Read my review of part 1 first as this picks up from there.
So, superman and J'onn find out the planet is intact, and hatch a plan to reveal it. They do so and start the final act - and that's where this falls apart.
I haven't read the comic, but know that it's a pretty chonky story that takes quite some time to get through - but this show very quickly squishes it all into a single sequence at the end of the episode and kinda ruins the main arc while also destroying the pacing.
We get to see a bit of the guardian's home planet, the league destroys all the manhunters (who apparently deleted their "easily destroy the justice league" files), and John absorbs the power from the core and stops the "main" manhunter about 5 seconds after he gains all the power.
That nullifies any stakes there could've been, and really drags down an otherwise decent episode. It sets up this big threat that should've taken an episode to dispatch, but for whatever reason it ends here in a quick 5-minute scene.
It's still got the qualities of the show - good writing and characters - but you feel like you kinda wasted your time by the end since the big threat was dealt with so swiftly.
Thankfully, the rest of the show doesn't follow this pattern - but this episode is still disappointing on every rewatch.
Review by Caleb PetersBlockedParent2023-09-04T07:24:50Z
Read my review of part 1 first as this picks up from there.
So, superman and J'onn find out the planet is intact, and hatch a plan to reveal it. They do so and start the final act - and that's where this falls apart.
I haven't read the comic, but know that it's a pretty chonky story that takes quite some time to get through - but this show very quickly squishes it all into a single sequence at the end of the episode and kinda ruins the main arc while also destroying the pacing.
We get to see a bit of the guardian's home planet, the league destroys all the manhunters (who apparently deleted their "easily destroy the justice league" files), and John absorbs the power from the core and stops the "main" manhunter about 5 seconds after he gains all the power.
That nullifies any stakes there could've been, and really drags down an otherwise decent episode. It sets up this big threat that should've taken an episode to dispatch, but for whatever reason it ends here in a quick 5-minute scene.
It's still got the qualities of the show - good writing and characters - but you feel like you kinda wasted your time by the end since the big threat was dealt with so swiftly.
Thankfully, the rest of the show doesn't follow this pattern - but this episode is still disappointing on every rewatch.