The episode did what it set out to do: portray a live-action version of a junior Justice League. I liked it, but found two problems with it. First, it illustrated the X-Men criticism of colorful costumes in real life: Flash and Aquaman looked a little more corny than believable. (Green Arrow looks good, but not great.) Second, I was disappointed that the team was portrayed as a terrorist group. The JLA in the comics tends to fight other supervillains or big alien threats; this came off as a rogue, covert mission outside my expectations.

I thought it was a fun, fanboy wish-fulfillment episode in a series that often eschews both those categories. I would agree that the series has probably gone on too long at this point. I think a live-action GA spin-off series would be fun. The costumes didn;t bother me for the most part, and the code anmes as a means of avoiding blowing secret identities over thje radio made a degree of logical sense. I especially enjoyed the “Watchtower” allusions as Chole fulfilled the Oracle in comics/Martian Manhunter in JLU role.

And on that note, I keep waiting and waiting for DC to introduce Chloe inot the comics. What’s the holdup? Surely the Smallville producers have SOME idea of where that character will end up, once the series has ended? Unless the plan is for Chloe to be dead by Smallville’s end, why not intro her now in the comics?

Spoilers, obviously:

Given “Smallville’s” limitations, I think this episode did the best it could. For a backdoor Justice League pilot, it focused too much on the relationship between Ollie and Lois. However, in terms of checking in with Clark’s other super friends (ha ha), it was more of a success. Also, in terms of showing Clark’s development into a superhero, it let Bart embody the fun aspects and Ollie the relationship-straining elements. I didn’t see the Aquaman or Cyborg episodes, but their appearances here were pretty good.

Also, just in terms of bringing together all the DC guest heroes seen to date, this was pretty satisfying. I do wish the schedule had been flipped somewhat to let J’Onn J’Onzz into the League, but them’s the breaks.

Now for the nitpicks: I didn’t like Impulse’s hoodie, mostly because it’s not very aerodynamic. I wouldn’t expect even a super-speedster’s aura to keep it from blowing off his head every time he accelerated past 20 mph or so. Also, I liked Chloe’s codename, but why not “Oracle?” T/R did “Birds Of Prey” too, after all.

I also agree that “Smallville” hasn’t done enough to differentiate plain ol’ Clark from his future self. I dunno, maybe a haircut and spit-curl will be enough, and there’s still time to develop super-hypnotism….

Justice wasn’t everything that a comic fan could want, but it was as close to — within reasonable limits — that a fan could expect from Smallville. Yes, the claims about the soap-opera-ness of Smallville are well-founded, but the series continues to attract me, at least, because this season and the previous have shown Clark’s character to be expanding beyond just Smallville to becoming an actual hero recognizing responsibility and that crime is not politics, its not all local.

snorefest.

This ruled!! It was the best episode EVER! It showed Clark that he wasn’t alone and sometimes it’s best to work with others. Hell, give the League their own show!!

Is it just me or is Chloe acting more and more like Oracle??? She should so be Oracle!! (or the equivalent of)

Anyways, it was fantastic!! Humerous, fun mixed with action. I doesn’t get any better than this! MORE MORE MORE!!

Great episode. Sure, it had some problems, but you know what? It was still an entertaining show, best so far this season.

Overall, “Justice” was an enjoyable episode, but only in context of the series itself. It’s clear enough to not need continual re-stating that the show is NOT comics continuity, nor do we want it to be…(new stories, that’s what we want)…

I enjoyed seeing the JLA heroes, such that they are in this format (damn fine to look at, to say the least…), the hoodie was a bad choice, I agree…but how can they be the Justice League until they set aside their little boy/terrorist ways…and until they’ve attracted the attention of a certain Gotham bat and Themiscyran princess…or at least Black Canary! (I know, I know, the rights aren’t available…)

Recently, I have been a little concerned that this series is supposed to bridge that gap between Clark’s younger years and becoming the well-known, brightly clad Man of Steel…and while we see Lex turning into the Luthor we all love to hate, Clark’s transformation is slow as anything. By this point in his life, we ought to be seeing glimmers of his future! He certainly shouldn’t have to ask Chloe to check heat signatures if the building’s clear–he should be able to see that himself!

But still–nice job!!

this was a great episode. it was fun and entertaining.

The only part that bugged me was the team lineup shot. Clark was at the “point”, with the other four trailing him. But this was clearly Queen’s League. He organized it, it was his plan, and he saved Clark from the Kryptonite.

It was Ollie’s right to be at point in that scene, not Clark’s.

It wasn’t bad. As far as I’m concerned Smallville is an elseworld scenario. When’s Wonder Woman going to show or are they backing off for Joss Whedon’s project?

Hey, at least there wasn’t a Lana subplot

I enjoyed the episode for the fun that it was always meant to be. C’mon, all the little nods to fanboys everywhere?! “JL International”, “Watchtower”, and my personal favorite, “Boy Scout”.

This episode screamed spin-off. Just add Black Canary and Huntress from the ol’ Birds of Prey series, and the 6 of them can be traveling around the world attempting to foil the plans of Luthor Corp.

I had no expectations coming in to watch this nor was I going to compare this show to X-MEN or HEROES. It would be incredibly foolish to do so.

I actually liked it quite a bit. It was better than most Smallville episodes. The jokes between the members of the group were pretty funny. I was hoping to see more action but otherwise I liked it. I would definitely check out a spin-off if they had one. Something like Mission Impossible with superheroes.

Super Entertaining, but not as solid a story as I wanted. Enjoyed Luthor’s diabolical treatment of Bart, and Aquaman can keep that shirt off as much as he wants (loved the line about him swimming faster when he’s naked). The Oliver and Lois scenes were a snoozefest though. “This is the moment I’ll regret forever isn’t it” (or whatever Ollie says) **Gag** Still, A Lot Of Fun!

If they’re all working for JL International, doesn’t that mean they are all going to die?

Shark over-jumping time!

Ok, I thought it was very entertaining. I mean, come on folks, it’s comic books. Some random thoughts: I like Green Arrow’s hoodie, Bart’s not so much. I thought actually that it was a good idea that the costumes were bright. I mean, they are supposed to by symbolic and distracting at the same time right? In fact, it would have been neat to have Clark wear a blue Smallville High sweatshirt with a Smallville High red “S” on it and a red jacket over it. Or would that have been too much? I would have like to have seen Clark tell Bart at the end something along the lines of “Impulse? Bad codename. The way you move, why not something like ‘Flash’?” Would have been neat. Hmm, the Justice League as a series? I’m way in favor of that. Maybe Chloe could move there and become Oracle. You just KNEW that you’d see a “Right Stuff” slo-mo shot in there. Cyborg? Well, I didnt see the episode he was in but I wish we could have seen some more metal on him ala Vic Stone in the Titan’s books. Sure was lucky for Arthur that the plant was near a waterway. Sigh. Aquaman is hard to write for. It annoys me that Lois is still on there series. Makes me agree that this has definitely morphed into an Elseworlds story. But really, arent all comics Elseworlds?

I thought the episode was OK. I guess I had bigger expectations. I am getting tired of them trying to squeeze too much into too little time. Do a few 2 parters. I like Clarks continuing evolution in super heroism. In this episode he sees proactive hero’s working for what they believe is the common good and he knows that he needs to head in that direction too.
What I always loved about this show is filling in the back story to get us to Superman and the other well known characters. That is moving way too slow for me now and there are some glaring issues that I can’t seem to get past. 1) How is he going to be able to go from Clark super guy to Superman and Clark mild mannered reporter after all of this super Clark stuff? How will they explain all that and how will all the others around him not see who Superman really is when he show’s up eventually? 2) Lois and Chloe, what’s the deal and how is that going to resolve it’s self? 3) Lionel and Lex and how will that resolve as well? Lana’s story line is boring but the rest could be interesting if they would just focus on them instead of dedicating the last 10 minutes of each episode to the big story and the rest on a stand alone rushed superhero story that basically doesn’t contribute to the big story. Episodes about Jor-El, the Caves, developing super powers were always the best episodes from Smallville. We need more of that.
I think it’s time to dump the small stuff and start resolving the big story. Much of this season makes me feel like…. let’s just stretch this out for one more year. I actually think this season would have been a great season to end the series and to focus on answering all the questions us geeks want answered.

Better than most episodes of the show, with a good sense of hero comraderie and good variations on the real heroes (especially Bart). But Calrk’s willingness to blow up the LuthorCorp plant was just not what I want from the future Superman. This version of the JLA might play by harsher rules, but I don’t want to see Supes using those rules as well.

Otherwise, this was loads of fun, with the best use of Chloe in ages, interesting (if not perfect) costumes, and a reminder of why Bart Allen works better as a teen.

To Simon DelMonte:

Clark blowing up a Luthorcorp plant experimenting on (read: torturing) innocent superhumans is no worse than Superman leveling a hidden Luthor base in the comics. Besides, unlike some superhero comics I could name, Clark and the JLA made certain Luthor employees (good and evil) escaped BEFORE the bombs went off.

Frankly, it would be moral cowardice for the JLA to not destory the Luthorcorp plant. They are superheroes, after all.

On lighter matters, “Justice” was what I expected: a fun, escapist superhero team-up adventure. I wish more Smallville episodes was as enjoyable as this one was.

I was sitting on the edge of my chair watching this episode, fun to watch, always wishing it was longer, Love to see Batman & Wonder Woman soon, keep up the good work.

Smallville Rules!

I thought Justice was really good. All the characters worked well together and had good little quips between each other as expected. I hope to see more like this.

The episode was good if you had seen the other eps with the characters and wanted to see them again somehow. It would be great to see them do their own series, if only to get them some decent stories, character arcs and costume changes. O, and either Canary or WW. Sadly, in this Clark continues to be thick as all get-out, hovering fearfully at the doorway to being a real hero and not really striking one as the sharp-witted Superman he’s supposed to become.

However, if you think of this as an Elseworlds tale, where the League are Bat-and-Martian-free, and that Clark will become Supernova as a trial run before becoming Superman, then it sort of works. Of course, in that case, Chloe should become possessed by a Kryptonian spirit a la Lex getting Zodded, only in Chloe’s case, she’d become Power Girl.

Mmmmm… Power Girl…

The last minute of the show (quotes approximate)- Chloe: “Clark, you have some remarkable friends”. Clark looks at her and sez, “Yes,I do”. That called for a George Reeves “wink”!