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14th MARCH - 18TH APRIL 2001
18th APRIL 2001 DVD BACK COVER Click
Here to see the back cover of the Superman DVD.
ALTERNATE MUSIC CUES ON THE DVD Cues you can hear on the DVD, which are not on the Rhino CD Set: The Council's
Decision Thanks to www.johnwilliams.cjb.net
17th APRIL 2001 DVD REVIEW ROUND-UP 2 weeks today, you'll be able to hold a Superman DVD, can you believe it??? Obviously, the biggest Superman website doesn't
get a review copy, I can't review this disc until early May. DVDFILE
- No one can beat this review, terrific, must read.
13th APRIL 2001 DONNER AND MANKIEWICZ SIGNING I've got additiontal info for this once in a lifetime event: Donner and Mankiewicz will be at Dave's Video from 7.00pm. Only a maximum of 2 items per person and the DVD must be bought from the store. Keep your receipt, a portion of the money will go to a charity. Address:
12th APRIL 2001 DVD REVIEW AT THE DIGITAL BITS Yet another review saying that some f/x have dated. Special Effects don't date, bad f/x will always look bad, and good f/x will always look good. http://www.thedigitalbits.com/reviews2/supermanse.html DONNER AND MANKIEWICZ SIGNING Donner and Mankiewicz will be signing your Superman DVDs at Dave's Video in Los Angeles. This will happen on 1st May. If you are going, let us know, we need to ask hthem about Superman 2!!!
11th APRIL 2001 DVD REVIEWS START TO POUR IN DVD Authority has posted a review of Superman, and reckons the black levels are not deep enough in some scenes. also, the reviewer thinks the space scenes are dated??? Exactly why??? http://www.dvdauthority.com/supermanse.htm
7th APRIL 2001 SUPER SEQUELS SOUND ISSUE A fan has told me that Warner
Bros. have confirmed that the audio on the sequels will Dolby Digital
2.0 Superman2 sound has always been disappointing to me, infact, it's terrible. It really requires some audio work, obviously faithful to the original theatrical mix.
30th MARCH 2001 DIGITAL MEDIA F/X WERE RIGHT AFTER ALL! They were slammed by Aint It Cool
BANDWAGON News, but they were right all along:
29th MARCH 2001 SAN ANTONIO LOVED SUPERMAN THE MOVIE BUT NO NATIONWIDE RELEASE Having test screenings in San Antonio would never get the attention thanks to Warner Bros. They should be ashamed of themselves. If Superman was shown in a few theaters in the larger cities, WB would be gleaming with delight right now, because the gross figures would've been much higher. The turn-out in San Antonio so far has been disappointing, the film will play until this weekend, but it's all over, no nationwide re-release. It's all Warner Bros' fault!!!! Here's a quote from my excellent
source: Did WB want this to fail, if yes, WHY? Or, was it just bad marketing. I think it's bad marketing - wrong location and wrong weekend, lack of consultation etcetc. "You'll believe Warner Bros couldn't organise a p*ss-up in a brewery" It's official, Superman will be on DVD in 4 weeks! The press release has been issued
27th MARCH 2001 NEWSPAPER REPORTS ON THE RE-RELEASE You've probably read these: Review
of the film Here's the official QuickTime
version of the re-release trailer:
26th MARCH 2001 WHY SAN ANTONIO? Here's why San Antonio was chosen: By René A. Guzman No mention of Superman CINEMA or Web Central. AICN HAS NOT been petitioning for a re-release, they only joined in recently. Thanks to William for the heads-up. 23rd MARCH 2001 POSITIVE THEATRICAL REVIEW (PRESS SCREENING) Here's a positive review:
23rd MARCH 2001 DVDFILE REVIEWS SUPERMAN THE MOVIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I WANT IT NOW!!!!!!!!
22nd MARCH 2001 SUPERMAN SE THEATRICAL PLANS NOT SCRAPPED???? Make up your own minds about the following. BTW, the source is good, this person hopes to have more info: He told me that the word around there is that WB has not scrapped the re-release but has in fact, due to overwhelming fan response, pushed off the DVD/VHS releases until a much later date to accomodate for a larger scale wide theatrical release window. WB didn't expect such a push by the fan community for theatrical release. He said everyone around there is subtly trying to rush out promotional materials, throw together posters, book theaters, things like that. It seems as if WB wants everyone to think they had this in mind the whole time. Evidently there's a small group of people with WB scouring the internet daily trying to quell any speculation that they're going to kill the re-release and, my assumation, anything that hits too close to the truth, generally "taking exception" with any article that even suggests that they made a mistake or are killing the re-release (like this article). Anyway, I'll try to get more confirmation on this and keep ya posted on what develops, if we can find anything out. I WANT TO BELIEVE!
22nd MARCH 2001 SUPERMAN SE THEATRICAL NEWSPAPER AD! Have they really scrapped the
wide theatrical plans? The boneheads at WB haven't confirmed or denied.
Can these people organise a p*ss up a the brewery? I can confirm they
can't. Make up your own mind:
21st MARCH 2001 SUPERMAN SE THEATRICAL NEWSPAPER AD! Click
Here to see the newspaper AD
20th MARCH 2001 SUPERMAN SE THEATRICAL RE-RELEASE REVIEW Aint It Cool News gives Superman The Movie SE the thumbs UP!!! Loves the sound mix and the picture. http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=8448
20th MARCH 2001 SUPERMAN RE-RELEASE TRAILER After viewing the trailer a few times, I must admit that the picture quality looks stunning, it's now correctly colour-timed (Unsworth never had time to do this in 1978). The picture looks vibrant, the pastel effect is much more prominent, Unsworth was a genius, as was Alex Thompson. Thanks to our f/x friend, Ahem - he was right, Superman's f/x look even more amazing, the grainy, fuzzy shots now look much sharper thanks to the digital restoration. The guys who worked on the film have done a fantastic job on the picture. Thanks for not going down the CGI route. Now, the sound is more contentious issue, what I heard in the trailer was amazing, I can't help but like it. It will certainly give Dolby Digital amps a good work-out. Until I hear this sound mix in Dolby Digital I can't comment, but I like what I heard. To view the re-release trailer - visit filmforce DVD PUSHED BACK???? What's wrong with Warner Bros.? Their literature states that the DVDs will be out on 1st May, then they say that it's not set in stone. Looks like WB are giving the re-release a chance to succeed, but I think it's all a bit too late, quite frankly, this re-release should've been done in February. Sort yourselves out, Warner Bros.!!!!
15th MARCH 2001 FAN-FEST I've set-up a fan fest page for the San Antonio screenings, this page will be updated with the latest news on the screenings CLICK HERE
14th MARCH 2001 IN THEATERS FOR 2 WEEKS??? Jim Bowers:
14th MARCH 2001 FANS MEET-UP!!! Jim Bowers would love to meet you guys in San Antonio, so if you are going, why not hook up? Here are the details: I will be arriving in San Antonio on Thursday, March 22, in the early
afternoon, and departing Sunday morning, March 25. I will be staying with
fellow Superman fan Tim Gardner at a Sleep Inn hotel. Tim is our Texas
contact who has been instrumental in promoting Superman-The Movie Special
Edition and staying in contact with the local WB rep in charge of the
press screening and weekend preview. Thanks Tim! Are fans having trouble getting tickets,
some theaters do not even know about the screening!!! This fan e-mailed
me:
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