Supergirl (1984)
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Supergirl (1984)

With the success, I suppose, of the first three films, we got a spin off film with Supergirl, Superman's cousin. I like the idea of this one for the most part, but the overall execution is very sloppy and feels like it's trying to go in 3 or 4 different directions all at once, none of them very well. The film opens with her existing in some sort of, lab? I guess? It doesn't seem to be Krypton, which was of course, destroyed. There is a big of an accident and the power source for the place gets lost out…
Superman (Donnerverse)
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Superman (Donnerverse)

In light of the new Superman movie, I decided to go back and become better acquainted with some Superman movies. Starting with the classic Christopher Reeve films, Superman. The first of a series of 5 movies, though the last does not star Christopher Reeve due to his tragic horse riding accident that left him paralyzed. In watching these, its become really apparent that I had only ever really seen the first two films, at least that I remember at anything about. Probably for good reason, since they also get worse as they go along. They also seem to be the…