Ensofter Overrated and overhyped

Platicsco Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Jakoba True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

Francene Odetta It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

DCfan If you are a massive fan of Superman you have come to the right place. This cartoon is like an animated version of Smallville and The Man of steel (which I actually like).This show had great art style, voice acting, and character designs. I even have a comic of this series somewhere at home.My favorite villains of the show were Metallo, Brainiac, The Unity, Lex Luthor and Luminous. My favorite episodes are My Girl, The Flash episode, The demon reborn, The green lantern episode, little-lost girl, new kids in town and The last episode of the series.

mitchell5954 Superman The Animated Series is without a doubt my favorite version of Superman. I do enjoy the first Superman movie by Richard Donnor. However, this is the Superman that I grew up with. I grew up watching this series along with Batman TAS and Justice League when they aired on Cartoon Network. So, no matter what I will always love this series the most. It is not quite as good Batman TAS but it is still a great series.Tim Daly, in my opinion, is Superman. I thought he nailed the character of Superman the same way Kevin Conroy nailed Batman in Batman TAS. He has as much charm and charisma as Superman and Clark Kent as Christopher Reeves did in my opinion. I am a fan of Tim Daly as an actor. I like his performance as Superman in this and in some of the DC animated movies where he voiced Superman like Superman/Batman Public Enemies, Justice League Doom, etc. I also like him in other works like Storm of the Century.Dana Delaney plays a good Lois Lane. I like Margot Kidder a little better, but Delaney is still enjoyable as the character. Clancy Brown does a very intimidating Lex Luthor. Brown is my second favorite on-screen Lex Luthor behind Michael Rosenbaum. The other characters like Jimmy Olsen or Perry were fine as well. I thought the voice actors did a fine job.I even liked Lana Lang in this series, which is a big surprise. In every other Superman continuity that I have seen, Lana has always irked me. I did not like her in the two minutes of screen time that she had in the first Superman movie, Superman 3, and I definitely did not like her in Smallville. However I did really like her here. She is much less whiny and bland in this. Plus she is very pretty. In fact I think she is even prettier than Lois.The villains are great and a lot of fun. Some of the villain's stories are different from the comics like Brainiac, but that does not bother me so much. I am not too familiar with the comics. I was introduced to these villains through this series. My favorite of the villains are Lex Luthor (of course), Brainiac, and especially Darkseid. Michael Ironside played Darkseid to a tee. Out of all the incarnations of Darkseid that I have seen put to screen, this version is the best by leaps and bounds.The animation is pretty good. It is not as great as Batman TAS, but above average. The action is also fun to watch. This show is made by the same team who did Batman TAS. This show is not quite as good as that series as that show, which I stated earlier. This show is also more light-hearted which some people may have a problem with. However Superman in general is more light-hearted than Batman, so it does not bother me. This series can be quite dark when it wants to be though.One thing I do not like, however, is how much they depower Superman in both this series and in Justice League. I get that they did it to make the story work. Writing a story around such a powerful character like Superman can be very challenging. However, it still gets on my nerves. There are many times where Superman gets beat or outsmarted by people he should be able to easily beat for the sake of the plot and it irks me. Superman comes off as a pussy sometimes because of this.Overall, Superman TAS is, in my opinion, the best version of Superman to hit the silver screen. I think it is criminal that this series is so underrated. If you are a Superman fan then definitely give this a look.

Aaron1375 So far for the most part any movie featuring the man of steel have missed the mark. If one were to gather their knowledge of Superman from these movies they will deduce that Superman's main villains were Lex Luther, Zod, Nuclear Man and Richard Pryor. One also gets the sense that he is kind of a dweeb and the type of guy who when he gets a female pregnant he bolts the planet. Well this animated series was great as it featured a vast assortment of villains, great voice work by Tim Daly, and had interesting stories. I enjoyed watching this incarnation of Superman as he was actually Superman without being indestructible unbeatable man like he has been portrayed at times. So what you are not going to see in this film is a lot of time spent back in Smallville growing up, a crusade to stop nuclear missiles, strange comedy, and yet another scheme by Lex involving real estate. No here you will see him lose a good friend to the cold Darkseid, help the Green Lantern take on the villainous Sinistro, and battle schemes by Lex involving him creating a cyborg man with kryptonite in his chest named Metallo. So suffice to say this series was a lot of fun and a lot better than nearly everything in the movies. The best thing the movies did was introducing Zod.

voicemaster71 I am totally convinced that Bruce Timm and company at WB Animation have a true midas touch when it comes to animating DC Super Heroes. While I am a Batman fan first and foremost and love the animated series, I also love Superman quite a bit. I've seen every animated series of Superman and as far as I'm concerned, this one is the best of all of them, even though the classic Fleisher cartoons of the 40's give it some competition.Superman: The Animated Series is a more modern looking show than Batman is judging by the cars in the city as well as the technology. Other than that, the characters, and especially Superman himself have a look that is timeless. Modern, yet reminiscent of the way people looked in the old classic movies. Superman himself and his alter ego of Clark Kent captures that feel more than anybody and I personally enjoyed his vocal performances by Tim Daly and was saddened he was unavailable for Justice League. Lois Lane has never been hotter in any other interpretation plus Dana Delaney was perfect casting voice over wise. Lex Luthor is a suave, rich, billionaire business tycoon who was voiced over superbly by Clancy Brown. This Luthor is what I feel the movie version should have been and amazingly, he reminded me of Tony Savallas, even before I knew that was the animators' intentions with the character. From other shows, I enjoyed the newest interpretations of Jimmy Olsen, Perry White, and villains like the Toyman, Kalibak, and Desaad and others as well as supportive players like Lana Lang and Jonathan and Martha Kent, who oddly enough, were voiced over by real life married couple, Mike Farrell and Shelley Fabares. Other than Lex Luthor, my favorite Superman villains were: Brainiac, who in this series is from Krypton, Mr Mxyptlk, who voiced over by Gilbert Gottfried, was so damn funny, that I bust a gut laughing at his episodes. Also for entertainment, I like Bizarro. And for a dangerous, undefeatable villain, I choose Darkseid, voiced brilliantly by Michael Ironside.Since I didn't read Superman comics like I did Batman, I got familiar with characters in the animated series like: Anchorwoman Angela Chen, Detectives Maggie Sawyer, and Dan Turpin of the Metropolis SCU. ALso, Professor Emil Hamilton and villains like Metallo, the Parasite, Maxima, and new villains like Livewire, Luminus, Volcanna, and Apokolips villains like Granny Goodness , Steppenwolf, and the Parademons. And I must not forget the likes of Kryptonian villains like Jax ur nd Mala, and for good laughs, the bounty hunter Lobo. My favorite episodes include, The Bizarro and Mr. Mxyzptlk stories for the sake of laughter. For drama, I'd recommend the pilot movie, "The Last Son of Krypton." Apokolips.. NOW!, episodes with Supergirl, the final two part episode, Legacy, and I especially love teams ups with Batman, like World's Finest, Knight Time, and the Demon Reborn. I also loved the team ups with the Flash, the Kyle Raynor Green Lantern, Doctor Fate, and the Silver Age version of Aquaman. I love everything about the series, the animation quality, the voice over cast, and the great music by Shirley Walker. These are excellent shows and I recommend them for anybody. I've recently heard that there will be an animated Direct to DVD Superman movie coming out this year. I'm already anxious to see it and get it.Superman: The Animated Series was superb. If you haven't seen it, I highly suggest it.