YMMV / Superman Unbound

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• Complete Monster: Brainiac is a galactic-scale Control Freak and genocidal conqueror who seeks the knowledge of the universe, shrinking and stealing the city of Kandor for his goal while allowing the rest of Krypton to be destroyed by natural disaster. Later attacking another planet, Brainiac takes its capital before using a Solar Aggressor missile to cause its sun to explode, killing the rest of the population. Brainiac also has his drones come to each planet he invades and instructs them to kill inhabitants at random. Stealing Metropolis from Earth, Brainiac tortures Superman for information about Kandor before attempting to massacre the rest of Earth's population.
• Fridge Horror: Superman had escaped and entirely disabled Brainiac's ship, taking Kandor with him...and as far as the viewer knows, he could have also cut any and all life support for all the other hundreds, perhaps thousands of bottled cities on Brainiac's ship, with untold thousands of people in each one. Which ultimately means that Superman indirectly put millions of lives in danger while Brainiac is finding himself the one to actually save the cities. Talk about a major role reversal!
• Moral Event Horizon: Brainiac crossed it a long time ago by harvesting planets of major citizens and destroying what he finds disposable, which does to a random planet during the movie.
• One-Scene Wonder: The Red Shirt Army of two distinct alien races who fight Brainiac on the planet Laroo are fairly memorable in their one scene.
• Signature Scene: The most memorable scene from the movie is Lois flipping off Brainiac in the middle of his evil speech.
• So Okay, It's Average: The general consensus of the movie's quality in the fandom. It's not bad, but not as great as Superman: Doomsday or Superman vs. the Elite.
• They Changed It, Now It Sucks!: While most fans of the comic like the movie, many resent the omission of General Zod's Intro-Only Point of View scene (which casts him in an unusually sympathetic light) and the Back Story of Argo City surviving the destruction of Krypton.
• They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot: As microscopic individuals who have the same powers as Superman under a yellow sun and have a personal beef with Brainiac, the people of Kandor could have played a part in the climax. Unfortunately, they never appear outside of the city until after his defeat.

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