I picked up the “Superman: Doomsday” DVD yesterday.
Bruce Timm, of course, directed.
It was actually pretty good. It was it’s own story, but kept several elements of the comic version. They didn’t pull in a lot of the stuff from the comics, like Doomsday wiping the floor with the JLA, or the other three Supermen. And I’m kinda glad they didn’t. I’m usually happy when animated or live-action versions of comics stry away from the source material, but really? To have brought all that in to a 75-minute cartoon would have been impossible, and confusing. It would have confused and alienated a lot of the show’s target audience. I never really watched the cartoon series, so I don’t know how this fits in with that. But all-in-all, the DVD was a good watch, and stood well on its own. In many ways, I liked it better than the comics.
The good?
-”Who’s the rocker?”
-Lois’ reporter skills towards Clark
-Pulling Jimmy away from the club 
-”I was the Smallville Spelling Bee Champiion”
-The whole thing.
The Bad?
-Lois’ head is too big for her body. Nitpick.
-They try a little too hard to make Lex evil.
-Superman/Clark Kent’s cheekbones.
-Not much else.
Also, a tiny warning: his is not for very young children. The death count is high for an animated comic-book-based film (10+ shown on-screen by my recollection), and at least two of them are cold-blooded murders. And one instance of mild profanity (the “A” word, if you’re morbidly curious). Definitely more mature than other superhero adaptations. PG-13.
Random connection thingy: James Marsters, who voiced Lex Luthor in the DVD, also played Professor Milton Fine (Brainiac) in the Smallville TV series.
