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Done in a style reminiscent of Justice League - Season One (DC Comics Classic Collection), this story was inspired by The Death and Return of Superman Omnibus. For those who read the original story or have picked up the omnibus, it's important to note that this 78 minute movie was only INSPIRED by the original source -- it's not a retelling of the story. If anything, it's an Elseworlds telling of the Death of Superman, given that there are no Justice League to help Superman fight Doomsday, nor characters such as Steel and the other "Supermen" to deal with the aftermath of the fight.
Some times, especially early in the film, the audience is hit over the head quite hard about the morality of some characters. Lex Luthor, you know, is EEEVIL. Doomsday is EEEVIL. Yeah, we get it.
If you can separate this story from the original source, the movie is enjoyable enough, though it does have streaks of unevenness. Most of that unevenness lies with Lex's character. He doesn't seem to have the depth of intelligence in this film that the character does in all other media (yes, even Challenge of the Super Friends, Volumes 1-2 (DC Comics Classic Collection)). The fight with Doomsday also falls very flat. People know the outcome, but the emotional drama that goes with it wasn't there. It also finished awfully early in the film for a movie called "Superman Doomsday".
It was, in my mind, worth the $3.99 Unbox rental, but I wouldn't go out to buy it. From reading other reviews, I would have liked to have seen the extras on the disc, but not that badly. If, however, you hold the original source sacred, I would avoid this movie because it will lead to nothing but disappointment.
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First off I really thought this show overall was pretty good. Much more adult orientated. The biggest problem I have is all the voice changes. I mean the same actors were used throughout Batman the Animated Series, then the Superman Series, and ongoing into the Justice League animated series. But for some reason the makers of this show decided like many American animation projects to get big name actors versus the actors that made these characters who we loved or loved to hate. Clancy Brown did a wonderful job as the voice of Lex Luthor, now they have some crappy wimpy sounding Lex Luthor. WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT? Keep the team of voice actors that gave us fans what we wanted.
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My kids and I love Superman stories and I had to update my kids on when Superman died but this movie only did justice as far as the battle itself but not storyline. The main problem I had is that it uses fowl language when kids still looks at Superman. Kids should not watch thier favorite cartoon and here curse words, they hear that enough on the steets.
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I was never a fan of Dan Jurgens "Death Of Superman" storyline back in the day. BUT...
This video was great!! A modern day homage to the rather dated story from the 1990's where Kal-El sports a mullet. *Ugh*
If you are a fanboy/girl of the Bruce Timm Superman: TAS then this 'toon will be slightly off in the animation. But, trust me, you stop noticing after getting swallowed in the storyline.
And, if none of that sells you on this movie, then any Kevin Smith fans should be sure to buy this because Kevin himself is in it and guest stars as himself and is voiced by himself. His line from this animated movie ties in with one of his many stories he relates during his "An Evening With Kevin Smith" showings.
Excelsior!
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I never read the Death of Superman, so I don't have anything to compare it to. I enjoyed the story. (Great fight between Doomsday and Supes). The rebirth was kinda cheesy, but it worked. Good animated movie.
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