"Impressive, we should hang out more." "Sure, Batman!"
It’s been a few months since we last saw the Justice League in LEGO: DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League vs. Bizarro League (Blu-ray+DVD+Digital HD UltraViolet Combo Pack) and things are going well. Our heroes are continually embarrassing the villains. That’s when Lex Luthor hatches his plan to form a legion, a legion of DOOM (cue maniacal laughing.) It’s soon revealed that this is not Luthor’s plan, but Darkseid’s. He intends to conquer the earth and needs the villains to do his dirty work. There are a few twists and turns and a surprise character introduction in the second act which was fun and crucial to the plot. We get many of the same characters we’ve seen before and this time Cyborg takes center stage, hungry for acceptance and the only one who can see through the mind tricks pulled on the League later in the film. The Trickster makes a welcome appearance early in the movie with Mark Hamill returning to the role he first played on the 1990 Flash tv show. This is really one of the shining moments of the movie and I wished that character had been in it more or at least returned at the end. As with other Lego movies there are in jokes for the grown ups and enough humor for the kids as well. Watch for a Batusi and a few new 52 jokes. The voices are solid and the animation extremely well done. At 77 minutes it’s not too long, but I did feel the pace drag at times. The Bizarro release was a brisk 49 minutes by comparison. There are just a few extras on the disc. Two trailers, one for Batman Unlimited and another for Lego DC Comics Superheroes: Justice League vs. Bizarro League, and Click, Zap, Boom! Creating the Sound Design. If you’re curious about how all those noises are made to fill every moment, then this is 20 minutes well spent. Additionally there are the usual subtitles, language choices, and scene selections. Bonus points for the very cool Trickster mini figure included in this edition. Read more