I wholeheartedly agree. Canon Group at least spent their money wisely on the soundtrack. I think after they hired Alexander Courage they found out they didn't have enough money to finish the movie.
Gene hackman's performance in this scene and the whole movie is great! Gene added a very entertaining wisecracking persona to the famous Superman villain!!
It's the villains who make the movies great because they're allowed to be camp, different and unexpected. Superman needs to play it within the confines of the character. Can't have a self-obsessed hero, but a villain can be anything.
If you look closely, you can see that actor Mark Pillow (Nuclear Man) is struggling to keep a straight face at Gene Hackman's funny acting. He almost starts smiling.
I know 😂🤣 there's actually a very interesting podcast interview with him done in 2008. It's about half an hour and he goes into how he got the role, how Superman IV went so so wrong and nightmare at the premiere party itself. He seems to be a really cool dude.
It was supposed to be referencing the deleted scenes with the prototype Nuclear Man, who actually did call Lex his father. That bit of dialogue was probably meant to be establishing that this version was a lot more badass and was going to be harder for Lex to control, but with said scenes deleted the line ends up making no sense.
A more accurate name should have been "Solar Man" no? Nuclear would suggest that he could operate all hours and like a conduit or a battery, absorb nuclear energy from any radioactive source. More radiation, more power. Sun makes him "Solar Man". And radiation makes him "Nuclear Man".
Nuclear Man is SO UNDERRATED it's mind boggling. I was amazed as a kid seeing him!! Nuclear gave Superman a hard time! I loved the fights too. It's too bad Nuclear Man doesn't get the praise he deserves or making a comeback!!
@@pHD77 but he's not powered by nuclear radiation he's powered by solar radiation which makes zero sense, same with nuclear man having luthor's voice, what did I miss a scene that somebody put superman and luthor's dna in one of the nuclear weapons or something.?
@@deathglock496 supermans DNA spools and some additional stuff was hidden in a nuclear warhead compartment, superman grabs the launched nuclear war head & sends it into the sun, afterwards you see this burning firy fetus flying out from the sun growing b4 your very eyes into a fully grown man aka Nuclear man 👍
I read somewhere that bc Nuclear Man is an imperfect Kryptonian clone, he doesn't have the Kryptonite & magic/supernatural weaknesses. Though I imagine he'd still have the red-tint solar-exposure weakness.
That's his weakness, a slightly darker part of the room. Outside of complete and total direct sunlight he immediately becomes an opossum. So, all super man needs to defeat him is like a slightly cloudy day, or the long shadow of a tall building, or an umbrella . . . or a cape. Fuuuuuu Ok, back to the drawing board.
@@andrewomahony9260 or Batman. Batman is basically a joke superhero imo. He's just a glorified Inspector Gadget who operates at night and one shotgun to the face and he's done. Even in JL they joked about Batman basically being a joke with rich as his superpower
@@fr9714 yeah thats why its called a joke dipshit, Batman is more than just a guy with money. That's like Superman Is just a strong guy or Flash is fast.
I was 4 years old when I saw this movie, I couldn't pronounce Nuclear. So you're not the only one too to call him Sunman. I also didn't know why he had an 'N' emblem too. lol
When I was a child and watched this movie I thought that nuclear man was played by the same guy that played he-man in masters of the universe.. The irony is that superman 4 lost part of its budget because of the he-man movie. So he-man was more effective to destroy superman than nuclear man
Me and my friend used to request this film from the babysitter just to annoy the other people in the group. For some reason it seemed to make the younger ones stop crying and being hyperactive. It had a mesmerising effect.
It’s certainly the least of the OG Superman films, but even a low budget vintage Canon Superman film with Reeves and Hackman is a Superman film with Reeves and Hackman
"Oh wow Oh wow hey im breakdancing" " Oh no he's like he's like cold" LOl Along with Chris reeve's and Gene hackman's fine performances in this classic Superman film Jon cryer was great too!
This is really an awesome scene.. This would of been one of the greatest movies of the time had the budget not been cut as many of the effects were still fantastic
The story was rooted in stupidity. Removing nuclear weapons from the equation will never bring peace and the proof is really in the pudding. Name a single war in the last 60 years that involved nuclear weapons.
I remember the deleted scenes from this movie, this Nuclear Man is better than the one played by Clive Mantle, the costume worn by Mark Pillow looks absolutely badass. It would have been good if only Nuclear Man appeared in the comics and animated TV series
Wow! I never actually clued in when I was a kid that Gene Hackman was dubbing Nuclear Man's voice. It's still campy in the extreme, but this just makes it cooler.
Why is Lenny useless at night? Why was he flapping around even before Nuclear Man's beam hit him? Why was the film still sped up even after he was recovered from the spinning and standing up? Why does Nuclear Man need to be in absolute direct sunlight to function and can't store up any power at all?
Indeed he did. Also, to answer jedijones' question. It's because Lenny is stupid, and they sped it probably to make sure the movie does not run too long.
Lenny is useless all together to Lex. So at night when NM can't do anything he is as useless as Lenny. Could be Lex had limitations or purposely did it to avoid his own creation from taking him out.
These question are only the tip of the iceberg… • Where did he get his outfit from? • Who designed his the emblem on his chest? The Sun? • How does Lex know that Nuclear Man can generate heat suitable for lighting a cigar? • If Nuclear Man wants to be the boss, why is he standing compliantly and lighting cigars for Lex? • How did Nuclear Man know to return to Lex's apartment? • How does a being that's just been created understand the complexities of speech? • How does a being that's never spoken before suddenly recognize that Lex has the same voice? • How does Nuclear Man know about Superman? • Why does Nuclear Man want to destroy Superman? • Why does he go from being able-bodied to paralyzed just because he steps into part of the room that has _slightly_ less sunlight? • How could the reflection from a _ring_ possibly energize him? • If he loses strength without the sun, why doesn't he fall over, instead of squatting? • How exactly does he get his energy from the sun? • How could Lex know so much about his physiology in advance when there's never been a being like him before? • Why does Lex immediately call him "Nuclear Man" as though he knew exactly what was going to happen? • And how exactly can you create an intelligent, sentient being just by throwing a hair into the sun?
when l was a kid l in the 80s l saw her this movie of superman in HBO with my dad in the house of my grand fathers and thank you very much for remember to me
@jack bran I never got what the big issue with Richard Pryor was. I always thought he was a lot of fun in Superman 3. Plus 3 had Annette O'Toole as Lana who was every bit as great as Lois. Margot and Hackman have little to nothing to do in 4, and they also(especially Margot) seem rather bored most of the time.
“I will introduce Superman into his first nightmare. A nuclear man. He’ll pierce his skin, make him mortal. He’ll become sick. We’ll dance on his grave.”
@@smdmorga2 Probably not because I remember Lex and Lenny working scientifically to make Nuclear Man where maybe Lex used a recording of his voice to make inside Nuclear Man.
@@smdmorga2 I'm just guessing because Lex himself said that Nuclear Man has his voice and Nuclear Man said that Lex has his voice and when Lex said to him "just remember I made you" as a way of saying "how can I have your voice when I made a voice for you?" where the next thing Lex said to him was "I made you and I could destroy you" which probably was Lex's way of saying "don't give any orders because if you do, I will get rid of you and come up with another plan to defeat Superman." (I would guess Lex's next plan could be to use kryptonite on Superman).
He was good as Lex. Better than Jesse Eisenberg was in Batman vs Superman. I know Jesse Eisenberg's Lex is Lex's son Alexander but there are a couple moments he is very scary as Lex plays Jesse's Lex succeeded where Hackman's Lex didn't. He managed to kill Superman
"You have my voice." "No, YOU have MY voice." I guess it beats "Somehow Palpatine returned" but it's still amazing to think people were paid to write this
I like the concept of Nuclear Man. He's a mutated exaggeration of Superman: both get their power from the sun, but Superman can hold that energy easily without direct sunlight while Nuclear Man needs constant exposure. If the budget allowed it, it would have made a fantastic final battle if Superman led Nuclear Man to the sun to overcharge him and cause him to explode or something.
Justice League 1987 cast Christopher Reeve Superman/Clarke Kent Michael Keaton as Bruce Wayne/Batman Geena Davis as Diana Prince/Wonder Woman Anthony Michael Hall as Barry Allen/ The Flash Dennis Quaid as Hal Jordan/ Green Lantern Cary Elwes as Oliver Queen/Green Arrown Duane Davis as Victor Stone/ Cycborg Peter or David Paul as Shazam
@@DanceySteveYNWA He actually does a good job as Lex. I had my doubts too at first thanks to only seeing him as either Alan Harper and Lenny Luthor but he has pulled it off in many ways.
Actor Mark Pillow looks good wearing that hair mullet of his, he also puts me in the mind of a combination of a young David Hasselhoff, Mel Gibson, and Page Fletcher from the 1983 TV show series The Hitchhiker.
Sentry was obviously inspired by him. After all it make sense: both are clones of Superman with a bad temper, insane powers and unable to control themselves.
I'll say one good thing about this movie, it had a phenomenal orchestral soundtrack.
For which the great John Williams himself personally contributed three new Themes to!
I wholeheartedly agree. Canon Group at least spent their money wisely on the soundtrack. I think after they hired Alexander Courage they found out they didn't have enough money to finish the movie.
I was just thinking that!
@@bratton79 During the filming of the movie they didn't have any money either.
Yes I agree the music is brilliant
I dunno Lex, probably not a good idea to light your cigar with nuclear radiation.
To be fair, what's the difference? The cigar's already gonna give him cancer anyways...
Retro-Matic Gamer good point.
Thats why he is bald later.
It was the eighties. We all did back then.
This happened in the comics. Lex developed cancer from carrying a kryptonite ring that he used to keep Superman away from him.
Gene hackman's performance in this scene and the whole movie is great! Gene added a very entertaining wisecracking persona to the famous Superman villain!!
I agree. No other actor playing Lex Luther ever seems as memorable as Gene Hackman in the role.
It's the villains who make the movies great because they're allowed to be camp, different and unexpected.
Superman needs to play it within the confines of the character. Can't have a self-obsessed hero, but a villain can be anything.
@@steves4533 de y y y fyy y
If you do not agree… I WILL HURT PEOPLE
Christopher Reeve has passed away and Gene Hackman is retired, I'm always thinking them whenever/everytime I watch Superman Returns
You got to love that the first demonstration of the villain's power is used by Lex to light his cigar.
“wOoW i’M bReAkDaNcInG!!”
😂😂
“Hey this rocks!”
😂😂😂😂
If you look closely, you can see that actor Mark Pillow (Nuclear Man) is struggling to keep a straight face at Gene Hackman's funny acting. He almost starts smiling.
I know 😂🤣 there's actually a very interesting podcast interview with him done in 2008. It's about half an hour and he goes into how he got the role, how Superman IV went so so wrong and nightmare at the premiere party itself. He seems to be a really cool dude.
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A guy called Pillow playing a nuclear man...
Mark pillow should have been a huge star. There is no justice in the world lol
No!! he is smiling because lex was enjoying the cigar he light for him
The only villan you wouldnt mind meeting down a dark alley 😂
And that's before you find out his real name is Mark Pillow.
@@tks3782 cushioning to know..
This movie could have been better, Nuclear Man had some potential.
@@tavellclinton9256
I think they integrated him into the DC Comics.
Jerusalem?
As bad as this movie was, watching this seen for Jon Cryer's "Oh Noooo..." was worth it 100%! lol
I remember watching this as kid with my sister. We would rewind the VHS over and over, laughing our asses off at the "oh no" part.
I did the same thing with this scene! lol
He's breakdancing.
He looked like he was having a good time there. Funny how years later he would come full circle and play Lex on Supergirl now.
This was always my favorite part. Made the movie.
Nuclear Man:"I am the father now...." Uh, what??
OEDIPUS.
It was supposed to be referencing the deleted scenes with the prototype Nuclear Man, who actually did call Lex his father. That bit of dialogue was probably meant to be establishing that this version was a lot more badass and was going to be harder for Lex to control, but with said scenes deleted the line ends up making no sense.
Jor-El: "The son becomes the father, and the father the son"
"No man in the sky intervened to deliver me from daddy's fists and abominations!" Lex Luthor Batman vs Superman
@@alosim1541 Nice
A more accurate name should have been "Solar Man" no? Nuclear would suggest that he could operate all hours and like a conduit or a battery, absorb nuclear energy from any radioactive source. More radiation, more power. Sun makes him "Solar Man". And radiation makes him "Nuclear Man".
Nobody is perfect......;)
TBH, the film was nothing more than a horrid anti-war propaganda.
Nuclear Man isn't Kryptonian. He can absorb solar energy but unlike Superman or Zod he can't store it in his body.
well the sun is nuclear I guess.
His look reminds me of Sentry more than anybody else and the whole exploding suns thing is fitting.
2:09-2:12 :Lenny Oh Wow! I'm Breakdancing, This rocks! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I was today years old when I realized that Lex's idiot nephew would go on to be Lex Luthor on the Supergirl TV show.
Probably part of the reason he was cast.
And plays the dumb brother on two and a half man
Ohw Noo !
@@patmosby_8330 Alan Harper
I knew it was him but I hadn't thought of that. does that make sense ?
Have to admit the guy playing nuclear man is sinfully handsome
0:13- Did anyone else see the Nintendo Entertainment System in this movie? I think it’s the first ever appearance for the NES
Yup I remember seeing as a kid and being shocked lol
Nuclear Man is SO UNDERRATED it's mind boggling. I was amazed as a kid seeing him!! Nuclear gave Superman a hard time! I loved the fights too. It's too bad Nuclear Man doesn't get the praise he deserves or making a comeback!!
the fights are unintentional comedy m8
Nuclear Man is crap, his name makes no sense, his powers are laughable, and his weakness is pathetic. His costume is really bad too.
@@azzyclips8094 Unclearman
He finally made his debut in the comics in 2018...only to be killed off in the space of 3 pages😆
@@ArachKing 🤣
"Oh noo!!!" Lol
LMAO
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After all these years, I had no idea that Gene Hackman did the voice of 'Nuclear Man' (not sure why they came up with a name like that by the way).
Gene Haclear Man did the voice of Nukeman
The whole theme of Superman IV was about the nuclear threat. So I guess naming the guy Nuclear Man was an obvious choice
@@pHD77 but he's not powered by nuclear radiation he's powered by solar radiation which makes zero sense, same with nuclear man having luthor's voice, what did I miss a scene that somebody put superman and luthor's dna in one of the nuclear weapons or something.?
@@deathglock496 supermans DNA spools and some additional stuff was hidden in a nuclear warhead compartment, superman grabs the launched nuclear war head & sends it into the sun, afterwards you see this burning firy fetus flying out from the sun growing b4 your very eyes into a fully grown man aka Nuclear man 👍
Gene Hackman & Michael Rosembaum are the greatest Lex portrayers ever.
I agree
I really liked Clancy Brown from the animated DC stuff.
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How did Hackman keep a straight face saying ‘the power of the sun has given him internally generated heat’.
Easy.The paycheck.
Ha! Ha!
Nuclear Man has three weaknesses: darkness, magic, and kryptonite.
If the French lady had walked back into the room, Nuclear Man may have had a couple more weaknesses (0:24)
And Lifts.
I read somewhere that bc Nuclear Man is an imperfect Kryptonian clone, he doesn't have the Kryptonite & magic/supernatural weaknesses. Though I imagine he'd still have the red-tint solar-exposure weakness.
I guess not with kryptonite. He's nuclear not kryptonian.
And good acting.Ha! Ha!
Born with the sun, powered by the sun, has the sun on his shirt.
"Nuclear man!"
Now Lenny Luthor is Lex Luthor 😂
Yea on The DC crossover TV shows now lol
"I am the father now." What......????????
Nuclear Man took "Father" to mean "I'm the boss", so he's saying "No, I'M the boss!"
He may as well have said "I'm the mother" for all the sense the scene made.
Someone was copying Mario Puzo's lines for Jor-El: "The son becomes the father. And the father, the son."
@@ShadowSonic2 That actually makes sense. Thanks for adding that annotation.
That's his weakness, a slightly darker part of the room. Outside of complete and total direct sunlight he immediately becomes an opossum.
So, all super man needs to defeat him is like a slightly cloudy day, or the long shadow of a tall building, or an umbrella . . . or a cape.
Fuuuuuu
Ok, back to the drawing board.
Still makes more sense than Hawkeye's entire character
@@andrewomahony9260 or Batman. Batman is basically a joke superhero imo. He's just a glorified Inspector Gadget who operates at night and one shotgun to the face and he's done. Even in JL they joked about Batman basically being a joke with rich as his superpower
@@fr9714 yeah thats why its called a joke dipshit, Batman is more than just a guy with money. That's like Superman Is just a strong guy or Flash is fast.
Superman could literally sneak up behind Nuclear-Man, pull his Cape over his head and that's it! Nuclear-Man defeated! 😂🤣
@@Climinator-op6kh yeah, he's like the Human calculator. And BTW, what a stupid and horrible weakness.
I've alwaysed called him SunMan
I did too as a kid. I don't know where I got that from. It would've made more sense, to be honest.
Me too! 😆
He was modeled after a character named Firestorm. I'm not sure if he was a hero or a villian.
Same
I was 4 years old when I saw this movie, I couldn't pronounce Nuclear. So you're not the only one too to call him Sunman. I also didn't know why he had an 'N' emblem too. lol
When I was a child and watched this movie I thought that nuclear man was played by the same guy that played he-man in masters of the universe.. The irony is that superman 4 lost part of its budget because of the he-man movie. So he-man was more effective to destroy superman than nuclear man
I always thought it was the other way around...
Me and my friend used to request this film from the babysitter just to annoy the other people in the group. For some reason it seemed to make the younger ones stop crying and being hyperactive. It had a mesmerising effect.
It’s certainly the least of the OG Superman films, but even a low budget vintage Canon Superman film with Reeves and Hackman is a Superman film with Reeves and Hackman
Nuclear Man is my favourite Superman villain, he should've appeared in comics, video games and the animated TV series
The "oh nooo" line is better than any line in the Disney Star Wars sequels.
Different from how he said it when he played Alan on Two and a Half Men
I LIVE for the “Oh noooo” line 😅😅😅
1:56. What is happening? Ohhh nooooooooo. 😂😂😂
Nuclear Man has to be the most underrated villain in DC
I'd love it if Nuclear Man appeared in a DCEU movie, but, Mark Pillow is 63 years old now, I don't know any good actors that could play Nuclear Man
@@guypeate3628 Chris Hemsworth?
@@ericmonaco4509
Although Chris Hemsworth is 39, (and I'm thinking about young actors in their 20's) he would be perfect
Nuclear Man was letdown by poor special effects and budget.
Not gonna lie, I think Mark Pillow (Nuclear Man's actor) looks really hot in that outfit.
2:47 the way he said "oh noo" was hilarious, he sounded like Bruce from Family Guy
Gene Hackman was The Star of this movie👍👍
"Oh wow Oh wow hey im breakdancing" " Oh no he's like he's like cold" LOl Along with Chris reeve's and Gene hackman's fine performances in this classic Superman film Jon cryer was great too!
Considering Nuclear man's powers, I'm surprised he didn't do something worse to Lenny.
Back when SFX was better than today's fake CGI..
The dopest Supervillain of Nuclear Man played by Mark Pillow
This is really an awesome scene.. This would of been one of the greatest movies of the time had the budget not been cut as many of the effects were still fantastic
the effects sucked
The story was rooted in stupidity. Removing nuclear weapons from the equation will never bring peace and the proof is really in the pudding. Name a single war in the last 60 years that involved nuclear weapons.
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Gene Hackman has a incredible voice, even when he performed nuclear man's voice.
Still better than Steppenwolf...
True sadly
No
Smoking some good, eh?
Did marvel hire you?
Will get the reshoot in Snyder Cut
This movie is unintentionally hilarious 😂
1:14 The power of the sun in the palm of my hand.
I remember the deleted scenes from this movie, this Nuclear Man is better than the one played by Clive Mantle, the costume worn by Mark Pillow looks absolutely badass.
It would have been good if only Nuclear Man appeared in the comics and animated TV series
Wait so nuclear man never appeared in the comics? Was he an original character?
@@ciro9951he’s original in the movie. He never appeared in comics. The only comic he appeared in was the one that came after this movie.
even though superman iv was trash,I always thought nuclear man looked cool matching the art deco of lex's apartment
And his sidekick 'fallout boy'
Mark Pillow was a beast
Wow! I never actually clued in when I was a kid that Gene Hackman was dubbing Nuclear Man's voice. It's still campy in the extreme, but this just makes it cooler.
He literally tells you in this scene (twice)
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"oh noooo"
Far away, in a different reality: "I knoooow"
Why is Lenny useless at night? Why was he flapping around even before Nuclear Man's beam hit him? Why was the film still sped up even after he was recovered from the spinning and standing up? Why does Nuclear Man need to be in absolute direct sunlight to function and can't store up any power at all?
+TheMuscle87 I thought the most environment-friendly creature was known to all as Captain Planet.
Indeed he did. Also, to answer jedijones' question. It's because Lenny is stupid, and they sped it probably to make sure the movie does not run too long.
Lenny is useless all together to Lex. So at night when NM can't do anything he is as useless as Lenny.
Could be Lex had limitations or purposely did it to avoid his own creation from taking him out.
Neoblackdragon Lex isn't stupid...He wants a creation that can defeat Superman but who won't "pull a SkyNet" on him!
These question are only the tip of the iceberg…
• Where did he get his outfit from?
• Who designed his the emblem on his chest? The Sun?
• How does Lex know that Nuclear Man can generate heat suitable for lighting a cigar?
• If Nuclear Man wants to be the boss, why is he standing compliantly and lighting cigars for Lex?
• How did Nuclear Man know to return to Lex's apartment?
• How does a being that's just been created understand the complexities of speech?
• How does a being that's never spoken before suddenly recognize that Lex has the same voice?
• How does Nuclear Man know about Superman?
• Why does Nuclear Man want to destroy Superman?
• Why does he go from being able-bodied to paralyzed just because he steps into part of the room that has _slightly_ less sunlight?
• How could the reflection from a _ring_ possibly energize him?
• If he loses strength without the sun, why doesn't he fall over, instead of squatting?
• How exactly does he get his energy from the sun?
• How could Lex know so much about his physiology in advance when there's never been a being like him before?
• Why does Lex immediately call him "Nuclear Man" as though he knew exactly what was going to happen?
• And how exactly can you create an intelligent, sentient being just by throwing a hair into the sun?
*Lex Luthor voice, although actually Nuclear Man* No...you have MY voice!
when l was a kid l in the 80s l saw her this movie of superman in HBO with my dad in the house of my grand fathers and thank you very much for remember to me
Honestly, my only problem with IV is the FX - were they redone, the movie would be elevated.
I realize now that Sentry look just like Nuclear Man
Nuclear man was born a year after Cernobil disaster. Radiations...
his weakness, sun light turn off LoL
Why not?
@@pferreira1983 because that's stupider than Superman's weakness.
@@deathglock496 But in keeping with the mythology of the comic.
oh nouuuh
When you order Dolph Lundgren on Wish, you get Nuclear Man
Ooohoooo he's like... he's like cold
I think the actor who portrayed Nuclear man did an amazing job bringing that presence he looked great, shame his dialogue was horrendous
Behold...The greatest villain in all of cinema...
*On second thought*
Can cause tornados, volcanic eruptions....but can be defeated by turning out the lights.
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ah, Superman IV, my favorite.
sorry to hear that.
@Daniel Appleton I dont see how it's better than Superman 3.
Well it's better than Superman Returns...
Worst movie ever made, get your brain check
@jack bran I never got what the big issue with Richard Pryor was. I always thought he was a lot of fun in Superman 3. Plus 3 had Annette O'Toole as Lana who was every bit as great as Lois. Margot and Hackman have little to nothing to do in 4, and they also(especially Margot) seem rather bored most of the time.
"I am an experiment, I am a freako". 😎
Can you believe Lenny played Lex Luther in Supergirl. Quite the honor.
I ironically like Nuclear Man. Every scene with him is an occasion to giggle.
@1:58 "oh no"
The way he says it is hilarious 😂
“Miss tessmacher!” I miss that
And Otis too
“I will introduce Superman into his first nightmare. A nuclear man. He’ll pierce his skin, make him mortal. He’ll become sick. We’ll dance on his grave.”
😂
Superman 1 great superman 2 awesome superman 3 like a science fiction movie superman 4 was like a cartoon
So if Nuclear Man heard Lenny speak first, would he have his voice instead of Lex's?
mrwoods22 No because Lex created him.
But shouldn't he have Superman's voice because he was created from his DNA?
@@smdmorga2 Probably not because I remember Lex and Lenny working scientifically to make Nuclear Man where maybe Lex used a recording of his voice to make inside Nuclear Man.
@@afriendofbean If you say so, it still seems weird.
@@smdmorga2 I'm just guessing because Lex himself said that Nuclear Man has his voice and Nuclear Man said that Lex has his voice and when Lex said to him "just remember I made you" as a way of saying "how can I have your voice when I made a voice for you?" where the next thing Lex said to him was "I made you and I could destroy you" which probably was Lex's way of saying "don't give any orders because if you do, I will get rid of you and come up with another plan to defeat Superman." (I would guess Lex's next plan could be to use kryptonite on Superman).
Who’s here from witnessing Jon Cryer as Lex Luthor?!
Me
He was good as Lex. Better than Jesse Eisenberg was in Batman vs Superman. I know Jesse Eisenberg's Lex is Lex's son Alexander but there are a couple moments he is very scary as Lex plays Jesse's Lex succeeded where Hackman's Lex didn't. He managed to kill Superman
smoke when his son come with lighter 😅
2:37 Stand by Rugal Bernstein (KOF)
It's neat how they combine that Beethoven minuet with the electromagnetic sound of Nuclear Man. It really seems accidental in a way.
I think it might be Bach rather than Beethoven.
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@@williamshaw9047 No, it's Beethoven's Minuet in G. It was originally a violin piece and then later adapted to the piano.
The anticipation music was great
You could tell that nuclear man was laughing at Gene Hackman.
"You have my voice."
"No, YOU have MY voice."
I guess it beats "Somehow Palpatine returned" but it's still amazing to think people were paid to write this
god Nuclear Man had so much potential in the comics and they just kill him off like he didn't even matter smh
just 3 to 5 Nuclear Mans would turned superman to dust with the right education and knowing his weakness
He looks like Dolph Lundgren as He-Man
Had they hired Dolph to be the Nuclear Man that is.
I like the concept of Nuclear Man. He's a mutated exaggeration of Superman: both get their power from the sun, but Superman can hold that energy easily without direct sunlight while Nuclear Man needs constant exposure. If the budget allowed it, it would have made a fantastic final battle if Superman led Nuclear Man to the sun to overcharge him and cause him to explode or something.
The Parasite was killed in just that manner in the Filmation Superman cartoon. Superman deliberately overcharged him to the point where he'd explode.
Sharp smoking jacket.
Because Superman's cells are like a flashlight battery, Nuclear Man's a lamp, only built to radiate power.
Justice League 1987 cast
Christopher Reeve Superman/Clarke Kent
Michael Keaton as Bruce Wayne/Batman
Geena Davis as Diana Prince/Wonder Woman
Anthony Michael Hall as Barry Allen/ The Flash
Dennis Quaid as Hal Jordan/ Green Lantern
Cary Elwes as Oliver Queen/Green Arrown
Duane Davis as Victor Stone/ Cycborg
Peter or David Paul as Shazam
Paul Graham I love it. Now please get in a time Machine and go make it for us.
Paul Graham you really thought this one out huh? I would have watched it.
One thing, they would have needed to use BOTH barbarian brothers.
Paul Graham Adam West as Batman.
Robert Downey Jr. as Robin
I want to see the 134 minute cut of this movie with enhanced edits. The original 89 minute version was poorly made and has always felt incomplete.
In Argentina's TV Cut in the 90's the Tornado + russian scene was in!!!
They need to remake this movie with same story in my opinion 👍🌎
0:25 rack!
Lazy Wizard
Dayyyum! That's a wonderful rack, indeed!
very well rounded yum :D
Ru-Ru-Ru-Rumpski!!!
Clearly, Lenny isn't the biggest boob in the room.
Could you imagine, had this been a plot redone in one of the New 52 animated movies!? It'd been amazing!
Would have been better if Superman 3 had Brainiac and Superman 4 had Metallo like Richard Donner planned.
Like Superman, Nuclear Man get his power from the sun but he can't store it in his body.
On the contrary, Superman does store solar energy in his body. That's why he can last a long time without being in the sun... unlike Nuclear Man.
He steams when he's parked like Doc Browns Delorean.
Unpopular opinion I actually loved this movie
Who would have thought 32 years later, Jon Cryer would easily be up there in terms of the best Lex Luthor's?
You're joking obviously. 😂
@@DanceySteveYNWA nope. I actually think he's been great.
@@DanceySteveYNWA He actually does a good job as Lex. I had my doubts too at first thanks to only seeing him as either Alan Harper and Lenny Luthor but he has pulled it off in many ways.
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Perfect nemesis for Batman
Not really. Nuclear Man has Superman powers. Batman fights villains more on his level.
@@jeffo9396 Haha. I mean his weakness is no sunlight. Doesnt Batman mostly work at night?
@@azrulroyrosli3248 Oh, I follow you. Yeah, you're right.
Fun fact lex Luthor nephew plays lex Luthor in the supergirl TV show
Actor Mark Pillow looks good wearing that hair mullet of his, he also puts me in the mind of a combination of a young David Hasselhoff, Mel Gibson, and Page Fletcher from the 1983 TV show series The Hitchhiker.
Hey its Mark Pillow.
This like the Marvel character the "Sentry" before there was a "The Sentry".
Justamente eu pensei em Hyperion ou Sentry
Sentry was obviously inspired by him. After all it make sense: both are clones of Superman with a bad temper, insane powers and unable to control themselves.
He was like The Sentry and Hyperion,too(even though Hyperion already existed long before Superman 4 came out).
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Oh no... I'm like break dancing... lol love it
2:40 he's ... steaming ...
Well lenny did say he was cold so maybe he was so cold he gave of the cold air affect
"Uncle Lex, you're spooking me out!"
Nuclear man "first i have fun"