Young Justice: Invasion (Season 2) (DVD-R)

I will start similarly to my season 1 review by saying I like animation and am always looking for new animated series. I am not a “superhero” fan or a DC/Marvel guy, but 90s superhero shows shows like Batman TAS, Spider-Man TAS, and X-men TAS are three of my favorites because they are just really good animated series. I watched season 1 due to a lot of hype behind it and after hearing Greg Weisman was involved and Gargoyles being one of my favorite series due to such a great story. I was pretty underwhelmed and a little disappointed by season 1 and thought the story was not really that great and it seemed a little dumb honestly. Well season 2 was much better and I found myself enjoying it a lot more even if the story still had issues. The larger cast of characters and the core group being more experienced helped because in season 1 it seemed like every episode was “the rookie team is sent on a mission that was supposedly a nothing mission because they weren’t ready for the big mission, only to be faced against a super villain who has some earth threatening scheme” and it just seemed stupid that it happened every time. This season was a little more coherent with the story and due to more teams it didn’t seem as dumb when they had a serious run in. Also I get double agent missions should be kept close to the vest but Nightwing keeps everyone in the dark except Artemis and Kid Flash… really… the two that have taken a leave of absence from the team and are intending to retire and essentially shouldn’t even be allowed access to that info are included but Megan and Superboy aren’t told… Batman wasn’t included in the scheme… Aquaman had no say so I’m Aqualad taking the mission. Then you don’t tell everyone after Artemis “death” and allow them to grieve like that… then you put multiple team members lives at risk and have your base of operation destroyed. I don’t buy it, but whatever I really didn’t let it bother me as much as I let on but there are some huge flaws and issues with the story. Also Greg Weisman obviously pulled some David Xanatos into his Lex Luther character, I found myself visualizing Xanatos just about everytime I saw Lex. I really liked Nightwings character but he suffered from lack of usage, Sportsmaster was very enjoyable this season as well Cheshire as always. If the ending surprise holds true and they don’t pull something to reverse what it appears happens that was very shocking end. I actually am much more excited about continuing to season 3 than I was about starting season 2 at this point. UPDATE: Yeah... just stop at season 2. Season 3 is some of the worst excuse for a superhero show I've ever seen.

My collection of Young Justice is finally complete from Season 1 to 2. This continues Season Two of Young Justice. The disks are two. The first one is dark blue and the second one is red. Both consist of five episodes each. Compared to the previous disks of Young Justice, the menu is different and simple. The main menu is the cover of the DVD disk. The rest of the screens once you go through them are just red. There are subtitles, and audio changes. There are three special episodes available and they are from Static Shock. It makes sense to add these episodes since Static Shock is a character introduced to the Young Justice world. His biography of his powers have changed. There wasn't enough time to really see Static Shock in Young Justice. From the episodes seen, Virgil is characterized as someone in my opinion: loyal, brave, and a teen who is okay with his powers and idolizes the heros at some moments. Besides Virgil, I really enjoyed seeing new characters such as Asami, Tye, and Ed. Then I saw the original Roy Harper become Arsenal. Everything came together. I saw a lot of characters in the spotlight and I wanted to see more moments from certain characters. I saw Zatanna and Rocket be totally awesome. I saw relationships develop. There was sisterly love between Jade and Artemis. There was a problem with Mal and Karen that started from the begining to the end. It showed the issue of growth. I didn't really understand Wonder Girl and Robin because it was so sudden. It was like whoa. Compared to the first season where all the relationships developed had a few hints here and there. That one was surprising. I really wanted to see Jaime reunite with Tye as himself. The season wrapped up pretty nicely done since there were only ten episodes. We learn more about Blue Beetle, the scarabs, the Reach, the War world and the characterization with a lot of characters. We see it all wrap up and show the madness to going undercover and solving the Blue Beetle. I really didn't expect the last episode since it closed the door and opened up a few more doors. I've seen a possible season three plot occur if the show does pick up again. It has been said that there is a possible resurrection of Young Justice if more products are bought concerning Young Justice such as the upcoming video game. No season three was ordered due to the lack of sales from action figures. Yes, action figures. It takes more to run the show with all the money it takes. if you have questions, you can look it up and see all the possible reasons why there is no season three. I bought the series since I buying it to view just online or on Itunes is more expensive and useless since I prefer using my DVD player or computer to view it. Overall i enjoyed the series and I would recommend anyone who just wants to watch it. If you prefer it itunes or amazon then go for it. Disk One: Cornered, True Colors, The Fix, Runaways, War Disk Two: Complications, The Hunt, Intervention, Summit, Endgame Static Shock Episodes: Shock to the System, Aftershock, Replay

As with most characters literary or otherwise, every few years a new iteration of a property is derived to present the most contemporary depiction of their universe. While some are memorable (Batman: The animated Series, Superman: The animated Series, Justice League, Teen Titans, Batman Beyond), many often fall short of the mark (Legion of superheroes, Zeta Project, Static Shock (Sucks), The Batman (Uuugggh), or at best simply fail to live up to the success of past interpretations. Young Justice chronicles the adventures of the younger counterparts of the DC universe's more familiar ensemble of heroes as they adjust to venturing out on their own and forming a a team to combat threats the Justice League cannot otherwise address. And unlike many of the other disappointing depictions of some of DC's most beloved icons, this is one of the better DC animated series available. The story lines in provide the viewer with just the right amount of insight into each of the jr leagues cast of characters, without focusing on one or two. There are enough cameos from the greater DC universe to appease even the most die-hard fans. And the occasional appearance of Bruce greenwood as batman is always welcome. The animation is stellar, and there never feels like there is a throwaway episode in terms of the animation. Similarly the artists have done a remarkable job of creating modern versions of the characters, that are true to there origins, but appealing to a younger audience. As a guy who is pushing 30, no children, very active, a firefighter, martial arts instructor, who is super handsome, I very much looked forward to each Saturday afternoon and finding this recording on my dvr.

Great TV series. Thankful that I have it on DVD now.

Just when I thought Justice League was going to be the last decent cartoon on TV that kids and adults could both enjoy, Young Justice came along to renew my faith in animation and by proxy humanity. I kid on that part, I still have not faith in humanity. Outside of wit, this show is animated spectacularly, the story is ROCK solid and the characters, wow. There is nothing bad I can say about this show, they took old villains of the classic DC universe, took old heroes, and spun them just enough on their side to make them feel brand new. Throw in a deep seeded conspiracy and there is and amazing TV show for you. I'm just sad that they stopped after only the two seasons, I would have loved to have seen more. Also, good to watch this show and the previous seasons to know who a few of the newer characters in Aquaman's party are in the new move Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox, which I will be reviewing soon too. Anything more that I can say about this show? Well heck, you want 1000 words or the pictures...watch the show, you'll like it. Thanks for reading and have a nice day!

I love the show. The Young Justice episodes themselves average a 5-star rating. See my review of Young Justice: Invasion Destiny Calling - Season Two, Part 1 for an overview of the Second Season YJ episodes. So why only 4 stars? Basically, WB blew it big time when choosing their "bonus episodes". The Season One Part 1 DVDs selected 3 episodes of BATMAN: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD, each of which gives us some good background on the character of Jaime Reyes, the Blue Beetle. Those were excellent choices to help spotlight that particular character, who plays a big part in the Second Season of Young Justice. The YJ S2 Part 2 collection would seem to attempt to spotlight Virgil Hawkins, aka Static Shock in the same fashion, with 3 bonus episodes. However, here's where it's an epic fail. All of the Batman The Brave And The Bold episodes guest-starring Blue Beetle had been previously released on DVD, but many of the purchasers of this series on DVD may not have bought that show, due to its overall difference in approach to YJ. That's OK; they cherry picked just the ones that were relevant to Blue Beetle. If you didn't own BTBATB on DVD, the Season 2 Part 1 collection gave you just the BB-related episodes. Maybe you might decide you like BTBATB after watching them, and you can go out and purchase those shows on DVD. With STATIC SHOCK being used for the bonus cartoons on the Season 2 part 2 collection, that complete series (4 seasons/52 episodes) has never been released by WB in its entirety on DVD. They did release a single-disc DVD that has the first 6 episodes from the first season. The first 2 of those same 6 episodes have again been chosen to be included on this collection as bonus episodes. The first deals with Static's origin, so perhaps that needed to be included for those not familar with Static's own series. A third bonus cartoon is Episode 12 ("Replay"), which has been seemingly chosen at random, since it has no particular significance relative to the DC Universe. However, and here's where it's frustrating, there were 7 episodes of the STATIC SHOCK series that had guest appearances by other characters from the DC Universe: "The Big Leagues" - Dakota gets a real jolt when the Joker hits town, recruiting a band of Meta-Humans to wreak his own special brand of havoc. Batman and Robin appear, pursuing the Joker. Static must put his hero worship in check as he teams up with the Dynamic Duo to put a shock to Joker's system. "Hard as Nails" - Static travels to Gotham City to rescue Nails, a school girl friend of his who has fallen in with Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy, who are promising to cure her of her Bang Baby affliction. "A League of Their Own", Parts 1 and 2 - When the Watchtower has a sudden power drain, the Justice League are forced to recruit Static to "jump-start" their station before it re-enters the atmosphere. Unbeknownst to either Static or Gear, the power drain also releases Brainiac from confinement. "Toys in the Hood" - Static teams up with Superman when the Man of Steel's old nemesis, Toyman, appears in Dakota. "Future Shock" - After helping Batman with a case, Static finds himself accidentally sent 40 years into the future, where he has to help the Batman of that era, Terry McGinnis, save a captured superhero: Static's future self. (Static Shock later appears in the JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED series as a adult member of Batman Beyond's Justice League, in sort of a sequel to this episode.) "Fallen Hero" - Static faces off against his idol, Green Lantern (John Stewart) when he causes chaos all over town. This is an instance of a voice actor "talking to himself", as Phil LaMarr voices both Static and Green Lantern. NONE of those episodes listed above has EVER been released on DVD, so what does WB give us as their choices for bonus cartoons? - 2 episodes that were already included in the 6 out of 52 episodes of the show that HAVE been released, and one other random episode. If they absolutely had to limit themselves to only 3 bonus episodes, I would have picked "A League of Their Own", Parts 1 and 2 and "Future Shock". They could have just included a commercial for Static Shock: The New Kid to refer people to the first 6 episodes if they had further interest in watching the show. They should at least put out a DVD collecting all the STATIC SHOCK episodes with DC guest stars as a standalone single-disc DVD collection. BOOO, Warner Home Video!!!

Sadly this season brings the epicness of Young Justice to a close, even though it ends very open noted. With a little less episodes than its predecessor season, Invasion really brings you a ton of plot, characters, epic moments, crying moments, and memorable moments in only 20 episodes that you'll be asking for more. Invasion picks up 5 years after the first season and brings in a slew of new people that you'll fall in love with, while also seeing the evolution of the sidekicks from season 1. This season is much more plot-centric in that everything ties together, and you can really see that there was a ton (a ton!) of thought put into this season which makes it more sad that we may never get a season 3. But hey, if Samurai Jack can come back after like a decade I have hope for this.

Young Justice was a very good show, on par, in my opinion, with the original Batman: The Animated Series and more entertaining than Justice League. Unfortunately, the network did not agree. I assume the ratings were low, and, in what seems to be an effort to save the show, the writers went about 5 years into the future and added a lot more characters to the story. The plot is actually very good, as the group of teens try to handle aliens coming to earth and villainous sub-plots. Sadly, Cartoon Network couldn't make up their mind on whether or not to show the series and kept pulling it on and off the air with no warning (once it "returned" for two weeks only to disappear again WHILE McDonald's was doing a toy promotion for the show). Long story short, this is the final episodes of Young Justice and the series is definitely worth checking out.

Young Justice: Invasion is a great animated production using classic and modern DC hero characters with some top notch storytelling. Worth a shot for any fan of the DC Universe....at anytime. I was so glad for the prestine condition it arrived in too. Very pleased with this product.

日本語字幕はありません。北米版でしたが、ブルーレイのリージョンはアメリカと日本は共通でしたので普通にパソコンやテレビで見る事ができました！！！ 内容は、5年後のヤングジャスティスから始まります。 ヤングジャスティスよりはややシリアスかも。。 英語はやや難しめですが、英語字幕をつけてみればわかりやすいと思います。

One of the best cartoons I have seen in a long time. It has relatable characters and an engaging storyline, and it's not afraid to tackle some darker themes. But beware: once the obsession starts, it won't go away again. ;)

Arrived a little before expected which was amazing. Good image quality and in perfect conditions. It’s region 1, so if you don’t have a region free Blu Ray it would be difficult to watch.

Attention dvd américains et pas italiens donc mauvaise zone