- Angel Wars: Guardian Force Episode 1—A thinly-veiled, Christian-based, CGI cartoon about angels and demons warring for the souls of humanity told from the POV of two angel recruits. The twist is many of the mystical powers of the angels and demons are largely technologically oriented. The episode provided is primarily introductory and expository. The primary villains consist of a female demon unsatisfied with the current status quo, her shadowy minion, and an imprisoned juggernaut that she is trying to free by using the emotional energy from the soul of a nerdy scientist. The most interesting aspect of the episode is the power that the demons and angels have over humans by whispering into their ear.
Angel Wars: The Messenger—A collection of 5 episodes of the CGI cartoon wrapped up as a feature-length movie. It introduces the messenger angel (the main characters are guardians) and cherubs. The original war between angels and demons (which is told as a flashback; known as The Great War) is played out as a space battle between ships, which is an interesting take on the multitude of variations that have been portrayed. The villains consist of a demon of wrong notes (out-of-tune sounds) with a weakness of pure musical notes, a prehistoric demon fossil looking to retire and his wayward son, a tempter demon who tempts an angel-in-training, an unusual evil species of demon bug that feeds on the apathy in mortals, and a polluted gargoyle demon general who has a stranglehold over a city.
Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman—Set in the Batman Animated Series Universe (the same universe that brought us Superman Animated Series, Batman Beyond, Justice League, and Justice League Unlimited), the title antagonist turns out to be 3 women, each with a beef against 3 different crime bosses, who have collaborated on a deal to illegally supply weapons to foreign government. The DVD also contains a music-only Batman short with Batman chasing Catwoman through the city.
The Batman/Superman Movie—The title heroes must team up to stop a team-up of their respective worst enemy.
Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker—Stripped to its bare essentials, this movie would make a good adventure. A legendary villain, long thought dead, returns. Is he the original? A clone? Or a copycat? As portrayed in the movie, it could be a form of ghost. Within the movie, there is an extended flashback showing the death of the original Joker. As such, there are two potential adventures within the movie and it would make a great way to link an old campaign with a new one.
The Batman vs. Dracula—The legendary vampire is re-awakened by the Penguin looking for a hidden treasure. This is the Rino Romano-voiced Batman. The first animated Batman of the 21st century (I still prefer Kevin Conroy). Dracula has two goal in this movie—creating a vampire army (consider allowing vampire spawn to create more vampire spawn all under the control of the seed vampire) and resurrecting the love of his (un)life, Carmilla Carnstein.
The Batman: The Complete Fifth Season—This DVD set focuses primarily Batman’s final evolution into an A-list superhero and it accomplishes this by having a number of team-ups (and with each team-up, a villain from their respective rogue’s gallery) with a newly-formed Justice League (with no sign of Wonder Woman). Having missed season 4 on TV and from what I remember of watching Seasons 1-3, there isn’t much of this version of Batman that lends itself to supernatural adventures.
Digimon: The Movie—A collection of three short films (which is how they aired in Japan) rolled into one feature-length film for American audiences. While I’m a fan of Digimon (better than Pokémon, IMO), there is very little that lends itself to a Gothic campaign.
Digimon: Data Squad Collection One—As with the movie above, there is very little from this latest incarnation that lends itself to a Gothic campaign. There are a couple episodes that deal with obsession-too-far that could be reworked into a RL adventure. Just rework the renegade Digimon into fey creatures. If you’re running a game involving Department-7 or a similar modern Gothic, then you might get some ideas from DATS (the agency within the series that deals with Digimon).
Doctor Strange, The Sorcerer Supreme—If you were looking for ideas for your Enlightened Fist prestige class or other magic/monk combos, this is the movie for it. As an adventure, at first glance it looks like it could be only used in a high-magic setting, but closer examination shows that it works well for a low-magic one. There is a certain level of creepiness with Dormammu trying to bypass his prison by entering the world through the dreams of children (the process induces comas).
My DVD collection for your inspiration.
My DVD collection for your inspiration.
I draw inspiration for adventures (RL & non-) from a variety of sources--primarily from movies and TV. Inspired by "The Movies You Should See For Inspiration For Ravenloft" (Whew!) webpages, I've decided to present my DVD collection to my fellow darklord gamers for general perusal. I'm going to start with my animated movie/show DVDs. Each DVD or DVD collection will have a general comment about it describing the plot and the villain. Be warned, there are spoilers.
Hindsight is, after all, caused by a lack of foresight.
Death rates exceeded 100% in some towns.
Charles V spent most of his reign aging.
This was beginning of Empire, when Europeans felt the need to reach out and smack someone
Death rates exceeded 100% in some towns.
Charles V spent most of his reign aging.
This was beginning of Empire, when Europeans felt the need to reach out and smack someone
- Fantastic Four: World’s Greatest Heroes Vol. 1-3—It is said that hero (or superhero) is defined by his or her villains. While many of the villains in this series version border on comical, Doctor Doom is always a great source for a villain template—he’s a genius, narcissistic, arrogant, vain, and his plans always work (until the Fantastic Four figures out a way to correct the problem). He’s the type of villain where the heroes are almost constantly reactive instead of proactive.
Green Lantern: First Flight—A great “origins” storyline. The movie covers Hal’s origin fairly quickly (within the first 15 minutes) and deals more with his progression in the Green Lantern Corp and the final steps of the origin of his greatest foe, Sinestro. As the word “sinister” is one definition for “evil” (the original meaning is “on the left” or “left-handed,” IIRC), Sinestro’s name must have a different meaning on his planet of origin. Sinestro is great for showing the fall of a powerful force of good; and who hasn’t tried to make their own GLC (personally, I think a few of the arcane prestige classes were based on the Corps). The second disk contains the Duck Dodgers episode “The Green Loontern,” which features WB’s Looney Toons squirrel as Ch’p along with a who’s who of GLC cameos (no Kyle Rayner that I could see though) and two episodes from Justice League Unlimited—“The Once and Future Thing” Parts 1 & 2.
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe Vol. 1—As the original 80s cartoon was one of my favorites, I think this remake of the series did quite well capturing its spirit. The episode “Night of the Shadowbeasts” stands out as potentially Ravenloftish; but every episode contains enough stuff to fuel any type of adventure, Ravenloft or otherwise--exotic locales, powerful magic (not counting He-Man’s sword), and decent villains. Skeletor is another villain that makes for a great archetype.
Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms—If your looking for an adventure in Rokushima Taiyoo, this movie is a good one to lift from—possession, demons, haunted weapons, ghosts, spirits, and four very Cthulhu-esque dragons. Even the en media res opening has the team dealing with mummies and the Bat God.
Hellboy Animated: Blood & Iron— For this movie’s opening, the team is facing what would be a dread brass minotaur golem. Like Return of the Joker above, this is another vanquished-villain-returns plot complete with an extended flashback which is broken up into several sequences played in reverse order (fortunately, the DVD producers provide the flashback played in proper order as a bonus feature). The main villain this time is a female vampire (based on Elizabeth Bathory). I recently used the flashback as a campaign wrapper. The DVD also features a Hellboy Animated short of Red taking care of a redcap variant and an e-comic of Hellboy dealing with a Penannggalan (between this comic and the previous movie, he’s dealt with a lot of them).
Hulk Vs.—Two short films on one disk, Hulk is one of my all-time favorite superheroes. With Hulk vs. Thor, an adventure can be made of a DL or a DL’s enemy has gained control of some type of juggernaut and is using the weapon. Hulk vs. Wolverine works as a “mistaken identity/framed” adventure.
The Invincible Ironman—The movie does yet another version of the well-known origin story of Tony Stark and Iron Man. It is novel in the use of the Mandarin as an ancient emperor. This is yet another “vanquished-villain-returns” adventure.
Justice League: The New Frontier—The Centre is a pseudo-natural elder evil—pure and simple (and it uses dinosaurs to boot). While elder evils are more appropriate to non-RL, the demiplane certainly has enough epic evils to be cast in a similar adventure plot.
Hindsight is, after all, caused by a lack of foresight.
Death rates exceeded 100% in some towns.
Charles V spent most of his reign aging.
This was beginning of Empire, when Europeans felt the need to reach out and smack someone
Death rates exceeded 100% in some towns.
Charles V spent most of his reign aging.
This was beginning of Empire, when Europeans felt the need to reach out and smack someone
Justice League: Secret Origins—An alien invasion story with light-sensitive, shapeshifting alien aberrations.
Justice League: Justice on Trial—The Green Lantern Corps’ predecessors, the Manhunters, frame John Stewart with the destruction of a planet to get at the primary Green Lantern battery. The second story involves Aquaman and a plot to plunge Atlantis into war with the surface world. The main villain of this story, Aquaman’s brother Orm, actually could make a decent DL.
Justice League: Paradise Lost—The first story has Wonder Woman returning to Themyscira to find the Amazons had been turned to stone by Felix Faust in an attempt to release Hades in exchange for ultimate knowledge. The second story showcases Mongul, a villain who wants to be in the big leagues but he doesn’t have the smarts for it.
Justice League: The Brave and The Bold—The first story showcases the Flash villain Gorilla Grodd taking over Central City with mind control and launching nukes at Gorilla City. The second story shows a kryptonite-induced cancer-ridden Luthor forming the Injustice Society in an attempt to destroy the Justice League (a case of misdirected blame).
Justice League: Starcrossed the Movie—Considered the bridge between Justice League and Justice League Unlimited, this yet another alien invasion story, with a twist. The Thanagarian leader, Hro Talak, wants to end the war with their eternal enemies by sacrificing the Earth to gain a major tactical advantage.
Justice League Unlimited Season 1—It should be noted that Project Cadmus figures prominently in the second half of season 1, a very effective faceless villain, a bureaucracy.
• Initiation—Brimstone, a giant, radioactive robot; and the xenophobic government that spawned it.
• For The Man Who Has Everything—Mongul makes a reappearance (and clearly chauvinistic) and an alien, telepathic plant known as Black Mercy which creates a mental prison of pure joy for its host while feeding on its host. A very good episode for Ravenloft actually.
• Hawk And Dove—The god of war, Ares, has an animated suit of armor, the Annihilator, made that feeds off violent actions.
• Fearful Symmetry—Project Cadmus makes itself known by making Galatea, an evil Powergirl-clone of Supergirl. (Given the demiplane’s effect on clones (arcane or otherwise), this story at the very least can give some psychological insight into dread clones.)
• Kids’ Stuff—Morgan LeFay’s eternally young son, Mordred, gains control of a sorcerous amulet and banishes all adults to a nether realm.
• This Little Piggy—The witch-goddess Circe is freed from her imprisonment and turns Wonder Woman into a pig. While primarily a comedic episode (who knew that Bruce Wayne could sing), even comedy has its place in RL.
• The Return—Professor Ivo’s android, Amazo, returns to Earth more powerful than ever…and he’s gunning for Lex Luthor. The JL must protect Lex.
• The Greatest Story Never Told—Another comedic episode. While the rest of the League is dealing with Mordru, Booster Gold must deal with another equally dangerous threat, a scientist with a black hole inside him, on his own and none of the other League members believe him (that’s what he gets for being a glory-grabber type).
• Ultimatum—JLU’s encounters their universe’s version of the Super Friends’ Wonder Twins, Apache Chief, Samurai, and Black Vulcan in the form of Shifter and Downpour, Long Shadow, Wind Dragon, and Juice (respectively)…the Ultimen. Project Cadmus makes another appearance and figures prominently.
• Dark Heart—The Replicators have…oops, sorry, wrong universe. Nanotech alien machines have come to Earth.
• Wake The Dead—Some warlock wannabe, D&D-playing (I resent that), college students accidently summon a force of chaos and it re-awakens Solomon Grundy and making him more powerful than ever and getting stronger.
• The Once and Future Thing Part 1—A scientist from the time of Batman Beyond becomes a time-travelling thief. During an attempt to steal Batman’s spare utility belt, the scientist and several heroes end up DC Comic’s Old West.
• The Once and Future Thing Part 2—The scientist-thief has moved on to bigger things to steal and is destroying the universe doing it. We get to see some upgraded versions of the Jokerz from Return of the Joker.
• The Cat and The Canary—The episode deals with old age and an addiction to fighting. The primary villain of flesh is Roulette but the true villain is Wildcat’s mid-life crisis.
• The Ties That Bind (aka Miracles Happen)—The Granny Goodness of Apokolips, bereft of Darkseid’s lordship, kidnap Oberon from New Genesis in attempt to change the balance of power on the planet, and Barda and Mr. Miracle asks the JL for help.
• The Doomsday Sanction—Project Cadmus shows off its members: Gen. Eiling, Amanda Waller, Tala the Sorceress, Prof. Hamilton, Dr. Sivana (not named but seen) and Lex Luthor. A dismissed member of Project Cadmus releases the beast Doomsday, setting into motion events that causes Gen. Eiling to launch a kryptonite-lined nuclear missile. This episode reveals the reason behind Cadmus comes from an incident the Justice League had with the Justice Lords (pre-Starcrossed), the League in an alternate universe where things went horribly wrong. Unfortunately for this universe, events that resulted in the Justice Lords ruling their Earth are starting play out on this one.
• Task Force X—Project Cadmus “hires” some villains to sneak into the JL satellite and steal the Annihilator (this plan was actually mentioned by Tala in the previous episode). There are plenty of “god” references in this one. A great villain-centered story, “storming Heaven’s gate” as it were and the original seven are one step closer to the Justice Lords.
• The Balance—The aftermath of the theft of the Annihilator, the ghost of Felix Faust takes control of the armor and goes after Hades. With his theft, he drives the magical forces of good insane. A reluctant Wonder Woman must defeat Faust and restore Hades to his throne.
• Double Date—The Huntress and The Question have to deal Green Arrow and Black Canary while searching for a mob boss that had killed Huntress’s parents when she was a little kid.
• Clash—Cadmus attacks the Justice League and Superman (successfully, too) in particular through the use of media and Superman’s own knowledge/paranoia concerning Lex Luthor. A great episode, if converted to an adventure, showing that heroes don’t always win.
• Hunter’s Moon—After a fight with a god from Apokolips, Cadmus has Captain Atom’s military rank and commission re-activated in an attempt to use his patriotism against the JL. The Question and Huntress hack Cadmus’s files and discover the Justice Lords mission file. The question of will history repeat presents itself. Lex hints at a bigger gambit and displays some new strength.
• Question Authority—Shayera, Vigilante, and Vixen head into trap laid by Thanagarian forces.
• Flashpoint—During the events of the previous episode, Cadmus’s plans play further along with Captain Atom fighting Superman. Cadmus continues to push the League’s buttons. Lex activates the League’s superweapon and Cadmus sends Galatea and an army of Ultimen clones to take out the League.
• Panic In The Sky—Galatea and the Ultimen fight the League on their own satellite, six of the original seven turn themselves in as a public show of trust. During the battle on the satellite, Supergirl faces Galatea, who is now a fully mature clone. Lex reveals his plan to inject himself into a Lex version of Amazo. Brainiac reveals himself as the grand architect.
• Divided We Fall—Brainiac merges with Lex Luthor, becoming a techno-god.
• Epilogue—An aged Amanda Waller shows an adult Terry McGinnis (Batman Beyond) his true parentage (didn’t you ever wonder why Terry and his little brother were brunettes while mom and dad were both redheads?). During a flashback, a new Royal Flush gang.
Justice League Unlimited Season 2—
• I Am Legion—With the threat of Brainiac a year behind, an apparently-crazed Lex Luthor escapes during a prison transfer and introduced to Gorilla Grodd’s Legion of Doom secret society. The plot revolves around Blackhawk Island and Lex’s initiation into the Legion by acquiring the Spear of Longinus (the Spear of Destiny). Plenty of effigy template constructs.
• Shadow of the Hawk—Hawkgirl has a stalker who shows her that the ancient Egyptians may have been influenced by stranded, ancient Thanagarians.
• Chaos at the Earth’s Core—The Legion of Doom engages in arms dealing with a warlord at the Earth’s core in an attempt to get a hold of a very large chunk of kryptonite, which is (ironically) a source of healing for the human natives.
• To Another Shore—Global warming has revealed the resting place of a famous, long-lost Viking prince. Gorilla Grodd, familiar with the prince’s legend, wants the body to reverse-engineer the prince’s invulnerability. This episode also hints that Grodd has an ulterior motive for forming the Legion of Doom.
• Flash and Substance—Central City dedicates a museum in honor of their resident superhero, the Flash. This dedication propels three of the hero’s rogues gallery to try and kill him.
• Dead Reckoning—Deadman makes an appearance as Grodd’s plan nears fruition—the total transformation of humanity into apes. Grodd has the Legion attack a temple in Nanda Parbat for a mystic artifact that would be the final piece. When the plot fails, Lex forces a power play that takes Grodd out of the leadership role. If you want to see D&D monks in action, this is the episode for you.
• Patriot Act—General Eiling, formerly of Project Cadmus and still obsessed with idea that the League is the single greatest threat to national security (why is it that these ego types only think about their country and not the world they live on?), decides to use a super-soldier formula developed during WWII. The formula was obviously stolen from another universe and has the side-effect of turning Eiling into an intelligent Hulk.
• The Great Brain Robbery—In an attempt to find the Legion, the League attempts to mystically probe the Flash’s mind for a residual mental link to Grodd. Simultaneously, Lex attempts to technologically extract some information from Grodd’s mind. The interaction of the two attempts results in Lex’s mind being in Flash’s body and vice versa. A very interesting episode with the idea of what would happen when an evil genius is using a hero’s powers.
• Grudge Match—Roulette returns with a new form of metabrawl—Glamour Slam. With Luthor’s help, Roulette uses mind control to have the women of the Justice League fight for entertainment.
• Far from Home—In the 31st century, the Fatal Five plan to use the Legion of Superheroes to destroy the capital of the Galactic Federation. Supergirl, Green Lantern John Stewart, and Green Arrow must help Bouncing Boy and Brainiac 5 free the Legion and stop the FF.
• Ancient History—Sequel to Shadow of the Hawk with all its major players plus Vixen, it reveals new details about the ancient Thanagarians. The show is good for reincarnation ideas.
• Alive!—A villain-centered story, Luthor has the Legion transform their headquarters into a spaceship in order to retrieve some off-Earth fragments of Brainiac. En route, Grodd escapes his confinement and attempts a mutiny (which Luthor ultimately wins). Luthor shows the depth of his evil in his attempt to reconstitute Brainiac by using the witch Tala as “the mystic conduit.” The plan almost works but the god of Apokolips, Darkseid, is reborn instead.
• Destroyer—Sequel to “Alive!”, Darkseid does a mass invasion of Earth. The entire Justice League is called to action, teaming up with the surviving members of the Legion of Doom to stop him. This episode is great for multiple reasons: The musical score is as non-stop as the plot action and really drives home the emotion. The episode also shows Batman dodging Darkseid’s Omega beam (yet another thing to add to the list of things that only Batman should do) and Superman cutting loose on Darkseid.
That's all for now. Hope you have some new ideas.
Justice League: Justice on Trial—The Green Lantern Corps’ predecessors, the Manhunters, frame John Stewart with the destruction of a planet to get at the primary Green Lantern battery. The second story involves Aquaman and a plot to plunge Atlantis into war with the surface world. The main villain of this story, Aquaman’s brother Orm, actually could make a decent DL.
Justice League: Paradise Lost—The first story has Wonder Woman returning to Themyscira to find the Amazons had been turned to stone by Felix Faust in an attempt to release Hades in exchange for ultimate knowledge. The second story showcases Mongul, a villain who wants to be in the big leagues but he doesn’t have the smarts for it.
Justice League: The Brave and The Bold—The first story showcases the Flash villain Gorilla Grodd taking over Central City with mind control and launching nukes at Gorilla City. The second story shows a kryptonite-induced cancer-ridden Luthor forming the Injustice Society in an attempt to destroy the Justice League (a case of misdirected blame).
Justice League: Starcrossed the Movie—Considered the bridge between Justice League and Justice League Unlimited, this yet another alien invasion story, with a twist. The Thanagarian leader, Hro Talak, wants to end the war with their eternal enemies by sacrificing the Earth to gain a major tactical advantage.
Justice League Unlimited Season 1—It should be noted that Project Cadmus figures prominently in the second half of season 1, a very effective faceless villain, a bureaucracy.
• Initiation—Brimstone, a giant, radioactive robot; and the xenophobic government that spawned it.
• For The Man Who Has Everything—Mongul makes a reappearance (and clearly chauvinistic) and an alien, telepathic plant known as Black Mercy which creates a mental prison of pure joy for its host while feeding on its host. A very good episode for Ravenloft actually.
• Hawk And Dove—The god of war, Ares, has an animated suit of armor, the Annihilator, made that feeds off violent actions.
• Fearful Symmetry—Project Cadmus makes itself known by making Galatea, an evil Powergirl-clone of Supergirl. (Given the demiplane’s effect on clones (arcane or otherwise), this story at the very least can give some psychological insight into dread clones.)
• Kids’ Stuff—Morgan LeFay’s eternally young son, Mordred, gains control of a sorcerous amulet and banishes all adults to a nether realm.
• This Little Piggy—The witch-goddess Circe is freed from her imprisonment and turns Wonder Woman into a pig. While primarily a comedic episode (who knew that Bruce Wayne could sing), even comedy has its place in RL.
• The Return—Professor Ivo’s android, Amazo, returns to Earth more powerful than ever…and he’s gunning for Lex Luthor. The JL must protect Lex.
• The Greatest Story Never Told—Another comedic episode. While the rest of the League is dealing with Mordru, Booster Gold must deal with another equally dangerous threat, a scientist with a black hole inside him, on his own and none of the other League members believe him (that’s what he gets for being a glory-grabber type).
• Ultimatum—JLU’s encounters their universe’s version of the Super Friends’ Wonder Twins, Apache Chief, Samurai, and Black Vulcan in the form of Shifter and Downpour, Long Shadow, Wind Dragon, and Juice (respectively)…the Ultimen. Project Cadmus makes another appearance and figures prominently.
• Dark Heart—The Replicators have…oops, sorry, wrong universe. Nanotech alien machines have come to Earth.
• Wake The Dead—Some warlock wannabe, D&D-playing (I resent that), college students accidently summon a force of chaos and it re-awakens Solomon Grundy and making him more powerful than ever and getting stronger.
• The Once and Future Thing Part 1—A scientist from the time of Batman Beyond becomes a time-travelling thief. During an attempt to steal Batman’s spare utility belt, the scientist and several heroes end up DC Comic’s Old West.
• The Once and Future Thing Part 2—The scientist-thief has moved on to bigger things to steal and is destroying the universe doing it. We get to see some upgraded versions of the Jokerz from Return of the Joker.
• The Cat and The Canary—The episode deals with old age and an addiction to fighting. The primary villain of flesh is Roulette but the true villain is Wildcat’s mid-life crisis.
• The Ties That Bind (aka Miracles Happen)—The Granny Goodness of Apokolips, bereft of Darkseid’s lordship, kidnap Oberon from New Genesis in attempt to change the balance of power on the planet, and Barda and Mr. Miracle asks the JL for help.
• The Doomsday Sanction—Project Cadmus shows off its members: Gen. Eiling, Amanda Waller, Tala the Sorceress, Prof. Hamilton, Dr. Sivana (not named but seen) and Lex Luthor. A dismissed member of Project Cadmus releases the beast Doomsday, setting into motion events that causes Gen. Eiling to launch a kryptonite-lined nuclear missile. This episode reveals the reason behind Cadmus comes from an incident the Justice League had with the Justice Lords (pre-Starcrossed), the League in an alternate universe where things went horribly wrong. Unfortunately for this universe, events that resulted in the Justice Lords ruling their Earth are starting play out on this one.
• Task Force X—Project Cadmus “hires” some villains to sneak into the JL satellite and steal the Annihilator (this plan was actually mentioned by Tala in the previous episode). There are plenty of “god” references in this one. A great villain-centered story, “storming Heaven’s gate” as it were and the original seven are one step closer to the Justice Lords.
• The Balance—The aftermath of the theft of the Annihilator, the ghost of Felix Faust takes control of the armor and goes after Hades. With his theft, he drives the magical forces of good insane. A reluctant Wonder Woman must defeat Faust and restore Hades to his throne.
• Double Date—The Huntress and The Question have to deal Green Arrow and Black Canary while searching for a mob boss that had killed Huntress’s parents when she was a little kid.
• Clash—Cadmus attacks the Justice League and Superman (successfully, too) in particular through the use of media and Superman’s own knowledge/paranoia concerning Lex Luthor. A great episode, if converted to an adventure, showing that heroes don’t always win.
• Hunter’s Moon—After a fight with a god from Apokolips, Cadmus has Captain Atom’s military rank and commission re-activated in an attempt to use his patriotism against the JL. The Question and Huntress hack Cadmus’s files and discover the Justice Lords mission file. The question of will history repeat presents itself. Lex hints at a bigger gambit and displays some new strength.
• Question Authority—Shayera, Vigilante, and Vixen head into trap laid by Thanagarian forces.
• Flashpoint—During the events of the previous episode, Cadmus’s plans play further along with Captain Atom fighting Superman. Cadmus continues to push the League’s buttons. Lex activates the League’s superweapon and Cadmus sends Galatea and an army of Ultimen clones to take out the League.
• Panic In The Sky—Galatea and the Ultimen fight the League on their own satellite, six of the original seven turn themselves in as a public show of trust. During the battle on the satellite, Supergirl faces Galatea, who is now a fully mature clone. Lex reveals his plan to inject himself into a Lex version of Amazo. Brainiac reveals himself as the grand architect.
• Divided We Fall—Brainiac merges with Lex Luthor, becoming a techno-god.
• Epilogue—An aged Amanda Waller shows an adult Terry McGinnis (Batman Beyond) his true parentage (didn’t you ever wonder why Terry and his little brother were brunettes while mom and dad were both redheads?). During a flashback, a new Royal Flush gang.
Justice League Unlimited Season 2—
• I Am Legion—With the threat of Brainiac a year behind, an apparently-crazed Lex Luthor escapes during a prison transfer and introduced to Gorilla Grodd’s Legion of Doom secret society. The plot revolves around Blackhawk Island and Lex’s initiation into the Legion by acquiring the Spear of Longinus (the Spear of Destiny). Plenty of effigy template constructs.
• Shadow of the Hawk—Hawkgirl has a stalker who shows her that the ancient Egyptians may have been influenced by stranded, ancient Thanagarians.
• Chaos at the Earth’s Core—The Legion of Doom engages in arms dealing with a warlord at the Earth’s core in an attempt to get a hold of a very large chunk of kryptonite, which is (ironically) a source of healing for the human natives.
• To Another Shore—Global warming has revealed the resting place of a famous, long-lost Viking prince. Gorilla Grodd, familiar with the prince’s legend, wants the body to reverse-engineer the prince’s invulnerability. This episode also hints that Grodd has an ulterior motive for forming the Legion of Doom.
• Flash and Substance—Central City dedicates a museum in honor of their resident superhero, the Flash. This dedication propels three of the hero’s rogues gallery to try and kill him.
• Dead Reckoning—Deadman makes an appearance as Grodd’s plan nears fruition—the total transformation of humanity into apes. Grodd has the Legion attack a temple in Nanda Parbat for a mystic artifact that would be the final piece. When the plot fails, Lex forces a power play that takes Grodd out of the leadership role. If you want to see D&D monks in action, this is the episode for you.
• Patriot Act—General Eiling, formerly of Project Cadmus and still obsessed with idea that the League is the single greatest threat to national security (why is it that these ego types only think about their country and not the world they live on?), decides to use a super-soldier formula developed during WWII. The formula was obviously stolen from another universe and has the side-effect of turning Eiling into an intelligent Hulk.
• The Great Brain Robbery—In an attempt to find the Legion, the League attempts to mystically probe the Flash’s mind for a residual mental link to Grodd. Simultaneously, Lex attempts to technologically extract some information from Grodd’s mind. The interaction of the two attempts results in Lex’s mind being in Flash’s body and vice versa. A very interesting episode with the idea of what would happen when an evil genius is using a hero’s powers.
• Grudge Match—Roulette returns with a new form of metabrawl—Glamour Slam. With Luthor’s help, Roulette uses mind control to have the women of the Justice League fight for entertainment.
• Far from Home—In the 31st century, the Fatal Five plan to use the Legion of Superheroes to destroy the capital of the Galactic Federation. Supergirl, Green Lantern John Stewart, and Green Arrow must help Bouncing Boy and Brainiac 5 free the Legion and stop the FF.
• Ancient History—Sequel to Shadow of the Hawk with all its major players plus Vixen, it reveals new details about the ancient Thanagarians. The show is good for reincarnation ideas.
• Alive!—A villain-centered story, Luthor has the Legion transform their headquarters into a spaceship in order to retrieve some off-Earth fragments of Brainiac. En route, Grodd escapes his confinement and attempts a mutiny (which Luthor ultimately wins). Luthor shows the depth of his evil in his attempt to reconstitute Brainiac by using the witch Tala as “the mystic conduit.” The plan almost works but the god of Apokolips, Darkseid, is reborn instead.
• Destroyer—Sequel to “Alive!”, Darkseid does a mass invasion of Earth. The entire Justice League is called to action, teaming up with the surviving members of the Legion of Doom to stop him. This episode is great for multiple reasons: The musical score is as non-stop as the plot action and really drives home the emotion. The episode also shows Batman dodging Darkseid’s Omega beam (yet another thing to add to the list of things that only Batman should do) and Superman cutting loose on Darkseid.
That's all for now. Hope you have some new ideas.
Hindsight is, after all, caused by a lack of foresight.
Death rates exceeded 100% in some towns.
Charles V spent most of his reign aging.
This was beginning of Empire, when Europeans felt the need to reach out and smack someone
Death rates exceeded 100% in some towns.
Charles V spent most of his reign aging.
This was beginning of Empire, when Europeans felt the need to reach out and smack someone
Possibly. To be honest, I only patrol this board and the fanfic board. If the mods want to move it, I have no problem with it, just let me know.Brandi wrote:Shouldn't this be in Dark Beyond?
Hindsight is, after all, caused by a lack of foresight.
Death rates exceeded 100% in some towns.
Charles V spent most of his reign aging.
This was beginning of Empire, when Europeans felt the need to reach out and smack someone
Death rates exceeded 100% in some towns.
Charles V spent most of his reign aging.
This was beginning of Empire, when Europeans felt the need to reach out and smack someone