Posts from — November 2009

The latest straight to DVD DC animated movie came out on DVD a while ago and I didn’t really have a moment to talk about it. So here goes…

Superman/Batman: Public Enemies was what I was waiting for to be the animated movie to elevate Superman on my list of DC animated movies. While Superman:Doomsday is at the bottom of my list, it didn’t mean that it was bad just that it wasn’t as good as Batman: Gotham Knight and the rest of the movies.

This, on the other hand, was bad.

Ok, ok, not terrible, just not as good as I wanted it to be.

Here’s the story - Superman is framed for murder by President Lex Luthor to get him out of the way for, um, something. But no worries, because Superman’s bro is on the case! That’s right, despite the fact that he said he wouldn’t help Superman out of what was obviously a trap, Batman shows up in a nick of time to save Superman from Metallo who, incidentally, is the one Superman is framed for killing. (Might I point out that although Superman didn’t actually kill Metallo, it sure seemed like he had wanted to?)

Anyways, the two heroes spend the duration of the movie not only trying to clear Superman’s name, but to also figure out why he was framed in the first place. After 66 minutes, it was all over. Yeah, that’s right, the whole thing was only 66 minutes. Most of that time was spent on Superman and Batman fighting against various superheroes and supervillains with a bit of plot dropped in here and there. I admit, the movie had it’s moments though, like when Superman called Batman his best fwend. Awww. Hehehe.

The only cool thing about this movie is that it had the original voice actors - Kevin Conroy as Batman, Tim Daly as Superman, and Clancy Brown as Lex Luthor. Other than that, it wasn’t that great. This movie officially holds a place below Superman:Doomsday on my list of the DC animated movies.

Here’s hoping the next straight to DVD feature DC throws at us is better than this one. Look for Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths in 2010.

Last year, I wrote my first ever Am I Ready to Back to Pakistan entry so I thought I would continue the trend with another blog post.

It has now been two years since I went on a trip to Pakistan with my family. I discussed the issues I had in the entry I referenced above and so once again, I’ll ask myself the question:

Am I ready to go back to Pakistan?

Not yet.

Please note this is different from the resounding “Nope” I gave in my last post.

While I still can’t bring myself to think about the next time I’ll go to Pakistan, I do find myself warming to the idea that I may make a trip there sooner than I thought I would (although considering that I thought ‘never’ was going to be the next time I go anything would be considered sooner).

Yes, I did have issues while there but in the end, Pakistan is part of my heritage and I don’t want to deny any of that.

I would do things different though. I don’t want to experience Pakistan stuck in my relatives’ houses. I want to get out and see the country. Better yet, I would want to make the trip about both Pakistan and India to visit the area in India where my family used to live before partition. I really want to explore my background and I figure wandering around Pakistan and visiting Uttar Pardesh in India is one of the best ways to do it.

However, before I make any kind of trip, it would be awesome if someone who actually cares about the welfare of the country came into power in Pakistan. The citizens of Pakistan deserve that at the very least.

So…. watch this space next year for another round of ‘Am I Ready to Go Back to Pakistan?’