JLU: "The Once and Future Thing, Part 2"

[mandolin]

So happy I taped this last night.


I found it fairly clever that the episode went out of its way to point out that the timeline was "polluted" - thus, the future we saw wasn't set in stone. (So while WE know that Warhawk will still be born - he's shown up in Batman Beyond and in the legitimate, non-time-polluting trip to the future in Static Shock - John doesn't know that.) Which made the revelations and comparing of notes logical. Still, it didn't make things any less complicated for John, did it? ;)

"Shayera was one cranky pregnant lady." That in itself is a fanfic summary right there. *kicks creativity demons*

Given Batman's reaction to Diana vanishing from the timeline... "Just friends" my ASS.

Batman playing good cop to older Bruce's bad cop - that was beautiful. I can only imagine what they cut away from after Bruce said, "Let me show you how to interrogate someone."

The time shifts amused me, although I was glad when John blinked back in and the "Will you make up your mind?" comment.

So of course, just when John was coming to terms with the idea of a future with Shayera ("Get away from my kid" was a hint, I think), everything's back to normal and only GL and Batman remember what happened. Oh, yeah, things are a lot more complicated...

Last but not least: Batman's modifications to the time belt. What an evil, appropriate punishment indeed. Best use of "Groundhog Day" time-looping ever. :)

Comments

[jennies.livejournal.com]

I have heard so much about this two-parter. Do you have the whole thing on tape, that I might watch it?

[weirdweb.livejournal.com]

Yes, I had the good sense to tape both parts.

Unfortunately, since I didn't know it was a two-parter, they are on two different tapes, but I taped in SP - so dubbing shouldn't be too hard. :)