211 - Superman (1978)

'You'll Believe a Man Can Fly!'Don your red capes, keep your kryptonite away and join us as we begin our road to Superman (2025) with the film that started it all!Richard Donner's Superman (1978) is regarded as the most significant films of the 20th century. It established the superhero cinematic genre and launched the DC character into a wider audience and laid the foundations for the superhero origin story on screen!In this review of the great classic we talk about its legacy, Christopher Reeve as Superman, Donner's direction and John Williams's iconic score.00:00 - Intro06:07 - The Fantastic Four: First Steps trailer discussion14:05 - Jurassic World: Rebirth trailer discussion20:15 - Robert Eggers's next movie25:15 - Superman (1978) review!Mark Stucky, “The Superhero’s Mythic Journey: Death and the Heroic Cycle in Superman”,Journal of Religion and Film, 10:2 (Oct 2006)https://web.archive.org/web/20130618040335/http://www.unomaha.edu/jrf/Vol10No2/Stucky_Superman.htmLIKE, SHARE, FOLLOW, REVIEW!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Check Out the Podcast!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow us:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ |⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ |⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ |⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Letterboxd⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Email us:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy The Long Road!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Superman theme by John Williams