Supergirl (1984) BLU-RAY Review
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The Blu-ray transfer is so good, you can smell the alcohol on Peter O’Toole’s breath.
Lol!!
He was such a lush. I swear he drank his way through most of his career and got very lucky with Lawrence of Arabia. Same with Richard Burton and Richard Harris.
What about his blue eyes?
Squirt
HAHAHA
Even bad films were good in the 80's. Man I miss those years.
I was once taken on a tour around Pinewood Studios by Alan Hume, and thinking back now I wish I'd appreciated what an incredible gift that day was. He died less than two years later. He was an amazing guy, and very nice.
Personally this movie is a guilty pleasure for me, I still prefer this movie and the old school DC movies to any of the new stuff which I can’t stand
Im the same, love the film too
¿What about Shazam?
The new stuff is crap. Snyder is such a hack and thinks the entire DC Universe is anything Frank Miller got his hands on.
@@alucard624 Not true. Any changes in this thought and opinion? I believe the person means post-2000s as a whole, which is sad for me
I guess "Wonder Woman '84" is a tribute to the '84 movie "Supergirl" (and to the old Christopher Reeve films), at least stylistically and maybe also in tone.
I liked her as Supergirl. She fits the comic book look the best.
I did too she looked beautiful in the cape and skirt
I'll say. While Laura and Melissa do their own way with SG ( in live action), but Helen pulls her performance as SG greatly despite the poor story, writing, and plot.
I love this film, absolutely and without shame. It's not high art by any means, but it has great visual FX, an amazing score, and in my opinion, the best flying wirework/effects in movies. Helen Slater is as perfect casting for Supergirl as Chris Reeve was for Superman, and the film is entertaining - something many modern superhero films can't do as they are bogged down in gritty bleakness and bloated structures. Supergirl is just a lovely, simple little film, with a great lead and some fun situations, and that's where its charm lies. For all its faults, I rank it better than any of the DCEU films.
Damn the wire work is pretty amazing. Slater looks amazing in her movements.
alwaysxnever Its not as good as Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
jon williams but Supergirl did it sixteen years earlier
Michael Russell I Peter Pan the play did wire work before Supergirl. Crouching Tiger did it best.
Very true.
"Magic" is a big part of the DC universe, so having Supergirl face off against demons is a good fit. Surprised no-ones ever tried to do it with Superman in movies since it's one of his actual vulnerabilities.
GamerWho Agreed. It’s too bad we were left to fill in the blanks, really, with this movie. It employed canon elements of the “Superman/Supergirl” mythology, but totally ignored other crucial canon elements from Kara’s origin story that would have made this a better film.
Magic was one thing. Kryptonians are vulnerable to it, so Selena actually makes a fairly good nemesis. Average, non-comics-reading movie-goers would have been oblivious to this, though.
A second point literally no one seems to mention is why Kara has such great difficulty locating the Omegahedron. A throwaway line from Bianca tells us all we need to know: the Coffer of Shadows is made out of lead, which Kara’s X-ray vision would not be able to penetrate.
Again, viewers not familiar with this would just assume it was poor writing or a plot hole.
It's true I don't know why he said that, Superman himself is magical in a sense and battles that fire like god. So why not have a witch in there?
Not only face off demons, but face a witch that could do harm to SG with her magical abilities. I mean a great villain to face and the fight would of been epic.
I would pay good money to see the director's cut of Superman IV
andemoine winrow you must be kidding. There won’t be one unless they can find Sidney J. Furie’s approval print of the film.
A lot of fans would love to see the original cut of Superman IV before it was cut to pieces. The majority of the deleted scenes have been released in rough form except for the Metro Club stuff. That's the only footage still not released for some reason.
I remember coming across a video from a guy who's doing a Restored Extended Cut of Superman IV. The progress is great
This movie is one of my guilty pleasures. They showed it on TV here in Norway back in 1992 and me, being 9 or 10 at the time, was completely sold on it. My parents taped it for me when it was aired on TV here and I watched that video tape so much I wore it out lol! I ordered the international version on DVD online when it became available and later I found an import double DVD here in Norway that included both the international version and the longer editor's cut version. I agree that neither version makes for an Oscar masterpiece but it's camp and fun, gives me nostalgia watching it and as you say "it's so bad it's good". Lackuster script aside, the special effects are quite amazing and the flying scenes are especially my favorite SFX scenes from the whole movie.
There's no such thing as a guilty pleasure.
Why wasn’t this remastered in 4K?!
The 80s movie is honestly a masterpiece compared to the modern series.
Mike Hunt. It’s not THAT bad
lol
CSM101 well it is written by a feminist so....
So what, +CSM101, just because a Trans shows up it'll be shit?
That's some ingrained thinking like that.
I can understand if the new Supergirl is shit, but I wouldn't take *your word* for it because you don't sound trustworthy at all.
Zeithri It’s already shit, more sjw themes will only ferment it
Fun fact: Helen Slater now plays Kara Danver’s stepmom on Supergirl
Loving the content Ollie! Big fan of movies like yourself. And born in 82 too! So very similar movies that we grew up with! You are by far, the best movie critic and reviewer around these days. Keep it up man! #keepherlit
Helen Slater deserved so much better. Although the flying effects are pretty good, at least you see her fly unlike In Man of Steel.
I agree that Helen Slater deserved much better, he was the only good thing in this movie but i think MOS flying effects are awesome( you can see fly Cavill's Superman, just he not fly like Revees's Superman) and personally compared it to this movie is beyond laughable .
RighteousBrother Wtf ? There's a lot of flying scenes in MoS, in fact a very beautiful scene where he learns how to fly. The most realistic depiction of it.
Uh.....Man of Steel has one of the best flying scenes ever put on film. The music, the immense power behind the whole scene is something tons of people love. Im guessing your like the dainty flying where it looks less appealing than flying a kite on a string.....Compared to flying fast, breaking the sound barrier and just having a blast.
RighteousBrother, yeah Man of Steel has the best flying scenes.
I personally feel they should re- cast Helen Slater for the development of this new #Supergirl film. She looks amazing, deserves this absolutely.👍🏽
She will always be The Legend of Billie Jean to me...
marfar78704 Michael Jackson Billie Jean?
Nope the movie. You should check out the Dead Mall Series by Dan Bell who did a video of the mall where the movie was filmed. Fair is Fair!
Yeah that's a good movie and a good performance, Helen Slater is a very underrated actress (or was)
@@Generalbas1972 She didn't die! She's the new Supergirl' s adopted Earth mother!
I know she is. I never said she died. I ment that back then she was an amazing actress, but now her acting isn't quite as good.
I could've sworn i saw two or 3 scenes from the Director's cut in the International version that played in Europe when the film was out in 1984?
- Selena extended scene with Nigel
- Zoltar carrying Supergirl down the stairs in his place within the Phantom Zone (6:14)
- Everything towards the end of the film which is missing from the US version and slightly longer shots from the International cut!
I swear, thats how i always saw it. Later VHS versions of course were like the US version though.
A shame the DC still doesn't provide a proper ending to the film.
Linda, bubby, I'm your white knight.
The silliest part that didn’t make sense to me as a child was how Kara’s Supergirl costume inexplicably appears on her suddenly when she lands on Earth.
HindsightPOV I read one of the early drafts of the script online. It was dated back to January or February of 1983. There’s a part in it that describes a shot of a handbag she carries into the bubble that transports her to earth. And there’s a shot of the supergirl costume with the S logo on it.
I was trying to find a version of the script that had Superman in it, but the version I read unfortunately didn’t have him. Like the movie it explains that he’s away doing work in some other galaxy.
HindsightPOV it was mentioned in the commentary on the Anchor Bay release that Kara wearing the costume upon arriving on Earth was meant to “symbolize” her transformation. Thank God they didn’t go with with even stupider things that were discussed at the time like Argo existing within a dew-drop on a leaf.
Yeah I'm like, where did Kara get her SG uniform when in the capsule she was wearing her white dress robes. Maybe after seeing the picture of Superman and trying to find the Argo City device, she could of made the SG outfit.
I always had a fondness for this film mainly due to the charm and attractiveness of Helen Slater in the role and I may get this version. I'd love for a Slater Supergirl action figure to stand with my Melissa Benoist one (who is currently stood with my Christopher Reeve Superman figure too)
Massive childhood crush :)
EvilFranky HELEN SLATER = MY BEST GIRL TODAY, TOMORROW AND FOREVER ❤️❤️❤️
i really LOVE your analysis Oliver. you have such impressive knowledge and I am watching your reviews of MY favorite films and learning so much i didnt know before. Thanks so much for sharing your passion and wisdom with us your fans.
Looove this movie! One of the treasures of my childhood. Love it so much!
This is One Of My Favorite Movies Of ALL TIME!! I Own Both The DVD And Blu Ray Versions. I Also LOVE HELEN SLATER In this movie as Supergirl!!! I Have pictures of Her in My Room And They will Always Be My Prized Possession. Thanks For Sharing This Video And Really Enjoyed It!!
I'll admit, this one, was a bit of a guilty pleasure of mine when I was a little girl. Was unaware of this Blu Ray release. Going to have to check this out. Thank you, Oliver!
still is a GUILTY pleasure for me today as a man in my late 30s :) i LOVE the 80s films i grew up with and SUPER GIRL helen slater was my as you girlies do so often.......... "SIGH-hand in palm" ......LOL
Ger Gemini 😂😂😂 Yeah, as Oliver knows, I tweeted him a screen shot, and he liked the tweet, after I left that comment, I went to my eBay app, and a search brought up the Blu Ray for $20.99. Couldn't resist, went for it.
There's no such thing as guilty pleasures.
I remember being in first grade and seeing Supergirl on the cover of Electric Company magazine at me school library.
I remember this on VHS as a kid and really enjoyed it. Great review.
Anchor Bay really botched their release with the cropping.
Placing Superman in this film could have taken the "spot light" from Supergirl. And, Christopher Reeves, who by this time an established actor, may have overshadowed the 19-yr-old Helen Slater. I saw this in theaters and found it quite good. But, it was not played as "epic" as the Superman films. But, more of a small town local problem than country/world-wide threat or situation. Perhaps the "epic' film would have been its sequel which never happened. Great video, and thanks on the info of the Bluray!
great stuff as always, ollie. we also need an extended cut of superman returns, with the return to krypton scene included, and a proper 4k transfer that fixes the color grading problems that the movie has
Amazing review. Thank you for all the info.
The current series is a documentary on today's social politics and as such is quite dry despite all its sophistication.
This silly campy film from 1984 on the other hand still has a mythic quality. And it's visuals are glistening.
Helen Slater was magnificent.
absolutely
Nice review. This is still one of my favourite movies from my childhood.
On January 29th, Plaion Pictures (formerly Koch Films) in Germany are releasing Supergirl on blu-ray with 2 different artworks. Each version will feature all 3 cuts of the film, YES all 3 cuts-which I'm absolutely thrilled about. Unfortunately, Plaion Pictures do NOT ship to the UK although a seller on ebay who I previously purchased from will be having them in stock.
I freakin' LOVE this silly film.
The score, especially...but the FX and Slater's amazing 'Reeve like' performance are top notch, and it IS campy ass fun.
I recall dragging my friends to see this in high school, under the pretense that it was admittedly cheesy and 'bad', and they all thanked me for it afterwards, saying that not only was it great fun and a hoot to watch, but that Ms Slater was GORGEOUS eye candy to boot...;)
It should be noted that the inclusion of magic and monsters was common fare in the Supergirl comics, so it was actually well played and a proper homage that this film included such a plotline...
GREAT review as always, keep 'em coming...
She still is bro
Supergirl was a very special film at the time of its release but was not regarded as such because it was not promoted in the way it should have been promoted.
The flying techniques in this film are some of the best flying techniques EVER committed to film, including the Superman Films with Christopher Reeve. With Supergirl, the special effects team had really perfected the art of flying on the screen and more importantly: the special effects teams had perfected the flying techniques to come from a wholely female perspective. As a female and someone who was younger than Christopher Reeve, it was important that Helen Slater character moved a lot differently in flying in the air from her male counterpart.
Some of the flying scenes with Helen Slater flying in the air are just some of the most mesmerizing images that I have EVER seen in the history of visual Cinema Film.
I think Jerry Goldsmith score to 'Supergirl' is just as 'Magnificent' as John Williams 'Superman The Movie' film score.
Karstens Creations I’ve never really understand the whole “it’s so bad it’s good” thing. More power to you for enjoying it, but I think trash is trash
Mr. Harper, I just wanted to say thank you for all your hard work. I appreciate the time and effort you invest in them. I'm sure it takes multiple hours just to put one video together. Your videos are well structured, informative and entertaining. Keep up the great work sir.
Oilver harper what are your thoughts on George Reeves Superman?
He was shite...next question..
I don't know about the movie, I was small when I watched it so I don't know how it would be if I watched it today but supergirl was really good looking. I could watch it for that reason alone. Oh, and it is a masterpiece compared to superman IV
I heard Dolly Parton was asked to do Selena's role but turned it down because of the witchcraft. I would love to hear more from Faye Dunaway
Dunaway's too busy being full of herself to ever talk about this film. Can't stand her. Best role she ever did was getting shot to pieces at the end of Bonnie and Clyde.
I'm glad Dolly turned it down. Faye was great as Selena
I was waiting for one of your awesome trailers at the end of this video :(
Great review though, as always!
Rock solid review as per - simply makes me want to go buy it so great job - much as it's nice to see this I have to confess being more excited about potential future releases. Is that info from Furie about the complete Superman IV fact..??? If so it's great news for all of us...
Remember going to see this on the cinema. I actually enjoyed Supergirl, then again I was young and stupid... now I'm just old and stupid.
So nice to see they haven't ballsed the colours up on this release. Gonna have my copy in a couple of weeks.
This movie is now a cult movie and it is a masterpiece of its own time (and ours). The story might not be that strong but in general the acting and the score makes it great. And it is fun watching. Thanks for the video.
Does it include the TV spots as in the anchor bay dvd?
Mr Harper? Doesn't Supergirl have a deleted scene which was cut and have never been scene by anybody, but was shown in the comic book adaptation? Of Selena killing one of the protesters by turning her into an ice statue! When after she banished Supergirl. Was later driving herself and Bianca in her Rolls Royce down the driveway with her black suited guards as escort from her Castle fortress!
The trading cards apparently had a shot where the scene was suppose to be you might say? According to rumor and speculations. The film itself has a strange puddle (where there wasn't one beforehand?) as Selena's car drives off after she has Jimmy Olsen and Lucy Lane are arrested. Hmm, food for thought perhaps!
MGSBigBoss77 yeh its actually well known this scene was filmed and fully shot and decided not to used it as it was not wanted to show someone being killed in the movie as it made the tone too dark, that is why when the female protestor runs in front of the car and is showing waving her board it skips to Lucy shouting at selina and we don't see that female protestor again, selina says take them away and the people run and the guards take Lucy and a few others into the a truck, then from inside the truck we see Selina's car outside and that female protestors board on the floor in a big puddle of water in front of the car where she had turned to ice and had been shattered, they had used real ice for the scene where she shattered into pieces. in the part where the camera goes to Lucy shouting at selina there's a guy behind her and he is kinda looking at front of slinas car and in the downward direction which I presume was at the ice/shattered protestor which was shot before.
also the heat vision hair cut scene was left out not sure why maybe it look bad. but in the movie the scene after was left in though where kara enters the dorm and shows off her new hair to Lucy and asks how it looks and Lucy is not impressed and says it kinda looks the same lol
also there was a TV cut of the movie shown in america on ABC that had tons of footage never seen in any other cut of the movie
I'm going to go to a local Comic Convention when its next on and see if the Supergirl 1984 trading cards have the female protester scene which was cut out? Ya never know as in the Superman II trading cards it showed the powerless Clark Kent int fortress communicating with his father scene. which we all know didn't make Lester's cut of the film for decades!
i.pinimg.com/236x/70/d9/d7/70d9d74c13e92b54baf6dfaf1361489b--superman-movies-trading-cards.jpg
Another example.
www.supermansupersite.com/superman_IV_trading_card_set2.jpg
The films trading cards might hold the answer i reckon.
Hmmm is that her i wonder next to Lucy?..
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MGSBigBoss77 yeh she is in the movie still, not sure if you know, can not tell as it sounds like you not sure if she's cut out fully?
she still runs in front of the car with that sign there and shouts selina must go but then the camera is back on Lucy and we don't see her again because the scene with her being frozen is cut. well I've seen the full set of cards for sale before on eBay all complete each picture laid out and there was not one in the set so not sure it was ever there :/
Its like the Superman IV scene of the first Nuclear Man's death. i swear the Starlog magazine back in the day, had an alternate shot of Superman and Nuclear-Man facing off from a much lower worms eye view? The film's poster magazine and other specials at the time had a close up shot of Nuclear-Man 1's death a facial shot of him screaming i do recall. Joking i wondered if i got it confused with a picture from Police Academy 4 though (lol) but i swear it had Clive Mantel's face however.
I forgot I actually have on my pc the complete topps supergirl cards someone had send me them that they had scanned for me, they had the complete full set of them just rechecked and knew there was never the ice scene in them. I have the Supergirl movie comic they brought out too and it was not in that either. I wish I could be let loose in the vaults where it all is supposed to be, I know they would have been looking for it, though I know they have hardly any budget for these releases so im unsure to if they actually did some proper looking as this movie and its contest has been passed from pillar to post over the years
I remember watching it at the cinema with my dad and waiting and asking constantly whens superman turning up .....
I'm quite late to seeing this in 2022, but am very happy to learn so much about the Blu-Ray release. I've never seen anything other than the original USA release. I'll look to buy this soon.
The International Cut is much better than what I saw as a kid. I think they showed the international version once or twice on American television and disappeared it for decades in America.
Great video, but is there any chance for a reupload of the original retrospective that you uploaded years ago? : /
Superman III and Supergirl was distributed theatrically in the UK by Warner for Thorn EMI through a joint venture with Colombia (parent company of Tristar) and EMI
I remember having the Royal film premiere on video...but that's long since gone! Judith Chalmers presented it...ITV used to cover these events back in the day!
Can't see Supergirl blu ray on Amazon UK is it sold out ?
I don't get how you say the wires are barely visible....I have it on now sat far from the screen and they are clear as day in all scenes :/
What blew my mind, many years later, is that dopey handsome dude is Ellis in Die Hard
Those flying scenes are glorious. I'm a big fan of a lot of the Marvel movies but I can't recall if there are any flying sequences that match the beauty of these scenes in Supergirl?
I agree. I enjoyed this film when it came out even with its flaws. Better effects than SUperman 3 and a wonderful flying ballet for Helen Slater.
I have the same memorioes of the film as you do. thank you so much for this :-)
For this particular dvd/blu-ray release, color timing has very little, if anything, to do with visible wires in given sequences. For the international cut (possibly directors cut also) certain flying scenes simply had their wires removed optically, old school style (using an animation stand/garbage matting). 1978 Superman, also sparingly used this very expensive technique. I noticed this back in the original 2000 dual DVD release. For some reason, the home release distributors, chose an earlier print (probably negative), as a source for the featured/main digital transfer, that did not include any of those post production touch ups, done back in the day. The wire removal, was for reasons unknown, "treated" separately from the remaining VFX. I believe one reason they might have done this is because the source print, with the scenes involving the wire removal, were of a lower visually degraded quality. Also, old school wire removal was a big pain, that would usually result in additional "loss of generation", drastically increasing the amount of grain and contrast, in an optically manipulated shot. The very first time the wire issue is most noticeable in the 2 versions, is early on when Supergirl shoots out of the lake. On the main disk, the cable is impossible to miss, where as the international cut has it painted out. This is not a factor of color timing/image transfer. Please forgive me Oliver, I love your work - I could not help but point out the small discrepancy.
I remember staying up to see the nbc saturday night network premiere before the main event Bruthurr!
It aired on ABC
It's 33 percent cut cause of the black bars on the top and the bottom, I remember seeing more of her legs when she falls down when she gets hit by the invisible whip...
Emmett All movies were cropped when put in widescreen. They were all shot open matte which was 4:3 then formatted in widescreen. If you'll notice in on the set footage the director was watching a 4:3 monitor with a rectangle box in the middle, they positioned the camera so it would capture the image in that box, then later crop whatever went outside the box. I hope you're still awake.
Most of those flying scenes combined with the score really are absolutely wonderful to watch!
"Oh terrific, the old dangling in a cage routine, pathetic Selena" Peter Cook is awesome!
Great review!
Are the Warner archive releases pressed discs?
Good review, Oliver. You have a new subscriber. I've been a fan of Supergirl since the early '80s. Having been disabled my whole life, I think it's on some level a boyhood fantasy of having a super-powerful and beautiful woman to defend me if I got into danger. ;-) The 1984 movie is still my favorite "bad" movie, to this day. I picked up the Blu-ray myself, and it looks great on my 49" Samsung 4K TV.
Can you get this in the UK???
When's the HD version coming to iTunes?!
Complete guilty pleasure film that I love to bits.
This really has a great cast.
Yes especially Faye Dunaway as Selena and Helen Slater as Supergirl
Christopher Reeve’s Superman: The Movie and Superman II are also much better in their extended TV cuts. I love each of those movies in their theatrical versions, but the longer cuts add a scary element and more edge to Lex Luthor.
Blu Ray? I don't even own the DVD version! I still use a VHS copy that my dad recorded of the TV!
Is this release region free
yeah its Region Free Andrew. Most blurays are now. Apart from labels such as Arrow Films, Criterion and Shout Factory. Warners are all region free even on their archive label.
www.blu-ray.com/movies/Supergirl-Blu-ray/48168/ According to this yes, is region free.
I remember watching this as a kid. Great to see the flash and the green arrow come out as a film.
i saw her when i was little big fan still luv it !
She is a real Supergirl as Reeve is a Superman. The costume is flawless, too. Just a pity that the story or the movie didn't serve her well.
I'm glad that, despite this movie not being that great, Helen Slater still got to guest star on series like Supergirl and Smallville where she showed that her acting abilities are not the cause of the movie's bad reception. I particulary love her on Supergirl, because she once said in an interview that she wish the story of a teenage girl with superpowers dealing with teenage life could've been done better and that is exactly what the TV show is doing.
Another great review
I remember watching Supergirl on 📀, when I was 12 years old. But now, I got the blu ray version of Supergirl of original version and 📀 of director’s cut.
I wouldn't say the DVD was that crappy though saying that I actually digitized mine and cleaned it up myself and upscaled it and got rid of some artifacts and made the colours a lot better so that is what I have been using for the past year till the bluray
Supergirl is not a good movie, but there are plenty of positive elements about it. The cast, the special effects, and the score are well done. You can tell the same team of Superman I - III worked on this spin-off.
I believe this film gets a raw treatment from the critics, which I believe is not purely justified.
Yes the script is very muddled and the acting weak, but the acting ties in with 1980's sentiment in film and particularly with the type of acting that you naturally expect from the DC Comics franchise.
The actors try to do the best with a weak script.
Actors like Faye Dunnaway and Mia Farrow are the type of actors of legend and actors of the class like Peter O Toole and Simon Ward are two of the finest British Actors of stage and screen, that the United Kingdom has EVER produced.
It's good that Supergirl tried to get the best actors they could, like they did with Superman the Movie.
Even though the film has its flaws, at least the story is consistent, and from one scene to the next, you can find it's natural rhythm and continuation of storyplot.
@@rogerhoward7498 Helen Slater is gorgeous. That's all that matters.
I still love this film and the fact Helen is in the Supergirl TV show and right so. Its a dam shame Christopher Reeve didn't play his part in this film it would have made a big difference.
Great review. We recently watched this for our channel. You're right, the script was terrible, probably messed up by Christopher Reeve backing out but the wire work is done fantastically well. We found it to be quite boring and it's a shame it wasn't more camp and sillier.
Great video, as usual
Jerry Goldsmith in my opinion was the John Williams of Star Trek movie music since he scored the first and 5th Trek movies with Kirk and crew and later on the last 3 Next Generation movies as were James Horner, for Star Trek 2 and 3 Leonard Rosenman, who scored The Voyage Home Cliff Eidelman who scored The Undiscovered Country, Michael Giacchino for the Kelvin era Trek films and Rogue 1 and Dennis McCarthy who scored Generations
Jerry Goldsmith was the best
I enjoyed this movie as a kid and even when I saw it again recently still good
This and that largely unknown Purple Rain sequel, Graffiti Bridge, is 2 of my mother's "favorite" movies.
Happy 62th birthday, Kara. 👠👠😍🥰🤩😘🤓🦸♀️
If anyone was going to remake this film, then who would be the best choice to supervise the project? My choice would be either Zack Snyder or Richard Donner as Supervising Producer.
Donner is mainly due to his insistence on verisimilitude.
By now, I'd go with Zack Snyder. Would love to see what Zack possibly would have done with Supergirl in his DC Universe
This movie is terrible!
But I freaking love it! lol Hopefully they'll give Supergirl the Reboot treatment! (No, not counting the TV show)
Yeah because look how the TV show ended up...
they are making another Supergirl movie
@Darkjoker530 Just to put that into perspective: the 1984 movie was a flawed movie made in a great era of movie making. We're getting a new Supergirl movie but in a shitty era of movie making. If they didn't do that great then, with the way movies and general entertainment are today they sure as hell won't now.
P Ferreira dude I like this supergirl movie I even have this movie im just saying that they're going to make another Supergirl movie but I still like this supergirl movie
@Darkjoker530 Oh yeah so do I. I'm just saying the TV show should be an indication of how bad it would be to make a Supergirl movie today.
might pick this up
Great review. I was a kid when this came out too and I remember watching it on cable a few hundred times during the summer of '85. Do you think the tv version of Superman II or the director's cut of Superman IV will ever be released? Superman IV needs a better version just for legacy sake. I think it made less sense than Supergirl. The international cut really improved that film, in my opinion.
Warren Miller I believe that the TV Cut of “Superman II” might not be far away. I believe that they located a picture master of that cut during the search for the footage for the Donner Cut. In the deleted scenes section, I could tell that the audio for five of those scenes was definitely from the TV Cut.
If you are near London the Prince Charles Cinema is showing Supergirl at the end of September.
8:14 what about Superman 3 📺 cut on blue ray?
The best supergirl, the real one, not the one in the series that is fake. Argo City is where she was born and raised, not an anomaly coming from Krypton inside the Phantom Zone, they tried to fix the mistake in Season 3, but it did not convince.
Did you guys know that Brenda Vacarro who played Bionca once dated Michael Douglas and was on a couple episodes of The Streets Of San Francisco? Season 1's episode Act Of Duty she plays a cop and season 3's episode The Most Deadly Species she played a bad guy who lived next door to Michael Douglas's character Inspector Steve Keller and was his lover too?
at the scene with the would be rapists do you think they forgot to speed up the footage in editing before the original release? always thought they did as it made no sense the first guy she blew and he went flying through the fence fast and 2nd guy she kicked and it was the most slow awkward wirework pullback I've ever seen, I've a feeling they were to have sped up the footage a bit faster and forgot lol
not sure why you say the wires are barely visible when to me they are way more visible than the dvds
Your review for this movie is amazing!!!! Regardless of the issues with the movie Helen Slater did an amazing job playing Supergirl and was a lot better than watching Melissa Benoist's CW Supergirl!!!!
It really does LOOK great