Super Tuesday (massive Superman dvd release)

[Depression]

Anyone plan on buying any of the Superman dvds coming out Tuesday?

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Super Girl (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v440/Ironhorse75/SuperGirl.jpg)
Superman Returns (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v440/Ironhorse75/SR.jpg)
Superman Collection (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v440/Ironhorse75/SupermanSet.jpg)
Superman Serials collection (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v440/Ironhorse75/SuperEarly.jpg)

Left to right:

Superman The Movie 4 disc edition
Superman 2
Superman 2: The Richard Donner Cut
Superman 3
Superman 4
Supergirl
Superman Returns
Superman Set
Superman Serials collection

I plan on getting the first three shown. I'll probably end up getting Returns but don't feel compelled to buy it upon release.

[Neo0tak0n]

not to be negative or anything but...

i friggin hate superman

too all-american (and he's not even american!)

[Sendo Takeshi]

Superman 1 and 2 and Returns are the only three I'd get. The rest suck. Although, Superman 3 is tempting because there's nothing better than Richard Pryor teaming up with Superman. And I'm being serious when I say that.

[HSaabedra]

Anyone plan on buying any of the Superman dvds coming out Tuesday?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v440/Ironhorse75/Supermanmovie.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v440/Ironhorse75/S2.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v440/Ironhorse75/SupermanDonner.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v440/Ironhorse75/Superman3.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v440/Ironhorse75/Superman4.jpg

Super Girl (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v440/Ironhorse75/SuperGirl.jpg)
Superman Returns (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v440/Ironhorse75/SR.jpg)
Superman Collection (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v440/Ironhorse75/SupermanSet.jpg)
Superman Serials collection (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v440/Ironhorse75/SuperEarly.jpg)

Left to right:

Superman The Movie 4 disc edition
Superman 2
Superman 2: The Richard Donner Cut
Superman 3
Superman 4
Supergirl
Superman Returns
Superman Set
Superman Serials collection

I plan on getting the first three shown. I'll probably end up getting Returns but don't feel compelled to buy it upon release.

I'm buying all of them, though I'm compelled to buy the Alias boxset as well just to see what what all the fuss was about.

[Jatz]

What's so different about the Director's cut of Superman 2? Rent Alias if you can that show is just a complete mess.

[soulreaper]

Superman 1 and 2 and Returns are the only three I'd get. The rest suck. Although, Superman 3 is tempting because there's nothing better than Richard Pryor teaming up with Superman. And I'm being serious when I say that.

I agree. 1, 2, and Returns are the only ones worth owning if you like Superman.

[sazae]

I plan on getting the 4 disc edition of Superman 1 and the Donner cut of Superman 2. Superman Returns is a sure buy as well. Will Superman Returns be coming out on HD-DVD?

[Raziel_MGS]

yea all three formats for superman returns, sweet

[LOSTyears]

The first 2 I'll get for sure along with Returns. Might just end up getting the full package, can't really beat the price here.
I too would like to know the difference in the Donner's cut.

[Gannon]

Returns wasn't anything special.

[Levon]

Anyone have opinions on Donner's cut? Is it any good?

[sailornyanko]

They came out Tuesday... aka Yesterday the 28th?

Hrm.. funny; I saw at least the first 3 Superman movies for sale (I didn't take much of a look, but they seemed to have the same coverart as the ones Depression posted in the pic) at the local Comercial Mexicana supermarket last Saturday the 25th.

[Depression]

Info on Donner Cut

First, a word of explanation. A prefacing remark before the film states that "The following film represents Superman II as it was originally conceived and intended to be filmed. Some footage was taken from screen tests of scenes we were unable to shoot."

You see, during the shooting of "Superman II," which director Richard Donner was making simultaneously with the first "Superman" movie, the studio fired him, replacing him with Richard Lester. The cast and crew objected, as did many "Superman" fans, because Lester professed to know nothing about the Superman character or mythos. The irony is that Lester's "Superman II" went on to critical acclaim, with many people asserting that it was better than the first movie and one of the best sequels of all time (an opinion I do not share, incidentally).

In any case, Donner had apparently shot enough unused footage that the studio could put together this new edition, "Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut," the movie Donner says he wanted to make all along, using as much of his old footage as possible along with Lester's. And Warner Bros. are good enough to offer it not only on a regular, standard-definition DVD but on this high-definition HD-DVD as well.

I mention all this because viewers are undoubtedly going to wonder why sources sometimes credit both Richard Lester and Richard Donner as having directed "Superman II." I also mention it because hawkeyed viewers are bound to notice that this 2006 Director's Cut is 116 minutes long, about eleven minutes shorter than the 1980 theatrical release. Now you know why.

"Superman II" under Donner's direction maintains the same basic story outline but adds more dramatic elements, further developing Superman's romantic involvement with Lois Lane and bringing back Superman's father, Jor-El, to further develop the father-son relationship. In its way, it also further underlines the Christlike elements of the Superman story, while at the same time subtracting some of the theatrical version's emphasis on violence and destruction. So, Donner's vision is more weighty at the expense of being less exciting. It's a trade-off some viewers will embrace, although I rather suspect that it put off longtime fans of the theatrical version. Personally, I'm one of the few people on the planet who didn't care overmuch for either version.

[Sendo Takeshi]

I'm gonna check Best Buy tomorrow for the collector's edition of Superman Returns. Everyone else is selling it for $35. That movie is NOT worth that kind of money. Batman Begins....yes. But Returns? Hell no.