A Brief Comment on "The Death of Superman"

Conner 2022-12-25 10:03:36

The title of this animation is quite intimidating at first glance, but if you think about it a little bit, you will understand that it is completely a "title party". How could DC let his man in charge hang up. Therefore, before watching the movie, what makes the audience appetite is actually how Superman "die", or what kind of horrible existence can make the powerful Superman "die".

The answer is revealed: It turns out that Lex Luther’s engineering team accidentally released a biotechnological defect "Destroy Day" that was hidden on the earth by aliens during secret mining. It was precise, cold, and mindless. The destructive power is amazing. Once the devil came out, Superman must be duty-bound, but the opponent was too powerful, so Superman had to choose to die together. As a result, the whole country was shocked and the whole people mourned in silence.

However, the good show is yet to come. On the one hand, Superman is only in suspended animation, and his vitality has not been cut off. On the other hand, mortal enemy Luther took the opportunity to extract Superman's DNA, preparing to clone Superman in large quantities. I don't know that the first Superman clone did not obey Luther's orders. He had a superhuman view of justice, but he did not have a superhuman moral view, hoping to take over the city in a way of "violence against violence". In this way, "Death of Superman" turned into a drama of "True and False Superman."

Of course, since it is an animation work, it is destined to have a certain degree of thick lines. In fact, in the second half of the film, Superman's fight against the clone is quite deep and digging. The clone acts like another "Batman", which forms an essential conflict with the superman who upholds the concept of the legal system. If the script is properly screened and portrayed carefully The words will be quite interesting. But unfortunately, the film is only a superficial in this respect, not only the characters are superficial, but the story is also very plain.

Perhaps it can only be said that DC’s early animation works hardly make a fuss about the connotation, and are different from the recent animation "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns", and this also reflects Nolan’s "Dark Knight III" from another aspect. The great influence of "Trilogy".

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Superman: Doomsday quotes

  • Lois Lane: Ever consider the big "S" may not be what he seems?

    Jimmy Olsen: He wears red and blue, flies, crime rate's plummeted since he's risen from the grave. Gosh, you think he's a zombie?

    Lois Lane: I'm not sure what he is.

  • Robot: The subject in question was biologically engineered to be the ultimate soldier. Precise, clinical, unstoppable. But its creators came to realize, could not distinguish between friend and foe. Thus, this doomsday machine lives to extinguish any and all life forms, because it must.