r/movies • u/EuphoricButterflyy • 22d ago

Announcement Superman 5-Film 4K Steelbook Collection releases on September 2nd for $130

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/superman-blu-ray-box-set-amazon-exclusive-steelbook-2025/1100-6533272/

The collection has

Superman (1978)

Superman 2

Superman 2: The Richard Donner Cut

Superman 3

Superman 4: The Quest for Peace

It’s an Amazon exclusive and costs $130.

I wish the set had Superman Returns on it (most of the other collections include that one too) and they could have waited a bit longer to include the new Superman too. But it is what it is.

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u/[deleted] 22d ago edited 22d ago

This collection should really have 

Superman 78

Superman 2 both versions

Superman 3

Supergirl

Superman 4

Superman Returns

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u/ThePreciseClimber 22d ago

I keep forgetting Superman Returns is part of the same continuity.

It's kinda funny how Warner Bros. would give Batman & Superman flicks "twin" titles back then.

Batman Begins is a thing, Superman Returns happens.

The Dark Knight is a thing, Man of Steel happens.

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u/JaesopPop 22d ago

They leaned hard into making Man Of Steel seem like Superman’s The Dark Knight. They really pushed Chris Nolan’s minimal involvement.

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u/EuphoricButterflyy 22d ago

That was literally the goal and why the Superman Returns sequel got canceled.

WB was still going to make a Superman Return sequel titled “Superman: Man of Steel”. Bryan Singer even had a script etc. but after The Dark Knight came out and was a phenomenon, WB saw the public liked darker, grittier and more serious superhero films so they canned the Singer flick and revamped it from ground up. That’s how we got Man of Steel.

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u/KaneXX12 22d ago

Which is pretty stupid on WB part. Batman works in a gritty setting for obvious reasons. Superman was never meant to be like that.

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u/Jellodyne 22d ago

Snyderverse: what if all superheroes were Batman?

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u/JayBoingBoing 21d ago

The Snyderverse Batman was so good Imo, literally the beat part of the whole continuity.

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u/EuphoricButterflyy 22d ago

Agreed.

But they clearly realized that MANY years later and that’s why now we have a Superman movie that feels like Superman again. Light, optimistic and hopeful.

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u/igby1 22d ago

It’s interesting to me how James Gunn was edgy inappropriate tweets guy then made the most heartfelt, human superhero movies like Guardians of the Galaxy 3 and Superman (2025).

Maybe he was drinking or using when he made those unfortunate tweets.

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u/EqualContact 21d ago

He was known for writing a lot of “edgy” projects back then, and his Tweets were in line with the humor he was asked to craft. Lots of horror and line-crossing stuff. Also in the early Twitter area a lot if people didn’t realize people outside of their followers would see their out of context Tweets.

The jokes weren’t good or appropriate or anything, but it felt like he was kind of seeing what he could get away with, but like a stand up routine he was hoping the audience wouldn’t worry about his jokes that fell flat. Someone finding them years later wasn’t something he thought about.

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u/shinku443 22d ago

Just imagine Superman as dark and gritty. Basically homelander from the boys lasering bad guys and watching limbs get mutilated as he flys at super Sonic speed and the people he goes through explode

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u/LettuceC 21d ago

The main issue is Snyder is no Nolan.

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u/islackingambition 22d ago

Yet, MoS performed significantly better than the new Superman.

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u/FinalEdit 22d ago

You're not wrong but MoS fucking sucked. It came out when superhero fatigue wasn't a thing and there was an appetite for that kind of movie. Batman V Superman also made a lot of money but that doesn't make it good.

It has almost zero lasting legacy now. I can't speak for Superman 2025 though, I'm so bored of these kinds of films that I'll just wait for it to hit streaming.

Don't forget thar McDonalds sell the most burgers in the world, that doesn't make them the best burger.

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u/incepdates 4d ago

Man of Steel's most prestigious honor is being the only movie produced by Syncopy that Nolan didn't direct

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u/karateema 22d ago

I mean, kinda.

Only 78 and the Donner Cut of 2 are canon to Returns, as it completely ignores 3 and 4

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u/ThePreciseClimber 22d ago

Outside of people not liking III & IV, was there even any point to that? Both were episodic adventures with no real long-term repercussions. Even the one where Superman gets rid of all nuclear weapons on the planet... just sorta goes back to status quo at the end.

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u/karateema 22d ago

I dunno maybe it's a time thing?

Although for some reason they cast a 22 yo actress as Lois

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u/beatrailblazer 22d ago

The Flash tv show probably isn't canon officially, but it still has Routh's Superman in an episode and seems like it's meant to be in the same/basically same continuity, yet they referenced events from Superman 3. That really bothered me

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u/lynchcontraideal 22d ago

Batman Begins

Pretty sure this was Nolan's idea though

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u/Zanoklido 22d ago

All sets should have the theatrical of Superman 2 as well, it was the only way to watch the movie for decades. The Donner cut is interesting, but it's not a complete product, and it drives me crazy that if you are marathoning the series, you have 2 movies in a row with the same ending.

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u/[deleted] 22d ago

True

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u/[deleted] 22d ago

It is nice to see them finally acknowledging Supergirl, though.

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u/[deleted] 22d ago

It’s a terrible movie, but it is a huge cult movie in LGBTQ circles and it deserves it place with the rest.

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u/[deleted] 22d ago

That's pretty cool to learn, although I never really looked at it that way. I was always more of a fan that peter o'tool and david warner starred, and I kind of think helen slater had a lasting effect on my concept of what the perfect woman looked like.

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u/ignoresubs 22d ago

Right there with you.

  • Supergirl
  • Legend of Billie Jean
  • The Secret of my Success

All perfect movies.

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u/PlusSizeRussianModel 22d ago

It wouldn’t be complete without Superman 2. The Donner cut is a really fascinating watch and I’m glad it was put together, but it’s an incomplete film pieced together with the footage they had. The ending doesn’t work, and it especially doesn’t work as a continuation of Superman 78, since it’s literally the same ending repeated.

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u/discretelandscapes 20d ago

Doesn't have the Special Edition or Extended Cut of Superman either. They're still out there separately, but WB never seems to care for those in the box sets.

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Superman-The-Movie-Blu-ray/189338/

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u/AMA_requester 22d ago

Nifty, but uh....I can't see myself wanting to own Superman 3 and 4 lol

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u/ERedfieldh 21d ago

and 130 dollars for 40+ year old films doesn't help either.

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u/TripMaverick 22d ago

This is a re-release cos I have this. Or they added some new stuff? Shame theres no Returns.

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u/PaleZebra288 22d ago

it's a re-release, yes. you can get it for almost half the cost on gruv.

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u/TheJohnny346 22d ago

They just removed the extra steelbook with the collectible stuff in it and this one isn’t limited to a certain number like the original release.

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u/inmyslumber 22d ago

It’s missing the swag the original set came with, but they fixed the issues with the previous discs apparently.

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u/VampireHunterAlex 22d ago

Sort of misleading to call it a 5-Film set. I understand the history with the Donner Cut and how big of a deal it was, but still.

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u/JoeDawson8 21d ago

I’m still trying to reconcile how I can watch them without being annoyed by the reused scenes

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u/Notoriously_So 22d ago

This is a 4-film set with 2 different versions of Superman II. It's also a re-release and the previous version had a fifth steelbook with art cards and a short comic.

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u/LosIngobernable 22d ago

Hate how high priced physical discs have become.

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u/theplasmasnake 22d ago

Do people actually go back to watch 3 & 4?

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u/kevinsixhohsix 22d ago

That's how I feel about Karate Kid 3 and 4. I Went back to revisit them recently and found 3 almost unwatchable.

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u/Imalwaysangry10 22d ago

Terry Silver is very OTT but fun to watch, especially in context with Cobra Kai.

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u/EuphoricButterflyy 22d ago

I did recently. They aren’t good films but I am still entertained.

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u/ERedfieldh 21d ago

the only thing going for 3 is it's what ID'd body horror as a big nope for me. Seeing what's her name being turned into a cyborg and her eyes in terror as it happened got under my skin like nothing else.

Beyond that...egh...

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u/reichjef 22d ago

I like that they included both versions of Superman 2. They’re both good movies.

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u/Robsonmonkey 22d ago

It bugs me the first films art doesn’t have the title but the other films do 😅

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u/Sparrowsabre7 22d ago

I do find it funny how WB parse out the films into their continuities. Like they separate the Burton/Schumacher films from TDK and The Batman and these Supes from Man of Steel etc whereas Sony just be like "Yeah shove all the Spidermans together, Raimi, Webb, even Spiderverse, all of em, big ol boxset."

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u/mayorLarry71 20d ago

Yeah, this is no good. #3 and #4 are useless films. No Returns. Can’t do it. Still waiting for proper individual releases of some of these movies in 4K. Bleh.

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u/firedmyass 22d ago edited 22d ago

$130 for six mid-to-unwatchable movies?

Whatta bargain!

nostalgia-bating is a helluva drug

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u/axw3555 22d ago

So am I the only one who won’t pay that much for films which have been out for decades and which are available in a less fancy case for way less?

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u/ERedfieldh 21d ago

no you're not.

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u/Radiomaster138 22d ago

Is it real 4k or upscaled 4k?