The end of Justice League, the end of an era

I really feel like this is the end of an era. Bruce Timm's DCAU cartoons began in 1992 with BTAS, where he showed that superhero cartoons didn't have to be done half-fast and they could also contain some great storylines. He showed that just because the cartoon starred a superhero, it didn't have to be crappy. Now, after the huge sucess of all of his cartoons and a spectacular finale hoorah , what have the people who make superhero cartoons learned? Absolutely nothing. I feel as if the superhero cartoon universe come full circle. From crap (Hanna-Barbara cartoons, possibly excluding "Superfriends") to amazingly good (BTAS, STAS, JL), and back to crap (Teen Titans, The Batman, the Legion [don't tell me I haven't seen it yet, you know it's gonna suck]). It seems like the people behind the desks have learned nothing from this excellent saga told in the course of 15 years. I think it's really pathetic when I realize that THIS creative team seems to be the only one on the face of the Earth that can make a good superhero cartoon. I will really miss the DCAU.

RIP
DCAU
1992-2006


Anyway, I found tonight's episode to be a really good closure. The "I feel like I'm living in a cardboard world" line was one of the best all season. It was really cool to see Superman unleash his true power. That whole Superman/Darkseid battle was really well done. I really liked the ending of this episode, with all the heroes zooming down the stairs. And, yes, the last millisecond of the episode showed the Bat-symbol on Batman's chest, a great closure to the DCAU.

P.S. Cartoon Network just lost another viewer, seeing that JLU is the only show on it I watch.

P.S.2--Thank you to Timm and Co. for all the great DC animated work you've done in the past 15 years.