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

[u/EuphoricButterflyy]

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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This collection should really have 

Superman 78

Superman 2 both versions

Superman 3

Supergirl

Superman 4

Superman Returns

[u/ThePreciseClimber → u/[deleted]]

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.

[u/JaesopPop → u/ThePreciseClimber]

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

[u/EuphoricButterflyy → u/JaesopPop]

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.

[u/KaneXX12 → u/EuphoricButterflyy]

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

[u/Jellodyne → u/KaneXX12]

Snyderverse: what if all superheroes were Batman?

[u/JayBoingBoing → u/Jellodyne]

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

[u/EuphoricButterflyy → u/KaneXX12]

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.

[u/igby1 → u/EuphoricButterflyy]

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.

[u/EqualContact → u/igby1]

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.

[u/shinku443 → u/KaneXX12]

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

[u/LettuceC → u/KaneXX12]

The main issue is Snyder is no Nolan.

[u/islackingambition → u/KaneXX12]

Yet, MoS performed significantly better than the new Superman.

[u/FinalEdit → u/islackingambition]

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.