Social Icons

Superman Unbound (2013)

 

Superman Unbound (2013)



4/10



Starring the voice of
Matt Bomer
John Nobel
Stana Katic


Directed by James Tucker

Superman Unbound was no better than any other 20-minute-long cartoon we’re used to. Why DC decided to go ahead with this movie beats me, and why some people cheer and say it’s good also goes over my head.

The first issue is the story. Brainiac is a computer program that devours worlds for their knowledge and technology. He then stores a part of the world as specimens and destroys the planet itself. Of all the story arcs to develop into a movie, DC picked this one.

There’s no biff, but this isn’t one of my favorite Superman stories. This animation is based on the "Brainiac" five-issue comic book story arc written by Geoff Johns, which saw the death of Jonathan Kent and Clark taking on an old nemesis, Brainiac, with the help of Supergirl. Now, this movie didn’t include the death of Jonathan Kent, but it felt like taking a dull story and blowing it up on the TV screen.

The animation wasn’t half bad, and the lines were just okay. But while watching, I don’t see any reason why DC decided to aim for a mature audience. This movie could have passed for a younger audience, but with Lois giving Brainiac the finger, it felt totally uncalled for.

There’s nothing in this animation that thrilled me, as the story is nearly identical to that of the comic. This might be a plus for some people, but not for me. The story features our hero Superman and his cousin Supergirl. Supergirl is acting up, dealing with the trauma of losing Krypton, as if it happened just last year.

A probe was sent to Earth to scan its life forms. The probe ran into Superman, and he disabled it. He took it to his North Pole lair, where Supergirl saw the probe and immediately remembered seeing something similar on Krypton before Kandor (Krypton’s capital) vanished.

Superman decided to scan outside Earth and located Brainiac’s ship. From there on, it was a battle of survival. Who will win: the machine Brainiac, who has the knowledge of thousands of worlds, or a single Kryptonian whose love for Earth surpasses that of any other creature?

My final take is, DC better step up. Batman is all they have going for them in the live-action world, and now in the animation world too. I just hope the much-hyped Superman film (Man of Steel) will live up to expectations

0 comments:

Post a Comment

Disclaimer

All images featured on this site are the property of their respective copyright owners. They are used solely for illustrative and commentary purposes under fair use principles. This site is a personal blog, unaffiliated with or endorsed by any copyright holders. If you are the copyright owner of an image featured here and wish to have it removed, please contact me directly, and I will address your request promptly.