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I know you'll probably hate me for being brutally honest here but I'm not that much of a Superman fan. I probably was when I was a kid but, these days, I just can't seem to get into him. Even his animated series failed to excite me and these days I'm heavily into animation. That is, until I saw Superman-Doomsday. This direct-to-DVD animated feature, brought to you by Warner Premiere, focuses on the DC Comics storyline of "The Death of Superman" and how everyone around him deals with his death. Done much like Justice League:The New Frontier, this feature is more adult-oriented and serious in terms of story and content. Directed by Bruce Timm, Lauren Montgomery, & Brandon Vietti; it features the vocal talents of: Adam Baldwin, Anne Heche, James Marsters, John DiMaggio, Tom Kenny, Swoosie Kurtz, Cree Summer, Ray Wise, Kevin Smith, and Adam Wylie.
I must say, I'm really impressed with the film. It's wayyyyy better than I was expecting it to be.
If you're a big Superman fan or just love cartoons, you can't miss this film.
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Finally a serius animated feature for the man of steel! This is by far the best after STAS. Theres a non-stop action that will keep every TRUE fan at the edge of the seat as you have never see Superman fighting so hard! Im glad Bruce Timm and the rest of the cast finally made a PG13 movie because many have said that Superman was for kids. This proves them wrong! The only reason i gave it 4 stars is because of the litle special features. Other than that is absolutely great!
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I'm not a huge Superman fan by any means, but I loved the Superman Animated series and was looking forward to the Superman: Doomsday movie, even though I knew it technically wasn't part of the same continuity.
I know a lot of people seem to hate the fact that this movie is not a panel-by-panel adaptation of the Death and Return of Superman comics, but that may be for the best. The Return of Superman storyline got a bit convoluted, and this adaptation does a great job of streamlining things for casual fans. The return of "Superman" was presented quite differently, and I think this was an improvement over the original stories.
The highlight of the movie was the fighting. The Superman/Doomsday battle was flat out epic, and was choreographed brilliantly. It was highly reminiscent of Japanese anime fighting, and the devastation was incredible. The Superman/Superman battle was almost as impressive, but "bad" Superman lacked Doomsday's menace. The only wonder is how there were any buildings in Metropolis left standing. I also loved the fact that Lex Luthor and the Toyman were far more sinister than before. The Toyman in particular was downright creepy.
The absence of other superheroes both during the fight and at the funeral was decidedly unusual, especially given the sheer volume of DCU characters that rotate in and out of the Justice League series, but then again, none of the live action Superman movies had any guest stars (Richard Pryor doesn't count).
I should also mention the fact that this is rated PG-13. The fighting is intense, there's a fair amount of blood spilling and neck snapping, and there's some scattered profanity as well. I'd recommend parents watch it before exposing it to kids. I don't understand the outrage from parents who couldn't be bothered to look at the rating and explanation on the back of the box before popping this into little Billy's DVD player.
Overall I was very impressed with Superman: Doomsday. It was a solid adaptation of the original story, but was still accessible to non comic book fans, and is a worthy addition to the DCU animated movie library.
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The voice acting came along well with this, making it the best direct-to-video movie I have ever seen. I never read the comic book, but I did read the Novelization of it by Roger Stern, which is pretty much the whole comic saga but without the pictures. Having read it, there were some things I had wished to see. 1st of all, All 4 fake Supermen: Eradicator, Steel, Suberboy, & Cyborg. We argued though that the Eradicator was in this film, he was the evil clone. I told them it wasn't because when you put on the subtitles it says 'Dark Superman'. Another thing that would be kinda fun to see is Supergirl & Lex Luthor married, which did happen. Plus, would it have hurt them if they made it 90 mins. instead of 75, it left me wanting more (another reason you should buy this). The DVD comes with a cool documentary on the making of ths epic time in comic history, a trailer for cartoon Justice League movie, & a DVD game which is although pretty easy, is still decent enough to play several times. Overall, buy it!!! =)XD YES!!!!(S)
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If you liked the story line, artwork, and overall complete package of the infamous "Death of Superman," do NOT watch this. The first 3-7 minutes of this feature is about Superman fighting Doomsday. The rest of it had NOTHING to do with Doomsday, or the original story. This does not show how Doomsday came to the world, how the JLA battled against him, the destruction caused by Doomsday and/or Superman during their battle.
Watching this feature was however a wonderful thing, at least I viewed it on demand and only wasted $4.95 rather than go through with my original plan, and buy this pile of junk the day it came out. Here's a better idea for those of you looking for "The Death of Superman," re-read the graphic novel, you'll thank me later.
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