I watched this movie a few years back and it was really good to watch. If you are a fan of Superman the animated series then you might enjoy this movie especially since they kept the designs from DCAU and the had made the animation slightly brighter.The voice acting, on the other hand, wasn't as good but still good that they got most of the cast back.But through DC logic what does not make sense is when Lois was dying and Superman was too late to save her with the antidote it didn't work. But when Superman kiss Lois thinking that she is dead she comes back to life. What logic is this?It was a good movie overall though.

This is a prime example of how little regard Marketing Execs have for the audience of their product.Instead of hiring Bruce Timm, or even one of the many excellent producers who worked under him on Batman, Superman, Batman Beyond, Justice League, or Teen Titans, (just like they did with the horrible Batman Mystery of the Batwoman) Warner Home Video hired new people unfamiliar with the show to make a direct to video movie.Bruce Timm and his team are just brilliant. Every time Warners (in one division or another) asked them to do something, they looked at it not as just a paycheck, but as an opportunity to make something great. They created the best versions of every character they touched in any audio/visual medium. They weaved complex characters with developing character arches over multiple episodes, seasons, series.But Instead, Warner Home Video decided to hire a couple of also-rans who had no love for the series they were creating an OVA for. First, they recast all of the villains. Lex Luthor, his body guard Mercy, and the Unstoppable, Self Replicating Brainiac. Then they discarded all previous character development. Lex still owns a large portion of Metropolis, but suddenly his evil schemes are paper thin, he's wall to wall jokes and wisecracks, and he has lost his composure. Lois Lane has traded in her might and equality to return to her vapid damsel roots of the very earliest Superman incarnations. Brainiac has stopped being Superman's most dangerous enemy, and instead is just a Giant Robot. Mercy was out of character. Perry White was out of Character. And Superman was not any Superman I could recognize. Causing Damage in Metropolis, instead of trying to take the fight out of the city. Whiney and Lovelorn.Here's the thing, if you are going to make such horribly drastic changes to the characters, they should have redesigned the characters based on the Superman Returns character looks , and got the cast of the movie to do the voices. Then you have the movie tie in, and the cast as a selling point, instead of a detraction. The same horrible script would have been just fine that way. By using the Bruce Timm character designs, and half the cast, they created an expectation this OVA could not achieve.I love DC Comics and buy every DVD that has characters from their comics, but now having been burned twice by Mystery of the Batwoman and Brainiac Attacks, I might have to start reading reviews first.

Excited by the release of the Animated Superman's 3rd season and the 2nd of Justice League, I decided "what the heck" and bought Braniac Attacks on DVD. There, quite simply, could have been no worse way to spend $15. The counter on my DVD player read one minute and 34 seconds when I realized I had made a mistake. It's one thing if they couldn't get Clancy Brown to reprise his role as Luthor, but it seems that the writers also forgot who he was. This Lex Luthor was far more reminiscent of Gene Hackman's unbelievable geek (and, as I understand, the upcoming Kevin Spacey portrayal). The characters all have drifted from their origins (since when did Lois actually *moon* over Superman?) I am not one to be surprised when direct-to-video animation sequels turn out to be cheap imitations of the original, but this is so far beyond that! Whether you are a fan of the series yourself, or have kids who are, you absolutely should *not* waste money on this piece of trash.

I was very upset by the demise of Justice League Unlimited. It sounded the death knell for all of the DC Animated series line that has been going on since the original Batman The Animated Series, that started way back in 1992. I had also felt that over the years, that like most great shows, the story telling had matured very well. The only thing that I had to count on now was direct to DVD movies & was very excited to see a new Superman the Animated Series movie coming out. To add to the excitement, Tim Daly, was returning as Superman's voice. He had not done Superman throughout the 2 Justice League series. Then came great disappointment. Powers Booth as Lex Luthor? Lance Henricksen as the laughing Brainiac? It's very obvious that they wanted lighter villains for 2 reasons. One, to mimic Kevin Spacey's Lex in Superman Returns & two, to lighten this up for child consumption. Clancy Brown & Corey Burton embodied these 2 classic villains. Braniac as a cold, calculative computer & Lex as the ruthless buisnessman/scientist. They threw all continuity to the wind with this movie as well. Brainiac not knowing of the orb of Krypton in Superman's Fortress? It was his to begin with. Obviously they chose to ignore all of Brainy's Kryptonian origins. Lex's henchwoman Mercy, a giggly bubblehead?Also, since when did the Phantom Zone develop a revolving door? That's the purpose of that inter-dimensional gulag, it's inescapable unless someone lets you out. I could go on & on but instead I will say: If your a big fan of all the other animated series incarnations, this will not please you at all. If your looking for a fun, light hearted Superman romp for your 6-10 year old, this is the DVD for you.