The Batman Superman Movie (AKA “World's Finest”) is available on DVD with few buying options.

 

Basically you can get the movie on DVD by itself or as a double-feature with The Batman vs. Dracula. I have not seen a Blu version available.

The double-feature with The Batman vs. Dracula is a single double-sided DVD with 1 movie per side. Both movies have a compliment of extras and appear the same versions you would get if you bought each one individually.

 

Video:

1.33: This is the TV standard ratio. The picture is surprisingly trashy and even a little shaky at times. I might expect that from something older, but I thought this would be cleaner. I mean it's not awful, but it's noticeable.

 

Audio:

2.0 Dolby: It's clean but not particularly strong. There is at least some fill in the back channels which helps.

 

Packaging:

The case is standard plastic.

 

The interface is simple using only a static image and music loop.

 

Extras:

-Cast List: A list of the primary actors. It only covers the main heroes and villains as well as some of the crew. It doesn't even list Bob Hastings as Gordon.

 

-Joker's Challenge: This is a game. Start by choosing either Batman or Superman. From there you will search scenes for clues selecting what you think is the most important. With each selection you are treated to a clip from the show. If you remember the events of the story the game is quite easy. There's no reward for winning other than another show clip.

 

-Behind the scenes with Bruce Timm: Bruce talks about getting to work with Batman and Superman. He talks for about 5 minutes about the look, development, and such.

 

-Gallery: A couple of minutes of art as a music video showing off storyboards and concept art along with the final product set to some upbeat techno music. The art flashes by far too fast to really enjoy it. The package calls this a music montage which had me thinking we would get some isolated score segments. As someone who has bought Shirley Walker (and her team) soundtracks I was disappointed that this was not the case.

 

-Drawing Batman and Superman: Again, music video style; we watch in high speed closeup as an artist sketches Batman then Superman. It's kind of cool but is not actually the “how-to” kind of feature the product listing makes it sound like.

 

-Trailers: We get a trailer for this movie.

 

-Previews: Check out a variety of other Batman projects as well as Scooby-Doo.

Other Editions:

As far as I can tell the version of the movie that came with my double-feature is exactly the same as the stand-alone release. The only difference is that there's another movie on the reverse side of my disc.

Final Thoughts:

This is not a must-have on any front, but it's a cheap addition to any Batman or Superman collection especially if you're including Bruce Timm animation. The double-feature gives the most bang for your buck since it includes all the extras from the original release.

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