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Is it too much to ask....?


I love Supes. But is it too much to ask that he will actually be POWERFUL in this? I'm so sick of watching episodes where he's either wimpy or somehow his powers get taken away. Looking at the trailer, it looks like the latter.

There are ways to write a good Superman story without ALWAYS having to take away his powers. Mcduffie does a pretty good job when he wants to. I just hope 'Apocolypse' is this way. I don't know about this film, though.

What's the point in watching a Superman story if he doesn't get to do 'Super' things?

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Superman gets his butt kicked by Darkseid in "Apocalypse" and Kara is actually more powerful than him. But he still has heat vision powerful enough to utterly destroy the Doomsday drones in one shot so.. He shines a bit.

And yes, I agree that Superman must be powerful in this like the comic where he was actually able to lift 200 quadrillion pounds with ONE hand.

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And yes, I agree that Superman must be powerful in this like the comic where he was actually able to lift 200 quadrillion pounds with ONE hand.


200 quintillion tons, actually.

Yeah, I don't see any reason why they'd change that. I mean, the comic didn't have any problems with it, I don't see why the movie would.

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Batman thought Kara may have the potential to be more powerful. That doesn't mean she will be. Darkseid clearly wanted to toy with Kara so he did unleash himself like he did Superman.

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200 quintillion tons, actually.

Yeah, I don't see any reason why they'd change that. I mean, the comic didn't have any problems with it, I don't see why the movie would.


True, its not something that should be altered or changed around too much from the translation from comic book/graphic novel to screen etc. But i reckon a whole ton of things will be either altered heavily or left out considering the 12 issues All-Star Superman covers entirely! But i would like to see Superman from the regular DC/animated movies be as powerful as he should be. Without relying on alternate versions of the regular Superman character, to only show us a Superman who's insanely more powerful for a one-off 75 minute or so animated DTV feature flick instead.

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Thanks for your reply, but I just now saw 'Apocalypse' and Supes didn't get his butt kicked. I thought it was a pretty good fight. And as for Kara, it seems she would 'eventually' become stronger than him, but not at this time, since he was able to hurt her on Apocalypse. She just absorbed more energy at a faster rate than he did. And on Earth, they both fought a good fight against Darksied.

I was just wondering, because in JLU Supes tells Darksied he always holds back his power a little, but then he 'unleashes' his full might against Darksied and proceeds to beat the crap out of him. That didn't happen in this movie, but I was still pleased with the result.

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Both Kara and Superman get handed by Darkseid. But the difference, and why Kara seems more powerful, is that Superman rarely dodges anything Darkseid throws because he can take it while a lot of other heros could not. Plus towards the end, Superman put a pretty bad beating on Darkseid.

In the comic version of Apocolypse its quite different and you see just how powerful Superman can be when he is extremley angry. To the point that Darkseid looks like Bane vs Superman.

As for this, this is just the first part of the story. I hope they continue the Superman/Batman series as I have come to love that series. I mean what team is better than the worlds most strategic hero and the worlds most powerful? But for All Star Superman it has quite a few parts. The first part tells how he is dying due to solar poisoning. Basically he absorbed too much solar energy. But thats not the end. In fact if anything All Star Superman is more about how limitless he is.

I think this would be a great adaptation so long as they stick to the story enough to continue into the next chapters, much like Superman/Batman.

As for powerful Superman, he just needs to be angry. If you want the best example, look at Superboy Prime. Hes a no holds bard Superman that in essence took the majority of the GL Corps to contain. That or Superman One Million.

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I love Supes. But is it too much to ask that he will actually be POWERFUL in this? I'm so sick of watching episodes where he's either wimpy or somehow his powers get taken away. Looking at the trailer, it looks like the latter.

Well that was what happened in the actual story. After fighting Solaris, Superman's powers were fading and he had to fight Lex Luther with 24 hours Kryptonian powers.

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Let me guess: you've never read the comic that this was based one?

It's a tribute to the Silver Age Superman stories, the ones where he could move planets, but there's a huge twist to it, and you can sort of say he gets his powers taken away in a big, big way.

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WOW!!! I really Liked it!
It was Superb!

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I agree with diluen. It WAS Superb!



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This was one of the best DC Animated Films they have ever done. It was very true to the comic and was done well. People who want to shout hate about it need to go read the comic first.

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Its funny how people complain about Superman. If he can beat every bad guy with one punch he is way too powerful. If he gets smacked around a little bit he is was too weak.

If there is some type of middle ground its just not good enough. But thats why its tricky with Superman.

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