Favourite TV/movie/toon take on the Man Of Steel?

POSTED BY: chrisisall
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CHRISISALL

Saturday, January 30, 2010 11:24 PM

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Personally, my favourites were #'s 4 & 6. Reeve was the best Superman & Hatcher was the best Lois.
(Cain was a very good Supes, as well, IMO)
However, both versions got worse as the went...

Opinions?

The Kryptonian Chrisisall

CHRISISALL

Sunday, January 31, 2010 4:15 AM

Is there no one here to even respond to me???

The Zod-ian Chrisisall

STORYMARK

Sunday, January 31, 2010 4:57 AM

I gotta go with no. 7. I'm a big fan of the whole Timm/Dini DC universe.

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

CHRISISALL

Sunday, January 31, 2010 5:21 AM

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Originally posted by Storymark:
I gotta go with no. 7. I'm a big fan of the whole Timm/Dini DC universe.

Yeah, but apart from the three part Batman crossover (AKA The Batman/Superman Movie) & Superman: Doomsday, I felt like they never had enough time to develop a proper story...

The laughing Chrisisall

ROCKETJOCK

Sunday, January 31, 2010 5:24 AM

My all-time favorites are the 1940's Fleischer Studios cartoons, which are not only artistically superior -- I once used them to prove to an Anime snob that not all American animation sucks -- but also forged large parts of the legend in their own right. Just one example: The classic phone booth costume change originated in the second cartoon, "The Mechanical Monsters" in 1941, a good seven years before the first occurrence in the comics.

I'll also confess to a sentimental attachment to the 1950's series, mostly because of George Reeves marvelously dry performance.

And I give special credit to the late, great Christopher Reeves for showing us all exactly how Kal-El managed to fool the world with nothing more than a cheap business suit and a pair of horn rims. That moment in Superman II where the masquerade finally crumbles -- Clark Kent turns his back on Lois, takes his glasses off, grows a good four inches in height and gains twenty-plus pounds of muscle weight before he turns around -- all through body language! Magnificent!

I'm not a huge fan of Smallville's treatment of the Big Red "S", but I'll give them bonus points for managing to make Green Arrow a genuine badass.

One incarnation I notice you missed was Kirk Alyn's performance in the two 1940's movie serials. He wasn't any great shakes as an actor, but there's something about the way he would wade into a hail of bullets with a shit-eating grin on his face that has always delighted me. He made invulnerability look fun!

"This is an Imaginary Story... Aren't they all?" -- Alan Moore

STORYMARK

Sunday, January 31, 2010 5:33 AM

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
Quote:
Originally posted by Storymark:
I gotta go with no. 7. I'm a big fan of the whole Timm/Dini DC universe.

Yeah, but apart from the three part Batman crossover (AKA The Batman/Superman Movie) & Superman: Doomsday, I felt like they never had enough time to develop a proper story...

The laughing Chrisisall

The Superman:Doomsday movie wasn't part of that continuity, actually (though it did have many of the same producers).

They did get into deeper Supes-related stories in Justice League, though.

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

CHRISISALL

Sunday, January 31, 2010 5:35 AM

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Originally posted by RocketJock:

One incarnation I notice you missed was Kirk Alyn's performance in the two 1940's movie serials.

OH YES!!! Forgive me!!!!
#2.5

The neglectful Chrisisall

CHRISISALL

Sunday, January 31, 2010 5:40 AM

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Originally posted by Storymark:

They did get into deeper Supes-related stories in Justice League, though.

Haven't seen many of those because I felt too many characters dilute the 26 minute pond. Was I in error?

The laughing Chrisisall

STORYMARK

Sunday, January 31, 2010 5:51 AM

It's certainly an ensebmble rather than focuse on any one person. But they do several multi-episode arcs, one even that lasts half the season which focuses heavily on Supes, as it involves the Luthor-as-President storyline.

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

ROCKETJOCK

Sunday, January 31, 2010 5:51 AM

If nothing else, you need to see the Justice League Unlimited Episode based on Alan Moore's "For The Man Who Has Everything", a very Superman-Centric episode that examines the Superman Mythos from a very unusual angle.

Special mention also for Supe's last appearance in the DCAU, in JLU's final episode, where he delivers his famous "World of Cardboard" speech, in which he which he thanks Darkseid for driving him to the edge -- because it means, just this once, he doesn't have to hold back. He then proceeds to beat the snail-snot out a living god! (Until the bastard cheats, anyway.) Defining moment for the animated incarnation, very superior storytelling.

"Burn." -- A very pissed off Superman to Mongul in For The Man Who Has Everything

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