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| JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time | |
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 DVD cover | |
| Directed by | Giancarlo Volpe |
| Screenplay by | Michael Ryan |
| Based on | |
| Produced by | Giancarlo Volpe |
| Starring | Diedrich Bader Laura Bailey Dante Basco Corey Burton Grey DeLisle Peter Jessop Fred Tatasciore |
| Edited by | Bruce A. King |
| Music by | Frederik Wiedmann |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Warner Home Video |
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Running time | 52 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time is a 2014 Americananimatedsuperhero film featuring theJustice League of America. It was first released on January 21, 2014 on DVD, and featuresDiedrich Bader,Travis Willingham, andKevin Michael Richardson, reprising their roles asBatman,Gorilla Grodd, andBlack Manta respectively.[1]
In the present day,Lex Luthor and hisLegion of Doom try to usecryogenic 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 theJustice 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-trainingDawnstar andKarate Kid are visiting a museum dedicated to the League's exploits. They accidentally release Luthor, who has been insuspended animation following his battle with the League. Luthor explores the museum, discovers Superman's secret identity, and locates an ancient item called the Eternity Glass, which can manipulate time and space. Taking Captain Cold's weapon, he freezes Dawnstar and Karate Kid. He then releasesTime Trapper from the Eternity Glass, allowing him to return to the present. The young heroes break free and follow.
Resuming control of the Legion, Luthor instructs Time Trapper to send his forces back in time to preventJonathan 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 inWashington, D.C. After a misunderstanding, they explain their story and verify it throughWonder Woman's Lasso of Truth. Flash, Aquaman, and Cyborg travel into the past to preventBizarro,Toyman,Cheetah, andSolomon 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 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 ofdark matter and realizes that only Dawnstar's light-based powers can defeat him. Dawnstar charges Time Trapper and the League defeat him, reverting the Eternity Glass, which imprisons Time Trapper once more. The League thanks the young heroes and offers them the opportunity to stay, but they refuse and return to their own time. Luthor is sent toBlackgate Penitentiary, withGorilla Grodd assuming control of the Legion of Doom. After returning to their own time, Karate Kid and Dawnstar discover that a statue of Luthor has replaced a statue of Superman. Believing they have altered history, they immediately return to the 21st century to help the League once more.
The film was first released on DVD in Region 1 in the US exclusively atTarget stores on January 21, 2014.[1] The DVD, and digital download, was later available generally on May 20 the same year.[2]
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Chris Sims ofComicsAlliance 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 fromIGN 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 theBruce Timm era, but it's certainly a ton of fun despite its flaws".[4]
