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Back when I was younger I used to watch this series a lot. Being so much younger, I enjoyed seeing superman's exploits as he defeated criminals in a variety of ways, and even putting up with the terrible cereal ads that WB played all over their network. However NOW we finally get to see the series in one tidy package. Of course, I would have loved it if this series could have come out at the same time as the New Batman Animated series, which played along with this show back in 1997 (hopefully WB and DC will release that soon as well). But until you can enjoy both at once, relive the greatness that is Superman, and that shaped the Superman we see today in the Justice League show on Cartoon Network, by buying this set. It's worth your money.
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Superman TAS isn't the best of Bruce Timm's series, but it's still nicely designed and animated. There are some very good episodes in this set, such as the 3-part pilot, plus some interesting special features.
But with Warner there's always a problem. Here it's the presence of a double-sided disc. In fact, this was supposed to be a 3-disc set ; but they chose to put in 1 single-side disc + 1 double-sided disc. Double-sided discs are much more fragile and sometimes split into 2 unusable discs. The DVD-case is also problematic: it's almost impossible to take out the discs without pulling them hard and risking breaking them (which make the double-sided disc even more fragile). Next time, Warner, make this perfect : put only single-sided discs, in an appropriate package (such as the ones you used for the last Batman TAS sets).
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I know it's not fashionable to call Superman cool, but he is. The key to Superman is that he's refreshingly down to earth. The guy has all this power, and in the end, he's just one of us. Sure, he'll fly off to stop a giant robot from crushing Metropolis, but that's just because he's a good guy. I'd like to think if I had those powers, I'd be a good guy too. But I'd probably be a jerk, like nearly all of us. But not Clark Kent. You can call him a boyscout if you want, but being honest, good, and helpful aren't such terrible things to be.
On to this series. It's great. I wish it had lasted as long as Batman. It's got the same maturity, the same depth as that series. It's also got giant robots, alien invaders, weird mutants, and all sorts of super sci fi bad guys to distinguish it from Batman. Personally, I enjoy both these series immensely for pretty much the same reason. Great animation. Great stories. Great dialogue. Just great period.
If you're on the edge about the Man of Steel, but you love Batman: the Animated Series, give this a shot. You'll be glad you did. And if you're like me and just like Superman because of everything that makes him Superman, buy it.
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I was never a fan of Superman. To be honest he was the corniest superhero ever in my mind. But after watching this first season, I have to say this is second only to Batman. One of the only cartoons at that time that combined action, suspense, comedy, romance, and made it work. All I can say is, Where on earth is the second season???!!!
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I never watched this show on WB but I did buy the DVD collection anyway. I must say it was outstanding! The animation is great, the stroy plots are excellent and the origin stories tell more than you would learn from any of the previous movies or T.V. shows. I think this franchise was an excellent idea and had a good run, though why they stopped doing it I'm not sure. It was second only to the Batman series I think as best comic to TV series of all time. I mean let's face it, Batman has better villians and is probably a little more relatible to most because of his lack of superpowers. But regardless, this was a great series and definitely worth the buy. Now when is Volume two comming out?!?!
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