World Superman III

[BatFitz]

Who knows...it might as well have been a Richard Pryor comedy. Which I don't mind, it's just when it's taking over a Superman movie...I get a little ticked.

 

[captain_jimbo]

Did I hear that Richard Pryor was paid even more than Christopher Reeve for this movie?

Yeah, he was paid double. Reeve got $2 million and Pryor got about $4 million, if memory serves me right. I read it a few years ago in a Biography of Christopher Reeve, though Reeve didn't mind, he thought it was probably fair as he was the bigger star.

 

[Mr. Walters]

I love Superman III, but hate the Richard Pryor comedy movie injected into it. Lana Lang, Superman's split personailty, fighting with himself, alusions to Bizaro...it's all great. But the Pryor aspect...um...why?

 

[Rizor]

I saw this for the first time in 12-13 years. Ugh. Can't say I thought it was a good movie. I liked Lana, and Chris Reeve was good, but everything else? Not much redeemable about it.

And what was up with Clark's hair? Couldn't pony up the cash for the good hair dye?

 

[SFII]

i guess during that time in 1983, Richard Pryor was the biggest comedian in the movies. and comedy was what was in, at the time. i mean, i love Richard Pryor, but it felt like watching 2 different movies. and yeah, come to think about it, it really felt more like a Richard Pryor movie than a Superman/Christopher Reeve movie. i mean, the whole plot was about Richard Pryor's character. how he hooked up with the bad guy, and how he created kryptonite, and how he built the supercomputer, and how he turned to the good side, etc.

Richard Pryor was great in The Toy, Brewster's Millions, Stir Crazy, and even later on in Hear No Evil, See No Evil.
that is ironic how he and Christopher Reeve both ended up in wheelchairs.

 

[Dr. Fate]

ironic how he and Christopher Reeve both ended up in wheelchairs.

Very ironic, and very sad.

 

[captain_jimbo]

I love Superman III, but hate the Richard Pryor comedy movie injected into it. Lana Lang, Superman's split personailty, fighting with himself, alusions to Bizaro...it's all great. But the Pryor aspect...um...why?

God knows!

 

[Frodo]

I love Superman III, but hate the Richard Pryor comedy movie injected into it. Lana Lang, Superman's split personailty, fighting with himself, alusions to Bizaro...it's all great. But the Pryor aspect...um...why?

I wonder if the whole Super Computer storyline was basically a substitute for Brainac. Robert Vaughn would have been a good Brainac IMO.

 

[captain_jimbo]

Personally I quite liked Robert Vaughn, I didn't like him as much as Hackman, but I thought he did quite well. My problem was Pryor and the two stupid women, and the length of time they were on screen.

 

[ReeveFan1978]

AMEN!!!!


EL

"Once a girl's seen Superman in action, Niagara Falls kinda leaves you cold."

Personally I quite liked Robert Vaughn, I didn't like him as much as Hackman, but I thought he did quite well. My problem was Pryor and the two stupid women, and the length of time they were on screen.

 

[melfangiel]

While I love all the scenes with Clark, Lana, Supes and evil Supes, I hated the fact that Superman was basically a supporting character to Gus Gorman's storyline in the film. What's worse is that I didn't find any of the comedic scenes funny.

I love and hate Superman III, if that makes any sense.

 

[Spare-Flair]

I saw this for the first time in 12-13 years. Ugh. Can't say I thought it was a good movie. I liked Lana, and Chris Reeve was good, but everything else? Not much redeemable about it.

And what was up with Clark's hair? Couldn't pony up the cash for the good hair dye?

he had a bad allergic reaction to it this time around.

 

[captain_jimbo]

While I love all the scenes with Clark, Lana, Supes and evil Supes, I hated the fact that Superman was basically a supporting character to Gus Gorman's storyline in the film. What's worse is that I didn't find any of the comedic scenes funny.

I love and hate Superman III, if that makes any sense.

Trust me, it makes a lot of sense.

 

[Frodo]

According to Wilkipedia , One of the original Superman 3 drafts featured Lex and Brainac . Had Hackman played Luthor and Vaughn played Brainac , it would have been pretty tight IMO.

 

[Bad Superman]

holy tobacco tar! i'm watching Superman 3 right now on the I channel. lol good luck finding it. on DirecTV it's channel 255. i think this is the first time i've ever watched anything on this channel. lol!
anyway, it's on right now. eastcoast time. watch it!
i love how the description of the movie is "Ersatz kryptonite laced with tobacco tar splits Superman in two: good Clark Kent and bad Man of Steel".

you know what, Evil Superman is kinda scary. and all he wants to do is bang chicks.

btw, what the hell does "ersatz" mean??

I also enjoy tilting the Tower of Pisa, blowing out the Olympic torch, destroying petroleum carriers, drinking and picking up fights.

 

[Cannibal Feast]

My take on what should have been Superman III.
Robert Vaughn is replaced by Lex Luthor.
Luthor somehow discovers the super-computer that can do anything.
Maybe someone builds in for him, but not Richard Pryor or any other comic relief.
Luthor uses the computer to create an evil Superman clone, instead of Superman turning bad. The clone is flawed.... Bizarro.
Luthor thinks he controls the super computer, but it turns out to actually be Brainiac and has been manipulating Luthor all along. By the time Luthor figures this out he's in over his head and actually needs Superman to save his ass (along with the rest of the world).

 

[PSU442]

i rewatched Supergirl last weekend (which was made almost back-to-back with SIII.) Though that movie is terrible, it tried exploring some new territory that the actually Superman franchise avoided. First: the Phantom Zone. Why the heck couldn't they explore this in Superman 3. Second: Supergirl (and Superman's) weakness to magic. That would of been better than a super-computer. The whole shadow monster was interesting, if not a little Never Ending Story-ish. And, to add insult to inury, the flying effects are better in Supergirl than SIII. Oh well...

 

[Super Kal]

eh, I disagree with you on the flying effects. I feel that SIII's flying effects were MUCH better than Sueprgirl.

 

[PSU442]

i'll have to go back and check 'em out in SIII. But i think it will be another decade before i can go back and watch supergirl again...... ugh. haha. Interesting (propaganda) documentary on the dvd though. The director states that Supergirl was a 'fantasy' film where as Superman was a 'sci-fi' film (thus explainging the magic, etc. in Supergirl.) I'd of been cool with that differentiation of the two franchises.... if SIII hadn't been a COMEDY as opposed to a sci-fi film. Never-the-less, I stand firm: magic should of been incorporated into Superman 3 instead of a supercomputer -- unless it was Braniac.

 

[Super Kal]

Superman III was originally going to have Mxyzptlk and Brainiac as a team in the original SIII concept...

 

[ReeveFan1978]

I grew rather sick of silly criminals long before Supergirl came out. It could have been so great because helen Slater made a wonderful Supergirl. But Faye and her henchwoman were just Lex and otis in drag.

I thought it had SUCH possibilities but never lived up to them.

EL

"Once a girl's seen Superman in action, Niagara Falls kinda leaves you cold."

 

[PSU442]

supergirl was severely flawed... the Salkinds at their finest. My favorite part... after returning from the Phantom Zone for the climatic show-down, Faye uses magic to make the floor Supergirl is standing on crack and shake (revealing scary light beneath.) Supergirl almost falls in a few times, the suspense is extreme... until you remember that Supergirl can FLY. Just *****ing fly, Supergirl. You'd think either the writers/the producers/or the director would of thought better of that...

 

[Bat Attack]

I always laugh at the part where that lady gets turned into a robot. haha.

 

[PSU442]

this just dawned on me..... peter o'toole would of made an awesome Braniac had they gone that way in SIII

 

[SFII]

yeah it seemed like a ghetto attempt of Bizarro(the evil superman) and Brainiac(the super computer). and even ghetto red kryptonite(the green tar composite kryptonite).
infact there's even a ghetto Lex Luthor in this one.

lol!