Episode 319. We quick-change into our capes for an episode on Richard Donner's 1978 Superman: The Movie. This has all the classic Superman iconography you know and love, plus a complicated real estate scheme where Lex Luthor wants to sink the California coastline to make a new one. We discuss the strange pacing that makes you wait nearly an hour to see Superman in action, the surprisingly sincere romance (and horniness), Jor-El being a busy dad with two jobs, Midwestern wheat fields, how we expect James Gunn's Superman to emulate this or step away from it, and if we'll ever see a big-screen Superman with a mullet like that one comic from the 1990s.
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- (00:00) - Intro
- (00:04) - Welcome and banter
- (03:42) - Non-spoiler thoughts on Superman: The Movie
- (13:36) - Housekeeping
- (20:04) - Spoilers for Superman: The Movie
- (01:30:17) - Review Show Bingo
- (01:32:21) - Recommendations
- (01:49:50) - What we are discussing next episode
- (01:54:12) - Outro
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