The '90s were a pretty dark time for superheroes on the screen -- costumes looked terrible, plots were campy, and effects were godawful. Many adaptations faded off into obscurity, like the feature-length pilot for CBS's Justice League of America.

According to Splitsider, 1997's JLA never got a series order, probably due to the roster: The Flash, Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter, Ice, The Atom, and Fire.

But it gets better: you can watch the entire 80-minute pilot on YouTube, and wonder how the JLA could be screwed up even more.

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