243 quotes found
"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"
"[to Hal] Let me tell you, friend. The only way to operate out here is by fear. They hit, I hit harder. They attack, I annihilate. I am the one constant, unassailable force against their chaos and you made them forget that. You think I enjoy this? Look at the universe the Guardians have created. We have the greatest power in the cosmos and what have they made us? Garbage collectors! We pick up the trash. [blasting away at garbage with Power Ring] A thief here, a killer there. Scum, dirt, filth! There's no end to it, but there could be. It's my dream that one day all of this rot will be wiped away. A new order will prevail, one that will end the chaos but it won't be built by the faint of heart. You got soft on me back there, Earth boy, and that I will not tolerate."
"[last words] You are now a... Green Lantern... One of the protectors of the universe... The Guardians... will send for you... Use... the ring... wisely."
"[steps on Sinestro's hand and crushes his ring] Excuse me, poozer."
"Christopher Meloni - Hal Jordan/Green Lantern"
"Victor Garber - Sinestro"
"Michael Madsen - Kilowog"
"Tricia Helfer - Boodikka"
"John Larroquette - Tomar-Re"
"Kurtwood Smith - Kanjar Ro"
"Larry Drake - Ganthet"
"William Schallert - Appa Ali Apsa"
"Malachi Thorne - Ranakar"
"Olivia d'Abo - Carol Ferris"
"David Lander - Ch'p"
"Richard Green - Cuch"
"Juliet Landau - Labella"
"Kath Soucie - Arisia Rrab"
"Richard McGonagle - Abin Sur"
"Rob Paulsen - Weaponers of Qward"
"Jim Wise - Lieutenant"
"Bruce Timm - Bug Boy"
"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"
"Uh-uh. No phoning home! [punches hole in robot]"
"[to Terrorist Leader] You don't know teenage girls, do you? Rebellious, angry at the world, doesn't know her own strength? You're in deep trouble."
"Matt Bomer - Kal-El/Clark Kent/Superman"
"Stana Katic - Lois Lane"
"John Noble - Brainiac"
"Molly Quinn - Kara Zor-El/Supergirl"
"Alexander Gould - Jimmy Olsen"
"Diedrich Bader - Steve Lombard"
"Frances Conroy - Martha Kent"
"Wade Williams - Perry White"
"Stephen Root - Zor-El"
"Sirena Irwin - Alura"
"Melissa Disney - Thara Ak-Var"
"Michael-Leon Wooley - Ron Troupe"
"Jason Beghe - Terrorist Leader"
"Will Yun Lee - Parasoldier Leader"
"Ian James Corlett - Kryptonian 1"
"Andrea Romano - News Anchor 2, Superman's Ship"
"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"
"So, your mom did it with Satan?"
"(to Robin) Yeah right, like you got a way to take out Superman. (Robin grins) Oh my god, I think he does..."
"Mother of Azarath, give me strength!"
"Damian Wayne: Faith is belief based on an absence of data."
"Stuart Allan - Damian Wayne/Robin"
"Taissa Farmiga - Raven"
"Jon Bernthal - Trigon"
"Kari Wahlgren - Koriand'r/Starfire"
"Jake T. Austin - Jaime Reyes/Blue Beetle"
"Brandon Soo Hoo - Garfield Logan/Beast Boy"
"Jason O'Mara - Bruce Wayne/Batman"
"Sean Maher - Dick Grayson/Nightwing"
"Jerry O'Connell - Kal-El/Clark Kent/Superman"
"Rosario Dawson - Princess Diana/Diana Prince/Wonder Woman"
"Christopher Gorham - Barry Allen/The Flash"
"Shemar Moore - Victor Stone/Cyborg"
"Laura Bailey - Angela Chen"
"Steven Blum - Lex Luthor, Toyman"
"Terrence C. Carson - Ra's al Ghul"
"Rick D. Wasserman - Solomon Grundy, Atomic Skull, and Mark Mardon/Weather Wizard"
"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"
"Master Splinter has given us a very important mission for tonight. The target is across the street. We must use stealth and cunning to infiltrate the human world and retrieve... ."
"Look, we're really sorry, Splinter. Some of the guys wanted to see a movie, and I tried to talk them out of it."
"I mean, it's 2023, Mikey."
"I would love to have a champagne brunch with Tom Brady."
"We've prepared our whole lives for this."
"We eat danger for breakfast."
"Enough talk! I dream about fighting every night!"
"Let's try that again, but with ninja stars!"
"Just stop talking! You're ruining my concentration."
"Well, nothing we can do. You guys wanna grab a pizza?"
"If you're in high school you can totally hijack a parade."
"I'm awesome."
"Your head looks like Stewie had a baby with Hey Arnold!"
"You're fine, chill. He's going to die."
"I can't believe there are other mutants, like us!"
"We take out Superfly, and everyone will think we're cool. They'll accept us!"
"You are really driving these metaphors to the ground."
"Hey, why did we pick a fruit shaped exactly like my head?"
"You ratted us out!"
"Can we explain this over some pizza?"
"Hey, guys. If we weren't monsters that were shunned by society, and we could do what we wanted, what would you guys do?"
"[from trailer] 1 day, and 15 years ago, everything changed. We was covered in this ooze someone dumped in the sewers. Whatever this ooze was, it transformed us. It was weird, but we became a family."
"My son, Michelangelo, you have heart. Donatello, you have wisdom. Raphael, you have bravery. And Leonardo, honor."
"[to Michaelangelo] Hey! Don't use that word that way."
"[When a TCRI guard calls him Ratatouille] Don't call me Ratatouille."
"This is insane. Turtle. Mutant. Karate. Teens. I want to know everything about you."
"[from trailer] So you were baby turtles, who've made contact with mystery goo."
"Maybe you're not the only one who wants to be heroes so people like them."
"[upon seeing Superfly's gang of mutants] Oh my God, I'm going to win a Daytime Emmy..."
"Sorry, am I supposed to film all the stuff you do? Because a lot of it is dumb."
"Six in the morning police at my door."
"Y'all some little tortoises, huh?"
"[from trailer] You want to roll with us? Humans are never going to like us. So I decided to kill all the humans and let the mutants rule the earth."
"Man, I almost thought you were cool. See you in hell turtles."
"[Ray Fillet is singing a sad song] Ray Fillet, shut your mouth! If I wanted to listen to something sad, I'd go listen to some damn John Legend or something, man!"
"[when telling the turtles his and the other mutant's origins; Leo and Donnie say that Splinter hide them from the world] Well not me. That sound like a punk choice. Know what I did? I beat that fool down. Touched that chin. Molly-Whopped him! [slams his claw on the table] Whop! Whop! To an inch of his life! [crushes a ketchup bottle] BOP! That's when I decided to kill all the humans, and let the mutants rule the earth."
"[When the turtles suggest that they may not be on board with the plan to kill all humans] Well that would mean......That I was wrong about you. [ominous pauses] And ya'll not as cool as I thought you were. And that right there, piss me off! [stomps out a fire hydrant]"
"What the hell are y'all doing?! Man, stop this "Kumbaya" and "love each other" stuff! Kill them fools!"
"[punching Michelangelo with his small secondary arms] Surprise! Why you sockin' yourself?! Why you sockin' yourself?!"
"They smile in your face, all the time they wanna take your place!"
"[After mutating into Super Duper Fly] Oh, hell yeah! Look at me. Look at me! I ain't just Superfly, I'm Super Duper Fly! [chuckles] That's Missy Elliot Super Duper Fly!"
"Nicolas Cantu — Leonardo"
"Brady Noon — Raphael"
"Micah Abbey — Donatello"
"Shamon Brown Jr. — Michelangelo"
"Jackie Chan — Hamato Yoshi"
"Ayo Edebiri — April O'Neil"
"Maya Rudolph — Cynthia Utrom"
"— Superfly"
"Seth Rogen — Bebop"
"John Cena — Rocksteady"
"Rose Byrne — Leatherhead"
"Natasia Demetriou — Wingnut"
"Austin Malone — Ray Fillet"
"Hannibal Buress — Genghis Frog"
"Paul Rudd — Mondo Gecko"
"Giancarlo Esposito — Dr. Baxter Stockman"