DVD : Supergirl (Limited Edition)

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- Perfect Fantasy/Fairy Tale Movie totally remarkable !!
I've first seen this movie on a betamax video and on tv when i was a kid.

I love the scene when Supergirl landed on earth and practice flying. Im thinking of it on how it was made because its really amazed me like a real human being flies. I want to figure out the camera trick since i was a child and the International Version w/c contains a lot of extras/movie footage including the making who answered me just right now 2004.

If you guys have run-out of stock of this Limited Edition... I suggest you to buy the Director's Cut Version ONLY w/c is more... or just both if you really like a limited edition which is also the same except for the packaging. If you want to know the difference, it's for you to find out !!

I would like to thank Stephen of Kansas, USA

Rating:

- NOSTALGIC.
I'm an 80's kid..and seeing this movie again after 18 years relives memories of my Superman fantasies and the glorious silliness of the 80's era. I didn't realize that Helen Slater was simply remarkable in her portrayal of Supergirl..all of my relatives and friends here in the Philippines were glued to her.
This DVD is a MUST. It contains all the trivias and special features about Supergirl that you'll ever need. It's all in one package.

Rating:

- Buy this NOW! It's limited and expensive anywhere else!
SUPERGIRL was a worthy addition to the Superman franchise. Corny, warped sense of humor, and great flying effects - basically just like all the SUPERMAN films. But it's endearing! And to see Helen Slater take on the bad guys in a pre-Buffy feminist power move was wonderful. It's a fun movie, and even more fun as a special edition.

You get two versions of the film, a commentary, and documentaries. Check out the foreign trailers for the movie as the German announcer shouts "ZZZZZUPERGIRL!" The commentary helps a lot, because it explains why the film was made the way it was and what they were going for.

The movie itself is rare! I liked it a lot just because it was so gleefully silly. Everybody looks like they are having a great time biting down on the comic book material. You really can't go wrong! Faye Dunaway is a hoot and a half! And Helen Slater plays wide-eyed wonder to the hilt! And Brenda Vacarro is so FUNNY as Bianca. Grab a friend, giggle, and believe that a GIRL can fly!

Rating:

- Good purchase if you like to collect superhero movies
Can anybody think of any major feature film superheroine movies out for the last 20 years? Most likely you'll only remember Supergirl. That's because we've only been given all-male superhero movies (with the exception of X-men, but that's a band of superheroes, and Batgirl - and she's just a sidekick). From Superman and Batman to Spiderman and the Daredevil - now the Hulk...there's still no real movie focused on a single superheroine around.

This is why I like Supergirl, as it stands above the rest in this area. I collect DVD's and VCD's (Video Compact Discs) of all the Superhero movies I could find, and Supergirl is a fine addition to the collection.

I remember quite well when the movie came out in 1984. It was all hype. They've boasted about having a powerhouse cast (which it has) and having the finest filmakers in the world involved in the project (minus the scriptwriter). But the movie turned out to be a letdown. Huge plot holes can be found in the story as wide as the meteor hole-pocked Sea of Tranquility (that's on the moon). I didn't realize this then because I was just a teenager then who didn't know what a good movie was supposed to be, but I thought it was my all-time favorite.

Even though I knew the story left so much to be desired, I still bought this DVD because of the pure joy of seeing Supergirl in action. You'll never find anything like this anywhere. If only the producers picked a much better screenwriter then, this would have been a top notch movie like Superman I and II. If you see Jeanot Swarc, the director, doing his work in the making-of featurette, you'll know he knew what he was doing. My impression is that he was desperately doing his best to do the best movie out of a script made in hell (pardon the language).

If you don't mind the story being in the way of your enjoyment seeing Superman's cousin in action, then this DVD is worth buying. A great addition to Superhero (or Superheroine) movie collectors like me.

Rating:

- only 50,000 copies available ... and still available
Anchor Bay released the Special Edition 2 DVD set for 'Supergirl' some time ago. They only released 50,000 copies worldwide too. When you think about it, 50,000 copies isn't very many for the world. Yet, why are there still copies left to buy? Simple answer - the movie was garbage. I saw the international version back in 1984 which was supposed to make more sense than the butchered US theatrical version, but the movie still stunk! Don't get me wrong, I admire Anchor Bay for releasing titles on DVD that perhaps the big companies prefer not to, but Supergirl is a very bad movie. it should have been kept at the bottom of the vaults marked "never to be seen again in anyone's lifetime". Back in 1984, when we sat through the international version it ran for a whopping 124 minutes! I always prefer to let a movie run its entire length to give it a chance. By the end of it, I wish I hadn't. It was a silly storyline. It ruined Fay Dunaway's career, and didn't do anything to help Helen Slater's new career (at the time the movie was tipped to make her a huge star). I fortunately won't be buying this DVD. Obviously many people in the world agree with my comments on this film (hence the many copies still left of the special edition !!).

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