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{{Infobox Film| name = Superman: Doomsday| image = Superman_Doomsday_logo.JPG| director = Bruce TimmLauren MontgomeryBrandon Vietti| writer = Duane Capizzi| starring = [Adam BaldwinAnne HecheJames Marsters| distributor = [Warner Home VideoWarner Bros. AnimationDC Comics, [2007 in film| runtime = 75 min.| language = English| budget =| imdb_id = 0934706-->

Superman: Doomsday is an original direct-to-video animated film adaptation of popular DC Comics storyline The Death of Superman focusing on the superhero Superman. The film is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for action violence and is the first in a line of animated movies released by Warner Bros. Animation based on the storylines from DC Comics. It will be followed by Justice League: The New Frontier and Teen Titans: The Judas Contract. The film was released on September 18, 2007. Before the DVD release, the movie was first screened at the San Diego Comic Con on July 26, 2007.

Despite similar animation styles, the film used new animation models, and is only loosely based on the DC Animated Universe that lasted from 1992-2006,{{cite web]|year=2007-03-04|url=http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=103726|accessdate =2007-03-10--> with a few allusions to the older series, as well as the Fleischer Superman series, found in the Fortress of Solitude.

Plot The film opens with images of Superman doing heroic deeds and Lex Luthor narrating, explaining how people look up to him like he was a god on Earth. Before the credits begin, he says "Enjoy your reign while you may, Superman. For as surely as night follows day, there comes a time when even gods must die."

Lois Lane is told by Perry White to drop a story that might be risky to publish about a charity organization, even though Lex Luthor is involved. As she destroys her papers on that story, Clark Kent leaves for Afghanistan. Meanwhile, workers from LexCorp are digging two miles below the Earth's surface for one of Lex's projects. They hit a spaceship while digging, inadvertently releasing the genetically-engineered war machine Doomsday (comics). Doomsday kills the entire digging crew and begins a bloody rampage towards Metropolis. Lex tells Mercy Graves to make sure no one knows that his company was there.

At the Fortress of Solitude, Superman and Lois talk about the secrets he's hiding from her, despite them having been in a relationship for months. She wants him to reveal his real name (Lois suspects him to be Clark already, but wants confirmation), but he doesn't want to risk any harm coming to her. the two get into a fight over it, after which Superman decides to tell her. Before he can, he is informed of Doomsday's rampage by the Fortress' robot. Doomsday is now battling the military in Metropolis.

In Metropolis, Superman and Doomsday engage in a devastating cross-city battle. Ultimately, Superman kills Doomsday, but he too dies from injuries sustained during the battle. The world collectively mourns their fallen hero, whom they honor with a memorial in Metropolis. Jimmy Olsen is offered a job by a tabloid newspaper called National Voyeur, which he accepts. Perry mentions Clark's conspicuous lack of communication, which Lois already understands. Trying to deal with her pain, Lois visits Clark's adoptive mother Martha in Smallville for counsel. Even Lex grieves over Superman's death, though only because he wasn't responsible for it. After Mercy tells him that no one will know LexCorp was involved with Doomsday, Lex shoots and kills her.

In Superman's absence, the police are ill-equipped to deal the villains he so regularly defeated. When Toyman holds a school bus filled with kids hostage using a giant spider, Lois, still grieving, decides to fight the villain on her own. As she does, Superman digs his way out of his own grave and apprehends Toyman. However, he doesn't seem quite the same, missing Lois' apartment as he files her home and acting surprised when she kisses him. Similarly, Clark fails to return to work. She dismisses it as shock from his supposed "death". In truth, this Superman is a clone created by Lex, and as such lacks knowledge of Superman's life. The real Superman is now kept in a tube for Lex's amusement.

Unbeknownst to anyone, even Lex, Superman is actually alive, but just barely. The robot at his Fortress of Solitude is able to recover his body and works to bring him back to health. Meanwhile, the Superman clone begins to take a darker perspective on his job when he hears about Toyman killing a four-year-old girl. He meets with Toyman as he is about to enter the police station. There, he picks him up, flies him above the city, then drops him back to the ground, killing him. The city is stunned, and Jimmy and Lois know something is up. The police can't do much to punish Superman for the murder, as he simply destroys their guns.

Upon returning to Lex, the clone is berated for his behavior. Lex sends him on a mission to find the real Superman's corpse threatens to kill him should he step out of line again. When on a mission to find who has taken the body of Superman the clone begins to think for himself and scans his brain for Lex's trap. The clone uses his X-ray vision to locate a lead-shielded kryptonite ball in his skull, which would allow Lex to carry out his threat, and removes it with his heat vision. At the same time, Lois meets with Lex under the guise of wanting to move on, but first wants to know how he corrupted Superman. As she leans in to kiss him, she stabs him with a tranquilizer and begins looking through his files with Jimmy's help. She and Jimmy discover that Lex is cloning an army of Supermen. After Lex comes to and threatens them, the original clone arrives and destroys the facility. When Lex realizes that the clone has removed the kryptonite in his skull, Lex tries to hide in a red-sunlight room, only to have the clone toss the entire room to the street. This latest presumed murder triggers military action. Again, they can do little against Superman.

Hearing the news, the real Superman decides to help, even though he is only at 67%. To improve his odds he dons a yellow sunlight-absorbing "Solar Suit" and brings a kryptonite gun developed by Lex. Meeting his clone, the two engage in another massive battle, Superman's kryptonite gun failing to hit the much faster clone. Jimmy and Lois grab the kryptonite gun to help Superman, though still unsure if he's the real one or not. The fight reaches a head at Superman's memorial, where Lois manages to hit the clone with a shot from the kryptonite gun. A truck full of tar is wrecked in the battle and both Superman and the clone are coated in the tar. The clone destroys the gun, leaving only the kryptonite canister. As the two Supermen continue their battle, the canister sticks to the clone's chest, and Superman vaporizes it with his heat vision. The clone is overcome by the kryptonite gas and dies, after telling Superman to protect the people. Lois is convinced that he's the real Superman once he kisses her, and the crowd is similarly happy to be rid of the evil Superman.

At Lois' apartment, Superman sees that she misspelled "resurrection" in her article, where he mentions he was a spelling bee champ at Smallville Elementary, revealing himself to be Clark Kent. At LexCorp, mirroring the movie's beginning, an injured Lex narrates the ending, saying how gods can die but can also return from the dead. He smiles to himself, saying, "It would seem you can't be destroyed after all, Superman. It would seem…"

Cast {| class="wikitable"|-! Voice actor! Character|-| Adam Baldwin
Superman clone|-| [Anne Heche|-| [James Marsters|-| [John DiMaggio
Various|-| [Tom Kenny| [Martha Kent| [Mercy Graves
Various]| Perry White| [Jimmy Olsen| Grumpy Man|-| [James Arnold Taylor| Murphy|-| [Townsend Coleman| Damon Swank|-| Hettie Lynne Hurtes| [Newscaster|}

Comparisons with the Comics As explained by Bruce Timm, the film focuses on the events of The Death of Superman, World Without a Superman, and the Return of Superman comic book storylines, but does not use several of the subplots and secondary characters for story and time reasons. Notable differences from the comic into the movie include:

























Trivia In the scene where we see the real Superman healing by absorbing yellow solar energy, the room is decorated with various relics from Supermans previous battles (and various media incarnations) including the miniaturised city of Kandor, a Mechanical Monster from Superman (1940s cartoons) cartoons and the holding rings present from Superman: The Movie.

Rating The film's generous amount of violence and adult language garnered a PG-13 rating from the MPAA. Most of the more visceral deaths take place just off-camera (for example, Doomsday snapping the neck of an Armed Forces fighter), however the fight sequences are very intense--during the Doomsday/Superman fight, Superman vomits a pool of blood onto the ground, perhaps the most visual use of blood in the entire film. The language in the film is mature for a comic animation, with numerous characters uttering "damn" and "ass" repeatedly. Sexual innuendo is mild but present in the film, which may have also contributed to the rating.

Critical Reception Following the screening at Comic Con, and its release on DVD, the movie got mostly positive reviews, with some reviewers commenting it was a marked improvement to other recent DC animated adaptations, with some commenting it raised the bar for the follow-up to the live-action Superman Returns which had been released the previous summer. http://www.ugo.com/ugo/html/article/?id=17834 Many also agreed it was also better in comparison to the recent animated films Marvel had released based on their characters (such as Ultimate Avengers), in part due to the more adult and action-packed story in keeping with its PG-13 rating. http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=122821

Many reviews spoke highly of James Marsters' and Adam Baldwin's voice acting as Lex Luthor and Superman, while reviews of Anne Heche's portrayal of Lois Lane were mixed.http://dvd.ign.com/articles/820/820830p1.html

Not all reviews of the film were positive. DVDTalk.com, while praising the film's look and its technical presentation, when reviewing the story called the film 'a massive disappointment' and also negatively commented on the film's short running time and its lack of adherence to the storyline of the The Death of Superman comics, a view also shared by other reviewers. http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=30604

The Top 100 DVD sales chart for 9/18/07-9/23/07 revealed that the film was placed at #4, and was two spots ahead of the season six release of Smallville (TV series), a Superman related television show http://www.reuters.com/article/filmNews/idUSN2628195120070927

Soundtrack The soundtrack to Superman: Doomsday will be released on the October 23rd, 2007 http://worldsfinestonline.com/WF/dcuam/doomsday/reviews/soundtrack/ Superman: Doomsday Soundtrack. The soundtrack listing is below:



DVD Superman: Doomsday was exclusively available on DVD with a collectable packaging over the DVD box that had a cover of Superman bursting through the movie’s logo. The special features included a retrospective look at how the Death of Superman comic came to be, a look at voice actors, as well as a Defeat Doomsday game with a 10 minute preview to the next animated film; Justice League: The New Frontier.

References External links

{{Infobox Film| name = Superman: Doomsday| image = Superman_Doomsday_logo.JPG| director = Bruce TimmLauren MontgomeryBrandon Vietti| writer = Duane Capizzi| starring = [Adam BaldwinAnne HecheJames Marsters| distributor = [Warner Home VideoWarner Bros. AnimationDC Comics, [2007 in film| runtime = 75 min.| language = English| budget =| imdb_id = 0934706-->

Superman: Doomsday is an original direct-to-video animated film adaptation of popular DC Comics storyline The Death of Superman focusing on the superhero Superman. The film is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for action violence and is the first in a line of animated movies released by Warner Bros. Animation based on the storylines from DC Comics. It will be followed by Justice League: The New Frontier and Teen Titans: The Judas Contract. The film was released on September 18, 2007. Before the DVD release, the movie was first screened at the San Diego Comic Con on July 26, 2007.

Despite similar animation styles, the film used new animation models, and is only loosely based on the DC Animated Universe that lasted from 1992-2006,{{cite web]|year=2007-03-04|url=http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=103726|accessdate =2007-03-10--> with a few allusions to the older series, as well as the Fleischer Superman series, found in the Fortress of Solitude.

Plot The film opens with images of Superman doing heroic deeds and Lex Luthor narrating, explaining how people look up to him like he was a god on Earth. Before the credits begin, he says "Enjoy your reign while you may, Superman. For as surely as night follows day, there comes a time when even gods must die."

Lois Lane is told by Perry White to drop a story that might be risky to publish about a charity organization, even though Lex Luthor is involved. As she destroys her papers on that story, Clark Kent leaves for Afghanistan. Meanwhile, workers from LexCorp are digging two miles below the Earth's surface for one of Lex's projects. They hit a spaceship while digging, inadvertently releasing the genetically-engineered war machine Doomsday (comics). Doomsday kills the entire digging crew and begins a bloody rampage towards Metropolis. Lex tells Mercy Graves to make sure no one knows that his company was there.

At the Fortress of Solitude, Superman and Lois talk about the secrets he's hiding from her, despite them having been in a relationship for months. She wants him to reveal his real name (Lois suspects him to be Clark already, but wants confirmation), but he doesn't want to risk any harm coming to her. the two get into a fight over it, after which Superman decides to tell her. Before he can, he is informed of Doomsday's rampage by the Fortress' robot. Doomsday is now battling the military in Metropolis.

In Metropolis, Superman and Doomsday engage in a devastating cross-city battle. Ultimately, Superman kills Doomsday, but he too dies from injuries sustained during the battle. The world collectively mourns their fallen hero, whom they honor with a memorial in Metropolis. Jimmy Olsen is offered a job by a tabloid newspaper called National Voyeur, which he accepts. Perry mentions Clark's conspicuous lack of communication, which Lois already understands. Trying to deal with her pain, Lois visits Clark's adoptive mother Martha in Smallville for counsel. Even Lex grieves over Superman's death, though only because he wasn't responsible for it. After Mercy tells him that no one will know LexCorp was involved with Doomsday, Lex shoots and kills her.

In Superman's absence, the police are ill-equipped to deal the villains he so regularly defeated. When Toyman holds a school bus filled with kids hostage using a giant spider, Lois, still grieving, decides to fight the villain on her own. As she does, Superman digs his way out of his own grave and apprehends Toyman. However, he doesn't seem quite the same, missing Lois' apartment as he files her home and acting surprised when she kisses him. Similarly, Clark fails to return to work. She dismisses it as shock from his supposed "death". In truth, this Superman is a clone created by Lex, and as such lacks knowledge of Superman's life. The real Superman is now kept in a tube for Lex's amusement.

Unbeknownst to anyone, even Lex, Superman is actually alive, but just barely. The robot at his Fortress of Solitude is able to recover his body and works to bring him back to health. Meanwhile, the Superman clone begins to take a darker perspective on his job when he hears about Toyman killing a four-year-old girl. He meets with Toyman as he is about to enter the police station. There, he picks him up, flies him above the city, then drops him back to the ground, killing him. The city is stunned, and Jimmy and Lois know something is up. The police can't do much to punish Superman for the murder, as he simply destroys their guns.

Upon returning to Lex, the clone is berated for his behavior. Lex sends him on a mission to find the real Superman's corpse threatens to kill him should he step out of line again. When on a mission to find who has taken the body of Superman the clone begins to think for himself and scans his brain for Lex's trap. The clone uses his X-ray vision to locate a lead-shielded kryptonite ball in his skull, which would allow Lex to carry out his threat, and removes it with his heat vision. At the same time, Lois meets with Lex under the guise of wanting to move on, but first wants to know how he corrupted Superman. As she leans in to kiss him, she stabs him with a tranquilizer and begins looking through his files with Jimmy's help. She and Jimmy discover that Lex is cloning an army of Supermen. After Lex comes to and threatens them, the original clone arrives and destroys the facility. When Lex realizes that the clone has removed the kryptonite in his skull, Lex tries to hide in a red-sunlight room, only to have the clone toss the entire room to the street. This latest presumed murder triggers military action. Again, they can do little against Superman.

Hearing the news, the real Superman decides to help, even though he is only at 67%. To improve his odds he dons a yellow sunlight-absorbing "Solar Suit" and brings a kryptonite gun developed by Lex. Meeting his clone, the two engage in another massive battle, Superman's kryptonite gun failing to hit the much faster clone. Jimmy and Lois grab the kryptonite gun to help Superman, though still unsure if he's the real one or not. The fight reaches a head at Superman's memorial, where Lois manages to hit the clone with a shot from the kryptonite gun. A truck full of tar is wrecked in the battle and both Superman and the clone are coated in the tar. The clone destroys the gun, leaving only the kryptonite canister. As the two Supermen continue their battle, the canister sticks to the clone's chest, and Superman vaporizes it with his heat vision. The clone is overcome by the kryptonite gas and dies, after telling Superman to protect the people. Lois is convinced that he's the real Superman once he kisses her, and the crowd is similarly happy to be rid of the evil Superman.

At Lois' apartment, Superman sees that she misspelled "resurrection" in her article, where he mentions he was a spelling bee champ at Smallville Elementary, revealing himself to be Clark Kent. At LexCorp, mirroring the movie's beginning, an injured Lex narrates the ending, saying how gods can die but can also return from the dead. He smiles to himself, saying, "It would seem you can't be destroyed after all, Superman. It would seem…"

Cast {| class="wikitable"|-! Voice actor! Character|-| Adam Baldwin
Superman clone|-| [Anne Heche|-| [James Marsters|-| [John DiMaggio
Various|-| [Tom Kenny| [Martha Kent| [Mercy Graves
Various]| Perry White| [Jimmy Olsen| Grumpy Man|-| [James Arnold Taylor| Murphy|-| [Townsend Coleman| Damon Swank|-| Hettie Lynne Hurtes| [Newscaster|}

Comparisons with the Comics As explained by Bruce Timm, the film focuses on the events of The Death of Superman, World Without a Superman, and the Return of Superman comic book storylines, but does not use several of the subplots and secondary characters for story and time reasons. Notable differences from the comic into the movie include:

























Trivia In the scene where we see the real Superman healing by absorbing yellow solar energy, the room is decorated with various relics from Supermans previous battles (and various media incarnations) including the miniaturised city of Kandor, a Mechanical Monster from Superman (1940s cartoons) cartoons and the holding rings present from Superman: The Movie.

Rating The film's generous amount of violence and adult language garnered a PG-13 rating from the MPAA. Most of the more visceral deaths take place just off-camera (for example, Doomsday snapping the neck of an Armed Forces fighter), however the fight sequences are very intense--during the Doomsday/Superman fight, Superman vomits a pool of blood onto the ground, perhaps the most visual use of blood in the entire film. The language in the film is mature for a comic animation, with numerous characters uttering "damn" and "ass" repeatedly. Sexual innuendo is mild but present in the film, which may have also contributed to the rating.

Critical Reception Following the screening at Comic Con, and its release on DVD, the movie got mostly positive reviews, with some reviewers commenting it was a marked improvement to other recent DC animated adaptations, with some commenting it raised the bar for the follow-up to the live-action Superman Returns which had been released the previous summer. http://www.ugo.com/ugo/html/article/?id=17834 Many also agreed it was also better in comparison to the recent animated films Marvel had released based on their characters (such as Ultimate Avengers), in part due to the more adult and action-packed story in keeping with its PG-13 rating. http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=122821

Many reviews spoke highly of James Marsters' and Adam Baldwin's voice acting as Lex Luthor and Superman, while reviews of Anne Heche's portrayal of Lois Lane were mixed.http://dvd.ign.com/articles/820/820830p1.html

Not all reviews of the film were positive. DVDTalk.com, while praising the film's look and its technical presentation, when reviewing the story called the film 'a massive disappointment' and also negatively commented on the film's short running time and its lack of adherence to the storyline of the The Death of Superman comics, a view also shared by other reviewers. http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=30604

The Top 100 DVD sales chart for 9/18/07-9/23/07 revealed that the film was placed at #4, and was two spots ahead of the season six release of Smallville (TV series), a Superman related television show http://www.reuters.com/article/filmNews/idUSN2628195120070927

Soundtrack The soundtrack to Superman: Doomsday will be released on the October 23rd, 2007 http://worldsfinestonline.com/WF/dcuam/doomsday/reviews/soundtrack/ Superman: Doomsday Soundtrack. The soundtrack listing is below:



DVD Superman: Doomsday was exclusively available on DVD with a collectable packaging over the DVD box that had a cover of Superman bursting through the movie’s logo. The special features included a retrospective look at how the Death of Superman comic came to be, a look at voice actors, as well as a Defeat Doomsday game with a 10 minute preview to the next animated film; Justice League: The New Frontier.

References External links



 

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