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Wednesday 3 June 2015

Supergirl (1984)

Not only does Supergirl not fit into the existing Superman mythos created by the films that came before it, it fails to keep even its own self-contained designs on the world intact. The story has witches, black magic, an invisible demon and an unravelling script that would confuse even Mister Mxyzptlk.
Faye Dunaway's pantomime villain/cougar is a lot of fun, but what holds it all together is Helen Slater’s ability to give the titular character the innocence and naivety she needs to be sympathetic in the alien world.
Helen's months of training on the wire really paid off. When she flies around it's like a dance, full of elegance and grace.

2½ dicky bows out of 5
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5 comments:

  1. cuckoo3 June 2015 at 08:22

    XD It's so very bad but I have a fondness for it too.

    2 at least Jimmy showed up of 5

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  2. Dr Faustus3 June 2015 at 14:12

    I listened to some of the commentary. It revealed that Superman was in the original script more than once, but all his scenes were cut.

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  3. cuckoo3 June 2015 at 19:45

    I recall being a "score nerd in training" when they show the pic of Supes on the wall and Jerry Goldsmith quoted John Williams' theme.

    I giddied in the pants as a kid...
    ...who knew?

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  4. Dr Faustus4 June 2015 at 14:16

    Smallville did something similar when Reeve appeared as a new character. It was perfect!

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  5. cuckoo4 June 2015 at 16:40

    Yes! I remember.

    By the time I got to Smallville, I was alread a full-fledged score-nerd and got all giddy when Mark Snow quoted Williams' theme, which got progressively more obvious as Clark discovered more and more.

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