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Superman: Doomsday [2007] (REGION 1) (NTSC)


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The Death of a Hero
Review date: 2008-03-28 Rating: 8 out of 10

Superman has been reinvented a number times latey and this is the latest this story is supposed follow the DC Comic book but there is an auido CD story called Doomsday and beyond.

If you have heard or listened to that story and think this will be a visual telling of that story you maybe dissapointed with this DVD which you can get for region 2 (British DVD Players).

Everyone knows the main Superman story I do have only one bad to say about this DVD Superman isn't very well drawn and it annoys me but on the whole and good 74 minute adventure with The Man of Steel.

You may see some things from the CD story in this animated film and you know the outcome of this film I must say it's worth a watch.

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Great dark animated movie, Superman style!!
Review date: 2007-12-31 Rating: 10 out of 10

Superman doomsday is a highly enjoyable animated film.... Typical Bruce Timm at work, If you like anthing else of that style, then dont hesitate to buy this. Loads of great executed fight scenes and brilliant animation. It doesn`t contain the Justice League and is different from the "death of superman" comic book. But for me, all the more boring parts of the book are left out, and has enough story and new ideas to keep it feeling fresh and fun. This animated film is a nice little package of comic book violence, along with an emotianal story that keeps the action alive. This is the most i`ve enjoyed a story about the character Superman.

A great movie for anyone apart from obsessive superman fans
Review date: 2007-11-01 Rating: 10 out of 10

Superman doomsday is classic Bruce Timm at work, It stays true to the core of the work it adapts: a world without superman and cuts out the rubbish. The characters are all brilliantly voiced (apart from Lois, who sounds a little too old). The classic Timm art has evolved and looks great. The script runs with the freedom of more violence and all that jazz and still keeps a truly emotional story at heart. Not only that but it is very well directed, with loads of brilliantly executed scenes and great animation - in short great for comic book fans, superman fans or most people who want a dramatic tale.

The mystery is gone...and with it, the magic!
Review date: 2007-10-20 Rating: 2 out of 10

I'll try not to rehash what others have said on here, but what I will do is share the reasons I thought the original story in the comics story arcs worked so well and then how this 'movie' compares. The overall story was truly epic and told over three 'acts' if you will:

1) The death of Superman: The Justice League went up against Doomsday and couldn't stop him. Even Superman got bashed around when he tried to take him on initially before making his 'last stand' at Metropolis. The iconic image of the Superman's yellow 'S-Shield' from his tattered cape blowing like a flag was awesome and captured something of the loss of Earth's greatest hero when he died (photographed by Jimmy Olsen).

2) World without a Superman: In my opinion, the emotional heart of the story dealing with the reaction of individuals to the loss of Superman (supporting characters, heroes etc) and the whole world. My favourite moments were when Clarks parents couldn't even be at the funeral of their son to protect his secret identity and the most tear-jerking moment when Jonathan 'Pa' Kent is in the barn reminiscing about his time with Clark when he was growing up. "How could I be talking to anyone?" he states, facing the grim reality that his son is gone. PLUS the awesome cliff hanger of this 'act' with the sightings of FOUR Supermen! Could any of them be our Kal-El back from the dead? Oh, the mystery!

3) The return of Superman: Four Supermen and bits of evidence to keep you guessing that any one of them could be `the real deal'. By far the most interesting part of the overall tale, in my view. Plus the final battle with a true world threatening menace was a very good conclusion.

So - what are the problems with this movie? Well, I'm sad to say that in this movie there is:
1. No Justice League
2. The Doomsday part is very brief (and also they make out he's a machine - oops).
3. No S-Shield on the cape when it's flowing in the wind
4. A funeral that is `played down' compared to the original (Lois' grieving is just awful)
5. No Jonathan Kent (hence we are robbed of emotional content)
6. No Supergirl or the 4 Supermen (only one shoddy doppelganger to replace them)
7. No epic conclusion (in fact, the ending was particularly weak.

Anything good? Well, despite the animation looking inferior to the 90's Batman series the voice actors for Superman and Lex Luthor (yay Spike) do a great job. Another nice touch is the visual impact that Superman and Doomsdays blows have on the nearby buildings. Ultimately though, aspects such as this can only be great when used to tell a great story.

I acknowledge that the reality is the entire story could not have been captured in 75 minutes or even 90 or 120 minutes. So how's this for an idea: make it over TWO movies!!!! The first could deal with the death of Superman and World without a Superman (ending with a cliff-hanger of four 'sightings' of Superman), followed by a second movie purely dealing with the 'return'. Yes some elements would still need to be trimmed in the sense of some of the secondary stories (Arms war in Steel for example) but the overall majesty of the story would have been preserved. And Superboy was referred to as SuperMAN in this tale so there's no argument with the Salkinds!!! And we could own 3 hours of Superman celluloid to be proud of.

C'mon DC - you could have made twice the money AND more importantly created something faithful that does justice to both the story, the fans AND opened the mind of people not usually rating comic adaptations to a truly epic tale. Please don't mess up `The Judas Contract' or the rumoured `Kingdom Come'.

Disappointed.

Superman or Superdud?
Review date: 2007-09-23 Rating: 4 out of 10

The film is losely based on the Death of Superman Trilogy from the early '90's, that premise alone should have made it a great film... but somewhere along the way it fails. The direction lacks subtly and the plot lacks intelgance (why doesn't Superman just hurl Doomsday into space instead of throwing him right back into Metropolis?), for the most part the voice acting is completely off and so is the characters dont seem to feel right at times - Jimmy selling out for money is a good example. I think Adam Baldwin is a fantastic actor but saddly his voice is too rough to really fit the feel of Superman or Clark James Masters (Lex Luthor) on the other hand is the complete opposite here is a man who was just born to play Lex (oddly enough I'd never seen it before up until I actually heard his voice) and the sad fact is James Masters is actually the best part of this whole film.
If you want a good comic book/animated film go for Iron Man or Doctor Strange, this is saddly one film that is destined to linger in the shadows of Marvel's animated features.

Product Details/Specifications


Actor(s):
Anne Heche
James Marsters
John Di Maggio
Tom Kenny
Adam Baldwin

Creators:
Adam Baldwin (Primary Contributor)
Anne Heche (Primary Contributor)
Bruce W. Timm (Producer)
Bruce W. Timm (Writer)
Bobbie Page (Producer)
Gregory Noveck (Producer)
Duane Capizzi (Writer)

Director(s):

Recording label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
EAN: 0085391108313
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: AC-3, Animated, Closed-captioned, Colour, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC,
Release date: 2007-09-18
Universal product code (UPC): 085391108313
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
Region code: 1
Running time: 75 minutes
Theatrical release date: 2007-09-18
Language: English (Original Language)
Language: English (Subtitled)

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