The way they killed Flash off was so cheap. An important character to the story from the comics and done away in a lame way that shouldn’t have been able to touch him.
Not just a waste of character, but a waste of a VA's talent as well. Learning Flash was voiced by my favourite voice actor made me hate his death even more.
It feels like Warner Animation just tried to cram as much stuff as possible into a one and a half hour runtime, and it just didn't work imo. So many things felt rushed. A story of this scale deserves a limited animated series, not a film like this.
Im not sure if you ever experienced ANY injustice content, comics or games... BUT THATS THE POINT LOL I dont expect you people to actually know about any source material though. yOu lOvE mArVeL tHoUgh n NeVeR rEaD a CoMic PrE 2021 bUt hUgE fAn aNd tElL pEoPlE yOu cOlLeCt
They should just rewrite it in an animated adaption. Let's be honest, the Injustice comics have had a tremendous drop in quality years ago lmao. It's went on for way too long and is milked dry. If they're gonna adapt it, remove all the needles filler, irrelevant side stories and give it an ending already. Injustice probably could fit in an animated movie. The comics just have so much boring side stories and filler and just wants to drag the story on for the sake of it.
Agree, Dark Knight Returns and The Long Halloween are great adaptation because they have more time to develop the story in two movies, although some of the changes in The Long Halloween didn't make much sense.
14:03 Correction Joe, Batman only looks like the hero in this adaptation but in the comics his refusal to lose to Superman and his regime cost him friends and he did equally questionable things. Not as fatal as Superman's regime but still morally questionable.
Batman didn’t level an entire building full of people. Simply cause they were partying in the jokers name. Batman isn’t a murderer like Superman was injustice
@@fearisthemind-killer it is cool. Its like exploring Superman's path to avoid what happened to Lois/Metropolis at all cost. Batman on anotherhand is more complex but equally insane if you think about it.
They should have made it a miniseries with each season being a year in the Injustice universe, there was too much for one film and they altered the story too much because of that.
@@dishonoredundead Damn. lol I can only compare the movie to the games, and obviously it fails in that area as well. I was excited at 1st because it felt like this movie could have been a prequel to the Injustice games, since they didn't show HOW Supes rose to power. They just showed the aftermath 5 yrs later, but then the movie just ends abruptly with his surrender 🤔 Did the comics show how Supes took over?
I think with any type of review, if you can put in the most of your (and/or the guys') thoughts, that's what matters Joe. In regards to including the spoilers section. As long as you divide it for those who wish to not be spoiled, that's fine, but I'm personally here to hear the most of your thoughts, as well as the guys'.
I definitely agree there was WAY too much crammed into this. I would have been happier if they did a series of movies,with the first one only really showing Superman’s descent from hero to wanna be villain, the second him establishing the Regime and however many other movies to tell the story in universe. But doing it all in two hours? That’s an impossible feat and the story suffers as a result, which sucks as I wanted to like this more than I did.
Also, if you want to review a better Superman movie, Public Enemies would definitely be more up Joe’s street. There’s one moment near the end which is one of my favourite animated Superman moments ever, and it does a great job overall showing why their friendship is so great - something we don’t see nearly enough of, which is a huge shame imo.
It's worse than that, it's only 78 minutes in length, which I think would be too short for even a first movie. But you're right there needs to be a descent as opposed to a Numbskull (google em) in Superman's head flipping the Alignment switch from Good to Evil.
What I would have liked is for them to give each year a movie. Perfect amount of time to spread out the story. 5 movies for the first 5 years, everybody wins. WB makes alot of money and fans get actual fleshed out stories.
9:30 Coming from someone who isn't really a super man fan I can honestly say Joe is 100% right on this. Almost every episode connects with many story arcs that make it feel like you're watching several films. Same goes for the Batman Animated series. One of my favorite episodes is when Robin helps superman pretend to be Batman. 😁 It's hilarious in all the right ways without it feeling like a lil kids show. Fantastic writers.
But isnt mMr Terrific one of the smartest people in the universe so it makes sense for him to be used instead of Flash just wish they expanded the film instead of just one.
The way they killed Flash and replaced his role with Mr. Terrific, it feels really odd, like they wanted to shit over him so they could...put a specific type of character, y'know... Doesn't matter Mr. Terrific is smart, Flash is the heart of the Justice League, the voice of common sense, his death was stupid as hell.
Should have been a mini series tbh /: 8 episodes like invincible if they wanted to flesh it out. Or just do 2-3 films, but these days people don't wanna build up to something over time just rush and make money! (:
@@danielportillo56 It's such a shame because a lot of the voice actors are very talented, although the Joker in this sounded more like Green Goblin than the Joker. Even Yuri Lowenthal was wasted as the Flash and he is one of my favourite voice actors to play Spider-Man.
This is why I avoided to watch this animation adaption. Because both the first and second of Injustice games take time to development with their writers team and pitch ideal with the main characters included unique and interested character process. This one decided to slap and piss off the storytelling and characters from both games.
What I hated most from this movie was how they literally crammed everything into one film while also killing off fan favorite characters without any remorse nor mourning for them.
Yeah that's because it's only 78 minutes, so it is impossible to make this right, there is too much story for 78 minutes so it's no surprise they kill characters off instantly and instantly move on without mourning. No writer in the world could cram all that story in 78 minutes and make it good, just not going to happen.
Being Flash animated has been torture for the past decade. The last time Flash was treated well was the freakin' Justice League cartoon. Its insane how the only thing going well animated-wise for DC has been Young Justice. Gaslight was pretty good too.
@@nexusprime2487 It was pretty good, I am not saying everything was bad, but it dip in quality noticeably with the Justice league : War, reboot. I liked Apokolips War finalee however, but I know a lot of people hated that one, I thought it was very entertaining.
I don't want to be that person but I have to, Flash never died at any point in time, he was in both games and the comics he was an important role in the injustice line as us the audience.
For me, superman wasn't evil until the club scene. I was supporting superman until that scene. I agreed with him in the Arkham case of building a more secure prison. In the games/in comics, he wanted to kill the inmates, but in this movie, he just wanted them to be held in better security. Something that the heroes always do in both DC and Marvel. I thought that was such a better narrative choice, the film did that decision better. He doesn't want to kill in the first half, he just wants to control. "Only kill once" was a REALLY great take to humanize the slow change. I feel like superman got more justice in the mentality aspect while it did kinda screw over everyone else in the process. It made him more easy to support which made me glad about wonder woman and how even she only supported him up until the point that he turned truly evil. I say this because in the comics and games, superman just wanted to kill everyone. That was WAY more disrespectful to superman as a character than this was.
Yes, I immediately knew it couldn’t be good putting 6 years of story on an hour and a half. Who the fuck green lights this shit? A child could know that was dumb
And yet it felt like they hardly put anything in it. No (real) regime, no power pill, no supes deputizing villains, GL Corps completely cut out, Atlantis completely cut, no mention of Luthor who was Injustice Superman’s friend, the Bullshit treatment of Flash, no Shazam, no Canary, no Alfred.
@@willytheking4321 He didn’t die, but I think he got imprisoned for having followed Superman in his dictatorship. He didn’t even know who to really side with, as he was the most hesitant in Superman’s cohort.
I'd love to see you review the animated two-parter, The Death and Return of Superman. It was released in two parts. Part one is called The Death of Superman. Part two is called Reign of the Supermen. It was later combined into a single 2.5-hour movie. If you can find the time to get it and watch it, please review it.
I remember at 18 years young when the pilot movie for Superman TAS "The Last Son of Krypton" aired on a Sunday afternoon on KTLA 5 in Los Angeles right after the TV airing of Supes IV: The Quest for peace. (Though the Toyman episode aired first on a Friday) and how I recorded the first few episodes on VHS tapes. 📼 I really look forward to a movie where Superman shares/divides his powers to a Super Team in a distant Cyberpunk future, something new.
Someone has some kind of hidden agenda behind all this I bet. Superman is evil in one movie, evil in another, evil in game, evil in animation.. What the hell?? When do we get a movie where superman is a good, handsome, kind guy who saves people and takes his girl on a flight??
I was hyped for this movie too, DC usually isn't a hit or miss with their animated films. But they for sure missed on this one. Thumbs up if you agree.
I think this movie would have done better if it had been a two part movie like The Long Halloween. Cramming this much story into one movie just didn’t work.
Honestly, I would love to see reviews on the new DC animated movies like Superman: Man of Tomorrow, Justice Society: WWII, and the Batman: Long Halloween films. That would be awesome! If not all of them, at least the Superman film.
I love the idea of getting short vlogs on these DC animated movies! I recently started getting into them with their availability on HBO max. I’d ask to do a review on The Long Halloween since it just came out over the summer. Or if you’ve seen multiple DC animated movies, maybe a top 10? Either way I agree these DC movies deserve more love all around.
Harley drugs Oliver, kills the Arkham guards (rip to their security what a travesty), and sets the inmates loose which led up to Dick's death, but *somehow* she's still with Batman's inner circle with Selina and Plastic Man in a later scene. Was rooting for her to smash Amazo up with her mallet but they even gave that to Selina, christ.
I’ve wanted you to review these. The last one you reviewed was Red Son, and you said you “should be supporting these.” I never played Injustice games nor read the comics. I thought this movie was all over the place. The multiverse thing can be done well, and it can be done poorly. When they use it to abruptly end the story, it’s the latter. Batman uploading the virus into Cyborg was my favorite part, and Croc says, “That’s cold, man.” That’s so Batman!
Never read the comic and I did feel it was rushed at the end, but I didnt really feel like he was evil. It felt like a what if we had a Superman who did what people really wanted, like no more injustice in the world. It was kinda crazy I felt for him and didn't all at the same time. I know I'm probably missing something...
The comics/games make him into much more of a megalomaniacal dictator. You don't really feel any sympathy for him by the end of the first game storyline
I have reviewed the comics leading up to the game and am currently working on a narrative focused review on the game. If you haven’t read the comics, then feel free to go watch my videos.
having not read the comics beforehand, it makes more sense in retrospect why the story was so different from the games, as well as how dense and rushed the overall presentation is. i’m glad it wasn’t a straight-up adaptation of the games, it would’ve made the alternate cast stand out in a worse way, personally speaking. i would’ve actually bumped it up to a 7 purely for a scene you didn’t mention; Bruce and Selina’s moment following Nightwing’s death. it’s been a long time since Batman of all characters has given me such a powerful emotional response.
I was under the assumption that DEADWING was the source for why there was an alternate ending. I thought that whole scene was to show that he is the maguffin.
Id like to see more reviews of the animated movies they really are great and worth discussion. Long Halloween was fantastic. Itd be cool to get a season/series review of Doom Patrol in a couple of weeks as well. DC has been killing it lately
The problem with injustice is that it isn't Superman, I understand it's an elseworlds story but it's really starting to bleed into media and it's how a lot of people legitimately view Superman if not the "boring" character people also see him as
Yeah. Kingdom Come Superman went through an almost similar tragedy, where the Joker killed Lois Lane, but didn't turn evil like Injustice Superman did.
I didn't think anything could top how stupid Nightwing's death was in the Injustice comics but by god they did it, I could only laugh about the deaths of Flash and Cyborg.
Superman: The Animated Series is GOLD and to my knowledge it's the only DC animated series where the creators were given permission to kill a prominent character to honor a famous comic book artist based on that character who died in real life it brought legitimate tears when I saw that scene for the first time
5/10 is far too generous for this. This is a 2/10, a 3/10 at the most. And I defend and actually liked what they did with The Killing Joke, despite the disjointed feel to the story…that is a 5/10. Hush was a 6/10 just because of the major change.
The rating seems good to me people are over expecting them to to put 5 years of story perfectly into an 1h 20 m movie. For what it is I think it's great.
@@THEBATMAN_396 We weren’t expecting them to put 5 years of story into a 70minute movie. We, at least I, was thinking that this would be their new “New 52” continuity thing like they did in the previous grouping where they had one continuous storyline over the course of several movies starting with Justice League War and ending with Apokolips War. And since that Justice League Dark Apokolips War movie they’ve yet to present a continuing storyline with a consistent cast.
Love to have these vlog reviews. Also in the camp of including the spoiler section in there as your opinion and take on certain events and scenes is really refreshing.
I feel the opposite way, Joe. I love that it's Superman choosing to be the way he is and not by proxy. Everytime Superman does something bad it's always because he's being controlled or manipulated HE NEVER MAKES A BAD DECISION which I am not a fan of.
So the best way to watch this movie is to take some of the key scenes and the ending and splice them with the cutscenes from the Injustice 1 and 2 games. Sounds like an interesting idea.
@@Longshanks1690 Animated DC movies have been hit or miss for a while now. They were always knocking it out of the park before the new 52 movies tho. But the current ones go from okay to completely just downright awkward to watch. I haven't watched Long Halloween yet tho.
Please review the old DC animated movies like Under the Red Hood, The Dark Knight Returns, Justice League Crisis on Two Earth or Superman vs the Elites, the old standalone movies before the Flashpoint movie were all outstanding and much better than the current DC animation, with better story, writing and animation.
@@dixonb.tweenerlegs4225 Agreed, but we know how Joe can get about Superman lol but he was actually fair and objective about the movie, and it’s real problems, so I give huge credit for that and am glad my original comment was unfounded fear. 😅
Injustice is simply a trainwreck mess of an adaptation💩 WB Animation should've just made a 2 Part or 3 Part adaptation of Kingdom Come. I can't believe that WB Animation still hasn't adapted Kingdom Come🤦
Thanks for this review, Joe. I never knew that they made and Injustice movie. I still play the game so much as my favorite characters; Lobo, Scorpion, Bane and DoomsDay. But thank you for this review and spoiler, Joe.
“Dreams save us, dreams lift us up and transform us into something better. And on my soul, I swear that until my dream of a world where dignity, honor, and justice are the reality we all share, I’ll never stop fighting… EVER” This is my favorite quote and it goes through my mind every time I see an evil Superman and I’m a little saddened that most people see Superman as a relic with nothing to contribute these days because he is the perfect version of what a good person should be. He CAN kill us all, and he CAN rule over us. But he never would even consider that because he was fortunate enough to see the best humanity had to offer and fully believes that we all deserve a chance for a better life no matter who we are or where we come from because he can relate to feeling alone in this world. Probably better than anyone.
Always find it funny that generally, the people who say, “Superman isn’t Superman in this!” seem to absolutely love MoS and Zack’s take on the character. When it’s for that very reason I HATE what Zack did with Superman.
What the FUCK are you talking about? Zack Snyder didn’t turn Superman into a murderer, he focused on the Clark Kent side of the character, which has not been done outside the Lois and Clark series in the 1990s and Superman & Lois did the exact same thing. Where does this Mandela Effect of Snyder ruining Superman keep coming from?!
Superman doesn't murder. Not even Zod. Phantom zone ftw. Snyder is alright but he is much better with darker tones (300/watchmen). Would have much prefered him with a batman movie. A character that's about hope should be bright and happy (color-wise too) and felt like he's always so serious in man of steel and bvs. But hey I enjoyed Superman Returns so what do I know.
@@stephenstrange5663 Phantom Zone is a fate worse than death. And Zod wasn’t murdered, if he was then Clark would have done it from the get go. It’s because it was left as the last option it was a justifiable execution and the very reason why Clark didn’t want to kill anyone anymore as the basis for his no kill rule. And Clark wasn’t serious, he was human.
@@stephenstrange5663 thats so fuckin stupid though, killing zod would be more practical and even more humane. Trapping him in a hell dimension for all eternity is even worse than killing him
No Aquaman fight, no Kalibak fight, No solar flare rush to kill the parademons on earth, no black canary grieving over Oliver. NO ALFRED TALKING SHIT TO THE STRONGEST BEING WHILE SERVING TEA? This should've been a multi-part series. I really hope they revisit this in some way again.
I'm glad to know that DC's Animate Universe is having the needed attention, it deserves, the best characterizations and stories come from the animations.
17:45 That happened in the comics originally, and then Superman forced Cyborg to delete his entire database to erase the video from existence. That was the last straw that made Batman and Lex resort to the multiversal solution, its the last issue of the comic that lands us in the first game plot.
I'd keep the spoilers sections in the vlog reviews. I have zero intention of watching pretty much any of these anyways but I love listening to you talk about them. So the spoilers section is the only way I get to learn what happens.
one of the best IMHO scene in this movie was the chess superman and terrific played, i dont know if its in the original but it was well placed and well thought
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The way they killed Flash off was so cheap. An important character to the story from the comics and done away in a lame way that shouldn’t have been able to touch him.
I justify it by saying it's another universe and still have the comics to go to it's not like they retcon the comics.
And then nobody fucking cares about his death at all the same justice league that went crazy over Wally didn’t care about Barry apparently
@@acat6145 well Thawne seemed to acknowledge it being all depressed in the bar.
What they did to the flash and Green arrow was disgusting and filthy
Not just a waste of character, but a waste of a VA's talent as well. Learning Flash was voiced by my favourite voice actor made me hate his death even more.
" Has anyone seen Flash?"
- Said no one ever in the film
Feels attacked to the flash fans xD
Omg that’s right. I didn’t even notice that they. Never even mention flashes death.
That piss me off.
Who?
They did my man dirty
It feels like Warner Animation just tried to cram as much stuff as possible into a one and a half hour runtime, and it just didn't work imo. So many things felt rushed. A story of this scale deserves a limited animated series, not a film like this.
Im not sure if you ever experienced ANY injustice content, comics or games... BUT THATS THE POINT LOL I dont expect you people to actually know about any source material though. yOu lOvE mArVeL tHoUgh n NeVeR rEaD a CoMic PrE 2021 bUt hUgE fAn aNd tElL pEoPlE yOu cOlLeCt
They should just rewrite it in an animated adaption. Let's be honest, the Injustice comics have had a tremendous drop in quality years ago lmao. It's went on for way too long and is milked dry. If they're gonna adapt it, remove all the needles filler, irrelevant side stories and give it an ending already. Injustice probably could fit in an animated movie. The comics just have so much boring side stories and filler and just wants to drag the story on for the sake of it.
@@jonathansoko1085 you making no sense, you high on joker gas?
It's not even 1h30
This should have been a series of movies or a series on hbo max
If Dark Knight Returns could be in 2 parts, this could of been in 2 parts. It would go well in HBO Max with the other great DC animated films.
Agree, Dark Knight Returns and The Long Halloween are great adaptation because they have more time to develop the story in two movies, although some of the changes in The Long Halloween didn't make much sense.
Sorry no like 5 parts for Injustice no movie can do justice to over 100 issues.
The movie isn’t made for us.
Could have *
14:03 Correction Joe, Batman only looks like the hero in this adaptation but in the comics his refusal to lose to Superman and his regime cost him friends and he did equally questionable things. Not as fatal as Superman's regime but still morally questionable.
So no good guys in the story? That's actually cool. No good guys or bad guys. Just shades of gray.
@@fearisthemind-killer Like reality.
Batman didn’t level an entire building full of people. Simply cause they were partying in the jokers name. Batman isn’t a murderer like Superman was injustice
@@fearisthemind-killer it is cool. Its like exploring Superman's path to avoid what happened to Lois/Metropolis at all cost. Batman on anotherhand is more complex but equally insane if you think about it.
They should have made it a miniseries with each season being a year in the Injustice universe, there was too much for one film and they altered the story too much because of that.
Comicstorian covers the story, just a rough guide, and even that's like a 4 hour experience.
@@dishonoredundead Damn. lol I can only compare the movie to the games, and obviously it fails in that area as well. I was excited at 1st because it felt like this movie could have been a prequel to the Injustice games, since they didn't show HOW Supes rose to power. They just showed the aftermath 5 yrs later, but then the movie just ends abruptly with his surrender 🤔 Did the comics show how Supes took over?
I think with any type of review, if you can put in the most of your (and/or the guys') thoughts, that's what matters Joe. In regards to including the spoilers section. As long as you divide it for those who wish to not be spoiled, that's fine, but I'm personally here to hear the most of your thoughts, as well as the guys'.
The animated Constantine movie City of Demons is really good.
Although they are all not great, I enjoyed most of the DCAMU movie timeline
@@brandongilbert3039 Same same. WW Bloodlines was weak af though lol
And they got the actor from the NBC show right?
@@AlejoConejo-vb8ln Yup, especially considering how strong & good the first animated WW movies was.
Justice League Dark was entertaining too
I definitely agree there was WAY too much crammed into this. I would have been happier if they did a series of movies,with the first one only really showing Superman’s descent from hero to wanna be villain, the second him establishing the Regime and however many other movies to tell the story in universe.
But doing it all in two hours? That’s an impossible feat and the story suffers as a result, which sucks as I wanted to like this more than I did.
Also, if you want to review a better Superman movie, Public Enemies would definitely be more up Joe’s street.
There’s one moment near the end which is one of my favourite animated Superman moments ever, and it does a great job overall showing why their friendship is so great - something we don’t see nearly enough of, which is a huge shame imo.
It's worse than that, it's only 78 minutes in length, which I think would be too short for even a first movie. But you're right there needs to be a descent as opposed to a Numbskull (google em) in Superman's head flipping the Alignment switch from Good to Evil.
Shit, if the movie was 2 hours, maybe it would've worked somewhat more. But 78 min??? Wtf?
Could've been done. They did it in Under the Red Hood buy cutting out all the unessential details.
What I would have liked is for them to give each year a movie. Perfect amount of time to spread out the story. 5 movies for the first 5 years, everybody wins. WB makes alot of money and fans get actual fleshed out stories.
9:30 Coming from someone who isn't really a super man fan I can honestly say Joe is 100% right on this. Almost every episode connects with many story arcs that make it feel like you're watching several films. Same goes for the Batman Animated series. One of my favorite episodes is when Robin helps superman pretend to be Batman. 😁 It's hilarious in all the right ways without it feeling like a lil kids show. Fantastic writers.
The Chess game w/ Flash in the og story was my favorite part. Ret-conning with a C-level DC character really took the intensity away from the scene
But isnt mMr Terrific one of the smartest people in the universe so it makes sense for him to be used instead of Flash just wish they expanded the film instead of just one.
@@solisprime2669 I'd still argue Barry could've done that. I think they just wanted him out of the plot. Possibly so they could insert Mr. Terrific.
@@solisprime2669 yeah but is C level Hero ....
Dude. Mr. Terrific is _not_ C-List
The way they killed Flash and replaced his role with Mr. Terrific, it feels really odd, like they wanted to shit over him so they could...put a specific type of character, y'know...
Doesn't matter Mr. Terrific is smart, Flash is the heart of the Justice League, the voice of common sense, his death was stupid as hell.
This needed to be a series
Yep 💯
No. You people are why the star wars sequels exist
@@sawysauce1256 That makes zero sense. The Star Wars sequels wasn't even an adaptation to anything while Injustice was based on the games.
As a fan of the original game, they really butchered the story in this adaptation. Really disappointed.
Should have been a mini series tbh /: 8 episodes like invincible if they wanted to flesh it out. Or just do 2-3 films, but these days people don't wanna build up to something over time just rush and make money! (:
@@danielportillo56 It's such a shame because a lot of the voice actors are very talented, although the Joker in this sounded more like Green Goblin than the Joker. Even Yuri Lowenthal was wasted as the Flash and he is one of my favourite voice actors to play Spider-Man.
This is why I avoided to watch this animation adaption. Because both the first and second of Injustice games take time to development with their writers team and pitch ideal with the main characters included unique and interested character process. This one decided to slap and piss off the storytelling and characters from both games.
@@danielportillo56 Don't forget for their stream services to make more viewership.
What I hated most from this movie was how they literally crammed everything into one film while also killing off fan favorite characters without any remorse nor mourning for them.
DC animation is overrated
SPOILERS****
WB: The Flash? WHO?????
Yeah that's because it's only 78 minutes, so it is impossible to make this right, there is too much story for 78 minutes so it's no surprise they kill characters off instantly and instantly move on without mourning. No writer in the world could cram all that story in 78 minutes and make it good, just not going to happen.
Being Flash animated has been torture for the past decade. The last time Flash was treated well was the freakin' Justice League cartoon. Its insane how the only thing going well animated-wise for DC has been Young Justice. Gaslight was pretty good too.
Well, Flashpoint Paradox was the best Flash movie we got and one of the best DC animated movies, imo.
Lets be honest, most things post Flash point paradox reboot, hasnt been very good in DC animation.
@@TheRealUcanUwill What about Justice Society: WWII?
@@nexusprime2487 It was pretty good, I am not saying everything was bad, but it dip in quality noticeably with the Justice league : War, reboot. I liked Apokolips War finalee however, but I know a lot of people hated that one, I thought it was very entertaining.
Flashpoint Paradox was a good representation
I don't want to be that person but I have to, Flash never died at any point in time, he was in both games and the comics he was an important role in the injustice line as us the audience.
Superman did fight evil superman in the original game, not just in the movie
It was good until the end
The comic/game is a 5yr+ story
They rushed the end I guess they didn’t get approval for multiple movies
my guess is they got about half way through the movie then realized they werent getting funding for a sequel
"They rushed the end I guess they didn’t get approval for multiple movies" They should have dumped the project.
When that club scene started I was all "when did Superman become Homelander?"
For me, superman wasn't evil until the club scene. I was supporting superman until that scene. I agreed with him in the Arkham case of building a more secure prison. In the games/in comics, he wanted to kill the inmates, but in this movie, he just wanted them to be held in better security. Something that the heroes always do in both DC and Marvel.
I thought that was such a better narrative choice, the film did that decision better. He doesn't want to kill in the first half, he just wants to control. "Only kill once" was a REALLY great take to humanize the slow change. I feel like superman got more justice in the mentality aspect while it did kinda screw over everyone else in the process. It made him more easy to support which made me glad about wonder woman and how even she only supported him up until the point that he turned truly evil.
I say this because in the comics and games, superman just wanted to kill everyone. That was WAY more disrespectful to superman as a character than this was.
In the comics, superman didn't want to kill anyone in Arkham either, it's just Batman has a hard on for following corrupt government rules
@@alvinmiles458 I remember in the comics he 100% was going to kill zaz, it was either the comics or the game, one of those 2.
I liked this review. So they crammed all of the injustice story into 78 minutes.
Yes, I immediately knew it couldn’t be good putting 6 years of story on an hour and a half. Who the fuck green lights this shit? A child could know that was dumb
And yet it felt like they hardly put anything in it. No (real) regime, no power pill, no supes deputizing villains, GL Corps completely cut out, Atlantis completely cut, no mention of Luthor who was Injustice Superman’s friend, the Bullshit treatment of Flash, no Shazam, no Canary, no Alfred.
The second they killed Flash, that was it for me.
you are missing the main point...they killed flash, OFF SCREEN and then never mention him again.
Does he die in comic cuz I'm confused since he is in the injustice games I know wally dies tho
@@willytheking4321 i dont think so...
@@willytheking4321 no. In fact it can be argued that flash is one of the most important characters in the story and is basically a main character
@@willytheking4321 He didn’t die, but I think he got imprisoned for having followed Superman in his dictatorship. He didn’t even know who to really side with, as he was the most hesitant in Superman’s cohort.
Respect: Superman the animated series!
I loved the games story. Especially for a fighting game.
Yep game was awesome. Plus I enjoyed the comics
I'd love to see you review the animated two-parter, The Death and Return of Superman. It was released in two parts. Part one is called The Death of Superman. Part two is called Reign of the Supermen. It was later combined into a single 2.5-hour movie. If you can find the time to get it and watch it, please review it.
WB are idiots, another company needs to get DC rights
Wonder Woman also got me. Her romantic motivations came out of nowhere. She became an immoral fangirl for Supes
never thought i'd see dolby sponsor a youtuber. that's fuckin' badass, man!
Injustice feel like it should have been a TV series, a lot goes on to stuff into a 2 hour movie
I like having the spoiler and none spoiler sections. It was a nice little review.
I would like to see Joe review last year's Superman Man of Tomorrow.
I remember at 18 years young when the pilot movie for Superman TAS "The Last Son of Krypton" aired on a Sunday afternoon on KTLA 5 in Los Angeles right after the TV airing of Supes IV: The Quest for peace. (Though the Toyman episode aired first on a Friday) and how I recorded the first few episodes on VHS tapes. 📼
I really look forward to a movie where Superman shares/divides his powers to a Super Team in a distant Cyberpunk future, something new.
Someone has some kind of hidden agenda behind all this I bet. Superman is evil in one movie, evil in another, evil in game, evil in animation.. What the hell?? When do we get a movie where superman is a good, handsome, kind guy who saves people and takes his girl on a flight??
15:28 *Yeah they did do that in the Injustice comic AJ Deadman was dying so he asked Nightwing if he would take his place and he did.* 💪🏽
I also liked the ending, the only way to stop an evil Superman is to give him what he lost.
I was hyped for this movie too, DC usually isn't a hit or miss with their animated films. But they for sure missed on this one. Thumbs up if you agree.
I think this movie would have done better if it had been a two part movie like The Long Halloween. Cramming this much story into one movie just didn’t work.
You're right.
I like the quick vlog review format to hear your thoughts on it. I think having a spoiler section is good, but it felt a bit long as a video.
Honestly, I would love to see reviews on the new DC animated movies like Superman: Man of Tomorrow, Justice Society: WWII, and the Batman: Long Halloween films. That would be awesome! If not all of them, at least the Superman film.
Injustice : The Abridged Movie
_As the title suggests, it does the story a severe _*_injustice_*_ in terms of length and storytelling_
As much as I like a more "angry" Joe, this is nice
I like this review vlog, keep them coming. Quick, short, straight to the point.
Shazam standing up to Superman in the game instantly made him my favorite DC character. WTF
Yes! Finally an animated DC movie review.
We played the Injustice video game that came out like 10 years ago, so we already know the story :)
I love the idea of getting short vlogs on these DC animated movies! I recently started getting into them with their availability on HBO max. I’d ask to do a review on The Long Halloween since it just came out over the summer. Or if you’ve seen multiple DC animated movies, maybe a top 10? Either way I agree these DC movies deserve more love all around.
Check out Flashpoint Paradox if you haven't seen it yet. It's good.
Ah jesus, everything is Flashpoint lol, if you've watched any number of DC animated movies it's basically become an inside joke
@@bluesteelmagnolia I know I know lol. I love the others too!
The Long Halloween is fantastic, if you haven't seen it. One (two?) of my favorite Batman films of all time.
@@Matt_Bright_1983 yeah part one and two are amazing, they comic is better in my opinion but it's very good.
Harley drugs Oliver, kills the Arkham guards (rip to their security what a travesty), and sets the inmates loose which led up to Dick's death, but *somehow* she's still with Batman's inner circle with Selina and Plastic Man in a later scene. Was rooting for her to smash Amazo up with her mallet but they even gave that to Selina, christ.
The animated justice league dark apocalypse war was really good in my opinion.
I agree design wise a lot of these characters were super angular, and the huge black squares on everyone's knuckles were pretty noticeable too
Joe this is random but you should do a review on the movie the endless, I think it’s from 2017
The endless like from sandman?
The endless f’n RULES
He dosent do old movies
It’s a lovecraftian movie part of a trilogy of LOSE connected films pretty neat stuff
Cool I'll check it out
I’ve wanted you to review these. The last one you reviewed was Red Son, and you said you “should be supporting these.” I never played Injustice games nor read the comics. I thought this movie was all over the place. The multiverse thing can be done well, and it can be done poorly. When they use it to abruptly end the story, it’s the latter. Batman uploading the virus into Cyborg was my favorite part, and Croc says, “That’s cold, man.” That’s so Batman!
I don't give a shit what anyone says.. this movie was amazing!!
Never read the comic and I did feel it was rushed at the end, but I didnt really feel like he was evil. It felt like a what if we had a Superman who did what people really wanted, like no more injustice in the world. It was kinda crazy I felt for him and didn't all at the same time. I know I'm probably missing something...
The comics/games make him into much more of a megalomaniacal dictator. You don't really feel any sympathy for him by the end of the first game storyline
As someone who hasn't played the injustice game, I also liked the movie. Yes it was rushed but it didn't feel incomplete.
I have reviewed the comics leading up to the game and am currently working on a narrative focused review on the game. If you haven’t read the comics, then feel free to go watch my videos.
I like this review format! Very easy listen :D
having not read the comics beforehand, it makes more sense in retrospect why the story was so different from the games, as well as how dense and rushed the overall presentation is. i’m glad it wasn’t a straight-up adaptation of the games, it would’ve made the alternate cast stand out in a worse way, personally speaking. i would’ve actually bumped it up to a 7 purely for a scene you didn’t mention; Bruce and Selina’s moment following Nightwing’s death. it’s been a long time since Batman of all characters has given me such a powerful emotional response.
I finally saw this on HBO Max overall it was good it just fell too short like Joe said
I was under the assumption that DEADWING was the source for why there was an alternate ending. I thought that whole scene was to show that he is the maguffin.
Id like to see more reviews of the animated movies they really are great and worth discussion. Long Halloween was fantastic. Itd be cool to get a season/series review of Doom Patrol in a couple of weeks as well. DC has been killing it lately
Long Halloween is laughable how stupid it was. Espically the twist
It does sucks that for every good DC animated film we get now, we get like 5 flops
This should have been made as a trilogy instead as a single stand alone movie.
The problem with injustice is that it isn't Superman, I understand it's an elseworlds story but it's really starting to bleed into media and it's how a lot of people legitimately view Superman if not the "boring" character people also see him as
Yeah. Kingdom Come Superman went through an almost similar tragedy, where the Joker killed Lois Lane, but didn't turn evil like Injustice Superman did.
To be fair my favourite moment is when superman is fighting the other one and he does his ultimate from the first game
You totally glossed over how wonder woman is trying “yes man” Superman so she can get some nookie now that lois is gone
Nightwings death was one of the single most rediculous scenes ive ever seen in a dc property
Love these short reviews. And would def love a review of the MK animated films. planning on watching those soon😁.
12:08 Flash doesn’t die at all in Injustice, Joe 😂
Exactly he was in the injustice 2 game
He clearly didn't read the comics and just played the game.
It's weird how he's pretending like he did read them..
The DCAMU is so good, you should review the whole series.
Flash movie and the Dark Justice league are the top cake
No it isn't. DC Animation is overrated
@@psychobillynumbnuts1 cool, I didn’t ask you nor was I talking to you.
Under the red hood still the goat to me
10:20 i love how passionate aj is about Superman and recommending the animated series set
I didn't think anything could top how stupid Nightwing's death was in the Injustice comics but by god they did it, I could only laugh about the deaths of Flash and Cyborg.
I'm glad you reviewed a DC animation movie it was dope to see you do this review
This could've been a fantastic animated series.
Superman: The Animated Series is GOLD and to my knowledge it's the only DC animated series where the creators were given permission to kill a prominent character to honor a famous comic book artist based on that character who died in real life it brought legitimate tears when I saw that scene for the first time
5/10 is far too generous for this. This is a 2/10, a 3/10 at the most. And I defend and actually liked what they did with The Killing Joke, despite the disjointed feel to the story…that is a 5/10. Hush was a 6/10 just because of the major change.
The rating seems good to me people are over expecting them to to put 5 years of story perfectly into an 1h 20 m movie. For what it is I think it's great.
@@THEBATMAN_396 We weren’t expecting them to put 5 years of story into a 70minute movie. We, at least I, was thinking that this would be their new “New 52” continuity thing like they did in the previous grouping where they had one continuous storyline over the course of several movies starting with Justice League War and ending with Apokolips War. And since that Justice League Dark Apokolips War movie they’ve yet to present a continuing storyline with a consistent cast.
Love to have these vlog reviews. Also in the camp of including the spoiler section in there as your opinion and take on certain events and scenes is really refreshing.
I feel the opposite way, Joe.
I love that it's Superman choosing to be the way he is and not by proxy.
Everytime Superman does something bad it's always because he's being controlled or manipulated HE NEVER MAKES A BAD DECISION which I am not a fan of.
The movie has only 10% of the whole injustice story😭😭😂🙄🤦♂️.
@@lazerbeamspewpew4728 I'm aware of that.
Which is why I'm sad they didn't make it a mini series
It's basically a bootleg Invisible. Uninspired.
So the best way to watch this movie is to take some of the key scenes and the ending and splice them with the cutscenes from the Injustice 1 and 2 games. Sounds like an interesting idea.
DC taking Ls as usual. They've been pop culture's punching bag since 2016. Even South Park had to make fun of their failure.
I wonder who they are managed by🤦♂️🙄…
Dc and marvel taking some Ls
Animated DC very rarely takes Ls, this movie is an exception being a mess rather than the norm for their movies.
@@Longshanks1690 Animated DC movies have been hit or miss for a while now. They were always knocking it out of the park before the new 52 movies tho. But the current ones go from okay to completely just downright awkward to watch. I haven't watched Long Halloween yet tho.
You don't know how long I've been waiting for your review
Please review the old DC animated movies like Under the Red Hood, The Dark Knight Returns, Justice League Crisis on Two Earth or Superman vs the Elites, the old standalone movies before the Flashpoint movie were all outstanding and much better than the current DC animation, with better story, writing and animation.
Damn Joe, had me worried with the Bieber tweet but knew something was up haha. Love this channel
I hope this isn’t just gonna be complaining that Superman shouldn’t act this way lol.
Nah, it's just a genuinely bad adaptation.
@@dixonb.tweenerlegs4225 Agreed, but we know how Joe can get about Superman lol but he was actually fair and objective about the movie, and it’s real problems, so I give huge credit for that and am glad my original comment was unfounded fear. 😅
Injustice is simply a trainwreck mess of an adaptation💩
WB Animation should've just made a 2 Part or 3 Part adaptation of Kingdom Come. I can't believe that WB Animation still hasn't adapted Kingdom Come🤦
@@dixonb.tweenerlegs4225 Amen.
Thanks for this review, Joe. I never knew that they made and Injustice movie. I still play the game so much as my favorite characters; Lobo, Scorpion, Bane and DoomsDay. But thank you for this review and spoiler, Joe.
I rock with you to the point where I even watch your advertisements Joe🤣🤣🤣✊🏾
“Dreams save us, dreams lift us up and transform us into something better. And on my soul, I swear that until my dream of a world where dignity, honor, and justice are the reality we all share, I’ll never stop fighting… EVER”
This is my favorite quote and it goes through my mind every time I see an evil Superman and I’m a little saddened that most people see Superman as a relic with nothing to contribute these days because he is the perfect version of what a good person should be. He CAN kill us all, and he CAN rule over us. But he never would even consider that because he was fortunate enough to see the best humanity had to offer and fully believes that we all deserve a chance for a better life no matter who we are or where we come from because he can relate to feeling alone in this world. Probably better than anyone.
Always find it funny that generally, the people who say, “Superman isn’t Superman in this!” seem to absolutely love MoS and Zack’s take on the character.
When it’s for that very reason I HATE what Zack did with Superman.
MoS = Murderer of Steel
What the FUCK are you talking about? Zack Snyder didn’t turn Superman into a murderer, he focused on the Clark Kent side of the character, which has not been done outside the Lois and Clark series in the 1990s and Superman & Lois did the exact same thing.
Where does this Mandela Effect of Snyder ruining Superman keep coming from?!
Superman doesn't murder. Not even Zod. Phantom zone ftw.
Snyder is alright but he is much better with darker tones (300/watchmen). Would have much prefered him with a batman movie. A character that's about hope should be bright and happy (color-wise too) and felt like he's always so serious in man of steel and bvs. But hey I enjoyed Superman Returns so what do I know.
@@stephenstrange5663 Phantom Zone is a fate worse than death. And Zod wasn’t murdered, if he was then Clark would have done it from the get go. It’s because it was left as the last option it was a justifiable execution and the very reason why Clark didn’t want to kill anyone anymore as the basis for his no kill rule. And Clark wasn’t serious, he was human.
@@stephenstrange5663 thats so fuckin stupid though, killing zod would be more practical and even more humane. Trapping him in a hell dimension for all eternity is even worse than killing him
God I remember when The game first came out back in 2013 when I was in junior high. I would kill to relive those days again.
I just watched it today, it was ok
You only got 10% of the actual injustice story😂😂..
No Aquaman fight, no Kalibak fight, No solar flare rush to kill the parademons on earth, no black canary grieving over Oliver. NO ALFRED TALKING SHIT TO THE STRONGEST BEING WHILE SERVING TEA? This should've been a multi-part series. I really hope they revisit this in some way again.
My man
I miss Joe with bangs! This hair is wild😩
Spoiler alert: it was a complete insult to the comic
When I comes to the animation.. I couldn't stop looking at everyone's knuckles.
DC = Disappointment Confirmed (created by dark edgy lord nerds)
I'm glad to know that DC's Animate Universe is having the needed attention, it deserves, the best characterizations and stories come from the animations.
They should have done a movie for each year, I would love to see year 2 and 3 get fleshed out.
Please do more movie reviews with Alex and OJ I just found your channel and I already binged your whole movie review playlist
I like how you suggested another series to check out lots of people will not give suggestions on what is interesting versus what they didn't like. 😊
17:45 That happened in the comics originally, and then Superman forced Cyborg to delete his entire database to erase the video from existence.
That was the last straw that made Batman and Lex resort to the multiversal solution, its the last issue of the comic that lands us in the first game plot.
That fake smile at the end Joe lmao! xD "Classic"
BR AN.
I'd keep the spoilers sections in the vlog reviews. I have zero intention of watching pretty much any of these anyways but I love listening to you talk about them. So the spoilers section is the only way I get to learn what happens.
Yes joe please review other DC animation films I’ve always would’ve liked it if you would’ve done it!!!
one of the best IMHO scene in this movie was the chess superman and terrific played, i dont know if its in the original but it was well placed and well thought