History Film / JusticeLeagueOfAmerica

The Justice League is a superhero team composed of ComicBook/TheAtom, Fire, ComicBook/TheFlash and GreenLantern, all led by the ComicBook/MartianManhunter. When Tori Olafsdotter acquires ice-related powers and finds her boss is using a weather machine against the city, she helps the team against him and ends joining them as Ice.

** The movie's GreenLantern has the name Guy Gardner, yet he's a close friend of Barry "ComicBook/TheFlash" Allen (like Hal Jordan) and his costume includes Kyle Rayner's GL insigna and mask (the rest of the costume is closer to Gardner's). His personality seemed very Hal-like in his hero guise but he still had the Guy Gardner edge as seen in the scene where he creates a chainsaw to threaten the villain. His civilian identity seems based on Kyle Rayner as well since it often involves him trying to juggle his superheroics with his lovelife; a trait more common with Rayner.

Should not be confused with ''Film/JusticeLeague2017'', which was the debut of the team on the big screen.

Should not be confused with ''Film/JusticeLeague2017'', which was the debut of the team on the big screen. And it's a tossup as to which was worse: that film or this one....

* AdaptationalWimp: The entire Justice League are significantly less powerful than their comic book incarnations. They're even less impressive when comparing their civilian personas as well.

* NaiveNewcomer: Ice

* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: The Atom suffers from an inferiority complex since he can simply shrink while the other members have grander abilities. Case in point: at the beginning of the pilot, while the rest of the League are saving people from a hurricane, he simply shrinks down to save an old woman's cat.

''Justice League of America'' was a 1997 [[MadeForTVMovie television movie]] made as a LiveActionAdaptation of the ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica comic book.

Should not be confused with ''Film/JusticeLeague2017'', which was the debut of the team on the big screen.

* CanonForeigner: Aside from the love interests for the heroes, the BigBad of the pilot was called the Weather Man, who is not a known Creator/DCComics villain. However, this character might have been an {{Expy}} of the '''Weather Wizard''', an old ''ComicBook/TheFlash'' rogue.

* WorkingWithTheEx: THe characters mention a few times that Guy and B.B. used to date.

''Justice League of America'' was a 1997 [[MadeForTVMovie television movie]] made as a LiveActionAdaptation of the JusticeLeagueOfAmerica comic book.

* SuperHeroOrigin: Ice gets hers in the movie. It's a FreakLabAccident rather than her origin as part of an [[IcePerson ice-people race]] as in the comics. The other members briefly gloss over their origins in one scene. Chances are, if the series had been picked up, it would have elaborated on their backstories a lot more.

The Justice League is a superhero team composed of ComicBook/TheAtom, Fire, TheFlash and GreenLantern, all led by the ComicBook/MartianManhunter. When Tori Olafsdotter acquires ice-related powers and finds her boss is using a weather machine against the city, she helps the team against him and ends joining them as Ice.

** The movie's GreenLantern has the name Guy Gardner, yet he's a close friend of Barry "TheFlash" Allen (like Hal Jordan) and his costume includes Kyle Rayner's GL insigna and mask (the rest of the costume is closer to Gardner's). His personality seemed very Hal-like in his hero guise but he still had the Guy Gardner edge as seen in the scene where he creates a chainsaw to threaten the villain. His civilian identity seems based on Kyle Rayner as well since it often involves him trying to juggle his superheroics with his lovelife; a trait more common with Rayner.

* XMeetsY: JusticeLeagueOfAmerica meets Series/{{Friends}}.

* XMeetsY: JusticeLeagueOfAmerica meets {{Friends}}.

* CanonForeigner: Aside from the love interests for the heroes, the BigBad of the pilot was called the Weather Man, who is not a known DCComics villain. However, this character might have been an {{Expy}} of the '''Weather Wizard''', an old ''ComicBook/TheFlash'' rogue.

** Ice/Tora (Tori for the film) is depicted as a meek, clumsy meteorologist student, whose powers only manifest fully at the very end of the film, and she seems to need physical contact with an object in order to make them work. Her comic book self was a member of a group of Romani Travellers who had a history of being able to bend the natural elements to their will, could project her powers from a distance and use them to create ice-based constructs and was also a capable hand-to-hand combatant.

The Justice League is a superhero team composed of TheAtom, Fire, TheFlash and GreenLantern, all led by the ComicBook/MartianManhunter. When Tori Olafsdotter acquires ice-related powers and finds her boss is using a weather machine against the city, she helps the team against him and ends joining them as Ice.

The Justice League is a superhero team composed of TheAtom, Fire, TheFlash and GreenLantern, all led by the MartianManhunter. When Tori Olafsdotter acquires ice-related powers and finds her boss is using a weather machine against the city, she helps the team against him and ends joining them as Ice.

* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: J'onn, the MartianManhunter, only uses his powers a few times but each time, it's a completely different power that just so happens to help the plot along. This is not completely unlike his comic counterpart, however, who has many abilities.

The TV movie never aired in the United States, despite being commissioned and produced by Creator/{{CBS}} as a PilotMovie for an eventual television series. However, [[ShortRunInPeru it was shown in other countries]] (notably Channel 5 in the United Kingdom), which is why [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes bootlegs circulate at conventions]]. Many claim it's SoBadItsGood. The cheesey but comic-accurate outfits led to Website/{{Cracked}} citing the movie as a major example of why the MovieSuperheroesWearBlack and NotWearingTights tropes are so prominent in live-action comic book adaptations.

The Justice League is a superhero team composed of The Atom, Fire, TheFlash and GreenLantern, all led by the MartianManhunter. When Tori Olafsdotter acquires ice-related powers and finds her boss is using a weather machine against the city, she helps the team against him and ends joining them as Ice.

The TV movie never aired in the United States, despite being commissioned and produced by Creator/{{CBS}} as a PilotMovie for an eventual television series. However, [[ShortRunInPeru it was shown in other countries]] (notably Channel 5 in the United Kingdom), which is why [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes bootlegs circulate at conventions]]. Many claim it's SoBadItsGood.

* CanonForeigner: Aside from the love interests for the heroes, the BigBad of the pilot was called the Weather Man, who is not a known DCComics villain. However, this character might have been an {{Expy}} of the '''Weather Wizard''', an old {{Flash}} rogue.

* WesternTerrorist: The Weather Man looks and sounds like a generic terrorist. He threatens the city via video wearing a bandana and shades, often spouting vaguely anarchistic slogans such as [[AnarchyIsChaos "I will upset the status quo!"]].

** Tori has a similar origin to Sigrid Nansen, the original Icemaiden, rather than Tora's comic book origin.

* CompositeCharacter: The movie's GreenLantern has the name Guy Gardner, yet he's a close friend of Barry "TheFlash" Allen (like Hal Jordan) and his costume includes Kyle Rayner's GL insigna and mask (the rest of the costume is closer to Gardner's). His personality seemed very Hal-like in his hero guise but he still had the Guy Gardner edge as seen in the scene where he creates a chainsaw to threaten the villain. His civilian identity seems based on Kyle Rayner as well since it often involves him trying to juggle his superheroics with his lovelife; a trait more common with Rayner.

* AdaptationDyeJob: Ice has light brown hair, while she was a WhiteHairedPrettyGirl in the comics. Fire is a brunette, but the example is arguable since the comicbook one, despite having green hair, it was dyed green on her natural brown hair.

The film was reviewed by [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]] and [[WebVideo/WhatTheFuckIsWrongWithYou Nash]] from ThatGuyWithTheGlasses [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/teamt/nash/specials/31547-nash-justice-league-of-america-1997-a-review here]].