UNCUT - Superman: The Movie (1978) (THEATRICAL)
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Even when I went to see this in the theater at nine years old I was underwhelmed by this movie. I found it really slow and too sappy. And I hated the way the time travel ending didn’t really make sense. As an adult, I can appreciate the cinematography and visuals and practical effects. It really is a good looking movie. And the performances are really good. But my overall Opinion about this movie is pretty much the same. It’s still too slow and sappy. The relationship between Lois and Superman is rushed. A lot of the plot points don’t make sense. Luthor’s plan is too goofy. And I still don’t like the cold, icy, angular style of the Kryptonian designs. Hate the spinning around the world. Even as I nine year old I couldn’t understand what happened to all the other stuff he fixed before turning time back.
Aramis Calcutt
2024-11-18 21:58:06 +0000 UTCI haven't seen the recent "Superman and Lois" series, but specifically on the subject of the Clark vs. Superman personality switching, I slightly prefer Dean Cain's portrayal in the 90's TV series "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman" as the best I've seen. Don't get me wrong, Christopher Reeve acts the part superbly, but from a writing perspective, I'm not a fan of Clark Kent being such a deliberate 'performance' for the sake of hiding his identity. I think the character works better if "Clark" is his natural personality as someone living in human society, hiding nothing except the fact he has superpowers, with "Superman" being a public-facing persona as a superhero, being open about his powers but secretive about everything else. The main difference being: in these movies it's clear that "Superman" is who he really is, and "Clark" is just a buffoonish disguise he puts on to hide his identity. In "Lois and Clark", it's clear that "Clark" is who he really is, and "Superman" is a larger-than-life persona he puts on to hide his identity.
Jeff Cornell
2024-10-31 04:00:53 +0000 UTCNo, he's in the show Cheers
startrekiborg
2024-10-29 01:17:12 +0000 UTCHere's the timeline: 1948 - Kal-El is born, Krypton explodes (according to the newspaper interview) 1951 - Kal-El's ship lands on Earth after a 3-year journey from Krypton. 1966 - Clark turns 18. Fortress of Solitude created. 1978 - Clark arrives in Metropolis 12 years later at the age of 30. Everything fits, except for Jor-El saying he will have been dead thousands of years. Even if one supposes that what was 3 years for Kal-El in the ship was thousands of years in real space due to relativity, this doesn't account for Superman saying in the interview that Krypton exploded in 1948, and Lex Luthor using that information to calculate the time of arrival of a piece of kryptonite on Earth.
David Felgate
2024-10-28 15:46:42 +0000 UTCThe girl is identified as Lois in an extension to that scene included in the Director's Cut.
Anthony Bernacchi
2024-10-28 15:24:33 +0000 UTCYes, Superman Returns is a sequel to the first two Reeve films. IIRC, the filmmakers claimed at the time that it was specifically a sequel to the Richard Donner Cut of Superman II, but in fact the plot makes more sense on the assumption that it was the theatrical version that happened (I can't explain why without spoilers for both films).
Anthony Bernacchi
2024-10-28 15:22:04 +0000 UTCHe was also in Steven Spielberg's 1941, on which your mileage may vary.
Anthony Bernacchi
2024-10-28 15:18:13 +0000 UTCJor-El mentions toward the end of the Fortress of Solitude sequence that twelve years have now passed. In other words, Clark was in the Fortress of Solitude learning from Jor-El for twelve years, so he is now 30 years old (and the film's main narrative is set in 1978, the year of release).
Anthony Bernacchi
2024-10-27 14:38:37 +0000 UTCThat guy with the moustache is in a lot of things……. Isn’t he don’t call me tiny from search for Spock?
LonghillAndy
2024-10-27 13:45:21 +0000 UTCAlex and Josh haven’t watched smallville? Smallville reaction unlocked?
LonghillAndy
2024-10-27 11:20:19 +0000 UTCThe prairies and Smallville scene were shot in Alberta, Canada where I live
James Bottas
2024-10-27 01:51:50 +0000 UTCHoley heck. Superman reaction? Should joined earlier!
Major Daniel H
2024-10-26 16:20:22 +0000 UTCThis was a fun watch with you guys. Thank you for helping me escape reality for awhile. ❤️ 💙 💜
T’Pynyn of Vulcan
2024-10-26 02:30:03 +0000 UTCYou bet. I love all of those old George Reeves Superman TV episodes. MeTV used to run them on Saturdays. Phyllis Coates was the best Lois and she really embodied the character, both in looks and personality. Noel Neill was too much a stereotypical damsel in distress.
Collin Freeman
2024-10-25 14:09:37 +0000 UTCCollin, I am surprised and thrilled to know that someone else besides me knew who she was.
Michael Metrick
2024-10-24 14:47:19 +0000 UTCI agree with your comments about Cavill and Man of Steel, and especially about Superman Returns and Brandon Routh. Returns was a good film, it just wasn't a good superhero film.
Collin Freeman
2024-10-24 01:40:52 +0000 UTCI agree
Collin Freeman
2024-10-24 01:39:24 +0000 UTCOn a side tangent, has anyone here seen Hollywoodland? It’s a fictionalization of the death of George Reeves who played Superman I one movie and the entire run of The Adventures of Superman in the 50’s. It’s pretty good and you get to see Affleck in the Superman suit.
marty63026
2024-10-23 17:51:01 +0000 UTCDid anyone ‘miss’ the Jor-el action scene from Man of Steel? 😂 It was nice to see Jor-el and Lara calmly accepting their fate. I haven’t watch this movie in many years. I saw it in theaters when it came out, I was 9. Loved it then and really loved watching it with Alex and Josh
marty63026
2024-10-23 17:43:03 +0000 UTCThat’s quite a time commitment if you watch it all
marty63026
2024-10-23 17:25:01 +0000 UTCThat was fun. I don't think I've seen this since the mid '80s, so it was nice to 'watch with you.' As far as backstory knowledge... This came out when I was in high school. We grew up on Saturday morning cartoons including Superman and, of course, Adam West's Batman. I'm sure we watched some of the old b&w Superman episodes when they were on. My older brother read comics in his youth, as did the boys on the street and in school so they'd fill in things we "might not know" after episodes aired. We'd all meet on the street Saturday afternoons, 5-13yo kids, boys and girls, and talk about everything we'd watched, and occasionally re-enact our favorite parts of whatever struck our fancy (usually a Munsters episode). So we girls knew both Batman and Superman and at least a summary of their origins. When this came out everyone I knew went to see it. Christopher Reeves was a draw for young women (I'm sure to more people, but I speak what I know, lol) and Gene Hackman, Ned Beatty, Marlon Brando, etc., added an element of "it must be good if they're in it" for the older folks. (I can't tell you how many times I heard "Jackie Cooper was a Little Rascal" whenever the movie was discussed around old people.) It was a safe movie to take the little kids to (4 a few years younger than me and the folks enjoyed it). Long winded and veered off topic, but basically the point is: they didn't have to explain the back story because everybody more or less knew most of it. :) Edit to add: I'm sure there were also girls who read comics - didn't mean to sound sexist... but it was a rather sexist time so you didn't publicize if you went against the grain. Thankfully young people can embrace whatever they want to do and be whatever they want to be now! <3
Mushroom-Bagel-Bites
2024-10-23 01:50:29 +0000 UTCGreat! Love getting everything synced up and ready to go. Just to find out there's no way I can watch this with you guys. That really sucks
John Rose
2024-10-22 15:44:27 +0000 UTCI get what you are saying about relativistic time differences. That was the first thing I thought of. That would explain him aging only 3 years while thousands of years passed in real time. But Superman was specifically quoted as saying the planet exploded in 1948, and Luthor used that information, plus the "exact location of the galaxy where Krypton was located" (another thing the viewer is supposed to gloss over and not think about), to calculate when a rock from Krypton would land land as a meteorite on Earth. Of course, the idea of a rock drifting between galaxies even in thousands of years is completely ridiculous. The truth is, your average screenwriter knows little about science and assumes the average viewer knows even less.
David Felgate
2024-10-22 13:43:48 +0000 UTCAssuming that Kal-El was traveling at a significant fraction of the speed of light, time would pass much more slowly for him than for the people on Krypton. This is explained by Einstein's Theory of Special Relativity.....(google the "Twin Paradox").
thebeefmaster
2024-10-22 11:56:40 +0000 UTCI'm a little late to the party, so I doubt anyone will actually read this. It's been some years since I'd seen this, and I caught something I never noticed before. When Clark arrives at the Fortress of Solitude and hears the first message from his father, Jor-El says, "By now you'll have reached your 18th year as it is measured on Earth. By that reckoning, I will have been dead for many thousands of your years.'" However, later in the movie, Lex Luthor reads quotes from Lois' newspaper article where Superman states that Krypton exploded in 1948, only 30 years before the time of the interview. So is it 30 years or many thousands? Is this a continuity error? Also, it's clearly stated that Krypton was in a different galaxy. Considering that the closest galaxy to ours (Andromeda) is 2.5 million light years away, it's truly remarkable that a piece of rock could have drifted from Krypton to Earth in such a short time. Sometimes it's best to not think about these kind of things too much and just enjoy the story.
David Felgate
2024-10-22 06:38:50 +0000 UTCI can't find any information to corroborate that.
Jovet
2024-10-22 06:27:13 +0000 UTCBaby Kal-El (Superman) was played by Brit Lee Quigley, who died age 14 from drug overdose.
Jovet
2024-10-22 06:24:01 +0000 UTCAnd Danny Elfman too, one of my all-time favorites who did a lot of fun and creative themes from Batman & Beetlejuice to The Simpsons.
Dan Halstead
2024-10-22 02:44:07 +0000 UTCNow you need to see the second one (theatrical cut and skip the others). They did know they were making the sequel. They had 75% of it filmed before the first one came out.
startrekiborg
2024-10-22 00:24:15 +0000 UTCIt's the first to take It's subject seriously.
startrekiborg
2024-10-22 00:21:24 +0000 UTC🤣
Michael Metrick
2024-10-21 22:39:33 +0000 UTCPhyllis Coates was the all time quintessential Lois Lane. Truest to the original character.
Michael Metrick
2024-10-21 22:37:20 +0000 UTCI loved watching along with you on this one. Thanks so much for doing it. I had to set aside the time to do it, so I couldn't do it right away. You said you never watched Smallville, but I recommend you *at least* watch the pilot episode of Smallville as it brilliantly fills in Clark Kent's life in High School. It is SO good and pays honest tribute to Christopher Reeve's Superman.
Who North America
2024-10-21 21:41:11 +0000 UTCOne major issue with Man of Steel was that while Amy Adams is a great actress I really like, they gave her a pretty boring Lois character to work with. They basically drained all the fun and humor out of her. They wasted a good actress.
Joe Concepts
2024-10-21 19:41:14 +0000 UTCYeah Ned Beatty was in a bunch of great films, including: Deliverance Network Silver Streak All the Presidents Men But he was also in Thunderpants and Captain America (1990) and many, many, many more which are terrible 😂
marty63026
2024-10-21 14:15:15 +0000 UTCSuperman is NOT a virgin. He's a super virgin!
Shayds
2024-10-21 04:19:01 +0000 UTCThis was the superman I grew up with, even though the 4 Reeve films released before I was born. He does the best of any Superman actor to distinguish between the 2 personas. I think what really sets Reeve's performance apart is not the feats we see on screen, those have long since been surpassed. It's about the ideals he embodies, and how he inspire others. Perhaps the closest modern equivalent is Captain America. That's really driven home in Jor El's speech. "They can be a great people, Kal-El, and they wish to be. They only lack the light to show the way. For this reason above all, their capacity for good, I have sent them you, my only son." Also that helicopter catch scene, combined with Williams' score remains IMO one of the greatest superhero moments to this day. No supervillains, no world ending threats, just a guy with powers helping out in an emergency because he can. Also the execution of the scene was pretty flawless. I think it was Big Bang Theory where they said at the speed Superman was going up and the speed Lois was falling, he would have basically cut her in half. But during the scene, when he catches her the windows continue to go down several floors before they start going back up, which is great attention to detail. Same deal when he caught the chopper. Now I also have to say, regarding the opening sequence of the film, it always baffled me that such an advanced civilization capable of building intergalactic escape pods and presumably much more, would chalk up the death of their star to "Kyrpton shifting it's orbit". We already know when and how our sun is going to die. It'll grow to a red giant before collapsing to a white dwarf. Krypton no doubt had a larger star that could fuse heavier elements until eventually it went supernova. L:ittle old backward humans could have diagnosed that problem. I guess no matter where you go in the universe, one constant remains; Politicians are idiots. Hackman also delivers a fantastic foil to Superman in Lex Luthor. I liked Spacey's Luthor well enough, but Hackman's performance remains the gold standard. And as family friendly as the movie is, Luthor really is pretty ruthless. The way he calmly delivers "no, by CAUSING the deaths of innocent people" is pretty dark. Also he either killed or hired someone to kill the museum guards to get the kryptonite. And of course let's not forget "Lex, my mother lives in Hackensack", "(checks watch) yeeeaaahhh, only for another 20 minutes or so". Just a timeless movie with a great cast. I like Henry Cavill but I don't find his take on Superman as convincing. To be fair, he worked with what he was given, but Superman doesn't work when he's dark and broody, and Clark Kent doesn't work when he's a Chad with glasses. It's why I have a soft spot for Superman Returns and wish it had gotten a couple sequels. Routh did a respectable job paying homage to Reeve's Superman.
Timothy Nikiforovs
2024-10-21 00:05:44 +0000 UTCROFL
Timothy Nikiforovs
2024-10-20 23:18:38 +0000 UTCOr Hancock
Timothy Nikiforovs
2024-10-20 23:16:50 +0000 UTCTHIS is said to be THE MOVIE that went on to inspire ALL of the current-day superhero movies. It's witty dialogue, attention to the original comic book material and style, its optimism and HOPEFUL story line (what everyone of the day, myself included) made us all say THIS is how we always envisioned such a superhero would look as a movie. Its success was a hit with the public, the critics, AND with other superhero creators such as Stan Lee, who went on to make the new Marvel movies we now have. Yeah, like the first Star Wars film, this one had a long-lasting impact which resonates even to this day.
Rhett Coates
2024-10-20 20:41:11 +0000 UTCSome fun items: MARIO PUZO, the writer of this movie and its sequel, also wrote THE GODFATHER - which had Marlon Brando in that film's title role. Puzo had once worked as a clerk for a railroad in New York City (where he grew up and where his family settled after migrating to America, having lived in that city's "Hell's Gate" community.) Puzo is said to have been a fan of the original Superman comics and was well-versed in the lore, so his bakground in railroading and his love of comic books and writing led to the movie's inclusion of so many trains. (The 1950s TV series began with a phrase describing Superman as being "More Powerful than a Locomotive".) This film's Editor, Stuart Baird (who went on to direct the 10th Star Trek movie), made the "Kansas Flyer" train scene in Smallville super exciting -- after Clark jumps past the engine's nose -- with second-long cuts of the train's wheels, grass blowing under it, the rails jiggling, closeups of the windows flashing by the camera and more, making it a fun sequence not just to see, but to EXPERIENCE as audience members. This movie did more - the "NH" on the engine nose where Otis disappears into the station tunnel is a real railroad - the New Haven RR, which I believe Puzo worked for. People living in NY City who saw the movie would recognize the names and logos. The Amtrak train seen in the earthquake sequence was the "Superchief" - named after a famous Santa Fe passenger train which ran the Cajon Pass route also seen in the earthquake. Those details would have been known by railroad men like Mario Puzo, and in the credits is "Superchlef Driver" (the British title for the American Amtrak engineer). Then there are iconic vehicles in the Golden Gate Bridge scene: a motorcycle, a Volkswagen, a red Trans-am, and a small typical American school bus full of children. T1his was a movie made mostly in England, and much of the product placement items were the most well-known brands to Europeans at the time. Besides product placement such as Cheerios and Timex (Lois's wristwatch in the rooftop scene), the Amtrak train in the earthquake was another. And still: the Newspaper Headers where Perry White orders his staff to find all they can about "This flying Whachamacallit" are "real," also: The name Metropolis simply replaced New York for all of them on the page title headlines. You will get a kick of the making of videos, I'm sure......................... there's much more there to discover about this amazing film.
Rhett Coates
2024-10-20 20:34:28 +0000 UTCThere are numerous "making of" videos for this movie, and there ia likely a lot of that material on the DVD you have. A huge number of back-story videos on the making of this moving have popped up in recent years - search YouTube and you'll find them.
Rhett Coates
2024-10-20 20:18:25 +0000 UTCThe father of the little girl on the train was played by Kyrk Alyn, the actor who portrayed Superman in the 1948 movie "serial" series. There's a deleted scene (maybe seen in the longer version) showing a conversation between the little girl and her parents after she sees young Clark running alongside the train......... and guess who the little girl turns out to be?
Rhett Coates
2024-10-20 20:08:35 +0000 UTCGreat reaction here. You guys should definitely check out Smallville for a deeper dive into Superman lore. As much as I love Star Trek I still consider Smallville my favorite tv series of all time.
Anthony MacEwan
2024-10-20 19:58:24 +0000 UTCI look at the Donner cut as a partial record of what could have been if the Salkinds had not chucked Donner for a director they could control better. It can only be an impression of the movie that could have been. And if it were the movie that could have been, it would have changed the first movie too. As some events in the first movie were actually meant for the second. The original deal was that Donner film the first and second movie together. Much of it was completed by the time the first movie came out. With the falling out between the Salkinds and Donner, and when they fired Donner and brought in Richard Lester, 3/4 of the movie was in the can. But in order to not be obligated to give Donner a co-director credit, they had Lester reshoot enough to reduce Donner's portion of the Final Cut to under what demanded a co-director credit. And then, there was the Marlon Brando situation, where he wanted more profit participation in the sequel, causing the Salkinds to eliminate any scenes in the second movie with Brando.
Mike Rogers
2024-10-20 19:35:55 +0000 UTCI think Kevin Smith got it from writer Harlan Ellison.
Collin Freeman
2024-10-20 19:26:50 +0000 UTCIt was a lot of money for Brando. But his participation and Gene Hackman's was a big factor in getting credibility and investors to get the movie made.
Mike Rogers
2024-10-20 19:25:10 +0000 UTCSomeone saw Mallrats.
Mike Rogers
2024-10-20 19:22:33 +0000 UTCI am with you, Josh, on the Christopher Reeve performance of Clark Kent compared to Superman. I like his performance as Clark better.
Collin Freeman
2024-10-20 18:14:55 +0000 UTCIf Superman truly existed, he would not be able to have sex without killing his partner. As soon as he achieved orgasm, he would shoot off his partner's head, let alone the possibility of crushing from passion.
Collin Freeman
2024-10-20 18:13:57 +0000 UTCI definitely heard some Harry Potter in this. I should have noted the timestamp.
Jovet
2024-10-20 17:51:08 +0000 UTCIt's a film about a person who looks human from another galaxy who has superpowers in a "yellow" sun. None of it MAKES ANY SENSE.
Jovet
2024-10-20 17:47:55 +0000 UTC@John Luck The only problem with that is that he then went really fast the other direction to start spinning the world the "right way" again. If he was merely going back in time all he had to do was just slow down and stop.
Jovet
2024-10-20 17:46:44 +0000 UTCYeah, it had probably been something like 40 years for me.
Jovet
2024-10-20 17:45:08 +0000 UTCThe girl that he rescued the cat for is Tasha Yar
AzoriusMage
2024-10-20 17:23:24 +0000 UTCIt's probably impossible to describe what it felt like going to the theatre to see this as a ten year old. This was as far above what we had gotten for super heroes as Star Wars was to Invasion of the Flying Saucers. Check out Legends of the Superheroes (1979) TV specials to see what we had at the time for live action. There's an aspect of this movie that seems to be missing from modern day ones that reflects this as well. When Superman flies by or lands in the street, cars stop, people race to the window for a glimpse. He's completely unique. Super Heroes are almost instantly common place inside the movie and TV worlds of today.
Nerd's Gold
2024-10-20 16:01:00 +0000 UTCAlso Bill Conti. But I think they had the right Mount Rushmore.
Nerd's Gold
2024-10-20 15:54:58 +0000 UTCFor an excellent, thorough, and funny blog on the making of this film, check out "Superheroes Every Day" by Danny Horn. It will answer every possible question you may have about Superman: The Movie: superheroeseveryday.com/chapters/
Jeff
2024-10-20 15:20:55 +0000 UTCIn addition to Superman 1-4, don’t forget about 1984’s “Supergirl” movie, set in the same shared universe. That film is a bit of a train wreck (in the best possible way, an enjoyable campy watch) with some of the greatest flying effects in the franchise, a scene-chewing main villain, and memorable score by Jerry Goldsmith.
Matt Everkoul
2024-10-20 15:20:51 +0000 UTCI would like it if you guys watched both versions of Superman II: the theatrical version & director's cut.
Anthony Goodwin
2024-10-20 15:01:06 +0000 UTCA few interesting trivia nuggets: * Perry White was one of the original Little Rascals from the 1930s. * The mother in the train that YOUNG Clark runs near in that open field was played by the original Lois Lane from the George Reeve TV series. * Marlon Brando was paid $3.7 million plus 11.75% of the box office gross profits for his role as Jor-El. And he was only on screen for 10 minutes.
Tom Occhipinti
2024-10-20 14:25:28 +0000 UTCI think it would be a fun time for you guys and the audience if you do decide to react to Adam West Batman content.
Forbidden Donut
2024-10-20 14:08:09 +0000 UTCI'm mixed on it because I love the concept of giving Superman too much to handle and it prevents him from saving Lois. As to the time travel, I appreciate that it's him moving super fast to the point of somehow transcending the 'time barrier' or whatever, but honestly any form of time travel (in terms of going back and altering the past) doesn't really make sense, so I just have to either accept it or reject it. I'd rather they hadn't gone there, but I get that it's a creative way to have Lois both die and yet live.
Forbidden Donut
2024-10-20 14:00:20 +0000 UTCYeah, I've been a little confused for years that people seem to think the idea is Superman made time go backwards by 'spinning the Earth' when it makes way more sense that it's just visually showing us that he's going back in time by moving so fast (basically like the Flash does in the Snyderverse, I think? I've only seen some of those). This is backed up by Jor El telling him he's forbidden to alter history.
Forbidden Donut
2024-10-20 13:57:40 +0000 UTCWhen you guys watch it again, take a look at the real estate overlay that Luthor lays over the map. On the side you will see a couple of little mountain icons named "Teschmarker Peaks". That was Miss Teaschmarker's place (and a bit of a joke).
Mike Rogers
2024-10-20 13:38:26 +0000 UTCAnd others ripped him off, too. Aliens/Diehard anyone?
Collin Freeman
2024-10-20 13:12:35 +0000 UTCYeah, the Donner cut is weird to say the least. It really doesn't gel with Superman: The movie, as it was presented.
Matt G Cowart
2024-10-20 11:59:38 +0000 UTCI hadn't watched this one in quite some time, and enjoyed this reaction. Hopefully you'll do Superman 2 eventually, since it's a direct sequel, continuing the Zod situation.
Matt G Cowart
2024-10-20 11:57:21 +0000 UTCFor me personally (and probably a lot of Gen-X) Christopher Reeve set the gold standard for playing not only Superman/Clark Kent but really any super-hero/secret identity pair. And can I just say how grateful I am that you guys didn't beat the dead horse of "How can Superman reverse the rotation of the Earth and turn back time?!?" thing I see all the time on the internet. We all know it's a visual metaphor for him breaking the time barrier and time travelling to set things right (shades of Sam Beckett). But I also loved your response to it too! Great reaction guys!
Paul O'Neal
2024-10-20 09:19:16 +0000 UTCI love the first two-thirds of this film. The final act is a mess and makes no sense. I hate the time travel nonsense. Makes no sense even within the logic of this film.
David Crabtree
2024-10-20 07:03:56 +0000 UTCLoved this reaction! I hope you guys do Superman 2. The ORIGINAL! Not the so-called "Donner Cut", which isn't a complete film, throws in test footage, and even cuts out one of the most iconic lines in all of superhero films.
David Crabtree
2024-10-20 07:01:11 +0000 UTCGreat reaction. This is definitely a classic. The turn back time was not supposed to be the ending but they made it work after the studio stopped them from making the two movies back to back which led to why there are two versions of Superman 2. I knew the actor who played Otis. He’s done many more serious films but this is what most people mentioned when he passed. Definitely up for some Adam West Batman. That movie or it’s sequel that just got chopped up into episodes and aired as part of the series in the US.
Jonathan
2024-10-20 06:59:12 +0000 UTCThe double entendres went completely over my head at the age I first saw this movie.
Mike Rogers
2024-10-20 06:23:57 +0000 UTCThis movie pushed the envelope of effects as much as Star Wars. Most flying scenes were done with front projection, sometimes utilizing a synchronized process where they would shrink the background projection on the screen at the same time they zoom the camera in. The effect was Christopher Reeve smoothly flying to the camera. I don't know if you picked up on where Superman flies off Lois's terrace and then she goes to open the door to Clark Kent without a cut. Superman flying away is actually a front projection filmed previously.
Mike Rogers
2024-10-20 06:22:37 +0000 UTCLove his original stuff but man did he have a tendancy to rip off his own stuff (Star Trek II themes in Cocoon and Aliens)
Column Meanie
2024-10-20 05:54:21 +0000 UTCYep. All done in one shot!
Column Meanie
2024-10-20 05:52:50 +0000 UTCExcellent reaction guys. Geoffrey Unsworth was the cinematographer responsible for those amazing shots of Smallville. Gave this film a true epic feel. Jeff East played young Clark Kent, wearing a prosthetic nose to look more like Reeve, and his voice was dubbed by Reeve. Recommendation for your continuation of these films. Watch in this order: Making of Superman Documentary (from DVD release…has Donner wearing ‘no fur’ button). Beautifully detailed behind the scenes doc Superman II: Theatrical Ed Making of Superman II Donner Edition Documentary Superman II: Donner Cut The behind the scenes drama (needlessly created by the Salkinds) is a tragic story that really kept the Superman sequels from being as amazing as Superman. The hirings and firings that happened in between S1 and S2 changed the tone and look of the series, and not for the better.
Column Meanie
2024-10-20 05:51:37 +0000 UTC🫡
James Bottas
2024-10-20 05:30:21 +0000 UTCDo what you need to do, the reaction will be here 🫡
Josh (Target Audience)
2024-10-20 05:27:33 +0000 UTCAbsolutely bring on Batman '66. And/or Lego Batman, if we're looking for a good, goofy time in Gotham
Avaria
2024-10-20 05:12:23 +0000 UTCAfter this one won the lottery I went to watch it on Max through my Amazon Fire Stick on my TV since I hadn't seen it for quite a while. I don't know if it was my network or Fire Stick or maybe Max burped, but the movie kept jumping and skipping and eventually crashed completely. I was able to finish watching it on my phone through the Max app with no problems. Now I invested in the Blu-ray collection, so everything went great for watching the reaction. The sync was perfect. I'm glad you loved it. I've only seen this one and Superman II, but my new set also has the expanded edition of this, the theatrical release and Donner cut of Superman II, Superman III and IV, and Superman Returns from 2006, which from what I remember hearing about at the time is pretty much a sequel to Superman II and ignores III and IV. That may or may not be true. There's also a bonus disc that I haven't explored yet, but it looks like it has tons of good stuff. Since I saw Frozen and the "Let it Go" scene when Elsa is building her ice castle I think of the building of Superman's Fortress of Solitude. They even look similar.
KatWithAttitude
2024-10-20 05:02:33 +0000 UTCWhen Clark dropped out of the window, yes that was just a super speed change of clothes. As for where his regular clothes went, The comics answer that. At the time, in the comics, Clark's clothes were made of a collapsable material that could be folded up and put in a special pocket in his cape (dead serious).
Nerd's Gold
2024-10-20 04:36:45 +0000 UTCPsyched to watch with you guys but I think I have to put it off til next weekend
James Bottas
2024-10-20 04:09:33 +0000 UTCThe scene where Superman flies off the rooftop & Clark knocks on Lois’s apartment door is one continuous camera shot achieved with rear projection.
Matt Everkoul
2024-10-20 03:55:09 +0000 UTCThough often depicted as being stand ins for New York and Chicago respectfully in modern takes, Metropolis and Gotham, historically, are supposed to be in Delaware and New Jersey. Nope, not making that up. Metropolis is essentially supposed to be where Wilmington DE is and Gotham across the river in Southern NJ. At the time Batman was created, it wasn't long after the events that 'boardwalk empire" was based on. So Gotham was essentially a west coast of NJ version of Atlantic City in its heyday., complete with corruption, gangsters, and casinos, etc. But at some point they just kind of became a stand in for NYC and Chicago.
THE LORE!!!
2024-10-20 03:48:58 +0000 UTC1:32:55 Of course he's a virgin.
Jovet
2024-10-20 03:44:36 +0000 UTC1:30:20 WHERE ARRRRRRRE YOUUUUU??
Jovet
2024-10-20 03:42:13 +0000 UTCI'd forgotten how good this film is. Actually I only remember about 1% of this film. I've also forgotten how ridiculous a lot of the "saves" actually are. The helicopter was not an emergency. Air Force One would have been just fine with three engines. etc etc
Jovet
2024-10-20 03:31:30 +0000 UTCThe story of the criminals at the beginning on Krypton picks up in Superman II. My maternal grandfather was named Otis.
KatWithAttitude
2024-10-20 03:26:57 +0000 UTCThe cat rescue from the tree is referenced years later in Batman v Superman when Bruce Wayne berates Clark Kent and the Daily Planet for doing puff pieces like Superman rescuing cats from trees.
Collin Freeman
2024-10-20 03:10:07 +0000 UTCWell, the Bridge Crew will get to pick whatever show they want. We are both aware of it but haven’t watched it.
Josh (Target Audience)
2024-10-20 03:06:03 +0000 UTCAny chance you guys are interested in reacting to SMALLVILLE? ... a "Superman" series that lasted 10 seasons, over 200 episodes ... and it is awesome. I'm watching it right now for the 10th time.
THE Fans
2024-10-20 02:55:10 +0000 UTCYes, Martha's maiden name was Clark, which is how they chose to name him.
Collin Freeman
2024-10-20 02:26:42 +0000 UTCThat's Lois Lane as the little girl on the train.Her parents are played by Kirk Alyn (Superman from 2 movie serials in the 40's) and Noel Neill (Lois Lane from those serials and the 1950's Superman TV show).
Collin Freeman
2024-10-20 02:24:23 +0000 UTCIt’s also on Amazon Prime in the US
Josh (Target Audience)
2024-10-20 02:14:32 +0000 UTCMy favorite parts of this film are the scenes on Krypton and young Clark. But why are everyone on Krypton so old? Does it matter that the planet exploded when they were all going to die soon, anyway?
Collin Freeman
2024-10-20 02:13:42 +0000 UTC"How big are you?" she asks, because the readers of The Daily Planet really need to know that.
SnabbKassa
2024-10-20 02:11:52 +0000 UTCIf anyone is wondering where to steam it, it's on Max in the US.
THE LORE!!!
2024-10-20 02:07:58 +0000 UTCAn absolute classic.
Menty
2024-10-20 02:04:25 +0000 UTCI'm ready! Let's start this… When this came out-I did believe a Man could fly!
Badger
2024-10-20 02:04:01 +0000 UTCGot it
Josh (Target Audience)
2024-10-20 02:01:22 +0000 UTCNovember's lottery - Sneakers (1992)
thebeefmaster
2024-10-20 01:58:48 +0000 UTCDon't forget James Horner for soundrack scores.
Collin Freeman
2024-10-20 01:57:06 +0000 UTC
