Superman : The Movie (1978) **FIRST TIME WATCHING MOVIE REACTION** Is He The BEST Superhero?
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- Just before the destruction of the planet Krypton, scientist Jor-El (Marlon Brando) sends his infant son Kal-El on a spaceship to Earth. Raised by kindly farmers Jonathan (Glenn Ford) and Martha Kent (Phyllis Thaxter), young Clark (Christopher Reeve) discovers the source of his superhuman powers and moves to Metropolis to fight evil. As Superman, he battles the villainous Lex Luthor (Gene Hackman), while, as novice reporter Clark Kent, he attempts to woo co-worker Lois Lane (Margot Kidder).
Release date: December 15, 1978 (USA)
Director: Richard Donner
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I dig the content! Man of Steel and Batman v Superman were too emotionally complex for some. Can't wait until you get to them.
Omg thank you so much for the super thanks! It means a lot and I will be checking out those movies. Which do you recommend? Man of steel or BVS first?
@@FlixTalk Man of Steel then BVS in order.
It has nothing to do with emotional complexity. That kind of reasoning is a bit of a copout, especially when films like Logan and The Dark Knight are beloved.
MOS and BvS just aren't seen as good films by quite a number of fans.
@@Dmaduruh Your opinion, homie.
people have a right not to like those films if that is how they feel. neither one are as good as the first 2 Reeve superman films IMO. BvS had some glaring issues with the editing. Zach snyder has made some real stinkers.
Saw this in the theater when I was 6. And the sequel at a drive in. Life was great back then.
It's been over 45 years since I've been to a drive-in. I remember watching ET on one. My parents went with some friends to watch Jaws. We were supposed to be sleeping in the back. When the first time I seen that shark was the last time I raised my head that whole time we were there.
I know how you feel, I was 8 and this was the first time my mom let me watch a movie in the movie theater, just me and my older brother
Wow thats cool
I don't think he has a " spidey" sense. He just listens to the people he cares about and can hear when they are in trouble.
His disguise isn't just his glasses. He changes his entire posture and character. And yes .he does change his voice
Clark is high pitched, nasally, and stuttery Superman is deep and confident
this film has NO CGI. RIchard Donner is by far the best all-around filmmaker to ever direct a SUperman film.
Christopher Reeve is the ONLY Superman (and Margot Kidder is the ONLY Lois Lane). Period. This is the gold standard of all superhero movies. Saw this in '78 (was 11) and it blew my mind. When Clark changes into Superman for the first time (running into the close-up of the S on his chest) the audience went crazy. When he saved Lois the audience erupted and were cheering. When he grabbed the chopper they were on their feet! Never before and never since have I EVER experienced a film like that. Nice that you got the joke about the phone booth (that was a huge laugh!). I lived 5 min. from Hackensack, NJ and the audience could not stop laughing when Luthor uttered that line. A perfect film.
100x yes
Yep! I was fourteen then.
The audience went wild!☮️
Hello! Reeve actually plays Superman and Clark Kent differently. Pay atention to the voice, posture, words and accent. Reeve based his characterization of Kent on Cary Grant in "Bringing up baby" (1938). Reeve makes two different characters. That is why he is the best actor who made Superman.
Preach!
You understand
Wow, I never knew that man.
The scene where Clark is running past the train and a young Lois sees him... Her parents were played by Noel Neill (Lois on the 1950's TV show) and Kirk Alyn (Superman in the 1940's serials).. And Ms Neill wore one of her outfits from the show.
Noel Neill was also Kirk Alyn's Lois in the 40s
I believe the canon reason is his hearing and superspeed are just that good he can hear a cry from help from all over the world and perceives things fast enough he can seperate individual ones to locate individuals he needs to save. I recall one storyline mentions he tracks lois's heartbeat specifically so he knows if she's in danger by her heart racing.
As a Superman fan, I can safely say YES :)
Lois Lane's mother on the train was played by the actress who played Lois Lane in the 1950s Superman TV series.
The lady who played Lana Lang in this movie ended up playing Martha Kent in the Smallville TV show.
And sitting across, silently playing Lois's father, was the first movie Superman, Kirk Alyn (Noel Neill played Lois to his Superman in the serials as well).
superman 3 not this movie
Actually Lana in the film was not played by the same actress that appeared in Smallville. The young actress playing Lana in this film was Diane Sherry. In Smallville Martha was played by Annette O'Toole.
And jimmy from this movie played the cop that Lois gave coffee to in the Snyder cut justice league.
@@adamn7516 I believe AO played Lana in Superman IV. Didn't google
The radio states that the San Andreas fault had been miraculously repaired, minimizing the damage it did… so Superman’s other work is dealing with the worst of the leftover mess. I think you are right that the only thing he changed by going back in time was rescuing Lois, the only one he didn’t save in his first save spree.
32:00 lex luthor did not deliberately aim the missile at Hackensack New Jersey. Remember Otis screwed up... By setting the third one to 117 and the fourth one to zero. If Otis did not screw up the rocket would have been headed to California as initially planned.
I will LOVE Christopher Reeve forever!! ❤❤❤❤❤
Superman wasn't supposed to alter history, so he tried to be as minimal with it as possible. He managed to repair the fault and keep California from falling into the sea. But the aftershocks still did cause a lot of damage and killed people. But for Lois, he decided if he was going to do time travel, that he would only do it enough to save her as an exception. He probably did something several miles down the road where the crack originated and stopped it. Sure, he could have reversed time to stop ALL the damage, but I think he didn't want to make such a huge change in history. This way, the nuke still goes off, but the damage is something minimal but still possible. Also, the reason the other missile went to Hackensack is simply because that's where Otis' screw up happened to be the coordinates for. That's why they had to alter the second missile.
My childhood in a nutshell! Your reaction to him catching Lois and the helicopter is me every time. Nice video my dude!!!!
Thanks for watching!
There is nothing significant about Hackensack, New Jersey. The second missile being sent there was not part of Lex's original plan. He only planned on hijacking one missile and setting it to strike the San Andreas Fault in California. But Otis messed up the coordinates of the first missile (Army Bird) and set it to Hackensack New Jersey instead of California. That's why they had to divert the Navy later on to hijack another missile. Miss Teshmacher programmed the Navy Bird missile to the correct coordinates in California. The fact that there were now two nuclear missiles that went off their original course just turned out to be a fortunate happenstance for Lex, as it ensured that Superman couldn't reach both of them. But that little insurance policy wasn't actually planned because his original plan was to kill Superman Kryptonite anyway. I'm a huge Superman fan. This movie came out the year I was born so I literally grew up with it.
I'm sure this has been explained by others already, but many of Superman's powers are based on "tactile telekinesis". He has an energy field around his body based on manipulation of gravitons, that allows him to basically levitate. Anything he touches has this field extended around it, which is why Lois can seemingly fly when she's touching him (and also why he can catch her while she's falling without killing her). This ability also explains his superhuman strength and his ability to lift huge masses without them collapsing under their own weight. His super senses (high frequency hearing, x-ray vision etc) are based on his alien anatomy.
There are some issues with this movie today, including some material which might be considered very dated and inappropriate. The scene where Miss Teschmacher pretends to be hurt in a car accident and the soldiers suggest a "vigorous chest massage" and "mouth to mouth" to help her is incredibly cringy today. Also, she kisses Superman while he's incapacitated with Kryptonite. While that probably made her come off as sympathetic in the 1970s, today that's basically sexual assault. Also, I'm sure that showing a little kid's penis wasn't really considered to be a big deal back then, but again today it comes off as a bit cringy (although for some reason they do the same thing in the Henry Cavill Man of Steel movie).
I do remember parts of this movie scaring me a bit as a child (the destruction of Krypton with everyone dying was rather intense, and so was Lois Lane being crushed by the earthquake). The scene where Lex kills the cop on the train tracks actually gave me nightmares, lol. But there's a special place in my heart for this film as the wire work still comes off as largely convincing even today (although the blue screen effects don't hold up as well). John Williams score is as magical as Christopher Reeve's acting.
Funny story, I'm actually an extra in Man of Steel (as one of the soldiers in a large formation awaiting the arrival of General Zod and Faora). That scene was shot at Edwards Air Force Base in 2012 (where I worked at the time) and all of the solders in that scene (minus the principle actors) are real Airmen stationed at the base. There was only one extra in that scene who wasn't a member of the military. His name is Aaron Smolinski and he played one of the officers in front. He's also the same actor who played Clark Kent as a child in this movie (the baby penis kid, lol). That's just a random, weird coincidence.
When they shot this film they were also shooting Superman II. Also, the guy who got Christopher Reeves into shape is the same guy who played Darth Vader in the suit.
That's awesome trivia thank you! And thanks for watching
David prowse
Reeve, not Reeves.
I just think people didn't question plot holes like the missiles back then. I grew up on these movies, and Star Wars, and we just thought Superman was too cool. I think we were more involved in the imagery and not the plot as kids. He was just so perfect as Superman. It's like he stepped right out of the comics. Lynda Carter also had that strong visual as Wonder Woman. She was unbelievable casting. She was Wonder Woman and you get lost in that. I'm still in awe as a adult when I see these Superman's or Lynda Carter's Wonder Woman TV show.
What plot holes?
There are no plot holes in this screenplay.
The voice of his Father while traveling to earth were basically recordings playing within the spacecraft. Teaching Kal El while in flight. They just allowed us to listen in.
The Director's Cut of any film is usually the best version of that film, in my professional filmmaking opinion.
Lex Luther didn't decide on New Jersey for the 2nd missile.. that was becasue Otis screwed up with the coordinates! They modified 2 missiles, not just the one twice
The train running over Superman had no wheels 🤣
"That's one magical guy!" haha!
Superman came to Earth for a reason and he has a mission MUCH MUCH larger than keeping his aging Earth mother company.
The green crystal compelled him to leave, and told him where to go. Just as his father planned.
Superman possesses super-senses, including super hearing, which is how he could hear & recognized Lois gasping for air inside her car.
In the round-the-world scene after the death of Lois, Superman uses his incredible speed to actually fly back through time & stop Lois from being trapped In the avalanche.
The Mother and Father of Lois Lane in that train scene were played by Noel Neil and Kirk Alyn, the first live action Lois Lane and Superman from the 1950 film serial.
I try to imagine that the time travel works like in Harry Potter, where there’s technically two Supermans saving simultaneously. And don’t forget, Superman has super hearing and hear people yell for help MILES away 😉 I love how in the show Smallville, Clark explains how he tries to save people in order of peril level(like if it’s something the cops/fire department can handle without him). You should definitely check out the show for more details about his powers, krypton origins, and depth to the character development.
In the modern world it is impossible to replicate how genuinely ground-breaking this film was, in terms of its subject matter, at the time. it is unapologetically 1970s too, in that it poses genuine emotional questions. I don't think the character had returned to that until quite recently and is the stronger for it.
Christopher Reeve is the greatest Superman ever
The Phantom Zone is like a living death.
We have the tendency to see what we want. Clark Kent is meant to be the nerdy type. His back hunched, soft voice, and timid speech pattern. While Superman is straight back, confidence, no hesitation. Even during filming, Reeves wasn't noticed as Clark, but in Superman outfit had crowds. In the beginning in train scene, I believe they got the original Lois and Jimmy for the 50's series
Looks like Supes went fast enough to reverse time to right before the ground split open to engulf Lois. Then, he breaks the time barrier again to skip over that moment in time so that the ground didn't open. That's the nearest I could figure. He wouldn't take it any further because, if he did, the time ripple effect would be even greater. So, he literally did JUST enough to save Lois. Thanks for reviewing this one! I love this movie!! My dad took me and my brother and sister to see this when it first came out. They utter joy and chillike happiness on my dad face makes this movie EXTRA magical for me. It was fun to see you react the same way we all did back then with your wide-eyed wonder, just like us. Thanks for sharing it with us again. This movie, for me, truly is a memory that has lasted, a lifetime.
I appreciate that you went back and watched the 1978 version. I understand that you have questions but, sometimes! You just have to buckle up, and enjoy the ride. Like you would on a roller-coaster. 😆😅😂🤣👍👍👍
Gene looking right at home in that cowboy hat
He wasn't lifting all the little pieces, he was lifting the tectonic plate that was under all the little pieces.
I was 11 years old when this came out and the trailer tagline was “You will believe a man can fly.” , and I absolutely did. The sequel is even better imo but after that the series falls off a cliff.
Magical nostalgia. I plan on watching the sequels! Bad or not
@@FlixTalk part 3 is ok but part 4 is an abomination, Christopher Reeve tried to have the release stopped and refused to do publicity.🤣👍
Oh, and for the record, he is not spinning the earth backward. He's traveling backward in time.
My guess is Supes spun the earth & time in reverse so far, they weren't launched and he fixed it all in between the point he goes back, and Louis is with Jimmy by the car, so it is just not shown. Or...he went in reverse order of missiles and got the California one, then NJ one knowing exactly where they are this time, so they don't explode. He can supposedly hear everyone hollering or talking on the planet (so magic and a pre-spidey super sense).
Cavill is indeed superman (as are Routh and others, each being their own), but there can only be one old school good guy Team America Superman, and that is Reeves (no disrespect to the previous originals).
I love how Rex never calls miss Tesmacher by her first name ☮️
Think he only went back so far.....to save her, after he sealed the fault line, all he had to do was deal with after shock situations in different locations 😆
Christopher Reeve is The Superman
He has super hearing, super strength, super speed! We're have you been under a rock!! Read up on his powers!!
The first missile is going to Hackensack, NJ because Otis messed up the directional vector. The second missile went to San Andreas correctly because Lex no longer trusted Otis to do it right, so they changed the roadblock con a little and Miss Teshmacher, still wearing her dress and wig from the first con, programmed it correctly.
He has superhearing. He can concentrate on one thing at once.
The young girl on the train we know is Lois Lane.
Fun fact 1: The mother is played by Noel Neill who played Lois Lane in the 1950's Adventures of Superman TV series.
Fun fact 2. The father is played by Kirk Alyn who played Clark Kent/Superman in the movies Superman (1948) and Atom Man vs Superman (1950).
The Smallville train scene: Child Lois's mother is played by the 1950s 'Adventures of Superman' actress. Lois' father is played by the VERY first late 1940s screen Superman Kirk Alyn. :-)
I've always "interpreted" the idea that Superman went back in time and now understood WHAT he must do to stop both rockets. I think that he went back to the launch....stopped both rockets...and then went forward (at the speed of light) and met Lois and Jimmy. At least, that is how I interpreted the film.
Also: SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE and SUPERMAN II were filmed back-to-back. The end of this film (with the time travel) was supposed to be the end of the SECOND movie. The studio tried to hurry up the film production so hastily demanded an end. They took the end of what was supposed to be the second film and used it for the first and created a different end for SUPERMAN II. I've always wondered where the first film was supposed to end. It was supposed to be a cliff hanger.
This breaking several laws of physics.
i believe he reversed time just enough to save lois lane. so his actions on saving california were done already... if you get what i am saying.
23:35 I'll say Superman is able to transfer his gravity defiance to whom he touches. That theory makes it work for me.
For me, it's a big case of "who cares?" I always figured the passing wind was holding her up. I couldn't help thinking, "THAT'S what he finds hard to believe?"
He has super hearing and vision, it's how he hears thing normal people wouldn't
The reason one of the misiles was heading towards Hackensack, NJ, was Otis messing up the coordinates (his arm , where the numbers were written on, was too short).
So, it was actually just a huge coincidence, that Ms. Teschmacher's mother was living there.
Great reaction, man! You cracked me up! Gaaaaa, best not to overthink it; they approach it like a comic book, where not everything makes sense! lol. You asked to know what's different in this cut? 19:44 that's an added scene, I've never seen that one before. There was another one during the Krypton section, where you made a joke about "Tin Foil Man" or something. That was not in the theatrical release. 28:29 - this whole little bit with the machine guns, then the fire and then the ice.... isn't in the theatrical release, he just spirals down and goes right into Lex's lair. 33:48 - you're right you can't hike the Hollywood sign that close.....which is probably why it didn't appear in the original theatrical release! Anyways, laughed my butt off watching this with you!
Thank you so much for the info and thanks for watching!
He couldn't use the phone booth early on because it was a half-booth - no lower part enclosed.....
I like this movie because Christopher Reeve looks like Clark Kent and Superman while the suit is iconic and comic accurate, Also before he played Superman, In the 40s, There was an a cowboy actor name Kirk Alyn who play Superman and in the 50s an actor who played a twin in Gone with the Wind name George Reeves played Superman too. Awesome reaction to this classic film.
Thanks for the comment and thanks for watching!
Yes and Kirk Alyn was the man on the train as the father of Lois Lane
When you said "Where was that? That's beautiful..." at Jonathan Kent's funeral,
I agree, it's incredibly beautiful. I also find it funny because they are supposed to be in Kansas...they did pretty good with the scenes on the farm and the corn field, but the funeral...Kansas is flat as a pancake, there are no hills like that. This movie was filmed in England and for that part it was clearly the English countryside. If you've ever seen the animated movie Watership Down, even though it's animated they drew the landscapes to almost perfect to how it looks in real life. It makes it look like they took Pa Kent all the way to the English downs for the funeral.
I'm so glad you're watching the director's cut!!! I grew up with the extended cut because I recorded it off of TV in 1982, that's my favorite version but it is bloated with a lot of unnecessary filler. The theatrical cut takes too much out...like the scene with Superman going through Lex's gauntlet...the bullets, fire, and ice...not in the theatrical. Little Lois on the train, in the theatrical you just see her watching Clark out the train window, you don't know it's Lois Lane, they cut out the part with her parents. That's especially sad because the actress playing Lois' mother is Noel Neil, the actress who played Lois Lane in the George Reeves Superman series from the 50's. My favorite part of the movie...Superman's first public appearance when he rescues Lois from the helicopter...that whole sequence is edited way too much in the theatrical.
Director's cut is definitely the best version to watch in my opinion!
So glad you watched this movie!!! It's very special to me and is my 3rd favorite movie of all time, right behind Rocky and Back to the Future.
Best Regards!
Thank you so much for your amazing comment! I'm really glad I finally watched this film and am watching some amazing movies I may not have ever taken a chance on but thanks to this awesome community, I am!
We have the same three favorite movies. ✌️
All the Smallville scenes were filmed around Calgary, Alberta Canada.
@@dan2007kohn That's what I read elsewhere. Maybe someday I'll google it, meantime I just melt at those scenes.
Not England. Alberta Canada. The parts in England were the Pinewood & Shepperton Studios soundstages where things like The Fortress Of Solitude, Daily Planet office interiors, Krypton, and the interiors of Lex Luthor's lair among several others.
The middle-aged woman with the little Lois Lane on the train was the woman who played the original Lois Lane in the TV series.
33:45 The Hollywood Sign is fenced off, but sometimes people climb onto the sign anyway - and get arrested. They have tons of cameras there!
Okay, first time commenting here.
When people get on the topic of Superman and the "how can she not get the glasses is the only difference" thing with Lois. It erks the hell out of me.
It's not just the glasses, pay attention to Christopher Reeve and his performance. Even shows how he presents both sides of the character.
Clark, he slouches, wearing glasses, studders, always a high octave vocal tomber to his voice. Cowardly personality, wound tighter than a Chihuahua's ass while constipated.
Superman, stands tall and proud with a puffed out chest, speaks clear and concise in total confidence. Has a soothing yet deep manly voice. Brave even when he knows his power might not help in situations even to put his own life on the line to save the world, dude is chill enough to rip into people while arresting them, basically he's the big brother buddy alpha male type person who gets along with everyone till given reasons not to.
Tell me beyond eyeballing simple things like general heights, hair and eye color, that you could calmly state they are the same exact person, without knowing better at the outset???.
Before anyone says anything, I myself have been mistaken for people for looking similar enough to them.
Not everyone will bring it up, but some people notice similarities between two different people and still have a mind to be like "ehh kinda looks like them, but not"
Hell last week this dude thought I was a buddy of his from highschool.....
Swore up and down I looked just like him. Thought I was at least a relative.
I moved where I live now in 06 from over 750miles away. Not one family member in this state.... Relatively unlikely I'm a relative
To clarify about the three versions; they are:
The 1978 Original Theatrical Release
The 1982 Extended TV Cut (broadcast on two nights on ABC, released on blu-ray in 2017)
The 2000 Special Edition (aka The Richard Donner Cut)
The best way to differentiate between the three is that the extended TV cut has about 30 minutes more than the special edition and 42 minutes more than the theatrical version.
The bulk of the footage being extended shots of the destruction of Krypton, Clark’s journey to the Artic where he builds the Fortress, a few scenes of Brando as Jor-El lecturing Clark, shots of Metropolis, scenes of Otis avoiding the police, flying shots of Superman after he rescues Lois Lane, scenes with Lex Luthor, Otis, and Miss Teschmacher in the underground lair, and scenes during the earthquake in California.
The version your watching is a shortened version of that extended TV cut; but it’s been restored with a new sound mix.
I think that this version along with Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut are the best versions of this incarnation of Superman.
I always figured he knew where people were that need help based on his hearing.
One thing that i like that Superman the animated series change was the ages of the Kent's. It just made sense for them to be younger and alive when Clark was in his early years of being Superman. This movie is a product of what the Kent's was to people at that time period. If they ever do another Superman movie .They need to have both of the Kent's alive and well being very active in Clark Kent life as a regular person and a voice of wisdom and guidance for Superman.This was one of my biggest reasons why i hated man of steel/ bvs/ justice league movies.This movie will always be one of my top ten movies. This movie just shows us a bright and hopeful man .Who just happened to be super. He is not trying to be someone god. He just wants to be that good example for us to inspire to be. A good person .
The voice of Jor-EL was embedded in the crystals and those recordings can be played by placing the crystals in the mechanism on his ship and fortress and that is what taught him about the Earth and krypton.
It's like siri
this is best movie ever. watch this thousand times when i was kid
I think Hackensack New Jersey is the furthest East of most states away from the spot in California where the other missle was headed further making it extra "impossible" to stop both. Kansas is closer so it's easier and he doesnt know he was from Kansas yet.
Way back in the prehistoric times of the 1979s writers and directors of movies didn't have to show every little thing to viewers...they knew their audience was smart enough to fill in the blanks...Nowadays people are under the belief that they need everything told to them for them to be happy...because you can't imagine it doesn't make it a plot hole... prequels and sequels have ruined imagination.
Facts!! People can really ruin and suck the fun out of a movie these days by thinking they are know-it-alls. Who cares...just enjoy
He went through the "Speed Force" to go back in time.
Just try to ignore the plot holes David! Hahahaha!!! I watched this when I was a little boy and didn't care since then. Richard Donner who just directed THE OMEN two years earlier was supposed to direct OMEN II but because of his obligation to this film he declined. Mario Puzo, who wrote THE GODFATHER also wrote the screenplay for this film as well as the 1974 disaster film EARTHQUAKE. You should watch the sequels too! Richard Pryor is in part 3!!! You should also see Supergirl (1984) which was released in between Superman III and Superman IV. Supergirl also has Faye Dunaway as the main villain. The line about the chewing gum wrapper unlocking the secrets of the universe was referenced in READY PLAYER ONE. Well, there are many other facts and trivia I wish I could share with you now but I am on a treadmill at the gym now. LOL! Perhaps the others could fill you in. Thanks for the great reaction David and thank you for showing the Donner cut which features that scene where Superman is riddled with bullets, fire and snow. Other reactors on UA-cam never show that scene because they used only the theatrical version.
What I remember from this movie is, I was on a date and in the middle of the movie he busted out crying. I asked him what the matter was and he blurted out “I’m married! Also, it’s a shame Superman can never say that he’s fighting a Never ending battle for truth, justice, and the American way
I refuse to watch another Superman Movie. Since this was released ..This is The only Superman I will accept .
This made me happy! Christopher Reeve was my Superman. I know the effects don't hold up, but this was groundbreaking stuff when it came out. The helicopter scene was probably my favorite. Such a cool debut.
Hey thanks for watching!
The reason for 2 missiles is Otis screwed up the nav coords on the first one (Hackensack, NJ) so they stop a 2nd convoy and Miss Tessmacher puts in the correct navigation coordinates (California)
Lois Lane's penthouse was filmed in my apartment building and I was there the night they filmed that scene. All of 6 I met Margot Kidder in the flesh
The other ways that Lois can't recognise Superman from Clark Kent is that Clark Kent is more of a stumbling bumbling man when he talks, Superman on the other is more confidently and manly. It amazing how his hair combed to the right and yet as super man his hair is combed the other way.
*Clark
Watch the Richard Donner cut of Superman 2, to find out what happened with the rocket
Weird fact: The Studio wanted Robert Redford, Stockard Channing (Rizzo from Grease) and Paul Newman to play Superman, Lois Lane and Lex Luthor.
A prime example of studios not knowing what they're doing!
I actually really like Stockard Channing's screen test. Her Lois would have been very convincing as a news reporter with a fiesty "New York/army brat" energy. Not saying she'd have been better than Kidder, but her alternate version of the movie from somewhere in the Multiverse would be fun to see.
The greatest Superman of all time
This movie singlehandedly removed the phone booth change as a staple. Its like taking away Bruce Wayne's batmobile.
The reason Lois doesn't recognize "Clark" is due to the brilliance of Christopher Reeve's performance as Clark. Go back and watch it again. One of the high praises the received in its initial release was Reeve"s physical change between both characters. Today's audiences are spoon feed characters that are distinctively separate from their alter eggs. It's the performance and not the physicality alone.
Btw...the Donner cut includes more juxtaposition than it's initial release, which Donner did approve of in the 70's. The "Donner Cut" has a complicated history. Look into the back story.
Remember, all of these visual/special effects were created specifically for this movie. 90% of them had never been done before for a major motion picture.
He had the benefit of hindsight and lnew what to do. It's not complicated.
Lex didn't choose Hackensack. That became a target due to Otis screwing up the direction vectors on the first missile.
Superman has super hearing
Superman was being recorded as a duology, that's how it was conceived, but due to serious disagreements with the producers, Richard Donner was forced to give it this ending. The budget was skyrocketing, they did not reach the planned release date and they did not trust that the box office result would be good enough to be able to complete and release Superman II. Luckily they were able to do it, but unfortunately with a third-rate director like Richard Lester replacing Donner.
9:48 I agree with you for his mom. Unless they sold he farm and she's provided for.
I saw this in the theater when I was 12! (1978)
I’ve seen all three cuts and the major difference is pacing. The theatrical cut is the best cut because it includes only what is necessary. The other two versions really add nothing to the story.
Interesting . I felt the donner cut was really good. Though there wasn't any resolve with the people trapped in the glass from the beginning or the "tin foil" man lol but I enjoyed the young lois lane cameo and other scenes that I read were in the Donner Cut
NO, he doesn't have Spider sense. His senses are heightened, so he can hear from great distances, especially when it's someone he knows.
I love that shirt, buddy.
It isn't 'Spider Sense', it is super hearing.
This movie was soooo amazing when I saw it originally in the movie theatre. Loved it! Everyone was cheering and clapping in the theatre. Great reaction! I actually like the 2nd one better than the first. I guess I do understand what you are saying about Superman moving the earth backward to go back in time. It is a little strange and questionable. But after all it is a fictional character and story and he is a SUPER Hero. :) Christopher Reeves is the best Superman!!!
The thing that bugged me about it is, where are the consequences? Jurell specifically states that meddling with time is forbidden. Consequences in superman 1? Nothing bad happens because of it and be should've caused some kind of paradox. Original him is fixing everything, time travel him saves Lois, but that means original him no longer needs to save her by time travel...
I suppose superman Ii could be seen as a consequence, but it's a stretch.
@@AndrewHalliwell Don't worry about it. Sit back, relax, suspend disbelief and logic, and just enjoy the show. That's what I do - it is joyful escape.
@@mikejankowski6321 remove one line of dialogue, solve the problem. That’s all it would’ve taken. And yes I enjoy the film when I’m watching it but that doesn’t stop it from being a flaw.
Sorry it annoys me so i'm compelled to say, it's Christopher Reeve. But it's always confused because the actor that played Superman before him was George Reeves. So i understand. It's just a weird thing that irritates me.
Great review!! Although, I saw this in the theater when I was 11 and the running scene with the train didn't look good to us even back then. The TV show "The Six Million Dollar Man" had better running scenes and it was older. I'm not even talking about the slow mo effect they used in that TV show. There were some really effective scenes with him running super fast that look great even today.
Hi your Superhero is being guided by the forces not of this world, if ycan see his facial expression it's like he's been compelled to leave his adopted mother, and go to Alaska to creat his heavenly home the F.Of.S. Super Reaction👍
There are many who hate the moment of Superman turning back the world. I, on the other hand, defend it. That being said, you brought up something else that could be cause for argument that there really was a moment of plot armour: Why did Lex Luthor send the other missile to Hackensack, other than having a reason for Superman wrapped in the kryptonite being saved?
when superman reversed time, he reversed the damage... he didn't reverse events that happened that caused the damage. So, the rocket hit, and everything collapsed, just like normal. Damage was reversed.. and that's the damage to life, as well. Superman didn't re-write history, he just reversed time. he didn't just save lois, there. The movie showed the reversal.. it made perfect sense to me, as a child lolol. Still does.. sorta.. XD
I still don't understand how you can reverse time but not events? Events happen in real time lol so it does seem like a plot hole but I'm not gonna over think these movies anymore 😂😆
Hackensack was Otis's screw up with his short arm...
He just got back in time to save Lois. Of course he stopped the first missile and saved all those people!. It's not Spider sense or magic. He have super enhanced senses, included super hearing and different kind of visión: heat vision, telescopic, microscopic, infrared vision and X Ray vision. Henry Cavill is cool, but Chris Reeve looked like if Superman just stepped out of the funny pages.
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yo dude, your first watch reaction is the most entertaining! for some funny reason, YT has been recommending these first-watch reactions of the'78 Superman...and all of them have been girls. but you notice things only guys would notice!
Oh really? Interesting. What did I notice just curious lol I plan to watch part 2 soon
@@FlixTalk just things on a practical level, like when Clark bumped into Lois, and you were like, "he knew what he was doing! LOL" ...or the way she wasn't dangling off of him like she should have been when they were flying together...or wondering how they made the fire look so good when he was entering Lex's lair...or the fact that the front page photos were all pretty excellent shots. little things like that. these sorts of things don't trigger any reaction from the female first-time watchers. But they all do have a very positive impression of this movie after their first watch, which is good to know...'cause Reeve is my absolute favorite for his portrayal of Clark/Supes!
@@FlixTalk for part 2, are you watching the Donner Cut? or theatrical cut? A similar bit of drama took place back then...similar to Whedon/Snyder fiasco with Justice League.
Ahh and added scene version.
Superman either time travels or enters other universes. Superman 2 (Richard Donner cut) may hint at this.
The differences in most versions of the film are minimal. The TV version has some weird editing in it but I think the extended edition is FANTASTIC.
However, when you watch Superman 2, DO NOT watch the Richard Donner Cut. I know it's hip to prefer directors' cuts of movies, but in this case, the directors' cut is not a true cut of the film. It's more of an experiment with different elements from different versions of the film put together to approximate a director's cut. There are great things in it, but it has things that do not align correctly with the first film.
The theatrical version of part 2 has more goofy humor in it that some people hate, but certain plot points make much more sense in Richard Lester's cut.
Yeah, it's a mess.
Absolutely agree! Richard Lester's version is fine.