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RIP, Christopher Reeve, Superman RIP, Margot Kidder, Lois Lane RIP, Marlon Brando, Jor El RIP, Jackie Cooper, Perry White RIP, Ned Beatty, Otis Berg RIP, Glenn Ford, Jonathan Kent RIP Maria Schell, Lara El RIP, Phyllis Thaxter, Martha Kent RIP, Geoffrey Unsworth Cinematographer RIP, Tom Mankiewicz, screenwriter RIP, Mario Puzo, screenwriter RIP, Richard Donner. Director They made us believe a man can fly.

Fun Fact: To obtain the musculature to convincingly play Superman, Christopher Reeve underwent a bodybuilding regime supervised by David Prowse, the man who played Darth Vader in the original "Star Wars" trilogy.

26:14 as a kid I thought the Earth turning backwards was awful. Years later as an adult I realized that I had it backwards. Superman is not spinning the earth backwards to turn back time. He’s turning back time and the Earth’s rotation reversing is a narrative device to show us that rather than tell us.

11:34 Funny thing; Santa is not only real in the DCU, but he's badass enough to annually breach the defenses of Apokolips just to hand deliver a lump of coal to Darkseid.

Look! Up in the studio!" "It's a Santa Christ!" "It's a Chuck Norris!" "NO! IT'S SUPER CRITIC! FROM THE PLANET NOSTALGIA!"

Another Fun Fact: Superman creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster were both delighted with the results of this movie.

"He has both the reassuring smile that everything's gonna be OK and the intimidating stare that sayas nothing will stand in his way until things are OK." This is why I watch you, Doug.

"It's a bird" "It's a plane" "I'm not looking up for either of those things" Honestly a fair reaction

Watching this movie today, I find the scene of him getting the cat out of the tree to be *so* important. Because it establishes something about Superman’s character that gets missed often. He is not a crime fighter; he is here to help. If all crime were eliminated, Batman would just stay home. Without conflict, Wonder Woman would be a great diplomat but little else. But there is nothing Superman feels it is beneath him to do. If someone needs help, he’ll do it. Whether it’s dealing with an earthquake or a stalled car on the highway, he’s happy to do what he can.

This movie is very important to me. My grandmother was a trumpet player for the Utah Pops and she knew I loved Superman. So she convinced the entire orchestra (not that hard a fight more than likely) to learn the theme song for me at one of their concerts. It was an amazing experience and a core memory for me.

Man, Superman's scream as he goes to reverse time is still one of the most gut wrenching, raw screams I've every heard in a movie. Always gives me chills.

Fun Fact: Back in 2017, Richard Donner was being awarded an Honorary Oscar for his filmmaking career. One of the guest speakers was Kevin Feige (Marvel) & Geoff Johns (DC). In his speech, Kevin Feige explained whenever a filmmaker was tasked with a Marvel project, it was mandatory that they watch Superman, as a reminder of the standard superhero movie and the impact of verisimilitude.

11:32 okay that joke is funnier for 2 reasons 1, superman does actually believe in santa, one of my favorite episodes of Justice League showed that in such a wholesome way 2 , santa IS actually real in DC

Christopher Reeve IS Superman to me. Nobody either in animation or live action has ever played the part so perfectly.

Pa Kent's death is one of the most important aspects of Superman lore, and it's one of my chief gripes with Man of Steel. "All those powers and I couldn't save him" perfectly encapsulated why Pa needed to die. In MoS, Clark doesn't learn that lesson. He doesn't learn any lesson.

In 1985 my dad died....I was 9 at the time. When I finally got around to seeing this movie in the late 80's when VHS tapes became more widespread, the death of the dad hit home way harder than it should have, and left a mile wide crater impact on me, that still resonates to this day.

5:21 All these years later I still always thought that Zod said “YOUR ASS!” When he said “YOUR HEIRS!”

No filmmaker has come close to having the best handle of Superman than Richard Donner

Extra layers for these two tidbits at 23:08. 1. Tessmacher Peaks have two mountains. Heh, clever. 2. Otisburg exists in Batman: Arkham Knight. It's in Founder's Island and it happens to have Lexcorp building in that area.

Man, you glossed over one of the best moments. When Miss Tesmacher says, "Lex, my mother *lives* in Hackensack," Lex looks down at his watch then back up at her and just shakes his head. Straight-up savage response! 😂

Christopher Reeve’s performance will always be the best Superman. Even in 3 and 4, he managed to deliver great performances.

Another Fun Fact: According to Sir Roger Moore's autobiography, he witnessed Christopher Reeve walking through the canteen at Pinewood Studios in full Superman costume, oblivious to the swooning female admirers he left in his wake. When he did the same thing dressed as Clark Kent, no one paid any attention. Very interestingly, something similar happened with Harold Lloyd: when he wasn't filming movies and removed his iconic round glasses nobody paid attention to him at the point that no one recognized him as the famous actor he was. Lloyd was inspiration for Superman's alter ego Clark Kent, specially in the detail of the glasses to hide himself of the public eye in his civilian identity.

Fun fact: The language Kryptonians speak is called *Parliamentary* English. It's mainly used by Canadian and British politicians during... well, times of Parliament. So, ya... British-Canadian is a pretty close description.

Btw, the jewel thief using suction cups to climb up the building is played by the same actor who went on to play Thomas Wayne in Batman '89s Crime Alley flashback when Bruce's parents are murdered.

Warden: This country is safe again, Superman! Thanks to you! Superman: No, sir. Don't thank me, warden. We're all a part of the same team! Goodnight! Such a great exchange between those two! Also, John Williams worked his magic on this film. That Planet Krypton theme...I get chills every time I hear it!

“There’s one thing I do know son and that is you are here for a reason. It’s not to score touchdowns.” Much more inspirational than “Don’t help anyone and let them die to hide your identity.”

Actually, the movie's depiction of Lex Luthor was comic accurate for the time. The whole crooked businessman aspect didn't come about until the 80s.

I never once thought that Superman was causing the Earth to spin backwards. He was obviously going so fast that he went back in time. That's why Jor El warned him not to mess with our history. Also, it was a huge effort that he only accomplished because he was so distraught. I still feel weird that everyone else in the theater didn't get that.

Right after Critic says “He needs to be changed” there’s a Febreze ad. Hilariously perfect timing! 🤣🤣

Another Fun Fact: Steven Spielberg was offered the chance to direct this film. Producers balked at the salary he asked for. They decided to see how Jaws (1975), which he had just completed, did at the box office. That movie was a huge success, and Spielberg went on to other projects. This year he directed Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), and the year after he directed 1941 (1979); both which were bested by "Superman" at the box office; so it looks like Richard Donner won this round; but Spielberg caught up later. They would eventually work together on The Goonies (1985).

"'They can be a great people, Kal-El; they wish to be. They only lack the light to show the way. For this reason above all, their capacity for good, I have sent them you... my only son.'" "Some people can read War and Peace and come away thinking it's a simple adventure story. Others can read the ingredients on a chewing gum wrapper and unlock the secrets of the universe"

A painful reminder the amount of personnel we've lost since 1978. Thank you so much for reminding all generations the importance of Richard Donner's Superman in spreading the foundation of what a superhero film should be. Rest in Peace to all the cast and crew who devoted their hearts in this Saturn masterpiece.

It made $300 million dollars ($1 billion dollars today) against a $50 million dollar budget. It won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects.

Noel Neill plays Lois Lane's mother. Neill played Lois Lane in Superman (1948), Atom Man vs. Superman (1950) and Adventures of Superman (1952). She appears when the young Lois sees Clark Kent running extremely fast from a train window

Reeve really made Clark taking off his glasses and standing up straight feel like a transformation. He plays Clark and Superman like two different characters he can smoothly switch between which... is exactly what Clark as a character does

9:52 this is leaps and bounds better than Pa Kent dying to a tornado and Clark not doing anything because it's "not the right time" having Pa Kent die to any outside force is just so dumb making him die to somthing that Clark can in no way prevent is much more ponient

Another Great fact for a really amazing and fantastic superhero movie is: The movie was filming in New York City on the night of the 1977 blackout. The New York Daily News was able to publish despite the blackout, because the film company let the newspaper use their generators. Richard Donner humorously remembers that Geoffrey Unsworth believed he was the cause of it all, due to the amount of equipment he was using.

The “Otisburg” joke is my dad’s favorite just because of Hackman’s delivery when he says it each time. It’s just great.

My entire life, I’ve always wanted to have a movie projector in my house. To have those genuine big screen reactions I’ve only ever been able to experience at the theater. During the pandemic, I finally got that projector and built that home theater I’ve always dreamed of. Superman was the movie I chose to be the projector’s maiden voyage. It was everything I wanted it to be.

Before *Brandon Routh* by *Bryan Singer* Before *Henry Cavill* by *Zack Snyder* There was the first Superman actor that stood up in the spotlight in Hollywood on the BIG Silver Screen in Cinema history and also in POP Culture history from the 1970s into the 1980s. *Christopher Reeve* by *Richard Donner* ❤️✨

My first Superman was Tom welling in Smallville and I gotta say. Seeing the Fortress in this movie and realizing they basically recreated it in the show is amazing to me.

It’s truly tragic what happened to Reeves. He would’ve had an amazing long career as Superman with countless cameos. A team up with Keaton Batman Appearing in the arrowverse crisis I’m so glad we got to see him in Smallville. Tom welling has admitted how chilling it was to be in the presence of THE Superman

5:23 When I first saw this, that is EXACTLY what I thought Zod said too! I didn't really know the word "heirs" yet.

Lois’ line, “Do you . . . Eat,” was her trying to find out if he (as a space alien) has sex, but then she chickens out. Think about it. In the lines leading up to that question, she awkwardly asked if all of his bodily functions are normal. He isn’t sure what she means, so she tries to clarify, saying something like, “Well, to put it delicately, . . . Do you . . . Eat?” She clearly WANTED to ask him something else. Do you get it on, Superman?

This movie is the definition of pure magic and was pretty much the catalyst to a whole new generation of Comic Books Films and Superhero movies that would only gain more popular. Christopher Reeves was quite literally Superman both on screen and in real life, the man truly made us feel like Sueprman was real. John Williams score is masterful and I cant truly do justice to how much of a perfect score he gave that has defined the character I especially love how this Supermonth is taking place in March, not only is James Gunn's upcoming Superman movie currently being film and the fact that March is also the month of my birthday

Much respect to the 1950s superman intro while wearing a Man of steel suit with tie 😊

Superman can actually time travel in the comics. He did it all the time pre-1986 and recently gained the ability back. He does it by flying so fast he breaks the "Time Barrier" which isn't better, but it fits in the world of comics.

A Super Fact: 7:44 According to IMDb, that kid also made a cameo in Superman III, Man of Steel and is now playing Lex Luthor in some upcoming Superman animated movies. He's made a career of being in Superman movies.

Richard Donner was fired from the movie, SUPERMAN 2, after he had a huge falling out with the Salkinds, and was replaced by Richard Lester.

Fun fact: one of the Fleischer Bros. Superman cartoons depicted him fighting a giant reptilian monster...FOURTEEN years before the original Godzilla! Love that you used the Fleischer Bros. theme for the beginning of the video, too!

18:34. Id argue that this version of Lex Luthor is comic accurate, for the time. This movie was out in '78. Lex was still depicted in the comics as an eccentric mad scientist character. His makeover into the Gordon Gekko, shrewd businessman type, came in the relunch of Superman in DC comics that debuted in '86.

Yeah Jonathan Kent’s death is wonderfully done for several reasons. 1. It takes one conversation with Clark for you to get what kind of father he is. He’s set in his morals, and those morals are strong and positive. He expects Clark to do what’s right, but is good enough to have talks when a moral dilemma comes up, and he just straight up admits he’s unsure about the future, humanizing him. The writing is so good, we get all that in a few minutes. 2. Yes, the devastatingly poignant line at the funeral 3. Superman literally couldn’t save him. It’s not a Tornado, it’s a heart attack. The helplessness is real even for a superhero.

A Super Fact: Casting director Lynn Stalmaster was the first to suggest Christopher Reeve for the title role, but Richard Donner and the Salkinds felt he was too young and too skinny. Nevertheless, Reeve did an excellent screen test that blew the director and producers away. Once he had the part, he underwent a strict physical training session for months, going from 170 pounds to 212 in the period from pre-production to filming.

Surprised Doug didn't cover the most head scratching moment of the Movie: The Superman drowning scene, yes he has a Kryptonite necklace on but there's not only a ladder but a staircase not far from where Luthor dropped him. Hell, when Miss Tessmacher saves him they only have to swim a few feet to get to the goddamn stairs.

Louis Lane is 12 and Clark is 17. So as adults she is 25, he is 30, i dont see a problem

This movie is so important to me, as it was for many people back then. I watched it so many times while growing up in the 80s and 90s. Reeve reminded me of my father, who died when i was 13. Reeve's unmatched kindness, charm, and warmth always drew me to him. I cried buckets when he died. What happened to him was like something out of a nightmare. It took me awhile to even accept that it happened. I miss him so much. He was a rare gem, not just for his acting. I'll also never forget his role in Somewhere In Time, which is quite a tear jerker with a fantastic score. This is still the best Superman movie ever made.

Funny how the guy who barely lived on Krypton is the only one who pronounces it correctly.

Another Fun Fact: Gene Hackman was initially reluctant to take the part of Lex Luthor, as he felt it would have damaged his reputation as a serious actor.

The funny thing is that Otisburg is actually a district of Gotham City

Johnathan's death pretty much captured what Zack didn't understand about Superman. The purpose of that death was to humanize him. Yes, his dad had told him he was meant for great things(just like in Snyder's and just like in Smallville) however in Snyder, Clark was able to retain that power by choosing not to save his dad. But the way his dad died in the original(and the series) showed Clark that he isn't a god or above mankind or nature(or in smallville's case: fate). Bendis did the same thing in the comics by having Krypton assassinated instead of having a race of superior beings believe they were above nature(remember they're hated by a lot of other space beings because of their arrogance. Some things just don't need to be changed.

I can't believe they showed little Clark naked when he stepped out of his pod. 🤣🤣🤣

Why were people so excited when spotting a bird or a plane?

26:11 It's not that he spins Earth in reverse. It's that he's flying around it at the speed of light, going back in time. From an outside point of view that follows Superman through this journey, it would look like he's flying around a planet that suddenly begins to spin in the other direction. Assuming that we are following him back in time....

13:19 the point of the glasses was that everyone only sees what they want to see. They see nerdy Clark and think he can't possibly be Superman.

Another Fun Fact: To achieve the shot of young Clark Kent kicking a football into orbit, an air cannon was placed underground and the football fired from it.

The theory is he flies back in time and the earth spins backwards to show time reversing not him reversing the earth

13:58 Totally agree... The way that Reeve deliberately lets his shoulders droop, His subtle change of voice... Its all there! Its like meeting Alice Cooper when he is not on stage... You know its him but at the same time you cannot believe its the same person... As on stage, he is a very different personality!

“And over the last few years we have heard a lot about something called ‘family values’. And like many of you, I have struggled to figure out what that means. And since my accident, I've found a definition that seems to make sense. I think it means that we're all family. And that we all have value.” Christopher Reeve, speaking at the Democratic National Convention in 1996. What a Super Man.

Superman was dogged by clashes between producers Ilya and Alexander Salkind and director Richard Donner over the film's tone; the Salkinds wanted a more slapstick film, while Donner wanted the film to take itself more seriously. Casting for the title role took a long time to settle on Christopher Reeve (although he was definitely worth the effort); he also didn't get along with Jack O'Halloran, who played Non. Marlon Brando was, par for the course, a pain in the ass to work with, refusing to put in the effort to remember his lines and instead reading them off baby Kal-El's diaper. On top of that, Brando often refused to get out of his trailer until he was provided with a satisfactory breakfast, leading to, of all people, a 16-year-old Cary Elwes (who was working on the film as an intern) being landed with the job of finding out what Brando liked to eat and where to source it from. Finally, there were special effects problems (not that many breakdowns, but a lot of money to make them work), which contributed to the film falling behind schedule - they filmed both Superman and its sequel simultaneously without much of a clear schedule in the first place. The film was a hit, but the lost profits to the Salkinds over this led to Donner being fired before the second movie was completed.

This is gonna be a fun month. The 78 Superman movie honestly is one of the few Superman anythings i love.

11:34 the funny thing is that in the comics, Santa is real, and Clark got really mad that Batman knew, and didn’t tell him.

The scene where Clark tries to tell Lois who he is might be the best Superman moment in any movie. You watch Christopher Reeve transform from Clark Kent to Superman and back in the space of just a couple of seconds. It should be the audition scene for any actor looking to play Superman. If he can't pull that disguise off, he doesn't get the part.

Well at least Superman didn't have to find a Evil Robot and Save Richard Pryor this time

One Last Couple of Facts: The first baby who played Kal-El, in the flight sequence of the escape capsule, was Elizabeth Sweetman. The filming took place at Pinewood Studios in October 1978, when Sweetman was six months old. She earned 40 pounds per day for four days work, netting a grand total of 120 pounds after agency fee deductions, Several scenes were shot for the movie, but were not used in the theatrical version. Among them are: extended dialogue scenes between Jor-El and his fellow Kryptonians, a scene of baby Kal-El's space pod flying past the Phantom Zone-trapped villains, a scene of a child Lois Lane seeing Clark Kent running extremely fast from a train window, a scene in which Ma Kent tries to wake up a still-sleeping Clark, additional dialogue between Superman and Jor-El in the Fortress of Solitude, a scene in which Superman is pelted with bullets, fire, and ice as he approaches Luthor's hideout, a scene in which Otis has to feed Luthor's "babies" (some type of animal or monster we never see on-screen), and a scene where Luthor attempts to feed Miss Teschmacher to those same "babies" after she sets Superman free. Although not used in the theatrical cut, most of these scenes were worked into the extended DVD versions. All of the scenes, used in the extended version or not, can be found in the four-disc DVD special edition of the film, Christopher Reeve (Superman) does not appear on screen until 48 minutes into the film. However, his voice is heard in the Smallville scenes, as he dubbed Jeff East. Gene Hackman, who plays principal villain Lex Luthor, is not fully seen until just over an hour into the film, The producers wanted Joan Crawford for the role of Ma Kent. Unfortunately, Crawford was too ill to take the part, and died shortly before production began, The Bill Haley song "Rock Around the Clock" is heard on a car radio just before Glenn Ford's final scene. Ford starred in Blackboard Jungle (1955), the film that helped launch the Rock and Roll era by popularizing "Rock Around the Clock". Mario Puzo's scripts proved to be too epic and too expensive, so the team of David Newman and Robert Benton was brought in to hone them down. Benton was committed to directing The Late Show (1977), so Leslie Newman (David Newman's wife) came on board, mainly to write Lois Lane's dialogue. Their re-write was more campy than Puzo's, and even included a cameo appearance by Kojak, the popular television detective, William Friedkin and Sam Peckinpah were offered the chance to direct this film. Friedkin turned down the offer outright. Peckinpah dropped out of the running when he produced a gun during a meeting with Ilya Salkind, Jeff East, who plays the young Clark Kent, had his voice dubbed by Christopher Reeve, although he knew nothing about it at the time. East wasn't happy with the decision, as it was done without his permission. It was some years later that he resolved his differences with Reeve, Christopher Reeve was paid just $250,000 for this film and Superman II (1980), New York City doubled for Metropolis, while the New York Daily News Building served as the location for the offices of the Daily Planet. Brooklyn Heights was also used, Lee Quigley who played Superman as a baby, died in 1991 from inhaling solvents at the age of fourteen, Richard Donner was originally planning to direct Damien: Omen II (1978) when he was hired to direct this film for $1 million. Donner began by throwing out the script and hiring Tom Mankiewicz to write him a new one, The film was selected in 2017 for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant." Making it the first DC film to be selected followed by The Dark Knight (2008) which was selected 2 years later in 2020, Marlon Brando reputedly suggested that his cameo role as Jor-El be done by him in voice-over only, with the character's image on-screen being a glowing, levitating green bagel. When Richard Donner met Brando, the actor proposed that he played Jor-El not as a green suitcase, but as a "bagel." Brando reasoned that no one knows what the people on Krypton look like, but that Jor-El would know what people on Earth look like, and would therefore make his son look human, so he could blend in. Tom Mankiewicz even recalled that, at one point, Brando pitched the idea that maybe Kryptonians do not even talk. They simply make electronic sounds that are translated through subtitles. Donner refused these suggestions; they turned out to be a ruse, that Brando used to test Richard, There are some behind-the-scenes connections between this film and Star Wars: The Kryptonian costumes were made of Scotchlite, a material used to make movie screens and reflective clothing. It was also used for the light-saber blades in the Star Wars franchise, and as the lettering on expressway signs. Carrie Fisher was considered for the role of Lois Lane. George Lucas turned down the chance to direct, in favor of Star Wars. Christopher Reeve was trained by David Prowse who played Darth Vader, The word "Superman" is not heard until 1 hour and 33 minutes into the film, The boat used in the film was commandeered by the police to rescue a would-be suicide victim from the East, Throughout the seventies and early eighties, Lex Luthor was portrayed as wearing a Super Villian costume. Luthor's use of such a costume for the movie was jettisoned as part of the filmmaker's desire for a more realistic looking approach, The sequence with the helicopter falling off the Daily Planet roof took 6 months to film using 5 film units working in 2 countries, The film of the black-and-white sequence that opens the movie is shown in reverse. The sequence was filmed starting with a close-up of the Daily Planet panel followed by a zoom-out. Then the child's hand turns each page left-to-right, then closes the cover. (As the child turns each page and then closes the cover, notice that the corners fold in the opposite direction of how they should fold), The film was released in the year of Superman's 40th anniversary, The search for an actor to play Superman began in 1975 and ended with a press announcement on February 23, 1977, just thirty-five days before filming was due to begin, Mario Puzo was hired as the initial writer to give the script additional credibility, The filmmakers included several Superman in-jokes (the phone booth gag, for instance). A lesser-known example was the scene where Otis tries to take Superman's cape. This was a tribute to the 1972 Jim Croce song "You Don't Mess Around With Jim", which had the line, "You don't tug on Superman's cape."

As a kid, my favourite scenes were every scene with Gene Hackman. As an adult, my favourite scenes are every scene with Gene Hackman.

Dude…the flying effects were GREAT for the time. The wire work in particular was exceptional, and even to this day, no one has equalled Christopher Reeve’s mastery of that technique.

I'm not tired of superhero movies. I'm just tired of bad superhero movies.

25:29 - 27:09 Actually, I have a theory on Superman "spinning the world backwards"... in that he actually DIDN'T. He didn't reverse the rotation of the Earth to make time go backwards. He ALONE is time traveling. The Earth and everything going in reverse is just showcasing him going back in time to an earlier point, not him reversing everything back to normal. According to a time travel expert in the Back to the Future 30th anniversary DVD bonus features... yes, there are "time travel experts", you require energy to travel through time. Getting to the future is easy; astronauts have gone through it. Going back in time is more tricky, but not really impossible. So with this in mind, I think Superman just used a ton of energy to go back in time himself to save Lois from dying. He didn't physically reverse the rotation of the Earth or time itself. He himself just traveled back in time. The reverse footage is just showcasing him going back in time. Which probably does mean there's another Superman stopping another missle. But he probably went back forward in time so there wouldn't be a double. -- BTW... 24:21 "...there's a damn good effect..." He says over a DAM blowing up. 😂

Another Fun Fact: Otis finally got his Otisburg. It‘s a station in Gotham City‘s subway in one of the newer movies. I‘m not sure which one, I think in the Snyderverse

Maybe I'm reaching, but the corny scene with the railroad track combines Superman perfectly with him being the 'Man of Steel' and 'More Powerful than a Locomotive' all in one 😄

This movie is less built on a comic book movie but more built on the 50s epics like "Ben Hur", "The Robe", and more built on the 70s disaster blockbusters like "Airport", "The Towering Inferno". There's no rules, so Salkind's team invented those rules. (And basically clumsily tried to replicate all the rules with "Supergirl" and "Santa Claus" without Richard Donner's commitment to realism.)

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One thing I absolutely love about this film is not only Christopher Reeve but the start of the beginning credits. How the music starts slower, then the music picks up and up and then you reach that high point, hold onto it and then the Superman logo comes in and it's just like "Woah". I don't know why but I love the music building up to the when the logo shows up is my favourite part. There is something just epic about that build up. Then again, it's John Williams which is always a win!!! Or maybe I'm still the same oddball I was back at school.

My very favorite moment when I was a kid, and now, is when he picks up Lois for their date and he takes his glasses off, straightens up, and uses that deeper voice. You truly see all the little tricks alluded to in the comics and see how Clark can pass for 2 people. It was, and is, brilliant.

I read somewhere the perfect explanation for the time reversal scene - Superman DID NOT made Earth spin backwards, he himself moved so fast that for him the time started to reverse and the Earth would spin backwards even if he flew fast around the moon.

5:21 General Zod is actually shouting "YOUR *HEIRS!!!"*

6:17: “You’ll make my strength your own. See my life through your eyes.” 😭 The music & the way Brando delivered that line gives me goosebumps every time (even if he was reading at a cue card on Kal-El’s diaper because he couldn’t be bothered to memorise his lines).

The "Say, Jim!" Guy, the first person to see Superman in costume, is credited as "Pimp."

19:39 Crash, what are you doing here?

Superman does not turn back time, he moves so fast that he goes back in time. This actually makes sense, because he didn't save his father with his powers.But he was able to save her.

One thing I always thought was odd is that Luthor could have had the second missile go almost anywhere, yet he chose Hackensack, New Jersey which is about 15 miles from New York City . . . er . . . I mean . . . Metropolis, where HE is located and we are talking about a high yield nuclear warhead, so you probably don’t want it to detonate within even a hundred or so miles of your location. Of course, for the purpose of the plot, it had to be in the same city where Miss Tessmacher’s mother lived, but they could have made it Miami or something, like her mother retired there.

The time travel thing is always so misunderstood and I don't know why it keeps on being so... First off, he isn't spinning the earth back backwards to turn back time, he is using the earths gravitational pull to assist in his speed becoming so fast that he can personally travel back in time. He in essence causes a closed paradoxical loop in which he experiences the death of Lois and the second bomb detonating requiring him to have to save all the people in California, whilst simultaneously going backwards to save Lois before the earthquake hits. Which he does no problem. As for the implications of this ability, no, he doesn't have the power to save his dad. Time travel would not prevent a heart attack unless he goes back in time far enough to convince his dad to cut back on the twinkies or something. Essentially Superman's time travel ability is just having the ability to be so fast he can be all places at once allowing him to fix problems which could be fixed if he just had more time. Simple.

This classic Superman movie may be a bit dated, but it was a good Superman film that established important aspects of Superman's character while also being true to who Superman is and what he stands for.

Your friendship and collaboration with Tamara and Malcolm is adorable.

Loved the intro and Tamara flapping the cape for you 😂 I also loved the “I’m not looking up for that” line.

26:32 mind this was the era of Superman where he constantly pulling things of his trunks from sneezing entire solar systems away, pull a chain of planets out of a dead solar system, and shooting mini Superman’s out of his hands. This is the norm back then, who am I kidding he just defines physics all together

Ironically it is more refreshing nowadays to see a Superman who isn't itching to go Injustice on all of humanity

This is by far the greatest superhero movie ever. The script and casting are about as perfect as can be. No one else has ever come close to Christopher Reeves’ Superman / Clark Kent. I can watch this movie over and over.

7:42 "And let's hope this kid has a real good sense of humor as an adult" So far it seems like it. His name is Aaron Smolinski and he has often expressed how much he enjoyed working on the movie.