Ok, after seeing this......I am beyond PO'd with the set we are getting in the U.S. :

http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/790083  

No damn reason for EVERY region to have this. Absolutely c**p!

TheMacLennan wrote: - There is no definite sequel in place yet, warner is waiting to see more money
-the cover art is ugly, needs to be the hovering earth pic


There will be a sequel. Alan Horn (head of Warner Bros.), Bryan Singer, and others say the sequel is in the works. The WB is hoping that it reaches $200 million before it closes (and it's made $198 million domestically), so that they can have tighter control on the budget for the sequel.

Superman fans have plenty of reasons to be pissed off at Warner Bros. in the USA, plenty! That R4 Superman box set is just gorgeous, and the R4 "hovering space" tin for Superman Returns is equally beautiful. Are they trying to distinguish R1 - USA from all other regions. What gives?

I'm not really big on super heros or super hero movies in general, but I'd say this movie was fun and I really enjoyed it.

Billy Black wrote:
Apparenly the point of this waste of my f**kin time was to make superman a stalker and lex an over the top simple con-man. This movie sucked beyond comprehension. Singer should get off his knees cuz he blew this one bigtime. "you know how I know you're gay?"... you liked superman returns.

Go back to IMDB newbie

LLcruize wrote:
I have to say those who say this film lacked action should go back and watch the 1978 version again. Returns had as much action as the 1978 version (actually more). That seems to get lost is all this "soap opera" talk. I watched the "78" version again just the other evening and save for Supes initial appearance, the action is limited to the finale basically.  IMO both films had more serious character moments that needed to be handled (the first one his birth and emergence and in Returns his re-emergence) and that came first, it had to IMO.  

If you remember, Superman 2 was a lot more action oriented, and I have no doubt that Singer's second Supes film will be the same.  

Thank you! Everytime I hear somebody whine that "SR" has no action, I think to myself "Did they even SEE the first film!?" You're absolutely right, "SR" has more action than the original "Superman". And you better believe Singer will double, if not triple up, on the action in the next movie.

excuse me but... the worst movie of the summer was: PIRATES OF THE CARIBEAN 2! not only SUPER long, SUPER boring, over detailed useless action secuences and to top the ice cream it did not end!? Kate had better luck than her boyfriend... Jack was lucky to die. Disney should have left it at the first movie and let the name of Pirates be remember with joy and not dissapointment.

Does the box set come with a free pair of y-fronts????

Yeh every bloke blames there sister for a naff collection of movies...

excuse me but... lili lawson wrote: the worst movie of the summer was: PIRATES OF THE CARIBEAN 2! not only SUPER long, SUPER boring, over detailed useless action secuences and to top the ice cream it did not end!? Kate had better luck than her boyfriend... Jack was lucky to die. Disney should have left it at the first movie and let the name of Pirates be remember with joy and not dissapointment.

I know what was Disney thinking making a sequel that is now the sixth all time grossing box office film ever, I mean come on are they only in the business to make money or what?

*crosses fingers and hopes sarcasm is thick enough to travel through the internets*

Watch your ranting Billy. Abuse of other members won't be tolerated.

Sorry, but, X3 was, without a doubt, the best film of the summer. I probably won't buy Superman Returns, but, I am thinking of getting the 8-disc Superman set with all 4 Christopher Reeve's movies, and, since the picture quality on my Supergirl VHS sucks, I'll most likely pick her up as well.

Billy Black wrote: Sorry honey. didn't mean to hurt your feelings there. Inflation though? c'mon man, you're kidding. The reason Donner's first movie was story driven was that he HAD to define the characters. That's what an origin story is. Since Singer was admittedly using the first 2 as the basis for his movie, he didn't need to waste 100 minutes of the movie on background that has already been established.  Say what you want, but defenders of this movie never give a decent reason for why they liked it. The Superman's "kid" storyline was lame. Why give Kal Penn a high credit in the film and not give him one line? And Hackman's Lex was less over the top then Spacey's terrible performance. So I suppose you're excited to see Singer bring back Zod and the phantom zone to SR2? That's original. Civil enough for you? Oh, props for the typo catch, 30 years, you got that much right.

Glad to see your smug tone continue.

Wow, I can't believe what I'm reading. Aside from Billy's "smugness," I totally agree with him. You can't, and I mean CAN'T, compare the action in Superman Returns with the '78 original. And besides, does it matter? The original movie was not about action, it was about STORY. Better paced, too - even the extended, much longer version (on DVD) was better paced than Singer's.

I'm not dissing those who loved Superman Returns, I just can't see how anyone can compare it to the original, let alone say it's better and/or "on par" with it. Remember, w/o the original, you wouldn't have the classic John Williams theme in 'Returns or ANY of its story. The main story, being Supe's kid, was taken from am incident in Superman II (which has a hole all on its own, but that's another post) - and Lex's real estate scam (giant islands of inhabitable rock made from kryptonite?), is just a much bigger scale (and much more ludicrous) of his real estate scam from the original movie.

Not much was original at all in this one guys, and that, my fellow Superman fans, is a fact.

That said, I'll be picking up the 2 disc set. :-D

The revised single-disc edition looks a lot better, the blue banner is much easier on the eyes and now Superman looks like he is going after the falling plane, rather than flying by it. And it's nice to see the back art of both editions staying true to the style of the other Superman art.

BTW, isn't there supposed to be a DVD/HD-DVD combo release and a Blu-ray release on the same day as well? I might buy the combo disc if I can get a good price on it...

tomreagan wrote: Wow, I can't believe what I'm reading. Aside from Billy's "smugness," I totally agree with him. You can't, and I mean CAN'T, compare the action in Superman Returns with the '78 original. And besides, does it matter? The original movie was not about action, it was about STORY. Better paced, too - even the extended, much longer version (on DVD) was better paced than Singer's.

I'm not dissing those who loved Superman Returns, I just can't see how anyone can compare it to the original, let alone say it's better and/or "on par" with it. Remember, w/o the original, you wouldn't have the classic John Williams theme in 'Returns or ANY of its story. The main story, being Supe's kid, was taken from am incident in Superman II (which has a hole all on its own, but that's another post) - and Lex's real estate scam (giant islands of inhabitable rock made from kryptonite?), is just a much bigger scale (and much more ludicrous) of his real estate scam from the original movie.

Not much was original at all in this one guys, and that, my fellow Superman fans, is a fact.


I don't think in all of my posts about "Superman Returns", anywhere on the internet, did I say it was "original". Nor did I ever say it was better than the original. And everyone knows, and agrees, that Singer used the first two movies as his blueprint. However, the amount of action in both the first "Superman" and "Superman Returns" are the same. Not talking about pacing here. Just the action.