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Superman re-visited...

In 2013 we watched Man of Steel and really didn't like it. Since then we've re-watched the first 2 Christopher Reeve movies and Lois & Clark (season 1). Also, the 1989-1995 (?) Batman movies and the Nolan ones.

Recently, we saw Batman Versus Superman for the first time.

Superman the Movie was pretty decent despite being dated. Superman 2 was very tedious and boring. Lois & Clark (season 1) remained great fun and boasted easily the best Lex Luthor I've ever encountered.

The initial Batman versus Superman trailer looked good but the CGI monster trailer didn't so we gave it a miss. This years Wonder Woman trailers made us reconsider watching Batman versus Superman and we had very low expectations. Surprisingly it was pretty good. Not perfect but certainly good.

So, we ordered a cheap second hand Man of Steel DVD and gave it a second try... Hey, after Batman versus Superman it really made sense and worked. This darker Superman works well in our modern society. It isn't the 1950's anymore or even Reeve's 1970's.

People speak about the old Superman movies from memory. They seldom re-watch them with modern eyes. Superman 2 onwards were bad movies; each one worse than the previous one. Superman Returns was overhyped and poor. Smallville was not really worth mentioning.

So, Zack Snyder's vision gets a thumbs up from me!

Re-makes, sequels, etc that didn't quite cut it...

1. Matrix 2 & 3 (don't know their names)
2. True Grit
3. We're No Angels
4. Naked Gun sequels
5. Airplane 2
6. Blade 3
7. Dark Knight Rises
8. Star Wars Episodes 1, 2, 3, 7
9. Return of Jedi
10. Ewoks: Caravan of Courage
11. Ocean's 11
12. Karate Kid 3 onwards
13. The new Karate Kid (2010)
14. Riddick
15. Superman 2 onwards
16. Back to the Future 2 & 3
17. Blade Runner re-versions 2-7
18. Kick-Ass 2
19. Ghostbusters 2
20. Mission Impossible movies
21. X-Files movies
22. Supergirl (spinoff movie)
23. Battlestar Galactica TV series 2004
24. The A-team
25. Man of Steel
26. The Hobbit movies
27. A room with a view
28. Charlie and the chocolate factory
29. Herbie
30. Every Clouseau film that came after A Shot in the Dark
31. The wicker man
32. Oz
33. Around the world in 80 days
34. The Italian Job
35. The Thing
36. Rollerball
37. Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey Jr)
38. Bewitched
39. Star Trek the motion picture
40. Star Trek 5 onwards
41. Most of the Harry Potter movies
42. Robocop
43. Total Recall
44. Terminator 3 onwards
45. Alien 3 onwards
46. First Blood 2 onwards
47. Prometheus
48. Star Trek: The Original series - season 3
49. Indiana Jones 4
50. Smallville
51. Catwoman (Halle Berry)
52. Night at the Museum 3
53. Star Trek: Enterprise
54. The Truth About Charlie (Charade re-make)
55. Jurassic Park (and its sequels)
56. Rear Window
57. Tim Burton Batman movies (and sequels)
58. Hulk
59. Iron Man 2 & 3
60. Stargate Atlantis
61. The Avengers: Age of Ultron
62. Spider-man (both sets of movies)
63. Leon Redux
64. Apocalypse Now Redux
65. Get Carter
66. Arthur
67. Alfie
68. Conan the Destroyer
69. Predator 2
70. Fame
71. Footloose
72. The Hitcher
73. The Lethal Weapon series
74. Conan the Barbarian re-make
75. Planet of the Apes
76. Godzilla
77. Flubber
78. Psycho
79. Mr Deeds
80. Ladykillers
81. The Haunting
82. Firefly movie Serenity
83. Dirty Dancing sequel
84. Superman Returns (why?)
85. Jaws 2 onwards
86. Wall Street sequel
87. Blues Brothers 2000
88. Son of the mask
89. Quantum of Solace
90. Woody Allen's Casino Royale
91. Grease 2
92. Mel Gibson's Hamlet
93. Pride & Prejudice 
94. Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ
95. Noah and the Rock Monsters (Russell Crowe)
96. The Bible
97. Star Trek movies (Abrams re-boot) 

Feel free to create your own list. 

If you liked any of the above movies, good for you.
Somebody did I guess...

Batman vs Superman?

Superman kills

It is hard to imagine Christopher Reeves's Superman causing as much destruction to property and life as the Man of Steel did.

Krypton

The Man of Steel depicted Krypton in a manner that borrowed heavily from The Chronicles of Riddick, The Matrix, Star Trek: The Next Generation (The Masterpiece Society episode).

The Man of Steel

We enjoyed the film but felt that it exemplified the taoist concern: a blade over-sharpened will not hold it's edge, a bowl over-filled will spill over.

An hour less of action would have made a better film.
The nervous system dulls when the stimulus is unrelenting.