Superman vs. The Elite - Manchester Loses His Powers | Super Scenes | DC
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- Опубліковано 10 лют 2025
- Superman battles Manchester Black in Metropolis, seemingly adopting his enemy’s lethal ways after taking out Coldcast and the rest of the Elite. However, when he strips Manchester of his superpowers, he reveals that he never truly harmed anyone in his fight for justice.
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Impressive as he says "this is not you, you don't do this". It just shows how villains do what they do because they know their limits.
Yep. And Clark showing the Elite how it feels when someone plays by their rules, even as he was faking them out! Even in the comic, Action Comics 775, Clark did such a convincing job making the Elite think he took their methods to heart and yet he still worked them over, even as he was beaten pretty badly at first! This shows why Clark is so formidable as Superman- people tend to underestimate him and not realize he’s a good tactician, strategist and leader, which is why he inspires so much hope as Superman and can even hold his own against monsters.
Then Manchester would commit suicide killing himself in the comics.
Put fingers to head blam gone.
Sad if you think about it.
Then they became the justice league elite.
And the hat got kicked out.😂
Guessing they tried to make him
Sober cause his drinking was becoming
An issue.
Undisciplined uneducated children are made fit to become criminals.
Also they changed a lot with this adaptation, recommend reading the comic.
People who think might makes right think they’re the strongest until they see sunrise more powerful
Somewhere in Gotham City, Bruce is breathing a sigh of relief and putting the kryptonite back in safe storage
I figure Batman put it together right away. Superman didn’t even have to warn him because he trusted he’d know.
I think he was already halfway out of Gotham by that point lol
he probably knew Clark would do this at some point probably just smiling
I picture Batman watching from the Batcave, giving a slow golf clap.
He probably was in on the joke, after all, who is gonna pay for the damages?
The one bloodshot eye is an EXCELLENT touch for this scene. It makes the Man of Steel look like he's lost his mind.
It's on tubi
“Yes, they did see. They saw the ugliness of violence as a solution and it frightened them. It frightened me too when I decided to cross that line and do what you do. It's so easy. Anger, vengeance. Luckily, I'm not you. And I never will be.”
I love how he not only teaches Manchester a lesson but he also teaches the citizens a lesson about how killing is wrong! Batman would be proud!
Not really that killing is wrong, but how scary it is for those in power making the rules that suit them like the Elites were doing. Superman has killed before when needed, but those threats are almost exclusively Dark Seide level ;those he can't overpower with ease.
Tell that to Superman's Injustice universe counterpart. lol
@@kevinphoenix2007 Bruh every DC fan despises injustice story, it literally goes against the whole point of superman as a character personifying hope . The games are good tho .
@@Chuchel-hh6hq Well he lost his wife, unborn baby, and his entire city. That can mentally hurt anyone! And plus Wonder Woman pushed him even further in the dark.
@@MarvelDCFan4004Yeah Injustice sucks writing wise and character wise. Kingdom Come superman is everything Injustice superman should've been.
I've only ever seen clips of this movie, but "I've finally bought what you've been selling!" is a line that has stuck with me.
The best dialogue is when two people watch Superman go berserk and the first asks:
"Is that Superman?"
And gets the reply:
"Not anymore."
We got my Superman animated movie at home 🏠🏠🏠🏠🏡🏡🏡🏡🏠🏠😊😊😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤🎉 🎊.
This is one of my favorite Superman stories and one of the few that helped me love and understand the character. Especially since it focuses how his rules and morality hold up in the modern world and how we should try to be better.
Same here. I used to think of Superman as just a "big blue boy-scout", but when written well there can be so much more to his character.
@@ZechsMerquise195 yep
His message has always been one that I've kept tucked in my heart. Be the change you want to see in the world and to never be afraid to be better, to be good (even when labelled as corny or naive).
Yep, he is more "Big Blue Planet Ender with morals"
Superman didn't even do the lobotomy thing. He basically gave Manchester a mini-concussion, cutting off his access to the part of his brain that gives him his psychic powers. By the time it wares off, Chester will be locked in a supermax prison, so hopped up on Psy-dampeners, he won't even be able to do card tricks.
I’m certain he did a lobotomy. He did the heat vision right through his skull in a miniature manner to focus it like a scalpel. And cut the magic access to his brain permanently. It won’t wear off, otherwise he would’ve said it.
@@Gunganfan actually he burned a tumor in Manchester brain who gave him his powers but since it's tumor would kill him eventualy
Here in this movie, he fried it because this was a closed story. In the comics he only booped it since they don’t want to remove MB fully.
@@mattthegoat606 No, that is how it goes down in Action Comics #775, of which "Superman vs. The Elite" is an adaptation. Superman disables Black rather than stripping him of his powers permanently... another demonstration that Superman can be a scalpel rather than a sledgehammer when the situation calls for it.
Only in the comic version. In this iteration, he took out his powers for keeps, and all the Elite were taken to have theirs removed too.
This is, of course, because this version is a one-off story and doesn’t have to leave a backdoor for the Elite to potentially come back as future villains like the comic did.
Best DC animated movie!
Superman tapping into his golden age "be a nice person or be a dead bully!" Attitude.
Name
@Aniamammiracle Superman vs The Elite
*This is my favourite Superman film and perhaps DC's most underrated animated film.*
It perfectly adapts the story "What's so funny about truth, Justice and the American Way" and Superman's speech about "dreams saving us" gives me *CHILLS* every time I watch it. It is such a beautiful message that the world needs to hear, now more than ever, especially with how much cynicism there is today. Constant corruption and greed, brutal and tragic wars leading to the deaths of thousands of innocent people, how much our own planet is slowly dying from our actions, and so countless other problems etc... it's so easy and understandable to become just as ugly and nihilistic about the world as much as Manchester Black and the Elite are. That's why the world truly needs Superman because he reminds us that *WE CAN BE BETTER* ; he is the friend who believes in us all no matter how dark and impossible it may seem; he finds a way to lift us all up and believe in a *better tomorrow* again.
I absolutely adore this movie and the way it understands characters. I couldn't recommend this film enough to the people who say "Superman is boring", because to me this film really disproves that notion quite well.
This is the Superman I'm very happy we'll get to see in James Gunn's Superman movie next year.
Here here.
It's amazing "You're living in a dream world" was once said by someone who worked on Superman. The superhero who has the perfect response to that.
This is how you write an overwhelming victory for Superman and make it engaging. He won the fight and the argument. Even if you don't agree with Superman, you definitely won't agree with Manchester anymore.
Zack Snyder said a lot of weird things about superheroes. Remember what he said about Batman and Prison?
@@comicscinemaothermedia9247
Pretty sure he even said that the more people tell him Batman doesn’t kill makes him want to make Batman kill even more… this is definitely not the man I want running DC’s live action movies.
@michaelgarcia5680 Yeah, he did. It was like telling a kid not to eat sugar with an open bag of marshmallows on the other side of the room. Good luck with that
@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache Actually, Superman won the fight and lost the argument. Superman sunk the the Elite's level and used his fists to solve a problem. The Elite are straw-men characters/punching bags for Superman to beat up and wag his finger at.
Superman never delivers lectures or sermons to his enemies who can hit back just as hard and harder than he can. Darkseid, Brainiac, the Anti-Monitor, Zod, Shazam, Captain Atom, Trigon, Ultraman (Crime Syndicate), Doomsday, WRAITH etc.
@DoctorKnow00 I think you need to rewatch the scene, buddy. The whole point was that Superman DIDN'T stoop to the Elites level of Uber violence to solve his problem and saved the day without massive casualties. That was the point. Also, Superman has talked down Captain Atom, Bizzaro, and The Captain/Shazam SEVERAL times.
Superman vs. the Elite is one of the best Superman movies that understands the character. While this scene does emphasize what's special about Superman, it's missing the "dreams" speech, which is a crucial moment that showcases what makes Superman the hero he is.
It is in the movie though, it happens right after this video’s point in the story, the video just cut it off right before he says it
@@lukeflanders282 I'm aware of that. It doesn't change how this video cut out the best part, which showcases what makes Superman the hero he is.
I see you everywhere??
@@noobmaster7689 I'm not everywhere.
Careful, Superman, your Sephiroth’s showing!
That's why he sounded familiar.
He gave the Elite a wonderful present... despair.
Now that...that would be bad...sephiroth with the power of a kryptonian....he wouldnt even need the lifestream
@@BlueMoon56832isn’t one of Sephiroth’s moves a supernova? If so then he could just use it on himself to get stronger since Kryptonians get stronger from exposure to sun light.
Enough with the nightmare fuel!
Scenes like this make you appreciate just how much control and self-restraint Superman has.
And how terrifying he could be.
One of the best Animated portrayals of Superman. Abby from NCIS does an amazing Lois too.
Too bad she wasn't Lois in "Crisis on Two Earths" (given Mark Hamon was Superman in that one)
Traditional superheroes will always be the best.
I hear that!
The best of Heroes that always inspire
agreed
Preach
I like a variety my favorite are the classics though
Hearing Super-Sephiroth was such a treat.
You can find several videos of this movie with one winged angel playing in the background
@@Ichihopper01now that's something
Batman sweating from the batmonitor..
Batman knew of the dangerous potential of superman that's why he always kept kryptonite
@@akombalasau4022 I prefer to think that he's nodding approvingly.
probably smiling because he adopt his methodology without killing anyone.
Given how personal Clark and Bruce's relationship is, specially late in their careers (in context, this is around the same era as Public Enemies), I think Bruce figured out the ruse the moment it started.
@@salmanillustrator5540that wouldnt have helped so writers inventee plot armor
3:28 I love that when they lose any possibility to fight back, the villains start to whim about hero's morality and what they should or shouldn't be, the last one pathetic attempt to save their lives. Like they have a right to talk about morality. He should get another slap in that very moment.
4:01
This scene right here... this was undoubtedly a true masterpiece.
You know what's crazy, Superman is still holding back in this scene 1:21
Superman vs The Elite is the cinema 🍷🗿👌
YOU CUT THE SPEECH?! THAT"S THE CAPSTONE TO ALL OF THIS BUILDUP! IT'S WHAT MAKES THIS ICONIC!
I feel like this is the greatest animated Superman movie ever. It’s not a question of whether or not Superman can beat the bad guys, it’s a question of whether or not everyone wants a Superman that kills them.
And then we got Superman killing villains and heroes alike via Injustice. Though none of these incarnations get to see it happen, we do.
With Superman, it has never been about whether or not he can do anything really. Because we all know he can, and so does he. Superman has ALWAYS been about whether or not the thing he's doing is the right thing to do. That's what makes him special. That's what made this movie special. He basically showed the world what he "could have done", but also gave them reassurance that he never would.
Controversial opinion but this is my favorite superhero movie of all time.
@@khizeryusufzai2185 not really controversial. It's just that the direct to video animated movies always get overlooked, unjustly so
Top 5 for me. The twist was such a great move.
@@theunknowncommenter725exactly
It’s a good movie
@@Anddq that was the best part of the film. What’s your top 5? Mine are
Superman vs the Elite
Spider-Man 2
The Rocketeer
Spider-Man into the Spiderverse
The Batman
"Where did he go??"
"Orbit. He went into Orbit at Mach 7"
One of my favorite lines from Superman
The fact that the majority of these movies aren’t on Max pisses me off. I miss the days of the fully loaded DC app
One of my favourite Superman scenes.
"It's just Prank Bro"
The Prank:
Manchester totally flinched, though.
Absolute Love. One of his most underrated films and top show of character and morality.
Having the power to destroy, but yet control and use that to build instead. Hats off
Seriously? You cut off the clip before the "Dreams" speech?
1:40 that little sigh of relief always made me laugh…did you REALLY think that was gunna stop him😂
If there is one thing with Superman and Sephiroth sharing the same voice actor, it's that if Superman ever gets mad, you better watch yourself because nice guys have a limit if you push them too far.
This movie is one of the prime examples of how to tell a good Superman story. Everyone who thinks Superman is boring should watch this film 😎.
That's Superman i hope see in movie theaters
Then go see Snyder if you believe Superman should be a sensless killing machine.
@@ad1kher0gaming71You have no idea of what you are watching rn.😅
doubt it due to James Gunn vision but we’ll definitely get moments like it
@@ad1kher0gaming71if you said "killing machine" have you seen the movie from the clip?
@@ad1kher0gaming71 he was never a senseless killing machine in any of Snyder's movies. Do better.
This movie and All-star superman are goated
Offline single player campaign superman video game that's what every DC fans want
I think it's interesting how the elite aren't necessarily bad guy's since they were targeting bad people but their methods were a bit extreme that superman wanted to try to talk to them before fighting them I've seen this film it's great
The league would've been prouder than ever to have Superman as their leader!
Always hated the animation but one of the best examples of superman as a character.
@@noiisserpmii yeah, the animation especially on Superman is kind of weird, but you get used to it after a while.
@@theunknowncommenter725 well its been years still hate it lol.
And people say he is boring. Superman is the father of all heroes. Don't you dare mention non canon alternative realities like Injustice. Injustice was never canon and even if it was it's not the real Superman we know, just a different counterpart. The real Superman is the definition of honest and heroic who always fights for what is right
@@TheShadow6090 I never took the story of Injustice seriously. To me, Injustice storyline is just a excuse to justify why superheroes would fight each other in a Mortal Kombat style game.
@@theunknowncommenter725 not to mention that in the end the good Superman came to that dimension and saved the day by stopping his evil counterpart
Technically, Injustice Superman is canon in some capacity, in that in the DC Multiverse, it’s a version of Superman, but not the version of Superman we know and love.
@@lucasgibbs4050 the story is mostly confirmed by Dc as not actual canon but thanks
@@TheShadow6090 In a multiverse, anything is canon in its own way.
Manchester Black has the same voice actor as the Medic (TF2).
@@harrisonstewart3781 your monster now i can only hear the medic
'Doctor Black, at your service!'
DC animated movies are unmatched.
Pathetic
the funny part is... he's still holding back. He is just making it LOOK like he isn't
I'm sorry, did I see that right. Just before Superman started slapping him Black jerked forward like he was gonna attack him, buddy, how did you see that going?
Give us more Superman stories like this to remind us what he truly is capable of.
Probably my favourite Superman animated movie.
3:20 The Back hand slap from Clark
The b**ch slap
Superman be like: "i like your cut g" *slaps*
Like how after Manchester they started working for the justice league as the Justice League elite.
Then they kicked the hat out the group.😂
The sister started leading the group.
Don't Underestimate superman the elite learn the hard way
Indeed, and the thing was he was STILL holding back
@@alfredhinton8792 Yeah he made it look like he was pushed over the limit but he actually didn’t kill anyone
@@MarvelDCFan4004 this Superman is a master of self restraint id ever seen
@@alfredhinton8792 Tell that to Injustice Superman who lost so much
@hayleyyeager8008 That's why he said this superman.
0:40
That is some Heavy Landing
Superman's best movie ever.
Finally, and official HD version of this clip
this lesson hits deep, if an overpowered villain pushes the hero too far, the hero has no choice but to go instant kill just like the villain, but before crossing the line always come prepared with back up to keep the civilians safe from your destruction, and superman displayed what would happen if he'd ever decided to cross over into violence
DC please make a sequel to this for the ending battle storyline and my life is yours!
I like the storys that include supermans veritable trove of tech.
I swear I wanna see this arc play out in live action one day. That’s the point of Superman, he has great powers, but chooses to save lives with it instead of appointing himself judge, jury and executioner.
That seems to be the idea but with the originals (The Authority)
The great part about it being a choice is the frightening aspect that the opposite can always be chosen as well. JLU understood this with Lord Superman, this story also understands it, and Injustice misses the mark by about a galaxy as the preceding call to action is just "one bad day" rather than a choice.
Superman is STILL holding back here
George Newbern did such a good job as Superman. I really wish both him and Tim Daly would come back to it at some point.
I'm glad this scene got uploaded, the others I've watched always had these obnoxious subtitles that would pause each time
Implicitlypretentious has the BEST video essay ever on this movie
Such amazing movie and as a huge fan of Superman this was great adaptation of what’s so funny of truth justice and the American way.
The American way would be to actually level the city and then blame someone else and level their city too
@@92brunod lol fair enough but personally that's not the point of the story.
@@92brunod Just like in the DCEU where Zod destroys a good portion of Metropolis and Superman is blamed for it.
@@TevyaSmolka argh americans
@@theunknowncommenter725 Superman is responsible for much of said destruction, so not really.
What does he mean "look at this place"? Superman didn't do that; Manchester did. Superman never said he was better than anyone else. Superman just likes doing the right thing. Why do people assume that people who like doing the right thing think they are better than everyone else. The reality is they just have a higher moral standard.
Nice I bought this on DVD about 10+Years ago
Quite a great movie
I've seen that movie on DVD!✊✊✊✊
Brings you back to silver/golden age Superman
Amazing scene that really makes me love Superman
I love how Manchester starts whining after he spent the whole movie trying to get Superman to snap
TAKE THAT MANCHESTER BLACK
Brilliant movie
The casual way he says "Orbit, I sent him into orbit at mach 7" really tickles me. XD
We need a big blue like this in the movie theatre!
Superman knows what he can do
This is the moment where Superman went Ultra Instinct
1:10
He turned into Sephiroth for a moment there.
best superman show
It would be cool if there is another DC movie with the same animation like this one
I love this film
They get Superman
“Orbit, he went into orbit at mach 7.”
I can’t stop thinking about that being Sephiroth saying that. This VA does such a good job.
A wize man once said never push the hero too far because the moment they let go of their morals its over for u.
I've been saying for years that they need to take this story and All Star Superman and mesh them together to make a live action movie.
I love superman
Me too.
Superman is not just showing the consequences of being violence,he showed the consequences of angering him to the Whole Humanity.
The one thing that’s consistent with all villains… is that the never stop talking. They never take accountability for their actions and continues to blames others. Nothing is really fair to them and only wants what’s best for them. Make it fair and they just call you out. Losers they are and losers they’ll be.
People tend to forget about Superman's robot army. Even the writers
Giving him some love taps at the end lol
"HE'S GOT ROBOTS NOW!?"
"he's got robots now."
I once saw a version of this video where the guy added his own comments to the scenes in form of subtitles,making it funnier. Like when Chester "crushed" Supes by the debris and relaxingly breathed out,the guy commented like "Relaxing? He took an explosion of the sun to the face and lived,really thinking some debris is more dangerous?"
This was the moment people realized Superman and Sephiroth are the same voice actor. God i love this scene.
It was at this moment that Batman was halfway out the batcave with a Kryptonite arsenal
ah the good old day. comeback from school, open HBO or Cinemax, found a brand new Superman cartoon, enjoy it
Super man is so cool
Superman the mad scientist seems scarier than he should be.
Hey. Look at that, The first time I see Superman with pinkeye.
“ORBIT, he went into orbit at MACH 7!!” Ain’t that faster than some of the DF, Kinzhal, and AGM hypersonic missiles the great powers have developed!?! 😅😮🚀
Something cool happened after this comic the movie was based from(What's funny with Truth, justice and American way?)
Manchester, out of spite, kidnaps Lois in Superman: ending battle comic run. Then had multiple supervillains and heavy hitters like Mongul 2nd and Bizarro take on Clark.
Clark at that point of the story had already unlocked his potential. This was after Our worlds at war where he learned the benefits of Sun dipping, pressure points and kryotonian martial arts.
Manchester's final psychological blow was making it seem he killed Lois. He wanted Clark to snap. For us readers, we really thought he did when he "Incinerated" black. But it's nothing more than a fake out. Clark refused and said he'll be dishonoring Lois' memory if he did off'd Black.
Black respected him from then on and showed he really didn't killed Lois.
I like how Black even helped Clark in the current Action comics run. When nobody else on the league stepped in for Clark. He even snapped at Luthor when the latter killed Black. Demonstrating his new set of abilities.
Bruce: Heh.. That was a good acting Clark
Alfred holding a huge chunk of kryptonite: Should I put this back to the safe, master Bruce?
Such a film should defo be the 2nd installment to Legacy or the 3rd film.
One of my favourite versions of Superman the character works so well here
3:47 Superman throughout his life, never once said he was special. Once again, villains showing how pathetic and weak they are. Yes other people said Superman is special, but Superman, he’ll even Batman, never said they were special. Both men take on the burden so that others can be happy.
I would've loved a line from Superman along the lines of "You do not want to KNOW the paperwork I had to fill out to get permission to wreck this place as part of my act."