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For years we waited for it, and it finally ahppened, as Batman and Superman teamed up to thwart their greatest foes, The Joker and Lex Luthor. Gloriously animated and presented like it was a real movie rather than a cartoon, "The Batman Superman Movie" ranks with "Batman: Mask Of The Phantasm" and "Batman & Mr. Freeze: Subzero" as the ultimate animated adaptions of the Dark Knight and the Man Of Steel.
The Joker (voiced by the great Markk Hammil) and his accomplice Harley Quinn (Arleen Sorkin) have robbed a pricless artifact from an antiquie shop in Gotham. Batman (Kevin Conroy) seems to be one step ahead of them, and his alter ego Bruce Wayne heads out to Metropolis, home of Superman (Tim Daly). Meanwhile, Joker has teamed up with wealthy industrialist Lex Luthor (Clancy Brown), offering to kill Superman for $ 1 billion dollars. To complicate things, Bruce Wayne has fallen for Lois Lane (Dana Delany), enraging Clark Kent, who is determined to find out who Batman is. The two learn each other's secret identities, and realize they must team up to stop The Joker and Lex from destroying Metropolis.
This is an excellent animated films that I'd recommend to all comic book fans. It is affordable and comes with extras.
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In 1997, after producing at least 3 seasons of "Batman: The Animated Series" and one season of "Superman: The Animated Series", the creative minds behind both TV sensations decided to craft a story focusing on what would happen when the two greatest heroes in the DC Universe came together.
"The Batman Superman Movie" finds Batman (voiced by Kevin Conroy) and Superman (voiced by Tim Daly) having to join forces to thwart a new evil scheme being hatched by the nefarious duo of the Joker (voiced by Mark Hamill) and Lex Luthor (voiced by Clancy Brown). One problem for Superman and Batman being able to work together, is that they both know the others secret identity, and making matters even worse is the fact that Bruce Wayne has begun a relationship with Daily Planet reporter Lois Lane (voiced by Dana Delany), and this is just what was needed to make Clark Kent jealous. Will these two heroes put aside their differences to save Metropolis from the clutches of the Joker and Lex Luthor, or succumb to their petty rivalries?
After a very successful outing with their first animated feature film "Batman: Mask of the Phantasm", and a not as successful, yet still entertaining sequel "Batman & Mr. Freeze: Sub Zero", both Warner Brothers and the producers of the two series' were leery of jumping into another animated feature film. So instead of trying to come up with a story that exists outside of the standard continuity of either series, they opted instead to have the movie's storyline take place over the course of 3 episodes within the second season of "Superman: The Animated Series". This way, the continuity is left intact for both characters, and if the 3-part story arc is successful in terms of ratings, then release them all together as a feature length direct-to-video film. Well, obviously since I'm reviewing the film, it means that the 3-part arc was successful, and proved to be very entertaining.
One nice piece of trivia about the 3 Batman animated movies that had been produced thus far, including this one, is that with "Batman: Mask of the Phantasm" and "The Batman Superman Movie" the two series' creators Bruce Timm, Alan Burnett, and Paul Dini were producers for those movies and also served as co-writers; however, on "Batman & Mr. Freeze: Sub Zero" none of them are credited. This piece of trivia may prove to be why the two of the movies were very successful and entertaining on many levels, while the latter was somewhat inferior.
One more thing for fans of these two characters respective animated series' and their animated movies, you can find the entire 3 episode story arc that comprises this DVD movie in the recently released to DVD second volume of "Superman: The Animated Series". It's up to you whether or not you choose to view the episodes as they originally aired within the season, or stand alone as a movie. Either way, they are still great additions to 2 excellent animated series'.
"The Batman Superman Movie" is unrated and contains violence.
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World's Finest is a great TV movie. In terms of acting and animation. But, I only have one problem w/ it.
In the film "THE INCREDIBLES", there's a hilarious scene in "E"s mansion with the famous "cape gag". People loved it. It can make caped heroes look embarrassed. But, who said comic fans want things that way?
Don't get my drift? Here's a better way to explain it, in "World's Finest" there's a scene that disturbs me. Lois is in the Daily Planet building (alone), and, one of Lex's robots is attacking Metropolis. Batman jumps through the window, picks up Lois, and they hide in a paper printing room. Batman distracts the robot. The robot comes closer to Batman and he steps back. He backs up until he is right behind operating printing machine (w/ spinning cylinders, carrying paper through the printing machine), but, he gets too close. A second later, his cape is caught in one of the cylinders, and he is pulled into the machine, forcing him to remove the cape/cowl, revealing his secret to Lois. I'll stop there.
See? That's what disturbs me. Cape jokes/gags/situations that make heroes look bad is something I hate. Superheroes get embarrassed by this stuff, because, they'll look like fools choosing to wear capes. Capes were made to make heroes look cool, not to embarrass them. I have to keep my eye on the cape to make sure nothing happens and then I miss the episode & plot. Other episodes (Of both Batman & Superman) that disturb me this way include:
The Last Laugh
Heart of Steel (part 2)
Last Son of Krypton (part 3)
A Little Piece of Home
Speed Demons
Over the Edge
Old Wounds
Mxyzpixilated
Critters
Batgirl Returns
Holiday Knights
Heavy Metal
Superman's Pal
And, a SUPERMAN episode w/ Bizarro
Anyway, these cape "accidents" disturb, not only me, but comic book fans as well! In conclusion, we all hate these cape things. LET'S BLAME THE WRITERS!!!!!!!!
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This will be included on the Superman Volume 2 set from the Animated Series. So don't waste your money unless you want the special features.
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wooo hooo......! nostalgic movie satisfaction at its best , for all those DC fans out there that are waiting for the real live action movie version of the Bats and Sups movie can , [and should] relive the glory days with the animated version first, with excelllent voice talents as always form all the actors. Enjoy now its not an option its an order from your inner super hero.
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