#Superman”Electric Earthquake”

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How would the RO react to these showing up and robbing banks and jewelry stores across town (not knowing MC made them or even had the intelligence to make them)

If you don't know where these robots come from they are from my favorite episode of:

Superman The Mechanical Monsters which came out in November 28 1941

I honestly fuck with Fleischer Superman even do its clear some of these animations where made back in the day where people didnt give a fuck about being racist as fuck.

Episodes where people will get offended are Japoteurs, Eleventh hour and Jungle drums reminder it was 1941, 1942 and 1943 and also World War 2 was going on at the time.

Another Dishonorable mention is Electric Earthquake due to the simple fact a Native man wants to get his land back by having Manhattan evacuated of all the people who took the land from the Natives and after they tell him no he decides to use his machine to send electricity into the tectonic plates to cause massive earthquakes that would have destroy the city if superman didn't step in.

Personal thing: My Mind and Soul feel old even do i was born in 2002 I feel Fucking 80 probably because I hanged out with my grandparents who passed away and also because I watch alot of old stuff.

I like the trivia I don’t know much about superheroes but I do like old cartoons

The thing is the ROs wouldn’t give a fuck 😭 it’s not their stores. The ROs are traditional heroes and they don’t like helping unless they have a personal goal

At most Imre would ask mc exactly how they built them (step by step), Nia would be amazed mc kept this talent hidden from her and Lorcan would tell to have them bring something back for him

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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.

Source:

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.

Source:

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

AI by Microsoft Image Creator

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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…

[hunks2heroesaiart]

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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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????????????????????????

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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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Superman - S01 E04 - Electric Earthquake - Volcano

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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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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.”

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Superman's iconic shirt rip, through the years

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…I know this is coming from nowhere, but: any Superman recommendations? Just in general, comics, animated films, etc.? I’m in a Metropolis Mood™️ lately—reading Superman/Batman right now (what a name) 💙💙💙

Well I am in a Superman mood too so I cant blame ya (I am reading Action Comics 775 which is about Superman facing a group of "antiheroes" ,and considering checking out Superman For All Seasons and Superman Vs Amazing Spiderman)

Comics:

Man of Steel by John Byrne :Basically a 80's reboot of the Superman mythos that covers about a decade of his history meeting Lois,Batman and Lex

Animation

My main reccomendation for ya :THE FLIECHER SUPERMAN SHORTS .These things are some of the most gorgeous pieces from the Golden Age of animation AND you can find them all on youtube.Of the 17 shorts my recs are the Mechanical Monsters ,The Arctic Giant ,Electric Earthquake ,Superman AKA The Mad Scientist ,Terror on the Midway and The Underground World

Ruby Spears Superman

I know you have seen the Hunter cause Zod was in it ,but I also reccomend the Big Scoop (Where Lex finds out Clark is Superman ) ,and Triple Play for showcasing a lesser known villain The Prankster (Played to perfection by Howard Morris )

Superman The Animated Series

I know you have seen the Brainiac episodes.....Imma reccomend all the Darkseid episodes which are:Tools of the Trade ,Fathers Day ,Apokolips 1 and 2,Little Girl Lost 1 and 2, and Legacy 1 and 2

Movies

All Star Superman -Contains one of my favorite Lex's

Superman vs the Elite -Based on Action Comics 775

Also I reccomend the documentary Look Up In The Sky The Amazing Story of Superman as it is a love letter to all things superman and its on youtube .

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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.

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. 

Order on Amazon. Direct link here.

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Crisis on Infinite Earths, Parts 1,2,3 - Arrow Music Notes

While many events and cameos took place during the first bunch of episodes, this review will focus primarily on Oliver’s journey and sacrifice…with a little detour about Smallville and Superman Returns near the end. (After all, John Williams themes were used. How can I not talk about that?)

Oliver Queen and Sacrifice

The whole of Season 8 has been leading up to Oliver Queen’s death.  In fact, the biggest surprise to fans (including myself) was that it happened in the first episode.  While many people had expectations for Crisis and the end of Arrow, one of mine was that the music “Sacrifice” would be used for Oliver’s death which we all knew would be a noble sacrifice to save many.  I was quite pleased to hear that theme being used in that way.  However, I was also correct in mu guess that his Arrow theme would be used as he died.  But before we jump into that, I want to go through why “Sacrifice” was used for crucial moment but also in two other moments in Crisis.

Sometimes the titles of themes are just as important as the events they hearken back to but in this case, they are connected.  This theme has been the journey of loss and becoming a hero for Oliver.  The loss that made him a hero and overcoming guilt and grief.  It intertwines saying goodbye to Tommy, his mother, Laurel, Sara, William and Felicity as well as the call to keep fighting, to choose good, and show the best parts of himself.  

“Sacrifice”/“Not Going to Make it” was first heard in 1x23 (in strings) as everything came to a head with the Undertaking.  Quentin said goodbye to Laurel telling that he loved her, about to sacrifice himself to save the city in trying to stop the earthquake machine, Roy and Thea saved people in the bus, and Tommy saved Laurel only to die himself.  Oliver’s mission was to save the city not expecting to live but he failed. Not only that but he lost his best friend who had hated him and his vigilante life.  This was not the sacrifice Oliver expected to happen and it rocked him to the core, staying with him and influencing him to no longer kill, to do things a new way. 

Part of the theme within “Sacrifice” is “Just Listen” (1x08) where he showed Sara’s grave to Helena, recognizing that he hadn’t been a good person and how that affected those around him, including Sara’s death.  This bit is also used in “I who Failed” (1x09), “Salvation” (1x18, when he saves Roy: “Give him a second chance”), “Killing Count” (2x07 - rescuing Felicity but breaking his vow to kill after Tommy’s death), “Reveal to Roy” (2x12 - revealing his identity to Roy to break him out of the Mirakiru haze), “Taking a Hand” (4x13 - defeating Malcolm for good, bringing things full circle from his fight in 1x23), and in 6x13 when Oliver saved William and the city from a bomb attack by Cayden James. This part of the theme is a theme of both failures and second chances, saving those he loved and providing justice as well.  It is the actions of a man becoming a hero, believing in others, providing protection and safety, getting up from failures and trying again.

The inner part of “Just Listen” and his guilt over Sara’s death spills over into the future, alternate earth Oliver.  “Sacrifice” plays both in Legends 1x06 when Sara meets the angrier bitter version and in the first Crisis episode as she speaks to a shaken, older, emptier Oliver who feels a great deal of guilt for bringing her on the Gambit.  She tells him that it was destiny and her decision but also that they both became the best versions of themselves.  Her (and our) Oliver became a hero, a father, and a husband while she is loving adventures through time and space. She reminds him that he is a good man on every earth (we are going to ignore the Nazi version for now).

While Sara gives hope to these broken future Olivers, it was Felicity who helped our Oliver grow in his hero journey, giving hope when he had about given up: “Oliver Gives Up”/The Essence of Heroism.” The electronic background is different for this version of the “Sacrifice” theme and a little slower in the strings but it still reflects Oliver’s despair mixed with light and hope, redeeming the theme of loss.  Oliver sees no way to beat Slade, having lost his mother, seeing the city over run with Mirakiru soldiers, seeing no way other than his own death to save those he loves by giving up and over to Slade.  Felicity reminds him that he is not done fighting, he is not alone, and then tells him that she believes in him.  Tommy had hated him for being a vigilante but Felicity tells him that he is a hero, giving him strength with her faith in him.  This theme of faith in the darkness returns in “One hand tied” in 2x23, where once again Oliver feels stuck in a corner seeing only one way for things to end and Felicity suggests a different way of making Slade outthink him.  It is through this suggestion and belief that they defeat Slade together.

The theme returns in 4x18 during Laurel’s death “Canary flies away,”  a reversal from 1x23 when Quentin was saying goodbye and now instead, it is Laurel who died.  It also harkened back to the loss of Tommy in flashbacks to his funeral in 4x19 (in the piano) as Laurel spoke about how both she and Oliver loved him, the theme connecting Tommy’s death with how he saved Laurel and also how much Tommy’s death affected Oliver to the point where he couldn’t even fully attend the funeral.  (Which also happened with his mother.) The loss of Laurel affected the whole team, this time leaving Quentin and Diggle with guilt, and Oliver with grief over losing someone close to him.  He had grown enough to know that it was not his fault however and helped to recognize her as a hero to the city during her funeral.

A bit of “Sacrifice” plays at the end of “Leaving the Hallucination” (5x08) when Oliver leaves the alien hallucination, hearing the words and voices of all those that he lost and loved spurring him on to be the hero that he is, including Felicity’s words from 2x22.  He could have stayed in a world where his parents were alive but he chose reality because his journey as a hero was not over yet.

Oliver becomes confronted with another kind of sacrifice as he faces trial and jail in 6x21 and 6x23.  In 6x21, he doesn’t want to admit to being the Green Arrow and face prison because he was hoping for a life with Felicity and William at some point “Never a Normal Life.”  Felicity reminds him that they fight for each other (harkening back to 2x22…you are not alone) but he cannot handle the idea of putting a target on them.  The idea of losing her and William is intolerable.  While he was acquitted for that moment, this comes back in 6x23: “What a cost.”  He gives himself up to protect his family and the team, sacrificing himself to protect them as he says goodbye to William with Felicity in the background.  Not quite sacrificing his life the way he expected to in 1x23 or 2x22 but still offering his life to protect those he loved most.  It is an Oliver who fights to live for his family, who has been giving second chances in love and family. This is a man who has grown in accepting life and fighting for the good parts instead of just fighting the bad. This is emphasized in 7x21 as a dream/hallucination version of Tommy gives a speech of hope.  While Tommy never came back from the grave, he has heard Tommy forgive him through dreams and the like.  Here the theme “Sacrifice” returns again as Tommy tells Oliver to show the best parts of himself: loyalty, courage, selflessness, compassion.  

These are the essences of being a hero and the core of who Oliver is and has become. The journey of loss and guilt turned his despairing guilt of sacrifice into selflessness, having courage to choose and put others first, having loyalty towards his friends like Barry and Kara, having compassion to save all earths.  He had been confronted with the fact that his death could help save numerous earths including his wife and children.  He knew that a sacrifice was necessary to help them survive, even more pressing now that he has his adult Mia in front of him.  That is why Oliver didn’t hesitate to fight the time/space demons to help as many people survive the earth 38 evacuation.  He had no idea that that was not the way the Monitor had foreseen his death.  He took his future into his own hands, stoping the Monitor long enough to help a billion people survive even to his own demise.  Which is why “Sacrifice” plays as Oliver fights even without arrows and facing them without a bow.  It is the heart of a hero, fighting to give everything he has to protect others, sacrificing himself so that others might live.  (Side note: this wasn’t my favorite musical version of this theme.  I do realize the drum kit and electric bass gave it a cool badass aspect, harkening back to the pilot sound, but it didn’t carry the emotional weight that I would have liked.  I did like that the melody was played in the heroic sound of the horns as well as the strings though. That was quite fitting).

Oliver’s actual death with Mia and the other heroes around him was a mixture of new and old music.  A little bit of “Sacrifice” returns as the Monitor tells them that Oliver saved 1 billion people. A theme based on an upward scale in the violas and cellos played throughout. changing after the scale each time, matching his goodbyes to Barry and Kara versus goodbye to Mia.  This natural minor scale (a minor scale that doesn’t change notes from the key signature) fits with the core sound and harmonic nature of Arrow since its inception. There are melodies throughout Arrow based on a scale in strings like “Honor Memory” (1x02) or “I forgot who I was” (1x05) and many of the repeating aspects of the fighting Arrow music include 4 notes of a scale since the pilot “Five Years”.  So while using almost all of the scale is unusual, it still fits with the musical landscape especially as it is accompanied by horns (heroism) and toms (percussion) giving it a weight and gravitas.  As he closes his eyes, the horn holds on to a major chord for a little bit giving Oliver a little peace in saying goodbye. What brings more pathos is changing the scale to a melodic minor scale after he dies.  It’s almost jarring because it doesn’t fit with what we are used to, signifying that things aren’t right.  The Arrow theme plays over it as the Monitor tells them it wasn’t supposed to be like that.  It highlights the tragedy of losing our beloved hero too soon, both for the team but also for us as an audience.  A bell also tolls at the beginning of that scale after Oliver’s death.  The horn plays Oliver’s hero theme as it pans away looking at Oliver.

As tragic as this was, it turned out not to be the end of Oliver’s journey.  Mia, Sara, Barry, Constantine, and Diggle all work on bringing back Oliver (more on that in a bit).  After they find Oliver’s soul in purgatory and bring him back to himself, they meet the Spectre (Jim Corrigan) who tells Oliver that it is his destiny to become Spectre to save everyone.  As this happens, the version of “Sacrifice”/“Never a Normal Life” plays as Oliver tells Diggle and Mia that it is ok.  He chooses to sacrifice coming back with his closest friend/brother and his daughter to once again save them all.  Mia begins to say “I love you” but is cut off as they disappear back to the ship, telling Sara that he chose to stay behind.  Each time, it is a choice that Oliver has to make and he does so willingly because Oliver loves deeply and will do what is right to save others no matter the cost.

Oliver, Sara, and Mia

Near the beginning of Crisis, Sara and Oliver have a brief moment together on Earth 38 where Sara comments on parent Oliver and while it is a little weird, it looks good on him.  The theme “The Real Me” (2x01) plays in the horn which first played when Oliver started to fit into his cooperate job, bringing in Walter against Isabel, having family to help him.  She comments that he isn’t what he seemed to be and he answers that most people fail to see the real him. Many people had an idea of what Oliver seemed to be but Sara is one of the few who has known Oliver the longest in all his forms: playboy, vigilante, now a parent.  Sara and Oliver genuinely care about each other and have been through the good, the bad, and the ugly.  She is happy to see this new side of her friend.

Oliver also has a brief moment with Mia, giving her own Green Arrow suit as a variation of Oliver’s hero horn theme (no 2 - the descending one) plays.  Drum-kit and strings play, giving a sound of new beginnings (drum-kit was used in the pilot as we see Oliver in the suit for the first time) and then Mia’s Blackstar theme plays in electric guitar as she is left looking at the suit when Oliver leaves.

Mia and Barry take Oliver’s death the hardest, determined to find a way to bring him back.  They enlist the help of Sara and Constantine to find a Lazarus Pit, who both have their reservations considering they have been down this road before with Sara.  Once they find a Lazarus Pit and put Oliver into it, the music hearkens back to Nanda Parbat when Sara and Thea had been put into the Lazarus pit.  The female vocal and choir sings as crazy Oliver leaps out with a repeated electric bass note to add to the tension and adrenaline.  

Cameos - primarily Superman

One of the fun parts about the Crossovers is all the musical themes that return and get woven together, like Supergirl and Batwoman’s themes interweaving as they face off each other in the 3rd episode.  Not only were a lot of characters brought in for small or longer cameos but most of their musical themes were as well (which is quite impressive from a copyright side).  While I needed help identifying the Batman characters, thanks to @jorahtheandal​, I did recognize their themes from the various shows and movies.  However, the ones that made me excited were the Smallville cameos and Superman Returns.  My first introduction into the world of DC were through those two and “Lois and Clark.”  I loved hearing the sounds of Smalliville again especially in the clarinet.  There weren’t a lot of winds in this Crisis (the orchestra was made up of strings and brass) but that made moments like this even more special.  Smallville had two composers and the second, Louis Febre, used a lot of solo winds, especially clarinet for the Clois theme and the feeling of home during seasons 7-10.  It felt like truly returning home to the Kent farm and you could feel the warmth of the love Clark and Lois had for each other and the farm. (“The Proposal” is a good example of the solo winds used on the Smallville soundtrack)

Even more impressive was the fact that Blake Neely and team got permission to use John Williams’ themes for Superman.  While the main Superman theme was used throughout Superman Returns, the love theme was not used much.  (Superman Returns was written by John Ottman since John Williams was busy with Star Wars).  However, in the second episode of Crisis, both the love theme for Lois and Superman and Superman’s main brass theme by John Williams appeared, definitely cementing that Brandon Routh’s Superman was a continuation of Christopher Reeve’s Superman.  It was a lot of fun to hear those themes as he interacted with Earth 38’s Superman and Lois, especially when Clark switches into the Superman suit and his iconic brass theme is heard. 

Other notable themes heard included Danny Elfman’s Batman theme at the beginning as well as his Flash theme for the ‘90s Flash TV show when Barry from earth 90 died.  Black Lightning made an appearance in the 3rd episode along with his theme which was cool.  The Crisis had its own theme of doom in the brass as well as the heroes banding together to fight against the Crisis (heard in trumpets) throughout the episodes.  While Crisis on Earth-X is still my favorite both story-wise and musically, this definitely had some cool moments.

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