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"The
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 DVD EXTRAS |
- Trailer |
- Cast &
Crew Listings |
CAST & CREW Director Richard Lesterr
/ Cast Christopher Reeves, Gene Hackman, Margot Kidder, Marc
McClure, jackie Coope / Music Ken Thorne |
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Look! Up in the sky... it’s a bird, it’s a
plane, but no it’s not another DVD18 Special edition of Superman 2!
From the outset, the plan was to make 2 films almost for the price of 1. Superman
1 and 2 where to be shot back to back and released a year or so apart. However,
Director Richard Donner was fired 2/3 of the way throughout the shot of Superman 2 and was
replaced by Richard Lester. Sometime later the rest of Superman 2 was shot. (it was
actually released 3 years after the original in the USA, and only 2 years later outside
the USA)
While superman had a sense of awe and wonder about it, Superman 2 is quite a bit
grittier and meaner. That's not to say it took a Ridley Scott approach in tone, but
was rather far less "fluffy" than the original.
Over there years there has been much debate as to which superman film is better, but
neither parties can really say that one sucks and the other is great, as Superman 2 is a
terrific and very faithful followup to its superior Original :))
At the End of Part 1 Superman had saved the girl,
foiled the baddy and as a result, saved the world (aka the United States of America:) from
destruction.
Meanwhile, those who have escaped the exploding planet
Krypton have sentence General Zod (Terence [Priscilla, Queen of the Desert] Stamp) and his
two sidekicks Ursa and Non (Sarah Douglas and Jack O'Hallaran) to life imprisonment
in a spinning mirror thingy which floats around space.
Just as Superman saves The Eiffel Tower from being blown up
by terrorists, he trusts the bomb into outer space and the shockwave has an unfortunate
sideeffect. It unleashes the three baddies from exile.! These 3 baddies headed
for earth the try rein supreme. |
So how does this DVD Scrub Up?
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VIDEO
This Anamorphic Widescreen Transfer is pretty good, but not a patch on
the cleaned up Original. which is a shame.
Some effort has certainly been put into the transfer as the print looks to have been
dusted and polished to remove some greasy dirt and grime (there are still a few instances
of nicks and scratches).
Colour Saturation is quite nice as is sharpness (thought the diffused focusing had a
slightly grimy look about it).
The one real difference to notice is the footage shot a year or so down the track.
This looks,well, newer, though it's nothing too serious and won't detract from the film
too much.
Spread over 2 layers of an RSDL DVD the layer change occurs
fast than a speeding bullet at 66:08 on a close up of Lois |
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AUDIO
Bummer. While Superman 1 received a super 5.1 remix and remaster.
#2 is left with it's original 2 channel sound, encoded only as Dolby
Digital 2.0 :(
It does the job for a film of it's vintage, but no matter how much you like it, it's hard
not to compare it to it's far superior sounding #1.
Dialogue is pretty clean and clear throughout, there is
some surround usage and the music score is nicely placed around the room. |
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EXTRAS
Like the picture and sound, we've been gypped on the extras.
All you get is a trailer and a cast and crew listing.
The movie may be almost as good as it's prequel, but
the DVD itself ain't a patch on the Superman Special Edition. This picture is quite
nice and certainly quite watchable. and the sound does what it can, but is a
bit lacking. As for the Extras, yes well...... For the fans only. |
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PICTURE_QUALITY |
7/10 nicely
cleaned up |
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SOUND_Quality Dolby |
6/10 has it's
moments, but is not all that great |
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5.1 WOW_Factor |
N/A |
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| EXTRAS |
1/10 a bit
waifish |
REVIEW_DATE
15th March 2002 |
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Review Equipment |
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Pioneer SD-T50W1 (16:9 RPTV) |
Speakers |
Mains: Quadral Gold Amun |
| Amplifier |
Denon AVC-A1SE THX Ultra(EX/ES) |
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Centre: B&W CDMC-SE |
| DVD_Player |
Pioneer DV717 (using RGB outputs) |
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Surrounds Side: M&K SS500 |
| Interconnects |
QED SQART & QED Optical |
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Surrounds Back : Polk RT f/x |
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Subby: M&K V125 |
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