Superman: Man of Tomorrow 4K UHD (2020)

[MooneyRara]

Superman: Man of Tomorrow 4K Blu-ray

[Region_unlocked]

Comicbook.com is saying this is going to be an original story. Like, that's cool and all, but I'm kinda bummed. I thought from the title that this may have been an adaptation of Alan Moore's "Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow" the canonical end of the Silver Age Superman. That would've been cool to see get adapted.

[starkrogersthor91]

Originally Posted by Region_unlocked

Comicbook.com is saying this is going to be an original story. Like, that's cool and all, but I'm kinda bummed. I thought from the title that this may have been an adaptation of Alan Moore's "Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow" the canonical end of the Silver Age Superman. That would've been cool to see get adapted.

Proof positive you can never keep everyone happy. With all this moaning lately about "no original content," original content gets offered and people moan about not getting an adaptation.

[Torgon]

Looking at the cover art (?), it almost looks futuristic. It may be a new incarnation of Superman we have never seen.

[imsounoriginal]

After Superman: Red Son and the purported Long Halloween adaptation, this is my most anticipated of the upcoming DCAU slate. Mainly because it's original. A lot of these DCAU movies buckle under the weight of trying to adapt an arc that they simply can't in the time they're allotted, so an original story should benefit.

[Zechs Merquise]

Originally Posted by Region_unlocked

I thought from the title that this may have been an adaptation of Alan Moore's "Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow" the canonical end of the Silver Age Superman. That would've been cool to see get adapted.

You don't want it
1) Every Alan Moore adaptation, with the lone exception of the JLU episode For The Man Who Has Everything, has sucked
2) Alan Moore doesn't like people to adapt his work
3) Alan Moore doesn't like people who adapt his work

[Region_unlocked]

Originally Posted by Zechs Merquise

You don't want it
1) Every Alan Moore adaptation, with the lone exception of the JLU episode For The Man Who Has Everything, has sucked
2) Alan Moore doesn't like people to adapt his work
3) Alan Moore doesn't like people who adapt his work

Alan Moore hates a ton of his old work and he hates you for liking it, so it's a bit of a losing battle either way with him.

[Zechs Merquise]

Originally Posted by Region_unlocked

Alan Moore hates a ton of his old work and he hates you for liking it, so it's a bit of a losing battle either way with him.

True

But adaptations of his work have been so uniformly awful that I'm starting to wonder if Hollywood is merely incompetent or if Moore actually does have some wizardly power to curse people who try to adapt his works.

Only reason I can think of that it didn't work for the JLU episode is that he's actually worked with Bruce Timm

[Region_unlocked]

Originally Posted by Zechs Merquise

True

But adaptations of his work have been so uniformly awful that I'm starting to wonder if Hollywood is merely incompetent or if Moore actually does have some wizardly power to curse people who try to adapt his works.

Only reason I can think of that it didn't work for the JLU episode is that he's actually worked with Bruce Timm

Hot take: The JLU adaptation of "For the Man Who Has Everything" is superior to the original comic.

[ben6543]

Christ All we get from DC Animated is Batman Superman and Wonder Woman. They have a plethora of characters they could make animated movies of but they keep recycling the Trinity.

[Zechs Merquise]

Originally Posted by Region_unlocked

Hot take: The JLU adaptation of "For the Man Who Has Everything" is superior to the original comic.

On the strength of Superman's hot Lois/Lana composite wife compared to his wife in the original, I'd have to agree

Originally Posted by ben6543

Christ All we get from DC Animated is Batman Superman and Wonder Woman. They have a plethora of characters they could make animated movies of but they keep recycling the Trinity.

Because those are the ones that sell. Thinking outside of the box doesn't always pay off for them. Justice League: Gods and Monsters, which I thought was very good and was very different, completely flopped in sales. They weren't even going to make any more Wonder Woman films because the sales of that 2009 Wonder Woman film didn't satisfy Warners. They only changed their mind because of the Gal Gadot movie

[hewylewis]

Originally Posted by ben6543

Christ All we get from DC Animated is Batman Superman and Wonder Woman. They have a plethora of characters they could make animated movies of but they keep recycling the Trinity.

Dude, it wasn't until 2018 and 2019 that we got a Superman and Wonder Woman animated movies again. Till then, it was nothing but Batman and Justice League.

[hewylewis]

Our first look at Superman: Man of Tomorrow!
https://ew.com/movies/darren-criss-z..._medium=social

[Poya]

Originally Posted by starkrogersthor91

Proof positive you can never keep everyone happy. With all this moaning lately about "no original content," original content gets offered and people moan about not getting an adaptation.

It’s not original when we’ve already seen Superman’s origin way too many times.

[hewylewis]

New images from Superman: Man of Tomorrow, and I gotta say... Looks very promising. https://www.instagram.com/p/B_27QshA...ource=ig_embed

[hewylewis]

More pictures.

[Darkstream]

Looks kind of old school in design. Which is not so much a bad thing. The design of Superman (or should I say Superboy) reminds me a bit of the old Filmation cartoons of the 60s, but with some added dimension. The overall look is clean and conservative, and the colors are cool and subdued, unlike the exaggerated and bright style of most anime. As I've said before, I would still need to see it in motion to better assess it, but I think this is a nice departure aesthetically from what we've previously gotten. I can't say it looks better or worse, but it's certainly different and somewhat refreshing of a change. Curious if this is just going to be a one time look or if the design choice will become the new template for multiple features within a new string of continuity.

[hewylewis]

Originally Posted by Darkstream

Looks kind of old school in design. Which is not so much a bad thing. The design of Superman (or should I say Superboy) reminds me a bit of the old Filmation cartoons of the 60s, but with some added dimension. The overall look is clean and conservative, and the colors are cool and subdued, unlike the exaggerated and bright style of most anime. As I've said before, I would still need to see it in motion to better assess it, but I think this is a nice departure aesthetically from what we've previously gotten. I can't say it looks better or worse, but it's certainly different and somewhat refreshing of a change. Curious if this is just going to be a one time look or if the design choice will become the new template for multiple features within a new string of continuity.

You think it COULD be an anime? Or at least animated by a Japanese animation studio?

[Space_Butler]

I'm shocked this actually looks significantly different from their usual output. I'm actually excited for once.

And now to get my hopes up, only for them to be dashed by some nonsense shocking story change to everything we know about characters like in Red Son or Killing Joke.

[Darkstream]

Originally Posted by hewylewis

You think it COULD be an anime? Or at least animated by a Japanese animation studio?

People seem to use the word "anime" interchangeably now with "animation." But if we're talking anime, based on typical anime designs and style... no this is NOT anime.

If we're talking anime based on place of production... does that really matter anymore? Most animation, even if American in origin, is outsourced to either Japan or Korean studios anyway. I'm not sure that would necessarily make it anime.

In my opinion, this is far removed from something that would be considered anime.