JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time
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Running time | 52 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time is a 2014 American animated superhero film featuring the Justice League of America. It was first released on January 21, 2014 on DVD, and features Diedrich Bader, Travis Willingham, and Kevin Michael Richardson, reprising their roles as Batman, Gorilla Grodd, and Black Manta respectively.[1]
Plot
In the present day, Lex Luthor and his Legion of Doom try to use cryogenic rays from orbital satellites to expand the Earth's polar ice caps, reducing sea levels and creating new islands they intend to rule. Superman and the Justice League confront the Legion, ultimately destroying the satellites. Refusing to accept defeat, Captain Cold overloads the remaining satellite, which falls to Earth and freezes Luthor, who is believed dead.
In the future of the 31st century, teenage superheroes-in-training
Resuming control of the Legion, Luthor instructs Time Trapper to send his forces back in time to prevent Jonathan and Martha Kent from adopting Kal-El in Smallville. The young heroes enlist the League to stop them, and travel to the Hall of Justice in Washington, D.C. After a misunderstanding, they explain their story and verify it through Wonder Woman's Lasso of Truth. The Flash, Aquaman, and Cyborg travel into the past to prevent Bizarro, Toyman, Cheetah, and Solomon Grundy from sending Kal-El back into space, while Superman and the rest of the League attempt to stall Luthor's Legion in the present.
Despite the League's efforts, the Legion sends Kal-El's ship away from Earth, creating a temporal paradox that erases the present League. In the League's absence, the Legion pillages the world and leaves Washington D.C. in ruins. Unwilling to risk being erased from existence, Dawnstar and Karate Kid retreat, realizing that they can induce their own paradox by ensuring that Luthor never obtained the Eternity Glass. They free his past self from the ice, but Time Trapper is immune to the paradox because he exists outside of time, and with Luthor freed, he can now do as he pleases because he is no longer his master.
The Time Trapper banishes the future Luthor from existence and tries to remake the current world in his image. Superman and the League, who exist again because of the latter's absence, confront the villain. Time Trapper is too powerful for the League to fight. Karate Kid discovers that Time Trapper is composed entirely of
Cast
- Diedrich Bader as Batman
- Laura Bailey as Dawnstar
- Karate Kid
- Time Trapper, Captain Cold
- Grey DeLisle-Griffin as Wonder Woman, Superbaby
- Peter Jessop as Superman
- Fred Tatasciore as Lex Luthor
- Jack DeSena as Robin
- Michael David Donovan as Bizarro
- Tom Gibis as Toyman, Jonathan Kent
- Erica Luttrell as Cheetah, Martha Kent
- Liam O'Brien as Aquaman, Batwing Computer
- Kevin Michael Richardson as Black Manta, Solomon Grundy
- Flash, Taxi Driver
- Avery Waddell as Cyborg
- Travis Willingham as Gorilla Grodd
Release
The film was first released on DVD exclusively at
Reception
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Chris Sims of comicsalliance.com wrote: "Trapped In Time might not have the pedigree of being inspired by a best-selling comic, but it's exactly the kind of project DC's animated movies should be focusing on".[3] Cliff Wheatley from IGN gave the film 8/10, saying that "JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time is a call back to the glory days of DC's animated offerings. It might not have the refined animation of the Bruce Timm era, but it's certainly a ton of fun despite its flaws".[4]
References
- ^ a b "Target-Exclusive "JLA Adventures: Trapped In Time" Movie Hitting DVD January 21st, 2014". World's Finest. January 15, 2014. Retrieved October 6, 2014.
- ^ Harvey, Jim (May 20, 2014). ""JLA Adventures: Trapped In Time" Now Available To Own, New Video Clip". World's Finest.
- ^ "Review: 'JLA Adventures: Trapped In Time'". Comics Alliance. Archived from the original on January 24, 2014. Retrieved October 6, 2014.
- ^ "JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time Review". IGN. June 2, 2014. Retrieved October 6, 2014.
External links
- JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time at IMDb