I know many dislike the movie but I must say I really enjoy it. That Tim returns as Superman after these years and that Lance Henriksen's Brainiac is very menacing.

I really wanted to like Superman: Braniac Attacks. I love Superman and a vast majority of the DC animated movies, and the voice cast looked good on paper. The film really failed to deliver though. I will admit that the animation is nice and fluid with lots of colour and some atmosphere. Dana Delaney is the best of the voice cast, her Lois is spot on. I like Tim Daly, but he lacked charisma for me here, almost as if he was yet to find his feet. Lance Henrikssen completely lacks menace and demeanour, that is very uncharacteristic of Henrikssen so I'll blame the writing on this one. The worst case though was the Lex Luthor of Powers Boothe, who is nowhere near calculating enough, and it does not help that Luthor is too much watered down Joker and not enough of the cold and calculating Luthor we are used to. The writing is terrible, disjointed and full of unfunny wisecracks from Luthor. The story never gets going, it is very thin, has no sense of mystery or excitement and even the action sequences are dull. There is even a major inconsistency with Braniac and the Krypton. The characters are way off too often, Luthor fares the worst, but Mercy is also annoying and robotic, Lois is too stereotypical and in an attempt to bring a potentially good idea of Clark telling Lois about him being Superman they make Superman as dull as dishwater. The music is pretty poor as well, it is often overbearing and just doesn't fit with the style of the film. All in all, a real disgrace despite its potential. 2/10 Bethany Cox

Everything about this direct-to-DVD movie looked rushed. The animation is serviceable, but nothing spectacular. Tim Daly and Dana Delany do their usual good jobs as Superman and Lois, and Lance Henriksen is OK as Brainiac. There are some new voices for Perry and Jimmy that take a little getting used to. There's a nice subplot with Jimmy and Luthor's henchwoman, but the Mercy Graves character is watered down from what we've seen in the past. The biggest faults of this movie, however, are the writing, and Powers Boothe as Lex Luthor. Luthor comes off as a wimpy, comic relief, not the megalomaniac we've seen him as in other Superman and Justice League episodes. There is never any real sense of danger from either Brainiac or Luthor – there were a lot things going "boom," but it all seemed like pointless paint-by-numbers. The love story between Supes and Lois gets some lip service (no pun intended) but ultimately nothing comes of it, as usual. Veteran Superman animators Curt Geda and Duane Capizzi have done much better in the past; I was very surprised they were responsible for this mediocre project.

I bought this on it's release day and it wasn't until this morning that I finally had time to pop it in the DVD player and finally view it.At long last, Superman: The Animated Series finally gets a direct to video animated movie to line up on your shelves with 3 Batman, 1 Batman Beyond, and 1 Justice League movies. It was refreshing to hear Tim Daly back as the voice of Superman/Clark Kent as well as Dana Delaney as Lois Lane, David Kauffman as Jimmy Olsen, George Dzunda as Perry White, and Mike Farrell and Shelly Fabares as Jonathan and Martha Kent. The animation is the same if not better. The emotions Clark struggles with about his feelings for Lois as well as the drama with her injury and near death experience with everyone involved was well done. And guess what!! Those are the ONLY good points of Superman: Brainiac Attacks. As we all know, Superman III directed by Richard Lester marked the beginning of destruction with the Superman movie franchise. But it was Superman IV: The Quest For Peace directed by Sydney Furie and produced by Golan Globus that killed the Superman movie franchise in the 80's. Well, history repeats itself in the animated world. The fact that the animation style is the same plus having the original voice cast of Superman, his Daily Planet colleagues, and his parents are merely a mirage to get you to buy or watch this abomination animation. Superman: Brainiac Attacks was nothing more than WB's move to cash in on the upcoming Superman Returns movie. The creative team that brought Superman: The Animated Series to life (not to mention Batman, Batman Beyond, Justice League and JLU)namely, Bruce Timm, Paul Dini, Dan Riba, James Tucker, Glen Muriaki, voice director Andrea Romano, and music composer Shirley Walker were NOT involved with this animated movie. The only familiar name is the director, Curt Geda, who directed the Timmverse episodes of our heroes. This was obviously why the voices of Lex Luthor, Brainiac, and Mercy Graves were all poorly miscast and recast. The head writer is Duane Capizzi, writer of the new Batman cartoon on the WB. In an interview, he said it was deliberately decided not to have this movie in continuity with Superman: The Animated Series or JLU and it was intended for Lex Luthor to be an idiotic comical buffoon like the Gene Hackman (and I guess Kevin Spacey) portrayal. If this movie had a new animation style and new character designs, I might have accepted that, but to take this version of Lex, who was the epitome of corporate evil played by Clancy Brown and turn him into what Powers Boothe portrayed was totally unacceptable. I like Powers Boothe as Gorilla Grodd on JLU, but not as Lex Luthor. Lance Henrickson totally sucked as Brainiac. I truly miss Corey Burton as the cold as steel characterization. Plus, I preferred Brainiac addressing Superman as Kal El rather than Son of Krypton.And then, there's Mercy Graves. After seeing her as a long haired beautiful honcho of Lexcorp on JLU, we see her back in her original title as Lex's right hand aide, but now she's a blonde and she's more feminine voiced over by Tara Strong (Batgirl and Raven from the Teen Titans) as opposed to the tougher than nails version by Lisa Edelstein.Superman: Braniac Attacks has no real intro. This new joker that scored the music for this movie had no real theme. The music was rather odd. And my final gripe: even though the main cast that was there did a good job, the writing was sooo pathetic, that Tim Daly, Dana Delaney, and the regular cast all sounded off of their roles by a slight tad. It seems like the WB has gone back to making these DC Super Hero shows for kids ages 5 - 12 only and "to hell with the older fans."If you're thinking about buying Superman: Brainiac Attacks: only buy it if your kids are very young and are Superman fans or if you yourself are a series completionist like myself. Otherwise, just rent it or avoid it altogether. It's just not worth it. Like it's live action predecessor, Superman IV, Superman: Braninac Attacks is a Super Franchise killer. Two Thumbs Down!!