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The Attack of Brainiac sucked overall. They made Lex such a spoiled loser. I don't think he reflected any of the Lex of Justice League.

The only semi "cool" part was when I think Lois looked at Clark with the shadow across his face. In my mind I think she thought it was Bruce. The shadow reminded me of Batman's cowl.

Overall...if it came before JLU...it might have been an ok film. But after everything on JLU...it was just sad.

ARE THEY KIDDING WITH THIS!?!  This movie was such a piece of drek!  First off, it is AWFUL that they would recast the voices of Lex and Brainiac.  But more than that, the story was terrible, and the way they bastardized Lex, making him this maniacal fop was horrendous.  Who wrote this?  How could Bruce Timm or Paul Dini not take control of this project and execute it properly!?!  I mean, obviously this story takes place between the Superman series and JL/JLU, so it has to fall in line with in between...  This needed a professional take on the characters AS THEY HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED!  Lex was to be egomaniacal, but stoic with a bit of debonair, instead it was looking at a tame form of the Riddler with no gimmick.  And Brainiac was to be emotionless and seeking to to digitize all matter and information into data for storage, not obsessed with data like an Arkham inmate.  And what they hell was with him laughing!?!  He's a freakin' robot!  And there's more silliness and stupidity throughout the whole of the story!  How could they!!  I mean... just... How could they!?!?!?!

The good news is that the writer of BA said in an interview on World's Finest that while S:TAS character designs are used, he didn't intend BA to be in the DCAU. Also, on the DC animation forum done by World's Finest, someone posted an interesting idea on how BA fits in continuity wise. Instead of having BA in the main continuity, he/she suggests that it took place in the Justice Lords' dimension/universe. I think this would explain how BA has similarities to the DCAU main version, but also has a goofy Luthor, giggling Mercy, and emotional Brainiac unlike the mainline DCAU. However, when we saw President Luthor, he didn't seem goofy at all. My best explanation of this is over time, he became more serious and therefore more of a threat. But really, I'm not sure I even want BA in the Justice Lords'dimension/universe.

How do they treat the duo like garbage? Is that the reason why they've let the DCAU shut down? And I don't CARE if the guy didn't intend it to be part of the DCAU. If they wanted to create something new, they should have gone with new designs like they did with Batman (though it's still pretty close, frankly). And the characters aren't reverant to the comic versions either.

I was so depressed Saturday night.  I got so hyped up about Cartoon Network's airing of this that I started looking around nearby stores to buy the box sets to watch on Sunday.  In the end, it was so horrible.

I could get around the different voice actors (though they were bad as well) and while I didn't think the animation was great I ignored that as well.

Lex's portrayal and lines were abyssmal (I'm routing for you, man).  In the series as well as JLU he was dominating, while here he was a snivelling idiot.

Any oh my God was the plot done poorly.  I mean, the 2-sentence plot sounds solid enough.  Superman struggles with the decision to tell Lois his secret.  Complicating matters, Braniac arrives and teams up with Lex to take out the man of steel once and for all, catching Lois in the crossfire.  Sure, it's a little weak for a movie but for a DTV cartoon movie it's decent.

But no, they had to have the "magic ore" to protect him from kryptonite, and the Disney-esque scene of his tears and hug save her and the endless fight scenes.  It was really really bad.

I'll still probably start watching the DVDs next weekend though, to get pumped for "Returns"

One part that seemed silly............. **********SPOILERS******** ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ................Superman freezing Brainiac to defeat him. Man, if it was that easy, why didn't Supes used that power on him in Justice League?

Quick venting.

Braniac: Too much emotion.
Lex: Too much of an idiot.
Phantom Zone: Where to start?

The list goes on, but I don't feel like writing it. They really could have done better. Superman Returns better make up for this.

After watching this movie, I considered hanging myself. I looked around my apartment for a good place to string up a rope that would be strong enough to support my weight. Then I realized that I have other reasons to live but sadly, watching this DTV again is not one of them.

Basically, it seems like they tried to make the relationship between Lex and Mercy more like the relationship between Lex and Ms. Teschmacher (or maybe Kitty Kowalski) from the movies.

I see now thanks.

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