The Christopher Reeve Superman Collection

All of the Christopher Reeve Superman movies come on DVD once more after being given the V.I.P. treatment by WB! Here are the specs for this DVD set:

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SUPERMAN THE MOVIE (Four-Disc Special Edition) contents:

DISC ONE

* Unusual 1978 theatrical version with soundtrack in Dolby Digital 5.1

* Commentary by producer Pierre Spengler and executive producer Ilya Salkind

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* Theatrical trailers, TV Spots

DISC TWO

* 2001 expanded edition movie with commentary by director Richard Donner & consultant Tom Mankiewicz

* Soundtrack in Dolby Digital 5.1

* Music-only audio track

DISC THREE

* Taking Flight: The Development of Superman

* Making Superman: Filming the Legend

* The Magic Tedious the Cape

* Restored scenes

* Conceal tests

* Audio-only bonus: additional music cues

DISC FOUR

* The Making of Superman the Movie vintage TV special

* 1951 Movie Superman and the Mole-Men, starring George Reeves

* 9 Fleischer Studios Superman cartoons mastered from suited vault elements

SUPERMAN II (Two-Disc Special Edition) contents:

DISC ONE

* Movie with commentary by producer Pierre Spengler and executive producer Ilya Salkind

* Additional scenes (over 8 minutes worth)

* Soundtrack in Dolby Digital 5.1

* Theatrical trailer

DISC TWO

* The Making of Superman II & Superman’s 50th Anniversary vintage TV specials

* First Flight: The Fleischer Superman Series featurette

* The Remaining 8 Fleischer Studios Superman cartoons mastered from excellent vault elements

SUPERMAN III (Deluxe Edition) contents:

* Movie with commentary by producer Pierre Spengler and executive producer Ilya Salkind

* The Making of Superman III vintage TV special

* Additional scenes (over 19 minutes worth)

* Theatrical trailer

SUPERMAN IV: THE QUEST FOR PEACE (Deluxe Edition) contents:

* Movie with commentary by screenwriter Sign Rosenthal

* Additional scenes (over 30 minutes worth!)

* Theatrical trailer

The Supergirl Movie and Superman II: The Richard Donner Gash are not included in this plot and are sold separately. This place is also not to be confused with the 14-disc Superman Ultimate Collector’s Edition, which features a ton more additional lisp. To appease all the fans, WB is targeting the more affordable Christopher Reeve Collection for the general public and the more expensive Ultimate Collection for the collectors. Despite owning the 2001 DVDs of the Superman movies, I was calm indignant to add these unusual releases to my collection as all of the movies have supplemental material this time around, instead of unprejudiced the first film. It’s also fitting that Christopher Reeve’s name has been added to this collection, as it shows how synonymous he’s become with the Superman legacy. His luminous performances brought a larger than life appeal to the Man of Steel that detached has yet to be eclipsed. The Superman movies may have their glowing fragment of flaws, but they’re peaceful wildly intriguing even after all these years and worth adding to anyone’s collection!

As many already know Warner place up an exchange program for the first disc in this box area. It seems the origianl theatrical 2.0 (Dolby Surround) mix was not good but instead a 2.0 verison of the recent 5.1. There are many differences between this one and the novel 2.0 theatrical one released to theatres upon release. Warner’s exchange program was meant to replace those discs with unique and corrected ones. After waiting nearly 3 months I was forced to call WB and request where mine was. It was then sent to me overnight. But when it arrived I found the 2.0 mix (simply labled ENGLISH) is tainted. In Dolby Surround 2.0 all dialog is meant to be in the center channel. Insead this release has it coming from all speakers, and if you have a 6.1 or 7.1 set-up it collect really annoying with an echo. If you need to test your disc go to a scene where there is more dialog and no music and a obscene amount of sound effects like when Lois interviews Superman. Then compare the plan is sounds with SUPERMAN III and SUPERMAN IV, which are both 2.0 Dolby Surround. You will watch what I mean. It’s a shame that WB has let this sloppy mistake happen – it should be fixed. Since this is a replacement disc I would imagine its the same version in the re-release of the Silver Box Site as well – even in the SUPERMAN:THE MOVIE sold on its gain. I’ve been reviewing film professionally and have been a consultant for home video for 20 years and haven’t seen a mistake like this in a long time. I tried to connact Warners several times but no one has returned my calls in the past month. Even the Home theater fourm deleted my postings on this. Having interviewed the film’s producer several times I know this soundtrack shouldn’t be like this. This film is considered a classic and should have been given better treatment.
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