"The Mechanical Monsters"

"The Mechanical Monsters" (short), 1941. Superman vs. an army of robot thieves.

Directed by Dave Fleischer. Written by Izzy Sparber & Seymour Kneitel, based on characters by Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster. Starring Joan Alexander & Bud Collyer.

Concept: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Story: 1/4 (Bad)
Characters: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Dialog: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Pacing: 3/4 (Good)
Cinematography: 4/4 (Great)
Special effects/design: 4/4 (Great)
Acting: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Music: 3/4 (Good)
Subjective Rating: 7/10 (Good, 3/4). Only two cartoons into the series, and already it's too repetitive. It doesn't do anything that the first one didn't do, and it doesn't do it quite as well. Still awesome, though. If I'd seen this one first, I probably would have given it a 9/10.
Objective Rating (Average): 2.6/4 (Good)