[BlackKusanagi]

fbbfan wrote:

I have been buying these DC Animated movies for about 3-4 years now, and this flick was kinda of a let down. This being a sequel to Public Enemies, I miss the animation and color style of the original, and who could forget Power Girl.

Definitely the bar was raised with Batman: Under the Red Hood so I might be judging unfairly. Other films such as Crisis on Two Earths were good too, Superwoman was awesome in that one. Loved Wonder Woman, and Green Lantern. I just did not like this flick that much, maybe I need to see it again. Although it picked up with the last battle a bit.

And by the way, for a gal named Big Barda, they don’t make her big enough to suit my tastes most of the time. It is more like they should just call her Tall Barda.

Oh, on another issue, this is one of the first times that the DC Movie’s digital copy can be played on iTunes. That mean I can put this on my Iphone. All my other digital copies are just collecting dust. I like digital movies for on the go.

Well you do have to realize, they do the animation matching the people who drew those specific issues. Public Enemies matching Ed McGuiness’ style. This one more towards Michael Turner’s.

[BodybyBane]

fbbfan wrote:

And by the way, for a gal named Big Barda, they don’t make her big enough to suit my tastes most of the time. It is more like they should just call her Tall Barda.

I’ve been saying that for years.
Liked it better when i didn’t know BARDA was in this flick
Artists&the WB reflect personal views on women that are muscle-bound thus
influencing future society ideals in the younger generation that will grow up watching their movies.

[khuddle]

From what I’ve seen of the DC Animated Movies:

Great:
Wonder Woman: probably the best of the lot
Green Lantern: First Flight: a movie not without its flaws but Sinestro
is a very strong and credible villain, the animation is great, and the
soundtrack is awesome
Justice League (All Seasons): ok not a movie but if you have not seen these, go out and buy them NOW. They are AMAZING. Bruce Timm is a genius and he singularly breathed life back into the DC Franchise (which had been clearly trailing Marvel in terms of popularity up until that point)
Justice League Unlimited (All Seasons): not quite up to the same standard as the first one, but very good nonetheless, definetly should be a part of your collection.
Batman: Under the Red Hood: great story, Joker shines in this one.

Mediocre:
Superman: Doomsday
Justice League: New Frontier
Batman/Superman: Public Enemies
Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths

Batman/Superman: Apocalypse? I dont know, havent seen it, but the reviews arent promising.

[BlackKusanagi]

I’d put Doomsday a bit lower than Mediocre. It was a bit painful to watch. Some of the fights were what saved it.

[musclelover2002]

I would move JL:NF and Public Enemies up to great. I would keep Doomsday where it is. I would also move Crisis and GL into a category in between your great and mediocre categories. I liked public enemies as it was able to get close to not only the full story of the comic but also the comic artists style. The same goes for Apocalypse and NF.

I own all copies except the GL movie and the Doomsday movie.

I think they had a chance with the Doomsday movie to do something great but I feel they tried to cram too much into the time frame. Remember the death of superman was a big comic in length and equal to that was his return. If they had broken it up into two movies like death-return, I think it could have fared better for my tastes.

Obviously everyone is going to have differing positions on all this. But what we can agree on for sure is that WW is the best thus far.

[khuddle]

I think you guys are undervaluing GL:First Flight — it’s not a great movie like WW, but it is thoroughily entertaining and definelty a keeper.

One more point on this topic. Why is it do you think that DC has thrived with their animated movies — basically breathing life back into their once flagging franchise — while Marvel (in my day — the 1980s — considered to be far the coolest franchise with titles like Spiderman and X-Man) has yet to produce ONE animated feature of any caliber? I think the last Marvel feature I watched was Thor Vs Incredible Hulk, and that was beyond terrible.

[BlackKusanagi]

I was watching Planet Hulk the other day. Was rather painful to watch.

[musclelover2002]

IMHO, I think the answer lies in Batman the animated series. A lot of the people working on the DC animated movies worked on that series. That was a huge success for DC and I think they just went back to those creative minds and people and said, if its not broke, don’t fix it. So they had the same people (at least the major influences such as Timm, O’Niell, Dini, Burnett, Adams etc) and they worked on not only the series’s but also their movies.

Up until that time I think Marvel had the corner on the animated front, but now DC has a vice grip.

Thor like other marvel characters had so much potential but failed. I liked the Ultimate Avenger movies though, but then again, I also like the comics as well.

[fbbfan]

khuddle wrote…..

I think you guys are undervaluing GL:First Flight — it’s not a great movie like WW, but it is thoroughily entertaining and definelty a keeper.

I agree 100%, for me this movie is one of the crown jewels of the DC animated movies. Funny thing is that it started very slow, but it picks up with a vengeance to showcase a very impressive climatic confrontation. If you have not seen this movie, and like animate comic fare. Go watch this.

The Wonder Woman Movie rocks as well.

I want to highlight something that was mentioned earlier.

Up until that time I think Marvel had the corner on the animated front, but now DC has a vice grip.

What happened to the Marvel movies? They just dissapeered, and when I saw the trailers for Planet Hulk, I was turned off by the awful looking animation.

You would think with all the amazing stories out there there would be good animated Marvel movies.

[Holiday]

I’ve given up on WB’s animated features. The Wonder Woman animated feature was garbage. It’s time they went a different approach. That’s a pity because animated features are their best way of getting more characters out there.

I mean, come on, Wicked the Musical has a better story than Wonder Woman and their Superman features.

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