evan@pedsgo.UUCP (Evan Marcus) (12/30/85)
I watched (and enjoyed) Superman II last night on ABC, but I had some
complaints/questions.
1) Too damned many commercials! How can they justify showing 7 minutes of
movie (in some instances) followed by 3-5 of commercials? Admittedly, this
allowed them to show the entire fight scene without interruption, but still
it was too much!
2) This extra footage thing. I guess they pulled a lot of it from the
cutting room floor. This is a nice thing to do. I loved some of Lex's
lines that were added ("Cuba!"). He reminded some of David Addison from
Moonlighting with his quick witticisms. However, some of the clips that
were edited in ended horribly--the scene were Superman blew up his Fortress
(this was definitely NOT in the original!) all of a sudden broke to a kiss
with a terrible break! The only explanation I could come up with was that
the end of the scene had been destroyed, or that since the scene was to be
scrapped anyway, they didn't film part of it. There was a few instances of
this during the movie.
3) The other item regards these new powers that Kryptonians have been
given. What's the deal with this finger levitation/force beam? Looks like
something out of My Favorite Martian. Also, Zod was able to zap a machine
gun with heat vision, and then pull it towards himself. Ridiculous. They
have enough powers already without the writers having to whip up extra!
(Of course this has less to do with ABC and more to do with the movie
itself.)
Anyway, let's hear from some other disgruntled viewers. (Or maybe even a
couple of gruntled ones.)
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QUOTE: I don't trust any air if I can't see it.alan@cae780.UUCP (Alan M. Steinberg) (01/09/86)
>I watched (and enjoyed) Superman II last night on ABC, but I had some >complaints/questions. > >2) This extra footage thing. I loved some of Lex's lines that were added >("Cuba!"). I remember this from the original... They also made a big blunder. Flying to Supe's place, one part shows Lois wearing her evening gown - from Supe I!! She had a different outfit for the takeoff and landing... > >3) The other item regards these new powers that Kryptonians have been >given. What's the deal with this finger levitation/force beam? Looks like >something out of My Favorite Martian. Don't forget the several trips by mortals to and from the Fortress of Solitude, somewhere in the Arctic. And where did they pick up that car?? Superman the Movie was great. Superman II had some good parts. Superman III was nearly worthless. Supergirl was worthless. -- Alan Steinberg {ucbvax}!decwrl!amdcad!cae780!alan Hey, Rocky, watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat! Again??? Nothing up my sleeve... Presto! Roooooaaaaarrrrrr!! Wrong hat! Must be something in the hat! And now here's something we hope you'll really like!