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There actually is lost footage of the first "Nuclear Man" fighting Superman who was very Bizzaro-like. But he ended up being so goofy that they cut out all his scenes. When the new body builder Nuclear Man appeared, he was the second version.
About the highly scientific creation of Nuclear Man: They didn't just put the box in the rocket: they BOLTED it onto the outside. Big 'ol box just sticking out of the body of the rocket and nobody said nuthin'. Wow. What I remember is the day this movie premiered, my sister brought my future brother-in-law into this country and I thought it would be cool to take them to the Big American Movie that was sure to be a hit. He was polite about it when it was over, but I slinked out of there incredibly embarrassed. Thanks a lot, Warners.
I adored Supes as a kid, and I was 13 or 14 when this came out. I didn't see it at the cinema, so I had to wait until it was on TV. Even back then as a kid, I thought this was a terrible film, full of so many holes!! I get there is some suspension of disbelief in any superhero film, but you really do believe a man can fly in the first two films as it's done so well. The worst part for me is when nuclear man kidnaps "the woman" and takes her into space, and she looks down at the earth, in the middle of space, but she's absolutely fine!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
DC has this huge rogue's gallery for Superman and Batman and they just recycle, Lex and Zod for Supes and Joker, Penguin, Catwoman, Riddler for Batman in the movies.
Honestly 2 things. 1) they already used an “evil” Superman in number 3. He already fought himself before so they didn’t want to repeat that. 2) in deleted scenes the first version of Nuclear man looked like Bizzaro and even spoke in a strange backwards manner. 3) the best thing this movie actually introduced was a genius Lex, no longer a real estate obsessed man (that always seemed silly) and secondly it gave us another super powered rival which wasn’t a Kryptonian so he has a different power set. Cheesy movie absolutely but the pseudoscience was the least problematic part for me 🤷🏾♂️
I've never understood why people thought real estate was silly. Lex's application of his genius to commit crime was always so basic and childish in the comics. He'd build an invincibility suit to steal jewels or rob a bank. At least the crime is a little more complicated and based in realism in the movie. He's still a genius as his plan to cause an earthquake in California still involved knowledge of physics and plate tectonics. It's just instead of "give me a million dollars or I'll cause an earthquake in California" it's a scam that involves increasing land value, which still ends up with the same result of monetary gain.
Once again, this movie hurt my head to no end. 😀 His hair would contain his DNA, but who knows what that goop was that Lex put in there. Odds are, that whole box would have just disintegrated when it got near the sun. 😄
Who ever said his hair was completely invulnerable? It's just strong enough to hold 1000 pounds and he cut it with bolt cutters. Bolt cutters could easily cut through any kind of wire strong enough to hold 1000 pounds or way more than that.
That's a fair point. It's sort of a nit-picky comic book thing... in the comics he traditionally has needed to use his own heat vision to cut his own hair or shave.
This movie is the only time I really. .....question Reeve's integrity. He was very open with how he felt about Brando. Now Chris never mailed it in forcant Superman movie. But it was clear he didn't want to do this. What made him so great in the first two is sorely missing here ( Superman 3 was always a Richard Pryor vehicle, and Reeve got lost in the shuffle). Just the way Superman would stand in this movie was so off from the first two films. And let's not even talk about the whole " Don't do it, the people" line in downtown ( lol) Metropolis. Chris was very focused on how he portrayed Superman. And how Superman would act, or do. Something so small as how Superman would just stand or pose, his facial expressions. And Chris was also meticulous in his Clark Kent. Where in this movie Clark is just comic relief and fodder for the b story with Lacy, which thank God got cut. Even Superman 3, for all ira faults, you can see Reeve having fun. And there are great moments in there amidst the Gus Gorman garbage. This movie came out only 9 yrs after Superman 1. Reeve was only 36 at this point. Superman in this movie looked old. They stopped dyeing his hair jet black. Margo looks horrible. Why is Marc McClure even in this movie? Jimmy looks in his mid 30s. There was little of the great chemistry between Kidder and Reeve, even Reeve and Hackman looked forced. I think Reeve was probably done with Lester's vision, and at one point maybe Donner was rumored to return. But even Donner couldn't fix this. Although it would of been 100 times better. 3 really slowed the momentum and Reeve at this point wanted to do other things. He mainly did this to get Street Smart put out. And Reeve for a great actor he was, he didn't have the best way to tell a story. Mankiewicz told Reeve not to do the nuclear story line. In the end I think Chris had good intentions. I think at first he felt with so many pieces returning and the goofyness of Lester gone this could be something. But as soon as filming started he knew it was a dud. So bad that he actually considered doing a part 5. So it didn't end this way.
The sad fact is that by this point, the Superman movie rights were adrift in a sea of incompetence... certainly Reeve was swayed by the money and promises made, but I don't fault him for it. I think he really tried, but looking back this movie was doomed to fail no matter what happened. I mean, even after WB got rights back a few years later they STILL couldn't get it together.
I agree that Reeve seems a bit checked out in this film. He has some nice moments but looks bored most of the time. Similar to how Connery got bored in his later Bond films.
Speaking of the "don't do it" line, it seemed like Superman IV was rehashing too much from the previous movies. So much of the movie felt like callbacks. Revealing he's Superman to Lois and flying around with her, rehashing the memory kiss, Superman losing his powers and using the green crystal to get them back, etc.
They could have just used A Bizzaro Superman. Lois and Clark did a great episode. Even the animated series did several good episodes. Bizzaro looks like Superman. He's Lex Luthor's 'son' - a geneticist was given a Lock of Superman's hair that Superman had given to charity. They didn't do the white makeup thing. I don't remember if they used the Bizzaro name but the clone doesn't act properly. The ending was rather sad. I take it for granted that Superman would use his heat vision to cut his hair. Maybe Martha helped him? (don't try this at home?) . Oh, and instead of throwing in a nuclear reactor (and who left the door open on the reactor, this time?) fight him all the way to the outer solar system. I'd pay a lot to have a kryptonite Scissors for my sewing room, unless we were under the rules of the 'Smallville' universe, then, I don't want that rock any where near me.
I just never liked this version of Lex in any of the movies. Gene Hackman is great, I just never liked how he just automatically knows things. I always got used car salesman vibes instead of super villain. Nuclear Man was just lame. Radioactive Man is a MUCH better character.
I watched this back as a kid, and, yeah, I loved this movie, and I had chocked up to some of it not making sense to me just being young. Thanks for itching this old scratch, I have closure.
I actually thought when I was watching Superman IV for the first time in the movie theater that Nuclear Man's outfit was bearing the sides. This is because, like you said, the orange bits look a lot like skin color. I was thinking 'is this proper for a Superman movie'?
As someone who learned about the superman mythos from smallville. (and let me tell you smallville could sometimes get really silly) I can't help but feel like they could've done all kinds of other cool stuff for this movie but went with the dumbest one instead. Superman IV makes for a great drunk viewing but not for a good sober one.
If I may play devil’s advocate for a moment because it’s been brought up in some of the more recent superhero movies. Is it possible the reason this WASN’T Bizzarro(and I have no idea) is that they didn’t have the rights to that character? It seems odd to not get full rights to all DC characters, but I know that’s been an issue with some Marvel stuff.
Someone else postulated that in the comments but I don't think that's the case. They were going to do Bizarro with Chris playing both roles, but according to documentary clips I've watched they abandoned that idea primarily due to budgetary concerns, coupled with the fact that Reeve had already battled himself in Superman III.
OBJECTION like actual wire, Superman's hair could have a much higher 'pull' strength than point durability (i don't know the actual engineering terms but hopefully that's understandable). I work at a dock and the steel wires holding down cargo can pull tons as well, but we cut them with ordinary bolt cutters too.
The point is that the hair is supposed to be as invulnerable to harm as Superman is. Even the cloth blanket he was swaddled in was completely impervious to harm and couldn't be cut.
It was, but Christopher Reeve also wanted to keep the theme focused on the threat of nuclear power, so the character was called 'Nuclear Man'. There's actually a deleted scene of Lex creating the 1st version of Nuclear Man which more closely resembles Bizzaro. It was ultimately cut from the movie but you can still find it on RUclips.
That part always got to be how could they cut his hair if his hair indestructible the only way Superman himself could cut it is when he used his heat vision this happens when the producers and writers don't know about the characters their filming about 😂
It was just the shade? I always thought Luthor’s ring did something. Granted that doesn’t make any more sense, but I always thought there was some kind of technology in the ring.
Please explain to me, if you know, why Gene Hackman even did this movie. I looked it up, and all I could find was that he was "under contract." Well, that can mean anything. He was under contract from what point?
I’m sure money played a big part. But all of them were hoodwinked by Cannon into believing the film would be recapturing the magic of the first film… and then they slashed the budget in half right before filming began.
7:55 " And then, idk some other stuff happens, and the movie ends"😂 * That pretty much summons up how I feel about this film. Competely forgettable. To Chris, reeves credit....he did the best he could with what was presented to him at the time, lol. In comparison to part 3? Superman 4 is the equivalent to Dean Caine's portrayal as Superman. PURE GARBAGE 🗑
I think the bolt cutters hair strand issue is overthinking things for a film like this. But if we must process it here it goes. Does Clark / Superman not get haircuts? I mean there are other things that can hold or support weight but they can also be cracked, broken or destroyed. Think of shipping pallets or fishing nets for example. I think it's nothing more than this.
Here's a history lesson. In the Silver Age, his hair stopped growing under a yellow sun. He couldn't grow a beard. In 1986, this was changed. He can grow a beard, but has to use bent scrap metal and burn it off with a weak beam of heat vision. Later, he used the metal from his ship as the scrap metal would melt quickly. The hair on his head could burn off under intense heat. When he died, he had almost no solar energy in his body. While dead, his hair grew and he had a mullet. When his powers came back, he had long hair until he lost his powers following "The Final Night" and they didn't return right away. On the day of his wedding, he got a haircut in the morning.
Superman has a Bad Rogue's Gallery that doesn't Translate well to film, Toyman, The Prankster, Tera Man, Mister Mxyzptlk, Composite Superman, Superboy-Prime, Just to name a few. Bizarro is one of Superman's Worst Villains. He's a Character that even DC never took Seriously. They eventually even Created a Square Planet as a Home for him. He's a Laughable Antagonist for Superman at best, And he's never Translated Well to other Media, Especially with his weird Reverse Language where he says he hates something whenever he likes It. It's just Cringe and Juvenile. This Characters would be Laughed Off the Screen in a Movie.
There are scenes from an earlier version of the film. They exist right here on this site. Lex creates Bizarro with ordinary radiation before realizing he needs an alternate power source. The scenes are pure slapstick, more so than anything in even the previous films. Believe it or not. Bizarro is short, overweight, and has what looks like a bad wig. I don't know if the hair was intentional or just a result of the situation. He arrives practically naked and must flap his arms like a human chicken to fly. For his confrontation with Superman Bizarro wears a flashy 80's suit jacket. There's no doubt why they were forced to cut this material in whole. There is one redeeming scene that I wish could have been reworked. Bizarro met a "shocking" demise and Lex thinks out loud while receiving a manicure. The Manicurist does not speak, but Lex seems to bounce ideas off of her until he successfully formulates the next phase of his plan, specifically the creation of Nuclear Man. The scene of Bizarro arriving, "au natural", explains the later emphasis on providing Nuclear Man with a properly fitting suit. Lessons learned, I guess. Sadly, the absence of the Bizarro birth removes the setup for the Nuclear Man costume gag which was inexplicably left intact. This is basic comedy 101. Also, what is the story behind the very specific vendetta against Venice Beach bodybuilders? Just kidding, stay super, my friends.
Well, just my opinion and I’m just another human but I think there’s a good idea in there somewhere but it does *not* come together. I think Alex Ross’s Peace On Earth kind of does what Chris was sort of wanting to do with this movie.
Trying to make sense out of Superman IV?😂 Mission Impossible there. I actually liked this movie as a kid but watching it again after 25+ years later…it’s just a mish mosh of stuff that makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. No wonder why Christopher Reeve thought this one hurt his career.
At first I was like this is lame, they did a number of vids on what's wrong with Superman 4. But after checking out the rest of your vids I see you guys crack on every Superman film and then some. 👍👍 Superman 4 had its issues cuz Cannon Group cut the budget, FX, script, and reused old footage from the earlier films. Whish is a shame cuz this was Reeve's passion project, and story, and Cannon ruin it to the point Reeve came to hate it. Also they couldn't get the rights to use Bizarro, which is a good thing cuz they already kinda did a evil Superman in 3 (which was the only thing good about that one). But thankfully that didn't happened, cuz we got the beast that is Nuclear Man. Mark Pillow was perfect for the role, and say for the bad weakness, Nuclear Man is my all time favorite DC villain. His theme music, the birth scene, his look, powers, claws and that metallic roar is freakin awesome.
Yes, we are equal-opportunity nitpickers. 👍 I don't think it was an issue of rights with Bizarro, as I understand it they did consider it, but decided it would be too complicated (i.e., too expensive) to have Reeve play both characters, plus apparently Reeve wasn't too thrilled with the idea (I'm guessing because he'd already fought himself in Superman III).
@@prodigioussaps I figured Reeve wanted Nuclear Man because it fit thematically with the anti-nuclear weapon theme of the movie. Superman was removing nuclear weapons, and then ended up having to face off against Nuclear Man.
@@prodigioussaps I heard it was kinda both, they couldn't get the rights and it would have been to complicated (budget being cut big time). Bizarro would have been good, and in one of the cut scenes Lex did create a Bizarro like character in Nuclear Man 1 (Mark was the second). As for Reeve playing Bizarro, I thought Reeve was down for it? I do think they could have made it work, with Bizarro being different enough from Evil Superman. But yeah, It was already kinda done with 3 and could feel bit to much like a repeat type deal. But again, for me it was a good thing cuz we got my favorite DC villain in Mark's Nuclear Man instead.
🕴This was actually the 2nd Nuclear Man the first Nuclear Man was portrayed by Clive Mantle who looks more like (Bizarro) but it was cut from the movie! If you guys want to have a good laugh go and watch the deleted scenes with him most notably his nude birth LOL! 🦸🦹🦸🦹♀
Check out our FULL breakdowns:
* SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE
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* SUPERMAN II and the DONNER CUT
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* SUPERMAN III
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* SUPERMAN IV
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There actually is lost footage of the first "Nuclear Man" fighting Superman who was very Bizzaro-like. But he ended up being so goofy that they cut out all his scenes. When the new body builder Nuclear Man appeared, he was the second version.
About the highly scientific creation of Nuclear Man: They didn't just put the box in the rocket: they BOLTED it onto the outside. Big 'ol box just sticking out of the body of the rocket and nobody said nuthin'. Wow. What I remember is the day this movie premiered, my sister brought my future brother-in-law into this country and I thought it would be cool to take them to the Big American Movie that was sure to be a hit. He was polite about it when it was over, but I slinked out of there incredibly embarrassed. Thanks a lot, Warners.
I adored Supes as a kid, and I was 13 or 14 when this came out. I didn't see it at the cinema, so I had to wait until it was on TV. Even back then as a kid, I thought this was a terrible film, full of so many holes!! I get there is some suspension of disbelief in any superhero film, but you really do believe a man can fly in the first two films as it's done so well.
The worst part for me is when nuclear man kidnaps "the woman" and takes her into space, and she looks down at the earth, in the middle of space, but she's absolutely fine!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
The scene of Luthor stealing the hair is one of the funniest face-palm moments.
Apparently a pair of Garden Shears can Cut Superman's Hair.
@@ladygodeeva785 I mean, it's a single strand of hair. It's about as durable as a chain. I don't see much issue with it being cut with a bolt cutter.
DC has this huge rogue's gallery for Superman and Batman and they just recycle, Lex and Zod for Supes and Joker, Penguin, Catwoman, Riddler for Batman in the movies.
The people who make these Movies apparently don't read Comics.
Honestly 2 things. 1) they already used an “evil” Superman in number 3. He already fought himself before so they didn’t want to repeat that. 2) in deleted scenes the first version of Nuclear man looked like Bizzaro and even spoke in a strange backwards manner. 3) the best thing this movie actually introduced was a genius Lex, no longer a real estate obsessed man (that always seemed silly) and secondly it gave us another super powered rival which wasn’t a Kryptonian so he has a different power set.
Cheesy movie absolutely but the pseudoscience was the least problematic part for me 🤷🏾♂️
I've never understood why people thought real estate was silly. Lex's application of his genius to commit crime was always so basic and childish in the comics. He'd build an invincibility suit to steal jewels or rob a bank. At least the crime is a little more complicated and based in realism in the movie. He's still a genius as his plan to cause an earthquake in California still involved knowledge of physics and plate tectonics. It's just instead of "give me a million dollars or I'll cause an earthquake in California" it's a scam that involves increasing land value, which still ends up with the same result of monetary gain.
Once again, this movie hurt my head to no end. 😀
His hair would contain his DNA, but who knows what that goop was that Lex put in there.
Odds are, that whole box would have just disintegrated when it got near the sun. 😄
The outfit survived. Must be some good material.
None of Superman IV makes any sense! 😂
It's like a Fever Dream.
Lacy Warfield Breathing in Space ??
@@ladygodeeva785 🤣🤣
Who ever said his hair was completely invulnerable? It's just strong enough to hold 1000 pounds and he cut it with bolt cutters. Bolt cutters could easily cut through any kind of wire strong enough to hold 1000 pounds or way more than that.
That's a fair point. It's sort of a nit-picky comic book thing... in the comics he traditionally has needed to use his own heat vision to cut his own hair or shave.
I say his hair is indestructible.. I say it. That’s who.
This movie is the only time I really. .....question Reeve's integrity. He was very open with how he felt about Brando. Now Chris never mailed it in forcant Superman movie. But it was clear he didn't want to do this. What made him so great in the first two is sorely missing here ( Superman 3 was always a Richard Pryor vehicle, and Reeve got lost in the shuffle). Just the way Superman would stand in this movie was so off from the first two films. And let's not even talk about the whole " Don't do it, the people" line in downtown ( lol) Metropolis. Chris was very focused on how he portrayed Superman. And how Superman would act, or do. Something so small as how Superman would just stand or pose, his facial expressions. And Chris was also meticulous in his Clark Kent. Where in this movie Clark is just comic relief and fodder for the b story with Lacy, which thank God got cut. Even Superman 3, for all ira faults, you can see Reeve having fun. And there are great moments in there amidst the Gus Gorman garbage. This movie came out only 9 yrs after Superman 1. Reeve was only 36 at this point. Superman in this movie looked old. They stopped dyeing his hair jet black. Margo looks horrible. Why is Marc McClure even in this movie? Jimmy looks in his mid 30s. There was little of the great chemistry between Kidder and Reeve, even Reeve and Hackman looked forced. I think Reeve was probably done with Lester's vision, and at one point maybe Donner was rumored to return. But even Donner couldn't fix this. Although it would of been 100 times better. 3 really slowed the momentum and Reeve at this point wanted to do other things. He mainly did this to get Street Smart put out. And Reeve for a great actor he was, he didn't have the best way to tell a story. Mankiewicz told Reeve not to do the nuclear story line. In the end I think Chris had good intentions. I think at first he felt with so many pieces returning and the goofyness of Lester gone this could be something. But as soon as filming started he knew it was a dud. So bad that he actually considered doing a part 5. So it didn't end this way.
The sad fact is that by this point, the Superman movie rights were adrift in a sea of incompetence... certainly Reeve was swayed by the money and promises made, but I don't fault him for it. I think he really tried, but looking back this movie was doomed to fail no matter what happened.
I mean, even after WB got rights back a few years later they STILL couldn't get it together.
I agree that Reeve seems a bit checked out in this film. He has some nice moments but looks bored most of the time. Similar to how Connery got bored in his later Bond films.
Speaking of the "don't do it" line, it seemed like Superman IV was rehashing too much from the previous movies. So much of the movie felt like callbacks. Revealing he's Superman to Lois and flying around with her, rehashing the memory kiss, Superman losing his powers and using the green crystal to get them back, etc.
As a child I thought this scene was incredibly silly to put it mildly. 😂
They could have just used A Bizzaro Superman. Lois and Clark did a great episode. Even the animated series did several good episodes. Bizzaro looks like Superman. He's Lex Luthor's 'son' - a geneticist was given a Lock of Superman's hair that Superman had given to charity. They didn't do the white makeup thing. I don't remember if they used the Bizzaro name but the clone doesn't act properly. The ending was rather sad.
I take it for granted that Superman would use his heat vision to cut his hair. Maybe Martha helped him? (don't try this at home?) . Oh, and instead of throwing in a nuclear reactor (and who left the door open on the reactor, this time?) fight him all the way to the outer solar system.
I'd pay a lot to have a kryptonite Scissors for my sewing room, unless we were under the rules of the 'Smallville' universe, then, I don't want that rock any where near me.
The whole movie makes PERFECT sense! 😃
You forgot about how Nuclear man was in the daily planet... no sun...
How was Nuclear man not passing out without sunshine?
Yeah, good point! As the title says... none of it makes any sense.
I just never liked this version of Lex in any of the movies. Gene Hackman is great, I just never liked how he just automatically knows things. I always got used car salesman vibes instead of super villain. Nuclear Man was just lame. Radioactive Man is a MUCH better character.
I watched this back as a kid, and, yeah, I loved this movie, and I had chocked up to some of it not making sense to me just being young. Thanks for itching this old scratch, I have closure.
I actually thought when I was watching Superman IV for the first time in the movie theater that Nuclear Man's outfit was bearing the sides. This is because, like you said, the orange bits look a lot like skin color. I was thinking 'is this proper for a Superman movie'?
It's really weird, right? I can only imagine there must have been a lot of face-palming going on during post-production.
It was supposed to make sense?
As someone who learned about the superman mythos from smallville. (and let me tell you smallville could sometimes get really silly) I can't help but feel like they could've done all kinds of other cool stuff for this movie but went with the dumbest one instead. Superman IV makes for a great drunk viewing but not for a good sober one.
If I may play devil’s advocate for a moment because it’s been brought up in some of the more recent superhero movies. Is it possible the reason this WASN’T Bizzarro(and I have no idea) is that they didn’t have the rights to that character? It seems odd to not get full rights to all DC characters, but I know that’s been an issue with some Marvel stuff.
Someone else postulated that in the comments but I don't think that's the case. They were going to do Bizarro with Chris playing both roles, but according to documentary clips I've watched they abandoned that idea primarily due to budgetary concerns, coupled with the fact that Reeve had already battled himself in Superman III.
I think the person that sculpted that Superman statue is the same one that did the first version of that Lucille Ball statue.
OBJECTION
like actual wire, Superman's hair could have a much higher 'pull' strength than point durability (i don't know the actual engineering terms but hopefully that's understandable).
I work at a dock and the steel wires holding down cargo can pull tons as well, but we cut them with ordinary bolt cutters too.
The point is that the hair is supposed to be as invulnerable to harm as Superman is. Even the cloth blanket he was swaddled in was completely impervious to harm and couldn't be cut.
Chris shot down the idea of playing Bizarro
Thanks! Didn’t know that, I thought it was just a budgetary consideration.
It was, but Christopher Reeve also wanted to keep the theme focused on the threat of nuclear power, so the character was called 'Nuclear Man'.
There's actually a deleted scene of Lex creating the 1st version of Nuclear Man which more closely resembles Bizzaro. It was ultimately cut from the movie but you can still find it on RUclips.
Oh yeah, I’ve seen those deleted scenes. Painful to watch.
I'm still baffled that an actor like Gene Hackman actually agreed to do this movie.
@@prodigioussaps Christopher Reeve thought it would have been too similar to the fight scene in Superman III in the junk yard. 🦸♀🦹♂🦸🦹♀
That part always got to be how could they cut his hair if his hair indestructible the only way Superman himself could cut it is when he used his heat vision this happens when the producers and writers don't know about the characters their filming about 😂
In the comic book adaptation, Superman's hair was encased in a small glass display, so all Lex Luthor did was break the case and take the hair.
It was just the shade? I always thought Luthor’s ring did something. Granted that doesn’t make any more sense, but I always thought there was some kind of technology in the ring.
Lex only uses his ring to reflect sunlight onto Nuclear Man to reactivate him, as a demonstration to Lenny.
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Love you guys’ videos about the Christopher Reeve Superman movies!
Please explain to me, if you know, why Gene Hackman even did this movie. I looked it up, and all I could find was that he was "under contract." Well, that can mean anything. He was under contract from what point?
I’m sure money played a big part. But all of them were hoodwinked by Cannon into believing the film would be recapturing the magic of the first film… and then they slashed the budget in half right before filming began.
Umbrella 😂
Lex created Nuclear Man using Weird Science technology. Problem solved.
7:55 " And then, idk some other stuff happens, and the movie ends"😂
* That pretty much summons up how I feel about this film. Competely forgettable. To Chris, reeves credit....he did the best he could with what was presented to him at the time, lol. In comparison to part 3? Superman 4 is the equivalent to Dean Caine's portrayal as Superman. PURE GARBAGE 🗑
I think the bolt cutters hair strand issue is overthinking things for a film like this. But if we must process it here it goes. Does Clark / Superman not get haircuts? I mean there are other things that can hold or support weight but they can also be cracked, broken or destroyed. Think of shipping pallets or fishing nets for example. I think it's nothing more than this.
Here's a history lesson. In the Silver Age, his hair stopped growing under a yellow sun. He couldn't grow a beard. In 1986, this was changed. He can grow a beard, but has to use bent scrap metal and burn it off with a weak beam of heat vision. Later, he used the metal from his ship as the scrap metal would melt quickly. The hair on his head could burn off under intense heat. When he died, he had almost no solar energy in his body. While dead, his hair grew and he had a mullet. When his powers came back, he had long hair until he lost his powers following "The Final Night" and they didn't return right away. On the day of his wedding, he got a haircut in the morning.
It's pronounced "nucular," Lisa.
Is Mark Pillow related to Mike Pillow?
Superman has a Bad Rogue's Gallery that doesn't Translate well to film, Toyman, The Prankster, Tera Man, Mister Mxyzptlk, Composite Superman, Superboy-Prime, Just to name a few.
Bizarro is one of Superman's Worst Villains. He's a Character that even DC never took Seriously. They eventually even Created a Square Planet as a Home for him. He's a Laughable Antagonist for Superman at best, And he's never Translated Well to other Media, Especially with his weird Reverse Language where he says he hates something whenever he likes It. It's just Cringe and Juvenile.
This Characters would be Laughed Off the Screen in a Movie.
There are scenes from an earlier version of the film. They exist right here on this site. Lex creates Bizarro with ordinary radiation before realizing he needs an alternate power source. The scenes are pure slapstick, more so than anything in even the previous films. Believe it or not. Bizarro is short, overweight, and has what looks like a bad wig. I don't know if the hair was intentional or just a result of the situation. He arrives practically naked and must flap his arms like a human chicken to fly. For his confrontation with Superman Bizarro wears a flashy 80's suit jacket. There's no doubt why they were forced to cut this material in whole.
There is one redeeming scene that I wish could have been reworked. Bizarro met a "shocking" demise and Lex thinks out loud while receiving a manicure. The Manicurist does not speak, but Lex seems to bounce ideas off of her until he successfully formulates the next phase of his plan, specifically the creation of Nuclear Man.
The scene of Bizarro arriving, "au natural", explains the later emphasis on providing Nuclear Man with a properly fitting suit. Lessons learned, I guess. Sadly, the absence of the Bizarro birth removes the setup for the Nuclear Man costume gag which was inexplicably left intact. This is basic comedy 101.
Also, what is the story behind the very specific vendetta against Venice Beach bodybuilders? Just kidding, stay super, my friends.
The movie should have been nuked
Still better than Man Of Steel and BvS though xD
At least Superman Isn't a Miserable Oaf Who Thoughtlessly Destroys Entire Cities.
Why does Nuclear Man have Henry Cavil's face in the thumbnail?
Wishful thinking? That's literally just screencaps from Superman IV. I didn't put Cavill's face in.
@prodigioussaps inconceivable
I want to comment but my post keep disappearing. Why? (but not this one)
No idea! Sorry, RUclips does that to me sometimes too for no apparent reason.
Just Create Multiple Accounts.
They can't make all of then disappear.
Delete they had bizarro ( superman 3 they had. Clark Kent vs superman
What now? Are you saying Bizarro was in Superman 3?
Superman 4 is a great movie.
Great story but badly executed
Well, just my opinion and I’m just another human but I think there’s a good idea in there somewhere but it does *not* come together.
I think Alex Ross’s Peace On Earth kind of does what Chris was sort of wanting to do with this movie.
Trying to make sense out of Superman IV?😂 Mission Impossible there. I actually liked this movie as a kid but watching it again after 25+ years later…it’s just a mish mosh of stuff that makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. No wonder why Christopher Reeve thought this one hurt his career.
At first I was like this is lame, they did a number of vids on what's wrong with Superman 4. But after checking out the rest of your vids I see you guys crack on every Superman film and then some. 👍👍 Superman 4 had its issues cuz Cannon Group cut the budget, FX, script, and reused old footage from the earlier films. Whish is a shame cuz this was Reeve's passion project, and story, and Cannon ruin it to the point Reeve came to hate it. Also they couldn't get the rights to use Bizarro, which is a good thing cuz they already kinda did a evil Superman in 3 (which was the only thing good about that one). But thankfully that didn't happened, cuz we got the beast that is Nuclear Man. Mark Pillow was perfect for the role, and say for the bad weakness, Nuclear Man is my all time favorite DC villain. His theme music, the birth scene, his look, powers, claws and that metallic roar is freakin awesome.
Yes, we are equal-opportunity nitpickers. 👍
I don't think it was an issue of rights with Bizarro, as I understand it they did consider it, but decided it would be too complicated (i.e., too expensive) to have Reeve play both characters, plus apparently Reeve wasn't too thrilled with the idea (I'm guessing because he'd already fought himself in Superman III).
@@prodigioussaps I figured Reeve wanted Nuclear Man because it fit thematically with the anti-nuclear weapon theme of the movie. Superman was removing nuclear weapons, and then ended up having to face off against Nuclear Man.
@@prodigioussaps I heard it was kinda both, they couldn't get the rights and it would have been to complicated (budget being cut big time). Bizarro would have been good, and in one of the cut scenes Lex did create a Bizarro like character in Nuclear Man 1 (Mark was the second). As for Reeve playing Bizarro, I thought Reeve was down for it? I do think they could have made it work, with Bizarro being different enough from Evil Superman. But yeah, It was already kinda done with 3 and could feel bit to much like a repeat type deal. But again, for me it was a good thing cuz we got my favorite DC villain in Mark's Nuclear Man instead.
🕴This was actually the 2nd Nuclear Man the first Nuclear Man was portrayed by Clive Mantle who looks more like (Bizarro) but it was cut from the movie! If you guys want to have a good laugh go and watch the deleted scenes with him most notably his nude birth LOL! 🦸🦹🦸🦹♀