Superman (1948) Columbia Movie Serial Episode One (Part 3 of 3)

[iosefcaro]

greattttttt

[NedN00b]

A few things have bothered me over the years, but I never worried too hard about them: It sure seemed like they had mere hours from the council meeting to the end of the world.

If there wasn't enough time for one man to build an additional rocket, how could he expect a government to crank out rockets for everyone?

If there was warning, why didn't he make rockets for him and his wife?

Why didn't he just fly to Earth? Superman could apparently breathe, talk, and fly in space, traditionally.

[GettingStrange]

@PrettyMuchEveryoneWhoCommente­d Because it's a serial made for children in the 1940s. Do you comment on clips of the Batman TV show questioning the physics of "THWACK!!!" appearing onscreen when someone gets punched? Relax and enjoy the show.

[Melicioel7]

One word: Farfetched

[hermankatnip]

@Melicioel7 That is technically two words joined together. It should be hyphenated :)

[Melicioel7]

@hermankatnip You mean the word farfetched is far-fetched? lol thanks for the correction

[fromthesidelines]

Producer Sam Katzman had no intention of showing the death of Clark's parents [neither did the original comic book story], or the "aftermath"- a few simple lines of narration "disposed" of them {and you're left to wonder WHY}. In the TV version of the origin story, "Eben Kent" collapses and dies of a heart attack, and Clark leaves his mother to take a bus to Metropolis [it's explained his aunt will look after her, but we never see "Sarah Kent" again for the rest of the series].

[ChrisMohrSr]

Why was Clark sitting around in a business suit just to read a book? And why was he wearing glasses at that time?

[mp01juve]

So Clark Kent leaves the house with the bodies of his dead parents inside.

[meeboot]

how the hell did martha know the cloth would resist fire?? not alone ACID. did we miss a instruction manuel part?? and how did mr.kent know where the door button was on the ship?? and how could he possibly open a HOT planel door on fire??..as the ship leaving kyrpton in part 2 the announcer mention laura and jor-el in the ship but only one came out!! what happen to the other baby??

[waynebrasler]

I love the tornado, pen and ink, but it did the job. One thing they couldn't fix: The tornado happens on a sunny day. As kids we watched this stuff Saturday mornings at the Victory Theater in Wellston, Missouri, and took every second with utmost seriousness and totally thrilled. I live the way Ma and Pa Kent are dispatched without explanation and evidently magically together.

[DanTDrac]

The cloth resists fire and acid. So how the hell did she cut it??

[tomitstube]

wow, this so cool. the original superman live action episode.  i was wondering how long these were, i know it said in kirk alyn's bio he did 15 episodes, so each episode was about 20 minutes long.

thanks so much.

[bunzy11]

1:57 clark looks like he got hit in the head lol

[JENDALL714]

When Clark reaches manhood the Kents decided to have a talk with him.....um your 30 years old and still live in our basement, time to get out.

[CrusaderGundam]

DUDE  jimmy olsen looks like jack black

[EnglishGavz]

So with great power comes great responcibility than?

[TheFrontrowkid]

I have met Kirk Alyn who played the Superman in the serials and he told us of how close the train actually came to him while he was pretending to fix the rails. Columbia did not provide him with a stuntman. A real great guy who made several personal appearances as Superman and later also was Blackhawk.

[comanchio1976]

How on Earth did she find out it resisted acid? Stoopeedest line ever!

[Adom]

@comanchio1976 she originally tried etching the "S" in there with acid, but it didn't work, so she scratched it out with a chunk of Kryptonite they found near the ship.

Or it's just a silly line.

[Na11441]

I like the guy's face when he first sees Superman. He was probably thinking, "Whats this fag doing?"

[diddymuck]

so how come he's wearing glasses before adopting his superman identity?

[431516020205]

great one! thanks again!!!