Superman the Animated Series - Nostalgia Critic 

yup

I was surprised that Doug _didn't_.

+martyc909 I think that IS Krypto; the storyline in the comics was that Krypto was Kal-El's childhood pet. It would make sense if it's him.

I did I saw that show when I was a kid

Ruff ruff and away

+P3dotme jor el, kal el, kara zor el

actually in old days it was call the house of L. it becomes the house of EL in the 1980s Reboot

infamous Adam Interesting

Patricio Ramirez Yes... Red Son was awesome!

+P3dotme Mi cas-el su cas-el...

Holy crap

Jacob Sabastian I know, right?

I cant stop seeing Mr Krabs in his voice now.

He's also Neo Cortex from Crash Bandicoot

You mean The Kurgan from Highlander? :D

Twelve the Last hour

Yeah not gonna lie if i had Xray vision as a teenager i probably would have used it to peep on the girls locker room... or use it in betting games to scam people out of money

In "Earth 2" is Kal-L

I remember my reaction to that as a kid was basically "You little bitch."

It's more fitting than the Jesus metaphor people keep forcing us to choke on.

Zarbon: don't worry about it, Lord Frieza, the last of them are coming right at your behind.

I can't read that without hearing the TFS version of Frieza

@@DeathGodRiku Pretty sure it was meant to be the TFS version.

😂

@@achintyanaithani889 Oh my.

Why does 'A.I.' become stupid and betraying in every fiction is beyond me.

@@commmander64 well in superman tas brainiac was just lying.

Meldrick Edwards but why though? Yeah self preservation but he could’ve told the council much earlier so they’d have time to prep an evacuation.

Clancy Brown is Lex Luthor like Mark Hamill is the Joker, absolutely perfect and cannot be topped

Not every single show. The Tachikomas in the Ghost in the Shell series are ****ing adorable. They're AI tanks with the voices of small children but yes they are, in fact, _adorable_ . Of course, there was a...morally convoluted AI in the original movie, so eh. Oh, but Baymax in Big Hero 6 is adorable, no evil AIs there. And in Walle--oh no wait, evil(ish) AI. Ummm....oh, Data in Star Trek Next Gen, is not inherently evil. Actually there's a mystery series I like which has an AI as the main character which is pretty good. But yeah, you're generally right. Huh.

For me, Batman is better, because it's more dark and phylosophical.

+Honey Badger Guy Philosophical*

Too

I prefer it as well. The characters seem way more realistic.

But I will say, Superman TAS was the best carton of Superman still to this day. I have both Batman and Superman TAS in my DVD collection.

I think Man of Steel had been announced by then. It didn't come out until a year and a half later, but I think Zack Snyder had been confirmed to be the director.

If only he had warned us. NC(Brainiac voice): If the movie watchers had known had bad the film would be, they would put me to work trying to review it and put a positive spin on it. A futile gesture.

For the exact same reasons that most Green Lantern reboots immediately start with Sinestro going yellow, not every superhero has as many well-known rogues as Batman has.

Atomic Robo Tesla Yes, but Superman still has worthy opponents other than Luthor and Zod - Brainiac, Metallo, Livewire, Parasite, Mr. Mxyzptlk, Toyman, Volcana, Bizarro, Doomsday. They have plenty to choose from.

D Vass​ And Green Lantern has The Sinestro Corps. (the whole corps not just Sinestro), The Anti-Monitor, Parallax, Black Hand, Atrocitus, The Red Lanterns, The Manhunters, Nekron, The First Lantern, etc. It isn't about _who_ the villains are and how much of a _challenge_ they pose to the hero, but rather how _well-known_ they are!

+Atomic Robo Tesla Still Zod was quite unknown before Superman II, then they made people aware that he existed, just do this again with a different vilain

PedroFelix I'm not saying they can't (Mr. Freeze is extreme proof they can) but they want a guaranteed audience sometimes and simply using the more well-known ones ensures big bucks

IKR? It's one of my favorite cartoons of all time. I had a crush on Brainiac. He's what started my love for evil male AI. I knew he couldn't love, but DAMN, that VOICE!!

Hello Potty Mouther

For some reason, it's mute at that part.

@@moviemaniac9034 the reason is called copyright.

Oh, so that was the missing audio

Yeah, he had the best number in that whole movie.

(Singing) LIKE FIRE, HELL FIRE, BE MINE OR YOU WILL BUUURRRRRRNNN!

btw thats not lex luthor... its lex jr (pay attention to movies don't just go to see the pretty colors)

yes, because that makes everything better and doesn't at all seem like a contrived reason to reduce fan hate

Thank you!!! robintheboywonder

it does make it better because 1. if they where to cast lex luthor it would basically be an actor trying to fill some huge shoes ... lex luthor is a sadistic, evil, cunning and yet charming person he is basically the guy everyone loves but you know he has done some bad shit that Is very VERY hard to portray ...... 2. lex jr. isn't as well known so the fact his personality is far more different than his fathers isn't such a big deal and it gives him more subtle character development .... how so well If you where not such a simpleton you can clearly see that lex jr. has daddy issues he lives under the enormous shadow his father has cast down on him he has a shrine built to the man, and we don't even know if he is dead or not, he venerated him the whole movie and yet despised him, constantly talking about his father's triumphant rise to power from being dirt poor to being a billionaire, lex jr. will never be seen as a success because there isn't much he can do to top what his father did no matter what people will always say, "you are where you are because of your father" and that must kill him inside ..... he sees his father as a god. ... and the fact superman is physically closer to a god it reminds him of his father there for if he can't beat his father directly he will use the man of steel as a surrogate to take out his hatred and resentment on him. If you did some reading in general maybe just maybe you could have been able to see the bigger picture this was a really artistic film, 1. the relase date was during lent a holy occasion for the Catholic religion which marked Jesus' final days in earth 2. drawing a deep importance on family and showing the similarities between superman and Christ both having a earthly father and a father from another world, both being called false gods and both dying for humanity and resurecting on the 3rd day which in this case will be the 3rd film connected to this event (justice league) .... it's a very smart film just people lack the intelligence to see how well done it is

I can see just fine that Lex Luthor Jr had daddy issues, thank you. That was also arguably the case for Wilson Fisk in Daredevil. The difference is I didn't want to slit Wilson's throat in every other scene. As for the rest of that. I'm not religious so I don't really care about it's likely only slightly intentional connections to religion.

Which song?

@@Thoralmir Hellfire he also did the voice of the Elder God in Soul Reaver

You mean 15:43?

@@evanarmont That was not Superman that was Critic or Goofy because it sounded like Goofys scream.

@@austinforgie1069 I wasn't the one who said it was; I was just responding that it was at 15:45, not 15:38

Sorry meant for the other guy but still.

@@austinforgie1069 you're good

Anglo Saxon?

***** What. no the language shown on his name.

it's just my name written in the old norse futhark alphabet

ᛞᛖᚾᚾᛁᛋ ᛏᚱᛟᚹᚨᛏᛟ Are you SURE its not Anglo-Saxon?

***** SEMURA JEKA

KILLABAZINGA708 Yeah, but what caused the chain reaction?

That doesn't really explain much.

But what is causing the reaction? Why is it happening? That is never explained.

worthlessfools1 got your ass

...... GOD, whatever... - or a simple classic, it gets competely revealed until later.. or simple Read the Comics -

Comics never really explain it either. Next.

Necron00b What about how he doesn’t seem to understand that Brainiac doesn’t care about the fate of Krypton so he wouldn’t have told the council that the planet was screwed.

Jesus Christ! I honestly don't know if I ever saw that episode, but wow.

+Serah Nyberg Is A Pedophile, look up her name and be shocked #PeDont Not to nitpick, but it was the gas chamber, not electric chair.

Duke Gundam That's still pretty horrible either way. Do you have the episode name?

The Late Mr. Kent

Duke Gundam Thanks! :)

Scott Sandler Premieres and pilots also don’t always reflect the quality and tone the show ends up taking. Later storylines can define a show much more than the pilot does.

he will never do it, he wasn't a spiderman fan, and doesn't like to do reviews about show that he never saw before.

How do you explain Power Rangers then?

He hates that show. He talked about it in the top 11 things I'll never review.

@@Eternaldarkness3166 In the critic's own words, he hated power rangers but still watched it here and there because nothing else was on. Spider-Man on the other hand? Didn't humor it. A shame for sure, but alas we can't change Doug's tastes.

He did review the 90s Spider-Man the animated series. He pointed out that they never actually showed any strikes or punches land because of violence censorship, that they never took a second to breathe between lines of dialogue they just spoke too quickly and never let anything have a second or two of silence before the next line. He talked about crossovers like with captain America and iron man, and how Mary Jane disappears and you never get a pay off.

It's funny because I have a DC fan character who's straight up Marvin the Martian (because of the Venus thing)

It's just a small one so I think it's fine.

Well, Death Note is pretty popular.

I think you can thank his brother Rob for that one. since he's an avid anime fan

Would've been great if he showed a picture of Mello for the wardrobe part.

I was quite surprised as well

I had a crush on him as a kid. I also had a crush on the Super Friends version of him.

Yeah Brainiac is a bad ass villain and honestly If or whenever they make a Superman reboot I hope they ether have Brainiac or Metallo as the villain in the first movie

HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEH

Such a stupid line, but still gets a laugh out of me

"It's not a S on my world it means hope"

The second best scene is the funeral and Clark’s monologue of detective Daniel “The World didn’t need a Superman just a brave one.”

He was just flexing at that point. He knew Lois wouldn't believe it.

KennySaurus linkara already did it.

Should do the main man episodes.

Hey Keny, they made a animated movie of Batman and Superman movie.

Yes. That was the greatest crossover for me as a kid, along with "The Jetsons Meet The Flintstones."

I found it hilarious!

YES AND IT WAS GOOD

Yep

The funny thing is that his last name *is* El.

And there is the obligatory Death Note reference.

The Nostalgia Critic Agreed

Yes. I found it completely accurate to the comics, which I read even as a kid.

I would love to see that so much! If there are dvds, someone should give them to him.

Netflix dat shiz

Scorpionspear77 And JLU as well. Jeffrey Combs did an excellent job as the Question, one of the best performances in the DCAU in my opinion. Actually, can we just appreciate just how consistently good the voice acting was in the DCAU? It had some of the best voice acting in the history of cartoons. Tim Daly as Superman, Kevin Conroy as Batman, Mark Hamill as the Joker, Clancy Brown as Lex Luthor and Brainiac, Michael Ironside as Darkseid, Malcolm McDowell as Metallo, Michael Ansara as Mr Freeze, Arleen Sorkin as Harley Quinn, Ron Perlman as Clayface, Susan Eisenberg as Wonder Woman, Michael Rosenbaum as the Flash. The list goes on and on and whilst I can't quite name them all I can honestly say that I don't think they ever selected a voice actor who didn't fit the role. Whoever was doing the casting was killing it, especially considering tye DCAU spanned five separate shows (B:TAS, S:TAS, JL, JLU and Batman Beyond), each of which had at least two seasons.

Likely not going to. He didn't grow up with them like most of us did, plus i noticed he doesn't really review story arcs for tv shows anymore

hopefully soon

+vintagetvandexciting Doesn't explain dogs evolving on Krypton.

+Richard “Firebug” Merrick Out of all the likely millions of planets with some life out there, at least one has to be somewhat similar, but somewhat different from ours. It all depends on random chance, and weeding out the shit that doesn't work.

true, just throwing it out there cause the puppy looks like a young krypto

Really? The Superman Animation came after? Wow. .That's so cool; not sure if it was made by the same people but that's still cool. Also it was a good tv show; for me at least. Basicly Superman pets edition.

He was modeled off of Telly Savalas after all

Martin Mancillas lol, imagine how that would go...

@@kacchanbakugo6556 he did both at the same time

Cyborg tho (he's not hot in both series sadly; however he is hot in the 80s series!)

totally man

Static Shock! I want him to review that next. It shows a lot of good morals and real life lessons we never see coming.

@@simonbriggs203 I remember when I watched the first episode of Static Shock, when Virgil put on the Black Vulcan costume, I'd go "YAY!! Black Vulcan! In my pants!" since I knew Black Vulcan from Harvey Birdman, and when Richie rejected it because it made him look like "a battery commercial," I'd go "Nooooo..." Funny because in the Energizer battery commercials from the 90s, there was a rival company called Supervolt, and Supervolt was Black Vulcan's original name in Harvey Birdman.

+Andrew Bray What?

I think Andrew meant innuendos. And how Doug is usually a hypocrite.

i wonder how many times do i have to quote doug in nostalgia critic videos; im here to make jokes, chill the fuck out.

sorry. I wasn't trying to be mean.

It probably was meant for how bad of a joke it was.

The same guys made it.

@@HolyknightVader999 obviously

He was also Sergeant Zim in Starship Troopers

@@1heKing yes, but I was focusing on his VA career

@@ThenewTchannel I know i just really liked him in Starship Troopers

@@1heKing such a good movie

Harvey Dent/Two Face was portrayed by Richard Moll who's most famous for playing Bull on Night Court

I happen to like Snyder, okay?

Nostalgia Chick left because she thought Critic was abusing her. Even if the claims are true, I still like his older videos.

+Jeffery Phillips And I think he won.

The Brony with the Bow Tie why, is it illegal to own a business and be president at the same time?

Last I checked I doesn’t end well for Lex and America, lets hope life doesn’t imitate art in that aspect.

@@christiancrusader9374 Yes when you use your presidency to support your business it is quite illegal. Of course you could always do something really sketchy like hand it to your offspring and then charge your staff high rates to stay at your business so you pull tens of thousands of dollars from the federal government into your families pocket every day that you work out of your business but who would be corrupt enough to do that?

@@tinkerer3399 good to know.

I loved that episode, mostly because Brainiac was the focus and I had a crush on him. That's still one of my favorite episodes.

Like how half the stuff isent there in airplanes?

+Jens Berglund any thing else

Jens Berglund in a sense that can be true: more and more ain't allowed on planes than ever before. Oh don't let that water bottle on the plane, it will only cause nourishment

Superman 64 needs to be brought up in a new DC animated TV series. Like, someone can do a story based off the plot.

A Watered down Superman who becomes Batman's bitch in every crossover episode except "Knight Time" when Batman was kidnapped by Brainiac and Superman pretended to be Batman? Nope.

Or like the fact that Lois in this cartoon fell in love with Superman only. Not Clark. That is the other problem

Lenard Williams Batman isn't even in this episode. I'm judging based on this arc alone. As an introduction. And it was a good introduction. No Batman. Lois isn't "in love" with Supes yet. Just has a crush and still has plenty of time to get to know him AND Clark. I'll admit, later in the DCAU, Superman sorta become my least favorite but I really liked this intro arc. Man of Steel kinda... didn't do it well. Plus, the sequel to Man of Steel is an even bigger insult to Superman than anything the DCAU ever did. In his first crossover with Batman, he not only loses the fight, but he spent the entire movie moping.

Edward Gil 1) I've seen and own the entire series of Superman TAS. Bruce Timm watered down Superman, made him Batman's bitch, and Made Lois more Superficial than ever before. 2) As a Superman fan, I loved both Man of Steel and Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice. Superman can't be happy when the only people that don't consider him the enemy are Lois Lane and Martha Kent. He's getting the Spider-man treatment. He's in a world which is like ours: Racist against Ailens. If they ain't from here, go away. 3) Superman didn't want to fight. He wanted Bruce's help to rescue his mother. Batman wasn't in the mood to talk. He wanted to kill Superman.

Lenard Williams 1) I said I agree Supes was not treated well through out all of Bruce Timm's run on him. I am simply basing my opinion on THIS arc. I also have binge watched all of Bruce Timm's DCAU. Batman, Superman, Batman Beyond, Static Shock, Zeta, Justice League, all of it. And as much as I love it, I'll admit there are somethings I did not agree with. 2) In Batman v Superman, it's not like everyone hated him. There were people, the people he actually saved, that were very grateful to him. He had a statue for Pete's sake. Yes, there was a HUGE amount that hated him, and I understood that because it made it more real. But at some points, their hatred got a bit ridiculous. Like when they blamed him for the courthouse explosion. But Superman is supposed to be above that. He's supposed ton be BETTER than Spider-man. He doesn't quit. And even if he did, would it kill the movie to give him some personality. I wanted my inspiring, boy scout hero. I didn't want an angsty, nigh speechless Superman. 3) I know Supes didn't wanna fight, but come on, that fight was SHORT. And if he wanted to, he could've restrained ol' Bats. Plus, in the comics, every victory Batman has had over Superman was because he KNEW Superman wouldn't fight with his all. Still kinda far fetched at times. I love Batman but... come on. If I'm completely honest, Superman wasn't the worst thing about BvS but he certainly didn't help it in the slightest. He was a supporting character in his own movie. Bruce and Lex got more lines and screen time than he did. And Lois wasn't even Lois at all. She was a shell.

But, it has kryptonite. How is Megatron going to convert Kryptonite to dark Energon

Speedy was one of my favorite Looney Tunes. I owned a stuffy of him.

WHY DID YOU SAY THAT NAME?!

IT'S HIS MOTHERS NAME!!

You're letting him... kill Urkelgruegël! Find... him... Save... Urkelgruegël!

slowly I turn.

animated series is the weakest

He kind of is OP, but that adds to his character. Remember his "world of cardboard" speech before he let loose on Darkseid?

@@SalusFuturistics You clearly don't.

Depends on the version

lol

Have you not seen Back to the Future?

Kodah Smith and they both were president.... that's scary.

I now have the inspiration for a new superman movie...

Kodah Smith LMAO

Jesse Hisenberg as the President. Let that sink in.

Can we have Luthor as president instead? He at least doesn't have his head up his ass.

15671312 Person

trump's been in the media spotlight since at least the 80s. he's been famous for a long time

Do you think he just popped into existence in 2015?

Brainiac getting cast in shadow the entire time is EVEN WORSE.