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arkenistx · 12 days ago

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Superman Electric Earthquake

The Mechanical Monsters is the second of the seventeen animated Technicolor short films based upon the DC Comics character Superman. Produced by Fleischer Studios, the story features Superman battling a mad scientist with a small army of robots at his command. It was originally released by Paramount Pictures on November 28, 1941.

Plot

File:Superman 2 Mechanical Monsters 1941.ogv A robot flies into a scientist's secret lair and unloads a pile of cash into a vault. The robot is controlled completely from the scientists command center, and many robots similar to it are lined up along the

walls of the lair. The front page of the Daily Planet reports the "mechanical monsters" robbery right alongside an announcement for the display of 50 million dollars of the world's rarest gems at the local museum.  Later, as Lois Lane and Clark Kent are covering the museum's exhibit for the Planet, a robot lands in the street outside. The police pelt it with machine gun fire as it marches towards the museum, but the bullets bounce harmlessly off. Museum visitors, including Clark and Lois, flee as the monster marches towards the jewels and begins loading them into an opening in its back. Image:Superman-mechanical-monster.jpgWhile Clark phones the Planet from the nearest phone booth, Lois climbs into the monster's back, just as the monster leaves the museum and takes off into the sky. Clark emerges from the booth, notices Lois gone, and says, "This is a job for Superman!" He goes back into the phone booth and changes his clothes, emerging in his classic red-and-blue costume. Flying high above the city, Superman spots the robot and uses his X-ray vision to see Lois inside with the jewels. He lands on it and struggles to open the door in its back, only to have the scientist maneuver the robot upside down and throw him off into a power line, tangling him in the wires. As the robot is upside down, the door flies open and all the jewels fall out, with Lois surviving only by hanging for dear life until the robot flips back over. As Superman struggles to free himself from the wires, the robot arrives at the lair, but instead of jewels, the scientist finds Lois in its payload. Infuriated, he demands that she tell him where the jewels are. The next time we see her, she is bound and gagged on a platform held over a pot of boiling metal in part of what appears to be an industrial foundry. The scientist pulls a lever which starts some machinery gradually lowering her closer and closer to the liquid. Meanwhile, Superman frees himself from the power lines and knocks down the door to the scientist's lair, only to meet the army of robots (numbers 1 through 27 are seen). Under the scientist's control, the robots emit fire from nozzles positioned on the lower part of their heads, encircle Superman, and pound him with their fists. Initially, the robots seem to have the upper hand, beating Superman to the ground, but Superman defeats them, sending the scientist running. When Superman catches up with him, he is holding a knife to the rope holding Lois' platform above the molten metal, and threatens to cut it if he takes another step. Superman makes a move, the rope is cut, and Superman speeds across the room to catch Lois just in time, landing on a ledge below the pot of molten metal and the scientist. The scientist then pulls a lever to dump the hot liquid on them, but Superman shields Lois with his cape, then grabs the scientist and flies from the lair to take him and Lois back to the city. The next issue of the Planet describes the latest adventure that the mechanical robots are finally destroyed, the jewels are recovered, and the scientist is finally sent to prison for the thefts. In the office, Clark says "That's a wonderful story, Lois." She replies, "Thanks Clark, but I owe it all to Superman." Clark smiles.

Production notes

This film marks the only instance in which Superman is depicted using x-ray vision in a Fleischer short.

Cast

Bud Collyer as Superman/Clark Kent, Police Officer, Inventor

Joan Alexander as Lois Lane

Jackson Beck as the Narrator

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autisticsupervillain · 9 months ago

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It's Fictional Throwdown Friday!

This Week's Fighters...

The Figure vs Homelander!

Conditions:

TV Show Homelander. Speed Equalized.

Scenario:

Homelander accidentally books a stay at the Doors Hotel. The Figure there tries to eat him.

Analysis: The Figure

Roblox had been the breeding ground for many different horror games over the course of its existence. For much of Roblox's early years, these games were notorious for being quite terrible. Made cheeply and quickly by kids who didn't know better. But, there is one horror game that stands tall above the pack as arguably the turning point in Roblox horror. Doors.

Doors sets the Player inside a haunted, seemingly endless hotel, full of hundreds of rooms with countless monster lurking inside. Rush sits ready to charge you down at a moments notice. Seek waits and watches for its chance to rip you to shreds. How did you get here? How will you survive? And how will you escape the most powerful and dangerous entity the building has to offer? How can you outrun the Figure?

The Figure is a giant monster, standing at twice the height of a full grown man. With rows of teeth in place of a face, the Figure is large enough to swallow the Player whole and bloodthirsty enough to track them to the ends of the Earth to do it.

Being blind, the Figure relies on its incredible hearing to track down its meals. Sensitive enough to hear a heartbeat through a solid wall, its hearing lets it track the Player down across the entire hotel, never relenting until it's victim is claimed.

The Figure is strong enough to dislodge an elevator and send it hurtling down the shaft, powerful enough to rip the Player to shreds in one blow, and stronger than every other monster in the Hotel, even including Seek.

Seek is a single eyed monster so powerful that the mere act of it chasing you shakes the entire building, shattering windows for its thousands if arms to reach through and toppling over bookshelves with the vibrations. Seeing as the building is shown to have dozens of floors, as shown when Figure sends an elevator falling into the basement. In order to generate the energy to effect the entire building, Seek's footsteps and arms would likely be generating a magnitude 4.5 earth, or 85 tons of TNT.

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And Figure and Seek are very much meant to be comparable. They're the only two entities in the game powerful enough to simply... ignore the Player trying to banish them with a crucifix. The Figure in particular just walks through the heavenly chains sent to banish it without even noticing. And while you may be able to outrun it at first, it will get faster than you the angrier it gets.

Nothing in the building can stop the Figure. Not Seek, not The Player, and not even an electrical fire that sends it flying out a window. It simply comes straight back.

Be careful what hotel you stay the night in, less you meet the Figure lurking behind these Doors.

Analysis: Homelander

Imagine a corporation that has a complete monopoly on popular culture. Imagine a company so powerful that it could flood the human consciousness with media endlessly, drowning the world in nostalgia filtered pop culture plastic for all of time. Now imagine that such a company could create their own superheroes.

Who would they choose to be their greatest hero? What does Disney's idea of the perfect pop culture icon look like? Well, according to The Boys, he looks like the evilest Superman clone this side of Irredeemable: Homelander.

Vought, massive multimedia conglomerate of The Boys universe, created the Homelander to be the most iconic, beloved, pure blooded American hero of all time. By subjecting a young, pre-bred infant to their proprietary Compound V, Vought was able to raise Homelander to be the most powerful superhero of all time. This is a mistake most of them wouldn't live to regret.

See, Homelander was never treated as a human being when he was being raised. Vought viewed him as nothing but a product and treated him as such. This caused Homelander to grow up into a giant self-centered manchild with an endless need for validation and the belief that he could do no wrong. This meant that Homelander became the world's most powerful superhero and it's most vile threat at the same time.

As your standard Superman clone, Homelander has all of the standard Cape powers. He can fly at supersonic speeds, shoot heat beams from his eyes that can split airplanes, see through anything but lint, amd carefully pick out the sound of your heartbeat. Meanwhile, his superhuman strength is completely unmatched by anyone on Earth.

Homelander is durable enough to tank an explosion that completely leveled a chemical plant, a massive blast comparable to 44 tons of TNT.

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Despite, or perhaps because of, this overwhelming strength, Homelander is a cunning manipulator when it comes to his PR. Despite his racist, misogynistic tendencies and his murderous, sexually abusive past times, Homelander is still seen as the greatest, most popular superhero in Earth's history. It is, however, all skin deep. Homelander is in truth, an abusive, self centered monster.

Homelander's atrocities include, but are not limited to, pushing a suicidal girl off of a roof, killing children to cover up the secret of Compound V, willingly dating a Nazi, and raping the wife of a man who insulted him at an office Christmas Party. There's evil and then there's Homelander. He owes the world nothing and he knows it. As the strongest man on the planet, no one could stop him from simply ending the world one day if he so chose. In the show, Homelander was powerful enough to defeat Soldier Boy, one of the only heroes powerful enough to threaten him, on his own, only retreating when he got outnumbered.

Having said that, he does not handle it well when his atrocities back fire against him. Said rape directly lead to the man, Billy Butcher, putting together a squad to bring down Vought and all its corrupt Supes, going in to become one of the few things that could potentially threaten Homelander himself. This violent assault did net Homelander one thing though, a son he could call his own.

Homelander was genuinely ecstatic to see that his child inherited his abilities, as his son was the first thing in his life that was his and his alone. Do not pretend that this makes him any less monstrous, however. Homelander does not see his child-by-rape as a chance for a new beginning, but as an extension of his ego. Something that belongs to him. It is not a question of if Homelander loves his son, but if Ryan ends up any worse than his father.

Throwdown Breakdown:

This is a fairly simple fight.

The Figure is nearly twice as strong as Homelander and it can match his enhanced senses with its own incredible hearing... but that's where its advantages end.

The Figure is an animalistic berserker that has never been in a serious fight with a creature comparable to it in its life. While the amount of serious fights Homelander has been in can be counted on one hand, that's still better than zero. Homelander's flight will allow him to make distance once he realizes he's outmatched directly, with his heat vision allowing him to fight from where the Figure can't reach him.

Making things worse is that the Figure panics whenever it comes in contact with extreme heat. Given Homelander's heat vision is hot enough to melt through airplanes, it's going to absolutely flip its shit when Homelander starts spamming.

And when Homelander realizes the beast is blind, he can just....

If Homelander thinks of that, this stops being a fight. It just becomes Homelander slowly roasting a blind, terrified animal to death after deafening it. And if he doesn't ever realize that and thus, doesn't defean the creature, than he can still fly out of its range and spam heat vision, exploiting the Figure's fear of heat to laser it until it runs away or dies.

Either way... I can't believe I'm saying this but.... Homelander wins. That's a genuine first.

Well... he won against Roblox so... maybe he shouldn't get cocky just yet. It's a pity win if anything.

This Throwdown's Winner is...

Homelander!

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batmannotes · 2 years ago

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SUPERMAN 1978 – 1987 5-FILM COLLECTION

FEATURING SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE, SUPERMAN II, SUPERMAN II: THE RICHARD DONNER CUT, SUPERMAN III, AND SUPERMAN IV: THE QUEST FOR PEACE WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME AS A REMASTERED COLLECTION IN 4K RESOLUTION WITH HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE (HDR)

As part of the year-long centennial celebration for the 100th anniversary of Warner Bros. Studio, five films featuring the iconic DC Super Hero Superman – Superman: The Movie, Superman II, Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut, Superman III, and Superman IV - will be available for purchase in a five-film collection on 4K Ultra HD Disc May 9 and on Digital April 18.

Based on the DC character created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, the Superman films star Christopher Reeve as the legendary “Man of Steel.”

On April 18, the Superman 1978 – 1987 5-Film Collection will be available to purchase on Ultra HD Blu-ray™ Disc from online and in-store at major retailers and available for purchase Digitally from Amazon Prime Video, AppleTV, Google Play, Vudu and more.

The Ultra HD Blu-ray Combo Packs will include an Ultra HD Blu-ray disc with the feature films in 4K with HDR, a Blu-ray disc with the feature films and special features in HD, and a Digital version of each film.

Ultra HD Blu-ray showcases 4K resolution with High Dynamic Range (HDR) and a wider color spectrum, offering consumers brighter, deeper, more lifelike colors for a home entertainment viewing experience like never before.

For the complete 4K Ultra HD experience with HDR, a 4K Ultra HD TV with HDR, an Ultra HD Blu-ray player and a high-speed HDMI (category 2) cable are required.

Ultra HD Blu-ray Elements

Superman: The Movie Ultra HD Blu-ray Combo Pack contains the following previously released special features on Blu-ray Disc:

Commentary by Ilya Salkind and Pierre Spangler

The Making of Superman – vintage featurette

Superman and the Mole-Men – vintage featurette

Super-Rabbit – 1943 WB cartoon

Snafuperman – 1944 WB cartoon

Stupor Duck – 1956 WB cartoon

TV Spot

Teaser Trailer

Theatrical Trailer

Superman II Ultra HD Blu-ray Combo Pack contains the following previously released special features on Blu-ray Disc:

Commentary by Ilya Salkind and Pierre Spengler

The Making of Superman II – 1980 TV Special

Superman’s Soufflé – Deleted scene

Fleischer Studios’ Superman vintage cartoons

First Flight

The Mechanical Monster

Billion Dollar Limited

The Arctic Giant

The Bulleteers

The Magnetic Telescope

Electric Earthquake

Volcano

Terror on the Midway

Theatrical trailer

Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut Ultra HD Blu-ray Combo Pack contains the following previously released special features on Blu-ray Disc:

Commentary by Richard Donner and Tom Mankiewicz

Introduction by Richard Donner – featurette

Superman II: Restoring the Vision – featurette

Deleted scenes

Lex and Ms. Teschmacher head north

Lex and Ms. Teschmacher head south

The villains enter the fortress

He’s all yours, boys

Clarke and Jimmy

Lex’s gateway

Famous Studios vintage cartoons

Japoteurs

Showdown

Eleventh Hour

Destruction, Inc.

The Mummy Strikes

Jungle Drums

The Underground World

Secret Agent

Superman III Ultra HD Blu-ray Combo Pack contains the following previously released special features on Blu-ray Disc:

Commentary by Ilya Salkind and Pierre Spengler

The Making of Superman III – 1983 TV special

Deleted scenes

Save my baby

To the rescue

Making up

Going to see the boss

Hatching the plan

The con

Rooftop ski

Boss wants this to go

Superman honored

Gus’ speech

Hanging up on Brad

Theatrical trailer

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace Ultra HD Blu-ray Combo Pack contains the

following previously released special features on Blu-ray Disc:

Commentary by Mark Rosenthal

Superman 50th anniversary special – 1988 TV special

Deleted scenes

Clark’s morning

Jeremy’s letter

Superman’s visit

Nuclear Man’s prototype

Metropolis after hours

Lex ponders

Flying sequence (extended scene)

Battle in Smallville

Battle in the U.S.S.R.

Nuclear arms race

Superman’s sickness

Red alert

By my side

Lark and Lacy say goodbye

No borders

Theatrical trailer

About the Films:

Superman: The Movie

Academy Award winners Marlon Brando and Gene Hackman head an all-star cast in the fantastic, action-packed film that made Christopher Reeve an international star playing the greatest superhero of all time. From the doomed planet of Krypton, two parents launch a spaceship carrying their infant son to earth. Here he grows up to become Clark Kent, mild-mannered reporter for the Metropolis Daily Planet. But with powers and abilities far beyond those of ordinary men, he battles for truth and justice as Superman.

An Alexander Salkind presentation and directed by Richard Donner (The Goonies, Lethal Weapon, The Lost Boys), the film stars Academy Award winner Marlon Brando (On the Waterfront, The Godfather) as Jor-El, Academy Award winner Gene Hackman (The French Connection, Unforgiven) as Lex Luthor, Margot Kidder as Lois Lane, and Christopher Reeve as Clark Kent/Superman.

Based on the DC character created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, Superman was produced by Pierre Spengler from a story by Mario Puzo and a screenplay by Puzo, David Newman, Leslie Newman, and Robert Benton. Ilya Salkind served as executive producer. The film also features Ned Beatty as Otis, Jackie Cooper as Perry White, Glen Ford as Jonathan Kent, Margot Kidder as Lois Lane, Valerie Perrine as Eve Teschmacher, and Terrance Stamp as General Zod.

Superman was nominated for three Academy Awards, including Best Film Editing, Best Music (Original Score) and Best Sound. The film also received a Special Achievement Academy Award for Visual Effects. In 2017, Superman was inducted into the Library of Congress National Film Registry.

SYNOPSIS

Superman II (Theatrical Version)

Unwittingly released from Phantom Zone imprisonment, three superpowered Planet Krypton criminals Terence Stamp, Sarah Douglas and Jack O'Halloran) plan to enslave Earth – just when Superman (Christopher Reeve) decides to show a more romantic side to Lois Lane (Margot Kidder). Gene Hackman also returns as Lex Luthor in this sequel that features a top supporting cast, witty Richard Lester direction, and visuals that astound and delight.

Directed by Richard Lester (A Hard Day’s Night, The Three Musketeers), the film stars Academy Award winner Gene Hackman as Lex Luthor, Margot Kidder as Lois Lane, and Christopher Reeve as Clark Kent/Superman.

Based on the DC character created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, the film was produced by Pierre Spengler from a story by Mario Puzo and a screenplay by Puzo, David Newman, and Leslie Newman. Alexander Salkind and Ilya Salkind served as executive producer. The film also features Ned Beatty as Otis, Jackie Cooper as Perry White, Sarah Douglas as Ursa, Jack O’Halloran as Non, Valerie Perrine as Eve Teschmacher, Susannah York as Lara, and Terrence Stamp as General Zod.

Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut

Director Richard Donner began shooting Superman II while concurrently filming Superman: The Movie, though the theatrical version of the film was ultimately directed by Richard Lester. In 2006, Donner’s original unique vision was released for the first time. Jor-El (Marlon Brando in footage cut from the theatrical version) appears in key scenes that amplify Superman lore and deepen the relationship between father and son. Lois Lane (Margot Kidder) plots more schemes to unmask Clark Kent as Superman (Christopher Reeve). With so many changes, large and small, including a different beginning and resolution, this version is an eye-opening alternate experience.

Directed by Richard Donner, the film stars Academy Award winner Marlon Brando as Jor-El, Academy Award winner Gene Hackman as Lex Luthor, Margot Kidder as Lois Lane, and Christopher Reeve as Clark Kent/Superman.

Based on the DC character created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, the film was produced by Pierre Spengler and Michael Tau from a story by Mario Puzo and a screenplay by Puzo, David Newman, and Leslie Newman. Ilya Salkind served as executive producer. The film also features Ned Beatty as Otis, Jackie Cooper as Perry White, Sarah Douglas as Ursa, Jack O’Halloran as Non, Valerie Perrine as Eve Teschmacher, Susannah York as Lara, and Terrence Stamp as General Zod.

Superman III

Meet Gus Gorman (Richard Pryor), a naive computer-programming natural. For him, a keyboard is a weapon – and, as a result, Superman faces the microelectronic menace of his life. Christopher Reeve reprises his signature role, deepening his character’s human side as Clark Kent sees Lana Lang (Annette O’Toole) at a Smallville High class reunion. And when the Man of Steel becomes his own worst enemy after exposure to Kryptonite, Reeve pulls off both roles with dazzling skill. Relive Superman III with all its heart, heroism and high-flying humor.

Directed by Richard Lester, the film stars Christopher Reeve as Clark Kent/Superman and Margot Kidder as Lois Lane.

Based on the DC character created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, the film was produced by Pierre Spengler from a screenplay by David Newman and Leslie Newman. Alexander Salkind and Ilya Salkind served as executive producer. The film also features Richard Pryor as Gus Gorman, Jackie White as Perry White, Marc McClure as Jimmy Olsen, Annette O’Toole as Lana Lang, and Robert Vaughn as Ross Webster.

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

Christopher Reeve not only dons the title hero’s cape for the fourth time but also helped develop the movie’s provocative theme: nuclear disarmament. To make the world safe for nuclear arms merchants, Lex Luthor (Gene Hackman) creates a new being to challenge the Man of Steel: the radiation-charged Nuclear Man (Mark Pillow). The two foes clash in an explosive extravaganza that sees Superman save the Statue of Liberty, plug the volcanic eruption of Mount Etna and rebuild the demolished Great Wall of China.

Directed by Sydney J. Furie (The Ipcress File, Iron Eagle), the film stars Academy Award winner Gene Hackman as Lex Luthor, Margot Kidder as Lois Lane, and Christopher Reeve as Clark Kent/Superman.

Based on the DC character created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, the film was produced by Yoram Globus and Menahem Golan from a story by Christopher Reeve & Lawrence Konner and Mark Rosenthal and a screenplay by Konner & Rosenthal. The film also features Jackie Cooper as Perry White, Marc McClure as Jimmy Olsen, Jon Cryer as Lenny, Sam Wanamaker as David Warfield, Mark Pillow as Nuclear Man, and Mariel Hemingway as Lacy Warfield.

Preorder on Amazon. Direct link here.

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muttonchopsalley · 1 year ago

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Clara transforming into Superwoman based on the Fleischer Superman cartoon, "The Electric Earthquake"

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newspdm · 1 year ago

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Cartoon: Superman in Electric Earthquake, 1942

Electric Earthquake (1942) is the seventh of seventeen animated Technicolor short films based upon the DC Comics character of Superman, originally created by Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster. This animated short was created by the Fleischer Studios. The story runs for about eight minutes and covers Superman’s adventures in stopping a madman from destroying Manhattan with electronically induced…

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hunks2heroesaiart · 4 months ago

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Superman and the electric earthquake

I’ll just post these two golden oldies. If you want more, lots will show up on the YouTube sidebar

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watchingeverydcmovie · 11 months ago

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Fleischer/Famous Studios Animated Superman Shorts (1941-1943) Pt. 2

I am watching every movie based on a DC publication in release order, for more information, see my pinned post.

This is movies 8-18 on my list and is the second post on these Superman shorts, so for the entire introduction, see that post. Annoyingly, there's still one more of these shorts that just happened to come out after another movie, so they'll be another post about that single short at some point in the future.

THE MAGNETIC TELESCOPE IMDB Rating: 7 My Rating: 7 "Hope nothing goes wrong," Clark Kent says right as the magenetic telescope causes a comet to crash into the city.

Also Lois decides to call Perry White in the midst of the building she's in actively getting hit with pieces of a comet and then acts surprised when the building falls on her.

This is probably the best of these shorts I've seen yet. The setup is interesting in that there's a mad scientist that's definitely a bit evil, be he doesn't actually cause any issues, it's the police trying to stop his expirement that do. Also, at the end, Lois kisses Superman in the dark, but then the lights come on and he's changed back into his Clark Kent apparel, and that was cute.

ELECTRIC EARTHQUAKE IMDB Rating: 6.8 My Rating: 4 This one had a fun title card, it shook and crumbled.

Beyond that, this one wasn't very good. The villain is a man who wants the Daily Planet to print a story revealing that Manhattan actually belongs to "his people". Who are "his people"? We don't know. Why does he think this? We also don't know. Anyway he does crimes about it. Said crimes are just...electricuting the ground to start an earthquake?? I'm not sure that's how earthquakes work. Also superman gets attacked my a non-sentiant, non-controled electrical cord at some point?? That was confusing.

VOLCANO IMDB Rating: 6.9 My Rating: 7 HIS POWERS CHANGED!!! I mentioned in my first post about these shorts that I found it incredibly interesting that these shorts came out when Superman's powers still didn't include flight, so the little intro to all of the shorts said "able to leap tall buildings in a single bound". BUT, for the first time in this one, that intro was changed to "able to soar higher than any plane". He can fly now!!! Incredibly wild that they made that change in the midst of this series of shorts. I thought for a second this change might have happened when the production of these changed from Fleischer Studios over to Famous studios, but this one and the one after are still Fleischer. Moving on from that, Lois and Clark are sent to report on a volcano errupting on an island, and Lois STEALS Clark's press pass to get rid of him. This is the FIRST TIME we are seeing Lois and Clark animosity, and I'm really not even sure WHY she did this. Lois is kinda badass in this one ngl.

TERROR ON THE MIDWAY IMDB Rating: 6.5 My Rating: 5 The music is too loud over the start of this one and you can barely hear what Clark and Lois are saying. Overall, this one gets points docked for the sound design in general. It's about a buch of circus animals escaping, and all of the animal noises sounded strange and grating. Superman does fight a panther at some point though, so points for that ig.

JAPOTEURS IMDB Rating: 6.3 My Rating: 3 Oh boy. The youtube video that I watched of this was titled with "World War 2 american propaganda" and yeah, that's all this is. It's very racist and very boring. Superman saves a bomber plane and that's it, most of the short is spent setting up how cool and amazing this American bomber plane is.

SHOWDOWN IMDB Rating: 6.8 My Rating: 6 This one changed the intro again!! It went from "Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to soar higher than any plane" to "faster than a streak of lightning, more powerful than the pounding surf, mightier than a roaring hurricane". I wonder why. This short starts with Superman committing CRIMES. Except it's not actually Superman, of course, just someone in his costume. Interestingly, along with the change in intro, he's back to not being able to fly, just jump really high. That's really strange.

ELEVENTH HOUR IMDB Rating: 6.1 My Rating: 1 We're back with the World War II propaganda and racism. Even if you were to try to disregard those two things, this one just isn't good at all. Clark and Lois are in Japan, we're never really told why, and Clark is sabotaging the army operations there. Lois also gets captured at some point, but the whole short is really just Superman doing sabotage.

DESTRUCTION, INC. IMDB Rating: 6.4 My Rating: 4.5 This one just isn't particularly well written. It starts with some guy getting murdered and dumped in a pond, but then I'm not really sure how that ties into the rest of the story, which is about a group of workers attemping to blow up a torpedo manufacturing plant...for some reason?? Clark diguises himself as an elderly security guard, that's kinda fun.

THE MUMMY STRIKES IMDB Rating: 6.4 My Rating: 5.5 This one just...doesn't really fit with the rest of them??? It dives straight into like ancient Egyptian curses. Superman fights straight up mummies at some point. Everything else seems fairly rooted in the 'sci-fi' angle, and this one just doesn't really mesh. It's still interesting though.

JUNGLE DRUMS IMDB Rating: 6.3 My Rating: 2 Back at it again with the racism and propaganda. I overall just think they didn't put as much time into writing the shorts that were war related because they expected patriotism to carry them alone.

THE UNDERGROUND WORLD IMDB Rating: 6.7 My Rating: 6 BIRD MEN????????????????????????

#dcu #dc comics #superman #1940s movies #movies #movie review #superheroes #clark kent #watching every dc movie even if it kills me #the bird men might kill me

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fearsmagazine · 2 years ago

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MAX FLEISCHER’S SUPERMAN 1941-1943 Newly Remastered From Original 35mm Negatives

Warner Bros. Discovery has meticulously remastered Max Fleischer’s treasured set of 17 animated Superman shorts from the original 35mm source elements. Max Fleischer’s Superman 1941-1943 will be available to purchase Digitally on HD and on Blu-ray May 16, 2023.

Superman made his comic book debut in 1938, appearing in Action Comics #1 (dated June 1938, but officially published on April 18, 1938), and the Man of Steel’s popularity grew with his subsequent radio program. Max Fleischer gave the world’s first Super Hero his initial animated spotlight, producing 17 theatrical animated shorts from September 1941 to July 1943 that further elevated the character’s profile, and added many significant aspects to his canon – including coining many of Superman’s patented catchphrases and attributes.

Warner Bros. Discovery’s advanced remastering process began with a 4K, 16-bit scan of Fleischer’s original 35mm successive exposure negative. Staying true to the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.37-to-1, the highest quality raw image was then scanned and then entered into the recombine process – utilizing special proprietary software to merge the successive exposure Technicolor negatives into a single RGB color image. The end result are pristine animated shorts that have been restored to the animators’ originally intended production quality.

Well known radio actors Clayton “Bud” Collyer and Joan Alexander reprised their famed The Adventures of Superman radio show roles for the Fleischer/Famous Studios animated shorts as Superman/ Clark Kent and Lois Lane, respectively. Jackson Beck provided the voice of Perry White and the show’s primary narrator. Additional voices, many of whom had participated in the Superman radio program, were provided by Jack Mercer, Grant Richards, Julian Noa, Lee Royce, Max Smith, Sam Parker and Carl Meyer.

Max Fleischer’s Superman 1941-1943 will be available on May 16, 2023 to purchase Digitally in HD from Amazon Prime Video, AppleTV, Google Play, Vudu and more, and on Blu-ray at major retailers both online and in-store.

EPISODES (AND PREMIERE DATE):

• Superman (Mad Scientist) – 9/26/1941 • The Mechanical Monsters – 11/28/1941 • Billion Dollar Limited – 1/9/1942 • Arctic Giant – 2/27/1942 • The Bulleteers – 3/27/1942 • The Magnetic Telescope – 4/24/1942 • Electric Earthquake – 5/15/1942 • Volcano – 7/10/1942 • Terror on the Midway – 8/28/1942 • The Japoteurs – 9/18/1942 • Showdown – 10/16/1942 • The Eleventh Hour – 11/20/1942 • Destruction, Inc. – 12/25/1942 • The Mummy Strikes – 2/19/1943 • Jungle Drums – 3/26/1943 • Underground World – 6/18/1943 • Secret Agent – 7/30/1943 SPECIAL FEATURES INCLUDE: New Featurette – Superman: Speeding Toward Tomorrow – Superman’s exploits in the Fleischer series modernized the monomyth of the Greek godlike hero and expanded and romanticized the prevalent themes of sci-fi and fantasy. It was this combination of heartfelt storytelling, relatable heroes and amazing visuals that has endeared the Fleischer series to fans as one of the greatest superhero stories of all time. This featurette explores the visual storytelling as the lavish animation, with special attention paid to all the atomic age technology, pushes science fiction closer to becoming a powerful social and pop culture force.

Featurette – First Flight: The Fleischer Superman Series – The Origins and Influence of This Groundbreaking Cartoon Series – A gathering of contemporary animators, comic book & animation historians, and legendary Fleischer artists examine these beloved shorts, focusing on the animation and the breakthrough techniques that created it, as well as studying the title character’s place in history.

Featurette – The Man, the Myth, Superman: Exploring the Tradition of Superman Heroes on the Page and Screen – A fascinating study of Superman-esque characters throughout history – in ancient myth, literature and film – that bring forth imaginative, super-human qualities, captivating audiences and enduring the test of time.

Pricing and film information: PRODUCT SRP Digital HD Purchase $14.99 USA and CANADA Blu-ray $33.99 USA, 39.99 CANADA

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classicmoviesandtv · 2 years ago

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Superman - S01 E04 - Electric Earthquake - Volcano

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randompanimation · 2 years ago

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#Superman #Electric Earthquake #Fleischer Studios #Panorama #Composite Screencap

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badmovieihave · 7 years ago

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Bad movie I have Star Odyssey 1979 it also has cartoon Superman”Electric Earthquake” 1942, Filix the Cat”Astromeous” , Rocky Jones Space Ranger”Escape into Space” 1954 and The New Three Stooges “The Littlest Martian” 1965

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chernobog13 · 3 years ago

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Superman has found the source of the underwater explosions that are causing the earthquakes destroying Metropolis!

“The girl is still down there!”

The rogue scientist prepares a little “going away” present for Superman and Lois Lane!

Great! All witnesses and evidence of his involvement have been destroyed!

Think again, bub!

“You know, Lois, the old island looks as good as ever.”

“That’s right, Clark, thanks to Superman.”

#Superman #Electric Earthquake #Fleischer Studios #cartoons

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rigormorton32 · 7 years ago

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Superman's iconic shirt rip, through the years

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batmannotes · 2 years ago

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MAX FLEISCHER’S SUPERMAN 1941-1943

Warner Bros. Discovery has scrupulously remastered Max Fleischer’s 17 animated Superman shorts from the original 35mm source elements. Now available on Blu-ray, this set is more than worth its asking price. If you've never seen the animated series you're in for a treat. Think of old classic Disney animation meets the Super Friends. The animation is smooth looking and is pure eye candy for the viewer. I've heard many complaints about the DNR scrubbing too much of the film grain away, for me though, the overall presentation here is nothing short of excellent ... even though not perfect.

Warner Bros. took the 16-bit scan of Fleischer’s original 35mm successive exposure negative. Staying true to the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.37-to-1, the highest quality raw image was then scanned and then entered into the recombine process – utilizing special proprietary software to merge the successive exposure Technicolor negatives into a single RGB color image.

The set comes in with above average sound and extras (listed below).

EPISODES (AND PREMIERE DATE):

Superman (Mad Scientist) – 9/26/1941

The Mechanical Monsters – 11/28/1941

Billion Dollar Limited – 1/9/1942

Arctic Giant – 2/27/1942

The Bulleteers – 3/27/1942

The Magnetic Telescope – 4/24/1942

Electric Earthquake – 5/15/1942

Volcano – 7/10/1942

Terror on the Midway – 8/28/1942

The Japoteurs – 9/18/1942

Showdown – 10/16/1942

The Eleventh Hour – 11/20/1942

Destruction, Inc. – 12/25/1942

The Mummy Strikes – 2/19/1943

Jungle Drums – 3/26/1943

Underground World – 6/18/1943

Secret Agent – 7/30/1943

SPECIAL FEATURES INCLUDE:

New Featurette – Superman: Speeding Toward Tomorrow – Superman’s exploits in the Fleischer series modernized the monomyth of the Greek godlike hero and expanded and romanticized the prevalent themes of sci-fi and fantasy. It was this combination of heartfelt storytelling, relatable heroes and amazing visuals that has endeared the Fleischer series to fans as one of the greatest superhero stories of all time. This featurette explores the visual storytelling as the lavish animation, with special attention paid to all the atomic age technology, pushes science fiction closer to becoming a powerful social and pop culture force.

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