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    Superman/Batman: Apocalypse

    Movie » Superman/Batman: Apocalypse released on September 28, 2010.

    Superman and Batman investigate an alien pod crashed on Earth, revealing Kara, Superman's cousin and a kryptonian with the same powers as the Man of Steel. Based on the book by Jeph Loeb and Michael Turner.

    moffattbooks's Superman/Batman: Apocalypse review

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    Arrival of Kara

    I enjoyed this movie since the Public Enemies was just as good in showing the differences in Batman and Superman.  Here this continues as they debate how to deal with Kara Zor-El.  Later Darkseid takes an interest in her and attempts to corrupt and turn her against Superman.  Kara defeats Darkseid and later takes her place in the DC world as Supergirl.   
     
    One key element that made this movie work was the casting of the voice actors.  One of my complaints about earlier animated movies was changing the VAs for reasons known only to DC.  These movies prove that Kevin Conroy and Tim Daly will probably always be the best for Batman and Superman.  Keeping the same VAs goes a long way to keeping the fanbase.   
     
    Yes there were changes from the comics but since these are only 1 hour long movies instead of 1 1/2 or even 2, things had to be cut out or changed.  Having Superman go all out on the Doomdays  was the substitute for not showing the all out against Darkseid.  This allowed Supergirl her moment instead of showing her inexperience.  As a fan of both Supeman/Batman as well as the Supergirl series, this only was for the animated movies fans and not the serious fans.  I'm a firm believer in putting in as much as possible to flesh out the story so yes this could have been a bit longer.   
     
    I woudn't mind more Superman/Batman animated movies after All-Star Superman 

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      APOCALYPSE(buy it) NOW 0

      WOW... This is the only words I could come up with when i finished watching this movie. It's a very good tribute in a way to artist Michael Turner, who I personally did not like but can say he was a huge force in comics 'til the very end of his life, God bless him! The fight scenes were tremendous, the characters were drawn in a very "Turner-esque" feel that was clearly seen in the way the women were drawn and wow were they drawn well! The story is described above and so I wont go into specifics...

      5 out of 5 found this review helpful.

      READ THIS BEFORE YOU RATE!!!! 0

      By The Angry Comic Book Critic       Alright now this movie was by no means a bad film but I honestly did not like it as much as the comic or this film's predecessor "Public Enemies" not to say this didn't have a lot a great moments in it but there were three Big things that just annoyed the crap out of me in this film but those I'll get to later for I have to say I was very glad to see the return of Kevin Conroy and Tim Daly these guys to me are Batman and Superman there simply is no one better...

      3 out of 3 found this review helpful.

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