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"Last time, not as many ships did you have. Get past it, we must. Get past it, we will."
"Ready he is, to teach an apprentice. To let go of his pupil, a greater challenge it will be. Master this, Skywalker must."
"In Skywalker is the Republic's only hope. Return Jabba's son, he must."
"Opening Narration: A galaxy divided. Striking swiftly after the Battle of Geonosis, Count Dooku’s droid army has seized control of the major hyperspace lines, separating the Republic from the majority of its clone army. With few clones available, the Jedi Generals cannot gain a foothold in the Outer Rim, as more and more planets choose to join Dooku’s Separatists. While the Jedi are occupied fighting a war, no-one is left to keep the peace. Chaos and crime spread and the innocent become victims in a lawless galaxy. Crime lord Jabba the Hutt’s son has been kidnapped by a rival band of pirates. Desperate to save his son, Jabba puts out a call for help. A call the Jedi are cautious to answer."
"The dialogue in the original Star Wars movies had a certain grace, but here the characters speak to one another in simplistic declamation."
"It's hard to tell the droids from the Jedi drones in this robotic animated dud, in which the George Lucas empire strikes back at the audience. What wears you out is Lucas' immersion in a Star Wars cosmology that has grown so obsessive-compulsively cluttered yet trivial that it's no longer escapism; it's something you want to escape from."
"David Boreanaz as Hal Jordan/Green Lantern"
"Miguel Ferrer as J'onn J'onzz/John Jones"
"Neil Patrick Harris as Barry Allen/The Flash"
"Jeremy Sisto as Batman"
"Kyle MacLachlan as Superman"
"Lucy Lawless as Wonder Woman"
"Phil Morris as King Faraday"
"John Heard as Ace Morgan"
"Lex Lang as Rick Flag"
"Brooke Shields as Carol Ferris"
"Kyra Sedgwick as Lois Lane"
"Keith David as The Centre"
"Corey Burton as Abin Sur and Ray Palmer"
"Townsend Coleman as Dr. Will Magnus"
"Shane Haboucha as Robin"
"Vicki Lewis as Iris West"
"James Arnold Taylor as Captain Cold"
"Jim Meskimen as Slam Bradley"
"Alan Ritchson as Aquaman"
"John F. Kennedy as Himself (Archive sound)"
"[first lines, about Superman] Just look at him. So sleek. So powerful. So... beautiful, like some great golden god made flesh. Of course, any sensible god would demand absolute obedience in return for his favor. But, no, our Man of Steel protects us, with no strings attached. The people? Hmph. They practically worship him anyway. Enjoy your reign while you may, Superman. For surely as night follows day. There comes a time when even gods must die."
"My rumpus room also comes equipped with red solar lamps and, of course, kryptonite. Red and green, the colors of Christmas. And you are on the naughty list!"
"[last lines] If history has determined that gods can die, it is also proven that they may return from the dead. It would seem you cannot be destroyed after all, Superman. It would seem. [Luthor smiles]"
"They say I'm brave, but I'm bulletproof. Ordinary men and women who put their lives on the line, they're the real heroes."
"Robot: The subject in question was biologically engineered to be the ultimate soldier. Precise, clinical, unstoppable. But its creators came to realize, could not distinguish between friend and foe. Thus, this doomsday machine lives to extinguish any and all life forms, because it must."
"Adam Baldwin - Kal-El/Clark Kent/Superman and Superman Clone"
"Anne Heche - Lois Lane"
"James Marsters - Lex Luthor"
"Adam Wylie - Jimmy Olsen"
"Swoosie Kurtz - Martha Kent"
"Cree Summer - Mercy Graves"
"Ray Wise - Perry White"
"Tom Kenny - The Robot"
"John DiMaggio - Winslow P. Schott/Toyman"
"Chris Cox - Damon Swank"
"James Arnold Taylor - Officer Tucker"
"Kimberly Brooks - Murphy"
"Kevin Smith - Grumpy Man"
"Townsend Coleman - Drill Operator"
"Hettie Lynn Hurtes - Newscaster"
"I finally get it. Thank you... I made the mistake of treating you people like, people. Now, I understand better... I understand now what the world wants, what it NEEDS. The world needs people in charge, willing to put the animals DOWN! [raises a whirlwind on the Elite]"
"It's never too late for peace, Black."
""Might makes right" has never been a productive philosophy."
"You're right about me. I would never put civilians in harm's way. I won't kill. But you would."
"They saw the ugliness of violence as a solution and it frightened them. It frightened me too when I decided to cross that line and do what you do. It's so easy. Anger, vengeance. Luckily, I'm not you. And I never will be."
"This is a call-out to the shadow cabinets, petty dictators and all-around tossers of the world. You're on notice. We're not bound by lines on a map or political alliances or government bodies of any kind. We are our own bosses, and we have a very simple job. There are the good guys -- namely us -- and the bad guys -- namely anyone who treats anyone else like trash to further their petty aims. We turn bad guys into memories. So mind your manners, lads and lasses or we'll blow your house down. We're the Elite. You asked for us, world. Now you got us."
"You don't have a clue what it means to live in fear, do you? To wonder why no one can stop the bogeymen who knock down skyscrapers or blow up schools. Well, we do. Human beings do. We understand fear all too well."
"[to Superman] No witty retort? Oh, wait. You're in the middle of a seizure. Sorry, mate. I can't read your mind but I sure as hell can muck about with your brain. All those capillaries, like little tubes of concrete. But still vulnerable. It's funny, isn't it? A life of truth, justice and the American, military, capitalist way. In the end, you die on the moon, wondering if your bowels will let go. And tomorrow, the world will go on like nothing happened. Dragged kicking and screaming to a better day."
"[the Elite arrive] He's sending in the B team? I want the boss, not the interns."
"World saved. Humanity lost."
"Superman doesn’t kill bad guys; he stops them and then lets the authorities take over, not just protecting Metropolis but setting an example for every man, woman and child who gazes up at the sky in wonderment at his passing. The problem is, inevitably The Atomic Skull (and every other super-powered maniac, for that matter) is going to bust out and recommence the slaughter. There’s an argument to be made that Superman should just pound him into mush and be done with it. Sure, our beacon of hope would shine a little less brightly…but, then, we also wouldn’t need to worry about a sentient, psychopathic A-bomb killing our children. Enter The Elite—four upstart vigilantes with no qualms about putting the bad guys down for good. Naturally, Superman ends up at odds with these renegades. But though they have enough powers between them to almost equal our hero, this struggle isn’t one of heat vision vs. telepathy. It’s about ideals; and, intriguingly, there’s merit on both sides. How can Superman justify letting a mass murderer live when he clearly cannot be contained or reasoned with? But if he crosses that line, as The Elite are wont to do, what would he be turning himself into? What would he be turning the people he defends into? It’s this ideological tussle, rather than high-flying spectacle, that makes the film engaging."
"Not a shard of Kryptonite to be found in the whole affair, and yet the Man of Steel has never been more vulnerable. As the world rallies behind The Elite, we see that, for all his remarkable gifts, he has no immunity to the pain of rejection nor the fear that he won’t be able to save humankind from its basest impulses."
"Question: For the uninitiated, what was the genesis for the original story of this comic?"
"Question: Do you have a favorite scene in SUPERMAN VS. THE ELITE?"
"Joe Kelly: In the DC realm, I’m very proud of “Justice League Elite” because the characters that pick up from this story are darker and very layered. It’s all about how messy you can get before you become a monster. I love that theme."
"Joe Kelly: The themes that are in Superman vs. The Elite are kind of timeless, but they especially resonate now in a world where the lines between good and bad are not always totally clear—as opposed to Superman, who really wears it on his sleeve. He’s an American icon, so where does he sit in today’s world? I think that’s a legitimate question and one that we can explore in the context of a superhero story."
"Joe Kelly: We wanted to make sure that the conflict between Superman and The Elite wasn’t minimized. We wanted to explore the difference between the two... You only have to turn on the TV to any news channel and there are conflicts going on all over the place where an average guy on the street might say, ‘Man, we need to wipe those guys off the earth. We wouldn’t have any problems if that country wasn't around.’ And that’s something that everybody kind of understands, especially now. We all have that anger, that sense of fear and inner desire to see the bad guys punished. So that’s what The Elite very strongly represent in the film. Like Manchester says, it’s that notion of, ‘find the cancer and cut it out.’ I think that’s a lot easier for an audience to tap into.""
"The plot is pretty simple. A new quartet of vigilantes have captured the public’s attention and approval. Led by the brutally cynical Manchester Black, ‘The Elite’ are all-too willing to do what Superman won’t, which is basically to wantonly murder those who threaten the safety of innocents. As Superman wonders if his absolutist moral code is no longer relevant, society at large must ask themselves what kind of superheroes they really want watching over them. Ten years after the original story was published, the narrative plays less like a rebuttal to the likes of Punisher or Spawn and more like a post-9/11 morality play. The word ‘terrorist’ gets thrown around like it’s a new vocabulary word, and it’s clear that the film is putting Superman in the shoes of the ACLU and the Glenn Greenwalds of the world while The Elite stands for the ‘by any means necessary’ approach favored by the likes of Dick Cheney and Barack Obama."
"In Superman vs. The Elite, the Man of Steel faces his most daunting foe yet: public opinion. In an era where the realities of terrorism and global strife have created a cynical and hardline attitudes about the concept of "justice," Superman's idealistic optimism seems more and more outdated (both in the film, and in the real-world). So when a group of younger super-powered vigilantes known as The Elite appear on the scene, Superman is not prepared for their brutal stance against criminals - nor the resounding public approval that follows."
"The story works in this animated feature as well as it did on the comic book page - primarily because the writer of the comic story (Joe Kelly) also wrote this animated feature version. The plot-points - sketching the modern world and how Superman's idealism is outdated; edgy anti-heroes being more popular than classic super heroes - are all directly addressing questions that fanboys and average people alike have been asking - namely, why does Superman still matter?"
"All in all, Superman vs. The Elite is a Superman flick that's actually interesting to watch for intellectual reasons, but won't blow you away in terms of visual splendor or action. In that sense it's an easy recommend to those who maybe haven't been able to connect with the character in a long time (Batman crowd, looking at you); though it may be less satisfying to the hardcore fans, who already know why they love Big Blue."
"The key difference between the new DC Universe Animated Movie: Superman vs. The Elite and its source material, Action Comics #775, “What's So Funny About Truth, Justice & the American Way? ” has nothing to do with the animation style, the voice direction or any of the hundreds of little changes that are necessary when adapting a printed work for the screen, instead it’s all about timing. The comic bears the publication date of March 2001, and even if you do not subscribe to the notion that ‘everything changed after 9/11’ it is impossible to see this new release without contextualizing its story of extreme answers to extreme situations without the events of the intervening decade in mind."
"In his recent Newsarama interview, the writer of the original comic and of the animated adaption, Joe Kelly, described part of his inspiration being the perception that Superman, as a character and a heroic archetype, was that “he’s lame and he’s outdated,” and that is just the impression that the movie gives viewers right at the offset. Immediately framed as corny and old-fashioned by an in-universe childish animated depiction of the hero and his morals, a short string of loving put-downs by an in-the-know, affectionate Lois and even by the clever pop-art style credit sequence that cuts together clips of pre-90s era Superman cartoons, this Man of Steel nevertheless exists in a more ‘realistic’ world as the movie starts to earn it’s PG-13 rating with an attack by the Atomic Skull who is trying to get the hero’s attention by gruesomely disintegrating people at random. One block wrecking brawl later, a debate on the seemingly useless process of incarcerating such villains is interrupted by the outbreak of war between some stand-in Middle Eastern nations. While battling one side’s giant bug monster bio-weapon, Superman is aided by a new group of heroes that will come be known as The Elite: potent telepath and telekinetic Manchester Black, the energy manipulator Coldcast, Menagerie, who controls a legion of symbiotic alien creatures inside her, and The Hat, a powerful conjuror. Initially the five of them work together well, but The Elite’s aggressive attitude and willingness, almost eagerness, to cross moral lines when crime-fighter that Superman is not comfortable with start to concern the Man of Steel and fire-up Lois’ reporter instincts. This new conflict leads events cumulating in a scene that might have been, if not for the nature of the participants, the most graphic ever depicted in superhero animation, a crisis of confidence for and of Superman and the public leading to a high-stakes 4-on-1 battle royal."
"George Newbern - Kal-El/Clark Kent/Superman"
"Pauley Perrette - Lois Lane"
"Robin Atkin Downes -Manchester Black"
"Catero Colbert - Nathan Jones/Coldcast"
"Melissa Disney - Pam/Menagerie"
"Andrew Kishino - The Hat"
"Ogie Banks - Terrence Baxter"
"Paul Eiding - Jonathan Kent"
"Dee Bradley Baker - Joseph Martin/Atomic Skull"
"David Kaufman - Jimmy Olsen"
"Grey DeLisle - Young Manchester Black"
"Marcella Lentz-Pope - Vera Black"
"Fred Tatasciore - Perry White"
"Tara Strong - Young Vera Black"
"Henry Simmons - Efrain Baxter"
"Pamela Kosh - Abigail"
"Troy Evans - Pundit"
"Jennifer Hale - Kid Playing Superman"
"Jeff LaPensee - Falling Man"
"Dave B. Mitchell - Shocktrooper"
"Sumalee Montano - Newscaster"
"Laraine Newman - Newscaster 3"
"Nolan North - Pokolistani Ambassador"
"Stephen Stanton - Bialyian Ambassador, Cartoon Superman, Manchester Black's Father"
"Bruce Timm - MI-5 Agent"
"Rick Zieff - Desiccated Man"
"Julie Wittner - Cowering Woman"
"Beware my power, asshole."
"[to Cyborg] The era of the land-dweller is at an end, hero. Your metal skull will decorate my great hall."
"...when I was a little girl, Grandma taught me a prayer: Accept the things you cannot change. Have the courage to change the things you can... and have the wisdom to know the difference."
"Justin Chambers - Barry Allen/The Flash"
"Kevin McKidd - Thomas Wayne/Batman"
"C. Thomas Howell - Eobard Thawne/Professor Zoom/The Reverse-Flash"
"Michael B. Jordan - Victor Stone/Cyborg"
"Kevin Conroy - Bruce Wayne/Batman"
"Sam Daly - Kal-El/Clark Kent/Superman"
"Steven Blum - Lex Luthor, Captain Thunder"
"Nathan Fillion - Hal Jordan/Green Lantern"
"Cary Elwes - Orin/Arthur Curry/Aquaman"
"Dana Delany - Lois Lane"
"Vanessa Marshall - Princess Diana/Wonder Woman"
"Ron Perlman - Slade Wilson/Deathstroke"
"Grey DeLisle - Nora Allen, Young Barry Allen, Martha Wayne/The Joker"
"Jennifer Hale - Iris West, Billy Batson"
"Dee Bradley Baker - Etrigan the Demon, The Top, The Canterbury Cricket"
"Danny Huston - General Sam Lane"
"Danny Jacobs - Cole Cash/Grifter, Leonard Snart/Captain Cold"
"James Patrick Stuart - Steve Trevor, Digger Harkness/Captain Boomerang, Orm Marius/Ocean Master"
"Lex Lang - Nathaniel Adams/Captain Atom, Funeral Presider"
"Peter Jessop - Dr. Vulko"
"Candi Milo - Persephone, Pedro Pena"
"Hynden Walch - Yo-Yo"
"Kevin Michael Richardson - President of the United States, James Forrester"
"Andrea Romano - Doris, Central City Newsreader"
"Jason Isaacs - Superman"
"Amy Acker - Lois Lane"
"Diedrich Bader - Lex Luthor"
"Vanessa Marshall - Wonder Woman"
"Phil Morris - James Olsen"
"Paul Williams - Brainiac"
"Roger Craig Smith - Batman"
"Jim Meskimen - US Presidents Dwight Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy"
"Sasha Roiz - Hal Jordan"
"William Salyers - Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin and Jack Ryder"
"It's time to show them we are more than meets the eye."
"Transform and roll out!"
"I know we're just lowly worker bots who can't even transform. Don't you wanna see what's out there? (in the teaser trailer only)"
"[From the trailer] For thousands of years, we have been at war. But before we were enemies... we were like brothers."
"[From the trailer] What happened to my best friend?"
"What defines a Transformer is not the cog in his chest, but the spark that resides in their core... a spark that gives you the will to make your world better, and that is something Sentinel can never take from us. If we want to be in control of our own destiny, we will have to fight for it. Now is the time for us to stand up. For ourselves. Stand up for this injustice! I promise you, this fight will be worth it. Follow me; nothing can stop us when we stand together! Together as one!"
"Now is the time to stand together."
"We were given the power to change our world and you chose to destroy it, just like Sentinel. You have betrayed Cybertron and its citizens, and you betrayed... me. Go. Take the High Guard and leave. You are... banished from Iacon. It didn't have to end this way."
"The line between friend and enemy is not as clear as I once believed. Once it's crossed, there's no going back, because some transformations... are permanent."
"And now we stand here, together as one, proving we all have the power to transform. To become who we were destined to be. To right wrongs, to make our world better. Because here, freedom and autonomy are the rights of all sentient beings. Here, all are truly Autobots. This message is a warning to all Quintessons: if you dare return to Cybertron, the Autobots will be waiting. I will be waiting. I... am Optimus Prime!"
"There's a reason no one goes to the surface, it's dangerous."
"Like you said, we can be so much more."
"Pax, you need to move out of my way, before I move you myself."
"Every day... every single day of my life has been a lie."
"I'm not cowering in some busted ship, playing king of the throne. I'm not pretending like I'm making a difference by throwing one punch and then running away to hide! I found out that Sentinel is rotten today, and I'm going to make him pay for it! TODAY!"
"Bear witness! This is the last time I show mercy! Decide right now! You can stay here in hiding, bowing before your pathetic leader, or follow me as we march on Iacon and I take down Sentinel ONCE AND FOR ALL!"
"I'm done saving you."
"I... am... Megatron!"
"This isn't over... Prime!"
"Sentinel, the betrayer, is dead. But his death has given life to a new enemy, a stronger enemy, a personal enemy. We will not be blinded by his deception! We are the ones who are... DECEPTICONS! RISE UP!"
"[From the trailer] Whoa-ho-ho! I got a battle mask! It appeared when this guy— [gestures, bisecting the drone's head] Knife hands?! I have knife hands!"
"[in a mid-credit scene, B-127 returns to his old workplace in sublevel 50; to his manequins "friends" EP-508, A-A-Tron, and Steve] Hey, guys! Great news, the Energon’s back! And I have a cog and I can transform! [putting Steve's head back in place] It’s a long story. I’ll fill you in later. Oh! And here’s the best part. My hands are straight-up knives. Watch this. Knife hands! (summons his energon blades, only to impale two of the heads of A-A-Tron and Steve by accident) (tragically) NOOOOOO!!!!"
"We can transform now!"
"[From the trailer] We've got these powers for a reason. Let's use them."
"[From the trailer] Maybe it's just me, but (reffering to D-16) he's different."
"(seeing Orion and D-16 at the Iacon-5000 race) You gotta be kidding me."
"I'm better than you in every way, except you have hope. You always have you went back into the mine to rescue Jazz, you snuck up to the surface to find the Matrix of Leadership."
"(after she and Orion successfully expose the truth about Sentinel) Pax, we did it!"
"Now, are you spies... or just incompetent lackeys?"
"Enough! Two options for you! One: We slowly dismantle each of you one bolt and screw at a time, and really make sure you feel it. Or two: In exchange for a quick death, you give us intel on the Energon trains, access to the mines or anything else that could hurt your boss, Sentinel Prime!"
"The yellow annoying one is correct. We were once the High Guard. We witnessed Sentinel's betrayal, saw the Primes fall. Since that day we've been fighting from the shadows, doing whatever we can to sabotage Sentinel."
"The idea of a unified Cybertron is a myth. All that counts is the strength of one bot over another!"
"You think you can just insult me and just walk away? No one leaves here unless I say so."
"(after D-16 manifests his Fusion Cannon for the first time, and threatens to shoot Starscream in his head) PLEASE! I BEG YOU!"
"All hail Megatron!"
"(seeing Orion Pax and D-16 in the Iacon-5000 race) I'm sorry, are those... miners in the race?"
"(Zeta Prime: "Sentinel... why?!") For all the power on Cybertron."
"(the Quintesson commander threatens Sentinel due to the Energon he and his forces brought not being enough) I know what I promised you! But our mines, they’re running out! There’s barely enough Energon for us! (the Quintesson commander growls) I swear, I'll get you the rest!"
"Down here, the truth is what I make it."
"(seeing the Megatronus decal on D-16's shoulder) Oh, Megatronus Prime. Of course you’re a fan, Megatronus was the coolest Prime! The biggest, the baddest, the toughest! That's why after I killed him, I took his Cog for myself."
"(via a footage used to expose him for him giving away the Energon to the Quintessons; straining) I’m working my miners as hard as I can. I swear I will get you the rest! (line is repeated three times)"
"(last words) D-16... we can lead Cybertron together...! DON'T DO THIS...!"
"(voiceover; via transmission and narration) At the dawn of time, there was our gracious and powerful creator, Primus. To protect our universe, he sacrificed his life force, transforming himself into our planet, Cybertron. From within Cybertron’s core, Primus birthed the first Transformers known as the Primes, the most powerful Transformers, appointed to lead and protect future generations. To assist them, Primus created an entity of great power, the Matrix of Leadership. [...] With the Matrix in the Primes’ possession, Cybertron’s natural power source, Energon, flowed in abundance, sustaining life across the planet. [...] For generations, there was peace and prosperity, until the Matrix of Leadership was lost, causing Energon to no longer flow."
"Sentinel is no Prime!"
"You have not been saved! You've been living a lie. I saw the truth with my own eyes. Come - I will show you."
"For thousands of cycles, the war with the Quintessons had been a brutal conflict. Until Sentinel, the principal aide to the Primes, intercepted an enemy transmission. There was going to be a secret gathering of Quintesson commanders. Their elimination could end the war. It was a mission so important, we Primes took it on ourselves. We agreed to meet Sentinel for his sensitive intel in secret, here, in this cave. But we were not alone. [...] We were outnumbered but stood as one. Our victory was near. Until we were betrayed. [...] But Sentinel never understood the true power of what he desired. The Matrix of Leadership can only be wielded by one that Primus himself deems worthy. And Sentinel most certainly was not."
"What defines a Transformer is not the cog in his chest, but the spark that resides in their core. A spark that gives you the will to make your world better. My fellow Primes had that spark, and I see their strength in you. Take their cogs and access your full potential."
"You have the power to make your world better, but this fight is mine."
"Orion Pax, your noble sacrifice for the greater good has proven you worthy in the eyes of Primus, he entrusts in you, the future of Cybertron, and... the Matrix of Leadership!"
"ARISE! Optimus Prime."
"You can't win, miner! I see everything!"
"GRRRRR! Miners!"
"Report to waste management!"
"Arcee: (seeing Orion Pax and D-16 in the Iacon-5000 race) Miners! Those are miners like us!"
"Soundwave: High guard, eject."
"Witness the origin."
"Discover the origin behind the rivalry."
"Built like brothers. Forged into enemies."
"One will defend."
"Chris Hemsworth — Orion Pax / Optimus Prime"
"— D-16 / Megatron"
"Scarlett Johansson — Elita-1"
"— B-127 / Bumblebee"
"— Alpha Trion"
"— Sentinel Prime"
"— Darkwing"
"Vanessa Liguori — Airachnid"
"Jason Konopisos-Alvarez — Shockwave and a guard"
"Jon Bailey — Soundwave"
"Evan Michael Lee — Jazz"
"— Zeta Prime"
"Jinny Chung — and Chromia"
"Josh Cooley — Skywarp"