James Denton All-Star Superman animated movie Interview

James Denton All-Star Superman animated movie Interview

Writer Paul Hunter managed to conduct an interview with actor James Denton regarding his voicing of the Man of Steel in All-Star Superman when the film had its Los Angeles premiere.

By EdGross - Mar 07, 2011 03:03 AM EST
Filed Under: Superman (Animated)
Source: Futureshop.ca
What follows is an excerpt from that interview. Please follow the link for the full conversation.

PH: Who did you find easier to voice, Superman or Clark Kent?

JD: Clark Kent because he's so clearly a mask, a facade that Superman's putting on, so I didn't have to worry about being too big. I didn't want to make him ridiculous but he clearly is put on, so you don't have to worry about the realism quite so much, whereas with Superman there were a lot of moments that were pivotal and very emotional, so it was critical to not be silly. With Clark Kent you could be silly as much as you want.

PH: One thing I found is that Superman sort of walks this fine line where he wasn't exactly extremely emotional but he also wasn't monotone. I noticed at the end though where Superman was fighting Solaris it was one of the few times you really see Superman get angry. That must have been a really exciting scene for you.

JD: It was, it was fun. Andrea [Romano, voice director] is so good at pumping us up, even without seeing the animation. You can read it on the script but until you see the animation it's hard to tell how big the scene is going to be, you have to just trust her to push you, push you, push you. There's two moments when he's trying to protect Lois, with the Ultra-Sphinx and then at the end when he get so furious that Solaris killed his Sun-eater, it was fun just to blow it out, give a big growl and let him have it. So yeah there wasn't a lot of that in this film, some people were surprised there wasn't more action in this film, so those scenes in particular were a lot of fun.
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drfate
drfate - 3/7/2011, 6:37 AM
This is the first DC animated flick that just....sucked. I didn't read the comic series, so I can't compare it to the book, but this movie was boring, meandering, and flatline. There were so many ridiculous points. Superman was very casual about learning he was going to die! I read where Morrison was trying to present Supes in a "realistic" way for a guy who is invulnerable. Morrison said Superman wouldn't puff his chest out heroically, or flinch when shot, but would rather sit on a cloud holding his knee, chillin'. Ok, but if somebody hears, "you're dying", I don't care how super you are, you aren't going to act like you just heard the weekly weather report.

What the hell was up with those Kryptonians who only got like 2 min. screen time??? What the hell was up with that Solaris thing??? Parasite looked cool, but what the hell was he doing in a jail that he could break out of SO easily???

All Star Superman was an All Star Dud. I want my money back!
LP4
LP4 - 3/7/2011, 10:17 AM
@DrFate- Ok I totally agree with you on the random appearances by the kryptonians and even those two other guys Superman arm-wrestled.

hell I also agree with you that Superman was way too chilax for a dying guy. I'd at least be snapping in fits of rage and use my powers to steal shit lol ;P

Where I guess I disagree with you is on the movie being "boring" certainly it could have been more action-packed than it was but look at it this way- for a SUPERMAN movie...I'd say that was action-packed. Superman movies are always boring (exception being Superman Doomsday) but they are almost always boring because they never give Superman a worthy opponent.

This movie however did have sufficient action I think- you had Lex in prison shooting people and taking names (the guy even pistol-whipped Parasite and stomped on his face like half a dozen times!) then you had Superman getting rail-stomped by Luthor and thrown into buildings and infrastructures. And to top it off, you had Superman punching out the SUN lol. It had sufficient action...but just maybe the pacing was a bit off. It did lag in areas like with him and Lois in the fortress and her going all berzerk mode on him with the kryptonite gun yeah those scenes were a bit lagging.

Idk, I guess I'm just comparing it to a film like SR- As long as Superman throws a punch, that is considered "ACTION" for a Superman film. lol. Sad I know. Hopefully WB/DC will start giving Superman better film treatments in the future...not sure when...but someday. ;D

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