Customer Ratings & Reviews

There's not much to say about the disc or the film on it. It's appears to be the same transfer as the 2008 disc, but not it's encoded with an AVC codec rather than a VC-1 codec. So, it looks a little better. The big issue is the case. I love the art by the late, great Darwyn Cooke. Unfortunately, the spine is a bit off. You can see it in my pictures. (Hopefully those are included since Best Buy hasn't included them in some of my recent reviews.) It's a worthy upgrade from the old Blu-ray, just make sure the case is in good condition.

Adaptations can be tricky, particularly when you're trying to adapt not just the story but also the art style. For awhile, DC was adapting graphic novels for direct-to-DVD release and using the original artist's style as a guide. It's an extremely difficult goal that often doesn't work too well. But fortunately Darwyn Cooke's style lends itself to animation -- no surprise since he began his career in animation before going into comics. And the story is a lovely Silver Age tale that touches upon so many great and classic DC characters. New Frontier is by far one of the best direct-to-DVD releases that DC has ever done. However, if you already own this movie, there's not much in this commemorative edition to entice you to double-dip. There's a new featurette celebrating the life of Darwyn Cooke (who passed away in 2016) and there's Best Buy's exclusive steelbook, which is beautiful. But that's it. However if you're like me and only got it on DVD the first time, this may be the excuse you need to upgrade to Blu-ray. Highly recommended.

Before I watched this, I assumed it was going to have the same sort of ridiculously campy tone of the '60s Batman or '70s Wonder Woman show, but The New Frontier is a far cry from such material. It's a very smart story that cleverly mirrors both the changing culture in America and the changing landscape of comics, both during the 1950s, Not only does Darwyn Cooke's original writing shine through, but his art style translates perfectly to the animation here. The steelbook is also a very nice design, as the back cover and interiors showcase more of Cooke's iconic designs for these characters.

The movie itself is a wonderful animated film that is a tribute to the comics of the 1950s. But for the bluray it's great except...... again not a interesting title screen! Just a image with the buttons on the bottom. DC films always do this which bother me and they don't even do music. But otherwise I love the picture, the bonus features.

Great story for the nostalgic feel of the justice league. The animation style is very different and the tone is very light. The steelbook is a definite collectors item

This was originally released in 2008 and I'm sure it was brought back to capitalize on the upcoming Justice League film. The animation is GREAT, the voice work is top notch. It gets a little bogged down in storytelling because there isn't enough time. Overall, it's a very worthwhile purchase and I like the new art on the blu ray cover.

This movie is very distinct from that generation of 90s cartoons. It's all harsher, more violent, though not needlessly so, and not really action-packed. But it's also a more mature story, a gritty and less ideal look at the world of Superman and company. In some cases, it's wonderful.

Interesting time setting as usually the JLA battles evil in modern times, but this is set in the paranoid era of communism. As the heroes try to overcome the prejudices of themselves and the American public.

Pretty good movie. Not your usual DC but not bad. The graphic's was so different back then. I wanted to have the complete DC Justice League movie collation, now I do.

I'm not big into watching DC and Marvel anime but when you do it shows you origins of the feature films in production. Green Lantern was made a while ago but they continue to come out with new ones all the time. Highly recommended for someone wanting to get their comics straigh

This is the 2nd film put out by DC Universe, but I would say it is one of the better ones, as well. I only wish this had come with a UV digital copy as well, but unfortunately, this was produced a little before that became popular.

One of the great comic book classics finally gets the animation treatment and it gets the job done. Beautiful animation in a collectible edition with a pop-up slipcase (really caught y eye!).

Being a superhero fanatic, I consider this movie to be very informative. The origin of all the superheroes was very interesting. Kept me in suspense the whole movie. The colors are great.

If you enjoy collecting steelbooks or DC Movies then look to pick up this one. As someone who likes to pick up steelbooks for all dc movies doesn't disappoint.

I am glad they came out with this edition, since I did not purchase it when it initially came out.

Not as good as book but good adaptation overall. Excellent looking Steelbook.

An interesting view of the JLA of modern day in the 1950’s. Kind of reminded me of JLA meets Watchmen.

Several superhero origins combine to form the Justice League to fight a planetary menace.

I enjoyed this movie. I have been a fan of DC since I was a child. I recommend.

This is old movie with new package, the only reason u buying this because the steelbook is pretty and collectible.