Superman: The Blog

Up to this point I have discussed and covered lots of topics related to the Superman film series, including my recent analyses of the Mario Puzo scripts, with a mixture of older material and fresh content for fans to enjoy. But for this particular blog I have to digress, because we have reached another significant…

It’s not uncommon to go to a movie and see a post-credits scene. Granted, it means sitting through all of the end credits to get there, but some of them are fun and worth the wait. Nearly all of the Marvel films have post-credits scenes that tease a forthcoming installment or offer a humorous moment.…

Every film has its share of lost scenes. The original version of Fritz Lang’s Metropolis, which went from 155 minutes in its first screening in 1927 to around 90 minutes for decades until restoration occurred in the late 1990s, resulting in a 120-minute cut in 2002, followed by the discovery of a surviving print in…

If you ask Superman fans which sequence is their favorite, some of them will tell you that it’s the gauntlet sequence, that part of the film when Superman has burrowed down to the inner grounds on approach to Lex Luthor’s lair and runs the gauntlet of bullets, fire, and ice. It’s one of the most…

As we bring 2022 to a close, I just want to thank each and every one of you who have discovered and supported Superman: The Blog from its inception only two months ago. This has been a fun and fantastic ride for me in sharing my thoughts and commentaries on the Superman film series thus…

We interrupt this regularly scheduled Superman blog post for a special announcement… It was eighteen years ago today that this most important person entered my life. Over the years I have watched her grow from a little itty bitty to a loving daughter and to a mature young woman. I have given her all of…

If the buildup in marketing and promoting a film the size and scale of Superman: The Movie didn’t already have enough history leading up to the release of the film, what came next was equally massive and strategic to the success of the film. One of the most important marketing aspects of the film would…

For any film or television series, the marketing campaign is one of those key components that will determine the success of such a project. For decades such projects were limited to press interviews, theatrical trailers, and television and radiospots. The more successful the campaign, the more successful the film. Over the decades into the 1970s,…

I want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! Thank you for your support of Superman: The Blog, and stay tuned, because there’s more to come in the days and the new year ahead!

In 2016 my friend Jim Bowers asked me to write a remembrance of the life of Christopher Reeve on what would have been his 64th birthday, and I began wondering what I should say. This year he would have turned 70 had he lived. So much has already been said about his thoughts on his…