In last week’s blog, we looked at the upcoming, big-budget Justice League of America movie. But fans might be interested to know that a JLA TV movie was filmed back in 1997. Created as the pilot for a prospective TV series, it never aired in this country, although it did play in Europe a few years after its completion. The plot finds Green Lantern, The Flash, The Martian Manhunter and other heroes taking on The Weather Man (played by Miguel Ferrer). Clips from various scenes can occasionally be found on YouTube; meanwhile, here’s a still from the movie (taken from a Miguel Ferrer fan site) that reveals the film’s, uh, quality:
This article appears in Oct 10-16, 2007.
