Marvel vs. DC: Animated movies
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Posted on: 2010-10-07 16:15 in Comic and Hero-Villain Culture
Here's the link for all Marvel animated films: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Animation
You're right, there are a good number less animated films for Marvel than DC... but on the other hand there are MANY more Marvel animated TV shows than DC... and don't even start in on the film comparisons.
Anyway, hope the link helps!
Oh, also for DC, there's Batman: Enter the Red Hood. It JUST arrived today from Netflix, so I know nothing about it... but I've heard good things.
You're actually missing quite a few, including what may be the best Batman movie, ever, Mask of the Phantasm.
((Though that one isn't 'straight to DVD', but should definitely be viewed!!))
Marvel Side:
Ultimate Avengers - Liked It
Ultimate Avengers 2 - Has not watched
Iron Man - Liked It
Doctor Strange - It was ok to watch once
Next Avengers - Blaaaaah
Hulk vs Wolverine - Loved It
Hulk vs Thor - Thought it was worth watching once
Planet Hulk - Has not watched
DC Side:
Mask of the Phantasm - Loved It
Return of the Joker - Wasn't a fan
Batman Subzero, Mystery of Batwoman & vs Dracula - Has not watched
Trouble in Tokyo - Liked It
Superman: Doomsday - Liked It
JL: New Frontier - Blaaaah
Batman: Gothan Knight - Some of it was ok, most of it was Blah
Wonder Woman - Liked It
Tales of the Black Freighter - Has not watched
GL: First Flight - Loved It, did what New Frontier tried to do but better
B/S: Public Enemies - Liked It
JL: Crisis on Two Earths - Loved It
Batman: Under the Red Hood - LOVED IT
S/B: Apocalypse - Liked It
If I was to rate my Top 3 out of the whole list...
#1: Batman: Under the Red Hood
#2: JL: Crisis on Two Earths
#3: Hulk vs Wolverine *
*But I could easily switch this out for Mask of the Phantasm or GL: First Flight depending on my mood.
Marvel doesn't have the film rights to some of their biggies...X-men, Spidey, Fantastic Four all belong to other studios currently. But i don't know if that includes animated movie rights.
Of the ones i've seen, i've got to give the nod to DC. Bruce Timm is generally involved and he's been handling those characters in that medium since the 90s.
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I thought this was going to be an announcement about a Marvel vs DC Animated movie.
I am disappoint.
there's been decent stuff on both sides, though it seems like Marvel's pretty much stalled out in the direct to DVD market. 'cuase it seems like DC is churning out a new animated movie every two or three months. IIRC, i think Apocalypse was the latest one to come out and it was pretty good.
I thought the DC Animated movies are good, but thus far New Frontier's been one of my favorites. The only real gripe i have for any of them is that i wish they ran longer. Even if it was only another ten or fifteen minutes, some of them just feel a bit cut short.
for my own take on Talias well put together list.
Marvel Side:
Ultimate Avengers - Enjoyed it alot.
Ultimate Avengers 2 - Also enjoyed it a fine sequel
Iron Man - Liked It (Ditto)
Doctor Strange - Liked it alot. I enjoyed the more martial aspect of the training he did.
Next Avengers - Havent seen.
Hulk vs Wolverine - Havent seen (but want to)
Hulk vs Thor - Havent seen
Planet Hulk - Havent seen (but want too)
DC Side:
Mask of the Phantasm - Loved It 10 stars out of 5 a masterpiece.
Return of the Joker - Another Masterpiece from the DCAU. A trully chilling performance from an outstanding mark hammil
Batman Subzero - Not as good as Mask but a good solid stand alone movie with yet another outstanding performance from Michael Ansara as mr Freeze.
Mystery of the Batwoman - Personally enjoyed it alot. A nice twist to the story and one of the best animated of the series with very good action.
The Batman vs Dracula - Watched and was passable, if your a fan of The Batman series youll enjoy it once.
Trouble in Tokyo - Enjoyed it a lot great movie for the series
Superman: Doomsday - Enjoyed it nice take on the death of superman story.
JL: New Frontier - Blaaaah (Ditto)
Batman: Gothan Knight - for me this was an interesitng story, very visually stimulating. If youve seen the animatrix youll understand.
Wonder Woman - Havent seen (curious about it)
Tales of the Black Freighter - Has not watched
GL: First Flight - Loved It, a great origin story for GL
B/S: Public Enemies - havent seen it.
JL: Crisis on Two Earths - Havent seen it.
Batman: Under the Red Hood - Havent seen it (want too)
S/B: Apocalypse - havent seen it.
Personal faves
1: Mask of the Phantasm - a true masterpiece and one of the best films ever (animated or otherwise)
2: Return of the Joker - Again A truly epic animated movie and a highlight of the Batman Beyond series.
3: Ultimate Avengers - A good solid well made debut for lions gate studios Marvel Animated features.
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Next Avengers was cute.
Never liked the Ultimate Universe but these were OK.
Iron Man and Doctor Strange were different but OK.
Haven't seen any of the Hulk ones.
The great thing about the DC ones is that they are mostly done by the same group behind the scenes who were involved with all the DC TV series. They have excellent stories and the voice direction is great. Voice cast and animation styles may be different but the same level of quality is there.
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Originally Posted by Talia_Rayvyn
DC Side: JL: New Frontier - Blaaaah GL: First Flight - Loved It, did what New Frontier tried to do but better |
. . . . Switch those around and you are correct sir. New Frontier was amazing. And first fligth was blah. Im a huge green lantern fan and was bored to tears watching first flight.
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With Disney owning Marvel now, I expect you'll see a lot more Marvel animated movies out there. Having gone to Disneyland this past month, I saw a lot of Marvel clothes and toys in the Disney stores. My guess, there will be a lot more exposure of these characters over the next few years to help build the brand in the nations conscious.
eh, much as i liked New Frontier, i still think they did an okay job with First Flight. But suffers from the same issue as most of the other movies, too short. 
I've never seen the Ultimate Avengers movies, or the Iron Man one. Doctor Strange was meh.
That aside, comparing quality, it's pretty much down to Hulk Vs. and Planet Hulk against 6-8 good to awesome animated movies from DC. So, DC by a landslide.
We have yet to see it, but Marvel needs Disney's animation muscle to catch up to the quality that DC has with the WB.
Tales of Judgment. Also here, instead of that other place.
good luck D.B.B.
Seems like sorta a karma thing.
Marvel's kicking DC's butt in live-action movies, while DC is ahead in animated ones. Hopefully with Disney behind Marvel and the upcoming Green Lantern movie; things will even out a little more.
I haven't really watched any of the DC films, but this is my opinion of the Marvel ones.
Ultimate Avengers - Good, very fun. Perfect combination of Avengers and the Ultimates.
Ultimate Avengers 2 - Good, but not as good as the first.
Iron Man - I think this would have been better if it wasn't an origin story, considering live action Iron Man had come out, watching a different version of his origin again was a little dull.
Doctor Strange - Was okay. Not a huge Strange fan, but it was interesting.
Next Avengers - Haven't seen.
Hulk vs Wolverine - Quite good, but not enough Hulk in it and certainly not enough Hulk vs Wolverine. But it had Deadpool being Deadpool so it gets points for that.
Hulk vs Thor - Brilliant, has some of the best Hulk fight scenes ever and has a pretty cool plot, cast of characters and location.
Planet Hulk - Good. Not as good as it could have been, but still good.
I've been in a big superhero animated movie kick the past couple weeks and was wondering if there was any consensus on which side makes better straight to DVD animated movies. Also, if there's any others out there that I haven't listed, let me know so I can find them and watch them.
DC:
Wonder Woman
Green Lantern: First Flight
Superman/Batman: Public Enemies
Superman: Doomsday
Justice League: New Frontier
Batman: Gotham Knight
DC seems to me to have a larger budget for their animated movies. They have recognizable voice actors, and they seem to have better special effects, and I've enjoyed all of them quite a bit so far.
Marvel:
Hulk vs.
Planet Hulk
Ultimate Avengers (1 and 2)
Unless I'm missing a big chunk of movies, Marvel seems to have a smaller library. And aside from Hulk, they seem to be avoiding a lot of their big names. And the ones I've seen, the marvel movies have focused more on fighting, while DC seems to have a bit more depth of story.