VHS : Superman 4 - The Quest for Peace

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Rating:

- The Worst Sequel But Still Enjoyable
With cheesy dialogue, illogical scenes, annoying characters, and story plot holes-it is easy to see why this movie is considered to be the worst of all the movies. With that said; I still liked the idea of the movie and thought that Nuclear Man was a cool character. Now, more than ever, we would like Superman to be real to end Earth's problems.

This movie is just full of flaws. Many times in the film, you can see the strings attached to Reeve making him fly. Other scenes you can tell are made on a set, such as the black curtains used to look like outer space on the moon. There are also scenes that don't make sense, Lois actually flies by herself and normal humans brought into space with no suit are able to breathe! Another thing wrong with the movie is the fact the story doesn't flow smoothly. Things happen without explanation. Lenny Luthor, Lex's nephew, is more annoying than Otis!! He is nothing more than an idiot stereotyped teen from the 80s that adds nothing to the story.

So there are a lot of reasons to not like the movie, but I can't help it, I like the movie. Like I said, Nuclear Man just made the movie for me. The entire film was very comic book like and reminded me of a story I could easily read in the comics. No, this film is no where near as good as the others, but once again- I like it.

Rating:

- SUPERMAN IV
Good Movie , But Not As Good As 1 And 2 , Still Christopher Reeve Became Superman To A Whole New Generation Of Kids , And The Man Was A Fine And Very Talented Actor , God Rest His Soul , He Made A Whole New Generation , " LOOK!, UP THERE IN THE SKY !! IT's SUPERMAN!!!.....

Rating:

- Poor film, Lots of deleted scenes!
Even though this is the silliest superman sequel, for a true and loyal superman fan this dvd is a must-have. Of all the recently released superman deluxe editions this one has the most deleted scenes of all. You get to see half an hour of scenes never seen before, some of which are pretty good. I like the extended flying scene and a typical Clark Kent's morning. The alternate version of Nuclear Guy looks very ugly and dumb. Thank God Mark Pillow ended playing it in the final cut. There are more fight scenes that were deleted and overall the studios really packed a good deluxe edition.

Rating:

- The Quest for CHEESE
I recently bought the Superman DVD box set. I can't remember ever watching this sequel.. and WOW is this BAD! The story would make a mediocre comic book, which this movie reminded me of.. Nuclear Man? I can say the idea is cool.. But the way in which this character is created is way absurd. Nuclear dude and Stupidman have a most ridiculous fight on the moon which is half bar room saloon stuff to half the 3 Stooges (Nuke dude hammers Superman into the moon like a golf tee)

When Nukeman kidnaps the girl Hemingway and flies her into space was way beyond STUPIDO! Superman fights Nucleardude and gets Hemingway and flies her back to Earth and comes back to fight Nukenerd more without any explanation how Hemingway didn't explode on re-entry or how she was breathing in space.

Most interesting about this DVD is the deleted scenes. These incredibly are some of the best extras on any DVD I seen. They show a complete sub-story of whom I assume is Bizarro. When Lex steals Superman's hair, I thought he would make a crude clone of Superman i.e. Bizarro. But no we get a badly conceived Nuclear Man. The deleted clips show a completely deleted idea of the creation of Bizarro. The actor of Bizarro is over-doing it and played out as a comic interlude. Even if he were not deleted he is killed off quickly as plot device to get to Nuclear Man. Unfortunate they made so many mistakes with Bizarro since the entire movie should have been about him, preferably played out a tad more seriously. The complications of Superman dealing with his evil clone, make for a better movie than the cheesy save the world from nuclear war story.

The special effects are SO BAD, I can see the ropes when Superman flies, and cutouts of the moon look like bad Photoshop. The parts when Superman and Lois fly all over the world- might be the cheesiest scenes in movie history.

Rating:

- Superman IV: The Craps for Pee
I found 3 reasons to hate this movie
3. You can't watch Superman Returns if you watch this.
2. Nuclear Man, they had Bizzaro in the movie but they replaced him with a blond haired weirdo that never even appered in the comic adaption.
and 1. Weak plot, it sounded like a good plot for a 60's Batman movie sequal (I still want a DVD release of the TV show though) but not for a Superman movie. Sorry Christopher Reeve (He made the Plot) it's just too campy for even Adam West's Batman.
Though I can't wait until the NEW Superman Movie for 2009, do NOT watch this movie.

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