Story

 
I'm going to give the plot without as many spoilers as I can... but let me tell you now... some of this might be even too much information, so you might want to skip to the actual REVIEW rather than what happens in the episode.
 
Chloe is once again the damsel in distress as she is approached by a mysterious man in a dark alley, surprisingly her threat is not this man but whoever kills him later... somebody with ice powers. 
- and Cue "Somebody Save me" theme.  
There's a hospital scene where there's this blonde girl's introduction (Courtney Whitmore) and the mysterious last phone call of Wesley Dodds. 
The Canary and Green Arrow relationship is teased.  
There is a deaths and the letters JSA splattered with blood... I'm not going to tell you who though but if you have to know:       
 
  
 
Cue bad guy introduction, who has a score to settle with JSA... and is trying to out them all 
An old "Golden Age" video in the archives of the Daily Planet introduces Al Pratt, Ted Grant, Jay Garrick, Alan Scott, Abigail Hunkel and adds an even bigger mystery to their connection with one another.   
Dr. Emil Hamilton is back.
The next guy on the call list Carter Hall and then there is the intro of Kent Nelson and Nabu..  


The Star Rocket Racer appears with a book of info on Smallville's JLA  
 

The team starts getting together and the mention of Shiera is the reason for a full blown team-up.

By the way this is all just the intro of the story...

Oliver, Clark, and Chloe are now mixed in this huge mystery that lead into the few JSA that are left to be brought back together into a battle against this ice man! 
 
Obviously I'm not going to give you the whole story... you have to watch it yourself! 
  

Review

  
To start off the episode the scene was too familiar. Chloe as the damsel in distress, not an exciting start but the story picks up after this. 
 
So first with the positive:  
The story is a solid telling of these amazing characters, and I loved the fact that although this ties into the Smallville universe, yet you don't have to watch episodes before this to understand the plot. 
This TV-movie had a lot going on, and yet there was time to discover deeper like Hawkman's and Stargirl's past, which was something that worried me about these characters. The story had enough space to show the complexity of these characters, and hint at various comic book moments and themes. 
There were a lot of acknowledgements to the DC Universe, such as the introduction of Checkmate, and minor characters like Amanda Waller.  
Plus the Suicide Squad!
John Johns returns sporting clothes that are very similar to the Martian Manhunter's wardrobe. (Red X over Green). 
The battle between Stargirl and Icicle is downright awesome!
 
Now negative: 
This 2-hour episode had a lot of expectations and hype, too much if you ask me, especially with the low-ress effects. 
Smallville never did have cool action packed effects, but I was expecting a little bit more for these two episodes. 
The worse effects were on Hawkman's wings and whenever he flew, but surprisingly these did not bother me as much as the totally fake cold breath in every scene with Icicle.
I must say I love those battle scenes where everything slows down so you can see where the hits and kicks are but on this particular even the slowing down only made the last battle mere tedious... 
 

I have only read a few issues of JSA, so most of these characters were new to me, and to be honest the less I knew about them the less picky I was about their portrayal.
 

Rating

 
4 out of 5 
I think if the special effects were amped 10 notches up the I would've given it a 5...  
Tell me if you agree with my review or not... 
  

@Mods/Staff: Can somebody help me with the SPOILERS I put on this, for some reason they don't hide the content. Thanks!

Here's the 6th Avenger...  
Just for you to laugh a little...
 
PS. I think this is the best pick out of this whole week!

Not Comic Book related but I still thought I'd share it with all of you: 
    
     

The Green lantern Movie is looking for crew Members!  
They are looking for stunt people and to work behind the scenes...   They are now shooting on New Orleans..
 
If you are interested in stunt performance, then get down to Second Line Stages at 800 Richard St., New Orleans this Friday, January 29th. Open auditions will be held at 10 AM. Those auditioning should be strong in fighting and dialogue, according to an advisory sent out Tuesday by Louisiana Entertainment, the state's office of film and television production.

The film is also looking for construction workers and are currently accepting resumes at greenlanternfilm@gmail.com. Applicants are asked to state job position being sought after on the email subject line.

Source:   CBM.com

During this past dacade Comic Book Events, for most of us, have been a major part in our pull list. The intresting about these events is that it's not just a major story that "will change the ___ universe" as companies tend to say. No, the story also takes up tie-ins with these individual stories that overall tie in (redundency) into to the bigger story. So comic book companies  to let us, the readers, that the comic book ties into the major story plot, they put a Comic Book Event "logo". 
 
So when are the logos too broad? 
When are they too latent? too subtle? 
Which are good and which are a complete FAIL! ?  
 
Here I am to rate them...  

NOTE

: Remember this is a rating on the logos not the stories
 
DC's Infinite Crisis 
 
The Infinite Crisis logo is basically the INFINITE CRISIS title just put over the Comic Book title. one difference between the actual title and the logo is the fact that logo has a dark streak across. The streak accross changed several times addressing if the comic book was in fact a tie-in or a special or even if it was pre- or post-. 
  
           
 
 In my opinion this logo was very good, basically because it did not disrupt the art in any way. The cover was not changed to what a regular non-tie-in-er (weird) would be for the exception of a little space taking up the top of the cover.  Although the "Special" and the "1 month until" dark streak seemed unesesary.
 
Rating: 4.5 out of 5
  
 

Marvel's Secret Invasion

 
 
The Secret Invasion logo was rather simple. The font that originaly wrote SECRET INVASION was the same as the logo for the exception of the word SECRET was over INVASION it's just all layed out in one line. Some titles just separated the words SECRET INVASION from the cover with a black square on the top of the cover. 
 
          

I think this logo was a little bland for my taste. I mean it was boring it was just basically the same as the main title had only smaller. Although the fact that it did not take up too much space was good.
 
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 
 
 

DC's Final Crisis

 
 
Final Crisis had a logo which in my opinion I loved. The cover had the normal art, bit the words FINAL CRISIS were allinged vertically along both sides of the cover (FINAL on the left CRISIS on the right). Not only that but the letters had this dissolving effect on them so the art could be apreciated even more. There were some comics which didn't have the dissolving effect but it still looked good. 
 
          

The only problem I had whas that the font on it was kind of an Arial font, which I don't like, but it's not such a huge deal as I would think it would be.
 
Rating: 5 out of 5 
 
 

Marvel's House of M

 
 
House of M tie-ins had a simple logo. On the right of the cover a red and white streaks spread accross it vertically, while the House of M logo was selected into a the left corner of the cover. 
 
 
         

I have to say that I can't put my finger on this one. You can see the art of the cover and the title but the Red & White doesn't fit for me. I think the subtlety of the logo is not too bad you can see it, and it's not too broad that it covers up the cover. 
 
Rating 3 out of 5 
 
 
DC's Blackest Night 
 
This logo is another one I can't put my finger on. The Lantern rings are shown all over ina colloge above the words BLACKEST NIGHT. 
  
          

This is not too broad nor not too latent. 
 
Rating: 3 out of 5 
 
 

Marvel's Civil War & Siege

 
One thing that I have always said that was importat about the cover is: ART! (If you don't then you have a problem) So if the logo takes up half of the cover then this is no longer important. I believe that if the logo takes up too much space then the logo is downright horrible. 
 
Civil War cuts the cover in half horizontelly allowing the title (which is changed to the CIVIL WAR font) and the words CIVIL WAR to be on the bottom while a small part is covered by art. 
 
Siege does the same only worst. THe cover is cut vertically showing half of the left with art while the right is the title of the book (which the font is changed too) and the word SIEGE on the botom and some haddowy art of Asgard. 
  
           
 
I wish it wouldn't disrupt the covers...  

Raiting: 2.5 out of 5 (Civil War) 
Raiting: 2 out of 5 (Siege) 
  

Do you guys agree with me? 
What do you think about "logos" for tie-ins?