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So I just finished watching Superman/Batman: Public Enemies and I totally wish I could say it rocked on every possible level. I mean, I’m the easiest-to-please comic book fan in the world. Just look at me loving the shit out of Final Crisis while the entire internet exploded in anger and demanded for Grant Morrison’s head on a silver platter. Well, fuck you all, I still love Final Crisis that I want to impregnate it and shit.

But yeah, again. Superman/Batman: Public Enemies disappointed me on so many levels I don’t even know where to start. So let me just rattle off whatever I liked and didn’t like. And be warned, there will be spoilers.

The Good:

• Superman punching Gorilla Grodd on the face while the said primate was falling off a building
• Batman giving Solomon Grundy the smackdown
• Superman punching the shit out of Captain Marvel
• Batman saving Superman from certain death.
• Explosions. In a graveyard.
• Batman and Superman squaring off against half of their respective rogues galleries plus a few of Flash’s enemies, and even though both of them were greatly weakened, they freaking WON.
• Batman: “Your funeral.” Superman: “Already had one.”
• The Superman/Batman hybrid robot/mecha thingie. It was so campy it worked.
• Kevin Fucking Conroy
• Toyman’s X-Ray Goggles.
• 80% of the film involved explosions of every kind.
• Hotdamn, that’s the best Lex Luthor portrayal I’ve seen.

The Bad:

• Power Girl’s face.
• I can’t concentrate on PG’s boobs, dammit. Her face is too distracting.
• Cheesy lines that do nothing but to make me cringe. “Face it Luthor, you’ve been *PUNCH* impeached!” Did the writers of CSI: Miami make this shit?
• Superman acting like a stupid whiny kid. Goddamn, you are a pain in the ass. No wonder only Batman, the messed-up guy who raises orphans and makes them fight crime dressed in a skimpy outfit, talks to you.
• Superman and Batman were always two seconds away from giving each other a kiss.
• I’ve never been a fan of Ed McGuiness’s art. It’s dynamic enough, yes, but it really isn’t my cup of tea. And seeing that his art here was aped BADLY is giving me nightmares.
• Lois Lane looks like a Daimos reject.
• Superman and Batman were always two seconds away from giving each other a kiss. This needs to be repeated just in case you missed this the first time.

Okay, I’m not saying it sucks, but it sure is a mixed bag. It’s definitely not my favorite DC Universe animated film – the honor has to go to Justice League: The New Frontier still. Maybe it’s because the source material is way better. And no, just because Public Enemies was based on the story by Jeph Loeb doesn’t mean I’m automatically biased against it – The Long Halloween is one of my favorite Batman/Two-Face stories after all.

I hear the next DC Universe movie bears the name “Crisis.” Are we seeing an animated movie based on Crisis on Infinite Earths? I honestly don’t know. I want to see CoIE on the screen, but the story will be way too dense to adapt properly. But if you go for CoIE or some other Crisis, please go back to the classic Bruce Timm-style art. Please. I can’t stand Power Girl’s face.

What do you guys think of Superman/Batman: Public Enemies?

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4 Comments

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   ecoboy, September 23, 2009:

   I have to agree on Power Girl’s face. It’s like they had an own horrendous animation style specifically meant for her face.

   But I still like the film, the fight scenes were great and Batman was so badass.

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   Will, September 23, 2009:

   Yep. PG’s face was more distracting than her cleavage. Also, the crisis you mentioned might be the Crisis on Two Earths animated feature. Not sure though. And I think I saw it before. Or not. Heh.

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   Fiel, September 24, 2009:

   DLING!

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   jelly_Ace, October 3, 2009:

   “Superman and Batman were always two seconds away from giving each other a kiss.”

   Dude! Thanks for totally noticing this. I thought it was just me.

   And yeah. KEVIN FUCKING CONROY. ‘Nuf said.

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