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75 Years of Superman in 2 Minutes (SLYT) supervised by Warner Animation's Bruce Timm (YAY!) and Man of Steel's Zack Snyder (no, he doesn't ruin it).
Streaky and Beppo but no room for the Legion of Super-Heroes?
Other than that, pretty awesome.
posted by davros42 at 5:51 PM on October 15, 2013
Other than that, pretty awesome.
posted by davros42 at 5:51 PM on October 15, 2013
Strange how some parts are dead-on in copying the art style (not counting Bruce Timm doing Bruce Timm) but the Death of Superman and Doomsday scene didn't really look anything like Dan Jurgens' stuff.
posted by thecjm at 6:26 PM on October 15, 2013
posted by thecjm at 6:26 PM on October 15, 2013
Not to mention no Dean Cain or Brandon Routh. I know that Henry Cavill is the new deal that DC/WB are pushing, but let's not forget recent history.
Yes, I know that "Lois & Clark" was 20 years ago, just let me feel young, OK?
posted by Strange Interlude at 6:27 PM on October 15, 2013 [3 favorites]
Yes, I know that "Lois & Clark" was 20 years ago, just let me feel young, OK?
posted by Strange Interlude at 6:27 PM on October 15, 2013 [3 favorites]
I want a Superman anthology show now, where different animation teams just tell self-contained 1-2 episode stories in the style of different Superman eras.
posted by jason_steakums at 6:56 PM on October 15, 2013 [3 favorites]
posted by jason_steakums at 6:56 PM on October 15, 2013 [3 favorites]
The only Brandon Routh Superman I want to remember is the vegan one in Scott Pilgrim.
posted by straight at 7:15 PM on October 15, 2013 [5 favorites]
posted by straight at 7:15 PM on October 15, 2013 [5 favorites]
This is so very well done that the Nu 52 part was kind of shocking. It's real. They really did that.
But it's also comforting. Mullet Superman and Electric Superman were so completely rooted in the fashion of the 90s it was inevitable that they would go out of style. The same is probably true for Lots-of-Busy-Lines Superman and Gratuitous Textures Superman.
posted by straight at 7:26 PM on October 15, 2013 [3 favorites]
But it's also comforting. Mullet Superman and Electric Superman were so completely rooted in the fashion of the 90s it was inevitable that they would go out of style. The same is probably true for Lots-of-Busy-Lines Superman and Gratuitous Textures Superman.
posted by straight at 7:26 PM on October 15, 2013 [3 favorites]
I have no idea what's going on at 1:27. But I love how the nadir of the comics code era buffoonery was represented by a giant Jimmy Olson monster. Also, I don't blame them for not depicting Dean Cain; why in Zod's name would you want to?
posted by George_Spiggott at 7:55 PM on October 15, 2013
posted by George_Spiggott at 7:55 PM on October 15, 2013
Don't hate on Dean Cain; Lois & Clark got several people I know into comics who theretofore had never cared about comics.
posted by KingEdRa at 8:07 PM on October 15, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by KingEdRa at 8:07 PM on October 15, 2013 [1 favorite]
I swear if someone had shown me the casting for L&C beforehand I'd have said "Teri Hatcher's a bold choice for Superman, but who the hell's that guy gonna play?"
posted by George_Spiggott at 8:12 PM on October 15, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by George_Spiggott at 8:12 PM on October 15, 2013 [1 favorite]
Watch the full ‘Superman: Red Son’ motion comic for free
posted by Artw at 8:14 PM on October 15, 2013 [3 favorites]
posted by Artw at 8:14 PM on October 15, 2013 [3 favorites]
Ok, they had me at the Ali boxing match.
posted by benzenedream at 8:36 PM on October 15, 2013 [5 favorites]
posted by benzenedream at 8:36 PM on October 15, 2013 [5 favorites]
Please pardon me as I wipe dust from my eye as Christopher Reeve's Superman flies over the Earth with a smile.
"No, no. Now, you listen to me. When you first came to us, we thought people would come and take you away because, when they found out, you know, the things you could do... and that worried us a lot. But then a man gets older, and he starts thinking differently and things get very clear. And one thing I do know, son, and that is you are here for a *reason*."
- Jonathan Kent, from Superman I (1978)
posted by zooropa at 9:49 PM on October 15, 2013 [5 favorites]
"No, no. Now, you listen to me. When you first came to us, we thought people would come and take you away because, when they found out, you know, the things you could do... and that worried us a lot. But then a man gets older, and he starts thinking differently and things get very clear. And one thing I do know, son, and that is you are here for a *reason*."
- Jonathan Kent, from Superman I (1978)
posted by zooropa at 9:49 PM on October 15, 2013 [5 favorites]
I hate to quibble, but early '60s Superman punching Brainiac? The Man of Steel might punch a giant monster or another super-being, but not someone as physically vulnerable as Brainiac.
posted by La Cieca at 10:20 PM on October 15, 2013
posted by La Cieca at 10:20 PM on October 15, 2013
They had me at kaiju Jimmy Olsen.
posted by justsomebodythatyouusedtoknow at 11:33 PM on October 15, 2013
posted by justsomebodythatyouusedtoknow at 11:33 PM on October 15, 2013
Okay, I got some chills. Nice one.
I still don't understand why the movies think superhero costumes with fishscales on them look more realistic than whatever it is that they're supposed to be wearing in the comics though.
posted by converge at 1:56 AM on October 16, 2013
I still don't understand why the movies think superhero costumes with fishscales on them look more realistic than whatever it is that they're supposed to be wearing in the comics though.
posted by converge at 1:56 AM on October 16, 2013
Also, I don't blame them for not depicting Dean Cain; why in Zod's name would you want to?
Lois & Clark is a better Superman show than Smallville.
posted by crossoverman at 2:21 AM on October 16, 2013 [3 favorites]
Lois & Clark is a better Superman show than Smallville.
posted by crossoverman at 2:21 AM on October 16, 2013 [3 favorites]
Artw: "Watch the full ‘Superman: Red Son’ motion comic for free"
Cool. I am a lover of Red Son. Cheers.
posted by Samizdata at 3:13 AM on October 16, 2013
Cool. I am a lover of Red Son. Cheers.
posted by Samizdata at 3:13 AM on October 16, 2013
Lois & Clark is a better Superman show than Smallville.
A better Superman show, yes. Definitely. A better superhero show... well... Smallville had Pam Grier as Amanda Waller. How do you top that? You can't, unless you're casting Mark Hamill, Richard Moll and Paul Williams as Batman villains.
posted by Slap*Happy at 4:36 AM on October 16, 2013 [1 favorite]
A better Superman show, yes. Definitely. A better superhero show... well... Smallville had Pam Grier as Amanda Waller. How do you top that? You can't, unless you're casting Mark Hamill, Richard Moll and Paul Williams as Batman villains.
posted by Slap*Happy at 4:36 AM on October 16, 2013 [1 favorite]
Brainiac had a super-duper force field, so Superman had to punch hard to try to affect Brainiac through the field.
I think I just geeked myself by knowing that.
posted by Billiken at 7:03 AM on October 16, 2013
I think I just geeked myself by knowing that.
posted by Billiken at 7:03 AM on October 16, 2013
I want a Superman anthology show now, where different animation teams just tell self-contained 1-2 episode stories in the style of different Superman eras.
I would pay good money for this. (Not to mention for Batman and Wonder Woman done the same way.)
posted by immlass at 8:51 AM on October 16, 2013
I would pay good money for this. (Not to mention for Batman and Wonder Woman done the same way.)
posted by immlass at 8:51 AM on October 16, 2013
There's a BTAS episode that is basically that - the Dark Knight Returns segment is great.
posted by Artw at 9:12 AM on October 16, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by Artw at 9:12 AM on October 16, 2013 [1 favorite]
Jimmy Olsen #53: "The Giant Turtle Man!"
posted by Superfrankenstein at 1:37 PM on October 16, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by Superfrankenstein at 1:37 PM on October 16, 2013 [1 favorite]
I have no idea what's going on at 1:27.
Kingdom Come Superman comes out of retirement to beat up the 90's punks he's holding that wouldn't get off his lawn. Flying past the Smallville water tower is just a transitional nod to the TV series.
posted by straight at 7:05 PM on October 16, 2013
Kingdom Come Superman comes out of retirement to beat up the 90's punks he's holding that wouldn't get off his lawn. Flying past the Smallville water tower is just a transitional nod to the TV series.
posted by straight at 7:05 PM on October 16, 2013
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