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  • They actually planned to give superman a beating by this moron? Oh man, you begin to appreciate the final nuclear man after seeing this. The moron turned into a vile, brute beast.

  • the film was shit but this would have made it worse

  • The whole idea that we must communicate "important" messages in every tv show and movie, and that those entertainment venues can't simply be entertaining, is one of the most inane, annoying, and good-time "squashing" ideas known to man.

  • This is a joke, right??

  • "Sceptics tell us, and have told us for many years, that we are wasting our time pursuing the dream of a world without nuclear weapons, as it can never be realised. But more than a few people said the same about ending entrenched racial segregation in South Africa and abolishing slavery in the United States."

    --Desmond Tutu, who rose to worldwide fame as an opponent of apartheid, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009

    

  • telestrike1701, I loved watching Challenge of the Superfriends too, but there are FAR more important things in life than whether my childhood memories have been paid homage to. Nuclear Man was chosen as the villain (instead of Bizarro or Darkseid or Mongul or Doomsday) to make an IMPORTANT point ...

    "For me, Quest for Peace is the most personal Superman of the entire series. It directly reflects what Superman should be, and what he should be doing."

    --Christopher Reeve (1952 - 2004)

  • Now I see why the scene was deleted.....wold have been if they used Bizzarro....

  • "For me, Quest for Peace is the most personal Superman of the entire series. It directly reflects what Superman should be, and what he should be doing."

    --Christopher Reeve

    "Except for fools and madmen, everyone knows that nuclear war would he an unprecedented Human catastrophe."

    --Carl Sagan

    ... fools, madmen and BITCHY fans who're psychotically obsessed with TRIVIAL flaws in a movie promoting PEACE. There are FAR more important things in life than "suspension of disbelief."

  • @NukeYourHometown Dude, why are you spamming every single Superman IV with these lame ass nuclear quotes? I'd like to read the comments of others, and their opinions of these scenes, and all I can read is your shit. quit it.

  • "ONE single failure of nuclear deterrence could end Human history...Russia and the U.S. hold the Human race and all other species captive and at nuclear ransom. I'm sickened that we still play this deadly game of nuclear risk with our fragile planet. There are NO national or political goals that justify a war that could terminate Human existence."

    --Dr, Helen Caldicott, named by the Smithsonian Institute as one of the most influential women of the 20th Century

    ... just ONE ...

  • Is anyone else shocked/horrifyed in learning that more of the horrible, horrible movie?

  • "Eliminating nuclear weapons is the democratic wish of the world’s people. Yet no nuclear-armed country currently appears to be preparing for a future without these terrifying devices. In fact, all are squandering billions of dollars on modernization of their nuclear forces, making a mockery of United Nations disarmament pledges. If we allow this madness to continue, the eventual use of these instruments of terror seems all but inevitable."

    --Desmond Tutu, July 3rd, 2011

  • This is one of those movies that was universally denounced by nearly everyone involved in the production (director, screenwriter, actors, etc.). Looking back I'm surprised that Sidney J. Furie, the director, didn't try to get that "Alan Smithee" pseudonym used.

  • what the fuck is up with the music?!!

  • @MrWrestlemania316 music used for this editing is "Keystone Capers 2" by Eric Peters

  • @MrWrestlemania316 As I understand it, since this is all half-finished footage, that was just filler music that would be replaced in the final cut of the film.

  • "[The Quest for Peace] is also more contemporary than some of the past films. Superman is concerned about a NUCLEAR HOLOCAUST, a message which is brought vividly home for him when a young schoolboy writes to his alter ego, reporter Clark Kent. It's a plea he, as Superman, cannot ignore so he sets out to do something about it."

    --Christopher Reeve (1952 - 2004)

    DO something about it: Focus on The Quest for Peace's MESSAGE and do your part to help abolish all nukes! STOP being BITCHY!

  • crmfghtr, Superman II had just as much camp, but the reason why fans give IT a pass is because it's one big fight scene -- and when you're BORED from being SPOILED by generations of white privilege, a fight scene is all you want. Damn adrenaline junkies ...

    Superman Returns was a great, but it was a LOVE STORY, so again, adrenaline junkies had a problem with it.

    Likewise, The Quest for Peace obligated fans to care about more than a fight scene adrenaline fix, hence all this bitchiness.

  • @NukeYourHometown the problem was, that every part except the fight scene was crap. Actually that's not completely true. The fight scenes were crap too.

  • Holy crap! Nuke is commenting on all the Nuclear Nan videos I guess. XD

  • @DoctorStrangeFate Yes, he/she is a spammer, and he/she did not just post on all Superman IV-related videos, but also other political-related videos as well. Join in the anti-spam program.

  • Fuck me, there was just no way this movie was not going to suck ass. Thanks Golan Globus for fucking up the whole franchise!

  • There's an organization called Beyond Nuclear -- look it up and help it out ... Every SECOND* y'all WASTE ragging on a film that promoted PEACE (simply because it didn't satiate your SPOILED pallet for special effects) will be magnified to a CENTURY* in HELL after you die ...

    "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called the children of God."

    --Matthew 5:9

  • "My own country, South Africa, gave up its nuclear arsenal in the 1990’s, realizing it was better off without these weapons. Around the same time, the newly independent states of Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine voluntarily relinquished their nuclear arms ... Global stockpiles have dropped from 68,000 warheads at the height of the Cold War to 20,000 today."

    --Desmond Tutu, 7/3/11

    ... Reeve would be proud -- I bet Tutu doesN'T give a fuck about The Quest for Peace's TRIVIAL flaws ...

  • War. War never changes. In 2077 the atomic fire of a full scale nuclear war raged across the globe, all because we all made fun of Superman IV and it's message of nuclear-free peace.

  • "In a full nuclear exchange, not everyone would be killed by the fire storm and the immediate radiation. There would be other agonies; the legions of the burned and blinded and mutilated; disease; plague; long-lived radiation poisoning the soil and the water; the stillbirths and malformed children; the knowledge that we could have prevented it and did nothing."

    --Carl Sagan

    ... "did nothing" but make coy comments about a 25 year old movie that promoted PEACE! For shame!

  • "Except for fools and madmen, everyone knows that nuclear war would he an unprecedented Human catastrophe."

    --Carl Sagan

    ... fools, madmen and ig-nant-ass motherfuckers who're STILL picking on the TRIVIAL flaws of a 25 year old movie when they SHOULD'VE been focusing its essential MESSAGE ...

    "For me, Quest for Peace is the most personal Superman of the entire series. It directly reflects what Superman should be, and what he should be doing."

    --Christopher Reeve

  • @NukeYourHometown I agree with you that the message was good and an attempt made by Reeve to deliver an important message. However, as with Superman III there was too much camp, a deficient budget, and by this time Lex Luthor is tiresome. Had they made a more solid serious movie with a good budget this could have revived the series. What is really lame is 40 minutes were cut from the film, and much of it involved stuff with Kent back home etc. Why was this footage not included on DVD ?

  • "Depending on where fallout landed, you would get acute radiation sickness, within days develop alopecia with your hair dropping out, bleeding, severe nausea, diarrhea, severe headaches, and you die within days of acute radiation sickness. If you're not exposed to as high a level as that, but you inhale or ingest radioactive isotopes from the fallout and they concentrate in the food chain by orders of magnitude, the food would be radioactive for hundreds of years."

    --Dr. Helen Caldicott

  • "TransformerslNC," David Letterman interviewed Margot Kidder about The Quest for Peace -- therefore, at least TENS OF MILLIONS "knew about this movie" (and that was just ONE talk show appearance; I'm sure Reeve, Hackman and Mark Pillow made others) ... Next time, try actually knowing what the fuck you're talking about ...

  • And your mom could have left all her fake tities in and it would've have made any difference; she'd still be ugly.

    Leave.

    The Quest for Peace.

    ALONE.

    This movie helped the Peace Movement end the Cold War so it deserves respect!

  • @NukeAllSnarks No one even knew about this movie... It didn't help anything!

  • They could have left ALL the deleted scenes in and...

    It wouldn't have made any difference!

  • Alan: "He Called You Father!"

    Do Do Do Do MMMMMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENNNNNNNNNN­N!

  • "For me, Quest for Peace is the most personal Superman of the entire series. It directly reflects what Superman should be, and what he should be doing."

    --Christopher Reeve

    "I had seen a television show in Boston. Children were talking about what it is like to grow up in the ATOMIC age. At the same time, people were saying that I had the attention of the kids and that I should take advantage of that."

    --Christopher Reeve, on why he co-created The Quest for Peace

  • Yo' momma's "abominable" ...

    This is the defintion of white privilege: Here this inbred retard is -- worried about TRIVIA such as Luthor being in traditional mad scientist mode -- with no regard for The Quest for Peace's MESSAGE.

    "WhySoSerious0331?" Let's see how seriously you take it when YOUR hometown is NUKED ...

    "Some people still appear to believe that nuclear weapons have a rational combat role. This idea must be stamped out completely."

    --Tadatoshi Akiba, mayor of Hiroshima

  • One good thing about this abominable film is seeing Lex as the traditional mad scientist from the 1930s-1950s. He even wears the same outfit as he did back then.

  • The greatest moment in all cinema would've been if you snide, stuck up bitches had focused on The Quest for Peace's MESSAGE and stop obsessing over its TRIVIAL flaws ("Duh, I can see the wires holding up Christopher Reeve!") ...

    "Except for fools and madmen, everyone knows that nuclear war would he an unprecedented Human catastrophe."

    --Carl Sagan

    ... fools and madmen, indeed ...

  • This could have been the greatest moment in all cinema.

  • "For me, Quest for Peace is the most personal Superman of the entire series. It directly reflects what Superman should be, and what he should be doing."

    –Christopher Reeve, 1987

    "I had seen a television show in Boston. Children were talking about what it is like to grow up in the ATOMIC age. At the same time, people were saying that I had the attention of the kids and that I should take advantage of that, so I said, OK."

    --Christopher Reeve, on why he co-created The Quest for Peace

  • The truth about "Superman IV: The Quest for Peace" - it's no worse than the other Chris Reeve Superman movies.

    That's right - they're ALL corny and poorly-written, especially the overrated first one.

  • This Nuclear Man was played by Clive Mantle, who was a regular on BBC TV's Casualty.

  • "There are billions and billions of dollars at stake for the nuclear industry, which has, as I’ve written earlier, managed to bamboozle governments around the world, much of the press and many ordinary citizens into believing that nuclear power is green and clean. Nothing could be further from the truth. The industry will not walk away from that money without a fight."

    --Dr Helen Caldicott, named by the Smithsonian Institute as one of the most influential women of the 20th Century

    FIGHT !

  • "sumbuddyx," the only motherfuckers wasting time are snide bitchy fans who're STILL harping on the SUB-MICROSCOPIC flaws of a movie that tried to inspire y'all to help abolish nuclear weapons!

    Imagine if every hour, every ounce of effort y'all WASTED on pointing out TRIVIA was instead spent on actually helping the peace / environmental movement -- just imagine ...

  • "Except for fools and madmen, everyone knows that nuclear war would he an unprecedented Human catastrophe ... In a 2-megaton explosion over a fairly large city, buildings would be vaporized, people reduced to atoms and shadows, outlying structures blown down like matchsticks and raging fires ignited."

    --Carl Sagan

    ... fools, madmen and snide, sarcastic fans who've WASTED the past 25 years psychotically obsessing over the TRIVIAL flaws of a movie that only wanted to promote world peace.

  • @NukeGroundZero Why are you wasting time posting comments on a youtube video when you could be preaching your diatribe to someone that'd actually listen?

  • Predecessor of Bizzaro Superman?

  • "For me, Quest for Peace is the most personal Superman of the entire series. It directly reflects what Superman should be, and what he should be doing."

    --Christopher Reeve, 1987

    ... imagine the time and effort you snide fans have WASTED over the years psychotically obsessing over TRIVIAL flaws when y'all SHOULD'VE been focusing on this movie's promotion of nuclear abolition.

    Ask Japan.

  • Imagine the money they spent over these scenes nobody even knows about..

  • i know the movie wasn't great...but at least these scenes was cut!

  • I did not realize the scenes with the Bizarro nuclear man existed... Thanks for posting this.

  • Was it ever explained why the first Nuclear Man was left out of the finished movie?

  • @mannecyberguy I don't think there's an official reason but I'd guess it was just a pacing issue. It's pretty funny in a camp kind of way and might have been right at home on a batman tv show style superman show but goes on a bit too long for a feature film. When I'd imagined this scene years ago I thought it would go a couple minutes tops.

  • @mannecyberguy I think having seeing this clip, the reason it was cut speaks for itself!

  • Given what's going on in Japan right now, you snide, bitchy fans ought to be ashamed of yourselves -- turning your noses up at a movie promoting nuclear aboltion while psychotically obsessing over TRIVIAL flaws ...

    ... clearly, it's going to take someplace predominantly white getting nuked before y'all finally get it through your thick skulls ...

    And they used NUCLEAR man instead of some obscure character only some fan would appreciate because it's an ANTI-NUCLEAR film! God!

  • i really wish they would take these scenes and edit them back in like they did with the richard donner cut of supes 2

  • Wow, it's Clive Mantle! An English actor for thos not sure who.

  • My list of villians that should of been in the Superman films:

    Superman- Lex Luthor

    Superman 2-Zod

    Superman 3- Braniac(Why have just a computer as a villian, when literally you have a Superman villian thats a computer.

    Superman 4- Bizarro ( A Superman clone. Why wouldn't you use Bizarro.

  • "For me, Quest for Peace is the most personal Superman of the entire series. It directly reflects what Superman should be, and what he should be doing."

    --Christopher Reeve, 1987

    "Incredibly, here in the 21st century, some people still appear to believe that nuclear weapons have a rational combat role. This idea must be stamped out completely before it can grow further."

    --Tadatoshi Akiba, mayor of Hiroshima

    There are FAR more important things in life than "suspension of disbelief" ...

  • Holy fuck! I had always believed these scenes were lost ... now I'd hope they were!

    Oh well ... still beats the last Superman film!

  • They should have deleted the whole movie. But at least this was...

  • The Benny Hill themE would not be out of place in this scene.

  • having Alan Harper on the scene only makes it worse...

  • best temp score ever.

  • That is so Bizarro. Bizarro is one of the best superman villains.

  • holy supershit!

  • I believe someone spiked Chris's drink during this movie, along with Hackman.

  • CHECK THIS

    "Nuclear Man is listed as #1 in Wizard Magazine's "10 Villains We'd Like to Forget" in issue 177, dated July 2006. The text reads: "Ya know what? Clones may just be worse than robots. Especially when they've got lame electric powers, 'evil nails' and only have their powers while exposed to sunlight."

    Yeah, because Nuclear Man is one of very few villains that actually beat the crap out of superman.

    People are cry babies when they see the ALMIGHTY superman fall to real POWER

  • thtas more like bizaro

  • "He called you father! What a moron!"

    Hahahaha

  • wow. terrible, just terrible.

  • Why would they edit out so much footage from Superman IV, I've watched the movie a few times and it seems so incomplete.

    I heard something like the movie was over two hours and they chopped it down to 90 minutes?

    It would be nice to get a director's cut of this movie, maybe it would be better.

  • @Riddler95 dont think it will ever happen now, not all the deleted scenes were found. shame, although i dont think it wud catually make the movie any better.

  • @supermandave78 Probably not better, certainly funnier/sadder...

  • did not know that the first nuclear man is actualy a ape-like dumbass

  • @asherleez

    Isn't Bizarro also a ape-like dumbass? For cryin' out loud, his Fortress of Solitude is located in a Desert in Bizarro World.

  • @TechnoHajikelist

    That's actually not a bad place to have a fortress of solitude.

    The idea is to have one in a place very few people would ever consider going.

    An inhospitable desert, or the frozen wastelands of the Arctic are both reasonable places to pick.

  • Take that, Burger King!

  • its suppose to be bizarro

    i always hated how they made 3 and 4 comedies

  • Jesus Christopher!!! What were you thinkin!!!!!

  • Straight through the Burger King and right into the Slurpee

  • Bizarro!

    It's Bizarro!

    "Bizarro appeared in cut footage of Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987). The scene of the deleted footage featuring Christopher Reeve was included in a 'deleted scenes' section of the 2006 DVD box set, Superman Ultimate Collector's Edition."

  • damnit alan

  • Geez...and I thought Superman Returns was bad....

    This makes Superman Returns look like the Dark Knight.

  • you know.... Alexander Courage scored the fight scene... the score was good

  • The only good thing about the film was Jon Cryer as Lenny. He was so funny.

  • This is supposed to be Bizarro not Nuclear man...they changed it at the last miniute

  • that made my day,, great,,hahahaah

  • Lol they made it a comedy

  • Did they license the music from Taito?

  • gene hackman must have been blackmailed by the studio for murdering a prostitute or something

  • should label this video Superman IV director on acid deleted scenes, wtf

  • It's Ducky! I don't remember him being in this one...did I even SEE this one?

  • is this real? like seriously, is this fake or real?

  • @SweetBrwnSuga Oh, it's real, all right, just cut out of the final film.  I have no idea why they ever thought this was a good idea.

  • @dpurves28 i still refuse 2 believe they were going to use this sorry ass shit! i cant. its like believe that rob zombie's halloween was actually good.

  • The special effect of them crushing the cars by pushing them together was actually pretty cool.

  • i love the superman movies. but this one is such a shitteous movie. it's like they make it suck so much on purpose. 

  • Wow! Is this shit for real?

  • Hey i kinda liked nuclear man and the way he roared, but i find it funny how when he is shot there are no bullet holes on his robe. Guess he put a sample of supermans hair into the robe

  • This just as much fun as watching paint dry.

  • I thought this was a joke. I still can't believe this crap

  • why was this movie even made?

  • The Boy next to Gene Hackman, is that the Actor of Dr. Alan Harper from Two and a half men???

  • @schnubbel76 Yes it is.

  • i'm SO depressed that gene hackman is in this awfulness. this is SO horrible.

  • ROTFL!

  • Awesome , it's Bizzarro!

  • This is a completely great scene, I don't care if people hate me for saying it.

  • If that temp score gets stuck in my head, I'm going to sue somebody.

  • Notice @ 3:51 the sound effect of The Genesis Device being activated from "The Wrath Of Khan".

    ...and holy crap, talk about a movie that you not only don't want to see any Deleted Scenes from, but you wish you could remove the *Regular* Scenes from your memory as well. I certainly hope that Chris Reeves & Gene Hackman were well-paid for making this 10 reel sack of shit in a 5 reel movie.