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Entry #10
What the hell happened.
I'm not a huge cartoon buff, but if you want to look to a series that did it right, its Batman: The Animated Series along with Superman the animated series as a close second. I also enjoyed the Batman animated movies. I'm only clumping in batman here because it's all from the same team. I'll also throw in some Batman Beyond and Justice League..although those two are more flawed, but still have their gems.
The two men credited most with these shows success are Paul Dini and Bruce Timm. Ever since Dini left you can clearly see the shows drifting off into an abyss of shit...but always just barely hanging on with the occasional good episodes.
This brings us to Superman Doomsday.
I mentioned in an earlier post, one of the few comics I've read was the Death of Superman along with some of the comics that followed afterwards with the multiple supermen.
SO it was with interest that I heard about this new movie based on that storyline and directed by Bruce Timm....and what a fucking letdown.
I'm tired so I'll just list off what I liked and didn't like.
Disliked:
The story - seriously what a fucking hackjob...I wont ruin it for you but it's worthless and
has almost nothing to do with the death of superman story besides doomsday.
Supermans cheekbones - WHY. WHY RUIN A PERFECTLY GOOD DESIGN.
Lois Lane voiced by Anne Heche - worst acting job in a cartoon I've seen in a LONG TIME
Any other attempts at real character development which is laughable
Superman gets "killed" in 8 minutes flat.
Shoddy animation compared to the rest of the movies
Liked:
The music score is acceptable
So whatever, thanks warner bros animation. You made a movie with the writing and acting of a third rate saturday morning cartoon and a few gratuitous kills to earn you a PG-13 rating.
Speaking of animation, I'm 99% done tankmen 2. I'll be releasing it right after madness day.

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