Streaming Standard: Justice League- Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part 3

 At last, the final moments are here!

The final moments of DC's Crisis on Infinite Earths are upon us!

Of course, the 1985 Comic Series was the reset to almost 50 years of Comics, while this is the end to...4 years of Direct to Video Animation.

Even so, how well the end, well, end?

When we last left things, the Anti-Monitor finally showed its face (or face like area) to destroy everything.

Short Film, huh?

No, a Deus Ex Machina happens abruptly to stall for time.

The Worlds are all drawn into The Bleed, an unstable area of space outside of normal reality.

That explains why they have to fend off Dinosaurs and Nazis, as well as a cameo from the 'Mayhem' guy from the Allstate ads voicing a super obscure DC Character.

The plan is only a short term one, as they can't hide forever.  Never mind that resources won't last.

Have I mentioned yet how bleak and depressing they make this Story yet?

John Stewart introduces Constantine to Batman and they learn the secret of why things are like they are.

Basically, Constantine broke the Universe to avenge the results of Apokolips War (a Film I skipped because it looked way too grimdark and stupid).

Things build to a battle against the Anti-Monitor when he begins to find a way to attack them in their hidden home.

Supergirl supercharges herself with a whole bunch of Suns to help them launch an attack against the Anti-Monitor and succeeds...at a high price.

More Anti-Monitors appear, however, leading to the moments that the Internet made a big fuss over.

This includes the Super Friends being wiped out by the being...

...the Teen Titans being destroyed (by just showing their T-Tower wiped out).  Why pay the Voice Actors who still voice the Characters on Teen Titans Go, after all?

...and, of course, the final Animated appearance of Kevin Conroy as Batman, alongside Mark Hamill as The Joker...unless you got the copy with the temp voice in place.

Whoops.

Lex Luthor (from Earth-10, if you are keeping count) didn't do too well with his first plan.

Maybe a desperate gamble will lead to a new reality for them all to live in.

Of course, nothing has been announced yet, so...who knows?

The End.

A big series of events that eventually lead somewhere.  It sure does take a while though.

The Pacing is so weird here.
We jump right from the end of Part 2 and into a time jump.
They spend a long, long time on a battle with the Dinosaurs and Nazis.

That part is fun, but how important is it to the narrative?  If only they didn't spend so much time on Psycho Pirate last time, we wouldn't feel both rushing and dragging at the same time.

The Film's Plot relies so much on you following all of the DC Films for proper emotional resonance.  So when it goes 'That guy from Warworld is here' I was all 'Oh...okay.'

The big problem for me is that it seems to be anti-fun.  Multiverses- if used sparingly- are fun.
This Story makes it clear that they are actually terrible.
Cool- I hate having fun.

For better or worse, this is the send-off that they have been building up to, featuring grand scale, mopey heroes and so many Cameos that even mega nerds like me go 'Oh...yeah...him/her.'

Seriously, name all of the people that aren't Booster Gold or Starfire.

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At least Aya's Cameo leads nicely into my next piece.

A Film that is both a celebration and mutilation of DC's Comics History.  If you can get through the slogs, there's some big action/fun to be had.