Rating:  -
Its lacking. The other DC animated features are better. The characters are perfectly written and voiced. Very good. More of it should have been in Gotham, though.
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I'm often asked, "Who is the best Batman?" No doubt about it. Kevin Conroy IS Batman. He has the overpowering voice that puts fear into criminals. Tim Daly is awesome as Superman. Like Conroy, he has an excellent Superman voice; but, in a different way.
The animated series of Batman & Superman were well written, well voiced, & were drawn very well.
Filled with features, unlike the live action DVDs, The batman/Superman DVD is sure to be among the best ever animated DVDs. The major drawback, however, is, there is always so much more they could have done. It seems as if ALL the DVDs have the same extras. Some interviews with the actors, and some deleted scenes and other behind the scenes clips is always awesome.
I give this a 41/2 out of 5 stars. Or, 95 of 100.
Rating:  -
For adults into Batman and Superman its okay.
I made the mistake of buying it for my 3 year old, and its just too violent. For starters Batman and Superman aren't exactly friends, in fact they have a punch up. As Clarke Kent and Bruce Wayne, they are both chasing Lois Lane - who is beautifully drawn by the way. I would have thought Batman and Superman would have gotten along really well, well they don't. Sure they work together at the end but its forced.
Too much violence for the young ones, probably okay for the adult fans.
Rating:  -
This story of Batman working with Superman is wonderfully written and plotted out. Not only do Batman and Superman work together, but the Joker and Lex Luthor also put their heads together. It is fun to watch the two major crimefighters with their uneasy friendship and on top of that, Bruce Wayne tries to steal Lois Lane from Clark. This story was part of a three part Superman-Batman Adventures episode and I do hope that the entire Superman animated Series will eventually be put on DVD.
Rating:  -
Worthwhile use of the "World's Finest" title for this first animated meeting between the Bat and the Big Blue Cheese. (For many years, the comic titled "World's Finest"'s lead story every month was a Batman/Superman team-up, in an era when hero's team-ups were not common)
Batman and Superman's first meeting, herein portrayed, is rather nice, especially because they really just don't like each other a heck of a lot. Especially because Lois Lane falls hard for Bruce Wayne.
Their mutual discovery of secret identities plays nicely on the two characters' strong points, with Superman using his superpowers and Batman demonstrating why he's the world's greatest detective.
Harley Quinn's running feud with Luthor's female bodyguard/chauffeur, Mercy, is one of the high points.
The Joker's "Dance of Death" over the fallen Superman, adding shocks from his super-charged handbuzzer to Big Blue's suffering in his kryptonite death trap is rather chilling; in this and a few elements of violence this production (originally aired in prime-time, and then as three episodes of the television series) goes a bit beyond what the afternoon TV series can usually portray, and the Mark Hamill-voiced Joker is truly scary. The Joker's raving laughter as he (apparently) goes to his death as a result of one of his own traps gone wrong is both chilling and in character. (Harley Quinn, on the other hand, is just a *bit* too broadly portrayed.)
(There is, by the way a comicbook/"graphic novel" adaptation of this material -- now sadly out of print. While it doesn't bring much new, it's a good counterpoint to this film, as it gives alternate, slightly more "adult" views on some things -- if you have one, you really need the other.)
One question -- does Lois Lane have a trust fund or something? Otherwise, how does she afford that Simply Incredible apartment on a mere reporter's salary?
Also -- a couple of scenes, notably the lab where the robots are kept and where Superman fights them, and Superman straining to (just barely) prevent a huge aircraft from crashing into buildings strongly suggest deliberate homages to the old Fleischer Bros "Superman" cartoons, specifically to "Metal Monsters" and "Japoteurs".
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