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Non Gaming Discussions => Off-Topic => Topic started by: Joker on June 26, 2006, 01:18:39 AM
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you guys gonna check it out? I know a ton of you will because I know a ton of you are also comic book nerds like myself.
However, are you going to go see it opening weekend?
Seeing as X-Men 3 was sold out at my theater (WTF) I can only imagine how crazy it will be for Superman. I do plan to catch it the following week tho, hopefully during mid week.
To those of you brave enough to hit the cinema opening weekend tho...uh...good luck.
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I plan on seeing it on day one. I\'ll wait a few hours if I have to. I don\'t mind.
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I plan on seeing it on day one. I\'ll wait a few hours if I have to. I don\'t mind.
I just bought the boxset of superman.
so i\'ll be seeing this for sure.
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Opening weekend? HA!
Already got my tickets for the 10:00 early screening tommorw night.
Boo-yah!
Hope it doesn\'t suck like Singer\'s other two comic-book efforts.
As for "waiting a few hours" on day one, what kind of idiot waits hours to see a movie in this day in age? Online ticket ordering. I\'ve had my tickets for almost two weeks. If you wait in a line to buy a ticket, you Sir, are a complete idiot. I mean, come on, FANDANGO? Hell, with X3, I had my tickets for the midnight showing two weeks ahead of time.
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Reviews from RT.com are looking good. Can\'t wait to watch the 320x240 mono sound torrented video file when it gets done downloading in two weeks.
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Screw, RT, I have no hope for the film.
Kate Bosworth + Lois = Worst . CASTING. EVER.
Bryan Singer = Diaster. I hated his two X-Films.
A Super-Kid = Stupid. Honestly, that\'s cheese.
A lot of the stuff that has been cut also should of been left in. The spaceship sequence, Clark catchin up on what has been goin\' on while at the Kent farm. A lot of great things like that.
Not a lot of hope here for it.
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If I see it, I\'ll probably see it in a couple weeks when the hype dies down. This way I have some place to put my feet up while watching it :) Maybe I\'ll take a female friend to this one ;) The only problem is if its really good, I\'m gonna watch the movie and not the girl.
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Who\'s the bad guy btw? Just Lex Luthor?
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Yeah, Singer copped out and made a "vague sequel" to the first two and used Luthor , AGAIN. Four of five films...That is pathetic.
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Bah, dissapointing
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Kevin Spacey as Luthor is a BIG PLUS from my perspective. Possibly the only plus this film has for me at the moment. Spacey kicks ass. He is the only one who could take over that role from Hackman.
Go to lunch. Will YOU GO TO LUNCH, Superman? GO TO LUNCH!
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I must admit, Kevin Spacey should make for a great Lex. I probably wont see it until This weekend.
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I do love Kevin Spacey so i got hope that he\'ll make a great Lex.
Also, last night on the Discovery channel they had "The Science of Superman"
Where they explained what a human body would need to have in it to have heat vision, frost breath, the kind of cell structure you\'d need to withstand bullets, x-ray vision, how strong our bones would have to be to run as fast as superman.
One thing I found interesting was in Superman 1 when Lois falls from the rooftop and Superman catches her. The maximum speed she could be falling with gravity pulling her and air resistance slowing her down they said was around 120mph. So Superman, seeing as he wasn\'t close by to reach her would have to be flying at around one thousand times faster than she was falliung, so about 120,000mph.
They said the change in speed from Superman catching her would of been much more devastating and that she would of been safer just smacking into the ground :)
They also talked about how if Superman can move in and out of a room so fast that you can\'t even see him he\'d have to be moving faster than the speed of sound and that he would probably be making a sonic boom whenever he did it.
Pretty interesting stuff :)
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Opening weekend? HA!
Already got my tickets for the 10:00 early screening tommorw night.
Boo-yah!
Hope it doesn\'t suck like Singer\'s other two comic-book efforts.
As for "waiting a few hours" on day one, what kind of idiot waits hours to see a movie in this day in age? Online ticket ordering. I\'ve had my tickets for almost two weeks. If you wait in a line to buy a ticket, you Sir, are a complete idiot. I mean, come on, FANDANGO? Hell, with X3, I had my tickets for the midnight showing two weeks ahead of time.
It\'s the building of suspense that I enjoy. Much like waiting outside at a console launch (I pre-order now, though).
I guess I could just...go buy some tickets online. =]
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It\'s the building of suspense that I enjoy. Much like waiting outside at a console launch (I pre-order now, though).
I guess I could just...go buy some tickets online. =]
Suspense? Like a console launch? That is like saying you\'ll stand in line for a console without a pre-order ticket... It\'s idiotic this day in age to not buy online if you thnk you are going to have to wait upwards of an hour for a possible ticket. Plain stupid.
And the fact that Kevin Spacey\'s Lex channels Gene Hackaman\'s, well, this film seems to lack any spirit.
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LIC if Christopher Reeve\'s corpse directed this movie itself you still wouldn\'t like it. Just admit the new lead man is a big superhunk, WOW what a bod.
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LIC if Christopher Reeve\'s corpse directed this movie itself you still wouldn\'t like it. Just admit the new lead man is a big superhunk, WOW what a bod.
I have no problem with Brandon Routh, I think he looks the part. It\'s the rest of the cast and story I dislike.
Oh and further proof if you didn\'t order online, you\'re an idiot.
"MovieTickets.com said Friday that it was selling three times more tickets to "Superman Returns" five days before its opening than it did for "X-Men: The Last Stand" at the same point in that movie\'s sales cycle. And Fandango said Friday that 25% of all tickets it was selling that day and the day before were for "Superman Returns."
Yeah........
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Suspense? Like a console launch? That is like saying you\'ll stand in line for a console without a pre-order ticket... It\'s idiotic this day in age to not buy online if you thnk you are going to have to wait upwards of an hour for a possible ticket. Plain stupid.
And the fact that Kevin Spacey\'s Lex channels Gene Hackaman\'s, well, this film seems to lack any spirit.
Possible ticket? I\'m not talking about the ticket. I\'m talking about being first in line as opposed to the back. I\'m not talking about getting the ticket. You still have to wait in line even if you buy tickets online. I think I explained myself poorly. Right now there aren\'t any tickets on Fandango for my area. I\'m still waiting on that. I\'m getting the tickets online and going a few hours early to be first into the theater.
Oh and further proof if you didn\'t order online, you\'re an idiot.
I\'m still waiting for tickets to become available. The site says they haven\'t started selling tickets for my area yet. I don\'t live in a big city. But you\'re right, buying online is the smart thing to do.
Edit: F^ck! "No Online Ticketing Available for This Theater"
I guess I have to go early for this BS. >_<
This is the big theater too. This sucks.
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Hell, I don\'t live in a big city and tickets have been on sell for two weeks.
Weird.
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Hell, I don\'t live in a big city and tickets have been on sell for two weeks.
Weird.
On sell?
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Hell, I don\'t live in a big city and tickets have been on sell for two weeks.
Weird.
It f^cking sucks.
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Saw it. Liked it overall (Spacey\'s presence helps) but it is riddled with problems.
Batman Begins was certainly better. Spider Man 2, almost certainly. X-Men 3 had about 500% more action.
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Spacey was the WORST part of the film. He dragged it down a notch. The other notch was the damn kid.
Other than that - great film.
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I just got back from seeing it...I got there about 20 minutes before it started and I got tickets.
I\'m not a big fan of Superman and I\'ve NEVER watched any of the old ones. The friend I watched it with is a huge fan though and he said it pretty much resembled the original...as in the way the cast acted.
The story was fabolous although it was kind of slow at times. I think it made a good solid base to build a series from.
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I\'m not a big fan of Superman and I\'ve NEVER watched any of the old ones. The friend I watched it with is a huge fan though and he said it pretty much resembled the original...as in the way the cast acted.
You don\'t deserve to own a TV or DVD player if you have never watched the Richard Donner classic.
With that said.. The main problem with the film is Luthor\'s plot for beach-front property was the SAME EXACT plot , just ten times bigger. That\'s all really. Not to mention the kid...
Alright...
Superman slept with Lois Lane as Clark Kent, in the FoS during Superman II. He then gave her a \'Super-Kiss\', to make her forget. Now she ends up pregnant, right around the time she apparently started dating Richard White. She never suspects Clark is Superman when he returns, in well, Superman Returns...Until the kid does some big act and she realizes, hey, it\'s Superman\'s kid! HELLO? She was raped!
Brandon Routh is SUPERMAN. He brought something to the role even Reeve didn\'t bring, a certain badass quality. Much like Bale done with in Batman Begins.
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You don\'t deserve to own a TV or DVD player if you have never watched the Richard Donner classic.
With that said.. The main problem with the film is Luthor\'s plot for beach-front property was the SAME EXACT plot , just ten times bigger. That\'s all really. Not to mention the kid...
Alright...
Superman slept with Lois Lane as Clark Kent, in the FoS during Superman II. He then gave her a \'Super-Kiss\', to make her forget. Now she ends up pregnant, right around the time she apparently started dating Richard White. She never suspects Clark is Superman when he returns, in well, Superman Returns...Until the kid does some big act and she realizes, hey, it\'s Superman\'s kid! HELLO? She was raped!
Brandon Routh is SUPERMAN. He brought something to the role even Reeve didn\'t bring, a certain badass quality. Much like Bale done with in Batman Begins.
I\'m not a big superman fan...
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It\'s superman...
I\'ll wait for it and rent it.
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You don\'t deserve to own a TV or DVD player if you have never watched the Richard Donner classic.
With that said.. The main problem with the film is Luthor\'s plot for beach-front property was the SAME EXACT plot , just ten times bigger. That\'s all really. Not to mention the kid...
Alright...
Superman slept with Lois Lane as Clark Kent, in the FoS during Superman II. He then gave her a \'Super-Kiss\', to make her forget. Now she ends up pregnant, right around the time she apparently started dating Richard White. She never suspects Clark is Superman when he returns, in well, Superman Returns...Until the kid does some big act and she realizes, hey, it\'s Superman\'s kid! HELLO? She was raped!
Brandon Routh is SUPERMAN. He brought something to the role even Reeve didn\'t bring, a certain badass quality. Much like Bale done with in Batman Begins.
I\'m going to say this, and people are going to hate me, but that\'s fine: The original superman movies were FUCKING TERRIBLE. I can\'t sit through them they are so bad. The chick that played Lois Lane was also crazy ugly.
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^^^those old superman flicks were also racist....where were the black folk in those movies?...j/k..:D...as far as superman flicks go, i\'m not a big superman fan either,...he\'s just a bit much of a boyscout for me...but then again this is how i felt before i saw the other reed films...reed actually made me feel something for the character and the fight scenes in prt two were great for what it was back then. if this recent picture can capture some of that magic from the earlier films, the franchise shows promise,...as far as the classics go, i know i probably couldn\'t watch it like that, but just to see how far the series in general has come, i can see how some may show praise for it....
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I\'m going to say this, and people are going to hate me, but that\'s fine: The original superman movies were FUCKING TERRIBLE. I can\'t sit through them they are so bad. The chick that played Lois Lane was also crazy ugly.
After that comment, you are on ignore.
If you can\'t apperciate the original film, then well, you don\'t deserve to breathe.
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why thank your for the kiddy-spoiler a-hole....
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I\'m going to say this, and people are going to hate me, but that\'s fine: The original superman movies were FUCKING TERRIBLE. I can\'t sit through them they are so bad. The chick that played Lois Lane was also crazy ugly.
The original superman films were enjoyable for me in a limited, cheesy way. They don\'t have a lot of depth in my opinion, but I think that\'s a problem with the superman character in general. As a superhero, he\'s always seemed a bit boring and even stupid to me. The dippy boyscout attitude, the flawless character, the invulnerability, the artifical inclusion of ONE gimmick that can hurt him. Typically stupid DC-style character. This is why I always preferred Marvel.
I would LOVE to see a story about Superman corrupted by his power, gradually slipping over to the "dark side" to become a dictatorial tyrant or a dogmatic inquisitor. Of course you know that\'s never going to happen... :rolleyes:
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Spacey wasn\'t the issue, it was the writing for Luthor.
Just a little bit too over-the-top. Okay, very. Luthor is very different in the comics depending on who writes him. Sometimes insanely smart (like in Red Son) ... sometimes just diabolical. This time he was mostly just diabolical.
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I was in walmart the other day and saw superman 1 for $5.50 I still love it. Although, I like the character they create for Lex in Smallville better than the origional Lex from the movie... Too goofy for a supervillian. At least for my liking.
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The original superman films were enjoyable for me in a limited, cheesy way. They don\'t have a lot of depth in my opinion, but I think that\'s a problem with the superman character in general. As a superhero, he\'s always seemed a bit boring and even stupid to me. The dippy boyscout attitude, the flawless character, the invulnerability, the artifical inclusion of ONE gimmick that can hurt him. Typically stupid DC-style character. This is why I always preferred Marvel.
I would LOVE to see a story about Superman corrupted by his power, gradually slipping over to the "dark side" to become a dictatorial tyrant or a dogmatic inquisitor. Of course you know that\'s never going to happen... :rolleyes:
See Superman: Red Son, the 3 issue comic. Great read!
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The original superman films were enjoyable for me in a limited, cheesy way. They don\'t have a lot of depth in my opinion, but I think that\'s a problem with the superman character in general. As a superhero, he\'s always seemed a bit boring and even stupid to me. The dippy boyscout attitude, the flawless character, the invulnerability, the artifical inclusion of ONE gimmick that can hurt him. Typically stupid DC-style character. This is why I always preferred Marvel.
I would LOVE to see a story about Superman corrupted by his power, gradually slipping over to the "dark side" to become a dictatorial tyrant or a dogmatic inquisitor. Of course you know that\'s never going to happen... :rolleyes:
^^^those old superman flicks were also racist....where were the black folk in those movies?...j/k.....as far as superman flicks go, i\'m not a big superman fan either,...he\'s just a bit much of a boyscout for me...but then again this is how i felt before i saw the other reed films...reed actually made me feel something for the character and the fight scenes in prt two were great for what it was back then. if this recent picture can capture some of that magic from the earlier films, the franchise shows promise,...as far as the classics go, i know i probably couldn\'t watch it like that, but just to see how far the series in general has come, i can see how some may show praise for it....
Hasn\'t anyone seen superman 3? Richard Pryor had a leading role, (black guy) and superman gets corrupted by crappy kryptonite. Making him pretty much do anything he wants too. Was probably the best bit in the film.
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Ive been trying to find 2 and 3. Most places so far have been out of stock or just suck too much to carry them. I loved all the origional superman movies. And I think we all should pay homage to the dearly departed Richard Pryor.
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Hasn\'t anyone seen superman 3? Richard Pryor had a leading role, (black guy) and superman gets corrupted by crappy kryptonite. Making him pretty much do anything he wants too. Was probably the best bit in the film.
Yes, I\'ve seen 3. It was shite. Only surpassed in crappiness by 4, featuring John Cryer.
Doesn\'t Superman fight himself in 3, like that dual universe Star Trek episode? That was such bullshit. (Superman, not Star Trek)
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The original superman films were enjoyable for me in a limited, cheesy way. They don\'t have a lot of depth in my opinion, but I think that\'s a problem with the superman character in general. As a superhero, he\'s always seemed a bit boring and even stupid to me. The dippy boyscout attitude, the flawless character, the invulnerability, the artifical inclusion of ONE gimmick that can hurt him. Typically stupid DC-style character. This is why I always preferred Marvel.
I would LOVE to see a story about Superman corrupted by his power, gradually slipping over to the "dark side" to become a dictatorial tyrant or a dogmatic inquisitor. Of course you know that\'s never going to happen... :rolleyes:
i agree with you here,...superman is just so-unstoppable,...which is why i prefer marvel as well,..their characters are more human as far as their heroes go and weaker which is what makes them a bit more interesting when they go through the trials and tribulations to defeat their foes....anybody pick up that avengers vs jla from a few years back?...it generally made superman own everybody in the marvel universe...
to be fair i can see how superman can own everybody, but at the same time that is what i hate about him,..he really doesn\'t have no weakness which makes him boring...flash bein faster than quicksilver? i can accept that,..wonder woman got the upper hand on hercules,..and superman basically killed thor....dc\'s heroes i guess are just more powerful in general and they really showed it in that avengers vs jla....
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Spacey wasn\'t the issue, it was the writing for Luthor.
Just a little bit too over-the-top. Okay, very. Luthor is very different in the comics depending on who writes him. Sometimes insanely smart (like in Red Son) ... sometimes just diabolical. This time he was mostly just diabolical.
So true. They really need to do the corporate Lex.
why thank your for the kiddy-spoiler a-hole....
Oh, by the way, Superman has a kid now.
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LiC: The way he\'s portrayed in the film, the chances of him being elected as president are... :)
At least we didn\'t have to see him in a gigantic robot suit.
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Lois sucked. She was probably the biggest downer in this film. She\'s just a terrible actress and was mis-cast for this role. It\'s like they spent all their time casting Superman and finding the leading man that they forgot that they needed to cast a CAST of characters and not a single role.
Regardless of that, it was a pretty good film. Superman was perfect except for his stalking Lois bits. Just a little too... I dunno. Something about that bothered me. It didn\'t fit well into the character. It\'s kinda like Batman smiling... It just doesn\'t happen.
Everyone should know by now this movie is more remake then it is an actual original sequal. The main plot, the villain, everything was pretty much recycled right down to Superman flying off into outer space in the end. Though that annoys me, it also pleases me as it\'s something that gets people refamiliar with the character again as most people casually going to movies and kids had probably never seen the original Superman film. I just can\'t wait for the next one as now, with the characters established, we can finally kick it up a notch, introduce a villain that can cause some real destruction (and not just bore me with endless camp) and produce a fight genuinely worth watching.
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Just saw this movie a few days ago. I enjoyed it, but like Ryu said, it seems they spent all their time casting Superman and half-assed everyone else.
Everyone should know by now this movie is more remake then it is an actual original sequal. The main plot, the villain, everything was pretty much recycled right down to Superman flying off into outer space in the end.
Yeah. Nothing about it really felt "new" to me. I enjoyed Brandon Routh as Superman, though. I thought he did a great job.
I just can\'t wait for the next one as now, with the characters established, we can finally kick it up a notch, introduce a villain that can cause some real destruction (and not just bore me with endless camp) and produce a fight genuinely worth watching.
Same here.
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I would LOVE to see a story about Superman corrupted by his power, gradually slipping over to the "dark side" to become a dictatorial tyrant or a dogmatic inquisitor. Of course you know that\'s never going to happen... :rolleyes:
Justice League season 2 A Better World, just what you wanted. And well done too and becomes a stepping stone for ... the rest of the JLU shows.
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The Justice League show is pretty good. Kind of has the same feeling I got from watching the old X-Men cartoon on Fox back in the day.
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The Justice League show is pretty good. Kind of has the same feeling I got from watching the old X-Men cartoon on Fox back in the day.
Well, minus the fact that Justice League is miles ahead of the old X-Men cartoon. Even Unlimited is miles ahead of X-Men.. I enjoyed X-Men, but it didn\'t age well.
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Well, minus the fact that Justice League is miles ahead of the old X-Men cartoon.
Agreed, but I wasn\'t comparing that aspect, just the feeling of it all.
I enjoyed X-Men, but it didn\'t age well.
Unfortunately. And that new X-Men Evolution... WTF is that pile of steaming sh^t?
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Agreed, but I wasn\'t comparing that aspect, just the feeling of it all.
Unfortunately. And that new X-Men Evolution... WTF is that pile of steaming sh^t?
Eh?
X-Men Evolution , Season three was great.
< - has every single episode of the 90\'s X-MEN and X-Men Evo.
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You...like Evo? :eek:
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i liked the x-men series from the nineties,...it could have been so much better but what we had back then was good,..i mean it was set up for the saturday morning line-up, so they had to keep it really family friendly,..i also liked those late spider-man cartoons, i think they even made a few spider-man 2099 cartoons, but the cartoon itself was called spider-man unlimited?..:confused:..not sure....i finally seen a few highlights from the superman film, and i gotta admit the few moments of me seein the trailer kinda got me wantin to see it...the special effects in how they had him fliyin and goin\' thru buildings looked good....but i think i\'m gonna wait for dvd for this and going by some of the reviews here, it doesn\'t seem like it was that bad or at all...
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I liked Xmen evo\'s take on the four horsemen, seeing Xavier go bad ass kicked ass.
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The Justice League/Unlimited spanks every other animated superhero show ever. I miss it already.