None of you would ever be a god, just a human with powers. There's Only One God and He is all powerful and all knowing and all good, eternal. PLEASE, you, and EVERYONE, if you haven't already, embrace the One True God YHWH Jehovah, Only One Jesus Christ His Only Begotten Son and Lord and Savior of our souls and the Only One Holy Spirit. God is good. God is love. Jesus is Lord. Jesus IS coming. Your soul depends on it! I have seen God act in my life. He saved my soul, changed my heart, changed my mind, helped people through me, took care of people in my life, people I hurt before I found God. God is the only reason I was able to reconcile with my dad before he died. God worked through Jesus Christ to save our souls. Jesus Christ died on the cross for our sins. Believe in your heart and confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and that God raised Him from the dead and you will be saved. Be baptized in The Holy Spirit, and if He wills, water as well. Repent of your sins, accept God, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit into your heart, that Jesus Christ died on the cross for your sins. For God so loved the world that He gave His only Begotten Son Jesus Christ, that all who believe on Him should not perish but have everlasting life. Jesus Christ is The Way, The Truth and The Life. No one comes to the Father Jehovah God but through Him. Not long after I got saved I prayed to God for help understanding the Holy Bible, and that same day someone knocked on my door asking me if I wanted to understand the Bible. The Holy Bible says, "love thy enemy", "turn the other cheek", "If your enemy is hungry, feed him", "if he is thirsty, give him a drink", "pray for those who persecute you", "do not repay evil for evil". LORD willing, all humans may commit sin of almost every kind (gay, straight), and that's wrong, and all humans sin, as God tells us through the The Holy Bible, "for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus." The Holy Bible also says, "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness."
Changing Brainiac to Krypton’s AI that hides the truth to help save itself is an underrated move for this show. It makes a certain hard logic for a computer to see saving its data as preferable to wasting time trying to save a doomed planet. Krypton “lives on” in his software right? Now Brainiac has a unique connection to Superman as his “original” enemy.
Without the risk of spoiling anything, Brainiac's portrayal in this show is deliciously sinister. He has another specific reason for not warning the Kryptonians of their impending doom, which also really feeds into his hard computer logic.
My adventures with superman has something in a similar vein. I like it, tying brainiac to kypton is nice and it highlights his complete selfishness compared to the selflessness of superman and jor el saving him.
I prefer the Coluon backstory for Brainiac on principle, but that’s with regards to personal taste as a storyteller; it’s a genius move in this show and connects him and Kal-El intimately…
The "human error" line is simply explained. Everything we are hearing is a translation. They'd be speaking Kryptonian, not English, and the show is translating it. The closest translation into English for the concept is "human error".
I mean human in this case doesn't necessarily mean human as in the species. Like how humane can be applied to aliens too, because humane doesn't actually have much to do with humans rather with actions. Brainiac saying human era basically just means that biological life forms will always make errors, which is how Jor-El immediately knew he really was lying
I think it also comes down to the fact that 'Kryptonian' means being from the plant Krypton, much like we would be counted as 'Earthlings', but we don't refer to ourselves as "Earthlings". The people of Krypton are the Kryptonian equivalent of Earth's humans.
Not really considering they're now watching it OUT of the intended order (this was meant to be watched between seasons 2 and 3 of Batman, aka before the art style change, since that's how it aired). GRANTED, glad they ARE at least doing it, still upset that people voted Batman Season 3 before this, the other Batman episode just kind of proving my point since they've been spoiled on Livewire and Supergirl.
@@toonman5099 The watch order for Superman TAS and Batman TAS is inconsequential. All that matters is that they watch BTAS before Batman Beyond, STAS before Justice League, and Justice League Unlimited is the final show
My introduction to superman was the Lois and Clark new adventures of superman starring Dean Cain as superman and Teri hatcher in the early 90s one of my favourite shows growing up in the 80/90s
@@clintbrewI only really saw one full episode (The One Where Superman Went Blind Until Lois Found The Antidote) but it stayed with me in a very positive way. I also remember the fragment of an ending where (a fake?) Jor El and Lara show up and “take Superman home”, leaving Martha Kent crying.
@@alexsilva28 Yeah. And I wish more people can bring it up as the “all-encompassing Superman theme” for occasions like “Hey we’re casting the DCEU Supergirl” but they just wanna hold onto the Reeve Superman nostalgia, wholesale, instead. 😂
I think Braniac calculated the Kryptonians would be so disgusted with the idea of going to the Phantom zone. they would order him to keep trying to figure out another plan and Braniac thought it was a waste of time
Sorry, but Superman being ridiculously overpowered is the NORM. He is NERFED for TV and movies. Back in the golden or silver age, he annihilated a star system with a sneeze.
@@bthsr7113 Acting like sneezing away a star system is even that impressive by golden or silver age DC comics standards, but I get the sentiment. For reference tho, the Teen Titans during the early 80's in Marv Wolfman's and George Perez's famous New Titans revitalization of the zine, the Gordanians in their attempt to kill Starfire fired a blast that tore through a moon to try and hit her fleeing starship as it fled to earth. Keep in mind, this was the bronze age and Gordanians, cool as they are, are kind of D-listers in the cosmic DC scene whose only saving grace compared to their original masters, The Citadel, is that they've actually been adapted multiple times whilst the Citadel have no noticeable adaptations in any other mediums. XD
The absolute best are when these four all flesh themselves out together - Batman TAS, Superman TAS, Justice League, & Justice League Unlimited. Batman Beyond is also directly connected but those 4 are the most important if you have time concerns.
This episode was the reason that I had a fan theory for the Cavill movies that the AI you see in Man of Steel would become Brainiac. Especially after the scene in Dawn of Justice where Lex convinces it to help create Doomsday by asking "...where is the council?" The way the AI voice actor plays that moment is with a response in a tone where Pinocchio has realized its strings are cut
Ikr? The seeds where there. Also the whole Kryptonian codex subplot was immediately abandoned. That could have been the perfect motivation behind Brainiac's mission to kill Kal-El
@@Mansplainer2099-jy8ps Yes! At the moment when, due to Superman’s Epic Headbutt in the Indian Ocean, the Black Zero ship over Metropolis stopped her death ray, for a few seconds the three big light dots on the bottom of the BZ had electricity flowing over it and it looked like the • • V • ... symbol of Brainiac’s!
I find it absolutely incredible how S:TAS managed to set up Krypton, Jor-El, Superman/Clark Kent, Krypto, Brainiac, and Kryptons Council being idiots in 22 minutes, then Zack Snyder decided to waste 20 minutes turning Krypton into a giant CGI action fest, that set up almost nothing that could be further elaborated on. You could easily slot General Zod into the S:TAS opening episode with virtually no problems too. I will never understand why DC didn't just use the DCAU as it's template for it's Cinematic Universe
This show had 54 episodes while Silver Surfer had 13. The former is definitely not overlooked especially since it's connected to Batman TAS (ex: "Girls' Night Out").
Agreed! Love this shows take on Superman and his mythos as it's just as underrated of a true gem of superhero show as Green Lantern Animated Series is or Iron Man Armoured Adventures
I feel like Superman the animated series is one of the most underrated animated series because people tend too not put it up there with the other phenomenal DCA Shows like too me this series, BTAS, Batman Beyond, Justice League unlimited, Static Shock, The Batman, Brave & The Bold & Teen Titans - are all Dc animated shows that just defined Dc and made me such a nerd for Dc comics. Also the theme for this show is not talked about enough as well it’s just iconic.
According to James Tucker, breaking the three part structure around Krypton, Smallville, and Metropolis was an attempt to mimic Richard Donner's Superman film.
@@Carn_Is_Done The cast and music is great but there's a lot wrong with it. Poor pace, cheesy effects (even for then) and the cheat of an ending are notable flaws.
@alexsilva28 when this video was posted to yt their reaction to the Batman TAS ep that had supergirl and live wire crossover was also posted on the same day, so at time I found it neat
I am unbelievably excited for this. I love this interpretation of Supes. So good. And then they can do Static Shock, Batman Beyond, Justice League, Unlimited, and the movies that follow. The DCAU is peak.
@@TheJjcczz I meant Batman and Harley Quinn from 2017 and Justice League vs the Fatal Five from 2019 which Bruce Timm said were both part of this universe
This is one of my favorite pilots ever. I loved seeing Krypton, Kal-Els parents, Brainaics origin, kryponites origin, etc. I feel like it gives a lot more depth to the story if we see it in real time versus just hearing about it. I'm so excited for you guys to cover this and can't wait to hear your commentary in the future
I always knew the show was good but I never appreciated just how fantastic the music was. The score is astounding. Legendary, even. Very much old cinema or television.
DCAU is the preferred term over Timmverse or Diniverse as both Bruce Timm and Paul Dini wrote for every series in the DCAU, and it doesn’t credit one person over any other
@@TheJjcczz fair. But the issue with that is that there's already a DCAU associated with the animated Movies going from Flashpoint Paradox to Justice League: Apocolypse War or however it's called
Yyyyyeeeeessss! This series is underrated compared to BTAS, so glad it’s here. To me, this is Superman - it just gets him in all the best ways, strengths and weaknesses, and is easily one of the most compelling depictions of him. I’ll also never get over how the voice actor of a character who built up everything from nothing, treats everyone around him like they’re worth nothing, and is obsessed with money also plays Lex Luthor
I love how Superman: The Animated Series intro theme perfectly fits Superman just as much as the intor theme to Batman: TAS fits Batman. Batman's intro music is dark, moody and thrilling, while Superman's is lighter, adventurous and hopeful. Those whistle notes hit just right. Shirley Walker was a legend in her own regard. Certainly not as well known as John Williams or Danny Elfman, but her work is such a huge part of the DCAU's identity.
The lack of showing Krypto getting off planet is due to the show being under strict rules at the time to maintain the mandate that Superman was the only survivor of Krypton so they took the opportunity to show him beforehand despite the implications. This extends to Supergirl as well (not a spoiler since they mentioned "Girl's Night Out"), which is why they have her using the look of the then current Supergirl in comics who wasn't Kara and changed this Supergirl's origin to not technically be Kryptonian while getting as close as possible with "Argos" that Sul-Van mentioned being in reference to Argo City though the details will come up later. The odd thing about Jor-El's plan to use the Phantom Zone is that it begs the question of why he didn't use it on who he could, fly the ship himself to Earth and let them out. Maybe there were more restrictions on using it than what will be seen later that Jor-El couldn't get past until after everything was destroyed, but nothing was said.
After this, you guys should watch My Adventures with Superman starring Jack Quaid as Clark Kent. Jack Quaid was the actor who played Hughie from the Boys.
Great to see you're reacting to this, I hope you all enjoy it! I believe this series started with the origin because it had been some time since the movies had released, while the Batman series was started to capitalize on the release of Tim Burton's Batman movies, so they expected more viewers to already know his backstory going in.
Oh, yeah. That nostalgia comes rushing back. I watched very little of the so called DCAU outside of Justice League do to limited opportunities, but the first three episodes of STAS are the exception. I watched them many a time on a well loved VHS. THIS was my Krypton. THIS is the origin of Clark Kent I hold dearest. THIS is my Superman. Though I recently, I have gotten a second favorite animated Superman from My Adventures with Superman. I believe it will be well worth your time to react to down the road.
In DC lore, all of life originated on Earth with the Guardians, a race of small blue people that later create the Green Lantern Corp. That's why there's so many humanoid species in the universe.
When originally designing the look of the show, the production team came up with retro designs inspired by the 1940's Fleischer Superman shorts. But ultimately, Bruce Timm went in a different direction, as he didn't want to draw unfavorable comparisons to Fleischer Superman.
I love this show. Really well done. Glad you're doing this show. Looking forward to reliving it with you. Shooter McGavin voicing Jor-El was a really cool touch.
I watched both Batman and Superman when they aired, but this show was always my favorite. Because it leads right into the Justice League series. P.s. this series has some of my all-time favorite story arcs out of any D.C. animated series.
I hope when you guys get to the World's Finest Episodes in season 2 you watch all 3 parts together! It aired as one movie, even though it's technically 3 episodes ❤
The first three episodes are now part 1, part 2, part 3 but back when it was coming out they aired them in prime time, edited together as a 90-minute movie. Definitely keep watching those voice credits, this show is going to end up having a lot of fun surprises in that department! I think the whole "human error" thing makes a lot more sense if you consider that they weren't really speaking English, the show was just translating for us, and that in reality he said whatever phrase in Kryptonese is the equivalent of our "human error."
I really can’t believe this won but it’s really cool that it did. The DCAU continues to live on and it’s inevitable at this point that we get to Justice league and Batman beyond
@@ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΑ-ε1ω That DOES remind me, they'll probably need to watch Batman Beyond before Justice League. Because there is a very particular episode in Justice League (cant remember if it's just JL or in Unlimited) that very much hinges on you being aware of Beyond (mostly because of the airing order). Also makes me wonder if they'll do Static Shock and Zeta Project...
@@ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΑ-ε1ωNo it wasn’t. Batman Beyond was cancelled because the network didn’t like the series and wanted them to do a Justice League series instead. The creators themselves even said “Batman Beyond was the worst written of all the shows they made, especially S2 & 3”, and that it was “really a Spiderman cartoon not a Batman cartoon” When the creators say the only season worth watching is the first and that it’s really a Spiderman cartoon, it’s really hard to argue that it’s worth watching for anything more than continuity sake
@@toonman5099You don’t need to watch Batman Beyond for that episode because that episode isn’t canon to the Batman Beyond series. It’s a time travel episode where they go to an alternate future that ends up getting erased in the end anyway. Terry also isn’t the only future hero that shows up so does Vergil. So by that logic you’d have to watch Batman Beyond and Static before Justice League In fact timeline wise BTAS takes place first then TNBA, STAS, and Static Shock all take place simultaneously with Static Shock continuing into Justice League. So going off of how Blind Wave’s been watching they’d have to watch Batman Beyond, then Static, then Justice League, then Justice League Unlimited. Adding Batman Beyond and Static Shock would add almost 2 years to the wait time for Justice League Most people would probably rather have them go straight into Justice League and JLU then watch Batman Beyond and Static afterwards than wait almost 2 more years for them to get to Justice League
@@TheJjcczz that doesn't change the fact that without BATMAN BEYOND THERE WOULD BE NO JUSTICE LEAGUE AND JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED and it's a great show people love it for a reason and if you haven't watched it you should
17:40: I choose to head-cannon it as a Lord of the Rings situation; they're not speaking English, we hear English because the story is told in English; they're speaking Kryptonian. Reasonable to assume that the story is being translated into a way we can understand, so the phrase "human error" is a translation of a similar phrase on Krypton. It may not be exactly what Brainiac said, but it's the best-suited phrase to help us understand the story.
I’m so happy you guys are finally watching this show, I really hope you guys eventually watch the JL and JLU shows as well they’re just as amazing as this show and BTAS
THEYRE DOING IT!!! Love the members for voting for this. I honestly prefer BTAS, but I like STAS as well, and I feel like both are needed to get into JL and JLU which are the true highlights of this verse.
Woohoo!! Yes we are starting Superman reactions let’s go Blind Wave! Funny enough im actually already begun Superman Tas the other week ago so, I’m a head of you guys lol
@@ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΑ-ε1ω That order feels totally wrong. Especially with how Terry came to be. Which requires JL and Unlimited first, since the character that had a hand in how he came to be plays a huge role in those two shows, and also the legendary Ace moment that we see in Unlimited.
The Superman equivalent to Batman The Animated Series. Just as good, but sadly, people don't remember it. Enjoy it, it's the perfect representation of Superman.
Jor-El voiced by Shooter McGavin from Happy Gilmore, Brainiac voiced by Corey Burton the voice of Cad Bane & Clone Wars Count Dooku among others. This show was already to great start with the voice cast. Hope you guys get to check out My Adventures with Superman, its really good
Now, we're talking. Batman is an alright show. Superman is one of my top favorites of the DCEU. This is where we really start heading for the peak of this animated universe.
This show truly is an underrated gem of the DCAU and such a great interpretation of Superman and his world. I really love what this did to reinvent Brainiac as Krypton's former AI who determined Krypton was doomed regardless of what he may have done and as the cold, uncaring, selfish, sinister AI he is he determined what point is there to attempt to save Krypton and just let them all die. Honestly I actually prefer this origin idea of Brainiac as Kryptons AI rather than his canon origin as an alien from the planet Colu. I just think its a wonderful way to tie Brainiac to Jor El and Clarks own personal history and this origin idea has be used again most recently in the new My Adventures With Superman animated show with how they interpret Brainiac as Kryptons AI. Btw I'd highly recommend you guys check out My Adventures With Superman its another terrific take on Superman and truly gets Superman, Lois, Jimmy, Supergirl etc all so right and has a unique and creative anime artstyle to it which gives it its own identity, and the voice of Superman in the show is Jack Quaid (aka Hughie from the Boys) and he does and he gives an outstanding performance.
i love this show. Shout out to Paul Dini for not only this show/Characters but Harley Quinn and so many others. I don't like Brainiac as kryptonian but he made it WORK. Superman theme songs rock!
4:10 - Okay, I find it so incredibly weird that a bunch of guys who react to and dissect movie and TV trailers refuse to watch an intro because "they might get spoiled". It's literally the same thing!
Hmmm I'm pretty sure that music they played when Jor-El says good bye is the one that Justice League had for For The Man Who Has Everything episode. Which is kinda nuts that they used the same song when those episode were like, 10 years apart.
I think the problem is that he didn't mention the part about sending one person to Earth to let them all out of the Phantom Zone. He only mentioned about the Phantom Zone part. I think if said the other part of the plan, they might have been more willing.
EVERYONE can watch the Full Length Reaction HERE: blindwave.com/video/superman-the-animated-series-1x01-full
None of you would ever be a god, just a human with powers. There's Only One God and He is all powerful and all knowing and all good, eternal.
PLEASE, you, and EVERYONE, if you haven't already, embrace the One True God YHWH Jehovah, Only One Jesus Christ His Only Begotten Son and Lord and Savior of our souls and the Only One Holy Spirit. God is good. God is love. Jesus is Lord. Jesus IS coming. Your soul depends on it!
I have seen God act in my life. He saved my soul, changed my heart, changed my mind, helped people through me, took care of people in my life, people I hurt before I found God. God is the only reason I was able to reconcile with my dad before he died.
God worked through Jesus Christ to save our souls. Jesus Christ died on the cross for our sins. Believe in your heart and confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and that God raised Him from the dead and you will be saved. Be baptized in The Holy Spirit, and if He wills, water as well. Repent of your sins, accept God, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit into your heart, that Jesus Christ died on the cross for your sins.
For God so loved the world that He gave His only Begotten Son Jesus Christ, that all who believe on Him should not perish but have everlasting life. Jesus Christ is The Way, The Truth and The Life. No one comes to the Father Jehovah God but through Him.
Not long after I got saved I prayed to God for help understanding the Holy Bible, and that same day someone knocked on my door asking me if I wanted to understand the Bible.
The Holy Bible says, "love thy enemy", "turn the other cheek", "If your enemy is hungry, feed him", "if he is thirsty, give him a drink", "pray for those who persecute you", "do not repay evil for evil".
LORD willing, all humans may commit sin of almost every kind (gay, straight), and that's wrong, and all humans sin, as God tells us through the The Holy Bible, "for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus." The Holy Bible also says, "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness."
“It doesn’t matter any more. Farewell, Krypton.”
A truly chilling thing to hear from your planetary super-AI
_”I’m Outty 5000!”_
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“Eat s*** and d!3, Krypton!”
Changing Brainiac to Krypton’s AI that hides the truth to help save itself is an underrated move for this show. It makes a certain hard logic for a computer to see saving its data as preferable to wasting time trying to save a doomed planet. Krypton “lives on” in his software right? Now Brainiac has a unique connection to Superman as his “original” enemy.
Yeah, I was surprised when I learned this wasn't Brainiac's actual comic backstory. I vastly prefer it.
Without the risk of spoiling anything, Brainiac's portrayal in this show is deliciously sinister. He has another specific reason for not warning the Kryptonians of their impending doom, which also really feeds into his hard computer logic.
Them both setting off into space at basically the exact time further fuels the whole "mortal enemies" thing.
My adventures with superman has something in a similar vein.
I like it, tying brainiac to kypton is nice and it highlights his complete selfishness compared to the selflessness of superman and jor el saving him.
I prefer the Coluon backstory for Brainiac on principle, but that’s with regards to personal taste as a storyteller; it’s a genius move in this show and connects him and Kal-El intimately…
The "human error" line is simply explained. Everything we are hearing is a translation. They'd be speaking Kryptonian, not English, and the show is translating it. The closest translation into English for the concept is "human error".
user error is an accep
ted term.
I mean human in this case doesn't necessarily mean human as in the species. Like how humane can be applied to aliens too, because humane doesn't actually have much to do with humans rather with actions. Brainiac saying human era basically just means that biological life forms will always make errors, which is how Jor-El immediately knew he really was lying
I think it also comes down to the fact that 'Kryptonian' means being from the plant Krypton, much like we would be counted as 'Earthlings', but we don't refer to ourselves as "Earthlings". The people of Krypton are the Kryptonian equivalent of Earth's humans.
Superman being selected right after Batman feels right
Agree
Batman, Superman, and Spiderman are the most popular heroes and I blame bad parenting.
Why else would kids want to be orphans?
Not really considering they're now watching it OUT of the intended order (this was meant to be watched between seasons 2 and 3 of Batman, aka before the art style change, since that's how it aired). GRANTED, glad they ARE at least doing it, still upset that people voted Batman Season 3 before this, the other Batman episode just kind of proving my point since they've been spoiled on Livewire and Supergirl.
Disagree
@@toonman5099 The watch order for Superman TAS and Batman TAS is inconsequential. All that matters is that they watch BTAS before Batman Beyond, STAS before Justice League, and Justice League Unlimited is the final show
Superman is not just my favorite superhero of all time, but my favorite fictional character period. This show is what introduced me to the character.
My introduction to superman was the Lois and Clark new adventures of superman starring Dean Cain as superman and Teri hatcher in the early 90s one of my favourite shows growing up in the 80/90s
@@clintbrewI only really saw one full episode (The One Where Superman Went Blind Until Lois Found The Antidote) but it stayed with me in a very positive way.
I also remember the fragment of an ending where (a fake?) Jor El and Lara show up and “take Superman home”, leaving Martha Kent crying.
Shirley Walker’s theme for this show is honestly as iconic to me as the John Williams one.
Ok settle down lol
@@moriellymoproblems7842 Nah he's right
@@alexsilva28
Yeah. And I wish more people can bring it up as the “all-encompassing Superman theme” for occasions like “Hey we’re casting the DCEU Supergirl” but they just wanna hold onto the Reeve Superman nostalgia, wholesale, instead. 😂
I think Braniac calculated the Kryptonians would be so
disgusted with the idea of going to the Phantom zone. they would order him to keep trying to figure out another plan and Braniac thought it was a waste of time
The Superman I grew up with where he wasn’t ridiculously overpowered and Clancy Brown’s Lex Luthor was perfection
Sorry, but Superman being ridiculously overpowered is the NORM. He is NERFED for TV and movies. Back in the golden or silver age, he annihilated a star system with a sneeze.
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Acting like sneezing away a star system is even that impressive by golden or silver age DC comics standards, but I get the sentiment. For reference tho, the Teen Titans during the early 80's in Marv Wolfman's and George Perez's famous New Titans revitalization of the zine, the Gordanians in their attempt to kill Starfire fired a blast that tore through a moon to try and hit her fleeing starship as it fled to earth. Keep in mind, this was the bronze age and Gordanians, cool as they are, are kind of D-listers in the cosmic DC scene whose only saving grace compared to their original masters, The Citadel, is that they've actually been adapted multiple times whilst the Citadel have no noticeable adaptations in any other mediums. XD
The absolute best are when these four all flesh themselves out together - Batman TAS, Superman TAS, Justice League, & Justice League Unlimited. Batman Beyond is also directly connected but those 4 are the most important if you have time concerns.
Don't forget Static Shock and The Zeta Project
BTAS
STAS
BATMAN BEYOND
JUSTICE LEAGUE
JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED
@@ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΑ-ε1ωstatic shock
This episode was the reason that I had a fan theory for the Cavill movies that the AI you see in Man of Steel would become Brainiac. Especially after the scene in Dawn of Justice where Lex convinces it to help create Doomsday by asking "...where is the council?" The way the AI voice actor plays that moment is with a response in a tone where Pinocchio has realized its strings are cut
Interesting. I believe the World Engine also sported a Brainiac-like symbol somewhere so they had breadcrumbs to make use of.
@@Mansplainer2099-jy8ps The underside of the world engine had the 3 dots on it
Ikr? The seeds where there. Also the whole Kryptonian codex subplot was immediately abandoned. That could have been the perfect motivation behind Brainiac's mission to kill Kal-El
@@Mansplainer2099-jy8ps
Yes! At the moment when, due to Superman’s Epic Headbutt in the Indian Ocean, the Black Zero ship over Metropolis stopped her death ray, for a few seconds the three big light dots on the bottom of the BZ had electricity flowing over it and it looked like the
• •
V
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... symbol of Brainiac’s!
This show is one of the overlooked gems of superhero shows, alongside "Silver Surfer: The Animated Series".
Oh my gosh, right?? No one talks about Silver Surfer TAS!!
I find it absolutely incredible how S:TAS managed to set up Krypton, Jor-El, Superman/Clark Kent, Krypto, Brainiac, and Kryptons Council being idiots in 22 minutes, then Zack Snyder decided to waste 20 minutes turning Krypton into a giant CGI action fest, that set up almost nothing that could be further elaborated on.
You could easily slot General Zod into the S:TAS opening episode with virtually no problems too. I will never understand why DC didn't just use the DCAU as it's template for it's Cinematic Universe
This show had 54 episodes while Silver Surfer had 13. The former is definitely not overlooked especially since it's connected to Batman TAS (ex: "Girls' Night Out").
@@MasterIceyy The 1978 film set up Zod.
Agreed! Love this shows take on Superman and his mythos as it's just as underrated of a true gem of superhero show as Green Lantern Animated Series is or Iron Man Armoured Adventures
I feel like Superman the animated series is one of the most underrated animated series because people tend too not put it up there with the other phenomenal DCA Shows like too me this series, BTAS, Batman Beyond, Justice League unlimited, Static Shock, The Batman, Brave & The Bold & Teen Titans - are all Dc animated shows that just defined Dc and made me such a nerd for Dc comics. Also the theme for this show is not talked about enough as well it’s just iconic.
The Batman brave and the Bold and Teen Titans
Are not Part of the DCAU
They are standalone Animated Series
Not everything animated
Is part of the DCAU
@@ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΑ-ε1ωthere’s a reason why I didn’t put a U after DCA because I ain’t talking about The DCAU I’m talking DCA Shows in general.
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Ahhh ok
@@ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΑ-ε1ω you all good and you’re 1000% right I was just speaking in general
Yeah I have this show over the new one, the only thing the new one has over this is the Lois relationship
According to James Tucker, breaking the three part structure around Krypton, Smallville, and Metropolis was an attempt to mimic Richard Donner's Superman film.
Sure feels like it. :)
Game recognizes Game
That's not a good model. We didn't see Superman in action until over an hour into that movie.
@@flaggerify And yet it's a classic movie.
@@Carn_Is_Done The cast and music is great but there's a lot wrong with it. Poor pace, cheesy effects (even for then) and the cheat of an ending are notable flaws.
The crossover ep on batman, being the one to drop the same day as the superman reactions is great
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@alexsilva28 when this video was posted to yt their reaction to the Batman TAS ep that had supergirl and live wire crossover was also posted on the same day, so at time I found it neat
I like the idea that theirs “bad movies” and “movies that Rick loves” lmao
I am unbelievably excited for this. I love this interpretation of Supes. So good. And then they can do Static Shock, Batman Beyond, Justice League, Unlimited, and the movies that follow. The DCAU is peak.
They already did the 3 Batman movies, the only one they didn’t do is return of the Joker
@@TheJjcczz I meant Batman and Harley Quinn from 2017 and Justice League vs the Fatal Five from 2019 which Bruce Timm said were both part of this universe
Well now this is just perfect timing
This is one of my favorite pilots ever. I loved seeing Krypton, Kal-Els parents, Brainaics origin, kryponites origin, etc. I feel like it gives a lot more depth to the story if we see it in real time versus just hearing about it. I'm so excited for you guys to cover this and can't wait to hear your commentary in the future
Oohhh man Aaron, THIS is one of my all time FAVORITE Superman themes. The score in the intro is iconic
I always knew the show was good but I never appreciated just how fantastic the music was. The score is astounding. Legendary, even. Very much old cinema or television.
One of the most overlooked and underappreciated DC shows ever made in my opinion. Really glad to see you guys continuing the DCAU journey.
According to Dan Riba, Brainiac was supposed to have the Kirby Krackle around him.
So glad this won the poll. Going to be such a fun year of reactions.
I’ve never watched the Superman series. So this seems like a great opportunity to start.
hell yes! The Timmverse continues!!!
DCAU is the preferred term over Timmverse or Diniverse as both Bruce Timm and Paul Dini wrote for every series in the DCAU, and it doesn’t credit one person over any other
Right??
@@TheJjcczz fair. But the issue with that is that there's already a DCAU associated with the animated Movies going from Flashpoint Paradox to Justice League: Apocolypse War or however it's called
@@cromwellthesynth But this one was first, and arguably, superior. The more correct version for the movies is the DCAMU.
DCAU
Yyyyyeeeeessss! This series is underrated compared to BTAS, so glad it’s here.
To me, this is Superman - it just gets him in all the best ways, strengths and weaknesses, and is easily one of the most compelling depictions of him.
I’ll also never get over how the voice actor of a character who built up everything from nothing, treats everyone around him like they’re worth nothing, and is obsessed with money also plays Lex Luthor
I love how Superman: The Animated Series intro theme perfectly fits Superman just as much as the intor theme to Batman: TAS fits Batman. Batman's intro music is dark, moody and thrilling, while Superman's is lighter, adventurous and hopeful. Those whistle notes hit just right.
Shirley Walker was a legend in her own regard. Certainly not as well known as John Williams or Danny Elfman, but her work is such a huge part of the DCAU's identity.
Tony Jay was in season one of Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman as an associate of Lex Luthor
Hell yeah! So happy this won! Underappreciated show with some big set ups for the greater DCAU.
The lack of showing Krypto getting off planet is due to the show being under strict rules at the time to maintain the mandate that Superman was the only survivor of Krypton so they took the opportunity to show him beforehand despite the implications. This extends to Supergirl as well (not a spoiler since they mentioned "Girl's Night Out"), which is why they have her using the look of the then current Supergirl in comics who wasn't Kara and changed this Supergirl's origin to not technically be Kryptonian while getting as close as possible with "Argos" that Sul-Van mentioned being in reference to Argo City though the details will come up later.
The odd thing about Jor-El's plan to use the Phantom Zone is that it begs the question of why he didn't use it on who he could, fly the ship himself to Earth and let them out. Maybe there were more restrictions on using it than what will be seen later that Jor-El couldn't get past until after everything was destroyed, but nothing was said.
This series premiered in prime time as a 90 minute movie
Love the origin for the kryptonite too
YES!! We are only a few seasons away from "world's finest"!
One season
Away from World's finest
oohhh I always think it's in season 3. But the sooner the better :P
We're only 11 episodes away from "Tools of the Trade"
8:11 Aaron's impression of Brainiac is really similar to Brainiac's voice in My Adventures with Superman
After this, you guys should watch My Adventures with Superman starring Jack Quaid as Clark Kent. Jack Quaid was the actor who played Hughie from the Boys.
No Justice League
@@Kobe24brady12 How about after they go through the DCAU, they then watch MAWS?
i have the entire show on dvd and watched it all the time as a kid. im so glad they are watching this
I know we just started superman but it just gets me so excited that we might finally see them react to the justice league animated series
Great to see you're reacting to this, I hope you all enjoy it!
I believe this series started with the origin because it had been some time since the movies had released, while the Batman series was started to capitalize on the release of Tim Burton's Batman movies, so they expected more viewers to already know his backstory going in.
WAS JUST WATCHING THIS!
Oh, yeah. That nostalgia comes rushing back. I watched very little of the so called DCAU outside of Justice League do to limited opportunities, but the first three episodes of STAS are the exception. I watched them many a time on a well loved VHS.
THIS was my Krypton. THIS is the origin of Clark Kent I hold dearest. THIS is my Superman.
Though I recently, I have gotten a second favorite animated Superman from My Adventures with Superman. I believe it will be well worth your time to react to down the road.
I didn't even realize I fully knew the intro theme even though I haven't seen this show in like 25 years 😂
I’m glad that they’re watching this, StAS is actually my favorite between the two.
I'm so unbelievably happy you guys are doing Superman TAS!! I've been wanting you guys to do this show since the first time I've seen it
excited for superman, hope they continue UAF
Guys I’m so happy you are reacting to Superman! You guys are the absolute best! Onward to JL and Unlimited and Beyond!
In DC lore, all of life originated on Earth with the Guardians, a race of small blue people that later create the Green Lantern Corp. That's why there's so many humanoid species in the universe.
When originally designing the look of the show, the production team came up with retro designs inspired by the 1940's Fleischer Superman shorts. But ultimately, Bruce Timm went in a different direction, as he didn't want to draw unfavorable comparisons to Fleischer Superman.
That means justice league will be next after Superman is done
Fingers crossed 🤞
No, next it Batman beyond
@@Reivanhist i agree then justice league
@@Reivanhist ooooh yes please
And hopefully after that, they do batman beyond and my adventures with superman
For whatever reason this show gets no recognition it's great
Looking forward to them (hopefully) watching My Adventures With Superman after this ❤
Thank you so much for selecting this show please finish this show with all episodes
This is my favorite of the DCAU. Im so very excited. This show is perfect
Love the first three episodes they do such a great job as an introduction
I love this show. Really well done. Glad you're doing this show. Looking forward to reliving it with you. Shooter McGavin voicing Jor-El was a really cool touch.
Yeah, the Superman Animated Series never got an "actual" intro. Just clips from the series.
Now after watching my adventures with Superman, i feel like its a better superman show, this show is more like “and then we do superman next”
I watched both Batman and Superman when they aired, but this show was always my favorite. Because it leads right into the Justice League series. P.s. this series has some of my all-time favorite story arcs out of any D.C. animated series.
You are need to watch Batman: Caped Crusader and My Adventures with Superman
I hope when you guys get to the World's Finest Episodes in season 2 you watch all 3 parts together! It aired as one movie, even though it's technically 3 episodes ❤
I didn't air as a movie but it was compiled into one for dvd I believe
The first three episodes are now part 1, part 2, part 3 but back when it was coming out they aired them in prime time, edited together as a 90-minute movie.
Definitely keep watching those voice credits, this show is going to end up having a lot of fun surprises in that department!
I think the whole "human error" thing makes a lot more sense if you consider that they weren't really speaking English, the show was just translating for us, and that in reality he said whatever phrase in Kryptonese is the equivalent of our "human error."
Superman's grand daddy is Tony Jay?! Now that's a super power.
I really can’t believe this won but it’s really cool that it did. The DCAU continues to live on and it’s inevitable at this point that we get to Justice league and Batman beyond
No Batman Beyond
Is before
The Justice league
And Justice League Unlimited
It's from Batman Beyond
The idea for the Justice League cartoons was taken
@@ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΑ-ε1ω That DOES remind me, they'll probably need to watch Batman Beyond before Justice League. Because there is a very particular episode in Justice League (cant remember if it's just JL or in Unlimited) that very much hinges on you being aware of Beyond (mostly because of the airing order). Also makes me wonder if they'll do Static Shock and Zeta Project...
@@ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΑ-ε1ωNo it wasn’t. Batman Beyond was cancelled because the network didn’t like the series and wanted them to do a Justice League series instead. The creators themselves even said “Batman Beyond was the worst written of all the shows they made, especially S2 & 3”, and that it was “really a Spiderman cartoon not a Batman cartoon”
When the creators say the only season worth watching is the first and that it’s really a Spiderman cartoon, it’s really hard to argue that it’s worth watching for anything more than continuity sake
@@toonman5099You don’t need to watch Batman Beyond for that episode because that episode isn’t canon to the Batman Beyond series. It’s a time travel episode where they go to an alternate future that ends up getting erased in the end anyway. Terry also isn’t the only future hero that shows up so does Vergil. So by that logic you’d have to watch Batman Beyond and Static before Justice League
In fact timeline wise BTAS takes place first then TNBA, STAS, and Static Shock all take place simultaneously with Static Shock continuing into Justice League. So going off of how Blind Wave’s been watching they’d have to watch Batman Beyond, then Static, then Justice League, then Justice League Unlimited. Adding Batman Beyond and Static Shock would add almost 2 years to the wait time for Justice League
Most people would probably rather have them go straight into Justice League and JLU then watch Batman Beyond and Static afterwards than wait almost 2 more years for them to get to Justice League
@@TheJjcczz
that doesn't change the fact that without
BATMAN BEYOND THERE WOULD BE NO
JUSTICE LEAGUE AND JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED
and it's a great show
people love it for a reason
and if you haven't watched it you should
I can't wait for my favorite episode with the assassin. It's straight up diabolical
17:40: I choose to head-cannon it as a Lord of the Rings situation; they're not speaking English, we hear English because the story is told in English; they're speaking Kryptonian.
Reasonable to assume that the story is being translated into a way we can understand, so the phrase "human error" is a translation of a similar phrase on Krypton. It may not be exactly what Brainiac said, but it's the best-suited phrase to help us understand the story.
I’m so happy you guys are finally watching this show, I really hope you guys eventually watch the JL and JLU shows as well they’re just as amazing as this show and BTAS
Humans can be everywhere. We are humans from earth therefore we are EARTHLINGS. They are humans from krypton therefore they are Kryptonians.
kinda wish you posted all 3 parts of Last Son of Krypton together
THEYRE DOING IT!!!
Love the members for voting for this. I honestly prefer BTAS, but I like STAS as well, and I feel like both are needed to get into JL and JLU which are the true highlights of this verse.
Love this. Can't wait. Soo many good episodes
Woohoo!! Yes we are starting Superman reactions let’s go Blind Wave! Funny enough im actually already begun Superman Tas the other week ago so, I’m a head of you guys lol
If they watch JL, JLU, and BB, that's like four more years of DCAU Saturdays!
BB
JL
JLU
@@ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΑ-ε1ω That order feels totally wrong. Especially with how Terry came to be.
Which requires JL and Unlimited first, since the character that had a hand in how he came to be plays a huge role in those two shows, and also the legendary Ace moment that we see in Unlimited.
@@shauntempley9757
official order
BTAS
STAS/TNBA
BB /GOTHAM CITY SIRENS/LOBO
STATICK SHOCK
ZETA PROJECT
JL
JLU
loved smallville. every time it came on the volume on the TV went up " SOMEBODY SAAAAAAAAVE MEEEEE!"
Let's go Superman is my favorite character
So glad yall are reacting to this 😊
To be honest when I saw the Superman logo i thought they were react to the 40s cartoon i got too hype
This is the best part of what Superman represents.
The Superman equivalent to Batman The Animated Series. Just as good, but sadly, people don't remember it. Enjoy it, it's the perfect representation of Superman.
Jor-El voiced by Shooter McGavin from Happy Gilmore, Brainiac voiced by Corey Burton the voice of Cad Bane & Clone Wars Count Dooku among others. This show was already to great start with the voice cast. Hope you guys get to check out My Adventures with Superman, its really good
Tony Jay was also in Lois and Clark the new Adventures of superman.
Wasn't he Lex Luthor's
Butler in that one
Thank you...❤
Now, we're talking. Batman is an alright show. Superman is one of my top favorites of the DCEU. This is where we really start heading for the peak of this animated universe.
This show truly is an underrated gem of the DCAU and such a great interpretation of Superman and his world. I really love what this did to reinvent Brainiac as Krypton's former AI who determined Krypton was doomed regardless of what he may have done and as the cold, uncaring, selfish, sinister AI he is he determined what point is there to attempt to save Krypton and just let them all die. Honestly I actually prefer this origin idea of Brainiac as Kryptons AI rather than his canon origin as an alien from the planet Colu. I just think its a wonderful way to tie Brainiac to Jor El and Clarks own personal history and this origin idea has be used again most recently in the new My Adventures With Superman animated show with how they interpret Brainiac as Kryptons AI. Btw I'd highly recommend you guys check out My Adventures With Superman its another terrific take on Superman and truly gets Superman, Lois, Jimmy, Supergirl etc all so right and has a unique and creative anime artstyle to it which gives it its own identity, and the voice of Superman in the show is Jack Quaid (aka Hughie from the Boys) and he does and he gives an outstanding performance.
What Kevin Conroy is for fans of Batman. Tim Daly is that for me as a fan of Superman. His voice is perfect for the Man of Steel.
Batman, Superman, Spectacular Spiderman... PEAK COMICBOOK CARTOONS
Well Superman is an alien
i love this show. Shout out to Paul Dini for not only this show/Characters but Harley Quinn and so many others. I don't like Brainiac as kryptonian but he made it WORK. Superman theme songs rock!
If he's AI it doesn't really matter where he's from. Colu or Daxam or Mars or Thanagar or Rann, it's not like he would care.
@@Mansplainer2099-jy8ps again not always AI. it works in this show, works better from others like Superboy and the legion, and like Krypton.
@@jacquesmassard9226 Right, he's not always AI but when he is he could be from Luthor's lab, it wouldn't really make a difference.
4:10 - Okay, I find it so incredibly weird that a bunch of guys who react to and dissect movie and TV trailers refuse to watch an intro because "they might get spoiled". It's literally the same thing!
Hmmm I'm pretty sure that music they played when Jor-El says good bye is the one that Justice League had for For The Man Who Has Everything episode. Which is kinda nuts that they used the same song when those episode were like, 10 years apart.
I think the problem is that he didn't mention the part about sending one person to Earth to let them all out of the Phantom Zone. He only mentioned about the Phantom Zone part. I think if said the other part of the plan, they might have been more willing.
Shooter McGavin and Frollo in the first episode, pretty solid casting
Somehow this episode is more relevant today than a few years ago!
I think human is just him saying biological of a type. Like if they looked like fish or an insect, he’d saying something different.
Well, since Batman: The Animated Series was such a hit on TV, it only made sense to give the Man of Steel himself his own animated series as well.
It's finally time for SUPERMAN!!
1:05 Smallville is a must watch when talking about Clark Kent/Superman
the theme songs of the animated Shows are awesome
I AM SO HAPPY FOR THIS!
Leaving aside his large body of work, seeing people roughly my age not know Tony Jay as the voice of Megabyte really hurts deep down.
He was also the narrator for a lot of ghost/ paranormal documentaries... But Megabyte will always be one of his best characters
Loooove this series. The crossover eps are awesome too.
DCAU Lex Luthor’s likeness was modelled after the guy who played Blofield in OHMSS.