Why Christopher Reeve Still Matters: Superman On Dvd
by American Way Staff
I consider myself to be pretty cynical about our tumultuous,
semiapocalyptic modern world, but there's something heartening
about watching movies that not only take you back to your childhood
but also allow you to look to the future with hope and positive
feelings. The
Superman movies make you
believe not only that a man can fly, move mountains, and defend the
planet single-handedly but also that one person's everyday actions
can profoundly impact all of us and inspire us to be better people
as a whole. We could use a little more of that magic these
days.
WHY THE DVDS MATTER
While all the
Superman movies have been
released on disc before, the new batch includes both the original
and the director's cut of
Superman (only
the latter was on DVD previously), with new bonus material; the
original and the never-before-seen director's cut of
Superman II, which includes a
plethora of unseen footage and offers Richard Donner's
original vision before he left the project and was replaced
by Richard Lester; and deluxe editions of
Superman III and
Superman IV:
The Quest for Peace, with new bonus material. A few
fans have complained that the
ABC extended television version
of
Superman has even more scenes, but
those do appear as supplemental material on DVD. There is
allegedly a much longer subplot excised from
Superman IV, but we do get restored scenes as
bonus material.
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