yes but its even greater in the context of this show where Superman has been driven to madness by Darksied and has been waiting years to get him 1 on 1
Which leads to Lex Luthor completing *his* arc by showing up with ultimate power in the form of the anti-life equation and offering to "share" it with Darkseid -- thus condeming himself to a kind of chess game against evil incarnate for all eternity. Why limit himself to one city indeed.
Glad grew up with THIS Superman, who perfectly captured everything about the character in a way as a kid I look up to him and even in later years can still look back and learn from the true man who could leap tall buildings in a single bound!
Which is why I like that one run of superman when you find out as time goes forward, Luther's decendant launches a child into space as Earth collapses, much like krypton, to send another Kal-El out into the universe.
I like how despite being the classic symbol of hope and goodness, the DCAU superman had quite a few tough calls, mistakes and bad situations to deal with. Especially in the Cadmus arc, where they really pushed his buttons and made him snap. I only bring it up because Zack really wanted a superman who messes up, has to deal with heavy situations and so on. And the DCAU crew even beat him to the punch there. Superman had low points, but it was never so grimdark as Zack likes his films to be. He doesn't want superman to be the perfect boyscout, but others have already shown that that is not always the case
Zack just doesn't understand or respect Superman, that's why Nolan left as a producer for his films He even said on the set of Watchmen that he hates Superman and would kill him in a movie if given the opportunity
I think the best observation I ever saw on the appeal of Superman, and what Snyder doesn't understand about the character, is that Superman is an atypical power fantasy. He's atypical in that the fantasy isn't "wouldn't it be great to have that much power" but rather "what if someone with that much power was a good person". If, as Robert Caro said, power reveals, then what kind of rare person would get that power and prove themselves to be a genuinely kind, courageous, unselfish human being? I think it says something about Zack Snyder's approach to art that he finds the idea of a good man uninteresting.
@@onbearfeet No, I believe it is more of Zack Snyder's Ayn-Randian tendencies. It isn't that he thinks a "good man" is uninteresting; it is that he believes differently what a "good man" is. Snyder is, for all intents and purposes, Lex Luthor. The cynicism of man, wrapped in Capitalism. It is really telling when you just look at his portrayal of Lex Luthor: a parody of a parody. Lex Luthor in Batman v Superman was so crazy that there was no way but to accept that he was a crazy villain. Snyder couldn't portray Lex like how he is in almost every other depiction, a well dressed business man. Snyder could not admit that Lex Luthor was potentially every wealthy person in reality. Lex had to be a joke. And it is this twisted view of his that prevents Snyder from understanding Superman. Because Lex Luthor doesn't see himself as the villain, he's not The Joker.
I think what makes Superman special as a character is the fact that no matter how he’s tested he still remains the same kind of person at the end of the day. Even when he does get pushed to his limits we never actually see someone break the man of steel as a man. This is why Batman and Superman are essentially the same at the core. Batman is a man you cannot break because he’s had more dark moments in a single day than most people see in their whole lives, and Superman is unbreakable because of his unshakable faith in the living spirits of goodness and truth. One is the darkness rushing as fast as it can to save what light it might find, and the other is the all consuming and penetrating light that no darkness can escape.
@@BaithNa Zack was clearly the wrong choice to direct Superman the moment he questioned how a story without killing or sex could be good, or when he thought that the best part of The Dark Knight Returns was Batman shooting a bad guy (the story doesn't even imply that he shot to kill, but Snyder was convinced otherwise). We should honestly blame the people who chose him as the director instead of Snyder himself.
I really like the confident Clark Kent from the DCAU. All the other versions of Clark put up this front and pretend like they're clumsier, more awkward, and more cowardly than they really are. They conceal so much of themselves. Yes, the DCAU Clark still hiding his powers, but he's not hiding who he is. The DCAU Clark is always true to himself.
My favorite episode of S:TAS is probably "The Late Mr. Kent" because of this. It really showed how important being Clark is to Superman. I especially loved how he wanted saving the false convict from execution to be "Clark's win" and how he needs to be Clark Kent and being Superman all the time would drive him crazy.
@ I loved seeing journalist Clark Kent stories and “The Late Mr.Kent” episode for that reason. How Clark was more important, if he’s serious and assertive or bumbling and mild mannered, I love reporter Clark Kent being showcased.
I will say this right now: This is the DEFINITIVE adaptation of Superman. His hopeful, selfless, down to Earth demeanor, his relationship with Lois, Jimmy, his rogues, and Lex Luthor, his leadership of the Justice League, his camaraderie with Batman, and his costume make me think one thing: Yeah, this is Superman!
There's a similar scene in "Superman Returns" that I love for the same reason. When Clark's super-hearing lets him know Richard and Lois noticing that Clark is the same height and build as Superman, he pretends to stumble and drops a bunch of files to make himself look like a total dork and it instantly throws them off track. There's also a scene in the first Christopher Reeve movie where he "transforms" into Superman just by standing up straight, taking off his glasses and changing the pitch of his voice. And he totally sells it. I think that's what makes the Clark from "My Adventures with Superman" feel so different -- he's actually *bad* at hiding in pain sight.
This hands down is the best adaptation of Superman. If i had to direct someone to a pice of media that defines what superman is, this would be one of them. Heck I'd say it made the most definiteve versions of krypton and braniac.
I disagree. He lacks the charisma Superman should have. He's way too brooding and his Clark is really boring since he isn't fun to watch. The show forgets that the disguise is more than just the glasses.
@ To be fair this is more based on Post Crisis Superman, where Clark is the “true identity”, and there’s more focus on his journalist skills. I agree, there’s more to the disguise than the glasses, the clumsy or mild mannered personality, bigger outfit, different change of voice. You can handle Clark as a competent reporter while still doing a Christopher Reeve like Clark (the 40’s Fleischer cartoon, Legion of Superheroes, The Batman, My Adventures with Superman and Birthright). I wouldn’t say he’s way too brooding, it’s just kind of return more to the man of action from the Fleischer cartoons in a 90’s style. He has his own charm but I think a perfect Superman would be a mix of this and My Adventures of Superman/Superman the Movie. But that doesn’t mean STAS take was bad or boring, just a product of its time
@@ibrahimihsan2090 Exactly, Gunn has cited Grant Morrison’s All Star Superman as well as general elements of the Silver Age era as significant influences for his Superman movie. The Supergirl movie is just straight up adapting Tom King’s Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow miniseries, and Batman: Brave and the Bold is heavily drawing from Grant Morrison’s Batman run. Then you have Swamp Thing, who only had a cameo appearance in the DCAU, and Teen Titans (announced later after Gunn’s initial partial Chapter 1 reveal of the DCU) who didn’t appear at all in the DCAU. Gunn and his team are definitely drawing from all sources to cover a varied bunch of titles to adapt. Which is good, no one writer or such is perfect so it’s best to branch out as much as reasonably possible, as yes, even Timm and Dini didn’t nail every aspect of the DC cast (Superman was underpowered in JL Season 1, the Batfamily was underutilized, Batman got a little much self-insert harem element as Dini’s own attraction to Zatanna clearly was the reason for making her crush on Batman, also Diana, who stands for truth, crushing on Batman of all heroes never made sense, Wonder Woman felt underused at times, Flash’s great rogues gallery was barely used, Supergirl never ultimately bonds with anyone and just leaves everyone to be with a guy she knew for less than a day, etc.), still an excellent universe of adaptations but it still has some shortcomings and thus should only be one source of inspiration for future writers.
It's nuts how Grant Morrison boiled Superman's origin down to four panels. It just works. Also, I think yeah, DCAU Superman might be my favorite interpretation of the character. Also Lords Supes is probably the best costume he's ever had. I'm quite happy to have the McFarlane as a 3D version of it for my desk.
Most old comic book origins like Superman, Batman and Spider-man were also just a few panels or pages too. Morrison was just following the great writers of the past
It's a good outfit. In-universe, it makes me wonder if it inspired the suit he has in Batman Beyond (and the Lord Batman logo looks a lot like the Beyond version, as well). Out of universe, it was most definitely the other way around given the release order.
What Paul Dini & Bruce Timm accomplished with their DCAU is a feat that even the MCU never reached. It is the best adaptation of comic books ever put to screen.
I think what made DCAU Superman work is that while he is a good person, he is still a flawed person. I think what made people give him the “boring Boy Scou” label is the combination of his powers being so….well powerful and in many incarnations he had a pretty milquetoast personality. The powers argument I never bought into. Yeah he should win most of his fights but I also expect Batman to win most of his fights, eventually. The problem with Superman I felt was less that he was a goody two shoes but that so many writers wanted to make him a role model first, a person second. But DCAU Superman has more dynamic qualities. He can be playful, prideful, prone to anger, jealousy, frustration. In JLU Especially he showed a lot of narcissism, pride, anger and dismissed others, whether it be because of lack of powers, age/naïveté, or POV. He even struggled connecting with his own cousin. I think it made him more interesting. He was still 100% the hero, the good guy. But he wasn’t always in the right. As an aside, it is really too bad that there seems to be much more reluctance for Superman animated content than Batman. While I can argue there may be too much Batman content out there, I cannot believe that since the end of the DCAU we only had one Superman series (my adventures with Superman) . Aside from that it’s just been either animated movies or Justice league ensemble shows. I think we’re missing out on some potentially interesting stories and concepts
I saw another video that Stan Lee thought Superman didn't work for him because Superman was too perfect and not just his powers. It's why Stan Lee created superheroes with flaws.
My favorite quote has always been “I can’t be Superman all the time, I’D GO CRAZY!” Kal-El enjoys being Clark, being human. Superman is a hobby, a job perhaps by the time of JL/JLU, but he enjoys being “normal”. The movies still haven’t gotten this very simple yet key ingredient. Is he a powerhouse? Oh most definitely, but he also enjoys root beer floats.
Yeah.. that is an unpopular opinion. I'm a Superman fan first and foremost, and I just.. I can't like the DCAU Supes, for many of the same reasons I can't like John Byrne's. He breaks everything around him when he's in a fight, he's patronizing, and he has next to no super intellect. The JLU episode when he fights Shazam is my go-to example because the plot of that episode revolves around Superman being this way. But it's present throughout STAS, JL, and JLU. Don't forget the Worf effect from most of JL, or how other heroes from JL and JLU were constantly 1-upping him morally and intellectually. Even people's fav DCAU Superman moment "world of cardboard", what does he do? Punch Darkseid through 3 buildings. Not once did DCAU Supes get an "Ace on the swing" moment like Batman of all characters got.
This show may not be as widely revered as Batman's The Animated Series. However, I still love Superman: The Animated Series, and it's a great entry point for anyone who wants to get into Superman as a character but hasn't read the comics. I will always absolutely adore the vibrant colours and the art-deco beauty of the series, and Tim Daly does a great job as Superman, giving a more witty but elegantly noble and calming performance as Superman, who's powerful but also humble and kind, which is key to Superman. I especially *ADORE* Clancy Brown as Lex Luthor as his voice just fits the character perfectly as the corporate dictator of Metropolis controlling everything behind the scenes with such entitled and greedy but incredibly smart and actually very calm, cunning and manipulative, which makes him an excellent villain and perfect rival to Superman. I really love what the show dd with Brainiac as even though I do like his original Colu origin, I do think tieing Brainiac to Krypton was such a genius idea that future adaptations like My Adventures With Superman would use and I think it makes his relationship with Superman all the more personal and make Brainiac all the more of terrifying, cold and calculating threat.
If memory serves, Clancy Brown and John Shea are the first actors to portray Lex as an evil corporate tycoon rather than a Mad Scientist or a "super-criminal". Lex was rewritten from a mad scientist into an 80's corporate overlord about 10 years before "Superman: The Animated Series" came out. Gene Hackman's version of the character is wildly different.
Easily one of the best interpretations of the character. I like how they made him a bit more serious. It's also the first DCAU show I watched so very nostalgic.
One thing I really like is that Christopher McDonald plays both Jor-El and Beyond Superman. Something to further strengthen how similar Clark and his father are.
This is the best adaption of Superman in my opinion. The people behind the creation of DCAU Superman most definitely understood the character they were adapting and perfectly captured who Superman/Clark Kent is. If you want a lesson on how to write Superman, watch this show.
So happy Superman: TAS is getting the recognition it deserves. I always felt like it lived under Batman: TAS shadow and is overlooked. This is my Canon version of Supes.
Kind of uncomfortable to notice that Metropolis functionally being dominated and run directly and indirectly by Luthor seems to be objectively a much nicer place to live than Gotham under the influence and supervision of Wayne Enterprises/Batman.
I don't think that's accurate. Gotham is run by the interplay between the one-percenters/court of owls, organized crime, and the corrupt police/city hall. Over time, Batman and people like Jim Gordon break down their influence, but don't replace them .
you dropped this right before my birthday, as i'm working on my own original superhero novel. and Superman is my favorite superhero. thanks🩷 love your channel.
George Newburn and Tyler Hoechlin share a distinct honor of being dual Superman/Sephiroth actors. Which means you know Henry Cavill will play him in live action one day.
2:19 his mom wasn't saying to hate humans, she was saying regardless of who he was, he doesn't have to take on the weight of everyone's problems. He's her son, she doesn't want him to overwhelm himself or be taken away from her. That's evident earlier in the conversation when she says she was afraid the govt would take him away or how scared she was to hear him struggle to breathe our air. No matter how strong he is, he's her baby. And she'll always see him that way, hence why she's telling him he doesn't have to be superman. It's honestly very realistic to small town moms
JLU ended in I think 2006, and in 2013 they did that 75th anniversary animated short. My son was about 15 at the time, and when we hit the point about halfway through where it subways to the DCAU Superman, and we see Lois and Jimmy, suddenly in my 15-year-old son was seven again and excitedly exclaimed, “that’s him! That’s *our* Superman!” Then the moment passed, and he was 15 again, but it was a magical and unexpected instant, and surprisingly high on my list of happiest memories. It was nice to see it something he watched when he was seven made such a lasting impact on him, and to this day when the subject comes up, he invariably mentions that the DCU Superman is “the one true Superman, and all the other others before and after are mere pretenders to the throne.” And his kind of become the definitive version for me as well .
I know it's a massive ask, but could you do the same for the Max Fleischer Superman shorts from the 30s? I feel it's likely you have no recollection of it, but for many Gen X and Elder Millenials like me, that one existed and was repeated more than Donners Superman. That one just rocked EVERYONE. It's honestly the one I held up as headcannon until this series. I even find the theme song better than Williams'.
The DCAU version Superman is definitely one of the best versions of the character that was both good for its time and ahead of its time. Plus, this version of Superman had the added advantage of coming out before the overuse of evil versions of Superman, which showcases why the good Superman does did and still matters.
Respectfully, in DCEU, Martha didn’t tell Clark to hate Humanity, just that he should choose what he does, to be what humanity needs him to be or not, that saving people is not an obligation. The Kents want what’s best for Clark, that one day he will have to decide if he wants to become someone more while protecting him from the danger’s the world pose, and the Al’s want to show he has the potential to become a symbol of hope to bridge their two worlds to raise humanity up. Clark in his youth did reject his alien side and wants to be human but can’t deny it forever. I know it is a joke but That tornado myth thing started circulating in 2017, way after 2013’s mos. John Kent does not hate humanity, he just knows that it will need to be guided by someone like Superman that Clark as he was back then, humanity wasn’t ready for him.
The best Clark, the best Superman adaptation. Even if at times he seems nerfed too much. The show did a GREAT job showing Clark is a very good reporter
If I made video essays, I’d make one about how Man of Steel’s Superman and the DCAU Superman are actually a lot alike, in ways both good and not so good.
I love listening and watching your videos. They help me remember the most awesome shows. And the way your put them together is always a joy to listen to
Yeah, I know that was so weird to me, especially since they had a Standen Zod character called general Jax Ur - my best guess is it was some legal issues with the name
Great analysis! I’ve loved this version since I was a kid and even rewatched STAS recently, but watching this made me realize that I’ve never really studied and considered it fully to appreciate what’s unique about its interpretation. You also make a great case for why there’s value in continuing to retell and reinterpret the origin. I’d never thought about it before, but Superman’s story is more thematically adaptable than the other classics given the room between the 4 major points. Great stuff! Subscribed
5:13 Imagine Martha said that today. People got angry when George Lopez called Batman a fascist in the Blue Beetle Movie. Even though it was supposed to be a joke and Geroge Lopez praise Ted Kord as blue Beelte and other Heroes.
You know. I don't really like this version of Superman. Now, I'll give my reasons and I would love to change my opinion if someone is interested in giving their own 2 cents. He has to much anger and isn't as kind and altruistic. I remember watching the first Bizarro episode where Bizarro looks exactly like Superman and acts much kinder, with much more care and is very altruistic. The moment I saw him acting like that I thought to myself: "ok something changed. They did a 180 on the character to exactly what I expect about superman." And then Clark shows up and I go: "I knew it!". The thing is I like a Superman that seems perfect. Because the moments he isn't feel so much more intense. "Be weary of a calm man that goes to war." So much kindness and respect. But you never saw him angry you never saw what he is holding back.
Superman/Clark at least in this animated Series covers the years where he hasn't met other heroes, just meeting Lois, Lex and getting used to Metropolis in his identity as Superman. Which adds to the realistic layer of the stresses that comes with Superman that media before didn't necessarily highlight as well as the flaws he AND his father share. This being my first ish exposure to Superman along with Christopher Reeve, I can see why you think this but keep this in mind, Reeve didnt like how Clark became a bumbling goof by the time of the 3rd film while this gave the identity Clark more staying power as a person as much as the Superman persona. This really highlights his human side and life Alot more which creates more nuance. The "perfect" altruistic Superman that I also love like you do tends to come when hes married to Lois. Some of the best comic stories I've read I've noticed he's either married to Lois (What's funny about Truth and Justice), when she's dead (Kingdom Come) or All Star Superman. That highlights his years of growth, maturity and experience. But I will say, Justice League didn't a little too much with the anger on Superman, but I guess they wanted to highlight how Superman needs the league/allies as much as EVERYONE needs him
Maybe StaS didn't mean it but... When clark says if he had to be superman all the time he would go crazy, thats kinda what happened to the Superman clone in Superman Doomsday. Maybe that clone went crazy because he lacked everything that wasnt superman, but he certainly didn't have Clark.
@autobotproductions1244 Yeah, and it's awesome, but I always prefer when they do longer series and can really explore the whole story as well as possible
This Superman will always be my favorite Superman. He's been through so much and yet he never went to the dark side like many others have. He saw his tyrant self and never went there even when he thought Flash died. 13:10 also wow i never saw that error with Supes hand already on Martha's shoulder. The power of HD ruined the illusion.
The fact that Clark chooses Lois over Lana is a sin. Which is funny because in JLU S1 E2, his "heart's desire" was to end up with Lana. Well, an amalgamation of Lana and Lois
That was awesome. DCAU Superman is my favorite version, of the character. I like Superman and I really like this Clark because he’s not this overly clumsy, coward but a serious reporter that loves his job, is competitive with Lois but also can be fun like when he messes with Myxlplyx for months. He generally a caring and kind person but after Legacy he hates Darkseid so much that he almost punches the watch tower out of orbit, he has understandable anger and resentment.
This and Superman & Lois are deifinitive lore. Taking the Max Fleischer style and using Golden and Silver Age Influence was genius, and S&L taking the MOS elements that Snyder inyroduced and balancing/bringing out their vest attributes both showed tremendous creativity. The biggest villains Luthor and Darkseid were the best, and best writen (and tell me where someone has topped both Clancy Brown and Michael Ironside in voices for these characters and having them come together at the JLU finale was nothing short of brilliant). Even small moments like Clark actually telling Lois (tongue-in-cheek) that he WAS Superman to him cold-cocking Lex under a red solar lamp made the series. This was a balanced Superman, even though he was underpowered when the script needed him to be.
The DCAU Superman was a bit too rude and aggressive to be accurate...still was very good, though. I loved that in the Superman: the Animated Series episode "Identity Crisis" the 'fake' Superman had Superman's traditional personality, like the writers were saying 'yeah, we know'.
When people say that superman is a boring character with no depth i really wish they'd just watch this show. This version is what made me into a fan of him as a kid, even more so than the movies.
I feel like there's an essay in the idea that the interpretation in "My Adventures With Superman" turns Superman into The Iron Giant, rather than the other way around.
Is it not amusing that, in these fallen times, the occupation of "journalist" has become so irrelevant that Lois Lane will soon be just as mythical as Clark.
i like how the kents are basically his human childhood. the earnest happiness spot that the fortress of solitude youd think takes instead. reference the Christmas episode. hes a kid at heart.
4:03 I read Absolute Superman. I found it interesting that main DC continuity everyone from Krypton didn’t believe Jor-El’s warnings about Krypton’s destruction. In Absolute Superman, where Kal-El and Lara tried to warn the Kryptonians about Krypton’s destruction, the higher class scientists league, The Klerics, condemned both them to work in lower class construction. People of Steel. They are Servants. The S stands for Shame rather than Hope. I found the Kryptonians from absolute Superman are more believable compare Than the Kryptonians being just ignorant to Jor El’s warning in DC Mainline continuity. 9:41 I like Absolute Superman’s version of Brainiac is born/made on Earth rather than Krypton. That can lead something interesting story. 10:11 I found out Lex Luthor won’t be in Absolute Superman. 11:58 Well both Absolute Superman and Superman from DC Mech(I recommend it)are traumatize that their planet and biological parents are gone.
Arrow is long but seriously that's any conventional television show you're gonna find especially pre-2020, you could choose one of the classic Star Trek shows and be going through the same thing. 22-26 episodes per season were the norm and sadly modern viewers attention spans seem to forget that.
After MAWS and Tyler Hoelich, this is my favorite version of Superman, keeping the charisma and kindness the fans know and love but also showing him having moments of seriouness and vunerability. I also like how the show portrays his Clark Kent as good investigator, something many modern adaptations seems to ignore. My only complain is that I feel the character and his friends and allies doesn't develop much until the end season despite it's potential. Many plot points are either forgotten (Superman and Lois relationship) or are continue in JL show (Lex Luthor downfall from CEO to criminal scientist).
You know, doesn't matter what is said about any super hero nothing will come sadder nor more impressive as the flash becoming a omnipresent non-existence protecting his city because he lost all hope in humanity and decided to just never have any contact with humans ever again but couldn't stop being a hero.
Before I watch the video I want to share my personal experience. Grew up on a LOT of Superhero media, basically was spoiled by the sheer amount of it and the good writing. Basically thought ALL DC cartoons were in one shared universe. This is the version of Superman that made me think little of the character. As a kid I was shallow, I just needed colorful and expressive action. JLU was written for a much older audience, that happened to be family friendly. I couldn't retain and digest those plotlines, nor did I want to. He never even struck me as the boyscout character or the strongest during JLU. I learned later that I caught him at his worse growing up! All he had for me were moments of greatness that merely justified his membership on the team. He had enough of my respect to be a member of the Justice League, but like, he was ranking toward the bottom. I genuinely was caught off guard when told Superman was the leader of the Justice League. I honestly didn't even think a group of Superheroes even had a leader. I thought they all just did their own thing as friends and equals but tried to synchronize. I didn't even consider a hierarchy. Even his arch nemesis Lex Luthor was beyond lame because he didn't even get a cool costume in any of the cartoons, just another evil businessman in a suit. I did think back then that Superman had the coolest costume, points were docked for lacking a cool mask with pupiless eyes. I honestly felt robbed after seeing Captain America and LOVING IT, then to learn a great deal of inspiration was Superman of all characters. Like I've seen plenty of Superman, but nothing like that! Why couldn't we have had a cool and flashy Superman cartoon? Something stylish? Under a different format than the 90s shows. Could've been 15 minute self-contained episodes. Could've been a longer format. Just something more stylish and expressive like Teen Titans or The Batman 2004 or Ben 10. We did get the Legion of Superheroes but it was not as good as the shows that came before it, honestly some characters felt like bootleg versions of characters from other superhero shows at the time. Like we had a Jean Grey and another Beast Boy on the squad.
DCAU Superman perfected the character that all the Movies and Smallville completely fucked up. DCAU made the definitive version of all the characters and will probably never be topped.
I think everyone here considers the “world of cardboard” speech one of the best Superman moments in any medium.
yes but its even greater in the context of this show where Superman has been driven to madness by Darksied and has been waiting years to get him 1 on 1
@@BaithNaThen Darkseid goes all mickey on him...
Which leads to Lex Luthor completing *his* arc by showing up with ultimate power in the form of the anti-life equation and offering to "share" it with Darkseid -- thus condeming himself to a kind of chess game against evil incarnate for all eternity. Why limit himself to one city indeed.
Glad grew up with THIS Superman, who perfectly captured everything about the character in a way as a kid I look up to him and even in later years can still look back and learn from the true man who could leap tall buildings in a single bound!
SAME. Can you imagine having something like Snyder’s Superman be someone’s intro to the character? Glad it ain’t me.
Same here. I still watch it from time to time.
It always starts the same.
A doomed planet.
Desperate parents.
A rockect of hope.
A kind couple.
A Superman is made.
Time moves forward, nothing has changed.
You can apply this quote to all animated Superman iteration.
Which is why I like that one run of superman when you find out as time goes forward, Luther's decendant launches a child into space as Earth collapses, much like krypton, to send another Kal-El out into the universe.
I mean, it is just the story of Moses. It can't be changed.
Zack Snyder: but what if his dad lowkey told him he should’ve let the kids die?
@@Lucario4thewin well, until Absolute Superman. They mixed up the formula quite a bit.
I like how despite being the classic symbol of hope and goodness, the DCAU superman had quite a few tough calls, mistakes and bad situations to deal with. Especially in the Cadmus arc, where they really pushed his buttons and made him snap.
I only bring it up because Zack really wanted a superman who messes up, has to deal with heavy situations and so on. And the DCAU crew even beat him to the punch there. Superman had low points, but it was never so grimdark as Zack likes his films to be. He doesn't want superman to be the perfect boyscout, but others have already shown that that is not always the case
Zack just doesn't understand or respect Superman, that's why Nolan left as a producer for his films
He even said on the set of Watchmen that he hates Superman and would kill him in a movie if given the opportunity
I think the best observation I ever saw on the appeal of Superman, and what Snyder doesn't understand about the character, is that Superman is an atypical power fantasy. He's atypical in that the fantasy isn't "wouldn't it be great to have that much power" but rather "what if someone with that much power was a good person". If, as Robert Caro said, power reveals, then what kind of rare person would get that power and prove themselves to be a genuinely kind, courageous, unselfish human being?
I think it says something about Zack Snyder's approach to art that he finds the idea of a good man uninteresting.
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No, I believe it is more of Zack Snyder's Ayn-Randian tendencies. It isn't that he thinks a "good man" is uninteresting; it is that he believes differently what a "good man" is. Snyder is, for all intents and purposes, Lex Luthor. The cynicism of man, wrapped in Capitalism. It is really telling when you just look at his portrayal of Lex Luthor: a parody of a parody. Lex Luthor in Batman v Superman was so crazy that there was no way but to accept that he was a crazy villain. Snyder couldn't portray Lex like how he is in almost every other depiction, a well dressed business man. Snyder could not admit that Lex Luthor was potentially every wealthy person in reality. Lex had to be a joke. And it is this twisted view of his that prevents Snyder from understanding Superman. Because Lex Luthor doesn't see himself as the villain, he's not The Joker.
I think what makes Superman special as a character is the fact that no matter how he’s tested he still remains the same kind of person at the end of the day. Even when he does get pushed to his limits we never actually see someone break the man of steel as a man. This is why Batman and Superman are essentially the same at the core. Batman is a man you cannot break because he’s had more dark moments in a single day than most people see in their whole lives, and Superman is unbreakable because of his unshakable faith in the living spirits of goodness and truth. One is the darkness rushing as fast as it can to save what light it might find, and the other is the all consuming and penetrating light that no darkness can escape.
@@BaithNa Zack was clearly the wrong choice to direct Superman the moment he questioned how a story without killing or sex could be good, or when he thought that the best part of The Dark Knight Returns was Batman shooting a bad guy (the story doesn't even imply that he shot to kill, but Snyder was convinced otherwise). We should honestly blame the people who chose him as the director instead of Snyder himself.
I really like the confident Clark Kent from the DCAU. All the other versions of Clark put up this front and pretend like they're clumsier, more awkward, and more cowardly than they really are. They conceal so much of themselves. Yes, the DCAU Clark still hiding his powers, but he's not hiding who he is. The DCAU Clark is always true to himself.
gotta give props to dean cain too for not going the route that reeves did. I like both portrayals
Lois and Clark Superman wasn't like that at all
@@serwinzzalot9989Yeah….i honestly I prefer how DCAU and Smallville handled it over Lois and Clark tbh
My favorite episode of S:TAS is probably "The Late Mr. Kent" because of this. It really showed how important being Clark is to Superman. I especially loved how he wanted saving the false convict from execution to be "Clark's win" and how he needs to be Clark Kent and being Superman all the time would drive him crazy.
@ I loved seeing journalist Clark Kent stories and “The Late Mr.Kent” episode for that reason. How Clark was more important, if he’s serious and assertive or bumbling and mild mannered, I love reporter Clark Kent being showcased.
I will say this right now: This is the DEFINITIVE adaptation of Superman.
His hopeful, selfless, down to Earth demeanor, his relationship with Lois, Jimmy, his rogues, and Lex Luthor, his leadership of the Justice League, his camaraderie with Batman, and his costume make me think one thing: Yeah, this is Superman!
*.. Man Of Steel* was a good movie.
Jesus Christ do snyder fans really never stop with the ass kissing ?
I've always loved that scene at the end. Clark telling Lois the truth as a joke completely confident that she won't guess the truth.
There's a similar scene in "Superman Returns" that I love for the same reason. When Clark's super-hearing lets him know Richard and Lois noticing that Clark is the same height and build as Superman, he pretends to stumble and drops a bunch of files to make himself look like a total dork and it instantly throws them off track.
There's also a scene in the first Christopher Reeve movie where he "transforms" into Superman just by standing up straight, taking off his glasses and changing the pitch of his voice. And he totally sells it.
I think that's what makes the Clark from "My Adventures with Superman" feel so different -- he's actually *bad* at hiding in pain sight.
Before I even watch the video
Best Written Superman of all time
My personal goat
That's all I will say
Correct.
All star Superman is supreme
This hands down is the best adaptation of Superman. If i had to direct someone to a pice of media that defines what superman is, this would be one of them. Heck I'd say it made the most definiteve versions of krypton and braniac.
I prefer this Krypton over Donner’s take of Krypton
I disagree. He lacks the charisma Superman should have. He's way too brooding and his Clark is really boring since he isn't fun to watch. The show forgets that the disguise is more than just the glasses.
@ To be fair this is more based on Post Crisis Superman, where Clark is the “true identity”, and there’s more focus on his journalist skills. I agree, there’s more to the disguise than the glasses, the clumsy or mild mannered personality, bigger outfit, different change of voice. You can handle Clark as a competent reporter while still doing a Christopher Reeve like Clark (the 40’s Fleischer cartoon, Legion of Superheroes, The Batman, My Adventures with Superman and Birthright). I wouldn’t say he’s way too brooding, it’s just kind of return more to the man of action from the Fleischer cartoons in a 90’s style. He has his own charm but I think a perfect Superman would be a mix of this and My Adventures of Superman/Superman the Movie. But that doesn’t mean STAS take was bad or boring, just a product of its time
You already know the DCU is set up for greatness once Gunn said its going to be inspired by this show and the DCAU
But it also takes inspiration from several prominent comic books so Gunn's interpretation will have it's original elements.
@@ibrahimihsan2090 Exactly, Gunn has cited Grant Morrison’s All Star Superman as well as general elements of the Silver Age era as significant influences for his Superman movie. The Supergirl movie is just straight up adapting Tom King’s Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow miniseries, and Batman: Brave and the Bold is heavily drawing from Grant Morrison’s Batman run. Then you have Swamp Thing, who only had a cameo appearance in the DCAU, and Teen Titans (announced later after Gunn’s initial partial Chapter 1 reveal of the DCU) who didn’t appear at all in the DCAU. Gunn and his team are definitely drawing from all sources to cover a varied bunch of titles to adapt.
Which is good, no one writer or such is perfect so it’s best to branch out as much as reasonably possible, as yes, even Timm and Dini didn’t nail every aspect of the DC cast (Superman was underpowered in JL Season 1, the Batfamily was underutilized, Batman got a little much self-insert harem element as Dini’s own attraction to Zatanna clearly was the reason for making her crush on Batman, also Diana, who stands for truth, crushing on Batman of all heroes never made sense, Wonder Woman felt underused at times, Flash’s great rogues gallery was barely used, Supergirl never ultimately bonds with anyone and just leaves everyone to be with a guy she knew for less than a day, etc.), still an excellent universe of adaptations but it still has some shortcomings and thus should only be one source of inspiration for future writers.
Well several comics and Young Justice as well have served as inspiration
It's nuts how Grant Morrison boiled Superman's origin down to four panels. It just works.
Also, I think yeah, DCAU Superman might be my favorite interpretation of the character. Also Lords Supes is probably the best costume he's ever had. I'm quite happy to have the McFarlane as a 3D version of it for my desk.
Most old comic book origins like Superman, Batman and Spider-man were also just a few panels or pages too.
Morrison was just following the great writers of the past
It's a good outfit. In-universe, it makes me wonder if it inspired the suit he has in Batman Beyond (and the Lord Batman logo looks a lot like the Beyond version, as well). Out of universe, it was most definitely the other way around given the release order.
What Paul Dini & Bruce Timm accomplished with their DCAU is a feat that even the MCU never reached.
It is the best adaptation of comic books ever put to screen.
Lord Superman is who Injustice Superman wants to be.
@@concept5631 Because his Batman agreed with him.
This is MY superman
This is THE Superman because it's the best and most consistent adaptation to date, including the comics
i like how confident and ego-driven dcau clark is compared to the bumbling nerdy guy they usually depict him as
Justice league was absolute PEAK DC just wish Warner brothers would realize that
WB being WB. The same company that cancelled Angel. Yes,I will never be over that lol
I think what made DCAU Superman work is that while he is a good person, he is still a flawed person.
I think what made people give him the “boring Boy Scou” label is the combination of his powers being so….well powerful and in many incarnations he had a pretty milquetoast personality.
The powers argument I never bought into. Yeah he should win most of his fights but I also expect Batman to win most of his fights, eventually.
The problem with Superman I felt was less that he was a goody two shoes but that so many writers wanted to make him a role model first, a person second.
But DCAU Superman has more dynamic qualities. He can be playful, prideful, prone to anger, jealousy, frustration. In JLU Especially he showed a lot of narcissism, pride, anger and dismissed others, whether it be because of lack of powers, age/naïveté, or POV. He even struggled connecting with his own cousin.
I think it made him more interesting. He was still 100% the hero, the good guy. But he wasn’t always in the right.
As an aside, it is really too bad that there seems to be much more reluctance for Superman animated content than Batman. While I can argue there may be too much Batman content out there, I cannot believe that since the end of the DCAU we only had one Superman series (my adventures with Superman) . Aside from that it’s just been either animated movies or Justice league ensemble shows. I think we’re missing out on some potentially interesting stories and concepts
I saw another video that Stan Lee thought Superman didn't work for him because Superman was too perfect and not just his powers. It's why Stan Lee created superheroes with flaws.
My favorite quote has always been “I can’t be Superman all the time, I’D GO CRAZY!” Kal-El enjoys being Clark, being human. Superman is a hobby, a job perhaps by the time of JL/JLU, but he enjoys being “normal”. The movies still haven’t gotten this very simple yet key ingredient. Is he a powerhouse? Oh most definitely, but he also enjoys root beer floats.
Unpopular opinion: I preferred DCAU Superman to Batman.
Yeah he’s awesome love him as a kid.
Yeah.. that is an unpopular opinion. I'm a Superman fan first and foremost, and I just.. I can't like the DCAU Supes, for many of the same reasons I can't like John Byrne's. He breaks everything around him when he's in a fight, he's patronizing, and he has next to no super intellect.
The JLU episode when he fights Shazam is my go-to example because the plot of that episode revolves around Superman being this way. But it's present throughout STAS, JL, and JLU. Don't forget the Worf effect from most of JL, or how other heroes from JL and JLU were constantly 1-upping him morally and intellectually.
Even people's fav DCAU Superman moment "world of cardboard", what does he do? Punch Darkseid through 3 buildings. Not once did DCAU Supes get an "Ace on the swing" moment like Batman of all characters got.
Nah, that's a pretty mild take.
This show is the single greatest Superman adaptation to date
Agree
I doubt that's unpopular, its that critics just praise BTAS more.
This show may not be as widely revered as Batman's The Animated Series. However, I still love Superman: The Animated Series, and it's a great entry point for anyone who wants to get into Superman as a character but hasn't read the comics. I will always absolutely adore the vibrant colours and the art-deco beauty of the series, and Tim Daly does a great job as Superman, giving a more witty but elegantly noble and calming performance as Superman, who's powerful but also humble and kind, which is key to Superman. I especially *ADORE* Clancy Brown as Lex Luthor as his voice just fits the character perfectly as the corporate dictator of Metropolis controlling everything behind the scenes with such entitled and greedy but incredibly smart and actually very calm, cunning and manipulative, which makes him an excellent villain and perfect rival to Superman. I really love what the show dd with Brainiac as even though I do like his original Colu origin, I do think tieing Brainiac to Krypton was such a genius idea that future adaptations like My Adventures With Superman would use and I think it makes his relationship with Superman all the more personal and make Brainiac all the more of terrifying, cold and calculating threat.
Agreed friend, love Superman TAS ❤️
If memory serves, Clancy Brown and John Shea are the first actors to portray Lex as an evil corporate tycoon rather than a Mad Scientist or a "super-criminal".
Lex was rewritten from a mad scientist into an 80's corporate overlord about 10 years before "Superman: The Animated Series" came out. Gene Hackman's version of the character is wildly different.
Easily one of the best interpretations of the character. I like how they made him a bit more serious.
It's also the first DCAU show I watched so very nostalgic.
One thing I really like is that Christopher McDonald plays both Jor-El and Beyond Superman. Something to further strengthen how similar Clark and his father are.
Honestly this, MAWS and Smallville are the most definitive versions of Superman in my eyes
My GOAT!!! When I think of Superman,my mind always goes back to this Superman. The creators of the DCAU just got Superman SO WELL.
This is the best adaption of Superman in my opinion. The people behind the creation of DCAU Superman most definitely understood the character they were adapting and perfectly captured who Superman/Clark Kent is. If you want a lesson on how to write Superman, watch this show.
This Superman is my favorite version of Superman. Grew up with this on Kids WB. This new Superman movie reminds me of this Superman
So happy Superman: TAS is getting the recognition it deserves. I always felt like it lived under Batman: TAS shadow and is overlooked. This is my Canon version of Supes.
I love that Kal-El wants to protect Clark Kent so much more than being Superman
The Superman of my childhood! One of my favorites.
My favorite version of Superman and I can never get enough of him
Kind of uncomfortable to notice that Metropolis functionally being dominated and run directly and indirectly by Luthor seems to be objectively a much nicer place to live than Gotham under the influence and supervision of Wayne Enterprises/Batman.
I don't think that's accurate. Gotham is run by the interplay between the one-percenters/court of owls, organized crime, and the corrupt police/city hall. Over time, Batman and people like Jim Gordon break down their influence, but don't replace them .
The intro music then the random clip of baby clark breaking Pa Kents finger 😂😂🤣😂🤣 @1:23
you dropped this right before my birthday, as i'm working on my own original superhero novel. and Superman is my favorite superhero. thanks🩷 love your channel.
George Newburn and Tyler Hoechlin share a distinct honor of being dual Superman/Sephiroth actors. Which means you know Henry Cavill will play him in live action one day.
Also, Tim Daly
@@BaithNa Tim Daly didn't play Sephiroth.
Cavilroth!!! Dun, dun, du, duun
Henry Cavil would rock as Sephiroth
You know he'd do it too
2:19 his mom wasn't saying to hate humans, she was saying regardless of who he was, he doesn't have to take on the weight of everyone's problems. He's her son, she doesn't want him to overwhelm himself or be taken away from her. That's evident earlier in the conversation when she says she was afraid the govt would take him away or how scared she was to hear him struggle to breathe our air. No matter how strong he is, he's her baby. And she'll always see him that way, hence why she's telling him he doesn't have to be superman.
It's honestly very realistic to small town moms
The Man of Steel... the Man of Tomorrow... Superman
And he still believes in Santa Claus. 😂😂
Santa always delivering coal to Darkseid always cracked me up
JLU ended in I think 2006, and in 2013 they did that 75th anniversary animated short. My son was about 15 at the time, and when we hit the point about halfway through where it subways to the DCAU Superman, and we see Lois and Jimmy, suddenly in my 15-year-old son was seven again and excitedly exclaimed, “that’s him! That’s *our* Superman!” Then the moment passed, and he was 15 again, but it was a magical and unexpected instant, and surprisingly high on my list of happiest memories.
It was nice to see it something he watched when he was seven made such a lasting impact on him, and to this day when the subject comes up, he invariably mentions that the DCU Superman is “the one true Superman, and all the other others before and after are mere pretenders to the throne.”
And his kind of become the definitive version for me as well .
Damn, Never noticed in the DCAU the Clark was not just superman, he is a Superchad!
I know it's a massive ask, but could you do the same for the Max Fleischer Superman shorts from the 30s? I feel it's likely you have no recollection of it, but for many Gen X and Elder Millenials like me, that one existed and was repeated more than Donners Superman. That one just rocked EVERYONE.
It's honestly the one I held up as headcannon until this series. I even find the theme song better than Williams'.
DCAU Superman is underrated.
I love his humour
overrated*
STAS has probably the best ending to a cartoon that I've ever seen.
"I am many things Kal-El, here I am God."
The DCAU version Superman is definitely one of the best versions of the character that was both good for its time and ahead of its time. Plus, this version of Superman had the added advantage of coming out before the overuse of evil versions of Superman, which showcases why the good Superman does did and still matters.
Respectfully, in DCEU, Martha didn’t tell Clark to hate Humanity, just that he should choose what he does, to be what humanity needs him to be or not, that saving people is not an obligation. The Kents want what’s best for Clark, that one day he will have to decide if he wants to become someone more while protecting him from the danger’s the world pose, and the Al’s want to show he has the potential to become a symbol of hope to bridge their two worlds to raise humanity up. Clark in his youth did reject his alien side and wants to be human but can’t deny it forever. I know it is a joke but That tornado myth thing started circulating in 2017, way after 2013’s mos. John Kent does not hate humanity, he just knows that it will need to be guided by someone like Superman that Clark as he was back then, humanity wasn’t ready for him.
Nice all star reference at the beginning
GOAT SUPERMAN
The best Clark, the best Superman adaptation. Even if at times he seems nerfed too much. The show did a GREAT job showing Clark is a very good reporter
Had a great balance of man and Superman
Only thing I didn’t like about Superman’s design was just having little black dots for eyes
My favorite version of Superman
You thought you could get away with the All-Star Superman reference at 0:06, huh? :p
The best Superman.
If I made video essays, I’d make one about how Man of Steel’s Superman and the DCAU Superman are actually a lot alike, in ways both good and not so good.
The way I binged your Superman playlist the other day lmao this is exactly what was ordered
Thank you. Thank you for making fall in Love with this show all over again 🥹 a great way to start the “Year of Superman”
Love analysis like this. There's a reason the DCAU versions of these characters are frequently used as the blueprint for newer iterations.
Hope you get your 250,000k on this video. It would be fitting.
I love listening and watching your videos. They help me remember the most awesome shows. And the way your put them together is always a joy to listen to
One of my favorite Supermen. However, the powers that he did him dirty by leaving his story unfinished.
Was always ridiculous that Superman TAS never had Zod. Like, c'mon, this would be like Batman TAS lacking Riddler or Penguin.
Yeah, I know that was so weird to me, especially since they had a Standen Zod character called general Jax Ur - my best guess is it was some legal issues with the name
@FollowTheLight24cv39 On the other hand, we did get Brainiac, thankfully, though. 🔥
Great analysis! I’ve loved this version since I was a kid and even rewatched STAS recently, but watching this made me realize that I’ve never really studied and considered it fully to appreciate what’s unique about its interpretation. You also make a great case for why there’s value in continuing to retell and reinterpret the origin. I’d never thought about it before, but Superman’s story is more thematically adaptable than the other classics given the room between the 4 major points. Great stuff! Subscribed
Thanks for this video. DCAU Superman is underrated due to the success of BTAS.
4:17 “That Little Tart! 💁♀️”
5:13 Imagine Martha said that today. People got angry when George Lopez called Batman a fascist in the Blue Beetle Movie. Even though it was supposed to be a joke and Geroge Lopez praise Ted Kord as blue Beelte and other Heroes.
“ superman is Superman in spite of his bat shit insane father.” thank you so much for that!
Loved the video man it was great, but the end when you showed your Patreon stuff was way louder than the rest of the video and you scared my dog lol.
I have faith in you. Try not to burn yourself watching Arrow.
You know. I don't really like this version of Superman.
Now, I'll give my reasons and I would love to change my opinion if someone is interested in giving their own 2 cents.
He has to much anger and isn't as kind and altruistic. I remember watching the first Bizarro episode where Bizarro looks exactly like Superman and acts much kinder, with much more care and is very altruistic. The moment I saw him acting like that I thought to myself: "ok something changed. They did a 180 on the character to exactly what I expect about superman." And then Clark shows up and I go: "I knew it!".
The thing is I like a Superman that seems perfect. Because the moments he isn't feel so much more intense.
"Be weary of a calm man that goes to war."
So much kindness and respect. But you never saw him angry you never saw what he is holding back.
Superman/Clark at least in this animated Series covers the years where he hasn't met other heroes, just meeting Lois, Lex and getting used to Metropolis in his identity as Superman. Which adds to the realistic layer of the stresses that comes with Superman that media before didn't necessarily highlight as well as the flaws he AND his father share.
This being my first ish exposure to Superman along with Christopher Reeve, I can see why you think this but keep this in mind, Reeve didnt like how Clark became a bumbling goof by the time of the 3rd film while this gave the identity Clark more staying power as a person as much as the Superman persona. This really highlights his human side and life Alot more which creates more nuance. The "perfect" altruistic Superman that I also love like you do tends to come when hes married to Lois. Some of the best comic stories I've read I've noticed he's either married to Lois (What's funny about Truth and Justice), when she's dead (Kingdom Come) or All Star Superman. That highlights his years of growth, maturity and experience.
But I will say, Justice League didn't a little too much with the anger on Superman, but I guess they wanted to highlight how Superman needs the league/allies as much as EVERYONE needs him
Yay! More Superman videos!
Unpopular opinion: MOS is more accurate to who Superman is than what people think adapted for our current times...
Great job. This is who Clark and Superman really are outside of the comics. Superman and Lois capture it well too.
Maybe StaS didn't mean it but... When clark says if he had to be superman all the time he would go crazy, thats kinda what happened to the Superman clone in Superman Doomsday. Maybe that clone went crazy because he lacked everything that wasnt superman, but he certainly didn't have Clark.
Your opening made me want an All Stars Superman 12 episodes mini series with the Bruce Timm animation
We do have the animated movie
@autobotproductions1244 Yeah, and it's awesome, but I always prefer when they do longer series and can really explore the whole story as well as possible
@ that’s fair
This Superman will always be my favorite Superman. He's been through so much and yet he never went to the dark side like many others have. He saw his tyrant self and never went there even when he thought Flash died.
13:10 also wow i never saw that error with Supes hand already on Martha's shoulder. The power of HD ruined the illusion.
The best guy gives the best takes in the best way! Thank you for your service watching Arrow brother! This was another certified banger 💯
The fact that Clark chooses Lois over Lana is a sin. Which is funny because in JLU S1 E2, his "heart's desire" was to end up with Lana. Well, an amalgamation of Lana and Lois
I think Smallville and the DCAU Clark Kents were the most conflicted between Lois and Lana.
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That was awesome. DCAU Superman is my favorite version, of the character. I like Superman and I really like this Clark because he’s not this overly clumsy, coward but a serious reporter that loves his job, is competitive with Lois but also can be fun like when he messes with Myxlplyx for months. He generally a caring and kind person but after Legacy he hates Darkseid so much that he almost punches the watch tower out of orbit, he has understandable anger and resentment.
This and Superman & Lois are deifinitive lore. Taking the Max Fleischer style and using Golden and Silver Age Influence was genius, and S&L taking the MOS elements that Snyder inyroduced and balancing/bringing out their vest attributes both showed tremendous creativity.
The biggest villains Luthor and Darkseid were the best, and best writen (and tell me where someone has topped both Clancy Brown and Michael Ironside in voices for these characters and having them come together at the JLU finale was nothing short of brilliant). Even small moments like Clark actually telling Lois (tongue-in-cheek) that he WAS Superman to him cold-cocking Lex under a red solar lamp made the series. This was a balanced Superman, even though he was underpowered when the script needed him to be.
The DCAU Superman was a bit too rude and aggressive to be accurate...still was very good, though. I loved that in the Superman: the Animated Series episode "Identity Crisis" the 'fake' Superman had Superman's traditional personality, like the writers were saying 'yeah, we know'.
Really? Cause Superman in the old Golden Age comics was pretty damn rude at times too especially to Lois and Jimmy.
@UnifiedEntity I never thought about that but that's a good point. His level of power in STAS is closer to the Golden Age Superman as well.
I loved when Clark tells Lois everything, and she just takes it as the joke he didn’t mean it to be, but the one she deserved😂😂
This series doesnt get near enough attention as Batman TAS does and that's a shame, Superman TAS is and still is AMAZING
When people say that superman is a boring character with no depth i really wish they'd just watch this show. This version is what made me into a fan of him as a kid, even more so than the movies.
I feel like there's an essay in the idea that the interpretation in "My Adventures With Superman" turns Superman into The Iron Giant, rather than the other way around.
Is it not amusing that, in these fallen times, the occupation of "journalist" has become so irrelevant that Lois Lane will soon be just as mythical as Clark.
The constant anger with man of steels Pa Kent makes this
i like how the kents are basically his human childhood. the earnest happiness spot that the fortress of solitude youd think takes instead.
reference the Christmas episode.
hes a kid at heart.
4:03 I read Absolute Superman. I found it interesting that main DC continuity everyone from Krypton didn’t believe Jor-El’s warnings about Krypton’s destruction.
In Absolute Superman, where Kal-El and Lara tried to warn the Kryptonians about Krypton’s destruction, the higher class scientists league, The Klerics, condemned both them to work in lower class construction. People of Steel. They are Servants. The S stands for Shame rather than Hope.
I found the Kryptonians from absolute Superman are more believable compare Than the Kryptonians being just ignorant to Jor El’s warning in DC Mainline continuity.
9:41 I like Absolute Superman’s version of Brainiac is born/made on Earth rather than Krypton. That can lead something interesting story.
10:11 I found out Lex Luthor won’t be in Absolute Superman.
11:58 Well both Absolute Superman and Superman from DC Mech(I recommend it)are traumatize that their planet and biological parents are gone.
Definitely the best version of Superman we have had in TV.
The definitive Superman to me :)
Minor detail but I LOVE the flight sound effects in the DCAU 😂❤
Arrow is long but seriously that's any conventional television show you're gonna find especially pre-2020, you could choose one of the classic Star Trek shows and be going through the same thing. 22-26 episodes per season were the norm and sadly modern viewers attention spans seem to forget that.
After MAWS and Tyler Hoelich, this is my favorite version of Superman, keeping the charisma and kindness the fans know and love but also showing him having moments of seriouness and vunerability.
I also like how the show portrays his Clark Kent as good investigator, something many modern adaptations seems to ignore.
My only complain is that I feel the character and his friends and allies doesn't develop much until the end season despite it's potential. Many plot points are either forgotten (Superman and Lois relationship) or are continue in JL show (Lex Luthor downfall from CEO to criminal scientist).
Every time you bring up the Snyderverse in your videos makes me laugh.
great work on this
You know, doesn't matter what is said about any super hero nothing will come sadder nor more impressive as the flash becoming a omnipresent non-existence protecting his city because he lost all hope in humanity and decided to just never have any contact with humans ever again but couldn't stop being a hero.
The greatest depiction of Superman ever.
I love the unapologetic shade thrown at Man of Steel. Deserved.
Before I watch the video I want to share my personal experience. Grew up on a LOT of Superhero media, basically was spoiled by the sheer amount of it and the good writing. Basically thought ALL DC cartoons were in one shared universe.
This is the version of Superman that made me think little of the character. As a kid I was shallow, I just needed colorful and expressive action. JLU was written for a much older audience, that happened to be family friendly. I couldn't retain and digest those plotlines, nor did I want to. He never even struck me as the boyscout character or the strongest during JLU. I learned later that I caught him at his worse growing up! All he had for me were moments of greatness that merely justified his membership on the team. He had enough of my respect to be a member of the Justice League, but like, he was ranking toward the bottom.
I genuinely was caught off guard when told Superman was the leader of the Justice League. I honestly didn't even think a group of Superheroes even had a leader. I thought they all just did their own thing as friends and equals but tried to synchronize. I didn't even consider a hierarchy.
Even his arch nemesis Lex Luthor was beyond lame because he didn't even get a cool costume in any of the cartoons, just another evil businessman in a suit. I did think back then that Superman had the coolest costume, points were docked for lacking a cool mask with pupiless eyes.
I honestly felt robbed after seeing Captain America and LOVING IT, then to learn a great deal of inspiration was Superman of all characters. Like I've seen plenty of Superman, but nothing like that! Why couldn't we have had a cool and flashy Superman cartoon? Something stylish? Under a different format than the 90s shows. Could've been 15 minute self-contained episodes. Could've been a longer format. Just something more stylish and expressive like Teen Titans or The Batman 2004 or Ben 10. We did get the Legion of Superheroes but it was not as good as the shows that came before it, honestly some characters felt like bootleg versions of characters from other superhero shows at the time. Like we had a Jean Grey and another Beast Boy on the squad.
DCAU Superman perfected the character that all the Movies and Smallville completely fucked up. DCAU made the definitive version of all the characters and will probably never be topped.
Superman becomes a reporter because he likes helping people.
a fun-fact about young Clark Kent. Jason Marsden voiced him in that series. Who is also the voice actor who did Max Goof from the Goofy Movie!
"I feel like I'm living in a world made of cardboard." ALWAYS GOES HARD!