Thread:Starling starwing/@comment-5239890-20120724063454/@comment-1038387-20120729111023

Barging in since it seems to be fashion:


 * 1) Batman: Under the Red Hood: The definitive Jason Todd story, better than the comic book. Also, a feast because they made him way too sympathetic in the reboot. Jason is, and always was, an asshole, not a gritty antihero. Jim Piddock also makes one of the better Alfreds I've ever heard.
 * 2) Justice League: The New Frontier: I'm a big, big Darwyn Cooke fan, and I loved this. Okay, it doesn't have quite as many speaking parts as the miniseries, but that never works on film. David Boreanaz was a bit wooden, Jeremy Sisto did Golden Age Batman perfect, and why did no-one come up with casting Lucy Lawless before?
 * 3) Batman: Year One: good story, but I don't like the Millerian monologue in voice over. It only works with a good voice. Fingers crossed for Dark Knight Returns. I really loved Eliza Dushku, though.
 * Green Lantern: First Flight: still don't like how they eviled up Boodikka (and made her a gentle girl - she's a violent maniac! she took down Lobo! (if you know what I mean)) Nonetheless, some of the best voices of the lot. It was the first time Sinestro was done justice (he was one of the worse DCAU characters), and it's very tricky to get Kilowog's voice right.
 * 1) Superman vs The Elite: like Rass, not a big Superman fan, but for some reason, the stories where he is confronted with his morals tend to be the better ones.
 * 2) Green Lantern: Emerald Knights: I liked the framework. A pity they couldn't bet R. Lee Ermey to do Ermey Deegan.
 * 3) Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths: good story, if somewhat dime a dozen, standard mirror universe stuff. Good voices, except for Batman.
 * 4) Superman/Batman: Apocalypse: my initial response was "Darkseid does not sound threatening enough". But rewatching it, I learned to accept it in its own merit. New Gods are always amazing.
 * 5) Justice League: Doom: it has the Royal Flush Gang (and I'm crazy about the RFG), but for the rest, not impressive.
 * 6) Superman: Doomsday: Not bad, but I did not like the character design. Good voice work.
 * 7) Wonder Woman: I did not like the dialogue and voices. They all seemed so unnatural. The solution to the zombie dilemma was too contrived. Music was good though.
 * 8) Superman/Batman: Public Enemies: indeed, balloony characters. Also, the problem with these adaptations straight from the comics is the difficulty of character origins. Power Girl is pretty much unexplained, and yet there's an entire movie about Supergirl. Also, Conroy and Daly seemed to have an off-day. And Captain Atom and Major Force are completely done wrong.
 * 9) All-Star Superman: The comic was a miniseries, of which I am not a fan (though Leo Quintum is amazing). I remember after this came out, I discussed it with a coworker, and we both agreed it was horrible to watch, way too many short episodes. At least they didn't adapt the Bizarro issue. Not McDuffie's finest hour.
 * 10) Batman: Gotham Knight: Wasn't interesting. Only seen it a couple of times.