All-Star Superman... A flick to look forward to

Didn't see a thread on this topic yet.

Looks like one of the best comic book series' ever made will cross over into the animated genre...

SAVING THE WORLD ... ONE LAST TIME

MAN OF STEEL FACES THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE IN ALL-NEW DC UNIVERSE ANIMATED ORIGINAL MOVIE ALL-STAR SUPERMAN
COMING FEB. 22, 2011 FROM WARNER HOME VIDEO

James Denton, Christina Hendricks, Anthony LaPaglia Lead Stellar Voice Cast; Available as Blu-ray Combo Pack, 2-Disc Special Edition and Single Disc DVD

Grant Morrison's beloved, Eisner Award-winning vision of Superman's heroic final days on Earth is brought to exquisite animated life in All-Star Superman, the latest entry in the popular, ongoing series of DC Universe Animated Original Movies coming February 22, 2011 from Warner Premiere, DC Entertainment
and Warner Bros. Animation. The highly-anticipated, full-length film will be distributed by Warner Home Video as a Blu-Ray™ Combo Pack and 2-Disc Special Edition DVD for $24.98 (SRP), as well as single disc DVD for $19.98 (SRP). The film will also be available On Demand and for Download.

In All-Star Superman, the Man of Steel rescues an ill-fated mission to the Sun (sabotaged by Lex Luthor) and, in the process, is oversaturated by radiation - which accelerates his cell degeneration. Sensing even he will be unable to cheat death, Superman ventures into new realms - finally revealing his secret to Lois, confronting Lex Luthor's perspective of humanity, and attempting to ensure Earth's safety before his own impending end with one final, selfless act.

The celebrity-packed voice cast is headed by James Denton (Desperate Housewives) as Superman, Christina Hendricks (Mad Men) as Lois Lane, and Anthony LaPaglia (Without A Trace) as Lex Luthor. The stellar cast includes seven-time Emmy Award winner Ed Asner (Up) as Perry White, Golden Globe winner Frances Conroy (Six Feet Under) as Ma Kent, Matthew Gray Gubler (Criminal Minds) as Jimmy Olsen and Linda Cardellini (ER) as Nasty.

Arnold Vosloo (The Mummy), Catherine Cavadini (The Powerpuff Girls), Finola Hughes (General Hospital), Alexis Denisof (Angel), Obba Babatunde (That Thing You Do!), Michael Gough (Batman) and John DiMaggio (Futurama) round out the voice cast.

Based on the Eisner Award-winning DC Comics series/graphic novel of the same name by Grant Morrison with illustration by Frank Quitely, All-Star Superman is executive produced by animation guru Bruce Timm and directed by Sam Liu (Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths) from a script by acclaimed comics writer Dwayne McDuffie (Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths).
http://www.supermanhomepage.com/news.php?readmore=8929

YouTube video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zPv6DiA_eM

Despite being doubtful that 75 minutes is enough time to tell such an epic tale, I am still looking forward to this film. A LOT. happywank

Originally posted by Galan007
Didn't see a thread on this topic yet.

Looks like one of the best comic book series' ever made will cross over into the animated genre...

YouTube video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zPv6DiA_eM

Despite being doubtful that 75 minutes is enough time to tell such an epic tale, I am still looking forward to this film. A LOT. happywank

Your mod-TP fails you.... You have no power over me in this forum!!! evillaugh

Originally posted by Galan007
Your mod-TP fails you.... You have no power over me in this forum!!! evillaugh

sadwalk

I'll see you in the CB vs or Batman forum then. sneer

We shall see... nestvura

Originally posted by Galan007
We shall see... nestvura

The fact that McDuffie wrote this is a HUGE red flag for me, but the trailer isn't quite the horror story i'd expected it to be.

I'll give it a fair shot, but my expectations aren't particulalry high.

Having McDuffie adapt a Morrison story is like having an actual nun in a porno: Out of their depth.

Thought about that too... But as long as he somewhat followed the comics, it should be okay.

McDuffie's done very good work in the animated DC Universe - I don't think it will be a problem.

It looks to me that the animation's going to just directly adapt the main plot, which is fine, but the comic was rich in subtext, it had an abstract and old fashioned, trippy 1950's tone and engaged with great themes pretaining to the nature of existence and life vs death.

It looks to me, and I'm prejudging, that the animation is reduced to "Lex Luthor gets superpowers as Superman slowly dies."

Originally posted by willRules
It looks to me that the animation's going to just directly adapt the main plot, which is fine, but the comic was rich in subtext, it had an abstract and old fashioned, trippy 1950's tone and engaged with great themes pretaining to the nature of existence and life vs death.

It looks to me, and I'm prejudging, that the animation is reduced to "Lex Luthor gets superpowers as Superman slowly dies."

However, that should still be more than enough of a baseline for McDuffie to successfully deliver the fundamentals behind what made the comic series so good -- ie. Superman knows he's going to die, but instead of sulking about it like so many would, he spends his remaining days helping mankind more than he ever had.... Before ultimately sacrificing himself to save the world.

Yeah. I hope I'm wrong, but either way it'll be fun 😄

Hope its better than the last one.

Originally posted by roughrider
McDuffie's done very good work in the animated DC Universe - I don't think it will be a problem.

he's also had some failures.

Originally posted by -Pr-
he's also had some failures.

Like what?

Dwayne has yet to phuck up anything DC animated related that I've seen.

He wrote the Crisis On Two Earths movie, and in JLU he was one of the head writers, and IIRC was the guy that made Superman an absolute dick during the last season. The fights were great, i know, but i doubt that was him.

I liked 'COTE'. 😮

Originally posted by Galan007
I liked 'COTE'. 😮

bar the pandering to wonder woman and making superman look like a punching bag, i did too.

for example, i love the scene with the reserves. i even uploaded it to youtube.

The climatic battle between Batman and the all new and nihilistic Owlman was fantastic!

Originally posted by willRules
The climatic battle between Batman and the all new and nihilistic Owlman was fantastic!

i liked it too. My point was just that when it comes to Superman, McDuffie is lacking. At least imo.