Worst Fourth Film In A Series

there's a clark/lois moment toward the end of supes iv (when clark is kinda dying from his first fight with nuclear man (sorry lol @ "nuclear man" forever)) that i think is maybe the best thing reeve and kidder ever did together

xxpost It's a nod to the serials, when instead of employing iconic villains people were familiar with, they chose instead to make Superman Vs. the Venusian Mechanoids (fake example).

there's also a clark kent/superman double date scene. hijinks ensue

that double date scene is nails on a chalkboard IIRC. slightly better if still reflecting a fundamentally misguided idea about what the plot should be: clark going to the gym on a first date with hemingway.

is IV the one w Ducky

xpost Because if you have superpowers you're trying to hide from others, you naturally want to put yourself in situations which make that as difficult as possible. Like inviting someone on a jog when you have super speed powers.

the double date thing is obviously intended as Silver Age-style hijinks, similar to the good Superman vs. Bad Superman fight in III or spinning the earth backwards in time in I, it's just executed really badly.

(altho tbh I would probably be the lone fan of a Superman movie that was wall-to-wall Silver Age hijinks)

Superman gets turned into a baby, Lex Luthor tricks Lois into marrying him, Jimmy Olsen trapped on Bizarro planet, etc.

I would stan hard for a Supes movie with Mister Mxyzptlk as the villian, portrayed accurately and not by fucking Howie Mandel or whatever dude was just on "Supergirl."

I was shocked when I learned that Mister Mxyzptlk's introduction predated the Silver Age

but yeah

Superman gets turned into a baby, Lex Luthor tricks Lois into marrying him, Jimmy Olsen trapped on Bizarro planet, etc.

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no no i'd be way into this movie

Basically adapt any story depicted on http://superdickery.tumblr.com/ and watch the money roll in.

http://68.media.tumblr.com/f681d4194ae35dfd29bfeca37918b0b1/tumblr_mjj99ivz1T1r2ntbyo1_400.jpg

I'm all about Silver Age hikinks too - s'why I've never had any beef at all with the resolution of the first movie's plot. A good version of the double date scene could have been amazing, and one of the most Superman-ish things in any of the films. Oh well.

http://68.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcfsr0xynh1r2ntbyo1_500.jpg

hahaha

good Superman vs. Bad Superman fight in III

btw i rewatched all the movies recently and this remains my favorite thing that happens in any of them

lol The King of Marbles

you can tell Bad Superman is Bad because he is unshaven

and he's drunk!

and the palette of his suit has darkened slightly

You can also identify Bad Superman by his tendency to straighten leaning towers.

Superman, King of Pogs

and the palette of his suit has darkened slightly

he could almost fit into the Snyderverse

Really want to see grim-faced Henry Cavill sitting there shooting marbles.

Dramatic slow-motion closeup of a big ol' aggie bouncing out of the circle.

xxpost Well, there's a difference between Surly & Ornery Bad and Genocidal Fountain of Rage Bad.

Drunken Cavill flicking peanuts through bar patrons' skulls.

did Target Kid ever join the LOS?

Yeah, he replaced Wal-Mart Lad iirc.

He has to modify the beer in order that he can get drunk, but after he sobers up there's still super beer in the taps, and everyone gets drunk and superpowers, leading to carnage and an opportunity to reflect.

Dramatic slow-motion closeup of a big ol' aggie bouncing out of the circle.

Oh yeah, I want to see Henry Cavill's big ol' aggie too.

Bad Superman blowing out the Olympic torch is some A-level trolling

Snyder's Bad Superman puts the Olympic torch out in an orphan's face.

(And the audience is confused because his behavior is largely indistinguishable from the ostensibly good version of Superman.)

"Ohhhh, I see, that first kid he brutally assaulted had parents."

only film u shd be discussing here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XViQa_lxzEo

4th apes is the best apes

I don't understand what that clip is from. I don't see Caesar so I assume it's from the original, but I don't see Marky Mark either. Confused!

hard-pressed to say any of the POTA movies are actually good. the one w the nihilist nuke ending (II?) is certainly batshit enough to be called "interesting".

you and yr ceaseless rongness

the initial Schaffner/Heston POTA is a blast, esp singing along with Jerry Goldsmith's score.

It's a planet of the apes!
Dirty filthy smelly apes!

it's a chore to sit through imo

iconic final shot notwithstanding

original POTA is classic

u r BANANAS, Shakey

(although it's much more impressive on a theater screen, w/ those desert vistas shot by Leon Shamroy)

Original POTA boasts maybe the greatest shot in cinema history:

http://www.gifbin.com/bin/092009/1252480395_this_is_not_what_it_looks_like.gif

Gore Vidal script doctoring strikes again!

heh