Justice
League
Metamorphosis, part two
Original Airdate - 10/11/02
Question
to ponder: How does Rex Mason know the chemical formulas for
sleeping gas, kryptonite and the hundred other things he uses
to defeat the Justice League? Discuss.
Metamorpho
is back for his second week to tie up all those loose ends
from last week's cliffhanger. Needless to say he doesn't kill
Green Lantern.
We do
find out (conveniently) along the way that Rex had always
wanted to be a superhero much in the same way John Stewart
always wanted to bang Sapphire, I mean be a family man. Rex
gets to live out his dream as he saves the day, the city,
the girl and the Justice League in the end. John, however,
gets to go home and practice making Hawkgirl constructs with
his ring.
Superman
didn't look like a Superwimp in his fight scenes this week,
at least not until Metamorpho spontaneously figured out the
chemical formula for Kryptonite. Martian Manhunter got in
a few good moves before falling to the giant green blob. Batman,
smarter than all of them, stayed out of the fight altogether.
A few
things in this episode reminded me of the movie Ghostbusters.
From the giant squishy creature rampaging through the city
to the final explosion at the top of the building, it was
all very familiar. I'd have given the episode 10 bonus points
if Hawkgirl had complained, "he slimed me."
Last week, I commented how quick Rex and Green Lantern were
to believe the worst in each other the moment doubt was raised
about their intentions. It continued this week with them flip
flopping between best friends and distrust of each other. If
the writers had added a throwaway line about the mutagen causing
some mental instability when it first joins with a host, it
would have ben nice. That would have explained Rex's rampage
and jealousy in part one a lot better than chalking it up to
being pissed off.
A lot
of the Justice League's time seems to be spent catching people
that are falling. Superman catches Martian Manhunter. Metamorpho
catches Green Lantern. Hawkgirl catches a falling fat guy.
Green Lantern catches Sapphire and no one catches Kevin Bacon.
Oddly, the few times that no one catches the falling superheroes,
they turn out to be just fine a few minutes later.
Flash
and Wonder Woman were again AWOL this week, and since the
only new episode for a while will be the "movie"
The Savage Time, we will have to cherish their memories
through the holiday season.
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