Product Description

Inspired by the best-selling graphic novel by Darwyn Cooke and produced by the multiple Emmy® award winning animation legend, Bruce Timm, The New Frontier is the epic tale of the founding of the Justice League. Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman are all here of course, and so are Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter and Flash - whose incredible origins will be told for the very first time. Strangers at first, these very different heroes must overcome fear and suspicion to forge an alliance against a monster so formidable, even the mighty Superman can not stop it. If they fail, our entire planet will be "cleansed" of humanity.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2297 in DVD
• Released on: 2008-02-26
• Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
• Formats: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Special Edition, Widescreen
• Original language: English, Portuguese
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 75 minutes

Customer Reviews

Saved by the Extras
The movie itself was nicely done and it shows the origins of green lantern, Martian Manhunter and others. My main complaint is thats the movie is a bit on the short-side, about 75 mins, and at times it feels like they are rushing the story along.
I give the movie itself about 3 1/2 stars (maybe 4 on a good day), but what really saves this product is the extras, 2 commentaries, a very well done history of the Justice league(and pretty much superhero comics in general), 3 entire episodes of Justice League Unlimited, and an in depth sneak peek at the upcoming release of Batman: Gotham Knight.
Overall its a good movie packed with some great extras and it's a must have for fans of the DC universe.

Old School Justice League
If you were born in the 70's and you are a comic fan then this is a must see for you! Unfortunately this Justice League is not the same with the JLU. This is for old school fans. I cant get used to Batmans costume, he looks like the one in the Scooby doo show! I gave it 3 * because of the nice visuals and some good extras.

Potentially great if it weren't for that stupid, stupid plot
There's a lot to like about Justice League: The New Frontier, but I'm afraid all of that is counterbalanced by one of the silliest stories I've ever seen in animation.

Set mostly in the 50s and featuring the DC hero fashion of that period the paranoid US government have blackballed all superheroes, claiming that they have something to hide beside their identities and dismiss them as Commies. The Flash is even ridiculed because of his RED costume. But soon they will have to come together again to fight a common enemy when (and I'm not kidding) a large floating, living island of dinosaurs called The Center plans to wipe out humanity.

I've read hundreds of comic books in my life and that is seriously the dumbest crap I have ever heard. Every other part of JL: TNF is far superior to this 'Center' nonsense, so it's such a shame that the main plot drags it down. I especially like the story about the Martian Manhunter and the Flash. Most of the JLA get a look-in but these two have the most substantial plots.

The animation style will be familiar to those who are fans of Warner/DC cartoons such as Batman and the 50s production design creates a nice atmosphere.

But that idiotic plot...

The Blu Ray looks brilliant in 1.78:1 1080p with a surprisingly good DD+ sound design. I do wish that Warner would give more of their feature length comic-book animations such as Batman - Mask of the Phantasm (Keepcase), The Batman Superman Movie, Batman & Mr. Freeze - SubZero, Batman - Mystery of the Batwoman (Keepcase) or maybe even some of the Scooby-Doo animated movies. Come on Warner...give us what we want/demand.