Superman: Brainiac Attacks
- warm
- kinetic
- redemptive
Warm, breathless, measured animation / action, inventive in texture. Redemptive, epic, measured, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.
How every film is hand-scored →Embittered by Superman's heroic successes and soaring popularity, Lex Luthor forms a dangerous alliance with the powerful computer/villain Brainiac. Using advanced weaponry and a special strain of Kryptonite harvested from the far reaches of outer space, Luthor specifically redesigns Brainiac to defeat the Man of Steel.
Our read · Superman: Brainiac Attacks (2006) reads as a warm, breathless, inventive animation · action · family entry — measured in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.
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