JLU

[greenygal]

My inner fangirl is SO HAPPY.



How you can tell that I am an '80s geek: I had to pause the tape after the first twenty seconds so that I could go "Skeets! They used Skeets! Eeeeee!" Seriously, this made me squeal. (For the less geeky: Skeets is from Booster's solo series, back when; the comics version is notably less deferential.) And then I wound up pausing the credits, too, so I could positively identify every single character in the episode shots. (Has anyone ever before seen a show that essentially runs the promo for the episode during the opening credits?)

Comments:

--Oh, god, but that was classic Booster Gold, and then some. His very own promotional video! Just so cluelessly, energetically self-centered, without any malice to it; all he wants is to be rich and famous and have women hanging off him, is that so much to ask? *shakes head, laughing helplessly* I can see where J'onn was wary of giving him assignments... (Even aside from Booster cheerfully insulting him.)

--On the other hand, it's occurred to me that if he felt that ill-used, comics Booster would (and did) tell the League to shove it, and I'm kind of surprised that toon Booster hadn't done the same, given his priorities. I wonder if there are consequences of not being a League member?

--"I'm not Green Lantern!" *snerk* Evidently colorblindness is a serious problem in Metropolis. ;)

--I was surprised that they actually used Booster's backstory (in a very general way). Since it's pretty much irrelevant to the concept of "fame-driven hero," I was expecting them to just ignore it.

--Fire! Ice! Yay! (Plus Captain Atom, Rocket Red, Dr. Light, and Elongated Man--I'd say it was a JLI/E reunion if there weren't so many characters from various eras running around in this episode.)

--"Energize!" *collapses into giggles* Trekkie Booster! The poor boy has evidently spent way too much time trying to acclimate to our society... (Beetle: "Hey, is that really how women dress in the future?" Booster: "Don't I wish...")

--Ralph can't turn into a vase. Poor Ralph. Then again, he gets to single-handedly take out one of the most powerful magicians in the DCU, so, you know, it evens out. (Also: "We don't need more than one stretchy guy"? GL, lemme explain the concepts of "tact" and "diplomacy" and "not pointlessly alienating and creating conflict between your teammates"....)

--Either Booster wasn't doing the crowd control right, or they were completely wasting him at a time when they evidently needed every available hand. I'm not ruling out the first option; I'm just saying, I'm pretty sure it's one or the other. (And what was with Skeets' stop sign? That was weird.)

--Okay, show of hands, did anybody not see the "aunts" gag coming? Yeah, that's what I thought. :) But it was nice that Booster actually did bring the ants out, not to mention taking the time to help the old woman with the map (not that he wanted to, I know, but he could have just told her to get lost). See, his heart's in the right place.

--The sequence with the pregnant woman first confused me--wait, what happened to her ambulance drivers?--and then made me roll my eyes. Yes, the civilian scientist will go off to confront the portable black hole while the superhero stays behind to deliver a baby; that's a sensible division of labor. Skeets' instructions made me laugh, though. Poor Booster.

--Of course, she probably could have handled it, since evidently all she had to do was come up behind him. They did try to work with this in places--it's the first thing Booster tries to do, and then a car lands on him--but there was no reason to make the effect one-sided, especially at the end, and it would have seemed a lot more challenging that way. Plus, if the guy is conscious, why doesn't he just stand still, or even lie down? Why is he making it hard for them? I'm willing to suspend a lot of disbelief for this story, but this is basic stuff...

--"I got nothin'." I adore Skeets, did I mention? (I was horrified when I thought he was gone. And you can all stop snickering now. I love my AIs.) But this was the part where I melted for Booster, too, as intended--he's in there trying to save the world, he's doing his best (okay, so he did get a little distracted...) and he gets run over by a train. Aww. *gives poor defeated Booster a hug* It's okay, honey, I bet Superman gets run over by trains too!

--Of course, the shut-up-and-quit-feeling-sorry-for-yourself approach also has its points. "You're the only one who can do this, so do it!" Go, Dr. Damsel!

--I'm not gonna make an OTP icon of Booster clutching Skeets. Really. But I'm tempted. *g*

--He did all that and Batman's going to yell at him? I know the whole point is that he doesn't get credit, but jeez, Bat-lectures are really going that extra mile in life not being fair.

--Oh, I loved the wrap-up. So I'm easy--but it hit just the right notes, and the warmth in her voice didn't feel scripted at all. He saved the world, he got the girl, and maybe in the morning nothing will have changed, but for now--it's a good night.

Comments

[illmantrim.livejournal.com]

grins I loved it too. I wish in the comics they wouldnt make Booster always seem an idiot but ah well, every company needs a character who they trash when they want a fall guy.

[derryderrydown.livejournal.com]

Bats just said they were going to 'discuss' it. Perhaps that's Bats' way of saying, "We're going to have hot sex as a reward for you saving the world."

[cereta.livejournal.com]

I wonder if there are consequences of not being a League member?

They need to address that like, yesterday. Really.

"I'm not Green Lantern!" *snerk* Evidently colorblindness is a serious problem in Metropolis. ;)

I sat there going "Well, yellow and blue make...I got nothin'."

[greenygal.livejournal.com]

They need to address that like, yesterday. Really.

On the one hand, I worry that that's the kind of story that went out with last season. On the other hand, there's evidently going to be at least one story with non-League members (the Ulti-Men thing), which seems like it should establish something by omission if nothing else.

But it's such an obvious question--if even, say, fifty percent of all Earth's super-heroes were grouped into a single organization, how could that not at least affect public perception of the rest of them? And while there are evidently no legal requirements to join (I think Ollie would have mentioned that), are non-League members perhaps subject to more negative attention from law enforcement because they're "unsanctioned"? Does the League have authority to stop non-League heroes from interfering in their operations (i.e., if Booster decided to quit the team and just start showing up at the big fights, what, if anything, is the League allowed to do about it?) Etc., etc...

I sat there going "Well, yellow and blue make...I got nothin'."

It's Skeets. In revenge for having to call Booster "sir," he's secretly projecting a mind-warping field that makes everyone see Booster's costume as green.

[greenygal.livejournal.com]

Because Batman misses Flash. So he's looking for a new sex toy he constantly has to shut up. *considers* Then again, maybe Flash is MIA because Bruce has him chained up in the Batcave. And they're going to have a threesome with Booster.

[greenygal.livejournal.com]

To a degree, he is an idiot. To a degree, and some people have pushed way past that level, but actually, in general it's not been too bad. As I commented in my JLI overview, it's Ted who actually comes off as the idiot there ("No, really, Booster, this Club JLI thing is a great idea!"); it makes me kind of wonder about Booster's portrayal in FKATJL, in which not only are the roles are reversed but Booster is regressed to being far more immature than he was ever previously shown as under the same writers. I'm not sure if it's just that everything's gone up a notch (Fire didn't use to be that bitchy, either), that they're not allowed to do it with Ted so they want to do it to someone, or if there's a Plan. I'm actually betting on the Plan; the Beetle/Booster stuff is just about the only time that mini gets serious, and there's a notable lack of resolution; I think it's going somewhere in the sequel. (I hope. 'Cause, you know, my boys. Want them to have cool emotional sub-plots, want it badly...)