DCU: Superman/Batman: Public Enemies / DCU: Superman/Batman: Apocalypse (DBFE) (Blu-ray)

brings me back to my childhood

"Superman/Batman: Public Enemies" is the best DC Animated release yet. It's fantastic! I read the graphic novel and liked it, but the movie blew me away! Everything good about the comic version was retained, and the parts that didn't make any sense (especially the ending) were rewritten, resulting in a much more fluid, action-packed adventure. Unlike the book, you don't have to know any of the DC Comics continuity to enjoy the story- it's completely self-contained, and also unlike the book, the ending does not depend heavily on viewers' prior affection for a character they may or may not be familiar with. Nods are given to the DC Animated Universe, which were fun for a DCAU buff like me, but the story is not dependant on them, and in fact, is completely separate from the DCAU continuity.Fellow fans of the DCAU will be happy to see Kevin Conroy, Tim Daly, and Clancy Brown reprising their roles (Batman, Superman, and Lex Luthor, respectively), and for those who have not heard these three talents at work...well, you're in for a treat! Tim Daly's portrayal of Superman is smooth and natural, the blending of power and vulnerability perfectly balanced in every syllable. Clancy Brown gives his very best Lex Luthor performance to date, effortlessly navigating the character's gradual descent from cold, calculating evil into crazed, ego-driven madness. And Kevin Conroy...all I can say is, he is THE definitive Batman. After performing this role continuously for 17 years in the DCAU, his grasp of the character is simply flawless. You will not find a better Batman anywhere, period. If you've never heard him before, be warned: from now on, whenever you read Batman comics or books, you WILL hear his voice in your head. Guaranteed.All in all, "Superman/Batman: Public Enemies" is a must-see. It doesn't matter if you like the DC Animated Universe, the comics, both, or neither. It doesn't really matter if you're even a Superman or Batman fan. With an intriguing story and awesome performances of terrific characters, this movie is entertaining for all. Enjoy!

It's always great to see Batman and Superman team up to save the day. It's even better when Kevin Conroy and Tim Daly provide the voices for them. Not to mention, Clancy Brown returns as the voice of Lex Luthor. These three provide their talents once more to these iconic characters in "Superman/Batman: Public Enemies," one of many releases under the DC Original Animated Movie line.The plot is thus: When the United States is at its lowest, Lex Luthor steps up as the nation's savior. After being elected President of the United States, he immediately sets out to clean up the country. The only one who is reluctant to trust the new president is the Man of Steel himself. When Luthor sets up Superman for murder, he places a bounty on the head of Superman and Batman for helping him. Soon, almost every hero and villain in the DC Universe come out of the woodwork to collect the bounty. It gets worse when a meteor made of Kryptonite is heading towards Earth. So now, the World's Finest must find a way to clear their names, expose Luthor and save the Earth once more from destruction.Based on the comic of the same name, this movie does not stray too far from the original source material. It portrays Superman, Batman and the unique friendship they have. It's truly a must-have for any DC Comics fan, especially if you grew up on the DCAU cartoons from back in the day.

I am always excited when a new Bruce Timm project is on the way. Whenever a new one is released on DVD the first thing I do after I watch the feature is watch the preview for the next one. When `Green Lantern: First Flight' was released I could not wait to see what `Superman/Batman: Public Enemies' was all about. I will be brief I pre-ordered the movie exactly one day after I saw the preview.I am always excited to see a Superman and Batman crossover because there is such a great lineage of stories when these two heavy hitters collide. They are so similar and yet so different at the same time and sometimes you don't even know if they are pals or want to kill each other. The premise of Public Enemies is a pretty easy to follow story. Pulled right from the Joef Loeb story, Lex Luthor manages to become president when the world is pretty much in chaos. Doing so, he manages to bring the world back to stability and manages to hire an interesting secret service. Led by the patriotic Captain Atom, Black Lightning, Power Girl and other well known heroes are now working to keep America safe. Unfortunately they didn't notice the country sized kryptonite meteor heading towards Earth. Luthor, as president feels now is a great time to finally get Superman so he blames the meteor on him and sets a one billion dollar bounty to bring Superman to justice. Now the most powerful hero is on the run from heroes and villains alike and the only person who believes him and knows how to set things right is none other than Batman.This movie has a lot of great elements, but there are a few problems with it as well. The major flaw in this film is plot. The story while it is fun to watch there are a few parts that really don't make much sense. For people who love these movies, but don't read the comic books they probably have no idea who some of the characters are. The graphic novel which this film is based on has a few major plot points removed which are essential to the story. This problem is linked to another flaw. `Public Enemies' is way too short and due to time constraints is why we have these gaping holes in the story. This is actually the shortest of all the DC Animated movies running at a shameful 67 minutes. I mean I know that this movie was all about the action and it was win with a side of awesome sauce I think the movie would have given justice if it had been at least 90 minutes. The positives on the other hand make the negatives tolerable. The first plus is the animation style. What I love the most about the DC Animated projects is when they base their films directly on graphic novel stories they try pay homage to the comic art through the animation. `Justice League: New Frontier' was the first one to do so and like it `Superman/Batman: Public Enemies' pretty much took the characters from the comic and brought them right to the TV as the big, buffed muscle on muscle powerhouses they are in the book. It just made the action sequences so much more awesome when you saw Superman or Batman throw a punch you pretty much said `Yea...they can hit that hard'. The other plus was the voice cast. With the success of the 3 part Worlds Finest episodes of STAS it was only right to bring Clancy Brown, Tim Daly and Kevin Conroy back. They have worked together for so long and their chemistry is incredible. Of course my favorite thing about this film was it was an in your face, knock`em out the box slugfest. Every second a new adversary and some of the most intense action I had seen since the final episode of JLU.Once again Bruce Timm and company do it again bringing us a fun film. Still, while there has been so much success with this one and its predecessors there are a still some kinks that need to be worked out. I know there are plenty more films to make and who knows which story they will choose next. The next project `Justice League: Crisis On Two Earths' is definitely a make or break, just because of the history that this film is based on. They are really anticipating this one to be their best, and I don't think they would try to disappoint.End of Book 1

Excelente película, Batman y Superman juntos de nuevo contra el mundo, Clark nos regala uno de los mejeros comentarios de todas las películas animadas... que Bruce es su mejor amigo.

Superman/Batman : Ennemis publics est un bon film d'animation, nous présentant un Lex Luthor plus fourbe que jamais. Batman et surperman sont les seuls héros à se dresser contre lui, les autres s'étant ralliés à lui. L'histoire est assez inintéressante et les scènes de combats sont excellentes. Superman Apocalypse est encore meilleur. Le charisme de darkseid, l'ennemi de cet épisode, n'a d'égal que sa puissance. Le combat entre Superman, Supergirl et lui est titanesque. Un excellent film d'animation.

Superman/Batman : Public Enemies A desperate solution for a troubled country: Lex Luthor for President with the Justice League in the service of the government.Only Batman & Superman stand against the new regime-& their disloyalty proves to be exactly what Luthor intended.Using thier outcast status to instigate a scandal against Superman , Luthor finally tastes a victory in his vendetta against the man of steel.Superman/Batman: Apocalypse When a spaceship splashes down in Gotham Harbour, Batman & Superman encounter a mysterious Kryptonian with powers as great as Superman's. When Darkseid gets wind of this , he has the Kryptonian abducted & brought under his control on Apokolips. It's up to Batman & Superman to retrieve the Kryptonian, forcing them to infiltrate Darkseid's hostile world where superpowerful threats lurk around every corner.

The mighty superheros, Superman and Batman, team up against Lex Luthor who is now President of the United States.After Lex Luthor arranges a secret rendez vous with Superman, under the false pretence of patching things up between them, Superman quickly learns he has been set up and is attacked by the villain, Metallo, mercilessly.Recovering from a kryptonite bullet in Batman's cave, Superman soon learns he has been framed for the murder of Metallo. There is now a $1 billion dollar bounty on his head and every supervillain is out to capture him to collect the money. Batman is his sidekick who helps him out in (sometimes very) tight spots while trying to solve who the real killer is. In the meanwhile there is a kryptonite meteor heading towards Earth at phonomenal speed.Will our caped crusaders solve the puzzle of who the real killer is? Can they outrun and outwit all those supervillains on Superman's tail to collect that reward? And finally can they save Earth from being destroyed as the meteor gets closer and closer to it? Remember that Superman's weakness is kryptonite so he cannot just fly up there and move the meteor away from Earth.A fantastic must see movie if you enjoy continous action pack drama. This movie certainly does not disppoint. It's fast paced and the animation has sharp bright colours.Plus it has Power Girl in it for you young men.Definitely a must see movie.

Wie gesagt hier spricht kein Fan, sondern ein Fanatiker ;) Aber zunächst möchte ich noch schnell erwähnen, dass ich die Comicvorlage zum Film nicht kenne und meine Bewertung nur auf den Film bezogen ist.Und erneut meldet sich Warner Animation zurück diesmal mit meinen Lieblingshelden aus dem DC-Universe - Batman und Superman!Zur Story:Wenn der größte Erzfeind von Superman (Lex Luthor) zum Präsidenten der Vereinigten Staaten gewählt wird kann das nichts gutes bedeuten, und wenn dann noch Luthor ein Kopfgeld von einer Milliarde für Supermans Eliminierung ausspricht ist das Chaos perfekt. Denn Luthor schafft es nicht nur alle Gegenspieler von Superman mit dem Geld zu motivieren, sondern auch vermeintliche Helden die nun für die Regierung arbeiten sind ebenfalls hinter seinem Kopf her. Was das wiederum bedeutet ist klar, viel Action mit spektakulären Kämpfen. Doch Superman wird schnell klar, dass er dieser Situation nicht allein gewachsen ist und die Hilfe seines treusten und unbestechlichsten Mitstreiter beanspruchen muss - Batman. Dieser Film zeigt einen wirklich tiefen Einblick in die Freundschaft von Batman und Superman, ganz anders als in den Justice League und JLUnlimited Folgen wo eher ein kühleres Verhältnis zwischen den Beiden zu Tage kommt, wo eher der gegenseitige Respekt im Vordergrund steht. Hier erleben wir, wie sie sich in ihren emotionalsten Momenten auf einander Verlassen können und man erhält einen tiefen Einblick wie stark die größten Helden der Geschichte wirklich mit einander befreundet sind.Zur Qualität:Bild und Ton sind wirklich 1A, wer die Vorgänger (Wonder Woman und Green Lantern: first flight) gesehen hat weiß das er eine einwandfreie Animation mit gut untermalter Musik erwarten kann. Das Design der Figuren hat mich anfangs ein bisschen irritiert, da es zu keinem Verhältnis zu den vorigen Filmen steht. Die Charaktere sind alle mit so viel Muskeln bepackt das es fast nicht mehr schön wirkt, dies geht aber meiner Meinung nach in Ordnung da der Comic diese Vorlage nun mal bietet und man sich anscheinend daran halten wollte. Ein besonderes Highlight bietet die amerikanische Synchronisation. Die besten Stimmen die wohl jemals gecastet worden sind, sind hier wieder am Zug: Kevin Conroy als Batman, Tim Daly als Superman und Clancy Brown als Lex Luthor. Die Stars der erfolgreichen Serie Batman: The Animated Series, Superman TAS und Justice League/Unlimited tragen so viel für den Film bei, dass man zu keiner Sekunde auch nur denkt - das könnte jetzt ein Cartoon sein. Sie verleihen den Charakteren wirklich Leben ein, also wer der englischen Sprache ein bisschen mächtig hört es euch auf jeden fall mal an, ihr werdet es nicht bereuen :) Zur deutschen Synchronisation kann ich ebenfalls nur gutes sagen, die Stammsprecher von den deutschen Folgen von Batman und Superman TAS sowie einige Sprecher von Liga der Gerechten sind wieder vertreten, das ist wirklich Top! Aber selbstverständlich bleiben die Stimmverleiher nicht alleine sondern werden wieder einmal von Produzent Bruce Timm und voice director Andrea Romano unterstützt, so dass die Qualität auf jeden fall gewährleistet bleibt.Specials:- Hinter den Kulissen von Blackest Night- Superman und Batman: Das Aufeinandertreffen- Ein Essen mit Kevon Conroy- Bruce Timm präsentiert: 1) The Demon Reborn (dt. Untertitel) 2) Knight Time (dt. Untertitel)- Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths Eine VorschauMein Fazit:Warner Premier bietet erneut ein wirklich gelungenes Werk mit hohen Anforderungen in Sachen Animation und Sound sowie großem Unterhaltungswert. Erneut fühlte ich mich nicht gelangweilt sondern wurde von einer gut erzählten Story und viel Action von meinen Helden begeistert. Die Specials können sich sehen lassen und als Bonus gibt es noch eine kleine Vorschau von Warner Animations nächstem Film Justice League: crisis on two earths besser gehts nicht.Also an alle: fleißig kaufen damit die Verkaufszahlen Stimmen und Warner Germany weiter so gute DVDs auf den deutschen Markt bringt. Danke