http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/11/06/SUPERMAN-DOOMSDAY-The-Death-of-Superman.aspx It only took 14 years, but Bruce Timm, one of the big dogs in superhero animation, finally got around to making a film of the 1993 comic landmark The Death of Superman. SUPERMAN: DOOMSDAY is a direct-to-DVD film that pares the series down to essentials&mdash;Superman vs. Doomsday, death, rebirth and a few moral questions along the way&mdash;and presents it in a fashion much darker than the more recent animated series. This is not the more complex but light Superman of JUSTICE; this film is closer in tone to BATMAN BEYOND: RETURN OF THE JOKER, and like that astonishingly grim flick, this film isn&rsquo;t for kids. As it all begins, Superman (Adam Baldwin) and Lois Lane (Anne Heche) are enjoying a romantic interlude at the Fortress of Solitude. Despite having dating for six months, Lois still hasn&rsquo;t twigged to Kal-El&rsquo;s other identity. Nice investigation, Lois. Anyway, a hush-hush LexCorp project is tunneling into the Earth when it discovers a spaceship buried for millennia. The drilling machinery cracks the ship, which opens to reveal Doomsday, who begins slaughtering everything in sight while Lex Luthor (James Marsters) coldly watches over live video. Doomsday soon reaches Metropolis and starts raising premiums everywhere. The Man of Steel shows up and takes on Doomsday alone (nobody else to help in this version). A titanic struggle kills them both, but Lex, peeved that the Man of Steel had the gall to die at somebody else&rsquo;s hands, decides to bring Superman back. Soon enough, there&rsquo;s a red-and-blue defender patrolling Metropolis again, but this one doesn&rsquo;t have Superman&rsquo;s enlightened views. When a second Superman appears, with longer hair and a new suit, things go south in a hurry, and trust becomes tough for Kal-El to find. en-US Critics Rant info@criticsrant.com Subtext Version 1.9.4.0 http://www.criticsrant.com/images/default_gravatar_bullhorn.png http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/11/06/SUPERMAN-DOOMSDAY-The-Death-of-Superman.aspx 77 60 http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/11/06/SUPERMAN-DOOMSDAY-The-Death-of-Superman.aspx#2156 not for me:) tinkluvspan http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/11/06/SUPERMAN-DOOMSDAY-The-Death-of-Superman.aspx#2156 Sun, 11 Nov 2007 13:32:26 GMT http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/11/06/SUPERMAN-DOOMSDAY-The-Death-of-Superman.aspx#2161 i guess alot of old superman fans might like this but not me brokun1 http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/11/06/SUPERMAN-DOOMSDAY-The-Death-of-Superman.aspx#2161 Sun, 11 Nov 2007 16:21:17 GMT http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/11/06/SUPERMAN-DOOMSDAY-The-Death-of-Superman.aspx#2524 Nope, the old Superman fans (like me) hated this. I actually considered a meaningless lawsuit to get the hour and change I spent watching it back from the producers.<br /><br />The story has so many holes one can't help but wonder if the screenplay writers even read the comic books, or just looked at the pretty pictures.<br /><br />I'll agree about Lex, but I also think that Kevin Spacey played the best live Luthor ever. And Doomsday was about as complex in the movie as he was in the comics... And that's the only thing in the movie that lines up with a phenomenal series. neurotictim http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/11/06/SUPERMAN-DOOMSDAY-The-Death-of-Superman.aspx#2524 Wed, 12 Dec 2007 12:37:05 GMT http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/11/06/SUPERMAN-DOOMSDAY-The-Death-of-Superman.aspx#2595 enough of superman. WAVELYN http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/11/06/SUPERMAN-DOOMSDAY-The-Death-of-Superman.aspx#2595 Mon, 17 Dec 2007 04:24:17 GMT