A.k.a. the Superman/Batman: Apocalypse trailer, the next comic cartoon movie DVD from DC due on September 28th. I think we've already discussed the silly name, the sadness that we're getting this over many more deserving titles, and the Jeph Loeb-iness of it. So I'll only say this -- what the fuck is up with Darkseid that he decides to dress up Supergirl like a whore? Is it part of his evil ways? Is he doing it to make Superman feel uncomfortable? Is he a mighty pervert? Is he the Joe Francis of the DC universe? Because that dude is pretty goddamn evil. (Via Comics Alliance)
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No offense, but all those typos made this post wonderful! "Female furries"-- hilarious(and disturbing)!
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I second this as many times as humanly possible. But, really, I'm still waiting for some follow up in the comics. Superman took all of Batman's memories of a zillion deaths, and ten years later, still no repercussions! ... But it'd be worth it just to hear Joker's line about the "dead Batman clinging to Uranus", actually...
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No, by this point he was struggling with the his son's terminal disease and not really bringing anything to the table. Back in his Adventures of Superman days, he was an okay - not great - writer. By the time this story rolled around, he'd fully embraced the "throw every character he could think of at the script and hope people don't notice there's not much of a plot" stage, which came to its nadir in of Ultimatum after he'd been cut loose from DC. Sale can write a decent story. If he gets the write artist channelling his thoughts, and presumably editing them somewhat, he can produce a great one. But this storyline teamed him up with Michael Turner, and while I'm loathe to speak ill of the dead, Turner's worst instincts just multiplied Loeb's. (Also, Loeb's idea of Supergirl has been messed up from day one. He created this new version as a horrible character, and it's taken far too much work to get her back to something readable).
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I can't wait until the next one of these, because that's when Loeb went off the deep end plot-wise (understandably, given that it was around the time his son was dying) and came up with that impossible-to-follow arc with Batman and Superman taking over the world at the behest of the evil version of the LSH. Then there's the final arc, which was completely insane, like Loeb trying to write like Morrison but failing miserably in the attempt. All that being said, if Marvel put out an animated version of DD: Yellow, I'd buy that in a second.
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Bit of a spoiler here, but in the original story the Doomsdays were SEVERELY underpowered - I think they were called "third-rate clones" or something. Even freaking Artemis was slicing and dicing them.
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The reason Loeb has a job: "Tim Sale."
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This looks like it should have a much higher awesome factor than it gives off...
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I'm more bothered that the DC comics movies come with digital copies that aren't Ipod compatible
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Glad to see that I'm not the only person who thinks Loeb is a blight on any story in any medium he touches. From Superman/Batman, to Hulk and the rest of his Marvel work, to Heroes, etc., he's turned everything he works on into crap. He has less respect for continuity than Grant Morrison, and none of the latter's creative talent to make up for it. Loeb's stories don't even seem to be able to hold down INTERNAL continuity. I really don't understand how this dude still has a job, with so many other decent comic book and tv writers/producers out there.
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*facepalm* And so Kara Zor-El continues her ineffectual reign of stupid. Killed my favorite version of the Legion of Super-Heroes, and that was only the beginning.
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If that's Supergirl, the edits of her in this video are so quick that its difficult to get titillated.
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Didn't they use that line in the last movie?
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super girls whore look is because Dark seide is making her one of his female furries. though she looks more like a demon thing. and at least fans get to see batman prove that he can even go toe to toe with Dark side. and given that Jeoph is now with marvel this could be the last time for a long time any more of his dc work gets this treatment.
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The OMFG RAEG about this being a Loeb story is amusing to me. While there's no accounting for taste, he was a pretty decent writer back then. And frankly, complaining about the outfit? when most comicbook females in the last 30 year wore costumes so tight they might as well be body paint? That's not beating a dead horse, that's beating the ball of hay beside it. I'll admit turning Doomsday into a joke was lame, but that seems to be the fate of a lot of Dark Age '90's characters.
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If he wanted to make us ALL uncomfortable, he'd dress Granny Goodness up like Supergirl. So there ARE limits to his evil. Joe Francis I cannot vouch for.
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Really? "This ends now" is the best dialog they could write?
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and his eyeliner
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Yes. It's based on Loeb's Superman/Batman story. One of the threats was an evil clone army of Doomsdays. While this would normally be exciting and actually interesting, these clones were weakened terribly. They were not the "I'm gonna punch Superman all day until he dies" type of Doomsday. They weren't even that "Oh, I evolved to the point where I'm afraid to die" type. They were "OMG! Batman has a sword, eek!" type. Now, I love me some Batman (not like that, you nerds!), but Doomsday is not something he should be able to fight. I don't care how awesome his stories are, he will never beat Doomsday with a sword... Note: Also, I expect this DVD to fail. Leave Loeb DC! Go for actually interesting stories next.
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Whatever, Darkseid's-Whore Supergirl is dead sexy.
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was that a goddamn army of goddamn doomsdays i saw?
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you can loophole all you want its still creepy
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They need to just go ahead and fast forward to <i>Emperor Joker</i> already. I'm starting to get all flustered and impatient already.
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No offense, but big deal... I did a image search for supergirl some time back and several of the images had supergirl in a midriff baring outfit, in a black micro outfit, and in a mini-thong bikini made only of superman symbols. Sorry I can't post the pics.
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Me too. I hate the new DC Animated character designs but can“t quite nail why
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Oh one other thought only slightly related to the DVD. I'm kind of getting tired of the whole Batman can beat anyone if he has times to prepare for it. Give Batman a suit of power armor and he can help defeat an army of beings composed of beings that only one of them killed Superman. The world does end in 2012. Batman realized that his parents death was caused by God. So 17 minutes later he makes a suit of power armor and kills God and all of Existence ends. Batman is such a dick.
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Supergirl isn't an American citizen or a human, so she's not underage. The fact that she looks human is irreverent. That and the fact that 18 is not even the legal age of consent in most states. It's actually, oddly enough, 16.
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Put a bondage mask and a spiked collar on Supergirl and you would have Sue Richards when she turned evil. I think Supergirl's questionable costume is the least problem of the underwhelming trailer. An army of Doomsdays? Other than Darkseid don't recognize anyone else from Apocolypse. Definately skipping this one.
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Wait... Did I just see Supes punching through flames (aka lasers) AGAIN?!?!?!?! I thought we left that shit in the 30s.
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Hm, considering Darkseid apparently has minions go forth and collect Earth porn for him to watch (one tape of which was of Superman and the superheroine Big Barda mindcontrolled into making porn by an exfriend of Darkseid's called Sleez) in Action Comics 592 and 593, as well as giving Marvel Marvel breast impants and a bunch of mond controlled superheroines S&M themed costumed in Final Crisis, I can safely say that Darkseid is a bit of a pervert. Though in Mary Marvel's case, she was also possessed by the (male) God of Perversion, so not everything she got up to (hitting on Supergirl midfight and attempting to mount Captain Marvel Jr midfight for example) weren't really her or Darkseid's fault.
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Im honestly more than a little shocked that none of the artists and writers have been called out for constantly putting depicting questionably legal girls in various states of udress
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I'm more distracted by Superman's cheekbones to be honest.
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Re: Supergirl's outfit, it's a pretty standard trope really: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GoGoEnslavement
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I think in-story, it's more Granny Goodness's doing than Darkseid's. Which makes it even more... interesting?
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Personally if I was an mighty and powerful being with a super-powered taut young blond as servant/henchman, I would dress her/him as Supergirl
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Was about to say that too.
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maybe its not supergirl???
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It was never stated in the comics story from which this is based, but I imagine the actual reason for the evil Supergirl's outfit is that the late Michael Turner did the art for this particular arc (the follow-up to the previously-released S/B: Public Enemies), and that's how he was most comfortable drawing women...
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If you were a mighty and powerful being like Darkseid, and you had the means, you're telling me you wouldn't dress Supergirl scantily? For shame.
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