The only thing I outright disliked is how the junior JSA just happens to be that group of "losers" sitting at the same table in the cafeteria. Sorry, Geoff. There's coincidence and then there's dumb.
Everybody in town being overly nice must be a plot point that felt way too on the nose even if they wanted to show how "nice" Blue Valley is.
As for the comments for the opening sequence, I feel like everything about that night wasn't fully shown. I could see Courtney facing off with the villains we see at the start and then towards the end a bigger conspiracy/the missing JSA members reveal themselves. At least I hope.
It's kind of a well-worn cliche .
Yeah, I think the Injustice Society is definitely doing something to the town.
I think the only JSA member we explicitly saw die was Starman. Wildcat was still breathing the last Stripesy saw him (unless those were supposed to be his last breaths). We don't know what happened to Mid-Nite after that shadow thing grabbed him. I don't know if there were bodies left over for them to bury although if Pat thought there was any chance the JSA might still be alive, he'd probably jump at it.
I'm curious if Rick knows what happened to his dad.
i think dugan went to blue valley in tthe first place was him tracking the injustice society whereabouts as we saw in the boxes , also why he has that giant robot in the first place in the empty garage lot. he just never expected coutney to take the staff
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I don't think it was quite perfect, but I quite enjoyed it.
I agree that all of the new JSAers being at the same lunch table is lame, but my hope is that only Rick is related to a former member and Courtney just recruits the other two to join the cause. That'd make it a bit easier to stomach. It sucked to see the JSA offed in the opening scene, but somehow I think it was left ambiguous. I imagine that we'll see some old timers at some point in the series. And I'm also not sure how I feel about the Cosmic Rod being a character. Makes it feel a little too much like the Magic Carpet, but there are worse things in the world and it does make a bit of narrative sense.
However, I do think the got Courtney's spirit down perfectly, which IMO is the most important thing to do in a show where she's the main character. I'm definitely looking forward to more.
Theory: given that James Robinson is working on the show, they cast Henry Thomas as Dr. Mid-Nite (a name actor suggesting a greater role down the road), and that it appears a pair of "shadowy hands" grabbed Mid-Nite and pulled him out of the battle, I'm willing to bet we're going to see Shade as the kind of anti-hero he's been portrayed as recently, and Mid-Nite will take the place of Jack Knight in terms of having a friendship with him. Robinson has a soft spot for Dr. Mid-Nite (having him portray the 1950s Starman for a bit in the comic) and the idea of a man who controls shadows and a hero who's blind but can see in the dark having some kind of friendship (or even relationship) feels like an interesting match. I wouldn't be surprised if Mid-Nite is still alive, just in hiding with the Shade, and gives Beth Chapel his blessing for her to take over the role.
This is obviously an addition for the TV show. I was wondering if this somehow happened when Sylvester died and his personality -- or soul was poured into the rod. Maybe Fate or even the Spectre somehow caused this to transpire. That would help explain why the rod wanted to Courtney to train.
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Did Pat want to move there because of the Injustice Society. Because both his family and the villains ending up ion a small Nebraska town only by chance is just too hard to swallow.
There came a time when the Old Gods died! The Brave died with the Cunning! The Noble perished locked in battle with unleashed Evil! It was the last day for them! An ancient era was passing in fiery holocaust!
Did anyone else think Grundy's grunts kind of sounded like he was mumbling "Solomon Grundy?"
I kind of assume they retired after they won since most of them are raising kids now and don't seem to be active Supervillains, at least until Brainwave found out about the Cosmic Staff.
There's got to be a reason he was keeping around the mecha suit.