Superman III - Nostalgia Critic

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It will never not be baffling when a movie hires a Comedian and then refuses to allow said comedian to be funny

Martha's death should have being a big subplot in the film rather than a event that happen off-screen. The whole film could have been about Superman dealing with this tragedy, feeling bad for not have spend more time with his mother. His reunion with Lana could give more depth to this, with Clark wondering how things could have been if he hadn't left Smallville. This is where the whole Clark Kent vs Superman could have play a role in it, with both representing Clark's way of dealing with this loss. Superman could represent Clark's anger while Clark Kent could represent his nostalgia and desire to go back to those old days, when he was just Clark Kent, a student, not a super hero with all responsability that prevent him from spending time with his loved ones. By the end of the battle, rather than Clark defeat Superman, it should end with both men open up about their emotional struggle and finally merging into one, representing Clark finding balance in his life.

Fun fact: Ross Webster would surprisingly become the inspiration for Lex Luthor in the rebooted continuity of “Superman” comics. Luthor goes from being the used car salesman hiding underground to the “beloved” CEO of a well-respected tech conglomerate.

This is totally awesome, when you said the kid looks like he's waiting for Green lantern, that's when the video broke for an ad, and the ad was Ryan Reynolds for mint mobile.

Malcom's Richard Pryor impression is hilarious

I love that LEGO Batman 2 got its recipe for fake Kryptonite from this movie. I think that's the biggest impact this film had on DC as a whole.

Malcolm does an incredible Richard Pryor impression. This movie did him so dirty and so many of the writing and editing choices are just baffling. You're right, the super computer should've been the man bad guy, not that Lex Luthor ripoff. Also, that "turned into a robot" scene really messed me up as a kid.

As a kid, that fight scene between Clark & evil superman at the scrapyard was LEGENDARY.

Metallo would've fit really well for this film, just an evil, superpowered cyborg gangster, that would've been easy to write for and design for this universe.

This isn't the only time when Annette O'Toole was involved in a Superman production. She also played Martha Kent in the TV series Smallville.

Fun fact- the tower of Pisa took CENTURIES to build (things like wars interupted the construction) and it started leaning basically right away, it actually is shaped in a subtle curve to counterbalance against the lean (angled stone etc) and the room for the bells (yeah it's a bell tower it is built in the plaza of miracles next to a church) was built to be level even with the lean- so superman "straightening it" would not only ruin a cultural monument in the obvious sense, not only making all the adjustments to accomidate the lean, but it will just fall over later.

Love that Anette returned to the Superman universe in Smallville as Martha Kent. Also Christopher and Margot returned in Smallville; being Christopher’s last role before he passed away.

Another Fun Fact: Christopher Reeve threatened not to return for this film, to protest Richard Donner's firing and because he hated the script. With the film already in pre-production, the producers scrambled to find an actor to play Superman. John Travolta was approached, but declined. Jeff Bridges and Kurt Russell were also considered, but they weren't interested. A few days before filming was set to begin, the Salkinds settled on Tony Danza as Clark Kent/Superman. Richard Lester was mortified with the casting of Danza, and pleaded for Reeve to return. Reeve eventually agreed, if he was allowed to change the script. The producers agreed. That's one popular rumor. Another is once Reeve found out Danza was lined up to replace him; he quickly got intimidated; having assumed the movie would be cancelled without his participation; and at that point Reeve relented.

Robert Vaughn, the villain of Superman 3, played Napoleon Solo in "The Man From U.N.C.L.E" show. Henry Cavill, Superman of the DCEU, would also play Napoleon Solo in the "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." movie.

Ah yes, Vera being assimilated is one of those iconic childhood trauma moments next to the libary ghost, Large Marge, Dan Aykroyd turning into a blue skinned demon (as well as the gremlin in the Nightmare at 20,000 Ft segment, the entirety of the 'It's A Good Life' segment but definitely Nancy Cartwright being trapped in a cartoon/the demon rabbit/the woman with no mouth), Michael Jackson turning into a werecat (and also the end of the video with his glowing eyes and the Vincent Price laugh), Amy Peterson from Fright Night with the razor sharp teeth (the image of her on the poster as an evil cloud onlooking on with her vampire face).

The woman getting turned into a cyborg isn't the creepiest scene. Superman sleazing up Lana is

That was a great impression of Richard Pryor.

It's time to mention the fan edit "Superman Redeemed" once again, which combines Superman 3 and 4 into one movie, and mainly keeps the best of both films

FUN FACT: Mr. Mxyzptlk was supposed to be the main villain of this movie, where he sent both Superman and Supergirl to a fairy tale world, where the two Kryptonians are doing... well, like Batman and Batgirl in The Killing Joke. Yeah, no joke. It almost happened.