Superman: Ultimate Collector's Edition

[SinisterPryde]

I was aware that Warner Bros. was going to issue a new DVD set for Superman like they did for Batman, but I wasn't expecting this:

http://www.dvdreview.com/news/viewnews.asp?id=8117

And the Donner Cut of Superman II is supposed to be exclusive to this collection. Talk about wringing the last dollar from the true supporters.

[KingVoyeur]

Holy Crap!!! That's like 3 discs per movie (including SuperGirl)!! What the hell are they gonna put on all of them? And how much is that thing gonna cost?!?

[jayce78]

Even though I can feel Warners going $CHA$CING$ as we speak . . .

This is something I've looked foward to for a long time & I'm very excited about. Hopefully it will be worth the bucks and there putting the works in it.


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[ladymurasaki]

Actually, having read about the history of the filming and making of Superman II, I'm really excited about the Donner cut of the film. You can read a little bit about it here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superman_II:_The_Richard_Donner_Cut

I always thought that the different tones in the Superman movies -- is Lex Luthor really campy, or really evil -- were sort of strange. They didn't bother me too much then, and certainly as a kid I was oblivious to the fact that the attitude of a director or studio would affect a movie's overall tone, but I'm really, really curious to see what Donner intended. I think I'll be springing some dough at least for the Donner cut.

[jayce78]

Suposedly there will also be the international version of SIII , and I don't know what they're doing for Superman: the movie / & Bryan Singer's Superman Returns that will also be in the pack?


I'm sure they will leak more info as we get closer. Does anybody have any more on this??

[jayce78]

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(LATE UPDATE - 7/27/06 - 4:45 PM PDT)

Okay... after making my Superman box set post earlier this afternoon, I've received even MORE confused e-mails. So I decided to go right to the source to help you all understand what's really happening with the whole 8-disc vs. 14-disc thing (just forget what I said earlier - in fact, I've deleted it from the post).

I contacted Warner Home Video today about the whole Superman box set issue, and here's the real skinny: Basically Warner sort-of announced earlier in 2006 that they were going to be releasing a massive 14-disc Superman Legacy Collection box set with all the films and other materials... and then at Comic-Con the studio finally announced only an 8-disc Christopher Reeve Superman Collection box set.

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So people were left to wonder, what happened to the 14-disc set? Was it cancelled? Did the plans change and is the 8-disc set all we're getting now?

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The latter is what we had, in fact, been told by a number of sources and it was the logical conclusion to make. But according to the Warner Home Video representative I contacted this afternoon, there MAY still be a larger Legacy Collection release. However, it's not certain to happen, it's not yet officially announced and there are some issues that have to be resolved before it can come to fruition. Hopefully, things will play out such that we'll know more sooner rather than later. In the meantime, however, what IS for sure is that the 8-disc Christopher Reeve Superman Collection box set will street on 11/28along with a separate release of Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut. As for Superman Returns, it will be officially announced in the weeks ahead.

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So to summarize, you're getting 8 discs plus the Donner DVD for sure, along with Superman Returns (TBA, but likely due out by the end of the year), and there MAY still be an even more elaborate Superman DVD box set in 2006 or 2007, which hopefully we'll know about soon. And that's official. Sort of. It's at least as much as can be officially confirmed as of now.

Got it? Okay. Whew!

And on that perplexing note... stay tuned...

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[Jakester]

Thank you Bill Hunt of the Digital Bits.

[Bill_the_Pony]

Yet another ending for Superman 2 has surfaced, but was voted down in favor of the existing Donner ending, in an effort to stay true to Donner's script. Someone has posted it on youtube.....be sure to catch it before it gets pulled off. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Al7FeEZrH1E):eek:


:)