Superhero Rewind: Superman 3 Review

"Superman 3," (1983). Richard Pryor, Christopher Reeve. Directed by Richard Lester.

Superhero Rewind is an in-depth analysis of superhero movies. If you haven't seen the movie, you might want to watch it before seeing this review.

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[juken16]

please do a steel and supergirl review

[Geekvolution]

@juken16 Will do! Supergirl will probably happen this year or early next year.

-CL

[CubbieBear1980]

Great review as always. I never understood this character of Lana 'Lane'(? or is it 'lang') I mean it always seemed like to me that shes just a 'diet Lois Lane' maybe even her sister as she has the same last name (talk about contrived &even if its not the SAME last name both her names begin with the same 'l'etter as Superman/Clark's most famous and virtually ONLY love intrest (and now wife right?) - sorry I never knew a great deal about the Superman lure. But whats her purpose? is it Lana LanG?

[Geekvolution]

@CubbieBear1980 It is Lana Lang. She's suposed to be Clark's high school sweetheart, a relationship that never quite worked out but they still have enormous affection for each other, and the dynamic that sometimes makes it interesting is that she's one of the only people who knows Clark is Superman. Even knowing that, it's still a relationship that didn't pan out. Unlike Lois, Clark and Superman being the same person doesn't seem to factor so much into the equation.

-CL

[Geekvolution]

@Geekvolution And yes, the LL thing seems goofy, but remember, most of this stuff was dreamed up in the 40s and 50s, when those kinds of conveniences were pretty commonplace. You want contrived? Throw Lex Luthor in there too! And how about all those stories where Lois and Lex nearly get married!

-CL

[thesyfychannel15]

Here's an idea:

Morgan Edge as the main villain.

Gus' computer evolving into Brainiac.

Ultraman or Bizarro being the secondary villain in place of Evil Superman.

The villains in this movie really pissed me off. And using classic villains would've made a better film.

[Geekvolution]

@thesyfychannel15 Great idea to use Morgan Edge, really any incarnation of him could be effective. I actually like the mob boss version from Smallville, but part of that was an excellent actor (at least, before he got a face-change).

-CL

[Geekvolution]

@tonystark106422 Would've been a better movie!

-Captain Logan

[armortron]

Did Superman destroy the Fortress of Solitude at the end of this movie?

[gorangers94cup]

Lana Lang is a typical dumb broad: Get knocked up by a bad boy and then go running to a "nice guy" like Clark AFTER to take care of her bastard child. Yet when Lana was in High School she wanted nothing to do with Clark, romantically. She only wanted bad boy cock. Suddenly though Clark is good enough for her now that the bad boys abandoned her, and she's broken down with a kid. Typical.

[TheHawkdaddy]

The Condiment King is dastardly, don't underestimate him.

[Joecbg100]

11:26, so true.

[Joecbg100]

@Geekvolution Any chance of a Ghost Rider or Incredible Hulk one soon??

[TheSecondEvolution]

Much like Highlander: The Source is considered a bad fevered daydream of Duncan MacLoed, this and Superman IV is a bad fevered daydream of Kal-El.

[Elsuperhombre42]

eh, i still enjoy it more that supes 4 & it about ties with returns. but as a kid watching this movie i always thought it was a halfassed movie version of brainiac & bizzaro.

[Gogeta4Fun]

what do you think of Henry Cavill. I think he'll be good

[ThePhoenixAvalon]

1 out of 3, even Batman and Robin scored higher. Scary.

[chaster321]

"Hello everyone!"

AH! Volumes up too much!