(Spoiler warning for both
the first and second series.)
So last week Young
Justice premiered its second series subtitled 'Invasion'. This isn't really gonna be a review though I will get in some of
my thoughts on the episode, this is intended more as my analysis on the changes made
this series.
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| The Series One Team |
Five Years Later
No, really, this is how
it starts, well, we have a brief scene set right after the events of the series one final but then we cut five years on; Robin is now
Nightwing, Zatanna and Rocket are in the Justice League, Aqualad, Kid
Flash and Artemis are no where to be seen and Miss Martian has had a
hair cut. Another change is the size of the team, no longer are we
watching a handful of young superheroes but a full team, several new
members are seen to be fully fledged members such as Batgirl,
Supergirl, Blue Beetle, Tim Drake as the new Robin (where last series Dick Grayson has become Nightwing) and many others.
So, what do I think of
these changes, well, it's a lot to take in, all these characters are
thrown at us but truth is, I like it, many other reviews I've read
and watch have people complain we've been left in the dark
and that this stuff hasn't been explained. To me there giving us
lots of questions, where is Aqualad, Kid Flash and Artemis? How did
all the new members join? When did Robin become Nightwing? Why did
Superboy and Miss Martian split up and how did she end up with Lagoon
Boy? (did I not mention that bit?) I love this because I trust these writers, almost nothing
happened in the first series that didn't in some way add to the
bigger picture, even if we didn't know it till the final, but
everything came together and thats what I expect from this series. I
fully trust these writers will answer all our questions and that
there is a bigger picture we can't see yet but will become apparent
to us.
I'm excited to see where
this series is leading!
Anyway, for anyone who
may be wondering what I think of the episode itself, I liked it, sets
up the alien invasion theme nicely with the Young Justice team
splitting up to search different bases of these small couple foot
high aliens called Krolotean's after the intergalactic bounty hunter Lobo reveals that
they are on earth. One aspect I love is that we don't get a
definitive answer to weather or not the Krolotean's are the aliens who will
invade as I noticed at least to other possibilities; first was seeing
G. Gordon Godfrey on television talking about how they can't trust
the Justice League, similar to the characters comic book incarnation who did this as the first phase in an invasion plan by Darkseid, and
the second was the way the Krolotean's reacted to seeing Blue
Beetle in action, running with fear echoing the origins of his powers
which came from a mysterious blue scarab that unbeknownst to him is
the first weapon of a villainous alien race called the Reach. Are
these red-herrings or are we in for a treat, only time will tell and
I eagerly await the next episode.
This is Peter, watching
cartoons because I'm cool like that!
