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Downloaded a leaked version

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It's pretty much just Batman and Superman making everyone out for the bounty look like morons and Captain Atom's group play even LESS of a role. Why were they even there? Lex was sorely underplayed, but there's quite a dose of dark comedy around his character. The scenes where he hugs, then later kisses Amanda Waller...

The precious few doses of interior continuity Loeb uses arent here, and other things inherant to the story itself arent here either...as such, Atom and Power Girl's character arcs go nowhere and they end up in the role of belated sidekicks despite very promising build-up. Atom was one of the best things about the real story, and they even took his moment of sacrifice away from him here..not only does Bruce succeed in destroying the Asteroid, he survives the explosion because the main control module is detatched from the robot and drifts in space until Supes picks it up. Everyone survives.

Lexcorp Tower isnt destroyed, it doesnt even show up.

The Superman/Batman robot, the worst part of Loeb's story, remained intact...the kid who designed it looked a little to stereotypically anime-like.

Aside from that, it's all there the Metallo murder, the Batman/Superman chatter. Amanda Waller got a large part too. A very DCAU-friendly movie...but like the Loeb version, it's basicly just Batman and Superman cleaning house and nobody else is intended to look capable of sharing their spotlight.

Lex comes into power during the recession, and he makes his first speech Obama-style...hmm...looks like we got a reason for Lex not being black here.

These DCAU movies are consistently overhyped. I thought the animation was second-to-none, Ed's work really does look dynamite on-screen, and, for once, it was nice to see one of the least angsty D.C stories adapted (certaingly the least depressing Loeb would stoop to) as there's far too many series and comics where good doesnt often overcome evil in the way it does here.

Very much a "bad guys suck" movie, but like a lot of these overhyped moves, download it, don't buy it.