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
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