Superman vs. The Elite (DC Universe movie)

[Andromeda0]

looks terrible

 

[Karelia]

I've bought pretty much every DC animated movie and thought they were all great... This one... a big MEH... It just looks ugly...

 

[S. Grundy]

Ugliest looking movie of the lot.

 

[Micromind]

The designs look ugly, maybe story will be better, but I am not really interested.

 

[Shazam]

meh

 

[Gunner]

Big big meh for this. I was dearly hoping for a new Supes movie but this one is so meh meh meh =(

 

[hopefuldreamer]

I won't make a judgement until I've seen it, but I like the story it came from so I'm hopeful

Not sure what everyone means by ugly. Looks fine to me! :s

 

[Lencho01]

New clips...

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http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/05/22/superman-vs-the-elite-cold-cast-menagerie-hat-video/

 

[Pfeiffer-Pfan]

Huh... Looks like Andrea Romano didn't work on this movie. According to the back of the DVD, Dawn Hershey, CSA was the casting and voice director.

I wonder if she has stepped down completely.

Also Robert J. Kral is doing the music.

http://www.worldsfinestonline.com/news.php/news.php?action=fullnews&id=1338

 

[Mr_GoldenAge]

Sure theres clips for the other Elite members, but what about Manchester Black? He's the best out out of the lot IMO. The hat is an interesting character too. that magic hat is awesome.

 

[Lencho01]

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[Panthro]

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Good find.

 

[Herolee10]

I got a chance to see the film early from good friend of mine, and D-A-M-N.

You wouldn't think that this film is the standard 70+ minute duration that all of the previous DC films have been because a lot goes on in this film imho.

Honestly, after seeing this film, I really hope that filmmakers like Snyder learn to incorporate some of the elements from this film's storyline and into a live action one. There's a lot of rich material here.

Also, they used essentially the same heroic theme for superman that they had used for his character in Superman: Doomsday.

If anything, my only gripes with the film are this:

1. Character Designs: Like some have said, I wasn't a fan of the character designs for this film as I think that they truly look awful; it was like the only distracting thing for me in the film. If the story wasn't as good as it was in this film, then I wouldn't have bothered watching it all the way. I wish that they had used the designs from the DCAU or even from Young Justice like Justice League: Doom had done.

2. Spoiler:

Spoiler

It's more or less alluded to that Superman ISN'T the only hero on Earth, especially with the reference to Martian Manhunter and something interesting that he had done for Superman as way of counteracting certain things. Be that as it may, the strange thing was that despite that, you don't really get a sense that these heroes are doing anything in the world because with all of the emphasis on how troubled the world is, you never see a glimpse of the heroes and their activities elsewhere and you'd think that they would have dropped by to help Superman in the final act.

Aside from those things, this film was really great. Worth checking it out imho.

8-8.5/10

 

[youkaisama]

Damn, I haven't been around the Hype for years.

Btw, just finished watching Superman vs. The Elite, and the movie was good. Best DC Original Animated Movie so far, imo.

And I agree with hereolee10, the character designs was the weakest link of the movie. And imo, the animation style as well. All of it seems like an anime studio tried to imitate American style animation.

Had doubts when watching the movie in the first 15-20 minutes, but it picked up very very nicely after that.

Overall, 8.5/10.

P/S: DC really have to make another animated Superman series.

 

[Destructus86]

Wow, that is some REALLY crappy animation for a direct to dvd movie.

 

[dnno1]

Wow, that is some REALLY crappy animation for a direct to dvd movie.

Umm... it's a direct to DVD movie (which mean low budget - i.e < $5 million). It is a far gone conclusion that the animation would not be as good as one made for a major motion picture. It's not bad actually - on a par with "Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes".

 

[Mr_GoldenAge]

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Also, i'm very curious as to how you guys found a copy of the film so early. the only copy i can find of it on youtube is in spanish.

 

[HighFivingMF]

P/S: DC really have to make another animated Superman series.

I'm sure there'll be one to accompany Man of Steel.

 

[Lencho01]

I can definitely hear the Superman: Doomsday theme in that clip. I would remove that link to the whole film even if it is in Spanish.

 

[VictusMortuus]

I really didn't mind the animation. I thought the movie was awesome, the story would make an epic live action flick.

Spoiler

The end with Superman going SuperBatman on the Elite was hair standing awesome!!! Like imo it beat out the end battle of JLU to become the most epic Superman moment in any live media adaption. Like he was kind of terrifying there for a little bit.

Overall I'd give it a 9/10 and say it's my favorite DC animated flick.

 

[Pfeiffer-Pfan]

Well I have it pre-ordered...

Apart from hearing George Newbern again, I haven't got the highest of expectations.

 

[Perfect Cell]

I thought it was incredible. The animation isn't great, but I thought the story and voice acting was fantastic.

 

[Destructus86]

Umm... it's a direct to DVD movie (which mean low budget - i.e < $5 million). It is a far gone conclusion that the animation would not be as good as one made for a major motion picture. It's not bad actually - on a par with "Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes".

A direct to DVD movie has a bigger budget than a regular episode of an animated tv show. So it should be a lot better than an episode.

 

[Micromind]

Just saw it, great story, the animation could have been much better though.

But great voice acting by George Newbern as Superman.

The music is the same as from Superman : Doomsday.

Overall Score : 8 / 10.

 

[mr jinx]

My review is posted here. Overall, better than it looks. 3 of 4