People are scouring the Internet for Footage or Behind the Scenes Shots of the new Superman Film online.
Instead of wasting my time with that, I checked out a Superman Cartoon that I missed from 2013.
Before they went all grim dark to end their DTV Animated Universe (which was more successful than their Live Action one) recently, they kept things going nicely.
Granted- much of it was straight adaptations of Comic Book Stories in the order that they took place in originally. That's the case today as this one adapts a 2011 Comic that follows the arc in 'Superman-Batman' that introduced Supergirl (released as Superman-Batman: Apocalypse).
I've never read that Comic, but I saw the Film.
Let's check it out...
It's a Bird!
It's a Plane!
It's...Supergirl!
She flies into action to save Lois Lane from some bad guys.
She is later joined by her Cousin- Superman- who tells her that she needs to do better.
To be fair, she took some risks.
Ooh, conflict.
A strange object crashes into the Earth.
It's a Robot that Superman fights and eventually beats.
He takes it back to the Fortress of Solitude, which freaks out Supergirl when she sees it!
It belonged to Brainiac, who conquered and trapped her home World of Kandor.
He shrunk it down for his collection.
Superman gets proactive and goes out to find the villain before he gets to Earth.
He finds the Giger-eque ship.
His first encounter doesn't end well, with Brainiac capturing him and gaining information about Earth.
Thanks to Superman going there, Brainiac will now go there.
What a twist!
He, of course, escapes and they battle again on Earth.
Can Superman defeat this odd combination of Brainiac and Bane (who looks more like Martian Manhunter) created for this Arc?
To find out, check out the Film now.
A good Film, even if I have some reservations/issues with it as a whole.
To start with, I'm not a huge fan of the Art Style- at least when it comes to Superman. That's 100% subjective, but I had to get that out there.
My bigger issue is with the change to Brainiac in both Comic and Film. I don't necessarily like giant, 'roided out' Brainiac. I think the idea was to go 'What if this super-smart character was also super-strong?'
Personally, I think that it takes away from Brainiac a bit if the Finale inevitably involves a big fist fight with him. It's too 'easy.'
Those complaints aside, the Film has humor, action and heart. They give everyone a nice little Arc- especially for a 70-minute Film- and everything pays off. Matt Bomer- cast here before being put in Doom Patrol- is a good Superman too.
This one probably benefits greatly from watching it in order. You'll get more context about the Characters like Supergirl and why she is the way she is.
The Film is fine- not amazing- but I still recommend it for Comic Book fans.
Now, just to ruin it for one Reader personally, here's Superman as CM Punk...
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| Who knew that Mindy's Bakery delivered to Kandor too?!? |
Before they started the DCEU proper, they could make good Films for the Video/Streaming Market. Who'd have guessed?
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