{"id":6340,"date":"2013-10-26T07:52:47","date_gmt":"2013-10-26T14:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=6340"},"modified":"2021-09-21T11:02:59","modified_gmt":"2021-09-21T18:02:59","slug":"review-necessaryevil-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2013\/10\/review-necessaryevil-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Necessary Evil: The Super-Villains of DC Comics Blu-ray Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics<\/i><\/b> is a well made documentary featuring a wide array of participants chatting about the importance and substance behind the numerous villains in the DCU.<\/p>\n

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\nNecessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics (1992)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Genre(s): <\/b>Documentary
\nWarner Home Video | NR \u2013 99 min. \u2013 $19.98 | October 25, 2013
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MOVIE INFO:
\n<\/span>Directed by: <\/b>Not Available
\nWriter(s): <\/b>Not Available
\nCast: <\/b>Various<\/p>\n

DISC INFO:
\n<\/span>Features: <\/b>UltraViolet Digital Copy
\nNumber of Discs: <\/b>1<\/p>\n

Audio: <\/b>English (Dolby Digital 2.0)
\nVideo: <\/b>1080p\/Widescreen 1.78
\nSubtitles: <\/b>English, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish
\nDisc Size: <\/b>17.7 GB
\nCodec: <\/b>MPEG-4 AVC
\nRegion(s): <\/b>A, B, C<\/p>\n

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THE MOVIE<\/strong> \u2013 4.0\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

There\u2019s no doubt that the villain more often than not is more interesting than the hero and in comic books and the variety of outputs, it is so true. You look at Batman <\/i>(1989), Batman Returns<\/i>, The Dark Knight<\/i> and the Superman<\/i> movies (save for Returns<\/i>), and the super-villains were far more fascinating to watch although we like seeing the hero win the day.<\/p>\n

Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics<\/i><\/b> takes a deeper look at the villains featured in the DC Universe from the perspective of a variety of folks in the industry and in a couple instances, within the psychological realm giving their perspectives on why the villains can be popular.<\/p>\n

This slick yet simple documentary participants include Guillermo del Toro, Zack Snyder and Richard Donner, artist Jim Lee, actors Clancy Brown (voice of Lex Luthor), Kevin Conroy (voice of Batman), Claudia Black (voice of Cheetah in Justice League: Doom<\/i>), Michael Shannon (probably part of the promotion for Man of Steel<\/i>) and Scott Porter (who has nothing to do with the DCU but voiced Cyclops on the \u201cX-Men\u201d animated series), DC\u2019s Chief Creative Officer Geoff Johns, Producer Michael Uslan, comic book writer Scott Snyder, Producer Alan Burnett and many others.<\/p>\n

The documentary, while well made and fairly interesting, does move towards advertisement for DC Comics tail ending with what\u2019s upcoming for the comic books including making the villains the focus for the different titles for the next year, which is what Necessary Evil<\/i><\/b> is about, an introduction and focused look at super-villains for the purpose of promoting the new line of comic books. That said, it\u2019s still good and the participants are mostly engaging, though the ones I was interested in (like Guillermo del Toro, Richard Donner and Kevin Conroy) are limited and only appear for a couple of minutes at the most.<\/p>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 0\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Other than a code for the UltraViolet Digital Copy<\/span><\/b>, there are no features included.<\/p>\n

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VIDEO \u2013 4.0\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Necessary Evil<\/i><\/b> arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Warner Home Video presented with a 1080p high-definition transfer and a 1.78 widescreen transfer. Colors are bright and detail levels nice and for a documentary. It\u2019s nothing that will astound you, yet good enough.<\/p>\n

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AUDIO \u2013 3.25\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The back cover states this has a DTS-HD MA track, it\u2019s in fact only Dolby Digital 2.0 but for this movie, having it being lossless could be overkill considering the bulk is dialogue with some bits of sound effects and, of course, Christopher Lee\u2019s deep voice narrating. Everything is flat but still understandable and perfectly adequate for the material.<\/p>\n

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OVERALL \u2013 3.0\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Overall, Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics<\/i><\/b> is a well made documentary featuring a wide array of participants chatting about the importance and substance behind the numerous villains in the DCU. The Blu-ray released by Warner Home Video doesn\u2019t have any bonus features but the audio\/video are both adequate.<\/p>\n

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The Movieman
\n<\/i>Published: <\/b>10\/27\/2013<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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