cypher85
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Post by cypher85 on Jun 12, 2013 13:07:31 GMT -5
So with a new movie out, it's inevitable that we will rank the [theatrical] films against each other. So let that process begin. I haven't seen MOS yet (I'm seeing the 7pm showing tomorrow night), and I'll update my post with where I think it falls.
STM
SIII
Donner SII
SR
Lester SII
SIV
Superman and the mole men
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Post by Jimbo on Jun 12, 2013 15:28:38 GMT -5
S2 ABC cut
STM
S2 Theatrical
SR
S3
STM Extended
S2 Donner
S4
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Post by SupermanUF on Jun 12, 2013 15:32:51 GMT -5
1: STM
2 (TIE): S2
2 (TIE): MOS
4: S3
5: SR
6: S4
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Post by Knight on Jun 12, 2013 16:17:54 GMT -5
STM 3hr
SII 'ABC'
Donner II/Lester II
SIII
SR
SIV
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2013 19:49:47 GMT -5
STM
SII
MOS (may be a tie with SII?)
SR
SIII
SIV
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Post by Jor-L5150 on Jun 12, 2013 21:51:40 GMT -5
Ah! The inevitable thread!
Kudos to jimbo for including alternate "official-if-not-cannon" versions!
Ill do two lists. The "cannon" and the "extended/tv" versions.
I think ill be close to what Uf and kev say.
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cypher85
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Post by cypher85 on Jun 14, 2013 12:19:49 GMT -5
So my new ranking including MOS
STM (not sure if anything can beat it ever, nostalgia counts for alot, it's a huge bias)
MOS
SIII
Donner SII
SII ABC
SR
Lester SII
SIV
Superman and the mole men
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Post by Costa del Lex on Jun 14, 2013 12:35:47 GMT -5
Superman: The Movie (Theatrical)
Superman II (Theatrical)
Man of Steel
The Donner Cut, Superman III, Superman IV and Superman Returns are all steaming piles of shit to me, and films I'll never watch again. I won't even bother ranking them.
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Post by Krypton Refugee on Jun 14, 2013 19:16:08 GMT -5
STM
MOS
SII
SR
SIII
SIV
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2013 19:58:38 GMT -5
Same as above.
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Post by Jor-L5150 on Jun 14, 2013 22:32:28 GMT -5
Strict rules:
1) superman the movie
2) man of steel
3/4) TIE superman returns/superman 2
5) superman 3
6) mole men
7) they made a fourth?
Jimbo rules (not that jimbo rules... well actually, I always thought jimbo ruled. Benign about it though)
1) superman the movie theatrical
2) man of steel theatrical (Extended version inevitable)
3) superman the movie RDC
4) superman 2- "ABC/international"
5/6) TIE: S2 theatrical and SR
7) superman 3
8) "there was, of course, a superman 4...which did not help the cause of comic book movies" - ilya salkind, 2006.
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Post by Tristan D on Jun 15, 2013 14:04:16 GMT -5
My ranking (strict rules):
1) STM
2) SII / SII TRDC (tie)
3) MOS
4) SR
5) SIII
6) SIV
Never seen the Mole Men
Alternate Ranking (tristan rules):
1) STM (theatrical)
2) STM (2001 extended)
3) SII / SII TRDC (tie)
4) MoS
5) SR
6) Supergirl
7) SIII
8) SIV
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Post by The Phantom Menace on Jun 15, 2013 17:59:15 GMT -5
1. Superman: The Movie
2. Superman II
3. Superman: The Movie (Expanded Edition)
4. Man of Steel
5. Superman Returns
6. Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
7. Superman III
8. Superman IV: The Quest For Peace
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Post by Jack Tripper on Jun 15, 2013 18:09:26 GMT -5
Right now it's probably...
STM (Theatrical)
S2 (Theatrical)
MOS
S3
SR
S4
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Post by crazy_asian_man on Jun 16, 2013 1:47:39 GMT -5
STM
SII (Fan cuts)
SR
MOS
SIV
SIII
I should point out that I feel that MOS comes close to SR-
The thing that weakens it isn't the story for me as much as (what I assume is) the editing and the too-fast cgi blur fighting. There are a lot of great ideas in it.
If you could blend the best of both MOS and SR, you'd have an AWESOME Superman film.
Oh well...
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2013 1:57:35 GMT -5
A comment I'm seeing a lot of places and very accurate. Take the beauty and the sensibility and patience of Superman Returns with the spectacle and scale and nature of Man of Steel and you get the perfect Superman movie.
If the movie had more of the teaser's...wow, this goes for both movies, really, if the teasers were more accurate, we'd probably all be a lot happier. They both seem to imply the other's results.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2013 2:23:21 GMT -5
Man of Steel
Superman
Superman II
Superman Returns
Superman III
Superman IV
I can't let nostalgia let me ignore some of the more naive aspects of the Donner movie. What worked in 1978 is now quaint, and I just really can't get over what a stick in the mud Reeve is. And his Clark is too over the top with the bumbling stuff. I have never met anyone that socially awkward who wasn't mentally disabled somehow. It's just too campy for me.
Let the hate rain down on me now.
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Post by ye5man on Jun 16, 2013 12:33:50 GMT -5
A comment I'm seeing a lot of places and very accurate. Take the beauty and the sensibility and patience of Superman Returns with the spectacle and scale and nature of Man of Steel and you get the perfect Superman movie. Agreed heck, if Routh got to take a few swings here and there the movie would have been twice as good. I don't need nostalgia to tell me STM is the best of the lot (flaws and all). The story is brilliantly told. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2013 12:40:17 GMT -5
STM
SII/Man of Steel
SIII
SIV/SR
Last bit might be controversial but i at least find SIV entertaining and it's got a couple of solid performances in it from Reeve and Hackman.
STM will always be special and on its own, some part due to nostalgia on my part, but I do think it could have been closely rivaled by MOS if it had better structure.
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Post by EnriqueH on Jun 16, 2013 12:45:06 GMT -5
SII extended ABC Cut
STM
SII theatrical
MOS
SIII
SR
SIV
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2013 17:35:03 GMT -5
Jeepers, is the SII ABC cut THAT good? I don't remember it being, it has been years since I've seen it, though. A lot of you surprisingly have it so highly placed.
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Post by EnriqueH on Jun 16, 2013 17:49:58 GMT -5
It's the one I grew up with (along with 1984 commercials). SII extended works just as well.
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Post by crazy_asian_man on Jun 16, 2013 18:01:42 GMT -5
ABSOLUTELY. Just thinking about it, what a film THAT would have been, eh? While Cavill was amazing, the sad thing is that if Routh had been in MOS, we all could have made a fan cut to mix SR & MOS both together to make THAT film!  |
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Post by ye5man on Jun 18, 2013 3:00:18 GMT -5
I honestly can't decide between MoS and SR. They are just too different!
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Post by Metallo on Jun 18, 2013 8:25:47 GMT -5
Like everyone said if you could mash SR and MOS together we'd have a perfect Superman film. Mos has some of the same problems as SR in parts by then overcompensated for SRs flaws in other parts. This feels like Hulk/TIH and Punisher/Punisher Warzone all over again. Same complaints from many people who had issues with both and everything.
STM
SII
SII DONNER Cut
MOS
SR
SIV
SIII
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