User blog comment:Thailog/Ep. 201 "Happy New Year!" discussion/@comment-184.60.221.229-20120429071102

Here's my opinion as a filmmaker - this episode wasn't good. The problem with it was that, despite YJ being a series, each episode should have a beginning, middle, and end. The major conflict is fine if it's not answered but the subplots should be answered. You don't just throw in several characters AND a timeskip without resolving ONE of the two or both. Those plots aren't what the series is about and perhaps they least they could have done was air two episodes like they did with season one's premiere to satisfy some of the questions without frustrating the viewers (in a bad way).

I was highly upset with the break-up of SB and MM. I know they were teens and stuff but honestly, those two went through a lot to have a deteriorated relationship. And the way they handled their problems showed that they had a higher mentality than a normal teen (besides they fight bad guys and face danger every day, that should make you mature in itself). If the whole purpose of them breaking up is just so that SB gets with WG, then they shouldn't have brought MM and SB's relationship in that kind of light in the first season. Talk about X-men drama between Jean Grey - Cyclops - Wolverine.

Another thing that upsets me is that the JL and the Team couldn't figure out where the missing leaguers were until FIVE years later? WTF? That doesn't even sound plausible! They're superheroes with several resources. Why couldn't Martian Manhunter read into their subconscious minds or something? Or since Batman is the best detective out there, why couldn't he have figured out that they went into space and then tried to connect the dots from there?

The writers will be facing some serious problems in the future with questions like that. The children won't be wondering it so much, but the adults who watch the show will be puzzled and disappointed that, that angle wasn't addressed.

I'm sorry Greg Weisman and Brandon Vietti, but your attempt at shaking things up so far is not working in the way you want it to. I doubt viewers will be ok with some of the ideas you throw in there despite however many episodes you manage to put in there to answer the question because of how season one was set up.

It's good to make it mysterious but you're risking a lot of audience members by introducing too much for only a 20 episode season.