I'm still excited to hear Alex's take on Superman Returns, why oh why couldn't he have seen it on Tuesday with us? Jesse and I would have been so happy.

As for myself, I was dissapointed. Superman Returns is too mopey and too boring (especially in the third act). For the love of god, why can't he do anything except lift stuff? So in the interest of satisfying my lust for good, fun Superman stories (and for good ol' Supes/Lois dating/hating) I bought the first volume of the animated series. It's so awesome.

I don't entirely care for the Last Son Of Krypton arc that kicks off the series, although it does give the best origin of all time for Brainiac. After Superman gets to Metropolis, though, everything kicks into totally awesome high gear. Lex is great, and a perfect combo between scientist and business mogul. Tim Daly and Dana Delaney are pitch perfect, and the Clark-Lois relationship, getting to start from the beginning as it does, is just awesome. I love it when she calls him Smallville. There's even a scene where Clark jokingly says that he's Superman and Lois just laughs in his face.

One thing I hadn't noticed first time around, but can really see when watching all in a row, is the incredible continuity the show sets up. The second Metallo episode is a direct follow up to the events of the Last Son Of Krypton arc, and Brainiac comes back pretty soon to do to earth what he did to Krypton. You can also watch the Fortress of Solitude grow through the series, first by gaining a Kryptonian knowledge orb from Brainiac and then the addition of an alien zoo from the Lobo episodes. It's just really cool to see the world all grow and make sense in this way.

Tonight I'll probably skip Volume 2 and go straight to Amoeba to buy Volume 3 so I can see the totally awesome Apokolips War arc that Alex is so hot on. Bring it on, 4th of July Weekend!