Bane, who renders Bruce unconscious. Bruce is buried alive in his father's coffin; he is left a tape recorder with Bane's message to taunt him, which motivates him to break out. He realizes the League has been attacked using his contingency plans, which were constructed from studying physical and psychological weaknesses. Batman and Cyborg save them one by one.
Wonder Woman is attacked by Cheetah with a scratch that sends nanomachines into her bloodstream. The nanomachines cause her to believe everyone she sees is Cheetah's duplicate. Since she never stops fighting until her opponent is defeated, Wonder Woman will fight until she dies. Cyborg adjusts his sonic emitter to a frequency that neutralizes the nanites. Martian Manhunter (as John Jones) celebrates his birthday with his colleagues. He receives a drink from Ma'alefa'ak in disguise, which is laced with magnesium carbonate; being disruptive to Martian biology, the Manhunter struggles to maintain form while sweating out the magnesium. The Manhunter is set on fire, which will constantly burn. Batman provides aluminum oxide to neutralize the magnesium.
The Flash is lured into Mirror Master's trap, resulting in a bomb on his wrist. If he does nothing, tries to remove it or decreases in speed, the bomb will explode, killing everyone in a three-mile radius. Batman instructs him to run and vibrate through an entire iceberg in the Arctic—Flash just barely escapes the blast radius. Green Lantern is targeted by Star Sapphire using Scarecrow's will-undermining fear gas; after failing to save hostages' lives, she exploits his fears, convincing him that he doesn't deserve the power. Jordan renounces his ring and resigns his fate in the collapsing mine. Batman shows him the hostages were just androids. Jordan reestablishes his willpower, removing the effects and summons his ring again. Superman, as Clark Kent, is lured to the Daily Planet's roof by a former employee aiming to commit suicide. Superman believes to have talked him out of it, when he is shot with a Kryptonite bullet by Metallo in disguise. It is extracted by Cyborg, using a Kryptonite scalpel laser, and Manhunter, who pulls it out; Superman regains consciousness.
The League retreats to the Watchtower, where Batman reveals he was the real mastermind behind the plans; he also had one in place should the Batcomputer be hacked: a hidden tracing algorithm. The League track down the Legion of Doom and subdue them, but fail to prevent an apocalyptic cataclysm via solar flare. Using the Hall of Doom's technology, the League saves the Earth by phasing it so the flare can go through. Savage is later tried and found guilty for crimes against humanity and sentenced to life without parole. The League adds Cyborg to their roster and Superman calls for a vote on Batman's membership. Batman defends his plans and criticizes them for not understanding the potential danger of a rogue Justice League before quitting. Batman explains to Superman the original plans were meant to only immobilize. Superman asks if Batman had a plan to stop himself if he himself were to go rogue, and Batman tells him that the Justice League themselves is his plan. With his trust in Batman assured, Superman hands him the Kryptonite bullet and teleports him out of the Watchtower.

Tags: good versus evil, flashback

Review:
The premise of the story is both simple and yet intriguing- Batman has secretly devised stratagems to neutralize his fellow Justice League members in case any of them turned rogue.
When his files are stolen however and used against his teammates, the League is forced to confront the fact that the architect of their near-destruction is in fact one of their own...It's a compelling story which has serious ethical dimensions to it as well (not to mention some great action and character moments!)While 'JL:Doom' is a loose adaptation, it remains faithful to the spirit of the story.
The Legion of Doom was a great nod to the old Superfriends cartoons (kudos to them for including an arch-nemesis to Martian Manhunter, who normally gets left it in this particular area!) I was also glad they found a way to include Cyborg without making it seem contrived or making him feel like a token minority character!
If there is one gripe I had, its that I felt there could have been more discussion of the ethical implications of Batman's actions among the League, but I guess that wouldn't have fit within the alloted run- time...On the whole, a great addition to the animated DTV's stable...looking forward to the next one!.
This wasn't an exception as it was all based on the contingency plan of the Bat falling into the wrong hands.Mark Waid-penned JLA story arc, "JLA: Tower of Babel" where the Legion of Doom is formed to eliminate the Justice League using protocols created by Batman to take down the group should any member ever go rogue.The movie was adapted and written by Dwayne McDuffie whose notably works include Ben 10, Static Shock, writing and producing the animated series Justice League Unlimited.
Dwayne wrote this adaptation shortly before his death in February 2011 at age 48.Directed by Lauren Montgomery, who also directed the animated version of Wonder woman, Green Lantern: First Flight, Superman/Batman: Apocalypse.Lauren took the Dwayne adaptation of tower of Babel, and brought about JL: Doom, which I have to add is one of the best, Direct to DVD movies DC has released (behind Superman and Batman: Public Enemies of course).But what else can I add without spoiling the movie for you, let's see..Voice acting:The voice actors were from the old series (Batman: The Animated Series, Superman: The Animated Series, Justice League, Justice League Unlimited and Green Lantern: Emerald Knights) all reprising their roles, from Tim Daly as Superman, Kevin Conroy as Batman, Susan Eisenberg as Wonder Woman but to say a few, this made you feel at home and comfortable.
By DC using former voice actors you don't feel alienated by any of the characters.I believe DC went all the way to make sure the movie was perfect.Phil Morris played the voice acting for the villain Vandal Savage, who was tired of the world and her ways and decided to end it all, and be the ruler of what is remaining.
But nobody counted on the last minute intervention by Cyborg, an up and coming superhero most would remember as one of the Teen Titans.Loosely adapted from Mark Waid's "JLA: Tower of Babel" story arc, JUSTICE LEAGUE: DOOM really gets into the minds of our favorite heroes.
Voice acting is awesome as usual and as always it is a treat to hear most of the cast of the Justice League animated series in their respective roles again.
So memorable are the performances of Kevin Conroy, Tim Daley, Susan Eisenberg, Carl Lumbly and Michael rosenbaum that whenever most people open a comic book, it is their voices they hear as Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Martian Manhunter and Flash respectively.
Many of Cyborg's robot parts, particularly his face plating, looks like face paint.One gets the feeling that most time and effort went into this year's BATMAN YEAR ONE and JUSTICE LEAGUE: DOOM was produced merely as a "side project" since they had Dwayne McDuffie's exceptional script lying around.
Anyhow, should Warner Premiere decide to create an entire Justice League movie series, pumping just a bit more money and effort into the animation production would help things a lot.
Kids will enjoy it, adults might if they shut their brain off a bit.Andrea Romano once again assembles the A-list of voice actors - most of the original Justice League cast is back, and for that I'm thankful - the exception is a Nathan Fillion voiced Green Lantern (probably trying to tie in with the recent movie spin offs).
Also, Cyborg is added to the mix (perhaps to promote his new role in the comic?).The character design is solid, unlike some of the other DCAU entries (I'm looking at you Death of Superman).Unless I am mistaken, they reused the theme from "Crisis on 2 Earths" for the opening sequence - this is kind of a quibble, as I'd say it's the most epic theme ever written for any of the DCAU titles - but seriously, give this composer more work, he is awesome.I hesitate to call this "bad" but the story is a bit "meh".
It seems a bit dumb to make these DCAU titles PG 13, having the villains threaten and kill people occasionally, but have their evil plans strictly G rated.I'm not sure if it's a function of the story-boarding or direction, but the scenes are kind of workhorse, lacking the incredible dynamism demonstrated in "Shazam and Superman: Return of Black Adam" and the accompanying shorts, directed by Joaquim Dos Santos It would be nice if these animated "movies" felt more like movies - bigger, better action than we get from typical animated TV shows.
Bruce Timm and company set a pretty high bar years ago, if all else fails, get Dos Santos to consult.While this is not horrible, a similar story was done before in the Justice League TV show, and I would say it was done better in Season 1, "Injustice for All" and especially in Season 2, "Secret Society", which I think was also written better, with better action.Overall, it's great to hear the original (perfect) voice cast back, just wish this entry brought a little more "boom" with them..
Not a spectacular Justice League animated movie, but good enough.
It's one of the really good Justice League movie despite few plot-holes and corny bits then and there.
But overall, it's a fairly entertaining and well designed animated Justice League movie.
I don't think I've read much featuring the Justice League together as an entity and when I started watching I was a little bit put off that it included characters that I didn't particularly care for (mostly, in fairness, because I've never given them much of a chance, don't know them or have decided that based on rubbish film versions of them).Once it got going though the film was actually pretty enjoyable.
The voice cast are strong throughout – Conroy as ever but I really enjoyed Fillion, Lumby, Rosenbaum, Black, Blackthorne and many others in there, not only are they good nods to other things but they are good here.This is still an animated superhero film though and as such it is bright, full of action and fairly simple in terms of plotting and delivery; it does work though and I found it entertaining and enjoyable throughout the short running time..
Justice League: Doom has one of the best storylines of any DC animated movie I've seen thus far and that makes it stand out from the rest.It tells the story of a congregation of super villians who mastermind a plan to steal Batmans files on the Justice League in order to pick them off.
Those files being the secret ones he holds on each members weaknesses and his plans to take them down should they turn bad.With the excellent Kevin Conroy as Batman, Nathan Fillion as Green Lantern and the sultry voice of Claudia Black as Cheetah the cast is top notch.The story plays out well though the finale returns to the usual tropes.
This could have benefitted from additional time, perhaps even up to another 30 minutes.Regardless this is a good effort though I still think the DC animated movies should become a "Universe" like the live action and retain a bit of consistency.The Good:Fantastic voice talentExcellent plotThe Bad:Why does Bane look so weird in these things?Things I Learnt From This Movie:Explosions kill but leave no marks, even when it's practically going off in a persons faceI still can't take the name Legion Of Doom seriouslyI agree with Batman.
best Justice League animated movie.
Vandal Savage steals Batman's files on his Justice League teammates and uses them to learn the weaknesses of the heroes.
Entertaining animated DC movie adapted from the comic book story "Tower of Babel." Some things were changed, of course.
what an excellent justice league film from the DC animated original movies series with batman superman wonder women green lantern mars ion man hunter and cyborg with lots of action and awesome story.the story is about after the justice league battled the royal flush gang batman returns to the bat cave and vandal savage sent mirror master to receive information from the bat computer and learns all of the justice league members weaknesses and uses them against the justice league and the villains are bane vandal savage like i said as well as mirror master metal lo starshaphier cheetah and the other one cant spell overall this has load's of action and is an awesome movie for all the DC fans 10/10.
Superman is the omni-altruist, Wonder Woman is woman warrior, Cyborg as genius bruiser, Flash is cocksure nice guy, Green Lantern is the same with far fewer qualms, Vandal Savage wants power, and any villain can be characterized as "personal vendetta and rhymes with 'glass hole'." There are a couple bright points.
All in all, Justice League: Doom may not be perfect and there are better animated superhero movies out there, but it is still worth seeing.
These days even kids have high standards.Plot: When Batman and the rest of the Justice League stop The Royal Flush Gang from a robbery, they find out with the help of Cyborg that the Gang has been using a technology to walk through walls, and upon interrogation, realize that its not the Gang's technology.
Pretty awesome Justice League flick with good action and a wonderful story.
Savage captures information about the JLA members' weaknesses and creates a team he calls the Legion of Doom consisting of all their foes like Metallo, Cheetah, Bane, Mirror Master, Star Sapphire etc.
This has to one of the best DC Stories of all time as it shows the Justice League has faults.Here we have the ultimate bad guy Vandal Savage recruiting his crime syndicate to help him with his plan to defeat the Justice League so he can reign over the human race.
So who will help him to defeat the superhero team?None other than Batman.The story helps to give depth to The Batman as he's devised strategies to render the other members of the Justice League powerless, should they end up on the dark side, this is how far ahead the Dark Knight thinks.The story is strong as DeWayne McDuffie has done a great adaptation of the comic book and Lauren Montgomery directs it just as strongly, keeping the pace fast and entertaining while allowing the characters to shine.To be honest, there's not much wrong with this film.
I love the fact they decided to go with the known voices of Kevin Conroy as Batman, Tim Daly as Superman, Nathan Fillion as Green Lantern, who are the voices of the main characters who had their own series, then the rest of the voices are the actors from the original Justice League series; Susan Eisenberg as Wonder Woman, Carl Lumbly as The Martian Manhunter, and Michael Rosenbaum as The Flash, so right from the get-go you're in familiar territory.
This is one of the reasons the movie is so good.If you like the DC Superhero's then this is one film you need to watch..
Justice League: Doom is one of the best comic book adaptations there is.
I watch this movie whenever I have free time and I'm always entertained.The way the plot unfolds is great and is an awesome story from the comics and the movie does and excellent job transferring it to the film.
How could you not enjoy seeing your favorite DC heroes like Batman, Superman, Wonder-Woman, The Flash and others all joining forces into one film?
The Plot centers around the Justice League as they soon face off against The Legion Of Doom lead by Vandal Savage.What is impressive about this film is the story that is better enjoy when you watch the film because there are a lot of plot twists and unexpected moments while you watch it.
And the voices were from the original justice league (other than Superman which is Tim Daly in this, and I think George Newbern sounds like Superman would).
Watched One Of My Favorite Direct to Video Animated Films Justice League Doom amazing voice Performances from Kevin Conroy(Arkham City) as Batman, Tim Daly(Superman:The Animated Series) as Superman also starring Michael Rosenbaum(Smallville) as The Flash, Carl Lumbly(Alias) as Martian Manhunter , Nathan Fillion(Firefly) as Green Lantern, Susan Eisenberg(Star Wars:The Force Unleashed) as Wonder Woman , Bumper Robinson(Transformers Prime) as Cyborg , ,Grey DeLeslie() as Lois Lane ,Claudia Black(Farscape) as Cheetah, Olivia D'abo(Star Wars:The Clone Wars) as Star Sapphire, Carlos Alazraqui(Justice League:Crisis On Two Earths), Paul Blackthorne(Arrow) as Metallo, Alexis Desinof(How I Met Your Mother) as Mirror Master and Phil Morris(Justice League) as Vandal Savage The films main villain.
The film is Exciting and has high octane action and also really amps after Batman's Modified Contingency Plans comes into also it shows all of The Justice League at The Most vulnerable moments which in turn you get attached to all of them also brings out the best and worst in them and reveals some info on Why Batman Did/ Didn't do it.
Amazing score by Christopher Drake(Batman Year One), Screenplay By The Late Dwayne McDuffie(Justice League Unlimited) Direction by Lauren Montgomery(Batman/Superman:Apocalypse) Definitely The Best DC Animated Film of all time .
PROS 1.Voice Acting 2.Emotional resonance 3.The Villains 4.Cyborg CONS 1.The plans 2.How they 'saved the day' 3.You need to know the back stories.**Read on for more details and SPOILERS **First of, this is an adaption of Mark Waid's famous 'Tower of Babel' storyline in which Ra's Al Ghul, Extremist nature lover, desires to destroy humanity or at least most of it so that the world is a better place.In this movie, Vandal Savage( I think they wanted this to tie in with Young Justice where he is the primary antagonist for season 1) wan't to destroy 2/3rds of humanity with a solar flare so he can rule over the rest.
PROS 1.Yes, they're back.Conroy is THE BATMAN and Fillion has made Hal Jordan his own.The rest are good enough but the Flash sound more like wally than Barry.Overall,it's great.The villains are also done well with special mention to Bane and Savage.
Some seemed Savage's and some seemed like the respective villains(You demoralize Green Lantern and bury Batman?YOU DON'T KILL THEM).Real confusing.
For the rest, read the comics and then watch.In all, a good solid DC movie that could have been better, given the great source material..
The villains could have killed the whole league and i would have liked to see the plans done better.
The film is full of some great fight scenes and a bit of over the top goodness.Back are the voice actors from the original DC Justice League series, Kevin Conroy as Batman, Tim Daly as Superman, with Nathan Fillion playing the Hal Jordan Green Lantern.
The original plot of the story was that Ra's Al Ghul would steal information from Batman's computer that could destroy the Justice League.
I'd seen it one more time in 7th grade and then forgot about it for a while.I don't really remember anything about the movie other than that Vandal Savage wanted to destroy the world with a rocket and so he enlisted the Legion of Doom (Cheetah, Metallo, Star Sapphire, Mirror Master, and Ma'alefa'ak) to hack into Batman's contingency plans in case the JLA went bad.
A good Justice League story for young and old!.
Me being a DC Animated Universe fan, I always like a good Justice League vs.
Of course the voice acting of Kevin Conroy always helps to bring an animated Batman to life although I thougt it was not one of his best performences I have ever seen.
Overall, the voice acting in this animated movie is proper, good 8 stars.
Fight scenes are mostly epic and during the story you do wonder how the Justice League is going to save the day this time?
Project Cademeus and the Justice Lords were way better than this movie but the only reason for that is because the show had enough time to properly bring each character, story arc and connection over a whole season together.
The rest of the voice actors except Metallo's were good.The story was good but I found it weird that most of the rouges of the Justice League were just primary villains like Metallo and Mirror Master.
This is loose adaptation of the story of the same name and I have to say this is one of the best Justice League story-lines around for it shows two things: one that when the villains can coordinate their attacks they are a force to be record with and the paranoia of Batman is a both his best weapon as he has a plan for everything and as it was shown here a weakness as it doesn't allow him to work well with others.As for the title of this review, well the team has faced a lot of crazy and dangerous event over the years ,but none of that was made with the precision of a surgeon to kill them.
What if the villains find the ways to kill each member of the Justice League?