World's Greatest: The DC Animated Universe

            Still reeling from BvS? Let the DCAU cure what ails you...

It's A Bird, It's A Plane, It's... Man of Steel (2013)

   The Superman we need, or the one we deserve?   

It's A Bird, It's A Plane, It's... Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (2006)

    Addendum to our countdown to the Man of Steel, where we take a brief look at Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut…

It's A Bird, It's A Plane, It's... Superman Returns (2006)

    Countdown to Man of Steel, Part 6, in which we cling desperately to a past that no longer exists…

It's A Bird, It's A Plane, It's... Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)

    Countdown to Man of Steel, Part 5, in which Superman shares shelf space with such luminaries as Enter the Ninja and Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo…

It's A Bird, It's A Plane, It's... Superman III (1983)

    Countdown to Man of Steel, Part 4, in which we add Richard Pryor into the mix, because why not?

It's A Bird, It's A Plane, It's... Superman II (1980)

    Countdown to Man of Steel, Part 3, in which we lean to kneel…

It's A Bird, It's A Plane, It's... Superman (1978)

    Countdown to Man of Steel, Day 2, in which we learn to believe a man can fly...

It's A Bird, It's A Plane, It's... Superman and the Mole Men (1951)

    Countdown to Man of Steel, Part 1, in which Superman ham-fistedly fights against McCarthyism…

Song-A-Day: Superman Main Title March

    "Main Title March" by John Williams, from Superman. Next week finally sees the release of Man of Steel, so in preparation I'll be reviewing every theatrical Superman movie released thus far; because I hate myself, but love all of you! The first review hits tomorrow, so be on the lookout.

Song-A-Day: An Ideal of Hope

    So you saw the most recent Man of Steel trailer, yeah? Hype is a dangerous thing, but this new Superman movie is seriously beginning to look like the movie of the summer. Most impressive is the music running throughout, which is apparently a part of Hans Zimmer's score and YouTube is already dubbing "An Ideal of Hope" (real or not, I love that title). Following John Williams' tremendous score is no small feat, but judging from this snippet alone, Zimmer has nailed it - crafting a piece of music that seems to fly as high as its main hero.

   One thing to take note of: all the Superman themes dating back to the original Fleischer cartoons have had some string of three notes as the main chorus, echoing the main character's name ("Su-per-man"). Zimmer's theme here is no different, playing around with different triplets of notes throughout to wondrous effect.

June 16th can't get here soon enough...