Releases - DVDs - The Last Son of Krypton
Release Information:
Announce Date: 10/31/03
Street Date: 2/3/04
Closed Captioning: Yes
MSRP: $14.97
Packaging Type: DVD tray (FLP snapper)
Media Quantity: 1
Sound Track Language: English
Run Time: 61 |
Aspect Ratio(s):
Original Aspect Ratio - 1.33, Standard [4:3 Transfer]
Discographic Information:
Sound Quality: Dolby Surround Stereo - Spanishl; Dolby Surround
Stereo - English
Subtitles: English, Francais, Espanol
Edition Details:
• Encoding: Region 1
• Animated, Color
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Special Features
• Superman: Family, Friends & Foes; Portrait of a Hero: How to Draw
Superman; Escape from Planet Krypton
Theatrical Trailer |
Official Synopsis: From the producers of The Emmy(R) award
winning Batman: The Animated Series comes an all-new feature-length
animated adventure starring the world's most celebrated superhero:
Superman:The Last Son Of Krypton! Year: 1996 Director: Curt Geda, Scott
Jeralds, Dan Riba, Bruce Timm Starring: Tim Daly, Dana Delany, Clancy
Brown, Malcolm McDowell
Review
When this DVD was first announced, I, along with many other people
probably just rolled our eyes and said “Great. More pathetic DVDs from
WB.” After wall, what was the point of releasing more of these kinds of
DVDs if, somewhere down the road, they might be releasing season sets?
Or heck, just stop with these right now and start the season sets…
But—I take back anything negative I said about this release. It really
impressed me, in terms of value, video quality and special features,
it’s probably one of the better cheap DVDs I’ve seen (as of this
writing, most Wal-Mart’s are charging a mere $8.88 for this disc).
One thing that irked me about WB’s passed super-hero releases, sans
Batwoman, was the video. Mainly seen on the last two Justice League
DVDs, there was a massive amount of halo-ing (lines appearing when
something happens fast) everywhere on the video. It wasn’t just the
episodes, it was anything else on the disc—the games, the episode
intros, even the easter eggs on the last disc (“Paradise Lost”) were a
victim of this. I was extremely relieved to see that when I popped this
disc, none of that was present. There was very little compression (and
what there was of it was usually around brightly lit scenes where a lot
of things would dance off of each other), and it just looked like it was
an extremely well done video compression. A couple things did turn up
after I finished watching it though—the one scene where the little girl
was drawing a picture of the “Angel” that saved her was practically
invisible due to an over-abundance of contrast on the paper, and while
shifting through various screenshots I had taken, there seemed to
varying levels of color brightness/dimness—of course this isn’t even
visible unless you pay close attention, so those looking to kill a quick
hour won’t see anything out of the ordinary.
Special Features wise, I admit, I was both disappointed and surprised.
The usual, useless, game was here, alternate language tracks and
subtitles (which I hardly call “Special Features” anymore…), Trailers,
Bios, and, the best thing out of this disc (sans the episodes itself,
that is) was the How to Draw Superman feature. It wasn’t just your basic
30-second fest of hands quickly moving across the screen and drawing the
character, but rather they took the time out to interview James Tucker,
and how they changed Superman’s model a bit, adding and subtracting some
things and even commenting on how hard it is to draw the “S” that we see
so prominently featured on ol’ Superman’s chest.
The overall experience I got out of this was enjoyable—I’m sure I’ll be
watching this disc many times to hold me over till WB makes some more
Superman DVDs, and is definitely worth it, if you can snag it for under
$15. |
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