tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196474091232449207.post4001069661891098693..comments2024-03-15T20:14:57.052-04:00Comments on Direct to Video Connoisseur: Supergirl (1984)Direct to Video Connoisseurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02310858965138247572noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196474091232449207.post-77816680045172418932010-03-23T21:58:15.701-04:002010-03-23T21:58:15.701-04:00You make great points all around, though I think n...You make great points all around, though I think no matter what, this film needed a female villain to make the use of a male damsel in distress work.<br /><br />That's what's so crazy about this: the script and story were so rushed, yet the basic paradigm of their heroine worked really well for me. It's a shame that film makers today, when depicting female superhero leads, completely ignore Supergirl because the story was so ill conceived.Direct to Video Connoisseurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02310858965138247572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196474091232449207.post-33354929649630516222010-03-23T14:36:25.680-04:002010-03-23T14:36:25.680-04:00Haha, this film was so awful! Hows about that invi...Haha, this film was so awful! Hows about that invicible monster walking about the highschool grounds? <br /><br />Or why was Slater playing with that little ball if it was so freaking important to the existense of her people? <br /><br />And who exactly made that suit for her? Suddenly she appears in it, practicing her flying skills, but we never know how the suit came to be. <br /><br />The evil Faye Dunaway bit was so dumb, a sorceress...jeezz...theres many more things I remember hating about this movie, but Helen Slater was not one of them thats for sure!Franco Macabrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10994905312221715861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196474091232449207.post-66693555023200126762010-03-23T00:01:17.867-04:002010-03-23T00:01:17.867-04:00I really have to see it before I can comment on it...I really have to see it before I can comment on it. It was on FX a little while ago, but I never trust seeing a film on TV like that that was in the theater before I get a chance to see it uncut first.Direct to Video Connoisseurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02310858965138247572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196474091232449207.post-43446686749708481922010-03-22T10:19:38.128-04:002010-03-22T10:19:38.128-04:00I really enjoyed the overall tone and atmosphere o...I really enjoyed the overall tone and atmosphere of SUPERMAN RETURNS and how it was a blatant love letter to the first two SUPERMAN films. A lot of people pooped all over Singer's reboot but I enjoyed it for what it was and I'm not even much of Supes fan. At least we were spared Tim Burton's "vision" which apparently involved Nicolas Cage donning the blue spandex. Yikes.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164105442273577128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196474091232449207.post-16721144387830241562010-03-20T16:00:39.419-04:002010-03-20T16:00:39.419-04:00I really should see Superman Returns in its entire...I really should see Superman Returns in its entirety. I think those first two films with Reeve really just caught lightning in a bottle, and made something special out of material, at least for me, that's really unremarkable. Superman on his own just isn't that compelling to me, not the way Batman and Spiderman always were.<br /><br />Fatal Blade is another of many relegated to the Saved section of my Netflix queue, no longer available to rent. I do have my next two Daniels films lined up, though: Hawk's Vengeance, per your request, and Epicenter, based on Kenner's review on his site, Movies in the Attic.Direct to Video Connoisseurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02310858965138247572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196474091232449207.post-8197658697386301952010-03-20T02:08:47.663-04:002010-03-20T02:08:47.663-04:00I've actually had this on DVD since last year,...I've actually had this on DVD since last year, just haven't gotten around ot watching it yet, though your review definitely makes me want to see it, Superman III would've been much better if it was made as a "serious" film rather then a complete farce like Reeve said, and Smallville is one of those shows that I think has LONG overstayed it's welcome and I keep wishing will get cnacelled to no avail. Superman Returns just left me cold in a way that no other superhero film ever did, though Brandon Routh did make a pretty good Superman, and I didn't hate Bosworth NEARLY as much as most people did, she's no Margot Kidder but she stills does well enough, too bad I can't say the same for anybody else in the film, espeically Spacey, he's just plain awful as Lex. I'll freely admit I actually got more enjoyment out of Steel then I did out of Superman Returns. I'm glad Superman is getting the reboot treatment, cause boy does he ever need it. P.S. in case you're interested, there's another Gary Daniels film you might to check Netflix for-Fatal Bladevenomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06632381738581803935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196474091232449207.post-44011943206434114342010-03-19T22:20:42.681-04:002010-03-19T22:20:42.681-04:00Helen Slater has done a ton of TV stuff, mostly gu...Helen Slater has done a ton of TV stuff, mostly guest spots on TV dramas. According to imdb, she reprised her role as Lara-El (aka Supergirl) for Smallville, but I've never actually seen any episodes of that to be able to say one way or the other how she was.<br /><br />I haven't seen Superman III in forever, so I'll probably give it a look soon. Did you know there's a new version of II out, The Richard Donner Cut. That's actually technically a DTV movie, so maybe I'll do both in the same week sometime in the future. <br /><br />I haven't seen all of the new one, but what I've seen wasn't great to me. In general, I've never liked Superman as a character, which I think is testimony to just how good the films with Christopher Reeve were because I enjoyed them.Direct to Video Connoisseurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02310858965138247572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196474091232449207.post-41814380265090699072010-03-19T21:18:12.145-04:002010-03-19T21:18:12.145-04:00I just went ahead and ordered the DVD, I'm go...I just went ahead and ordered the DVD, I'm gonna go and review it myself, and I must admit this was pretty fun back in the day. <br /><br />Although let it be said I still hope you one day review Superman III cause that one is hands down the DTViest comic book ever. I mean you can't describe the awesomeness of Superman fighting Clark Kent. <br /><br />It's weird...I liked Superman III (as well as the first two and most likely Supergirl) much more than Superman Returns...go figure.<br /><br />Also speaking of Supergirl, whatever happened to Helen Slater? She just disappeared. I mean completely MIA.Kennerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01664118447662130586noreply@blogger.com