Who saw this in cinemas back in 87?
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bozo_500 — 10 years ago(September 21, 2015 04:09 AM)
yeh maybe. I guess if hed been like 'beep you im seeing superman you go see Jaws or whatever the beep you want' come Monday morning hed be known as 'Nuclear-Man' at school
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Lexx-2 — 10 years ago(January 24, 2016 09:06 PM)
I saw this at Ballarat's Southern Drive-In around January/Feburary 1988, a few months shy of turning 7. I'd been insanely excited for the film, having seen ads for it in Melbourne's Sun newspaper in the months before. It was the top half of a double-bill with Masters of the Universe (also from Cannon), so it was like a million birthdays had come at once. Like the OP, I absolutely loved it on that first viewing, though certain things struck me as Off. It was noticably shorter than the other films (and I grew up the extended cuts of I-III taped off the telly), and the opening titles seemed odd.
A few months later, my parents bought me the film on Beta (!), and I was most aggrieved to find that it was even shorter on tape, with the tornado and Russian missile sequences missing. Around this time, they also got me the poster magazine, which confused me even further with all this talk of a "Nuclear Man I" who wasn't in either version of the film I'd seen, along with lots of other bits that weren't in it!
As I revisited the film, I became more and more conscious of all its problems, and the clarity of DVD and Blu-Ray only makes the production gaffes all the more apparent. Nonetheless, when I bought the giant 14-disc steelbox set of all the Superman films (to that point) in 2006, the very first thing I did was pop on the long-lost deleted scenes. Sure they weren't all included (no visit to the Kent grave, and no Metro Club dance scene), and they were presented in unfinished form with fake scratches (reportedly to discourage fan edits), but it was STILL a thrill to finally see these scenes after reading about them for nearly twenty years!
For all its myriad faults, I have a lot of nostalgia for Superman IV, and if they ever do a Donner Cut style reconstruction of the 134min cut, I'll buy it in a heartbeat! -
stevenackerman69 — 10 years ago(March 04, 2016 05:06 PM)
Well, in those days I was a teenager and would probably go to a film that teens would like (did see the fourth Police Academy in a theater). But today, being older and more of a wiser moviegoer, I know not to waste time and money on crap films.
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bozo_500 — 10 years ago(March 07, 2016 04:15 AM)
but..but Superman IV was awesome! (yes Hackman did receive a big payday - I fact I remember reading somewhere in an interview he was asked 'why are you doing SIV?' and he said 'you mean aside the $2 million?'))
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stevenackerman69 — 10 years ago(March 04, 2016 05:02 PM)
I had thought of seeing it then, but decided to see Spaceballs instead. Then the film came and went. Seeing it on cable, I could see why: It was only 90 minutes and basically some of the same stuff from the second Superman-the evil villians who have Superman's powers fight him and Superman wins. Also, the flying of Superman and Lois is from the first film. Amazing that Ned Beatty and Valerie Perrine didn't appear in this-guess they were smart enough to realize it wasn't worth it. Why Gene Hackman did it must've been a big paycheck for his ass.
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bozo_500 — 10 years ago(March 14, 2016 06:01 AM)
i remember being quite disappointed there were no action figures
lol check out these custom figures. id have KILLED for something like that back in '87!
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=nuclear+man+custom+figure&safe=strict&biw=1265&bih=650&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwic95_lncDLAhXL1hoKHdi2A3YQsAQIIg
(ones on ebay now - anyone got a spare $230 lol)
http://www.ebay.ie/itm/CUSTOM-NUCLEAR-MAN-FIGURE-SUPERMAN-/271948871113 -
stevelashway — 10 years ago(April 02, 2016 02:27 PM)
My birthday is July 25th, this came opened July 24th. I wanted to go see it for my 14th birthday. My friends made me go see Summer School, which opened that weekend also. (yes my "friends" didn't go to the movie I wanted to, on my birthday!) To this day, I wish I could have seen this in theaters!! But I read articles in Starlog magazine, and REALLY wanted to go!
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Woodyanders — 5 years ago(October 26, 2020 07:20 PM)
Alas, I saw this stinker in the theater with my younger brother. The cut-rate (far from) special effects looked hilariously crappy and unconvincing projected on a huge screen.
You've seen Guy Standeven in something because the man was in everything.