DVD : Superman III

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Rating:

- Superman III was lame
Okay how can I put this, this movie sucked big time. For starters why put a comedian (no disrespect to the late Richard Pryor) in an Action/Adventure, Comic book movie; that is like mixing ammonia with bleach with really stinks with a strong foul odor. It also sucked because there was no Lex Luthor, just blands villians like Webster and his girlfriend and sister. Lois Lane was shown only 3% of the time. I should have given this 1/2 a star.

Rating:

- BUYER BEWARE
I GIVE A 1 STAR TO THE DVD'S NOT THE MOVIES. JUST TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW ABOUT A NEW COLLECTOR'S BOX SET COMING OUT SOON. READ BELOW.
Yes... looks like it's true. We've known for a while now that Warner Home Video was working on new DVD special editions of the Superman films to tie in with the release of Bryan Singer's Superman Returns later this year (in theaters 6/30), but now we have the first actual confirmation... from Ilya Salkind, who co-produced the first three Superman films! Salkind has acknowledged that he's working with Warner on the new DVDs, and that all of the films in the series are being restored and given deluxe new special edition treatment, a-la last year's Batman Anthology collection. By far the best news in all this, is that it seems that Warner is FINALLY allowing Richard Donner to create his original director's cut of Superman II! How damn cool is that?! As many of you know, Donner directed Superman: The Movie and most of Superman II back to back, but was eventually fired from the sequel. Director Richard Lester was hired to replace him, and it's Lester's cut of the film that we've seen all these years. What's cool is that Lester's theatrical cut of the film is being given special edition treatment as well, so you'll be able to fully explore BOTH versions of Superman II on DVD this summer. Lester MAY even do an interview for the DVD - something he's been reluctant to do over the years given the controversy. This information comes from Salkind via The Superman Homepage fan site, which expects to publish a full interview with Salkind in the coming weeks. Very cool news indeed (though keep in mind that until Warner announces this set, it's all still unofficial). Thanks to Bits reader Matt K. for the heads-up on this.

Rating:

- you sure its been edited?
How come on amazon it shows it as 125 minutes, and on Internet Movie Database says the same time of 125 minutes i bet its exact same as tv version or it would have had a different Time running
can't wait to see it complete :D
cheers

Rating:

- It's not all that bad!
Gus Gorman ( Richard Pryor) who is a fun-loving computer genius has been hired by a rich computer company tycoon named "Ross Webster" ( Ribert Vaughan) to help him with his evil plans with Ross's sister "Vera" ( Annie Ross) and girlfriend " Lorelei" ( Pamela Stephenson) but Superman ( Christopher Reeve) interfers with their plan as they must have a plan to stop Superman so they can have the world to themselves. Clark Kent revisits his old home of Smallville, where he is reunited with a old flame named "Lana Lang" ( Annette O'Toole) at a high school reunion but during his visit in Smallville, Gus comes up with a scheme to create a special kryptonite with tobbaco tar to make Superman evil including splitting up with his idenity so that way Ross & Gus can create a supercomputer that can control the world's energy and electricity, but can Superman challenge his identity and become his normal self to save the world? or will the super computer be in control of mankind?

Enjoyable sequel but not as great as the first two Superman flicks, Richard Lester ( Who directed part 2) just added some unnecessary comical relief such as the "Three Stooges"-esque opening that didn't help or that video game sequence which was ludicrous but there was some good special effects and some memorable moments like evil Superman fighting against Clark Kent in the junkyard or the part where Vera gets sucked in the machine then turned into a fembot that looks like Dot Matrix from "Spaceballs", althougth Ms. Stephenson was preety cute in it.

The DVD has decent picture & Sound but the only extras are bios and trailer, but luckily this summer will have 2-Disc editions of all the Superman movies on DVD in time for the new "Superman Returns". It's not all that bad folks, it's a rather enjoyable if your willing to suspend your disbelief.

Rating:

- This is not `Superman III'
This is not `Superman III'
This is NOT `Superman III'. If you watch this DVD expecting to see `Superman III' you will be very disappointed. This is not the `Superman III' which played in theatres or was released on VHS.

The DVD is about 30 minutes short. Several scenes have been shortened or deleted altogether without explanation. Nowhere on the DVD does it mention that this is a new "shortened" version of the film.

What's wrong: Most of the missing footage is of the inner circle of the Webster villains.

For example the scene where Vera and Lorelei shack hands angrily is missing, leaving us to wonder why they are standing there is pain

The scene where Ross Webster threatens Gus Gorman with prison is shortened to only the two meeting. Leaving a huge plot hole as to why they are meeting. In the actual scene Ross introduces Gus to Lorelei as his "aerobic astrologist". Lorelei shows how she has bought the toy penguin which caught fire in an earlier scene. As Lorelei plays with the penguin Ross threatens Gus with prison is he does not destroy Columbia.

Gus's description of Superman saving Columbia is also shortened.

The Websters working out in the gym is also shortened.

Most of the edits consist of single lines. For example when Vera tells Gus to stop the oil pumps, Ross says, "Tell him the part about the pumps. I know the you love the part about the pumps." Missing!

When Gus shows his sketches Lorelei comments they are the plans to a computer. After getting odd stares she cover this up with, "A hairdryer?"

There are many other scenes as well. While the film does not rise or fall on these scenes my point is that it's very annoying that the DVD makers would simply edit out these lines thinking the audience wouldn't notice.

This is not `Superman III'.

While most DVDs boast containing bonus footage some DVDs have now started editing out footage for a shorter running time. Yet there is no mention on the `Superman III' cover box that this is any type of alternate version.

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