Worlds lived, worlds died, the DC Universe was never the same.  

Now obviously, what came after was a lot of good and a whole lot of not so good but the maxi series itself?  George Perez's covers alone (I especially loved issue 9 with the villain war) were phenomenal. And Marv Wolfman's writing was perfect.  The story was indeed big and monumental.  I couldn't wait to get the latest issue.  

I also liked that it wasn't just twelve issues of trying to stop the anti-matter cloud.  The story kept moving.  

Apparently, they destroyed the Marvel Universe in one panel- does anybody know any more or what panel that would have been? 

Similar here. I tried watching it in the 80s...and 90s... and couldn't get past the first 20 minutes. So I gave up for a long while. Finally made myself watch it in its entirety last year. Am I glad I saw it? I guess. Are the effects groundbreaking and do they (for the most part) hold up today? Sure. Did I actually enjoy the movie itself or ever want to see it again? No. I can't say it wasn't good...just not good for me. 

I had a back issue of #167, which was right before Miller got the writing gig, and a truly battered second-hand copy of #188 (which was when Miller had moved to providing the loosest of layouts for Janson to pencil and finish).

The reprint was sooo compulsively readable. I think I burnt through half of it in one sitting and probably polished the rest off later in the day. Just amazing storytelling; Miller when on form was (is!) a remarkable talent.