I'm not a huge fan of the movie, but it does have one of my all-time favorite lines: "I ask you to kill Superman, and you're telling me you couldn't even do that one, simple thing."
I saw this in the movie in the theater. I was 7 years old. I walked out feeling so pumped! Although I was a little freaked out when Vera fell into the computer. I did think the best scene by far was the bad superman fighting Clark Kent. That was, as the kids say today, "Fire!"
Yes the bad superman fighting Clark in the junkyard was always one of my favorite scenes of any superman movie, it was bad ass, YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO FLY KENT, HERE'S YOUR CHANCE!!
Me as a kid in the 80s: Yay, a new Superman movie! Me in 2021: Maybe today is the day I finally stop thinking about that woman getting turned into a robot.
I actually faced my fears and rewatched that scene it's not that bad actually and is over quite quickly including the destruction of the supercomputer and a soul handshake from Richard Pryor.
Say what you want. I LOVE this film!! It’s the best Richard Pryor movie guest starring Superman. Annette O’Toole was much more fun and more attractive than Margot Kidder!!! In my opinion. Plus, it was just fun. So 80s.
My fave Superman movie was Part 3. Imagine a Superman movie where Superman was an extra. A kid movie that promoted alcohol, cigarette, KFC and Computer hacking.
Say what you will about the movie, that scene where the supercomputer turned her into a cyborg scared the ish out of me as a kid. It was right up there with the Howling, American Werewolf in London, and that scene from Zombies when that lady's eye got pulled in that shattered door splinter. Sure she looked like a cross between Dr Detroit and Dr Doom but the transformation process was well done. It stills holds up today as a pretty gnarly WTF-moment.
For a long time I had no clue what movie this scene was actually in. I just knew it scared the shit out of me and also kind of fascinated for the computer aspect, since cyborgs where somewhat news to me. XD
Same here. Thats was a rough one. Also My first memory is being about to turn 3 and seeing raiders of the lost ark in the theatre, and that face melt. Gave me nightmares for years.
@@Badspinache That reminds me of when I saw the original grimlins in the theater. I think I was three or maybe four. Gave me nightmares for quite some time.
yeah, I think it's the sound effects that made the cyborg scene so scary, the way her screaming becomes muffled then just stops really sells it, I haven't watched it for years but I still remember vera's screaming being silenced just from this short clip without audio.
As a kid that didn’t see many horror films the computer assimilating the lady was an early WTF moment. My little brother got up in the theater and had to sit on my mom’s lap 😆
It was both frightening and interesting at the same time. Remember computers and robots were rare in the early 80s. As a kid my reaction was: Wooah! That sure was scary for her and hurt a lot. But hmmm could it really be done to a live person? What parts do I need to buy? Are they available in the electronic store? Does this mean I have to learn how to solder? What if mom cleans my room and finds my experiment? LOL
That was the first movie scene I ever saw that scared me. I just imagined a ton of metal tubes being shoved forcefully down your throat into your stomach and it gave me nightmares as a kid.
@@chaospoet yeah, got me too, I think it was her screams being muffled that really made it horrific. There's many other similar comments saying: "OMG cyborg was nightmare fuel!" lol
I loved that movie as a kid but even then I could see it’s flaws. There was a great Mad Magazine send up at the time that absolutely skewered it. My favorite line was when Bad Superman goes on a picnic with Lana and she rebuffs his advances. She says “I thought you were different from all the other horny guys in this town!” His reply is “I AM! I’m SUPER horny!”
This was the first Superman movie I saw as a kid 🦸♂️. I actually like the super computer sequence, the Evil Superman vs Clark fight, Superman putting out the fire at the nuclear Factory, and Clark's budding romance with Lana Lang. Richard Pryor's character was amusing but grating at times.
Born in 83, I saw this on vhs likr being 4-5 years old.. Anyway, the scene with computer woman gave me nightmares a long time, and I saw movies like Alien and Predator at same age. But it was that scene in Superman3, and the "ghost kid" in the movie Three men and a baby that stood out as most horrific.
I had no idea Supes 3 was coming out in 83.I remember being 12 and freaking out when I saw a tv commercial!.One of the cool things of the 80’s were movies just appearing without you knowing
Yeah the age before mass media and movie trailers was kind of cool. While I like the hype of learning about a movie like the new matrix movie 5 months before it releases there is something special about walking by a theater and seeing a poster for a movie you never knew existed but want to watch.
Only thing I don't like about it is the look of disapproval he gives the combine driver, like he's supposed to know some random kid out in the middle of nowhere has fallen and knocked himself unconscious.
Wow! So many people dislike Superman 3? I loved it! Superman vs Superman was pure comic book gold! Plus toss in a creepy robot and Richard Pryor say no more!
I found Superman III difficult to dislike even though it is flawed. III features a very good Christopher Reeve performance ! Richard Pryor was fine. Richard Donner returned to The Omen III, as a producer, and should have been hired to save Superman.
PFfft. It was crap like Superman III that kept the entire genre from being popular. Hero movies were a joke back then and nobody respected the material. Everything was trash like this and Adam West's Batman. The movies didn't take off until finally someone took the material seriously with X-Men and Batman Begins.
It was nice to see how important they made Clark Kent. Superman's strength isn't from the sun, but his innate character. Clark Kent makes Superman strong. Without Clark, everything goes to shit. The public would be best served by creators who understand that.
The Chris Reeve movies follow the silver age way of thinking when it comes to the character analysis of Superman. The real persona is Superman whereas Clark is the mild mannered disguise. Kinda like how he was described in Kill Bill. They didn't switch it around til the mid 80s comic reboot. It really is toe-may-toe/toe-mah-toe with who is the public persona as they're both good people inherently
I actually really enjoyed this flick as a kid. That scene of that woman getting strung up by the computer was one of the scariest things I had seen at that time. Evil Superman was dope.
For the broadcast television edition, the 'traditional' style was used for opening credits. Of the Superman/Supergirl films during the 1978-1987 era, this may be the entry that _least_ resembles the DC source material, even if the film as a whole is not the worst.
Robert Vaughn, the villain of Superman 3, played Napoleon Solo in "The Man From U.N.C.L.E" show. Henry Cavill, Superman of the DCEU, would also play Napoleon Solo in the "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." movie
A very underrated movie and one of the better Superman movies. Essentially, Superman’s villains are Lex Luther, Mxyzptlk and Brainiac reimagined. Robert Vaughn was a great villain - a laid back and almost likable version of Lex Luther contrasting nicely with Gene Hackman’s hammy bully. Richard Pryor was great as essentially Mxyzptlk as an every-man with near magical abilities with computer science - and his being the creator of Brainiac is actually more logical than the villain’s origins in the comics. The computer monster was actually one of the best Supes villains in any film. The comedy and light tone make this basically the polar opposite of Man of Steel while being less dumb and more entertaining. This movie deserves better than its reviews and a future Superman movie could do a lot worse than to use Superman III as a template over the dark, overly serious, humorless downer Snyder-verse monstrosities.
I wish they would’ve taken the Evil Superman plot line a bit further. That was by far the greatest part of the movie. The Richard Pryor bit aged like stale milk.
Superman 3 happens to be my favorite, yes it has some issues with continuity. Overall I like the story and Richard Pryor is just so funny. I agree it is more of a spin-off than a 3rd chapter.
This is the Superman movie 🎥 where the title character, despite Reeve getting top billing, seems like a supporting player in his own movie. The subplot where Superman goes bad and fights himself, should have been expanded and made a larger part of the movie. As it would have been more interesting.
I felt so bad for the leaning tower of Pisa souvenir dude, he got screwed over twice, by bad superman making the tower straight then at the end by good superman making it lean again and he did nothing wrong, like wtf superman, he just smiles and waves at the guy whos business he ruined, twice!
I love "Superman 3", always have. It may not be the best film in the series but IMO it has the best scenes: Superman vs Clark junkyard fight is the single greatest scene in the franchise. Sister becoming a robot is the scariest scene in the franchise. Drunk Superman is the funniest scene in the franchise. Also Reeves was built like a brick shithouse in this film. Never looked better.
The scene where Superman stops the chemical plant fire by dropping part of a frozen lake on it was very well done and truly belongs as part of the Superman films of this era, even if a lot of the rest of the film does not.
Watched Superman 3 recently and was pretty entertained. The movie has action, comedy and camp that goes with the territory when dealing specifically with Superman. Moreover, film deals with the themes that are actually quite relatable in the present times: globalism and media manipulation via computers. Robert Vaughn is great as Ross Webster, a forerunner to modern day's Larry Fink. Yeah, Richard Pryor is a bit over the top at times, but I honestly didn't mind him. Chris Reeve, though, is fantastic throughout! The convincingness with which he portrays contrasting Supermen is out of this world. An awesome actor giving his all in an ungrateful role of an early cinematic superhero. Highly recommended!
Ilya Salkind swearing that "this is a kid's movie" sounds EXACTLY like Lucas with The Phantom Menace. Hey! Let's round up a few Kryptonians and Jedis, then have them do battle against The Ego-Driven Reality Distortion Bubble!
Reeve absolutely dyed his hair for this film. In the picnic scene, his growing brown roots couldn’t be more obvious. Jimmy Olsen never went to Smallville after he broke his leg. Lana and Brad weren’t dating in this movie. He was pursuing her and she was avoiding him. Lana was not Clark’s high school sweetheart. They never dated. I have to wonder if you watched the movie before making this video. Superman III is one of my favorite guilty pleasure films!
I actually prefer this one over the second film. Definitely prefer it to the 4th. Over the years, the second film feels more and more like the mashup production it is. I don’t hate it at all, I love stuff in it- but it doesn’t have enough to bring me back again and again. (Outside of watching Zod clips) The 3rd is at least more concise with what it’s doing. It’s got an interesting concept with Superman being a jerk. Chris Reeve is obviously having a lot of fun. It’s actually my favorite performance of his in the series. He feels comfortable in the roles, he gets to play Superman and Clark in a variety of ways. I like his scenes with Annette O’Toole in Smallville. I like Richard Pryor, even when it’s not his A material. His inclusion is so cynical and insane, but it somehow works for me. Anything bad in the movie is at least weird and funny. I’m not saying it’s under-appreciated, exactly. But I do think it’s more interesting and entertaining than it’s given credit for. For better or for worse.
Really? The second film was perfect imo. Honestly nobody would know that it was shot by 2 different ppl unless you did research. Richard lester handles the dramatic scenes well. The action is well shot. Its like the justice league superman mustache BS. If nobody ever said anything, ppl wouldnt have noticed. Also i feel superman 2 is the best out of them all
The opening sequence is basically a Benny Hill sketch. And the man getting the bucket dropped on his head at 13:08 is Bob Todd from the Benny Hill Show.
For me being a kid and born in 79, I must have watched it when I was about 7 years old for the first time and the scene where Kent fights evil superman blew me away, too the point where I had this down as my favourite Superman move. Now as an adult I have rewatched all the Superman films many times since and I can now see why critics panned this film as it set away from the first 2 and is more of a comedy but still enjoy watching it.👍
I kind of agree that his relationship with Lois had run its course but more broadly, his romantic relationship with “mortal” women had done so. That’s what happened in II. So, having him move from one mortal woman to another, makes no sense. It’s kind of like having Superman Returns pick up where Superman II left off. Sure, it makes fantastic thematic sense but II ended with Superman saying he’d never leave “us”, again. But in Returns he returned after being gone for about 5 years.
It's not a great movie and probably doesn't resonate with many others, but this movie has a major soft spot in my heart. Not to pull a card, but I'm gonna pull a card and seeing Pryor as a "computer whiz" was inspirational for me, as a kid who was just starting his (LONG) videogame development career. Also, all of the "bad Superman" scenes are GOLD. The bar fight, his "saving the damsel" on top of the Statue of Liberty, comedy gold. LOL. It's not a great movie, but I still love it (mostly).
This was the first Superman movie I ever saw(when I was 9 years old), and I remember wondering later why all the critics were giving it bad reviews, because I can tell you that I was certainly in no way disappointed by it myself! In fact, it was the most thrilling movie experience I ever had until seeing "Return of the Jedi" a few weeks later. Perhaps it isn't quite as good(or as important to the series) as the first two movies, but so what? It still gets the job done, and I would take it over any of today's "Man of Steel" movies any day of the week!
I loved it as a child, I loved them all only to realise as I got older that none of the movies matched the first! But 3 and 4 are definitely fun to watch, they are entertaining! As a kid I never understood why there was a picture of young Christopher reeve (Clarke Kent) hanging in the school at the reunion when we had seen a teenage Kent in the first movie! Always annoyed me for some reason 😏🥴
I saw the movie when it came out the summer before I went into high school. I have never seen it again since. In comic books or on television episodes, you can have one issue or episode that is a change-of-pace. With blockbuster tentpole movies, that's not really an option.
This one has its moments, especially with evil Supes and Chris as always was top notch overall. Quest for Peace, however, was a Mt. Everest-sized pile of steaming 🐎💩
Christopher Reeve I think said it best in his memoir, "Still Me." He called the film "a misconception at best...and the less said about Superman IV the better"
This one was my favourite as a kid. I just watched it again at the weekend and it’s still my favourite. The only thing I wasn’t really into was the super computer at the end. I think something like the Zodiac fight from superman 2 would have been better and made superman 3 pretty much perfect as an overall story.
Hmmmmm? Looking back at Superman III they should’ve brought in Bizzaro as a villain and Toyman. Brainiac would’ve been good as a main villain too. I would’ve saved Mr Mxyzlptk for part 4.
Vera as a robot was the source of many chilhood nightmares next to Large Marge and also later on would be joined by 'I'm not tommy' from Rugrats and Black Licorice.
Gorgio Mordor hahahahahaha, I've not laughed out loud so much for ages, I keep playing the same bit over and over, it's a natural (unintended) mood uplifter, thanks so much!
So Reeve kept this from being even goofier? Yikes. Has bad as the movie is it does have a campy fun to it. And some cool ideas. Fun watch but do not expect the magic of the first.
If I'm not mistaken, the "child's Idea" of Vera turned into a Robot in Superman III was later inspired by Star Trek writers including Gene Roddenberry which led to the "Next Generation" era, aka the Picard/SIsko/Janeway Era for the creation of the Borg that its mythology was then expanded upon, is that correct?
"Brainiac" would have been the ideal choice for "Superman 3". Unfortunately, all they gave us was Richard Pryer. To be fair, although not near as strong as the 1st two Superman films, "Superman 3" did have some strong moments. Notably, the fire at the plant and, of coarse, the battle between Superman and Clark. Naturally, the best thing of all was the screen being graced, once again, by the greatest live-action Superman of all-time, Christopher Reeve.
The sad thing is, because of horrible decisions the DC universe with Christopher Reeve, Michael Keaton and Linda Carter should have happened. It's because of these studio executives, producers and other circus clowns at Warner Bros like John Peters, that Marvel beat them to it.
As a kid, I loved Superman 3. I was too young to know who Pryor was, but I thought he was funny. I loved the scene where he skied down the skyscraper, and onto the street. Computers were new, and having Pryor find a loophole to skim enough $$$$ to buy a Ferrari was entertaining.
Ha, I was right. I knew even back when I was a kid, that crazy people produced this movie. I was about 13 at the time, and was a Richard Pryor fan. However, I HATED this idea. HATED IT. All of my friends felt the same. Pryor was very popular back then, but nobody wanted this film. It was stupid. This shit movie, and others like it, were the reason this genre was never taken seriously. It wasn't until X-Men and Batman Begins, that these movies became great and built a huge following.
This movie would of been better if braniac was made the villain and went to lex Luther to blackmail Richard Pryor to poisoning superman and Lex Luther uses General Zods body to make Bizarro so Superman still fights himself but kinda not
You know, if they had just let Richard Pryor GO, they might have had something great. It MIGHT have worked. But he was muzzled - partly because he was trying to change his image after his freebasing accident - and the limited budget didn't help. Nor did the Salkinds throwing Margot Kidder out the door due to her continued support of Richard Donner. Who would have been better than THIS crap. Richard Lester tried to make Superman a comedy - normally his strong suit - and it doesn't work. It didn't work when the George Reeves series tried it (the Martian and that f*cking burro - really, guys?), and it certainly doesn't work here. The Clark vs Superman fight was fantastic, though. And Robert Vaughn actually makes a good villain if you interpret it more as a proto-post Crisis Luthor. Like Luthor became for a while in the comics, he is definitely a psychopath here, one convinced he deserves everything he goes after no matter what he has to do (or rather what his minions have to do) to get it. Everyone else is pretty much wasted. "I asked you to kill Superman, and you couldn't even do that one simple thing." THAT is cold, and, as always, Robert Vaughn sells it. He, really, is the bright spot of this otherwise wasted opportunity - the first and only time Superman had a truly vicious enemy in the Reeve series other than General Zod.
For anybody curious, I can recommend the fan-edit "Superman Redeemed", if you can find it. It is a combination of Superman III and Superman IV. It's not a miracle but it's a decent watch that try to keep the best of both movies! (but there's also a scene from Superman II, and it's kind smart in how it helped move the plot forward).
It was more sitcom-like than a real movie, it also was a bit more a kid-movie for much of it (save for the super-computer and cyborg). I actually think that the actors (particularly Christopher Reeve and Robert Vaughn) made the most of it, and Richard Pryor did a good job in keeping it comedic and campy, hence why I think it's more a 'sitcom/kid's movie' hybrid film than a true Superman film. The first and second ones were truly far less comedic and while suitable for kids, were not true kids movie in the sense.
I'm not a huge fan of the movie, but it does have one of my all-time favorite lines:
"I ask you to kill Superman, and you're telling me you couldn't even do that one, simple thing."
Memorable line.
'you know how their always trying to find that secret recipe for chicken and nobody seems to know what it is...well....
I fully agree with that assessment.
I saw this in the movie in the theater. I was 7 years old. I walked out feeling so pumped! Although I was a little freaked out when Vera fell into the computer. I did think the best scene by far was the bad superman fighting Clark Kent. That was, as the kids say today, "Fire!"
Vera was nightmare fuel for sure. I love that Chris still gave his all no matter what.
Yes, Chris Reeve was the only actor who was truly Superman. No other actor has ever come close!
Yes the bad superman fighting Clark in the junkyard was always one of my favorite scenes of any superman movie, it was bad ass, YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO FLY KENT, HERE'S YOUR CHANCE!!
Me as a kid in the 80s: Yay, a new Superman movie!
Me in 2021: Maybe today is the day I finally stop thinking about that woman getting turned into a robot.
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@@TheElectricMayhem, I just saw this today...so the cycle continues.
Yes, Lord willing and good luck.
I actually faced my fears and rewatched that scene it's not that bad actually and is over quite quickly including the destruction of the supercomputer and a soul handshake from Richard Pryor.
Say what you want. I LOVE this film!! It’s the best Richard Pryor movie guest starring Superman. Annette O’Toole was much more fun and more attractive than Margot Kidder!!! In my opinion.
Plus, it was just fun. So 80s.
As bad as it was I must say it runs rings around Superman 4
@@silvervalleystudios2486 its not bad!
My fave Superman movie was Part 3. Imagine a Superman movie where Superman was an extra. A kid movie that promoted alcohol, cigarette, KFC and Computer hacking.
It has its moments
Yeah, it's just the first two are better.
Say what you will about the movie, that scene where the supercomputer turned her into a cyborg scared the ish out of me as a kid. It was right up there with the Howling, American Werewolf in London, and that scene from Zombies when that lady's eye got pulled in that shattered door splinter. Sure she looked like a cross between Dr Detroit and Dr Doom but the transformation process was well done. It stills holds up today as a pretty gnarly WTF-moment.
For a long time I had no clue what movie this scene was actually in. I just knew it scared the shit out of me and also kind of fascinated for the computer aspect, since cyborgs where somewhat news to me. XD
I think this scene has haunted the dreams of many a child back in the day. Yes, me included.
Same here. Thats was a rough one. Also My first memory is being about to turn 3 and seeing raiders of the lost ark in the theatre, and that face melt. Gave me nightmares for years.
@@Badspinache That reminds me of when I saw the original grimlins in the theater. I think I was three or maybe four. Gave me nightmares for quite some time.
yeah, I think it's the sound effects that made the cyborg scene so scary, the way her screaming becomes muffled then just stops really sells it, I haven't watched it for years but I still remember vera's screaming being silenced just from this short clip without audio.
Evil Superman SCARED THE SHIT OUT OF ME as a little kid when he angrily taunts Clark Kent.
Outstanding performance from Christopher Reeve.
As a kid that didn’t see many horror films the computer assimilating the lady was an early WTF moment. My little brother got up in the theater and had to sit on my mom’s lap 😆
It was both frightening and interesting at the same time. Remember computers and robots were rare in the early 80s.
As a kid my reaction was: Wooah! That sure was scary for her and hurt a lot. But hmmm could it really be done to a live person? What parts do I need to buy? Are they available in the electronic store? Does this mean I have to learn how to solder? What if mom cleans my room and finds my experiment? LOL
That was the first movie scene I ever saw that scared me. I just imagined a ton of metal tubes being shoved forcefully down your throat into your stomach and it gave me nightmares as a kid.
@@chaospoet yeah, got me too, I think it was her screams being muffled that really made it horrific. There's many other similar comments saying: "OMG cyborg was nightmare fuel!" lol
I used to watch this film a lot growing up so I have a soft spot for it. I would gladly rewatch it over Superman Returns.
Superman Returns is boooorrring.
Agreed!!!!
@@chasehedges6775 I actually can’t sit and watch it all the way through… it’s soo dull
Returns is WAY BETTER than this trash.
I loved that movie as a kid but even then I could see it’s flaws. There was a great Mad Magazine send up at the time that absolutely skewered it. My favorite line was when Bad Superman goes on a picnic with Lana and she rebuffs his advances. She says “I thought you were different from all the other horny guys in this town!” His reply is “I AM! I’m SUPER horny!”
This was the first Superman movie I saw as a kid 🦸♂️. I actually like the super computer sequence, the Evil Superman vs Clark fight, Superman putting out the fire at the nuclear Factory, and Clark's budding romance with Lana Lang. Richard Pryor's character was amusing but grating at times.
I don’t care what anyone says, I really love this movie!
Richard Pryor skiis off a building and it's wonderful.
This is the best one out the series
Me too.
Actually,this movie is not so bad and still have some plots,but everyone at that time expect to be better than Superman 2.
Me too, u always wanted to fly Kent, here's your chance
Born in 83, I saw this on vhs likr being 4-5 years old.. Anyway, the scene with computer woman gave me nightmares a long time, and I saw movies like Alien and Predator at same age. But it was that scene in Superman3, and the "ghost kid" in the movie Three men and a baby that stood out as most horrific.
I had no idea Supes 3 was coming out in 83.I remember being 12 and freaking out when I saw a tv commercial!.One of the cool things of the 80’s were movies just appearing without you knowing
Yeah, seeing the coming soon posters outside the cinema was usually my first inkling a movie existed.
Yeah the age before mass media and movie trailers was kind of cool. While I like the hype of learning about a movie like the new matrix movie 5 months before it releases there is something special about walking by a theater and seeing a poster for a movie you never knew existed but want to watch.
That Junkyard fight scene between Clark and Superman remain the best scene.
Also, Richard Pryor is a funny man.😆😂
The wheat field rescue scene is superbly shot and edited. It clearly was made for a completely different movie.
Only thing I don't like about it is the look of disapproval he gives the combine driver, like he's supposed to know some random kid out in the middle of nowhere has fallen and knocked himself unconscious.
Wow! So many people dislike Superman 3? I loved it! Superman vs Superman was pure comic book gold! Plus toss in a creepy robot and Richard Pryor say no more!
I liked the way Christopher Reeves portrayed the bad Superman.
I found Superman III difficult to dislike even though it is flawed. III features a very good Christopher Reeve performance ! Richard Pryor was fine. Richard Donner returned to The Omen III, as a producer, and should have been hired to save Superman.
PFfft. It was crap like Superman III that kept the entire genre from being popular. Hero movies were a joke back then and nobody respected the material. Everything was trash like this and Adam West's Batman. The movies didn't take off until finally someone took the material seriously with X-Men and Batman Begins.
The idea that we missed out on Braniac will hurt my soul for the rest of my life.
This was the first movie I saw in the franchise. Even though I know it’s pretty bad, it’ll always have a special place in my heart.
this was one of my favorite superman movies as a kid in the 80´s, mostly because of richard pryor and the scary robot woman scene
It was nice to see how important they made Clark Kent. Superman's strength isn't from the sun, but his innate character. Clark Kent makes Superman strong. Without Clark, everything goes to shit. The public would be best served by creators who understand that.
The Chris Reeve movies follow the silver age way of thinking when it comes to the character analysis of Superman. The real persona is Superman whereas Clark is the mild mannered disguise. Kinda like how he was described in Kill Bill. They didn't switch it around til the mid 80s comic reboot. It really is toe-may-toe/toe-mah-toe with who is the public persona as they're both good people inherently
I actually really enjoyed this flick as a kid. That scene of that woman getting strung up by the computer was one of the scariest things I had seen at that time. Evil Superman was dope.
For the broadcast television edition, the 'traditional' style was used for opening credits.
Of the Superman/Supergirl films during the 1978-1987 era, this may be the entry that _least_ resembles the DC source material, even if the film as a whole is not the worst.
My favourite line in the film. I'm so rich I never have to wear the same pair of socks twice
As a kid I loved the good v evil Superman fight, it's still a fun scene, not to mention that cyborg scene!
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I loved this movie as a kid, and it still holds a special place in my heart. Plus, Pamela Stephenson was smoking hot.
I’ll give the film this: The blonde girl was hot. I loved the scene with her and Superman on the Statue of Liberty.
Yes yes yes
Pamela Stephenson; a bit shameful that her acting career stalled afterwards 😕
This movie have Superman, computers, Pamela Stephenson and her big COCOnuts. As a kid in the 80s I didn't complain. I love 'em COCOnuts. He he he.
I remember renting it when it came out. During the opening we had to turn it off and check the tape to see if we had rented the right film.
When that woman becomes a cyborg really freaked me out. Stayed with me a long time.
Yeah, me too eventually she gets returned back to normal but it's DEFINITELY was and still is a hard watch.
Robert Vaughn, the villain of Superman 3, played Napoleon Solo in "The Man From U.N.C.L.E" show. Henry Cavill, Superman of the DCEU, would also play Napoleon Solo in the "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." movie
Good connect!
@@james-russellgause4735 thank you
A very underrated movie and one of the better Superman movies. Essentially, Superman’s villains are Lex Luther, Mxyzptlk and Brainiac reimagined. Robert Vaughn was a great villain - a laid back and almost likable version of Lex Luther contrasting nicely with Gene Hackman’s hammy bully. Richard Pryor was great as essentially Mxyzptlk as an every-man with near magical abilities with computer science - and his being the creator of Brainiac is actually more logical than the villain’s origins in the comics. The computer monster was actually one of the best Supes villains in any film. The comedy and light tone make this basically the polar opposite of Man of Steel while being less dumb and more entertaining. This movie deserves better than its reviews and a future Superman movie could do a lot worse than to use Superman III as a template over the dark, overly serious, humorless downer Snyder-verse monstrosities.
Another story i heard is Margot kidder was starting to get heavy into her drug use and it was too hard to hide on screen so, they reduced her role
As a small child who didn't give a flying funk about tedious things like plots, this was my favorite and most fun superman.
I don’t care, I loved Robert Vaughn in this movie.
The junkyard fight with superman fighting his Clark side is the most memorable part of the movie.
I wish they would’ve taken the Evil Superman plot line a bit further. That was by far the greatest part of the movie. The Richard Pryor bit aged like stale milk.
Superman. Superman 3 and Man of Steel are my favourite Superman movies.
This movie should've just focused on the Smallville storyline and Superman v Clark Kent .
Time is proving it the best of the series. It was the most innovative of the series. The opening scene was brilliant.
Nope is still bad,the opening scene was WTF time after time
Showing how Kal El travel to earth in the opening credits had been done. So changing the opening credits for the third film was a smart move
It's amazing how great Reeves looked in that hokey costume. He carried the role well. Nobody can match his charisma.
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Superman 3 happens to be my favorite, yes it has some issues with continuity. Overall I like the story and Richard Pryor is just so funny. I agree it is more of a spin-off than a 3rd chapter.
This is the Superman movie 🎥 where the title character, despite Reeve getting top billing, seems like a supporting player in his own movie. The subplot where Superman goes bad and fights himself, should have been expanded and made a larger part of the movie. As it would have been more interesting.
Superman 3 was a Richard Pryor movie.
I fucking love Superman 3.
Superman III is still my favorite of the original 4
I felt so bad for the leaning tower of Pisa souvenir dude, he got screwed over twice, by bad superman making the tower straight then at the end by good superman making it lean again and he did nothing wrong, like wtf superman, he just smiles and waves at the guy whos business he ruined, twice!
I love "Superman 3", always have. It may not be the best film in the series but IMO it has the best scenes: Superman vs Clark junkyard fight is the single greatest scene in the franchise. Sister becoming a robot is the scariest scene in the franchise. Drunk Superman is the funniest scene in the franchise.
Also Reeves was built like a brick shithouse in this film. Never looked better.
Saw it on TV in 86. The word, "Huh?", still defines it for me.
The scene where Superman stops the chemical plant fire by dropping part of a frozen lake on it was very well done and truly belongs as part of the Superman films of this era, even if a lot of the rest of the film does not.
Watched Superman 3 recently and was pretty entertained. The movie has action, comedy and camp that goes with the territory when dealing specifically with Superman. Moreover, film deals with the themes that are actually quite relatable in the present times: globalism and media manipulation via computers. Robert Vaughn is great as Ross Webster, a forerunner to modern day's Larry Fink. Yeah, Richard Pryor is a bit over the top at times, but I honestly didn't mind him. Chris Reeve, though, is fantastic throughout! The convincingness with which he portrays contrasting Supermen is out of this world. An awesome actor giving his all in an ungrateful role of an early cinematic superhero. Highly recommended!
Evil Superman was not evil, he was just a Super jerk.
Ilya Salkind swearing that "this is a kid's movie" sounds EXACTLY like Lucas with The Phantom Menace. Hey! Let's round up a few Kryptonians and Jedis, then have them do battle against The Ego-Driven Reality Distortion Bubble!
Reeve absolutely dyed his hair for this film. In the picnic scene, his growing brown roots couldn’t be more obvious.
Jimmy Olsen never went to Smallville after he broke his leg.
Lana and Brad weren’t dating in this movie. He was pursuing her and she was avoiding him.
Lana was not Clark’s high school sweetheart. They never dated.
I have to wonder if you watched the movie before making this video.
Superman III is one of my favorite guilty pleasure films!
I actually prefer this one over the second film.
Definitely prefer it to the 4th.
Over the years, the second film feels more and more like the mashup production it is.
I don’t hate it at all, I love stuff in it- but it doesn’t have enough to bring me back again and again.
(Outside of watching Zod clips)
The 3rd is at least more concise with what it’s doing.
It’s got an interesting concept with Superman being a jerk.
Chris Reeve is obviously having a lot of fun.
It’s actually my favorite performance of his in the series. He feels comfortable in the roles, he gets to play Superman and Clark in a variety of ways.
I like his scenes with Annette O’Toole in Smallville.
I like Richard Pryor, even when it’s not his A material.
His inclusion is so cynical and insane, but it somehow works for me.
Anything bad in the movie is at least weird and funny.
I’m not saying it’s under-appreciated, exactly.
But I do think it’s more interesting and entertaining than it’s given credit for.
For better or for worse.
Really? The second film was perfect imo. Honestly nobody would know that it was shot by 2 different ppl unless you did research. Richard lester handles the dramatic scenes well. The action is well shot. Its like the justice league superman mustache BS. If nobody ever said anything, ppl wouldnt have noticed. Also i feel superman 2 is the best out of them all
The opening sequence is basically a Benny Hill sketch. And the man getting the bucket dropped on his head at 13:08 is Bob Todd from the Benny Hill Show.
Bad Superman having a darker costume is just brilliant stuff! /s
This movie was waaayy ahead of it's time.
Donner's cut of Superman 2 and this one are my faves.
For me being a kid and born in 79, I must have watched it when I was about 7 years old for the first time and the scene where Kent fights evil superman blew me away, too the point where I had this down as my favourite Superman move. Now as an adult I have rewatched all the Superman films many times since and I can now see why critics panned this film as it set away from the first 2 and is more of a comedy but still enjoy watching it.👍
I kind of agree that his relationship with Lois had run its course but more broadly, his romantic relationship with “mortal” women had done so.
That’s what happened in II.
So, having him move from one mortal woman to another, makes no sense.
It’s kind of like having Superman Returns pick up where Superman II left off.
Sure, it makes fantastic thematic sense but II ended with Superman saying he’d never leave “us”, again. But in Returns he returned after being gone for about 5 years.
I did not know anyone who did not enjoy this movie as a kid when it originally came out!
It's not a great movie and probably doesn't resonate with many others, but this movie has a major soft spot in my heart. Not to pull a card, but I'm gonna pull a card and seeing Pryor as a "computer whiz" was inspirational for me, as a kid who was just starting his (LONG) videogame development career. Also, all of the "bad Superman" scenes are GOLD. The bar fight, his "saving the damsel" on top of the Statue of Liberty, comedy gold. LOL. It's not a great movie, but I still love it (mostly).
This was the first Superman movie I ever saw(when I was 9 years old), and I remember wondering later why all the critics were giving it bad reviews, because I can tell you that I was certainly in no way disappointed by it myself! In fact, it was the most thrilling movie experience I ever had until seeing "Return of the Jedi" a few weeks later.
Perhaps it isn't quite as good(or as important to the series) as the first two movies, but so what? It still gets the job done, and I would take it over any of today's "Man of Steel" movies any day of the week!
I loved it as a child, I loved them all only to realise as I got older that none of the movies matched the first! But 3 and 4 are definitely fun to watch, they are entertaining!
As a kid I never understood why there was a picture of young Christopher reeve (Clarke Kent) hanging in the school at the reunion when we had seen a teenage Kent in the first movie! Always annoyed me for some reason 😏🥴
No disrespect to Reeve but kinda glad Supermán Returns exists and can be considered the real Superman 3
Superman 3 better then Superman Return.
I saw the movie when it came out the summer before I went into high school. I have never seen it again since. In comic books or on television episodes, you can have one issue or episode that is a change-of-pace. With blockbuster tentpole movies, that's not really an option.
This one has its moments, especially with evil Supes and Chris as always was top notch overall. Quest for Peace, however, was a Mt. Everest-sized pile of steaming 🐎💩
👍👍💯💯💯💯
Only thing I remember of this film is Pryor saying something like "Superman and I go way back" Then acts like he's going to fly, and changes his mind.
14:35 "Reeves really has the body language of flight nailed down" - this cracks me up, lol
*Reeve
Frank Langella was a solid Perry White. He even declares "Great Caesar's Ghost" when Superman catches the Daily Planet globe.
Superman 3 had a special place in my heart. A Superman movie where Richard Pryor was the lead actor and Superman was extra.
The poster advert was in the theater when Return Of The Jedi Came out . I was 13 and i remember thinking , Richard Pryor ?
Christopher Reeve I think said it best in
his memoir, "Still Me." He called the film
"a misconception at best...and the less
said about Superman IV the better"
This one was my favourite as a kid. I just watched it again at the weekend and it’s still my favourite. The only thing I wasn’t really into was the super computer at the end. I think something like the Zodiac fight from superman 2 would have been better and made superman 3 pretty much perfect as an overall story.
IMHO Superman 3 is an awesome movie. The concept of evil Superman was just too good and took everyone by surprise at the theaters.
Hmmmmm? Looking back at Superman III they should’ve brought in Bizzaro as a villain and Toyman. Brainiac would’ve been good as a main villain too. I would’ve saved Mr Mxyzlptk for part 4.
14:09 my name is Jiovanni Giorgo, but my friends call me, Giorgio
Bad Movie, but I liked the Evil-Superman-Stuff a lot ... Reeves was pretty good as a Villain
this movie scared the crap out of me as a we child
Vera as a robot was the source of many chilhood nightmares next to Large Marge and also later on would be joined by 'I'm not tommy' from Rugrats and Black Licorice.
Gorgio Mordor hahahahahaha, I've not laughed out loud so much for ages, I keep playing the same bit over and over, it's a natural (unintended) mood uplifter, thanks so much!
Precious! Run, you fools!
That frozen lake would have more than likely crashed everybody. The evil Superman completely neglected all personal hygiene.
Pamela Stephenson is actually a doctor now.
And Billy Connolly's wife.
Pamela Stephenson's coconuts. Impressive he he he ; )
So Reeve kept this from being even goofier? Yikes. Has bad as the movie is it does have a campy fun to it. And some cool ideas. Fun watch but do not expect the magic of the first.
If I'm not mistaken, the "child's Idea" of Vera turned into a Robot in Superman III was later inspired by Star Trek writers including Gene Roddenberry which led to the "Next Generation" era, aka the Picard/SIsko/Janeway Era for the creation of the Borg that its mythology was then expanded upon, is that correct?
"Brainiac" would have been the ideal choice for "Superman 3". Unfortunately, all
they gave us was Richard Pryer. To be fair, although not near as strong as the 1st
two Superman films, "Superman 3" did have some strong moments. Notably, the
fire at the plant and, of coarse, the battle between Superman and Clark. Naturally,
the best thing of all was the screen being graced, once again, by the greatest
live-action Superman of all-time, Christopher Reeve.
The sad thing is, because of horrible decisions the DC universe with Christopher Reeve, Michael Keaton and Linda Carter should have happened. It's because of these studio executives, producers and other circus clowns at Warner Bros like John Peters, that Marvel beat them to it.
Reeves showcased some really good acting in this movie. The movie wasn't as good as one or two, but it had its moments.
I always loved this when I was a kid. Even now I consider it better than Superman 2.
Yup, I guess mostly everyone were coked up while getting involved in this movie's production.
It was a great movie for kids, I watched it when I was around 11, and it was great
That cyborg scene gave me nightmares as a kid, and it still creeps me out to this day 😳
As a kid, I loved Superman 3. I was too young to know who Pryor was, but I thought he was funny. I loved the scene where he skied down the skyscraper, and onto the street. Computers were new, and having Pryor find a loophole to skim enough $$$$ to buy a Ferrari was entertaining.
Ha, I was right. I knew even back when I was a kid, that crazy people produced this movie. I was about 13 at the time, and was a Richard Pryor fan. However, I HATED this idea. HATED IT. All of my friends felt the same. Pryor was very popular back then, but nobody wanted this film. It was stupid. This shit movie, and others like it, were the reason this genre was never taken seriously. It wasn't until X-Men and Batman Begins, that these movies became great and built a huge following.
This movie would of been better if braniac was made the villain and went to lex Luther to blackmail Richard Pryor to poisoning superman and Lex Luther uses General Zods body to make Bizarro so Superman still fights himself but kinda not
You know, if they had just let Richard Pryor GO, they might have had something great. It MIGHT have worked. But he was muzzled - partly because he was trying to change his image after his freebasing accident - and the limited budget didn't help.
Nor did the Salkinds throwing Margot Kidder out the door due to her continued support of Richard Donner. Who would have been better than THIS crap. Richard Lester tried to make Superman a comedy - normally his strong suit - and it doesn't work. It didn't work when the George Reeves series tried it (the Martian and that f*cking burro - really, guys?), and it certainly doesn't work here.
The Clark vs Superman fight was fantastic, though. And Robert Vaughn actually makes a good villain if you interpret it more as a proto-post Crisis Luthor. Like Luthor became for a while in the comics, he is definitely a psychopath here, one convinced he deserves everything he goes after no matter what he has to do (or rather what his minions have to do) to get it. Everyone else is pretty much wasted.
"I asked you to kill Superman, and you couldn't even do that one simple thing." THAT is cold, and, as always, Robert Vaughn sells it. He, really, is the bright spot of this otherwise wasted opportunity - the first and only time Superman had a truly vicious enemy in the Reeve series other than General Zod.
For anybody curious, I can recommend the fan-edit "Superman Redeemed", if you can find it. It is a combination of Superman III and Superman IV. It's not a miracle but it's a decent watch that try to keep the best of both movies! (but there's also a scene from Superman II, and it's kind smart in how it helped move the plot forward).
I agree. Its easy to find and its easily the best version of Superman 3 available
As campy and silly as this movie was the scene with Vera being robotocized scared the crap out of me. I was 6 at the time, but still.
It was more sitcom-like than a real movie, it also was a bit more a kid-movie for much of it (save for the super-computer and cyborg).
I actually think that the actors (particularly Christopher Reeve and Robert Vaughn) made the most of it, and Richard Pryor did a good job in keeping it comedic and campy, hence why I think it's more a 'sitcom/kid's movie' hybrid film than a true Superman film. The first and second ones were truly far less comedic and while suitable for kids, were not true kids movie in the sense.