At the beginning, when Clark is crying because of the alien movie. That set the tone for the rest of the movie and to me, it didn't disappoint. It was a bit in your face about humanity but sometimes it needs to be that way. Lois Lane, is always the star in every one of her appearance. It shows her as someone hungry to discover the truth and keeping people informed but also she's so sure of herself, an icon. I like the few interactions we got between them. I hope we get more movies in this universe.
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salinaqvi23 August 2020This was a good superman film that really gave a good introspective look into superman's journey to accept his path. The animation is definitely the best DC has put out in recent times and the art style is really unique and pleasing to look at. If you're looking for a good superman story, this is a certainly a good use of time.
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MasterFantastic13 September 2020Origin stories are always tricky. Too much exposition, too much reliance on old themes and old storylines, they become dull. Too little, they're empty. This effort is somewhere in between. While it isn't terrible, it isn't that great, either.
What we have here is another reboot of how Superman came to be and a riff on how Parasite came to be but not unbe. The story is familiar and with a "love conquers all" message at the end--not needed, IMO, because of how treacly it was--it brought down the movie to a level of barely passable.
Pluses. The voices are good, particularly Zachary Quinto as Lex Luthor. I'm used to Clancy Brown, but Quinto's riff on it wasn't bad, and the evilness of Luthor in the final showdown was solid. Darren Criss as Superman/Clark Kent was fine, and Alexandra Daddario as Lois Lane was good. I'm sort of spoiled by Brad Garrett's interpretation of Lobo, but Ryan Hurst does well enough, showing the meanness...but not all the humor. Ike Amadi as Martian Manhunter does well enough in his role, investing his character with gravity and pathos.
Music. Good, but not great. Direction also good but not great. The story could have moved a bit faster. It was a by-the-numbers direction job, but not terrible by any means.
Minuses. The animation could have been a lot better. It reminded me of The Brave and the Bold style, with somewhat less of a black outline around the characters.
Parasite reminded me more of Godzilla: Resurgence (which was pretty awesome, IMO) but his character really didn't move me one way or the other. He's supposed to garner the audience's sympathy for his condition; he left lukewarm. Couldn't hate him, but definitely didn't like him. Every superhero needs a villain, and Lobo was more compelling in his own way.
But the biggest drawback was the overall familiarity of the story and the unwillingness to move in a different direction. I'm a huge DC fan, so I always look forward to what they come up with, but this is a far cry from being their best or even being near their best. It's worth a watch, but not a buy. -
Well, truth be told, I can't really claim to have been much overly excited when I sat down to watch this 2020 animated "Superman" movie. Why? Well, it is a superhero movie, and I am really overly keen on those. But still, two things made me sit down to watch "Superman: Man of Tomorrow". First of all, I hadn't already seen it, and I do like to watch movies I haven't already seen. And secondly, it had Lobo in it!
Now, I will say that the storyline actually turned out to be good. I was enjoying it, for sure. But truth be told, why do we need another alternate origins story to Clark Kent and Superman? Haven't there been enough of those made already? To me, it grows tiresome when they keep re-writing origins stories for characters.
It should be said that they had a good ensemble of voice actors and actresses brought in for this animated movie. And that is a very important aspect for an animated movie's success; having the right voice cast. I was very thrilled to know that it was Ryan Hurst adding his rough voice to Lobo, because that was just a superb fit.
The animation style in "Superman: Man of Tomorrow" was adequate, although it bordered on being a bit too edgy at times. I mean, the style of drawing, not the way it was presented. Of course, this is a matter of personal preference. It was good, but I prefer a bit more smooth art style for animated movies.
"Superman: Man of Tomorrow" will definitely please fans of the DC universe, I believe that much, and it was actually well-worth sitting down to watch.
My rating of the 2020 "Superman: Man of Tomorrow" lands on a six out of ten stars. -
ripper_spyky23 August 2020Seems like a pointless story. It focuses on the beginning how he started how he introduced him self to the world. It feels pointless everything being well known. The graphics are OK the style is just OK. The battles are simple not extravagance. The pacing is OK not boring but not edge seating. All in all it is an OK movie with i do not see the point of other than is a cartoon aimed for kids.
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qisfork24 August 2020I was really excited for this one. Despite my feelings on him as a person, Max Landis really delivered a take on Superman that had lots of heart, soul, and wit in American Alien. Now, a few years later, Superman: Man of Tomorrow takes that story and wrings it dry.
It's not a direct adaptation, but the elements are clearly borrowed from Clark's sleepover as a child, to his initial Superman costume, to settings like LexCorp, and Lobo being his first fight against an alien. And I get it, adapting Max's work is rightly controversial, but I wish they had stuck it a little closer to the original comic than trying to make an original story out of his initial concepts.
What made American Alien work vs Man of Tomorrow is that it allowed Clark to be more experimental and full of personality. He got drunk, he reveled in how popular he was becoming, and sometimes he feared how powerful he actually was. Man of Tomorrow Clark feels dull, monotone, and completely lacking of charisma. I thought Darren Criss was a great choice for Clark, but I entirely put the blame on the direction rather than the choice of actor.
Even Lobo, one of the most bombastic personalities of DC, feels oddly stripped of his fun-ness as the score of the movie sticks itself into ambiance and silence rather than a big bodacious overture.
Tone, or lack there of, seems to be the biggest detractor of this film, making an hour and 26 minute film drag longer than 2 hour blockbusters, yet also feeling like its missing scenes that add any heart. I get it, Clark feels like an alien and is afraid to reveal his identity as one - but is that really the lesson you were adopting from American Alien?
I still await a Superman origin film that really encapsulates that "Kal-El" is the boy scout puffing his chest and Clark is the real American man underneath.
Also, making Parasite a Godzilla clone was just plain dumb. His death feels directly stolen from Shin Godzilla. -
leolu-4370314 September 2020Just when I thought that this would be a nice start for a reboot, things turn out to be quite different. But first of all I really like the art style for the movie but the story overall is just way too plain(Especially the climatic moment)and the characterization felt empty. It's definitelynot as impressive as Batman Year One and it's a really boring Superman origin movie. Overall, Superman Man of Tomorrow is no doubt another easily forgettable DC animated movie.
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Through and through this movie actually captured the essence of Superman. Any comic book fan will enjoy this movie, because this movie shows the director did his research. I wondered how putting multiple antagonists in this movie would work, but wow they actually were able to make this work right down to the ending. The animation is stellar and if anything comes from this movie, please at the very least be the animation style. The previous DCAU was fine but this one just blows it away by a mile. I will say that if you've seen Justice League Dark Apokolips War and SOMEHOW liked it, well you won't like this. There is death in this, but it's not just for the sake of ending a whole universe. I'll finish by saying again this movie NAILED Superman and would be the perfect opener for the next universe because it knows what DC stands for.
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scorp7627 August 2020This is a very contemporary interesting take on a being afraid of your heritage. Not only for immigrants but people with linage going back to days where things were different and what was not considered acceptable now, it was then. Basically, the main moral of the story is to try to listen to other people's prospective whether in the end you can understand it or not.
The other moral of the story is that although someone seems normal on the surface they maybe treading water like crazy. This is more directed to PTSD sufferers in the military illustrated as a dark, consuming forcing smothering you and turning you into a monster.
As for the art, although we can tell it obviously done on a tight budget hence the quality issues it does look like those mid 80s to early 90s Japanese drawn American action cartoons on Saturday morning.
The story is not too heavy handed in its messaging and it really takes a break from the typical SWJ nonsense you see DC and Marvel trying to push earlier in the year. In face it goes out of it way by showing Trying To Go Woke and You Will Go Broke by using Lois as an example what happens when progressive feminist messaging goes too far. She get played all the time. Because she thinks she is smart and entitled.
If you are looking for a breath of fresh air and more down to earth story telling and character interactions than from the other crap Marvel and DC were attempting to push on you then this is the show for you. Well for a good hour and half abouts. -
jron7524 August 2020I was bored with this movie. After the alternate universe "Superman: Red Son", we get yet another version of Superman's beginnings in Metropolis, except this time, he's fresh out of college or high school, I don't know. I found the story to be tired. The characters to be tired. Nothing worth praising in this one.
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masonsaul7 November 2020Superman: Man of Tomorrow is a great change for DC animated movies whilst also being a solid Superman origin story, although it would have benefited from a longer run time. Darren Criss gives a great lead performance, Ryan Hurst is perfect and Zachary Quinto, Alexandra Daddario and Ike Amadi are all really good. The animation is great and much better than the usual style. Chris Palmer's direction is really good and the music by Kevin Riepl is good.
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manoletevb30 August 2020This is the first movie after the last flashpoint (Google it if you do not know what I'm talking about). That means that here the entire universe of DC Comics necessarily has to re-start. "Justice League Dark", was awesome, but, as the graphic stories, it is not bad refresh everything to have brand new persepectives. About the movie. The plot could have be better, but the animation, the characters, and the way that they introduce Superman (again), in the currently time, I think was proper. Now, I'm gonna wait for The Batman.
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cesarsc-5710030 August 2020I have never seen such a bored film of SUPERMAN in animated movies. I like the style of drawing, but I don't like the story neither like the way SUPERMAN is represented. I'm worried about seeing what bad hands SUPERMAN is in. People that have the rights of SUPERMAN dont respect him.
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jusglenn12 May 2022MOT was a very enjoyable animated movie. However, my only issue lies with the writing. I dont understand the need for 3 antagonists in an origin movie. The movie wouldve been perfectly fine with just lex and lobo. Parasite was not needed, unless he was the main and only antagonist. Overall ill give it a 6 out of 10 for the wondeful animation and fight scenes. And also, i will give it credit for providing a modern take on superman without going woke.
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killionriot13 January 2021I like the original style suit and the introduction explaing superman but action and fighting were not great. New 52 was way better!
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ashfordofficial31 July 2022The 39th film of the DC Universe Animated Original Movies and the first entry in the Rebirth Universe.
A new origin story with a brilliant voice cast and packed with iconic DC heroes and villains. I kinda like this new revamped visual style with dark corners for every characters. -
varunmirasdar24 August 2020This one of the better ones of superman series Ive seen with a new animation and tone of the film leaning towards more...humane issues. A potential to start the Justice League again. All it needs is a bit of clever plot thats all. Though why recent DC movies are featuring nudity though is a bit surprising. Granted the movies are aimed at mature people but not all scenes fit in, rather they try to fill in the holes. But overall a good watch.
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errant-5278524 December 2021Glad to finally have a decent representation of Superman back in the adaptations. The New 52 movie universe... I don't know what that was, but it didn't work.
And this should be required viewing for Zack Snyder and his sycophant fanboys. If they don't like this version of Superman, then they don't like Superman. There are plenty of grim and gritty edgelord j.o. Fantasies out there to get into, don't ruin Superman by trying to make him one of them. -
kwenchow3 September 2020This film start with two boys watching movie together, and one of the boy throwing a triangle device, after he fail to access it scene! As turnout, this film is about Superman need to defeat an alien disguise as human "Rudy Jones", to save his beloved planet earth! Entire film full of quite intense, creepy and exaggeration action scene! Make the film quite watchable! The action scene in the film have, super exaggeration punching, super exaggeration shooting, bloody shooting, bloody punching, shooting with laser eye, super creepy sucking power from the subject, electrocution, and explosion! At the end, Superman wounded! Rudy Jones sacrifice himself by sucking the power from the reactor to save the world! That's it! A recommended animation film!
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EddyTheMartian00724 August 2020When the movie begins with a young Clark Kent crying because his friend found an alien in a movie scary, you know how badly it's going to handle its themes. I'm not going to bother focusing much on the technical aspects, because they're the only good elements of the film. The animation is surprisingly good and smooth. I don't love the style, but it's expressive, looks good, and works. It's definitely above average for DC animated films. Voice acting is serviceable, nothing special. I don't usually mention the sound design, because good sound design should immerse you in the world and not distract you, but I particularly noticed how quiet this movie is. There's barely any ambience noise, it all sounds so off in some scenes, but it's serviceable overall. The music is literally unnoticeable. I don't remember any music from the movie, there is a lack of it in many scenes, and in the scenes where it's there I didn't notice. There isn't much else to mention, so let's jump into the story, which is what makes this one of the worst Superman movies of all time...
After we began with that silly scene in the beginning, we go back to the present. Lex Luthor is doing a rocket launch. He allows Lois Lane to ask him a question, and she exposes him. The rocket launch fails, he gets arrested and Superman saves everyone from the rocket falling into a city. After a scene in the Daily Planet, out of nowhere, Lobo just comes so we can have some action. Lobo says there's a bounty on the last Kryptonian. Now this brings up a few questions. How do they know he's a Kryptonian, why did they come for him now, who put the bounty on him, and why? None of these are answered. I should probably mention that the action is pretty solid, until it starts making no sense. Lobo doesn't know why Superman is so strong, but he conveniently has a Kryptonite ring. Then he has a bomb that turns a random guy into the next villain, Parasite. When Superman is about to get beat by the Kryptonite ring, Martian Manhunter comes out of nowhere, and buys time for Clark to heal and stop Lobo.
Most of the non action scenes in this movie are just about "Xenophobia bad." This isn't necessarily a bad thing, except it's handled so poorly. it's actually really dumb. Martian Manhunter comes to talk to Superman, but instead of just revealing himself and saying "Hey, I want to talk." He comes in all ominous, with red eyes, and then mind controls Pa Kent for a second for literally no reason other than fake tension. Anyways they have another talk about "Xenophobia bad," with the subtlety of one of Superman's punches. He also gets his Superman costume in this scene. I kinda like how he gets a cape because he sees Batman has one, but I feel like all the references to other characters feel forced. There's a scene where Parasite's family is sad that he's in the hospital, and other scenes later on, which are a waste of time to humanize the character. He just Absorbs the life energy of some doctors, leaving them as shriveled up corpses, and leaves.
Lois is trying to expose the aliens, so she interviews Lobo. Parasite comes with perfect timing, and frees Lobo accidentally. Superman comes with perfect timing, and then so does Martian Manhunter. Parasite absorbs Superman's powers, some of his knowledge, and now he is weakened. Same thing happens to Martian Manhunter, except then Parasite BURNS HIM ALIVE WITH HEAT VISION, LEAVING ASHES. As a Martian Manhunter fan I was pretty pissed, but these are the least of this movie's problems. Now he leaves Superman alive because...? Anyways, there's another scene with Lois, but she's honestly just annoying, and it gives Clark the idea to go to Lex Luthor for help... So because Superman needs help, Lex Luthor is freed to help him. What? This makes no sense, but okay. Lex Luthor discovers that Parasite absorbs weaknesses too, and then Lobo comes to tell him the weakness after he was tracked down. Now I'm questioning why does Lobo care? He wants to kill Superman, so just kill him now since he's weakened, but nope, he's going to help apparently. Superman is working with an alien bounty hunter and a killer. He trusts them and they know his weaknesses. What could go wrong? Apparently Parasite also stole is intelligence, if he's this dumb.
Parasite becomes giant, and they fight, but conveniently he losses Superman's powers, and Superman gains them again. Then Lobo suicide bombs him... What the hell? Also considering he now has Martian Manhunter's powers, why can't Superman laser him just like Parasite did to Martian Manhunter? And why did the explosion (which contains heat and fire) not hurt him either? I don't know, and clearly the writers don't care. Parasite is literally Godzilla now, and shoots beams from his mouth. The Parasite only has to absorb the power plant to become "too powerful to stop," but of course he goes for Superman. Wow, what a surprise! Lex Luthor betrays Superman and stops both the Parasite and Superman. Plot twist! Martian Manhunter is alive because he tricked Parasite, even though Parasite is shown to absorb knowledge too... Superman still apparently has powers even though Parasite just absorbed his powers. Lex Luthor runs away with the Kryptonite and leaves Parasite to go to a group of people, when Parasite can just absorb the power plant... So then Superman gives a stupid speech to Parasite that he's still human, and then he gives a speech about Xenophobia to the group of people, while Parasite just stands there. Now Parasite absorbs Superman's powers again. I still don't know why Parasite doesn't just kill him, but okay. Why doesn't Martian Manhunter use the Kryptonite weapons? I don't know. The power plant is exploding and Parasite absorbs the energy and dies. How convenient. It's shown as a sad moment even though this man brutally murdered multiple people. At least xenophobia is eradicated because Superman gave an epic speech!
That's it. The movie ends with Martian Manhunter and Superman letting Lobo (who survived his suicide bombing) go, even though he's an alien bounty hunter who created parasite, plus wanted to kill both Superman and Martian Manhunter. It was funny though how Lobo mentions that they're all the last survivors of their planets because Lobo killed all of his race. He plays it off as a joke, but comic readers will know this is true. He reveals that there are more Martians, so Martian Manhunter leaves to find them, and that's basically it. Superman is stupid. Lois is annoying. Parasite is an evil monster, but he has a family, so sad. Lobo is a bounty hunter who's trying to kill Superman, but he forgets about it and leaves. At least he was fun. Martian Manhunter is just there I guess, he was fine. This movie barely has a plot or any character development. It's literally mostly just pointless nonsensical fights. I mean the fights aren't bad visually, but it's just boring when the plot and character are so underdeveloped. Oh, don't forget Xenophobia bad! I was really looking forward to this film because it seemed like it was gonna be a bright new direction for DC Animation, after what I found to be an overall pretty bland and lackluster DCAMU (apart from a handful of films), but if this is the direction they're taking, PLEASE COME BACK DCAMU!
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I just have started the DC animation movies right after watching the almost all DC movies after Tim Burton Batman Movies( expect some like catwoman,Batman & robin and Josstice league as they look terrible even in trailer). Bu i loved many of them so when i heard that the DC animation has more than i got exited. DCAMU was a great universe. Flaspoint paradox, Death of superman and JL Apokilies war are the best. After the end of apokilis war when flash again run than we got another reboot(animation) universe named Tomorrowverse. First i wasnt interested for its animation style but when i heard that the movies of it had better stories than i run ino it and boy it actually good. First to superman man of tommorow is a Good start for tommorowverse. LOGO was great and the parasite despite wasnt that treatfull for superman but stillmanaged to be interesting for me. And the fact that people saw another alien after superman and there reaction was knowlegdeble. In the end superman man of tommorow is a worth watch even if the animation look dull o you, The story is promasing.
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Superman: Man of Tomorrow is the first film in a new universe for the DC Animated movies after Justice League Dark: Apokalips War ended the New 52-based DC Animated Movie Universe.
Basically, the movie is a retelling of Superman's origins. After a setting with Clark as a kid, the movie skips to two months after he began to use his powers for good (as his parents show him a newspaper with the "flying man of Metropolis). The first thing to notice with this movie is that the animation is different from past DC animated films. Here, it looks like it an actual comic book come to life. Also, this marks a good return to the Superman I grew up with and love: a kind, friendly hero who wants to help the world, which is what Superman should be about, not the dark, serious hero like in past movies (including the DCEU).
The story is also neat, despite not adding more. As Clark learns about his powers, he would befriend Lois Lane, a reporter from the Daily Planet, and Martian Manhunter, a martian who shapeshifts and saves him from being killed by Lobo. However, the battle results in Star Labs janitor Rudy Jones being doused in chemicals, transforming him into Parasite, a monster capable of draining energy from people.
Darren Criss takes over as the voice of Superman, and being no stranger to the DC Universe (having voiced Raphael in Batman Vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and appearing on the CW Supergirl And The Flash as Music Mesiter), he nails the role well. Ike Amadi voices Martian Manhunter, a role he has done for Lego DC Super-Villains, and Brett Dalton voices Rudy Jones, a.k.a Parasite. Rounding out some of the cast is Zackary Quinto (best known for playing Spock in the Star Trek film reboots) as Lex Luthor, Alexandria Daddario as Lois Lane, and Neil Flynn and Bellamy Young as Johnathan and Martha Kent. They all do a good job, and while the story is slow to getting to the action, it has a good theme around Clark being unsure about revealing who he really is, and at least the action is good. -
quicgrid24 August 2020This is one of the worst origin stories of Superman ever written. The only redeeming qualities about this was Martian Manhunter and the art style.
Lobo comes in with a bounty on Superman (Flying Man/Kryptonian) and just leaves at the end? No collecting bounties? He's a terrible bounty hunter.
The Parasite is a very annoying first villain and kills a LOT of people before he is stopped.
Lex Luthor's inferior complex/xenophobia shouldn't have manifested until way later when it came to how he views aliens. Feels forced and feels like they jumped the gun there.
Batman mentions and cameos were interesting, but making him actually appear to help would have made this film quite a bit better.
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mpokana11 January 2021Why did we go backward with that animation style?though it's not about the storyline. Bored and feel asleep. I wonder if I'll stay awake this time. Does not have a rate at all from me.
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MoviePsychic24 August 2020This adds nothing new to the Superman legacy/mythos. This story has been been beaten to death. Superman's origin story, should I reveal myself? Fight monster/bad guy and Superman wins. Wow so original. Tim Sheridan needed James Krieg to help him write a better and more original story it seems. The art and sound is top notch but Superman makes some stupid decisions in this movie so I give this a decent meh 7/10. Not worth watching unless you want to fall asleep.