VHS : Batman Superman Movie (Clam)

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Rating:

- UGGGGGGGGGGG i pooted
it was very good..... FIVE STARS!!! It will be a classic in years to come.. It was Great seeing Superman getting his [butt] kicked my batman... FIVE STARS....im kidding, 3 and a half

Rating:

- Great Mini-Series
WORLD'S FINEST originally aired on the Batman Superman Adventures as a three-part miniseries. As always expected, Bruce Timm and Paul Dini deliver first-rate production and screenwriting for this movie. Kevin Conroy once again delivers a superlative performance as the Dark Knight. The antagonism and reluctant team up of Batman and Superman is very credible and true to each superhero's character. My favorite events must be the way each superhero uncovers the other's identity, along with the animosity over Lois Lane's affections.

While great, this storyline is perhaps not as riveting as some of the other Animated features, yet it is great to see The Last Son of Krypton and the Dark Detective battle the Prince of Knaves and The Very Rich Bald Guy. Some of the best scenes include Batman's awesome gadgetry (On flight: "When in Rome...") and the battle with the robots. A great comic scene is watching Joker and Lex negotiate as Mercy and Harley Quinn duke it out in the background.

On the whole, I must say this is a great film for every fan of Batman and Superman, and for all lovers of first-rate animation.

Rating:

- The Joke's on you!
Um...where can I start? This started off as a three part story on 'The Batman/Superman Adventures' series and as a result is only an hour long, which it suffers from, as you want a showdown of the two greatest heroes to last much longer.
Aaannnyyyway, Mark Hamill once again voices the Joker, and is superb as always. His reaction to Superman's resistance to Kryptonite is classic, and you only wish the series hadn't finished after this movie. The rest of the voice acting is great although Lois did sound a tad like Catwoman, but you can forgive that. The ending leaves the Joker's fate in question, and you want a new movie or series to set up 'Batman Beyond (or the really really stupid Batman of the Future as its known over here in the UK): Return of the Joker, which showcases his demise. Come on WB! We want a new movie or series! I can't recommend it enough and if you're a fan and don't have it, now that it's on DVD you have no excuse.

Rating:

- In ''Finest'' Form!
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Waiter! There's a "Bat" in my "Supe"!

"The Batman-Superman Movie" is actually a 3-part episode from the Superman animated television series.

The episode's title, "World's Finest," comes from the DC Comics publication of the same name, which was a comic book series which regularly teamed-up DC's flagship characters -- Metropolis' "Man of Tomorrow" and Gotham City's "Dark Knight Detective."

However, unlike the comic book version of "World's Finest," where DC's two top dogs were all chummy buddy-buddies, this animated feature more closely reflects the relationship they were reassigned with as part of DC's "post-Crisis" reconstruction ("FanBoys" of the genre know of what I speak). Here we have a Batman and Superman as polar opposites: Wayne/Batman perceives his space orphan counterpart as too much of a strictly by-the-numbers rulebook-following Boy Scout; Kent/Superman disapproves of the cowled outsider's heavy-handed vigilante tactics. Yet, they are more or less forced to set their disagreements with each other aside and form an uneasy temporary "partnership" when the Bat reveals that his arch-nemisis, The Joker, has arrived in Metropolis to form something of an alliance of his own with Superman's #1 foe, Lex Luthor.

The Joker is hurting for cash, and is not having very good results filling his coffers via the usual illegally acquired means, so he breaks with "tradition," so to speak, and offers to "sell his services," as it were, to someone whom he knows has lots and lots of cash on hand -- Lex Luthor. And what he has to sell Luthor is definately something Luthor wants to buy... the death of Superman! (What else?)

But even more so than our two costumed dancing partners, Luthor and Joker are extreme opposites, and their business arrangement is set on even less stable ground: Luthor is calm, methodical and patient, whereas Joker is hyper, manic and impulsive... not to mention deranged. Soon, the Joker is becoming an even bigger pain for Luthor than Superman and he eventually regrets having ever entered into any sort of a deal with the clown-faced lunatic.

A romantic subplot between Bruce Wayne and Clark Kent's journalism colleague Lois Lane acts as filler.

Initially, while waiting for the order it was part of to be processed, I was having second thoughts and seriously considered removing this title from the shipment, since I was completely unfamiliar with BOTH animated series this "movie" is based on, and I really did not think it would be anything worth getting excited about. Luckily, however, I procrastinated just long enough to miss the "changed-my-mind" deadline, because once I actually had the chance to view it could I appreciate just how special this story (and very likely the animated series this story was selected from) truly was.

Not only was "Bat Soup" (as I affectionately call it) a good ride in and of itself (though the animation isn't exactly what one would call sophisticated by any means), but it also got me stoked in anticipation of seeing the Joker's return to face the two 'Batmen' of the 'old' AND the 'new' eras in the "Batman Beyond" OAV.

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Rating:

- World's VERY Finest
I had forgotten how much I enjoyed the work of Paul Dini and Bruce Timm in their quest to bring the greatest adventures of Batman and Superman to the small screen in a throwback animation style, and I was overwhelmed with joy upon seeing THE BATMAN SUPERMAN MOVIE released on DVD.

Not only do you get the world's greatest detective with Batman but also you're treated to the world's greatest superhero (Supes) in a tale that combines their arch rivals, Lex Luthor and the Joker, in a tale linking Gotham to Metropolis. In short, a money-hungry joker offers his services to murder Superman to Lex Luthor for nothing short of one billion dollars. However, complications arise when Lois Lane falls head over heels for ... Bruce Wayne?

Kid-friendly in its cartoon violence, THE BATMAN SUPERMAN MOVIE is a must-see for family entertainment.

What always worked about these animated series was the fact that the characters were always starkly portrayed in vocal direction yet simply drawn in fundamental lines. The circa 1940s artwork to the buildings and cityscapes only further enhanced the viewing pleasure.

The transfer is crisp and beautiful, and the colors are as vibrant as ever. The soundtrack is only 2 channel, but it works well for the presentation.

The disc includes an introduction by Bruce Timm, a DVD game linked to watching the movie, as well as how-to exercises in teaching anyone who likes how to draw the animated versions of Batman and Superman.

This is truly one of the world's finest!

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