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  • Опубліковано 22 лип 2024
  • We are fast approaching the second movie adaptation of Supergirl with Sasha Calle appearing in The Flash 2023. But before Sasha Calle and even Laura Vandervoort from Smallville and Melissa Benoist in the Arrowverse there was the 1984 movie. Set in the Christopher Reeve Superman universe it sees Helen Slater take on the role in a truly bizarre adventure which is entirely divorced from reality and logic. Is it good? No. Is it weird? Yeah it's real weird. Thanks for watching our Caravan Of Garbage review!
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  • @takeshikovacks6708
    @takeshikovacks6708 Рік тому +524

    Fun fact: The VFX team wanted to make supergirl distinguishable from superman, so they decided to change the colour of her laser vision to blue, which lead to the working title of this film being Blue Harvest, which coincidentally was also the working title of the original Star Wars.

    • @EnsignRedSquad
      @EnsignRedSquad Рік тому +6

      Makes sense

    • @EnsignRedSquad
      @EnsignRedSquad Рік тому +5

      Blue Harvest. I feel like I have heard this before, for another movie.

    • @hydrolito
      @hydrolito Рік тому +3

      It was called heat vision and possible based on X-rays not laser. No Superman or Supergirl comic ever said Superman or Supergirl had laser vision I am aware of.

    • @tvmoviemistress
      @tvmoviemistress Рік тому +5

      Well done.

    • @kalroy1230
      @kalroy1230 Рік тому +2

      I just watched her red heat vision give life to a flower. I looked for a UA-cam video explaining the movie because it was so stupid, maybe its blue later in the movie, but first use is red

  • @joaopedrocanassamontanher2461
    @joaopedrocanassamontanher2461 Рік тому +636

    Maso got so pissed at this movie that he told us what the story was without even being prompted to do so

    • @thegoofystoic
      @thegoofystoic Рік тому +14

      One of my favorite things he does

    • @Ask_a_cat
      @Ask_a_cat 5 місяців тому +1

      It's a pavlovian response really

  • @korndud
    @korndud Рік тому +934

    i love when ben randomly inserts his opinions/thoughts in edits lol

    • @christophercomtois7175
      @christophercomtois7175 Рік тому +74

      The edit of the faces sliding down over the two women brilliant.

    • @robertdanker6193
      @robertdanker6193 Рік тому +8

      Hahah yeah Ben is awesome!

    • @skyboxproductions4627
      @skyboxproductions4627 Рік тому +18

      I love it when Ben 🤷🏼‍♂️

    • @AkuraTheAwesome
      @AkuraTheAwesome Рік тому +26

      Ben and the other editors are the under-appreciated third member of the group, so thank you for recognising our boy.

    • @burner-is5pf
      @burner-is5pf Рік тому +5

      @@AkuraTheAwesomein what conceivable universe are they?..
      We love them, but they are never underrated. Especially Ben. Every vid has a million comments praising Ben (usually only Ben, even if he didn’t edit it) and it’s so clear they do it for brownie point likes and not being genuine.
      So don’t act like nobody acknowledges Ben and the other editors. They get so much high praise. It’s well deserved but don’t act like they’re underrated.

  • @coltrick4974
    @coltrick4974 Рік тому +351

    I like how the very mention of marlin brando instantly puts James into a blind rage

    • @somerandolad
      @somerandolad Рік тому +49

      He's a bad bloke, that Marlon Brando.

    • @wuraolaolagunju
      @wuraolaolagunju Рік тому +14

      Bad Bloke Brando!

    • @cdubsoptional7849
      @cdubsoptional7849 Рік тому +8

      Growing up, "Marlfox" was my favourite Brian Jacques novel. It combines both Marlon Brando, and furries. So it's right up James' alley.

    • @r.jclark4641
      @r.jclark4641 Рік тому +5

      Marlon Brando May have been annoying to work with but at least he did some really cool Native American rights activism.

    • @judeconnor-macintyre9874
      @judeconnor-macintyre9874 10 місяців тому

      @@r.jclark4641What'd he do?

  • @bobbybloodfeastin308
    @bobbybloodfeastin308 Рік тому +225

    A huge part of this channel's success is due to the editing of these videos, which is absolutely brilliant. Great job everyone.

  • @Mario_Angel_Medina
    @Mario_Angel_Medina Рік тому +274

    I always remember a reviewer who said this about Supergirl's movie:
    "What pisses me off is that this movie didn't needed to be bad. It has good actors, it has decent special effects for the time, the script is what sinks it. And the script is garbage because no one in the 80s thought a superhero movie starring a female character was worth the effort"

    • @GamingintheAM0801
      @GamingintheAM0801 Рік тому +35

      It's the 2020s and people still only barely think it's worth the effort, unfortunately.
      Wonder Woman was good, Captain Marvel was decent at best.

    • @Spicy_Nandos
      @Spicy_Nandos Рік тому +30

      @@GamingintheAM0801 Yep and even with wonder woman being good, they dropped the ball on the sequel. I had really been looking forward to that movie too

    • @devmag52
      @devmag52 Рік тому +9

      @@GamingintheAM0801 Captain Marvel was not even decent. It stumbles all over its own “girl power/men are pigs”propaganda before just telling a good story. If it aired anywhere but between Infinity War and End Game, it wouldn’t have come close to a billion.

    • @Lowkey-yb4nm
      @Lowkey-yb4nm Рік тому +4

      @@devmag52 facts. That ip is screwed for the sequel. But u already know what they’ll say. “The marvels performs poorly at the box office due to mcu hate and the bad taste left from antman 3” 🤷‍♂️

    • @varanid9
      @varanid9 Рік тому

      @@Lowkey-yb4nm Nah, they'll do their usual: "MISOGYNY! RACISM! blah, blah......."

  • @cyborgrex
    @cyborgrex Рік тому +193

    Some bonus green trivia. The actress who played Lucy Lane was actually 30/31 at the time and older than the actor playing Jimmy Olsen.

    • @SirMoFoDans4
      @SirMoFoDans4 Рік тому +46

      Jesus Christ. I gotta know what brand of lotion she uses.

    • @solvseus
      @solvseus Рік тому +24

      @@SirMoFoDans4 Well it was 1984, so mostly likely cocaine.

    • @Malum09
      @Malum09 Рік тому +12

      @@solvseusI’m pretty sure cocaine does the opposite

    • @Avocado11
      @Avocado11 Рік тому +1

      @@Malum09 No, you're thinking of meth.

    • @amityislandchum
      @amityislandchum Рік тому +2

      I recognize her from Grease 2, which is one of the greatest So-Bad-It's-Good movies of all time.

  • @ethanjones7418
    @ethanjones7418 Рік тому +67

    I can’t begin to explain how much I love the ‘that guy who shouts Rodney’ guy.

    • @danhays307
      @danhays307 Рік тому +3

      All Rodney. All the time.

  • @youngrootv
    @youngrootv Рік тому +359

    As bad as this movie is, I gotta say that Helen Slater really does fit the role of Supergirl look wise. She’s what I’d imagine Supergirl to look like in my head if she was a real person!

    • @ozymandiasultor9480
      @ozymandiasultor9480 Рік тому

      Huh? No, if there was a supergirl she has to look like Jessica Biel, or something like that... This Slater girl is too ordinary, the girl next door, mediocre.

    • @alucard624
      @alucard624 Рік тому +56

      Slater's the best thing about this misfire.

    • @ozymandiasultor9480
      @ozymandiasultor9480 Рік тому

      @@alucard624 Why are you all starstruck by her? She is so...ordinary... That girl as Supergirl, that is simply wrong.

    • @andrewfletcher7110
      @andrewfletcher7110 Рік тому +44

      Agreed, Helen Slater is perfect

    • @ozymandiasultor9480
      @ozymandiasultor9480 Рік тому

      @@andrewfletcher7110 Many thousand actresses would have been much better in that role.

  • @Blitterbug
    @Blitterbug Рік тому +48

    World famous comic genius Peter Cook - "some creepy British bloke" - nailed it again, guys!

    • @jeebuschristos8423
      @jeebuschristos8423 Рік тому +2

      I blame the fact that Dudley Moore wasn't playing his assistant in it...

  • @CaptainJ62
    @CaptainJ62 Рік тому +17

    Any Caravan of Garbage that starts with the word “terrible” with no context is destined to become an absolute classic.

  • @Silvio67
    @Silvio67 Рік тому +56

    I had such a massive crush on Helen Slater. Her flying sequence at the beginning was one of the best.

    • @Azhalan
      @Azhalan Рік тому +13

      I was 8 when the movie was released and remember thinking that she looked like an angel. Guess I must have watched the movie dozens of times as a kid, just for Helen Slater. Couldn't have cared less about the plot 😁

  • @edinalewis4704
    @edinalewis4704 Рік тому +326

    No matter what anyone says, I love this film and always will. Not because it’s good, dear god no. Just through sheer force of will from wanting so badly for a Supergirl movie to work!!

    • @Agent57000DM
      @Agent57000DM Рік тому +12

      I find it an entertaining mess of a movie.

    • @badassdanthepowerman6438
      @badassdanthepowerman6438 Рік тому +14

      Well hopefully this new Supergirl movie James Gunn has in the pipeline will finally and legitimately satisfy that craving. We can only hope, but hey, there’s no chance it’ll be as bad as this…or is there?

    • @ThisGuyWithThatGuy
      @ThisGuyWithThatGuy Рік тому +5

      This movie was amazing!!!

    • @oaf-77
      @oaf-77 Рік тому +5

      Yes, another fan. This is a fun movie and needs more love.

    • @rickypoon6406
      @rickypoon6406 Рік тому +5

      Are you a green lantern? =P

  • @TheJesselopez1981
    @TheJesselopez1981 Рік тому +164

    12:50 this is the best joke ever. Great job Ben and Lawrence.
    16:48 this is a close second. Superman should have kicked evil supermans nuts into his throat, or at least nuclear man's.

    • @John-Doe-Yo
      @John-Doe-Yo Рік тому +2

      What joke at 12:50?

    • @TheJesselopez1981
      @TheJesselopez1981 Рік тому +1

      @Ahmed Jones me too! And I was thinking it the whole time.

    • @TheJesselopez1981
      @TheJesselopez1981 Рік тому +5

      @@John-Doe-Yo that Faye Dunaway and her partner who just sits there and says maybe this, maybe that, are James and Maso.

    • @John-Doe-Yo
      @John-Doe-Yo Рік тому +1

      @@TheJesselopez1981 Oh I see it now I kept looking for it at the exact time code you gave

  • @roygevers
    @roygevers Рік тому +198

    If the Rodney supercut ever needs to be longer, Draco Malfoy does a couple of good ones in Rise of the Planet of the Apes.

    • @17absolut
      @17absolut Рік тому +1

      Oh really

    • @liamfitzgerald7217
      @liamfitzgerald7217 Рік тому +26

      And if it needs to be even longer, they can take some from Only Fools & Horses.

    • @stefanfilipovits21
      @stefanfilipovits21 Рік тому +23

      The weekly planet/Mr. Sunday fandom is gonna start collecting Rodney’s.

    • @17absolut
      @17absolut Рік тому +11

      @@stefanfilipovits21 like infinity stones

    • @stefanfilipovits21
      @stefanfilipovits21 Рік тому +9

      @@17absolut Rodney. Is. Inevitable.

  • @seanmillette4323
    @seanmillette4323 Рік тому +40

    Even as a 6 year old, I wondered how supergirl was able to get her ears pierced by her friend.

    • @lisah-p8474
      @lisah-p8474 Рік тому +4

      Plot holes so big a six year old could walk through them. Lol

  • @Fuzzy_Barbarian
    @Fuzzy_Barbarian Рік тому +24

    This entire movie feels like a forgotten Silver Age annual. Not even just a regular throwaway story, but so throwaway and overly long that it's an *annual.*

  • @TheFiddleFaddle
    @TheFiddleFaddle Рік тому +36

    I loved hearing James trying so hard to say paltry and going in the absolutely wrong direction 😆

    • @craigl.1856
      @craigl.1856 Рік тому +8

      It's a brilliant combination of paltry and measly - paesley! I give it a year to be the new word of the year at Websters. 😀

  • @jasonblauet8838
    @jasonblauet8838 Рік тому +66

    Is it bad that I laugh at the Rodney supercut every time?

    • @MiddleAgedNerd
      @MiddleAgedNerd Рік тому +6

      No, it is not bad. We should all laugh at it every time. Because we all know sooner or later James will just get sick of it and stop.

    • @TheJesselopez1981
      @TheJesselopez1981 Рік тому +7

      @@MiddleAgedNerd not if I pretend to hate it and keep telling him to drop it.

    • @andrewcurtis2337
      @andrewcurtis2337 Рік тому

      It will happen. Much like the death by overexposure of "Blue Harvest"
      In the mean time...enjoy!

    • @danhays307
      @danhays307 Рік тому +3

      The People NEED the Rodney Supercut. We must have it!!

    • @danhays307
      @danhays307 Рік тому +4

      RAWED-KNEE!!!

  • @michaelstrong5383
    @michaelstrong5383 Рік тому +110

    I absolutely love Peter O'Toole's performance in this movie. The man looked like he was drunk out of his mind before they started filming.

    • @Mayydayy86
      @Mayydayy86 Рік тому +14

      He probably was

    • @MrOtistetrax
      @MrOtistetrax Рік тому +19

      Peter O'Toole was basically drunk out of his mind for his entire career.

    • @Popcultureguy3000
      @Popcultureguy3000 Рік тому +7

      @@MrOtistetrax So *THAT’S* why he was cast as a drunk has-been actor in “My Favorite Year”!

    • @ChuckM0503
      @ChuckM0503 Рік тому +6

      He has the best line in the movie.
      "Squirt."

    • @fretboardmaster70
      @fretboardmaster70 Рік тому +2

      I only seen this movie once and my only memory is the aforementioned word “ Squirt” 😂😂😂😂 oh shit and Peter Cook was also in the movie. Imagine if Dudley Moore was with him…. The film would have been saved.

  • @Sicod79
    @Sicod79 Рік тому +32

    I love that I cannot tell if Mr. Sunday is serious or not when referring to field hockey as baseball.

  • @russelniedermayer
    @russelniedermayer Рік тому +7

    The grotesque image of Supergirl's "Sand Eyes" will haunt my dreams.

  • @fromchomleystreet
    @fromchomleystreet 10 місяців тому +4

    I’m actually really impressed by how simple but effective that cardboard cutout solution was. I never would have noticed it wasn’t a human being if you hadn’t pointed it out, but it would have been much more difficult to achieve with an actual person.

  • @sbushido5547
    @sbushido5547 Рік тому +19

    Fun fact: Iron Man came out 15 years ago. Now I'm not the only one who feels old.

    • @GamingintheAM0801
      @GamingintheAM0801 Рік тому +2

      Honestly, I thought it was longer than that, but I got hit with Marvel fatigue way earlier than most people, so that's probably why.

  • @patientallison
    @patientallison Рік тому +31

    The reason they changed the costume was actually because manufacturing extra suits would have been two expensive. The blue dye used in the original suit was extraordinarily rare and it would have taken way too much labor to acquire, which is why the producers originally titled the film Blue Harvest, which coincidentally was the working title of the original Star Wars in 1977.

    • @mwheeler37
      @mwheeler37 Рік тому +11

      Goddamn it! I fall for it every time!

    • @mrsundaymovies
      @mrsundaymovies  Рік тому +21

      Damn that's crazy if true!

    • @davidbosco652
      @davidbosco652 Рік тому +2

      ​@Mr Sunday Movies You kinda forgot about the Director's cut of Supergirl (1984) on DVD.

    • @patientallison
      @patientallison Рік тому +1

      @@davidbosco652 I don't think they forgot it, they just don't have time to watch every cut of a film before doing an episode, especially since the DC is even longer than the international cut which they already said was too long

    • @davidbosco652
      @davidbosco652 Рік тому +2

      @PatientAllison When I meant that, I was saying that they forgot to mention the runtime of the Director's cut.

  • @leahmacdonald5122
    @leahmacdonald5122 Рік тому +10

    I feel like it's important to point out that this movie is directed by Jeannot Szwarc who also directed several episodes of Smallville, including the episode where Lana, Chloe and Lois are possessed by witches.

    • @littlefroggy7
      @littlefroggy7 11 місяців тому

      He also did Jaws 2 !

    • @danjitheman
      @danjitheman 4 місяці тому

      ​@littlefroggy7 that explains why the shark was a witch!

    • @sanguillotine
      @sanguillotine 5 днів тому

      @@danjithemanthe boat captain was also a witch!

  • @mikecoker4007
    @mikecoker4007 Рік тому +10

    I wouldn't expect them to know what field hockey is, but I did expect them to know what baseball isn't

    • @Mngalahad
      @Mngalahad Рік тому +5

      If theres a cage, a grass field and children inside, its baseball.

    • @ThreadBomb
      @ThreadBomb Рік тому

      @@Mngalahad If there's children inside a cage, on grass, it's baseball.

  • @samanthaswanson5915
    @samanthaswanson5915 Рік тому +11

    This "terrible" movie was my FAVORITE sleepover movie!!! Thanks so much for doing a video on it!!!!

  • @Noisy_Snax
    @Noisy_Snax Рік тому +6

    This movie gave me nightmares as a kid.
    The runaway digger.
    The scary dodgems.
    The weird random ending.
    Recurring dreams, night terrors, the lot.

  • @fearloathingingeneral2877
    @fearloathingingeneral2877 Рік тому +38

    I used to love when this came on TV randomly on a Sunday afternoon.

    • @spodoinklehorse
      @spodoinklehorse Рік тому +1

      Yeah, I seen it on UTV on a random Saturday afternoon in the early 1990s

    • @andrewcurtis2337
      @andrewcurtis2337 Рік тому

      If you saw it on tv in the US, removing the commercials from the equation, it was probably edited for TV down to even less than 84 min.

  • @Stand_By_For_Mind_Control
    @Stand_By_For_Mind_Control Рік тому +21

    Always loved this movie. Peter O'Toole in the phantom zone surviving on Binaca lol. Perfect.

  • @NidorinoAlliance
    @NidorinoAlliance Рік тому +4

    I always loved how the wire work looks in this movie. It’s always been how I’ve pictured Supergirl moving in the comics. Where she’s very graceful and feminine, dancing through the air. You really believe that she’s flying. (And then they do any compositing or rear projection and that belief goes out the window)

  • @wstine79
    @wstine79 Рік тому +18

    Who doesn't love a drunk Peter O'Toole performance?

    • @William-the-Guy
      @William-the-Guy Рік тому

      indeed ! Did you ever see him as drunk sex addict emperor Tiberius in the movie Tiberius?

    • @producoesgomi1168
      @producoesgomi1168 Рік тому +3

      His wife. Lol

  • @BonJoviBeatlesLedZep
    @BonJoviBeatlesLedZep Рік тому +15

    There's no way they're actually doing Batman Returns. They're gonna do Mr. Mom.

    • @brucesimmons5517
      @brucesimmons5517 Рік тому +2

      Or something with Danny DeVito, like It's Always Sunny.

    • @kidjunkies
      @kidjunkies Рік тому +3

      I honestly could have sworn they had already done Batman Returns. Feel like I remember them talking about the use of real penguins and how Catwoman makes her own suit in a ridiculous way. The fact they haven't and I've just created all these memories has blown my mind

    • @BonJoviBeatlesLedZep
      @BonJoviBeatlesLedZep Рік тому +2

      @@brucesimmons5517 Twins.

    • @anubusx
      @anubusx Рік тому +4

      ​@@kidjunkies
      Caravan Of Mandela Effect.

    • @andrewcurtis2337
      @andrewcurtis2337 Рік тому +1

      I'd love it if they did Mr. Mom.
      But not Multiplicity

  • @seanmcgregor1035
    @seanmcgregor1035 Рік тому +6

    Listening to the Rodney shouting guy is like comfort food at this point

  • @rikorobinson
    @rikorobinson Рік тому +4

    "You're a monster, Jimmy. And you're going to jail for...other things..." 🤣🤣🤣

  • @CallumDMD
    @CallumDMD Рік тому +19

    I haven't seen the movie since I was too young to realise what a movie is but my most recent recollections about this film are... I love the score. Jerry Goldsmith nearly composed Superman, probably off of the back of previously collaborating with Richard Donner on The Omen (for which he won an oscar back when oscars meant something) and his music here is super *Super* worthy! RIP Jerry.

  • @ytuser_3122
    @ytuser_3122 Рік тому +6

    I love how Christopher Reeve turned down a cameo in this movie 😂

  • @SpiritLife
    @SpiritLife Рік тому +24

    Somehow the editing is even better than ever in this episode. How do y'all keep improving?!

  • @whiplashfatigue1430
    @whiplashfatigue1430 Рік тому +2

    I most remember the scene where the “love interest” is marveling that she flew over his head: “like Superman…” Her reply: “He’s my cousin. But I shouldn’t be telling you this.” I leaned over to my date and whispered “You should have been smart enough to figure it out yourself”. She laughed so hard the people in front of us turned around and shushed her.

    • @erix76
      @erix76 Рік тому

      That’s really funny 😂

  • @bidvision
    @bidvision Рік тому +3

    The "creepy British guy" is non other than Peter Cook, who was Dudley Moore's comedy partner and a comic genius. The story behind him ending up in Supergirl is a bit of a sad tale of jealousy and failure.

  • @redbeard5939
    @redbeard5939 Рік тому +3

    20:45 Editor Ben out here trying to get some people severe alcohol poisoning

  • @99annanic
    @99annanic Рік тому +2

    Bonus Green Trivia: Superman III was suppose to feature Supergirl, in the middle of a love triangle involving Superman and Brainiac.
    Involving Superman, who’s always been her cousin in the comics…

  • @sasukerules1000
    @sasukerules1000 Рік тому +2

    Please keep doing Green trivia and also that guy who shouts Rodney. It brings me much joy to hear that guy who shouts Rodney

    • @danhays307
      @danhays307 Рік тому +1

      Yes! Yes! Yes! - Wait, I mean … RODNEEH!

  • @brianwarner2171
    @brianwarner2171 Рік тому +4

    Did you know? Supergirl famously wears a costume with a blue, red, and yellow color scheme. This is a reference to the original working title of Star Wars, Blue Harvest.

  • @paul_ujb
    @paul_ujb Рік тому +5

    Loved that you guys just ran (ha!) with the ‘paisley’ comment at the end. (I’m guessing it was meant to be ’paltry’?)
    That clip of two guys in kilts running reminded me of the movie Run Lola Run, which I haven’t thought of in forever. Thanks for that!

    • @ThreadBomb
      @ThreadBomb Рік тому

      Ironically, Paisley is a town in Scotland. The cloth pattern (of Indian derivation) is named after the town.

    • @eastvandb
      @eastvandb Рік тому +3

      I think it was both ''paltry' and 'measly' in the same brain-moment.

  • @nctsoftware5272
    @nctsoftware5272 Рік тому +9

    You guys are my new favorite channel. It’s rare to find a duo with real chemistry and one isn’t always trying to one-up the other. You are insightful, funny and fun to watch. Also, give your editor/graphics person a raise. Or an edible arrangement at least.

  • @shannonshenneniganschieng8040
    @shannonshenneniganschieng8040 Рік тому +47

    I was born too late to watch this but it’s amazing how we continue to watch movies we have never watched through James and Mason

    • @mattway18
      @mattway18 Рік тому +7

      I mean, you can still watch it for yourself. It’s not like you can’t do that.

    • @bacsilva
      @bacsilva Рік тому +3

      ​@@mattway18 I guess Shannon is from a future where movies don't exist anymore but you can send UA-cam comments into the past

  • @TheDawnofVanlife
    @TheDawnofVanlife Рік тому +22

    Good things about this film: Costume, Casting
    Bad Things: Everything Else 😂
    Still love it. Kids don’t follow the news and I had all the faith I might get a Superman/Supergirl movie one day. As me and my (male) cousin use to run around in capes pretending we were Superman/Supergirl.

    • @andrewclark8989
      @andrewclark8989 Рік тому +1

      I love how Peter O'Toole's Kyptonian outfit is just a massive knitted jumper.

    • @dangerman6371
      @dangerman6371 Рік тому

      Helen Slater nails the role of Supergirl despite everything.

  • @DanzNewz
    @DanzNewz Рік тому +3

    20:46 Good Guy Ben's got our backs! Love the tip for the drinking game... may have to try this out soon.

  • @MrGonz801
    @MrGonz801 Рік тому +1

    This is the first time I've watched the Green Trivia section and I just realised that "Guy who says Rodney a lot", is that Aussie guy that mostly does specifically Australian ads

    • @danhays307
      @danhays307 Рік тому

      Uh, no … that guy died. We watch it like, nearly every week. It’s easy to miss though. Pay attention closely when he shouts “Rodney!”

  • @JeffreyDeCristofaro
    @JeffreyDeCristofaro 9 місяців тому +2

    Personally, I actually enjoy this one - it's a guilty pleasure with some good stuff - Peter O'Toole and Faye Dunaway hamming it up, Jerry Goldsmith score, Alan Hume cinematography, and it does have that 80's charm which is so naive but hard not to like.

  • @mikemenendez2046
    @mikemenendez2046 Рік тому +11

    Thank you sincerely for bringing back the Rodney super cut cracks me up every time great way to start the day

  • @roberts_archive
    @roberts_archive Рік тому +3

    The “Rodney shout” really does sound like Bill Hader to me for some reason 😂

    • @ellaisplotting
      @ellaisplotting Рік тому +2

      Oh god, that's why it sounds familiar 😆

    • @danhays307
      @danhays307 Рік тому +1

      In fairness … Hader has … SO MANY voices …

    • @roberts_archive
      @roberts_archive Рік тому +1

      @@danhays307 when listening to the show on audio my mind identified it as Hader lol then seeing the video clip on the youtube version was a “mind blow” when it wasn’t him

  • @broodbynature
    @broodbynature Рік тому +1

    This "Return to the DC Graveyard" run you've been on has been stellar, lads.

  • @harty4653
    @harty4653 Рік тому +2

    Faye Dunaway was the best thing about this movie for me. She was still so gorgeous at this point in time. How lucky was Hart Bochner to have Faye and Helen Slater fighting over him in this?

  • @Prod.SEMAPHORE
    @Prod.SEMAPHORE Рік тому +5

    Classic super girl with her flight, super strength, and sand ears

    • @ozymandiasultor9480
      @ozymandiasultor9480 Рік тому

      sand ears? What does that mean?

    • @ozymandiasultor9480
      @ozymandiasultor9480 Рік тому

      @@OldManYellsAtClouds OK, I watched but to a certain point. I will watch it later, somehow it seemed too long, and just whining about how bad that movie was... It was 1984, and it was decent for that time. And, let's be honest, if we compare it with...Wonder woman 1984, it is still better I guess.

    • @liamfrr
      @liamfrr Рік тому +1

      @@ozymandiasultor9480 it’s always been garbage

    • @ozymandiasultor9480
      @ozymandiasultor9480 Рік тому

      @@liamfrr So was Superman, the first one was watchable, all others with Reeves were garbage, but do those make videos of how bad those movies were? Besides, if you compare the cinematography of the 80s with the shite that is made today... We have reason to laugh at all manure Marved made, DC, Disney... It was a decent movie with bad casting for the role of Supergirl, but feel free to think it was garbage.

    • @Prod.SEMAPHORE
      @Prod.SEMAPHORE Рік тому

      @@ozymandiasultor9480 sand in the ears

  • @100gecsrbetterthangod5
    @100gecsrbetterthangod5 Рік тому +4

    All I remember from this movie is her learning to fly/jump in the woods. It influenced my dreams to where I was doing the same thing but while moving my arms like helicopter blades

  • @craigoneill2216
    @craigoneill2216 Рік тому +2

    Evil superman in number 3 is the coolest looking superman we’ve had on the big screen

  • @masamune2984
    @masamune2984 9 місяців тому +1

    Not gonna lie. I’m a MASSIVE Superman fan, and yet somehow had absolutely no idea this film even existed until just now.

  • @KingFastMusic
    @KingFastMusic Рік тому +3

    Guys I'm British but I know you've messed up mistaking hockey for baseball @ 13:50 😂

  • @cannonbod581
    @cannonbod581 Рік тому +3

    A pleasant surprise for me was the mention of Matt Frewer, as for the last couple of weeks my (two year old) son has become sort of obsessed with Honey, I Shrunk The Kids. Matt Frewer as the blowhard neighbour, Russ Thompson, is probably my favourite role of his; although I have a soft spot for this voice work in Gargoyles, and as The Leader in the 90s Hulk cartoon.
    I think the "Honey" trilogy would make for excellent Caravan of Garbage fodder. The first one is still great, and the effects hold up for the most part. Diminishing returns thereafter; particularly with the third entry, the straight-to-video Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves. Old-school Disney Channel dreck in all it's glory.

  • @KainGerc
    @KainGerc Рік тому +1

    to be fair, in about 100 years, we'll all be going "What's a tree?"

  • @Prickli2000
    @Prickli2000 Рік тому +6

    I unironically love _Supergirl_. Nearly as much as I love James and Maso suffering through stuff they hate.

  • @thefragrantwookiee
    @thefragrantwookiee Рік тому +6

    I loved this film as a kid and watched loads of times on VHS. This review has reminded me of some of the absolutely fucking bonkers elements that I didn't bat an eyelid at back then.

    • @elevenseven-yq4vu
      @elevenseven-yq4vu Рік тому

      Patty Jenkins elevated the superheroine movie genre by doing "Wonder Woman" in 2017, then came back in 2020 with "Wonder Woman 1984" to pay tribute to the kind of movies that inspired her to become a director: the late 1970ies & early 1980ies Superman franchise, which this "Supergirl" 1984 movie is a tie-in with (its Superman, Christopher Reeve, can be glimpsed on a poster in "Supergirl").

  • @blade122
    @blade122 Рік тому +13

    I once watched this movie 5 consecutive days in a row and I am not ashamed

  • @matthewnicholas6365
    @matthewnicholas6365 Рік тому +2

    Was Peter O'Toole drunk in the phantom zone? He seemed drunk. I mean for real drunk, not acting drunk.
    I remember as a little kid watching it and thinking the Phantom Zone was literally the most depressing soul destroying place I've ever seen. And the only person to keep her company was an incoherent alcoholic OAP. I'd rather have spent eternity there on my own

  • @CadesComics
    @CadesComics Рік тому +2

    A bloody Zoltar machine would have been better at keeping that orb safe I reckon

  • @bbwibb02
    @bbwibb02 Рік тому +8

    I unironically love this movie.

  • @borderlineproductions4952
    @borderlineproductions4952 Рік тому +3

    I remember watching these as a kid in the early 2000’s with my grandfather. He was a big fan of OG superman movie / that universe. I remember liking it when I was a kid curious to see what ill think revisiting it again 20 years later lol.

  • @pious83
    @pious83 Рік тому +2

    I think what makes Catwoman worse than this film was how recent it was in comparison. Good Superhero films were a lot rarer in the 80's than the 2000's. Then again, I also haven't seen this since I was a kid. Although a few years ago, my niece asked me for some "retro" female superhero movies. I named this and Tank Girl. She watched and wasn't impressed.

    • @ThreadBomb
      @ThreadBomb Рік тому

      I'd say Catwoman is worse because it is cringier. Supergirl doesn't try to be edgy or cool, and its simplicity gives it a certain 80s charm.

  • @johnsharplin
    @johnsharplin Рік тому +1

    I absolutely LOVE when Mason can't explain things to James. More of that please!

  • @ChknHugga
    @ChknHugga Рік тому +7

    Maybe it’s just because I liked it as a kid, this still holds up for me. I love it.

    • @restlessbohemian26
      @restlessbohemian26 Рік тому +1

      Critics from our generation also have a field day reviewing more recent super hero films. I still watch Supergirl every couple of years but you can't pay me to sit through a Marvel super hero movie. It's like watching a video game with horrendous editing and a monotone soundtrack. Supergirl and the old super hero somehow almost seem like they could really happen.

    • @ChknHugga
      @ChknHugga Рік тому +1

      @@restlessbohemian26 No one understands me when I say Marvel films just don't interest me. I could skip half the movie and still fully understand whats going on

    • @restlessbohemian26
      @restlessbohemian26 Рік тому

      @@ChknHugga Hopefully things will swing the other way and good movie making will make a return. Seems like a great movie will come out and then it's twenty years sideways instead of innovating forward. I don't want to go back, but I want to move past what is currently going on because it mind-numbingly dull.

  • @TechnoBeehive
    @TechnoBeehive Рік тому +4

    Speaking of Mat Frewer, you guys should do the "Honey, I shrunk the Kids" franchise

    • @ThreadBomb
      @ThreadBomb Рік тому

      Matt Frewer was also in the underrated sci-fi dramedy series Eureka, playing a scientist with an outrageous fake Aussie accent.

  • @everettharris967
    @everettharris967 Рік тому +2

    I realize rugby and cricket are more your thing but 13:30 is field hockey which isn't even remotely like baseball except both have a ball that you hit with a big stick.

  • @gravityattalla97
    @gravityattalla97 Рік тому +1

    Can I just say that Seinfeld dating a teenager bit with the editing?? Chef's kiss. Had to stop pooping cause I was laughing too much.

  • @TheEnecca
    @TheEnecca Рік тому +3

    I love your episodes where you describe the plot a bit more. super funny and often i actually dont know the movies at all.

  • @Mr.Magic4ever
    @Mr.Magic4ever Рік тому +10

    I loved this movie as a kid. Still do. With respect to my childhood memories and imagination. Also my love for Supergirl. Also I love her aerial wirework.

    • @adamolupin
      @adamolupin Рік тому

      Same. I grew up on this movie and I still love it even though I recognize it now as having nothing to do with comic Supergirl.

    • @andrewquick4176
      @andrewquick4176 11 місяців тому

      Actually it’s fairly close to Pre-Crisis Kara soooooooooo

  • @phillipstephens4522
    @phillipstephens4522 Рік тому +2

    You can tear this movie to shreds but I love it. Brenda Vaccaro, Helen Slater, Hart Bochner, Faye Dunaway are some of my favorites. I will watch anything with these actors. So you can just drop dead!!!

    • @paulconway384
      @paulconway384 Рік тому +1

      At least Slater looks like Supergirl and not a lesbian 😂

    • @erix76
      @erix76 Рік тому

      Amen 😂

  • @izzy8609
    @izzy8609 Рік тому

    I'm glad my favorite recurring character "guy who shouts Rodney" has made his triumphant return

    • @danhays307
      @danhays307 Рік тому +1

      He is everyone’s favorite. Glad to,have you on our team, Rodney.

  • @extonjonas6820
    @extonjonas6820 Рік тому +3

    You guys should give summary more often because some of this stuff is obscure enough. Like that swamp thing show for example or that one James Cameron movie with that water monster(maybe that one is not obscure but I had never seen it)

  • @ISBuckley8
    @ISBuckley8 Рік тому +7

    Love that they still took the time to riff on Marlon Brando

  • @Mike-kb1jm
    @Mike-kb1jm Рік тому +1

    One time for green trivia I'd like the supercut of Lex luthor's unsettling non verbal noises from batman v superman

  • @NeilMcAdam9
    @NeilMcAdam9 Рік тому +1

    Interestingly, the working title of this film was actually "A New Hope".

  • @oscarbautista6840
    @oscarbautista6840 Рік тому +3

    The Seinfeld bit killed me. Thanks, Ben!

  • @J.O.R.D
    @J.O.R.D Рік тому +5

    Punching darts 🤣 I love it

  • @littleredmarble
    @littleredmarble Рік тому +2

    Okay I would love to watch a Ben from Canada video essay/film analysis of Supergirl and how it's Lynchian Accidental Surrealist art! That sounds fascinating!

  • @DomoftheDoctor
    @DomoftheDoctor Рік тому

    As much as I appreciate the opportunity James and Maso took to drag Marlon Brando when Jor El was brought up, taking the opportunity to also drag Jerry Seinfeld, seemingly at random but weirdly appropriate given the plot of this film? Multiple levels of class.

  • @catlawyerwilldefendfortrea6038

    I feel less bad about what happened to Jimmy in BvS now

  • @kriscotner7105
    @kriscotner7105 Рік тому +3

    Laughed out loud at Seinfeld bit lol

  • @BirgitProfessional
    @BirgitProfessional Рік тому +1

    Just from the opening sequence with the magic ball getting chucked out the window, I get the suspicion that maybe Kara isn't the sharpest tool in Krypton's shed... like, first, she seems to be incompetent and random and just stumbling into the plot, then, instead of going after her goal of finding the magic ball, she just fucks around with at a school for a bit? This may be an Idiocracy situation, were Kara is some kind of special needs kid on Krypton but on earth she's suddenly all that and a bag of chips in comparison to us?
    Just a theory, haven't seen the movie. This recap is more than enough for me, lol

  • @lawrenceblunden428
    @lawrenceblunden428 Рік тому +1

    People: the DCEU wasted Jimmy Olsen.
    The 80s: let's have him date a teenager.

  • @psychonaut1829
    @psychonaut1829 Рік тому +3

    i loved this movie when i was a kid, i loved it,,,bur mostly because Supergirl was sooo pretty😍

  • @andyArt5
    @andyArt5 Рік тому +6

    I’ve mostly forgotten about this move.
    But I do remember my parents getting really frustrated with me when I kept asking why she flew into the lake and not into space.

  • @kid14346
    @kid14346 Рік тому

    OH MY GOD YOU ARE GOING TO COVER BATMAN RETURNS! My favorite tiny detail is how you can see the tray/cart/wagon/thing that the deadbody of The Penguin is rolled on go flying when his body hits the water. It is so blatantly obvious that my friends and I rewound and watched the scene like 4 times.

  • @DimaJeydar
    @DimaJeydar Рік тому

    Now I’ve been quite some time on the Internet, but it still surprises me when an editor for a Supergirl-themed video finds a relevant footage for Superman super-kicking someone in the balls and *then* a footage of people in kilts comedically running for a line regarding running joke about tartan.

  • @fajarkurniawan9434
    @fajarkurniawan9434 Рік тому +3

    The flight sequence is so smooth in this movie
    Even better than some superhero series of this generation

  • @Jmtslc
    @Jmtslc Рік тому +5

    This movie is so bad I actually love it. I would watch a Selena and Bianca spin off. They’re like an evil Lucy and Ethel. The none sense of the movie is a drug fueled fever dream and we need more of it.
    Something not mentioned is the soundtrack was composed by Jerry Goldsmith and is pretty good. So good in fact that the soundtrack CD rerelease in the late 90s, the insert booklet even commented that the movie sucked but the music was better.
    Best movie ever.
    PS: Argo city is in inner space. Like the quantum realm if it were full of hippies from the 70s. And I guess you can access it from water? IDK, it’s magic. Just listen to the soundtrack. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    • @alucard624
      @alucard624 Рік тому +1

      Goldsmith's score is indeed pretty good.

  • @ki5h0re
    @ki5h0re Рік тому +1

    I have met Faye Dunnaway twice at the same venue. I used to watch this film as a child.

  • @Clownboy15
    @Clownboy15 Рік тому

    It’s funny that you guys had a quick clip of David Tennant as the Doctor as his mother-in-law is in Supergirl. She’s the blonde woman with the lip shaped glasses that gets turned upside down. She also played Trillian in the BBC version of Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.