I broke out the DVDs and re-watched the first 8 YJ episodes this weekend. I forgot how much fun the early episodes are.
Also, lots of little things that stand out now.
Roy, on about to enter the Hall of Justice for the first time: "I was born for this."
Several partial references to the show "Hello, Megan"
A cameo of Lagoon Boy in Atlantis.
Guardian having the same voice as Roy.
Cadmus deciding to replace the captured sidekicks with clones.
Black Manta scolding Aqualad on his choices.
Knowing who the Light are now, I can identify some of them when they're speaking or their outline is on-screen.
I also forgot that Miss M couldn't density shift in the beginning. (Also Wally's mad scrabble for a handhold after running halfway up the outside wall of Cadmus.)
Clone Roy.
I'm trying to remember, but I don't know if we see real Roy at all in season 1.
Nope, it's all clone!Roy in Season 1, except for a glimpse of icicle!Roy in the last episode. Remember that Wally said that he never knew the real Roy during Red Arrow's intervention.
Right. I knew Clone!Roy was the only one we saw in action. I just couldn't remember when we found out original!Roy was still on ice.
Okay, I finally finished YJ today. So when I said this earlier:
The Scarab is not Kord tech, damn it. I mean, the pre-new 52 explanation (alien tech from an alien race that wanted to enslave the Earth [like you do]) doesn't lend itself to a team show, but -- damn it, it's alien tech!
I was hilariously wrong, huh?
The whole Scarab plot is more or less straight out of the pre-new 52 Blue Beetle book. I cannot render textually how happy I am. (Seriously, I was all,
"They kind of look like the Reach. That's shitty to imply it and not do...it...
HOLY CRAP HOLY CRAP HOLY CRAP!!!") I think I scared the dog.
Fabulous. So, SO fabulous.
Megan has problems, yo. Are we supposed to assume that
Aqualad is basically lobotomized now?
That's pretty dark.
So, nothing more until January? If we're lucky?
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(I mean, if we're lucky and the show doesn't get permanently pulled. Not "man, are we lucky we don't have to watch this again until January." That would be crazy.)
Young Justice tie-in comic cancelled: [link]
What does a portent look like again?
Yeah. That doesn't bode well for the show.