{"id":1300,"date":"2009-07-08T07:00:59","date_gmt":"2009-07-08T11:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/?p=1300"},"modified":"2009-07-05T16:19:29","modified_gmt":"2009-07-05T20:19:29","slug":"dc-comics-dvds-green-lantern-supermanbatman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/07\/08\/dc-comics-dvds-green-lantern-supermanbatman\/","title":{"rendered":"DC Comics DVDs &#8211; Green Lantern &#038; Superman\/Batman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">DC Comics has two upcoming films in their DVD series of DC Universe animated original PG-13 movies.\u00a0 Both look great and I&#8217;m definitely picking them up!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a title=\"Green Lantern: First Flight\" href=\"http:\/\/www.warnervideo.com\/greenlanterndvd\/\"><em><strong>Green Lantern: First Flight<\/strong><\/em><\/a> will be available on July 28.\u00a0 While I&#8217;d rather they&#8217;d featured Kyle instead of Hal, this movie still looks really good!\u00a0 This story covers how Hal Jordan became a Green Lantern, and his early dealings with Sinestro.\u00a0 I love that Sinestro is in his current costume, rather than his cheesy old suit.\u00a0 I suppose the story is a modern-day interpretation of the 1990s <em>Emerald Dawn<\/em> mini-series, since Geoff Johns said this isn&#8217;t based upon his recent &#8220;Secret Origin&#8221; arc on the <em>Green Lantern<\/em> comic.\u00a0 You can visit the official movie site by <a title=\"Green Lantern: First Flight\" href=\"http:\/\/www.warnervideo.com\/greenlanterndvd\/\">clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><code><object width=\"425px\" height=\"360px\" ><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"\/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"\/><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/mediaservices.myspace.com\/services\/media\/embed.aspx\/m=57581456,t=1,mt=video\"\/><\/object><\/code><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you can&#8217;t view the embedded video above, please <a title=\"Green Lantern: First Flight\" href=\"http:\/\/www.warnervideo.com\/greenlanterndvd\/\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a title=\"Superman\/Batman Press Release on Newsarama\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newsarama.com\/tv\/060929-PublicEnemies.html\"><em><strong>Superman\/Batman: Public Enemies<\/strong><\/em><\/a> is due out on September 29.\u00a0 This story is based upon the first arc of the <em>Superman\/Batman<\/em> comic book series.\u00a0 In this adventure, Superman &amp; Batman become America&#8217;s most wanted criminals &#8211; and are hunted by friends and foes alike.\u00a0 It was a really good comic, so I&#8217;m looking forward to seeing the animated version.\u00a0Also, they got the original voice actors who did the Superman Animated Series and the Batman Animated Series.  So you know the voices are going to be spectacular!  You can read the entire Press Release on <a title=\"Superman\/Batman: Public Enemies\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newsarama.com\/tv\/060929-PublicEnemies.html\">Newsarama by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><code><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/q_OvtI_qMig&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1&#038;\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><\/object><\/code><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you can&#8217;t view the embedded video above, please <a title=\"Superman\/Batman: Public Enemies\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=q_OvtI_qMig\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I can&#8217;t wait for both of these!!!<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Tell the world about ONCE UPON A 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