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Informative discussion, Superboy was mentioned briefly, I have the full series. Series 1 was forgettable though when they changed the lead actor I think its very underrated. The episode Roads not Taken I often rewatch.
Funny story I recall regarding Gerard Christopher, he auditioned for the Lois and Clark series though did not mention he had already played the part. Apparently Gerard Christopher got the role until the show runners realized he had already starred in Superboy.
As much as I love Chris, Henry and Brandon, George Reeves is my most favorite Clark Kent/ Superman.
I also really liked Kirk Alyn.
I am a fan of Gerard I thought he did a great job as Superboy/Superman.
Clark at his parents graves in Superman IV, I don't know much about this scene though I think we all wish it had occurred.
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Watching Superman IV again it looks so good the 4K restoration, I am even questioning whether is it better than Superman III. The VFX is obviously an issue with this film though its shot extremely well.
Scene Missing
Cutting 30 minutes out of it before the theatrical release didn't help.
Agreed.
Well, it's still the lesser of the two failures IMO.
On the one hand, it was good that Superman got rid of the Salkinds, on the other hand, Cannon Films was not financially healthy enough to support a film of this magnitude. Just look at the flight photography. IV has worse visual effects than the first film, which preceded it by almost a decade. Meanwhile, Margot Kidder was doing a very hard 40, and the less said about Jon Cryer, the better. ("The Dude of Steel. Boy are you gonna get it!") I also have to force myself to think of Nuclear Man as a metaphor for the nuclear evils of the military world that Reeve was correctly attacking. As a literal villain, though, Nuclear Man is an abomination, a He-Man on steroids.
Donner's Superman II would have been one of the greatest films of all time. :-O
Margot Kidder x
Donner Lois and Lester Lois are 2 completely different characters.
Yeah, in many ways- Lester was so uneven in his approach to characters...
'Think Kal El'.
Epic! Fortress looks incredible in 4K.
Christopher Reeve is Superman.
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Infinitely better picture...
I wish they had digitally removed Superman's harness.
I have that version it really is bad regarding the platform, even in the 4K it looks awkward though at least you can not see what they are stood on.
The best scene in the genre, this set the magic this is the Verisimilitude!
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First time I have heard that version, interesting.
I would love to see Superman II TV Extended cut on disk.
Superman II Deleted Scene
Though this is brutal.
I’m more surprised that for the bonus features they didn’t include all the deleted footage of II. The Donner Cut disc had all the deleted footage that didn’t make it in his cut, but the Lester disc only had the soufflé scene. No concord. No killing of that child.
The soufflé scene stands out the most, I remember it from TV back in the 80's more than the other scenes, though I have seen the Concorde scene on YouTube previously.
I was very young when i watched the TV versions of the first two films so even when I watched Superman: The Movie TV Extended cut on Bluiray a few years ago a lot of it was vague recollections.
Personally I want WB to pretty much put everything they have on bonus disks, I bet there is a lot of footage we still have not seen.