The Review Show

Superman: The Movie


Listen Later

Episode 319. We quick-change into our capes for an episode on Richard Donner's 1978 Superman: The Movie. This has all the classic Superman iconography you know and love, plus a complicated real estate scheme where Lex Luthor wants to sink the California coastline to make a new one. We discuss the strange pacing that makes you wait nearly an hour to see Superman in action, the surprisingly sincere romance (and horniness), Jor-El being a busy dad with two jobs, Midwestern wheat fields, how we expect James Gunn's Superman to emulate this or step away from it, and if we'll ever see a big-screen Superman with a mullet like that one comic from the 1990s.

Click here to watch a video of this episode.


  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:04) - Welcome and banter
  • (03:42) - Non-spoiler thoughts on Superman: The Movie
  • (13:36) - Housekeeping
  • (20:04) - Spoilers for Superman: The Movie
  • (01:30:17) - Review Show Bingo
  • (01:32:21) - Recommendations
  • (01:49:50) - What we are discussing next episode
  • (01:54:12) - Outro

  • Reply on Bluesky
    ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
    ...more
    View all episodesView all episodes
    Download on the App Store

    The Review ShowBy The Whatnauts

    • 3.8
    • 3.8
    • 3.8
    • 3.8
    • 3.8

    3.8

    10 ratings


    More shows like The Review Show

    View all
    The Actor and The Engineer Podcast by Paul James and Josh Knapp

    The Actor and The Engineer Podcast

    41 Listeners