World Famous Comics: Superman - Doomsday (DC Universe Animated Original Movie)
Superman - Doomsday (DC Universe Animated Original Movie)
Starring: Adam Baldwin, Anne Heche, James Marsters Average Rating: Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: DVD Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC, Widescreen Label: Warner Home Video Number of Items: 1 Region Code: 1 Release Date: September 18, 2007 Running Time: 75 minutes Theatrical Release Date: September 18, 2007
Product Description: The most shocking showdown in Superman history! When Lexcorp accidentally unearths the intergalactic serial killer Doomsday Superman battles the creature head on in the fight of his life...literally. The world collectively mourns their fallen hero; humanity realizes it will never feel truly safe again. Superman's enemies rejoice all but Lex Luthor who grieves the loss in his own demented manner setting off a chilling chain of events that even he couldn't have foreseen. Inspired by the bestselling graphic novel of all time DC Comics' The Death of Superman this feature-length animated adventure boasts exciting action sequences that rivals anything you've ever seen starring the Man of Steel!Running Time: 135 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: SCI-FI/FANTASY UPC: 085391108313 Manufacturer No: 110831
****Superman:Doomsday**** 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!
Impressive adaptation with some AMAZING fights 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.
Very Well Done! 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)
Looking for "Death of Superman/Superman vs Doomsday" look elsewhere 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.
Great Movie Clear Picture We loved this movie. The kids were surprised to get this on the computer. This is my first time using Amazon rental service. A++++
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