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All Star Superman (2011)

★ 6.9 · 550 ratings on TMDB

The measure of a man lies not in what he says, but what he does.

All Star Superman poster★ 6.9

Lex Luthor enacts his plan to rid the world of Superman, once and for all. Succeeding with solar radiation poisoning, the Man of Steel is slowly dying. With what little times remains, the Last Son of Krypton must confront the revealing of his secret identity to Lois Lane and face Luthor in a final battle.

DirectorSam Liu
CastAlexis Denisof, Anthony LaPaglia, Arnold Vosloo, Christina Hendricks, Ed Asner, Frances Conroy
GenresAction, Adventure, Animation, Science Fiction
The emergence reading

In All Star Superman, consciousness is carried by aliens — a plane of “alien-heroic saga”. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing heroism, mortality, redemption, power, sacrifice.

↷ aliensUSheroismmortalityredemptionpowersacrifice
⇄ Parameter shift — the dial this world turnsrigor: loose
E6mortalitymortality set to finite – Superman will die from solar radiation overdose (biology · personal)
Also inConsciousness hiding in aliensFilms about mortalityFilms that alter a rule of realityFilms that move consciousness off the human
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Same rung, same subject

Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.

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Also bends a rule of reality

Other films that change a standing rule of their world — ranked first by those bending it at the same rung.

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Also hides consciousness here

Other films that move a human interior onto the same kind of thing.

Avengers: Infinity War (2018)consciousness in aliens · universal snapJustice League (2017)consciousness in aliens · heroic coalitionSuperman Returns (2006)consciousness in aliens · alien hero mythDream 9 Toriko x One Piece x Dragon Ball Z Super Collaboration Special!! (2013)consciousness in aliens · crossover multiverseKrull (1983)consciousness in aliens · mythic fantasy realmDragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound (1993)consciousness in aliens · intergalactic tournament

Same subject, different mask

The same preoccupations carried by a different kind of thing — grief told through the dead, an animal, a machine.

Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023)consciousness in monsters · heroism, powerConstantine (2005)consciousness in monsters · mortality, powerBram Stoker's Dracula (1992)consciousness in the dead · mortality, powerIt's a Wonderful Life (1946)consciousness carried elsewhere · mortality, redemptionMickey's House of Villains (2002)consciousness in animals · heroism, powerThe Powerpuff Girls Movie (2002)consciousness in animals · heroism, power

Same people

Shared director or cast.

Batman: The Killing Joke (2016)dir. Sam LiuBatman and Harley Quinn (2017)dir. Sam LiuBatman: Gotham by Gaslight (2018)dir. Sam LiuBatman: Assault on Arkham (2014)John DiMaggioJoker (2019)Frances ConroyUp (2009)Ed Asner