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DC Movies - To Infinity and Beyond

I watched STM a month or two ago for the first time. It had some ok stuff here and there but the only scene I genuinely liked was the interview on the balcony. The krypton sequence was probably the next best part of the movie, but not particularly good.
 
The Realist said:
I was thinking tonight while rewatching the film what great design and conceptual work went into that sequence. It's quintessential '70s movie sci-fi, more THX-1138 or Logan's Run than the pulp magazine Krypton of the comics up to that point. And of course, it's informed impressions of the planet across all media ever since.

Don't see it even a little, sorry. Hackman's Luthor is a complete awesome fucking blast. Again, why are people such grumps about comedy in these movies? :shrug:
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I loved the movie as a kid (saw it first run) and still like it a lot. However, to answer your question about “grumps”, I believe many grew up with a Luthor in the comics post-Crisis before seeing the movie and he was quite different from Hackman’s take (it resembled more a Batman’66 villain than a post-Crisis Luthor). In its own time, Hackman’s version works fine, but while I have no issue with it, even now, I can see how it might be dissonant to some viewers. And, of course, not all who came to the film in a post-Crisis landscape find it problematic (lest anyone think I’m painting with too broad a brush).
 
Mage said:
We're not grumps. But comedy is subjective and the comedy here just doesn't work for me.
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Entirely fair. I find the writing for Luthor very clever and sharp, and Hackman's delivery delicious. But you're right, comedy is an eye-of-the-beholder thing.

"Grumps" is directed more toward those who are like, "Why is there funny in my Superman movie, which should obviously be ultraserious business?" But if the particular humor in the movie just doesn't work for you, I can't really argue with that.
 
Tonight's scheduled rewatch, BTW, is the theatrical Justice League. Talk about going from the sublime to the ridiculous! I'm going to get movie quality whiplash. :ack:

(If anybody's wondering, I'm engaged in an epic rewatch project of all things live-action Super.)
 
The Realist said:
Tonight's scheduled rewatch, BTW, is the theatrical Justice League. Talk about going from the sublime to the ridiculous! I'm going to get movie quality whiplash. :ack:

(If anybody's wondering, I'm engaged in an epic rewatch project of all things live-action Super.)
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Is this a completist thing? Tell me it’s a completist thing.
 
The Realist said:
Tonight's scheduled rewatch, BTW, is the theatrical Justice League.
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LOL again. Oh, I will. Both versions are part of the "project" (as are all three cuts of Superman '78, both cuts of Superman II, both cuts of Supergirl '84, etc.).
 
There have indeed been multiple versions of Supergirl '84. I meant both cuts available on home video (which are the international theatrical version and the extended television edit -- which though marketed as a "Director's Cut," assuredly is not).
 
For Supergirl? That's crazy.
I thought the movie was... fine? Helen Slater, though? Loved that casting. That Super franchise nailed the casting across the board.
 
Supergirl is such a bizarre film that the weirdness helps bring it up a bit for me, but I think it suffers a lot by not giving the titular character much personality. She's kind of just a nice, somewhat air headed woman who spends more time prancing through the air and just kind of existing then doing very much proactively, at least until near the end of the movie. Of course thats kind of just the beginning of the movie's problems, the main villain is awful (although admittedly in an entertaining way at times), the pacing can be rough and half the action it has is about an "invisible monster". But its definitely a unique movie, and worth a watch. I've only seen the "theatrical cut", since thats the DVD I have, I should try and give the "Director's Cut" a watch eventually, and see how I feel about it.
 
The problem with Supergirl is how the "plot" is just a bunch of random events that all come together rather than an actual story.

1) Kara has to find the power source thing or her home will die

2) She randomly decides to enroll in a Private Academy for...some reason

3) She randomly runs into the Lawn Care guy that the Witch who got the Power Source is attracted to

4) He falls in love with her, so now the movie is about Supergirl and the Witch fighting over the Lawncare Guy with the power source as soon background thing

And so on...
 
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