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Super Movie Monday – Superman IV, Part 1

So last week, it was mentioned that Supergirl was the last gasp of the Salkinds’ interest in Superman as a property (at least in theaters; they did come back to produce a syndicated Superboy series in later years). But four … Continue reading

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Super Movie Monday – Supergirl, Part 2

Concluding our look back at the Salkinds’ final contribution to theatrical super-films, the 1984 spin-off Supergirl. To recap: Kara came to Earth as Supergirl in seach of OH! (the Omegahedron), an otherworldly power source needed for the survival of her … Continue reading

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Super Movie Monday – Supergirl, Part 1

I really wanted to cover this in one week, but I’m too long-winded, so it looks like it will stretch to two. If you bothered to read the synopsis of Ilya Salkind’s abandoned Superman III idea, you know that it … Continue reading

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Super Movie Monday – Superman III, Part 2

Driving through right to the end in revisiting Superman III. We ended last week with Gus hacking into a weather satellite and observed that the film, while certainly not perfect so far, didn’t seem nearly as awful as the reputation it … Continue reading

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Super Movie Monday – Superman III, Part 1

There will only be two parts to this one, not because there’s not a lot to say, but because I just don’t feel it’s worth stretching out for three weeks. So the two halves may end up being quite long. … Continue reading

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Super Movie Extra – Final Thoughts on Superman and the Sequel

It’s so hard to sort out my feelings about these two movies. Because on the one hand, looked at critically, they really don’t work. The plots are all askew and inconsistent, the tone is wildly uneven, some of the dialogue … Continue reading

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Super Movie Monday – Superman II, Part 3

Cruising to the climax of Superman II, starring Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman and Terence Stamp. So when we last left Clark, he had lost his powers and been called out on TV by General Zod like Stone Cold Steve Austin … Continue reading

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Super Movie Monday-Superman II, Part 2

So last time, we discussed the fact that Richard Donner was not credited as director of the sequel, that credit going to Richard Lester instead. However, that does not mean that there are no Donner-directed scenes in the film. For … Continue reading

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Super Movie Monday – Superman II

Okay, I was wrong last time. It didn’t take two years to get the sequel out. It took three, coming out in June 1981. Which was frustrating if you were a fan, because there had been much publicity during the … Continue reading

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Super Movie Monday – Superman: The Movie (Part 3)

This is it, the conclusion to our titanic three part-recap of Superman, the 1978 film that started the modern boom in superhero movies.

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