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Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox [Blu-ray]
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Contributor | C. Thomas Howell, Kevin McKidd, Ron Perlman, Jay Oliva, Cary Elwes, Nathan Fillion |
Initial release date | 2013-07-30 |
Language | French, English, Spanish |
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DCU: Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox (Blu-ray) We all wish for the chance to go back in time and change the things, for The Flash, that coveted chance is within reach. He traverses time to right a violent, decades-past crime against his mother, but the ripples of his good intentions prove disastrous, as a fractured, alternate reality now exists in place of the familiar one. Stumbling through this twisted reality where even Superman is nowhere to be found, The Flash seeks the trusted wisdom of Batman, only to find a grittier, more violent Dark Knight in his place. Together with the help of Cyborg, they race to restore the continuity of Flash's original timeline while this new world is ravaged by a fierce war between Wonder Woman's Amazons and the Atlanteans, led by a battle hardened Aquaman. With breath taking action and an all-star voice cast featuring Kevin Conroy, C. Thomas Howell and Dana Delany, it's a bold, emotional vision that will forever change the landscape of the DC Universe!
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- Aspect Ratio : 1.78:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
- Product Dimensions : 5.4 x 0.6 x 6.7 inches; 1.6 ounces
- Item model number : 314182
- Director : Jay Oliva
- Media Format : Blu-ray, Animated, Blu-ray, Widescreen, NTSC, Full Screen
- Run time : 1 hour and 15 minutes
- Release date : July 30, 2013
- Actors : Nathan Fillion, Ron Perlman, Cary Elwes, C. Thomas Howell, Kevin McKidd
- Subtitles: : French, English
- Studio : Studio Distribution Services
- ASIN : B00CENWUYK
- Number of discs : 1
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Based upon the DC comics storyline "Flashpoint" by Geoff Johns, "The Flashpoint Paradox" is - at heart - an emotional, introspective journey centered on one of DC's lesser-known heroes, Barry Allen aka the Flash.
Screenwriter Jim Krieg skillfully manages to adapt most of Johns' main storyline while adding an original prologue that emotionally anchors the film in Barry Allen's tragic childhood loss of his mother, and the guilt he carries into his adult life in not having saved her life. Krieg has also scripted a smart, humorous and sophisticated opening action sequence involving the main Justice League characters. Like most great screenwriters, Krieg knows if you're going to deconstruct the most famous DC superheroes throughout your script, showing them as brutal vigilantes and ruthless killers for the balance the film, you better first give them all a moment to shine at their heroic best.
This is a time-travel story into an alternative universe, and following these opening scenes, Barry Allen awakes from dozing-off at his workstation to find a world inverted. DC's most enduring heroes are now the most violent, out-of-control threat the planet has ever faced.
Bruce Wayne was killed, not his parents. His father Thomas Wayne is the Batman, an alcoholic consumed by loss who dispatches his victims with a gun in each hand or a toss off a rooftop. Aquaman and Wonder Woman are at war, with the Amazons having invaded the UK, slaughtering millions, and turning it into their new Paradise Island. Kal-El didn't land in Kansas to be raised by the Kents. He instead crash landed in Metropolis, where he has been kept underground and experimented on by the government.
In 1985 when Alan Moore was developing the graphic novel "Watchmen," his intent was to utilize established superheroes from the Charlton Comics line that DC had just purchased. DC managing editor Dick Giodano vetoed the idea, concerned that depicting the characters in a "dysfunctional" manner, or showing them being killed off in the mini-series would hurt their `brand potential.'
The approach producer James Tucker, writer Jim Krieg and director Jay Oliva have taken in adapting "Flashpoint" is in many ways what Moore wanted to do with "Watchmen." Moore had reasoned "as long as readers recognized them (the characters) ... `it would have the shock and surprise value when you saw what the reality of these characters was.' " Or, in the case of "The Flashpoint Paradox," when you see what the reality of the characters are in a dark alternative universe.
While the alternate universe `versions' of Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman and Aquaman are the result of an anomaly in the `DC timeline,' seeing them commit graphic acts of violence and murder against each other, additional characters from the DC Universe, and a global mass populous elicits a very disturbing and shocking viewing experience. Like the DCUAOM release "Batman: The Dark Knight Rises Part 2," the level of graphic violence makes it inconceivable that the MPAA gave the film a PG-13 rating as opposed to a R rating.
But, let's be very clear on this point. Every moment of graphic violence, adult language and mature situations is VITAL to making this film work on a complex sophisticated level very much in the vein of Bryan Singer's two `X-MEN' films, Zach Snyder's adaptation of "WATCHMEN," and Christopher Nolan's `DARK KNIGHT' trilogy. This is a film for adults, not kids. To water it down is to destroy it artistically.
Like the "Watchmen" graphic novel and Zach Snyder's feature adaptation of it, "The Flashpoint Paradox" is a film for adults who aren't afraid to explore the dark notion proposed by Johns' "Flashpoint" series. A dark notion that "The Flashpoint Paradox" brings to full fruition with maximum emotional and intellectual impact. Namely, dark consequences would befall powerful superheroes and the world if one tragic twist of fate impacted their lives on a deeply traumatic emotional level.
The film is able to reach these heights thanks to just how far the creative team was prepared to go, and how high they were willing to claw their way up to reach.
Director Jay Oliva ("Batman: The Dark Knight Returns") knows how to do action - he was one of Zach Snyder's storyboard artists on "Man of Steel." With "The Flashpoint Paradox" he has deftly mixed multiple approaches in character design and animation techniques. Traditional anime, anatomic realism and exaggerated physique designs vary from scene to scene. This yields a wider range of emotions than the previous DCUAOMs Justice League titles have contained and explored, save "New Frontier." The results also pay-off in a higher level of kinetic energy in his action sequences. At times, all three animation approaches appear on screen at once - with the genius being it all rings true and works.
Legendary Casting and Voice Director Andrea Romano's work on the film yields phenomenal detail. Justin Chambers ("Grey's Anatomy") delivers the best Barry Allen/The Flash performance in a DCUAOM since Neil Patrick Harris portrayed the character in 2008's "Justice League: The New Frontier." Chambers' balances a newfound level of gravitas for Barry Allen with the humor that has always been a key element of the character.
C. Thomas Howell buries himself in the roll of Professor Zoom, and its obvious he had a ball playing the film's central villain. Michael R. Jordan (currently starring in "Fruitvale Station") walks the line between sincerity and naivety as Cyborg without ever giving into being less than the best soldier the US has. Cary Elwes ("The Princess Bride," "Saw") gives a majestic, bold and tense presence to his role as Aquaman.
Towering above them all is Kevin McKidd (also from "Grey's Anatomy") as Thomas Wayne, aka Flashpoint Batman. Disillusioned, cynical, unpredictable and violent, McKidd's performance is laced with both overt and repressed rage throughout. Yet, he hits great beats of humor and pathos.
This time out, the detail in Romano's Casting Work is amazing. Both "Batman," "Superman" and "Justice League" animated series veterans Kevin Conroy, Dana Delany and Nathan Fillion are back in their roles as Batman, Lois Lane and Green Lantern. The fact their appearances are virtually cameos didn't deter her from getting them. More importantly, their performances add just as much as the lead actors' do to the overall artistry of the piece as a phenomenal example of `Ensemble Acting' in an Animated Motion Picture. Romano even managed to get Ron Perlman ("Pacific Rim," "Hellboy") and Danny Huston ("Hitchcock," "Wrath of the Titans") to take very minor roles.
Getting Conroy back was of vital creative importance for the film's final and very emotional closing scene. It's worth crediting his loyalty to DC Animation that he recognized, for this film, his small contribution was major.
Frederik Wiedmann's original score must be given its due as well. Rich and layered with textures specifically designed for the emotional range of the film, Wiedmann also delivers distinct themes for the Amazons, Aquaman's army, the Flash, and Flashpoint Batman. Here's hoping when Christopher Drake isn't available to score future DCUAOMs, Wiedmann gets the assignments.
Finally, DC Animation Supervising Producer James Tucker must be acknowledged for his courage and artistic integrity in backing the film's daring content and artistic achievement.
His statements to the press upon replacing Bruce Timm as the DC Animation Supervising Producer made it clear that DCUAOMs were headed in a new, commercial direction. No longer would direct adaptations of graphic novels be done as DCUAOMs ("Batman: Year One," "The Dark Knight Returns"), and `brand names' like `Justice League' would be embraced as vehicles to introduce new characters. After DC Animation's announcement that two `Justice League' titles in 2013 would be followed by two `Batman' titles in 2014, it seemed DC Animation was possibly being co-opted by the Warner Bros. Live Action division to support and promote their plans for a JLA film, along with Zach Snyder's challenge in rebooting Batman for his "Man of Steel" sequel.
However, if "Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox" is indicative of how Tucker plans to meld any potential Warner-Bros. mandated commercialism and cross-promotion of DCUAOMs with his team still taking huge creative risks and maintaining the artistic integrity of DCUAOMs, Tucker is truly taking DC Animation and their films into a new, exciting and subversive direction for fans.
If the upcoming "Justice League: War" and "Batman and Son" are as daring, uncompromising, challenging and adult as "Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox," James Tucker will have initial nay-Sayers like myself eating crow and crying `mea-culpa' pretty damn fast.
+ Captivating storyline with complex characters
+ Brisk pacing with tight screenplay
+ Spectacular animation with top-tier voice cast (including the one-and-only Kevin Conroy)
+ Hard-hitting character moments with positive messaging
+ A profound climax that is one part timeless, and another part beautifully poetic.
DC/WB...4K collector's edition of this classic when? I know you love to give Batman all the fancy releases, but how about showing a tad more love and respect to other DC superheroes?
"Flashpoint Paradox" is an adaptation of the companywide crossover "Flashpoint" from DC a few years back written by Geoff Johns and drawn by Andy Kubert. The end of the story effectively rebooted the DC Universe and gave us the current status quo, known as the DCnU (DC new Universe) or New 52 (after the number of launch titles when the reboot happened). Costumes changed (Superman lost his underoos), and histories were retconned, and it was glorious. But that's for another time, this is about "Flashpoint Paradox" and the jaw dropping greatness of it.
Though the title has "Justice League" in it this is very much a story about everyone's favorite Speedster, the Flash. I mean his name is part of the title. The story begins with Flash (Justin Chambers, "Grey's Anatomy") having to take on a group of his villains, collectively referred to as "The Rogues," and when he's outgunned he calls for the Justice League for back-up. When his opposite number and arch nemesis Professor Zoom aka The Reverse Flash (C. Thomas Howell, "Amazing Spiderman") makes a statement that hits a little too close to home Flash goes for a run. When he wakes up the next day things have changed drastically. He is in a world where the Justice League or Superman never existed, Cyborg is the country's greatest hero, Batman is a gun carrying vigilante, and the Amazons and Atlantis are about to begin a war that will destroy the planet. Without his powers Flash, now just plain old Barry Allen must figure out what has happened to the world before it's too late.
To give away any more of the story would be almost criminal. If you don't know the details finding them out as you go along is definitely part of the fun with this story. The other part is seeing completely different versions of your favorite characters. Wonder Woman (Vanessa Marshal returning to the role from "JL: Crisis on Two Earths") and Aquaman (Cary Elwes, "Saw, "Princess Bride") are much darker characters than we're used to seeing, and their titles Queen of the Amazons and King of Atlantis are front and center, as are their militaristic ambitions. Batman (Kevin McKidd, "Percy Jackson," "Grey's Anatomy") is a completely different person, so it makes his change a little easier to deal with. And we again get some Cyborg (Michael B. Jordan, "Chronicle) which is always good, and he gets to be the hero of the country here. The rest of the cast is good even if they don't get a lot to say with Dana Delany, Nathan Fillion and Ron Perlman returning to voice the characters of Lois Lane, Green Lantern Hal Jordan and Deathstroke from "Superman: The Animated Series," "Justice League: Doom" and "Teen Titans" respectively. Danny Huston also has a bit part as General Sam Lane. Andrea Romano does it yet again, and Jay Oliva's direction is perfect.
The animation is just fantastic with character designs by Phil Burassa who did designs for the last two Justice League animated films as well as the "Young Justice" series. These though are some insanely built heroes, but they still look amazing, not like when the drawings in "Superman/Batman: Public Enemies" where they came off looking like "Masters of the Universe" figures being animated. This is more like Japanese animation mixed with American comic art. The action is intense too. I mean REALLY intense. There are some pretty violent and brutal fights and scenes in this. Definitely earns it PG-13 rating. I found myself slackjawed a few times throughout the film. DC definitely pushed the envelope this time, and it was well worth it. The story is what really keeps you intrigued though, and the humanity that it illustrates among these powerful beings, and as I said this is Flash's story and following him through this dark, strange world is a real journey.
This was a really fun flick and if you've been a fan of these so far, this one definitely won't disappoint you. The only issue I had was that it got me wanting to see more alternate takes on the characters, and DC has a whole line called Elseworlds and they've got a few great stories that would be amazing animated, but I digress. Anyway, this film has an after credits scene that leads directly into the next film, "Justice League: War" which makes sense as it tells of the origin of the JL in the DCnU, so I look forward to it. As usual, the special features were few but the featurettes are good, and the classic episodes are always fun. So definitely pick this up if you want to watch a great action flick, with some heart, amazing visuals, and a few surprises too.
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Sobre el disco BR, a pesar de ser americano no es diferente a la versión latina, lo único que cambia y por lo que también opté por la versión USA es la portada del BR, ya que es el arte original de portada y no la fea ilustración que utilizaron para la versión latina. Sobre la calidad del video es en 1080p HD con audio y subtítulos en inglés, francés y español latino.
En cuanto a extras, contiene lo siguiente:
-Un especial sobre los villanos de Flash.
-Un especial donde expertos en el tema y escritores de DC hablan sobre los viajes en el tiempo.
-Un vistazo a la siguiente película "Liga de la Justicia Guerra"
-Y cuatro caricaturas. Con 2 episodios de Justice League, 1 de JL Unlimited y 1 de Batman the Brave and the Bold, todos con audio en inglés y subtítulos en español.
La historia comienza con Flash enfrentando a sus villanos y tras derrotarlos, las palabras de uno de ellos se quedan en su mente "no puedes salvar a todos". Con esto en mente, Flash viaja la pasado para salvar a su madre de morir asesinada pero eso hace que el mundo que conocía no lo sea más. Muchas cosas han cambiado y los Atlantes y Amazonas están por llevar al mundo a sus destrucción.
Con esa premisa es suficiente para que tengas que comprarla, pues ya que no sólo es una buena historia con animación excelente sino que es el comienzo de un Universo compartido de películas que culmina con "Liga de la Justicia Oscura Guerra en Apokolips". No te decepcionará.
Reviewed in Mexico on January 12, 2021
Sobre el disco BR, a pesar de ser americano no es diferente a la versión latina, lo único que cambia y por lo que también opté por la versión USA es la portada del BR, ya que es el arte original de portada y no la fea ilustración que utilizaron para la versión latina. Sobre la calidad del video es en 1080p HD con audio y subtítulos en inglés, francés y español latino.
En cuanto a extras, contiene lo siguiente:
-Un especial sobre los villanos de Flash.
-Un especial donde expertos en el tema y escritores de DC hablan sobre los viajes en el tiempo.
-Un vistazo a la siguiente película "Liga de la Justicia Guerra"
-Y cuatro caricaturas. Con 2 episodios de Justice League, 1 de JL Unlimited y 1 de Batman the Brave and the Bold, todos con audio en inglés y subtítulos en español.
La historia comienza con Flash enfrentando a sus villanos y tras derrotarlos, las palabras de uno de ellos se quedan en su mente "no puedes salvar a todos". Con esto en mente, Flash viaja la pasado para salvar a su madre de morir asesinada pero eso hace que el mundo que conocía no lo sea más. Muchas cosas han cambiado y los Atlantes y Amazonas están por llevar al mundo a sus destrucción.
Con esa premisa es suficiente para que tengas que comprarla, pues ya que no sólo es una buena historia con animación excelente sino que es el comienzo de un Universo compartido de películas que culmina con "Liga de la Justicia Oscura Guerra en Apokolips". No te decepcionará.
He is called to action by his rogues' gallery of villains attacking the museum that honors him. This attack is of course a ruse, headed by his nemesis Prof. Zoom (C. Thomas Howell). This is all minor exposition, however, as the real crux of the story occurs when Barry/Flash awakes in his lab depowered and his world re-written. His mother lives, the Justice League does not exist and the world is a battle ground between Atlanteans, lead by Aquaman, played with malefic aplomb by Cary Elwes and the Themyscarians, led by Wonder Woman, played with equal viciousness by the solid voice veteran Vanessa Marshall. Gone are the standard compassionate portrayals of these comic book legends. Aquaman is cruel, calculating and menacing. Wonder Woman normally depicted as the paragon of honor here too is cruel. She is equally vicious, cunning and merciless, exhibited by her executing a prisoner of war by hanging. This is not your Saturday morning fare...it is harsh, dark, and absolutely brilliant. The backstory of what causes the war is no less disturbing. The animation simply hammers home the point that these are not the heroes we are used to. Superman, one of the cornerstone's of DC since the 30s, is used to brilliant effect as an emaciated, confused, broken version of himself.
The true wonder of the story besides Barry Allen`s attempt to re-obtain his powers and repair this world so desperately close to the brink is the Batman. In any incarnation, Batman is formidable, the pinnacle of physical excellence and tactical brilliance. He is no less so in this universe, further his story arc is fantastic and packs an emotional punch. His interactions with Flash are powerful storytelling in any milieu. The end game is grand, nearly operatic in scope and yet again the presence of the dark knight is integral to the conclusion. I would dearly love to delve more deeply into the individual story arcs that make up this epic, but to do so might ruin the many twists and turns and deprive the viewer of a truly wondrous viewing experience. Simply outstanding and well worth your time. I eagerly await DCU's next project, "War" as right now, they have it right and exceed Marvel in the realm of animation.
After his latest battle with the rouges and Professor Zoom, the Flash wakes up in a world where everything has changed. His friends and the world greatest heroes have declared war on each other. They have no problem destroying the world to see each other dead, and anyone who happens to be in their way. The main thing about this movie and the comic it is not set in another timeline or in another Earth, something has changed the timeline moving everything over slightly. I read some of the negative reviews , I have to say the explanation is a bit weak but it is time travel , not theoretical physics. I does not take away from the fact that the other 89 mins of the film is great.
I said in the comic I loved the Flash and Batman team up, I would like to see more of that with the "real" Batman. Batman seem to have a sort of big brother relationship with the Flash, sort of like he has a father to the Robins. It is really cool that Flash is the fastest man alive but Batman is mentally 3 steps ahead of him, then Flash with do something that is so unpredictable that even Batman would not be able to think of it. I hope to see more of these team ups not just the big 3.
A great movie, if you read the comic you will not be disappointed, if you like the Justice League it is great to see the evolution of the characters in this characters are older, simply as it is more a more mature audience. Be prepared for the brutally and in some cases cold blooded murder, you would never belive the "heroes" are capable of. It proves there is a thin line between heroes and villains.