Justice League: Doom - Movie Trailer, Review and more

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WIKI http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justice_League:_Doom

IMDB http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2027128/

MUST SEE - NOW - GO - WATCH

I love this animated feature by DC Universe. While not officially a Bruce Timm produced feature, this one keeps with the Justice League Unlimited style and even features Timm as the voice of Ace. 

This is the ultimate Legion of Doom. By far the best. I like not having Lex Luthor as the head as it decentralizes JLA as just an extension of Superman. 

On paper, upon seeing a script, I would probably say this movie tries to do WAY TO MUCH and should be a series or trilogy. BUT The director deliver a perfectly action AND story packed movie with a surprise hero at the end, followed by banishment of another... 

I don't know of another project that can handle so many heroes and villains in one sitting. Now perhaps if you are not a DCU geek such as I you you may need some back story. But I love this movie trusts we know who most of these characters are going in... (We really don't need an origin story every time - note to Live action movie producers) This movie works for me on so many levels.... 

At some point I might try to rate each movie favorite / MUST SEE to 0... But I am so much an in the moment kind of guy. Writing this review I really want to watch it again. Being an impulsive kind of guy, I think I will....

Theatrical Trailer

FUNNY STORY - when I first started to right this blog post, in my head I was imagining the Justice League Episode "HERE AFTER"  where Superman, missing and presumed dead, ends up 30,000 years in the future finding a Vandal Savage now remorseful and willing to help him home. MAYBE NOT SO FUNNY but the episode is one of the best of all TV superhero arcs of all time as well...

Here is a clip I found online....







WIKI

Justice League: Doom is an animated direct-to-video superhero film loosely based on Mark Waid's JLA story arc, "JLA: Tower of Babel". The movie was adapted and written by Dwayne McDuffie and is directed by Lauren Montgomery. While not a direct sequel to Crisis on Two Earths, the film uses similar character designs by the lead character designer, Phil Bourassa. It was released on February 28, 2012.^[1] The film also features various actors reprising their roles from the DC animated universe andGreen Lantern: Emerald Knightsrespectively.^[2][3] It is the 13th film in the DC Universe Animated Original Movies line.

The film is dedicated to the memory of Dwayne McDuffie who died from complications following open heart surgery shortly after writing the film.

• Kevin Conroy - Bruce Wayne / Batman^a
• Tim Daly - Clark Kent / Superman^a
• Susan Eisenberg - Princess Diana / Wonder Woman^a
• Nathan Fillion - Hal Jordan / Green Lantern
• Carl Lumbly - J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter^a (credited), Ma'alefa'ak J'onnz / Ma'alefa'ak (uncredited)
• Michael Rosenbaum - Barry Allen / The Flash^a
• Bumper Robinson - Victor Stone / Cyborg
• Carlos Alazraqui - Bane
• Claudia Black - Barbara Ann Minerva / Cheetah
• Paul Blackthorne - John Corben / Metallo (credited), Henry Ackerson (uncredited)
• Olivia d'Abo - Carol Ferris / Star Sapphire^a
• Alexis Denisof - Sam Scudder / Mirror Master^a
• Phil Morris - Vandar Adg / Vandal Savage^a
• Dee Bradley Baker - Officer in Charge
• Grey DeLisle - Lois Lane (credited), Queen (uncredited)
• Robin Atkin Downes - Alfred Pennyworth (credited), Jack (uncredited)
• Brian George - Mayor
• Danny Jacobs - Special Agent Porter
• David Kaufman - Jimmy Olsen^a
• Juliet Landau - Ten
• Jim Meskimen - King
• Andrea Romano - Batcomputer Voice
• Bruce Timm - Ace

1948 Superman Serial

Max Fleischer's Superman: 1941-1942

Full Movie from YOUTUBE


For 1948, special effects are not horrible. I half expect a lizard to crawl out of volcano, as it looks like a 1950 monster film. The corporate board room of Krypton is funny to me. But this has to be the earliest origin story i have seen. And once you get into the serial, with adult Superman, many of the sequences look like 1950s TV show with moments of Max Fleischers Animated sequences for flying.

Interesting, Mr Kent says "You must use these powers for TRUTH, TOLERANCE, and JUSTICE." I have never heard "Tolerance" in the famous mantra before, but cool to see at such an early time. 1940s America was far from being the beacon of Tolerance for many. 




IMDB
Superman (1948) is a 15-part black-and-white Columbia film serial based on the comic book character Superman. It stars an uncredited Kirk Alyn(billed only by his character name, Superman; but credited on the promotional posters) and Noel Neill as Lois Lane. Like Batman, it is notable as the first live-action appearance of Superman on film and for the longevity of its distribution. The serial was directed by Thomas Carr, who later directed many early episodes of the Adventures of Supermantelevision show, and Spencer Gordon Bennet, produced by Sam Katzmanand shot in and around Los Angeles, California. It was originally screened at movie matinées and after the first three scene-setting chapters, every episode ends in a cliffhanger. The Superman-in-flight scenes are animations, in part due to the small production budget.

Directed by	Spencer Gordon Bennet Thomas Carr
Produced by	Sam Katzman
Written by	Lewis Clay Royal K. Cole Arthur Hoerl George H. Plympton Joseph F. Poland
Based on	Characters by Jerry Siegel Joe Shuster
Starring	Kirk Alyn (uncredited) Noel Neill Carol Forman Tommy Bond Forrest Taylor
Music by	Mischa Bakaleinikoff
Cinematography	Ira H. Morgan
Editing by	Earl C. Turner
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release dates	January 5, 1948(United States)
Running time	15 chapters (244 minutes)
Language	English

Max Fleischer's Superman: 1941-1942