![]() ![]() ![]() It comes from no sincere place, but it is flagrantly honest about it, at least.Īnd speaking of branded filmproduct, this is really just a non-stop exercise in such mercenary fun. "We believe you have previously enjoyed consuming DC-branded filmproduct, and we anticipate that you will enjoy consuming more of it again at a future date." I find it useful only in that it encourages us from the outset not to expect a beating pulse anywhere in Leag-, beg pardon, in DC League of Super-Pets. ![]() "Please enjoy consuming this DC-branded filmproduct", the title invites us with the inhumane flatness of a hostile alien species. It is unashamedly - proudly! - declaring that this exists because of corporate fiat. And it's not just for the ad campaign - when the title appears onscreen, at the start and end of the film, that's exactly how it's rendered, DC League of Super-Pets. No, the part that crawls up my ass and itches is that very pointed inclusion of the letters DC. But "League" or "Legion", it's still the first big-screen outing for the Super-Pets, a slightly jokey, substantially kid-friendly group of superpowered nonhuman animals whose functional lifespan after their 1962 debut didn't really extend past the Silver Age of American comics, the period uniquely well-suited for fearlessly dumb nonsense like this. assumed (and with reason) that movie audiences have already heard the word "League", and they'll make the connection more readily. Not the League of Super-Pets part that's mostly just describing the content, though I might wonder why the film bothered to so subtly rename the comic book Legion of Super-Pets. To begin with, I find the very title of DC League of Super-Pets unpleasantly provocative. ![]()
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