Hey guys its really great seeing some nice comments on here, thank you all for the love. Here is a bonus fact that I couldn’t add in the video because it was already over 18 mins long. The character Selena may not be as original as we thought, in 1953 in the Adventures of Superman TV series with George Reeves there was an episode called Mystery in Wax and it focused on a character called Selena, who just like the Supergirl Selena is a sort of Witch character dabbling in sorcery as she creates wax statues of people and those who she makes statues of then die, it’s actually a very dark and grisly episode. I remember watching the episode as a kid and the first thing I thought was “wow this is like a prototype for the Supergirl Selena”. Anyway take care peeps
Just like Christopher Reeve Helen Slater was the perfect casting for the role of Supergirl. It's a travesty we never got a Superman/Supergirl movie with these 2 .
They were going to have SG in Superman 3, but then a lot of production troubles started brewing like the writing with SG falling for SM and braniac being her father.
So it seems like this movie was bad for 2 main reasons: 1- The idea to make this more of a witchcraft story than a space/sci-fi story 2- Everyone abandoned the project: Chris.Reeve, Warner Bros, Demi Moore, John Travolta, leaving plot and talent holes.
I love that you admit movies "have their problems" but still push through looking for the good in them. Very positive and very different than many creators. 👍
Damn right, Helen was one of the best parts of this movie! She nailed her role perfectly. Any flaws with her performance are due to writing and directing issues.
I always feel bad for actors and actresses who clearly put their hearts into a role, only to have the script/direction/studio fail them. Helen is clearly putting her all into her performance and no on else involved seems to be doing the same.
Fun Fact: Helen Slater would go on to play Clark Kent's biological mother Lara in Smallville and Kara Danvers foster mother, Eliza Danvers, in the Arrowverse series, Supergirl.
@@TaliaIGhul I remember. You are probably more into it than I am though, daughter of the demon. Well, I hope it's because of that, not because of the wokeness.
I don’t care what anyone says about this movie but Helen Slater is still the hottest Supergirl and she did an awesome job. Helen Slater will always be my #1 Supergirl!
Yeah I was like 8 when I saw it repeatedly at the movie theater I think my parents always went to another movie and they just left me in that screening and I was so in love with Helen Slater.
Nothing guilty about it; despite plot holes, it was fun and entertaining, Slater hits it out of the park as Supergirl, soundtrack is great, and, it had rich and colorful production values. It complimented the Christopher Reeves Superman movies well.
@@Mecha82 Dr Strange was good, but far more flawed than Supergirl. Why did Benedict use that stupid accent? There was no reason for the character to be American. Worst superhero movies? Superman 4. X-Men Dark Phoenix... and every Snyderverse movie.
Too bad her character of Selena wasn't used as a disadvantage for SG since she is vulnerable to magic. Missed opportunity of great fights with the heroine and villainess.
I met Helen Slater.... for all of like two seconds!! BUT!!!...I totally got a picture with her, it was so awesome!! AND!!! I totally had to tell her that the legend of Billie Jean is still one of my favorite movies!!!!
IF and ONLY if you insist on the woman being in a supergirl costume. Lets face it. Helen was nice looking girl but no Sophia Loren. As for in a costume, try Caroline Munroe in the Golden Voyage of Sinbad.
@@MrLorenzovanmatterho You have not seen The Golden Voyage of Sinbad. Though you have a point for Lynda as being high on any such list. With a LOT of women way ahead of Helen Slater. Again I have nothing against Helen in that, she just isn't in the same class.
I actually teared up a bit at the end there. Supergirl has been one of my favorite movies since I was a little kid, I have the American movie poster hanging framed in my home office. Most people treat this movie as trash and I have had to defend my position on it more times than I can count. It was nice hearing you talk about it and hopefully more people will give it a chance rather than just laugh it off as a bad movie.
Incredible. I still remember seeing this movie in theaters back in the 80's. I thought it was pretty cool at the time. I even bought the movie comic book and movie book adaptation.
Maybe I'm one of the few, but I really love this movie, even today. It takes me back to a much more innocent and good time in my life and I appreciate it very much!
I always though Helen Slater was awesome as Supergirl and very beautiful too. I always luv the part where she carries that guy, you never see that in movies always the other way around lol.
Helen slater is adorable 😍 , I wasn’t even born when this came out (my mother was only 11 at the time) I don’t care what anyone says my sisters and I loved this movie growing up.
I was a teen when this movie came out. What attracted me to it was Helen Slater's performance and Faye Dunaway's character. It was nice to see a battle of wits and strength between two strong women who could hold their own and not have to wait helplessly for a man to rescue them. Yes, Slater's character was assisted by Peter O'Toole's character in the phantom zone, but she was also assisting him until he sacrificed himself. It was refreshing to watch at the time. I liked the movie back then despite its plot and dodgy effects. I still want to watch it again when it becomes available. Good video, Minty. 👍
Definitely so. But I hated that Supergirl and Selina spent most of their time fighting over a boy. That seemed to diminish them to me. I wish they had given Helen another shot at the character, in a better movie.
@@JStrange13 I can definitely see your viewpoint. I just wonder if Supergirl's motive was more toward protection of an innocent and less romantic (at least initially) and Selena's motive was more toward power and enslavement rather than fighting a rival for the affections of a man. Still, you made a valid argument, and this movie reflects the attitudes of our society back in 1984.
I don't care what anyone says. I loved this film as a kid! And I still do! It's still fun to watch even with all of the plot holes! I thought Helen was great. She fully committed to the character. Some of these facts I knew but some were new to me. So thanks for another amazing well researched episode!
Thanks for doing this one Minty! I totally get where there are some plot probs and the school scenes even bored me as a kid, but I love it. Faye Dunaway and Helen Slater were both amazing! Can't get enough of Brenda Vaccaro's sultry voice also. She was great in Paper Dolls later that year. I did get to meet Helen and she was kind enough to sign my Legend Of Billie Jean poster and I gushed over these two movies, Ruthless People and Secret of my Success. Every movie she made was so great actually. Sticky Fingers was on HBO all the time in the 80's and Happy Together with Patrick Dempsey was great too. Neither have gotten proper blu ray treatment either.
“Power of Shadow - bring him TO ME!” I think I was always hip to those plot holes and curious about them, but it didn’t stop me from enjoying this when ever I watched it. I’ve got a DVD, and I enjoy watching it.
Thank you for finally giving the Supergirl movie the review and credit it has always deserved. This is one of your finest episodes ever. Keep up the good work, Minty!!!!!
@C J It's an entertaining film. The plot holes, now that I know why they're there, aren't deal breakers. It's not as good as the first 3 Reeves movies, but, it's not far behind, and, it is better than the 4th one.
Thank you for reviewing this movie! It mesmerized me as a teenager and it gave me some pretty damned good dreams about flying with Supergirl in that wicked bumper car... I recently watched it on the internet and it took me back to that wonderful and magical era that was the 80s.
I absolutely adore this film. The international edition is about 30 minutes longer than the U.S. theatrical cut and makes a lot more sense. Helen Slater is amazing! Minty, please do The Legend of Billie Jean.
Have to say, the beginning scene when she comes to earth and she's walking thru the forest, it almost seemed like snow white and the seven dwarfs. All it needed was for her to sing
I will always have major love for Supergirl because as an 80s kid this movie blew my little mind having a female Superman, an interconnected world where there were others out there like Superman and there were other movies out there telling their stories. Little did I know...
Helen Slater was reccuring character on the new TV version of SUPERGIRL,playing Kara's mom,and that one original movie poster looks more like a raised metal lunch box cover from the 70's-80's.
I felt she exuded grace, beauty and reflected joy and wonder in that sequence and and in subsequent flying scenes. Disposing of her would be assailants (Matt Frewer and his compandre) in an early scene was delightfully feministic, too. Seemed to send the message "I really don't have to put up with this." I saw this film several times over the years and would do so again.
This review was awesome Minty. I didn't realize there was a comic book adaptation. I'm going to see if eBay has it. You gotta do a review on The Legend of Billie Jean next!
Connecting the fantasy-themed Supergirl movie to other fantasy-themed movies at the time was an inspired observation on your part. The only cringe-worthy aspects I have with the Supergirl movie were Selena chasing after Ethan and the strange witch stuff. However, the casting was great and the music should have won an Oscar. The Argo City and Phantom Zone sets were out of this world (pun intended). I would take this movie over the formulaic superhero movies today anytime. P.S. I also like how the special effects crew back in the day had to get creative to make the effects a reality. Today they just plug some generic stuff in on a computer.
Love your channel Minty, you're the greatest! About where the super costume came from in 04:43, one can spot the material for the suit in the traveler, the thingy that kara uses to travel to earth. Pretty much like Kal-Els parents put his suit fabric in his pod.
Quest For Peace had some good stuff: 1. Mariel Hemingway's performance,2.Birth of Nuclear Man,3. Gene Hackman's return,4. Jon Cryer as Lenny. It still needed a rewrite though it's a guilty pleasure of mine.
@@rbswords2353 There is a story behind all the problems with "Superman IV". I am going to "do a Minty" and tell you about a fact. "Superman IV:The Quest For Peace" struggled because not enough money was given to it. SMIV was distributed by Cannon Films. The Salkinds lost the rights to Superman by then, and CF got them instead. CF was a small studio who wanted to get rich by making blockbusters, but they would do them on the cheap. They had the idea to make three films at once, and spread the budget between all three, thinking that if they did multiple films at once, they would have one at least be a hit. They made "Cyborg" (a Jean-Claude Van Damme sci-fi film), "Superman IV", and their crown jewel "Masters Of The Universe" (based on the Marvel action figure range and cartoon series, which was huge in the 80's), dedicating the majority of the budget to "Masters" , and "SMIV" and "Cyborg" got the rest. They effectively spend the budget of ONE film across three films instead. But people want quality, and all THREE films tanked, as the poor production values were on show to see. Cannon Films were hoping to make lots of money off the films, and were talking about doing a "Spiderman" film, but all three films were bombs, and Cannon folded soon after.
I love the poster of Supergirl flying next to The Statue Of Liberty. Doesn’t REALLY make sense, but I just accepted it as iconic as a child. Classically, Superman does “…fight for truth, justice, and The American Way.” Maybe that’s the sort of feeling they were going for with that poster.
Minty, I stumbled on your channel at the start of lockdown in the uk and haven’t looked back. I love your videos, all the facts and nostalgia that goes with them cheers me right up. Keep on doing them lad👍🏻
I loved Supergirl! I dragged all my Friends (12 people) to see it on opening night. They didn't understand it but because I also read both Supergirl and all Superman comics at the time it matched the combined story elements. I saw it 5 more times in the theatre before it left theatres. I was alone in the theatre in many of the screenings. I still to this day LOVE this movie. It also helped that I lived in Chicago at the time and worked near many of her Chicago flight path.
As a kid I was always happy to watch "SuperGirl." It was great that the movie was shown, however minimally, that it was connected to the rest of the Superman series. Also, it didn't hurt that SuperGirl (Helen Slater) was/is absolutely stunning. Despite the flaws of "SuperGirl," the film has one other incredible, redeeming feature.....it's not "Superman Returns." ;-}
@@Neville60001 Really? First time I've ever heard that. Possibly a generation thing. When the movie came out and for years afterwards, I never heard anyone say they liked it. But, I think because so many didn't like that it tried to pick up from the Christopher Reeves series and failed. As a stand alone movie, maybe it was better appreciated by a newer audience. Similar to how the Star Wars prequels are better liked by younger audiences. ;-)
Superman returns lacked action and excitement. It was a pretty boring movie. It seemed like a homework assignment that was done at the last minute just to get a passing grade.
@@gregrowe1168 I'd have to agree. I've also heard (and agree with) that there was way to much focus on the relationship between Superman & Lois Lane which further dragged the movie.
@@skyden24195, and yet, people are now praising it (again) retrospectively as being better than _Man Of Steel_ , which had all of the action in it that detractors of _Superman Returns_ craved.
I loved this video. Thank you Mate. As a kid I didn't care how good the movies were. If it was related to Superman I was biased and loved it. I do see the floors but I still find it entertaining.
A: she was PERFECT in the role. Even today she can't look better as supergirl, 2: yeah the movie was flawed, but it was a superhero movie in the 80's, and D: Popeyes sure has come a long way.
Super Girl for sure had a train wreck of a script, and production that failed at the box office, but it is indeed an important piece of 80's super hero culture.
First “girlie” poster I ever had was of Helen Slater as Supergirl. I was ten years old and in love! I had (still have) the storybook, collected the cards, had the coloring books, got any Supergirl merch I could get my hands on. Never saw the movie in the theater!
0:24 Shared Cinematic Universes was a concept by the time this movie was in theaters. From 1925 to 1956, the Universal Monster Horror Cinematic Universe was the first cinematic universe starting with Phantom of the Opera and ending with The Creature Walks Among Us.
I loved to watch Helen Slater as Supergirl and by far as I am concerned, is the most beautiful Supergirl to ever don the cape. Faye Dunaway was awesome as Selena too
I fell in love with her in this as a young boy... And never stopped! 😂 Actually watched this again last month, it has some great moments and I love the score
Yep - I dispute the commentator's claim that this is considered "one of the worst superhero films". I've been a genre fan and was a Starlog subscriber most of my life and I have NEVER heard this claim. In fact I'd say the opposite, this movie is a rare hidden little gem. Sure it has technical issues and I'd say in general, its major sin was having a reach that exceeded its grasp. I'd rather a movie push and try to do more and different than be the same cookie cutter nonsense we always get.
I saw this film in the theater when I was a kid (yes, I’m old) and I absolutely loved it! Whenever it played on TV I made my family watch it. I thought it was so much fun and thought Helen Slater was beautiful!
I think he knew how bad this was going to be but yes Superman 3 and 4 weren't exactly masterpieces. I really wonder if he hadn't had his accident if there would have been another movie with him in it.
I think it is great that he earns his money, and keeps giving us new content. Some other TH-camrs could learn from it, instead of just producing a video once every six months.
I wonder if Mark or minty lives under a desk, after the end of each video he hunches down there. And the actress who played supergirl is a super hottie
I came across your videos by mistake,really really good, But on the 10 Things you never nee about ?????? These are great How did you get your info, Glad I subscribed
I’ve always loved your videos and I finally subscribed to your channel. You review a lot of movies I grew up watching. I LOVED the Supergirl movie as a young girl and I still love it. Wish I could get Blu Ray with both cuts of the movie.
Hey guys its really great seeing some nice comments on here, thank you all for the love. Here is a bonus fact that I couldn’t add in the video because it was already over 18 mins long. The character Selena may not be as original as we thought, in 1953 in the Adventures of Superman TV series with George Reeves there was an episode called Mystery in Wax and it focused on a character called Selena, who just like the Supergirl Selena is a sort of Witch character dabbling in sorcery as she creates wax statues of people and those who she makes statues of then die, it’s actually a very dark and grisly episode. I remember watching the episode as a kid and the first thing I thought was “wow this is like a prototype for the Supergirl Selena”. Anyway take care peeps
Please Minty, do a "10 Things You Didn't Know" on The Legend of Billie Jean.
I have always loved this movie despite it's flaws.
One of my favourite episodes
Minty Comedic Arts I am curious. Did you ever do a 10 Things You Didn’t Know About “There’s Something About Mary”?
Can I make a request for you to do an episode on The Sword and The Sorcerer?
Just like Christopher Reeve Helen Slater was the perfect casting for the role of Supergirl. It's a travesty we never got a Superman/Supergirl movie with these 2 .
@MUDDHORN REPLICAS as the video explains.
They were going to have SG in Superman 3, but then a lot of production troubles started brewing like the writing with SG falling for SM and braniac being her father.
So it seems like this movie was bad for 2 main reasons:
1- The idea to make this more of a witchcraft story than a space/sci-fi story
2- Everyone abandoned the project: Chris.Reeve, Warner Bros, Demi Moore, John Travolta, leaving plot and talent holes.
Helen Slater’s grace, beauty and performance along with the musical score is definitely more than enough to give this a watch. It’s nostalgic fun.
I have to tell ya...even though the movie wasn't that great. Helen Slater is still the most beautiful Supergirl that's ever existed...
Helen Slater was gorgeous!
And is still beautiful as Supergirl’s adopted mom in the TV Supergirl.
@J Z Helen is by far more attractive. I would say by the votes most agree
Melissa is close...
@J Z Fanboy Simp extraordinaire has spoken hahaha
I love that you admit movies "have their problems" but still push through looking for the good in them. Very positive and very different than many creators. 👍
Helen Slater was a good enough reason to watch this movie. 🙂
Literally the only reason.
Her and the music
The ONLY reason to watch this was Helen Slater.
Agreed. She was the whole package.
I loved they brought her in as Eliza Danvers in the Supergirl tv show for ABC then CW as a nod to this movie
Damn right, Helen was one of the best parts of this movie! She nailed her role perfectly. Any flaws with her performance are due to writing and directing issues.
I always feel bad for actors and actresses who clearly put their hearts into a role, only to have the script/direction/studio fail them. Helen is clearly putting her all into her performance and no on else involved seems to be doing the same.
No decent villan either. A superhero movie without a good villan is seldom going to be good.
Fun Fact: Helen Slater would go on to play Clark Kent's biological mother Lara in Smallville and Kara Danvers foster mother, Eliza Danvers, in the Arrowverse series, Supergirl.
I'm guessing that you also know that her father is Clark/Superman from Lois & Clark.
@@callisoncaffrey Teri Hatcher also played Kara Danvers boyfriend's mother.
No way!
@@TaliaIGhul I remember. You are probably more into it than I am though, daughter of the demon. Well, I hope it's because of that, not because of the wokeness.
Helen Slatet is his Mother and his Cousin that they planned that he has an affair with?,
now sing with me: Sweet Home Alabama......
I don’t care what anyone says about this movie but Helen Slater is still the hottest Supergirl and she did an awesome job. Helen Slater will always be my #1 Supergirl!
ME TOO..
She’s old enough to be your grandma now
Yeah I was like 8 when I saw it repeatedly at the movie theater I think my parents always went to another movie and they just left me in that screening and I was so in love with Helen Slater.
#MeToo!
This movie is a guilty pleasure.
Me too
Same 🤦🏼♂️
Nothing guilty about it; despite plot holes, it was fun and entertaining, Slater hits it out of the park as Supergirl, soundtrack is great, and, it had rich and colorful production values. It complimented the Christopher Reeves Superman movies well.
That's for sure. I thought HS fit the role of Supergirl perfectly not only looking and acting the part, but being the part as well.
"...often considered one of the worst superhero movies of all time."
Elektra, Catwoman: "Hold our box wine."
(honorable mention to Steel)
@Grime Fork Are you high? Doctor Strange is good.
All of those flicks are quite bad.
@@Mecha82 yeah putting Strange with those flicks is ignorant hyperbole 🤣
@@Mecha82 Dr Strange was good, but far more flawed than Supergirl. Why did Benedict use that stupid accent? There was no reason for the character to be American.
Worst superhero movies? Superman 4. X-Men Dark Phoenix... and every Snyderverse movie.
Um....Justice League
Faye Dunaway gloriously chewed the scenery as the villain!
It's a shame that this movie and other questionable choices she made led to her career downfall
Too bad her character of Selena wasn't used as a disadvantage for SG since she is vulnerable to magic. Missed opportunity of great fights with the heroine and villainess.
Facts!!
I met Helen Slater.... for all of like two seconds!! BUT!!!...I totally got a picture with her, it was so awesome!! AND!!! I totally had to tell her that the legend of Billie Jean is still one of my favorite movies!!!!
“fair is FAIR!” I LOOOOOVE that movie. Seen it so many times
To Meet Helen Slater Is my #1 On My Bucket List!!! Hopefully I will get the opportunity.
Hopefully The Legend of Billie Jean is on Minty's to-do list.
v_zach As Much As I LOVE HELEN SLATER, I Hope It Is Too Buddy!!
The Legend Of Billie Jean is a movie that should get a remake.
No woman in the entire history of our species has ever looked as good as Helen Slater did in that Supergirl costume back in 1984.
Everyone's entitled to their opinion, I suppose.
FACTS
IF and ONLY if you insist on the woman being in a supergirl costume.
Lets face it. Helen was nice looking girl but no Sophia Loren. As for in a costume, try Caroline Munroe in the Golden Voyage of Sinbad.
Lynda Carter. Discussion over.
@@MrLorenzovanmatterho
You have not seen The Golden Voyage of Sinbad. Though you have a point for Lynda as being high on any such list. With a LOT of women way ahead of Helen Slater. Again I have nothing against Helen in that, she just isn't in the same class.
Damn I had a crush on Helen Slater, she was so hot in this movie, had quite the effect on a young man in the 80s!
She was awesome in the secret of my success with Michael J Fox
Same. I couldn't keep my eyes off of her every time this movie was played on HBO.
Stunning in the movie..
Melissa Benoist is a way better Supergirl though.
@@glenncabacungan9269 Are you speaking visually, like the rest of us, ore more along the lines of writing, direction, and performance?
I actually teared up a bit at the end there. Supergirl has been one of my favorite movies since I was a little kid, I have the American movie poster hanging framed in my home office. Most people treat this movie as trash and I have had to defend my position on it more times than I can count. It was nice hearing you talk about it and hopefully more people will give it a chance rather than just laugh it off as a bad movie.
Nice one Minty. Loved this film as a kid back in the 80s and still do.
The flying scenes are done better in this than in the Reeves movies.
That´s exactly what C. Reeves said once...and he was 100% right !!!
The vfx got better in S3 and peaked with SG, especially the front projecting stuff.
When I was a kid I loved this movie. Never noticed the problems.
Same. I won't watch it again because I remember loving it.
@@johncrabtree5048 It's still pretty good.
You and me both
as i kid i loved it probably because we thought we could fly but as adult i still love Helen Slater and her custome but the movie is meh
Audiences in the 1980's: They are cousins, ewwwww.
Audiences in 2020: Game of Thrones with sibling and aunt-nephew sex, we want more!
Audiences in 2021: Coronavirus causes incest!
Incredible. I still remember seeing this movie in theaters back in the 80's. I thought it was pretty cool at the time. I even bought the movie comic book and movie book adaptation.
Maybe I'm one of the few, but I really love this movie, even today.
It takes me back to a much more innocent and good time in my life and I appreciate it very much!
It isn’t too bad, I quite like it because of 1. Helen Slater and 2. Jerry Goldsmith’s score.
I agree with those factors and Peter O'Toole's drunk performance.
I can see that lol
wstine79 O’Toole looks bored throughout.
Gosh Helen Slater was so gorgeous.
@@wstine79 lol that's why?. 😑.
I always though Helen Slater was awesome as Supergirl and very beautiful too. I always luv the part where she carries that guy, you never see that in movies always the other way around lol.
I loved the Supergirl movie!! The scene when she discovers she can fly the music is perfect
This Scene Drew me To LOVE HELEN SLATER❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Everyone thought this film was awful but a lot of people praised Helen Slater & expected her to become a big star. I wonder where it went wrong 🤔
Didn't you see "City Slickers"?
She’s done alright id say
She's been in a lot of stuff since this movie.
Yeah, her cousin. Well when your planet is blown up, what you gonna do? And Helen Slater is a babe.
You should do The legend of Billie Jean
Couldn't they go back to her home pocket universe where there are more to hang around with?
Yes, Legend of Billie Jean is awesome!
"Fair is fair!"
Good idea.He should also do The Toxic Avenger.Best Troma movie.
Also, I am tipping that, in that version of the movie, they wouldn't be cousins.
A totally under rated movie.
Biggest crush on Helen as a kid... The Legend of Billie Jean is a must see!!
Miss Jerry Goldsmith so much. A musical giant. A nostalgic film for me.
One of the greatest 20th century composers.
Some time sit hits me all over again that he's actually gone.
Helen slater is adorable 😍 , I wasn’t even born when this came out (my mother was only 11 at the time) I don’t care what anyone says my sisters and I loved this movie growing up.
'Nothin says lovin' like nailing your hot Kryptonian cousin."
That's what I thought when you was talking bout Kal-El and his relationship with Kara.
I was a teen when this movie came out. What attracted me to it was Helen Slater's performance and Faye Dunaway's character. It was nice to see a battle of wits and strength between two strong women who could hold their own and not have to wait helplessly for a man to rescue them. Yes, Slater's character was assisted by Peter O'Toole's character in the phantom zone, but she was also assisting him until he sacrificed himself. It was refreshing to watch at the time. I liked the movie back then despite its plot and dodgy effects. I still want to watch it again when it becomes available. Good video, Minty. 👍
Definitely so. But I hated that Supergirl and Selina spent most of their time fighting over a boy. That seemed to diminish them to me. I wish they had given Helen another shot at the character, in a better movie.
@@JStrange13 I can definitely see your viewpoint. I just wonder if Supergirl's motive was more toward protection of an innocent and less romantic (at least initially) and Selena's motive was more toward power and enslavement rather than fighting a rival for the affections of a man. Still, you made a valid argument, and this movie reflects the attitudes of our society back in 1984.
I don't care what anyone says. I loved this film as a kid! And I still do! It's still fun to watch even with all of the plot holes! I thought Helen was great. She fully committed to the character. Some of these facts I knew but some were new to me. So thanks for another amazing well researched episode!
Thanks for doing this one Minty! I totally get where there are some plot probs and the school scenes even bored me as a kid, but I love it. Faye Dunaway and Helen Slater were both amazing! Can't get enough of Brenda Vaccaro's sultry voice also. She was great in Paper Dolls later that year. I did get to meet Helen and she was kind enough to sign my Legend Of Billie Jean poster and I gushed over these two movies, Ruthless People and Secret of my Success. Every movie she made was so great actually. Sticky Fingers was on HBO all the time in the 80's and Happy Together with Patrick Dempsey was great too. Neither have gotten proper blu ray treatment either.
Look it's a Bird... It's a Plane... no it's a Minty video!!😁
“Power of Shadow - bring him TO ME!”
I think I was always hip to those plot holes and curious about them, but it didn’t stop me from enjoying this when ever I watched it. I’ve got a DVD, and I enjoy watching it.
I AM SO HAPPY YOU COVERED THE DVD RELEASE “S” DEBACLE! I hated the returns logo on the front!! Hahaha
Legend of Billie Jean would be good to do Minty.
Fair is fair!
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Yas! Legend of Billie Jean next!
The irony is both this and Supergirl were produced by Tri Star.
Gotta love drunk Peter O'Toole.
Who couldn't love Peter?
Peter fucking Cook. Twats
@Bill Whittaker well said
@@corleonis5742 Calm down and lay off the roids. TWAT!!!!!!
Thank you for finally giving the Supergirl movie the review and credit it has always deserved. This is one of your finest episodes ever. Keep up the good work, Minty!!!!!
I’ve never seen this movie, not that I can remember at least but this was another great video Minty. It made me want to go see SuperGirl now.
The way minty gets into the movies he does has returned me to when the world seemed unlimited and o have went back amd watched i few
It's absolutely horrendous. Beware anyone that tells you otherwise.
@C J It's an entertaining film. The plot holes, now that I know why they're there, aren't deal breakers. It's not as good as the first 3 Reeves movies, but, it's not far behind, and, it is better than the 4th one.
Thank you for reviewing this movie! It mesmerized me as a teenager and it gave me some pretty damned good dreams about flying with Supergirl in that wicked bumper car... I recently watched it on the internet and it took me back to that wonderful and magical era that was the 80s.
HELEN SLATER
is still SEXY
I agree 100%! I’m usually not attracted to older woman but I’d make love to Helen slater or Linda Hamilton any day lol.
She is also a nice person to meet at the conventions
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I absolutely adore this film. The international edition is about 30 minutes longer than the U.S. theatrical cut and makes a lot more sense. Helen Slater is amazing! Minty, please do The Legend of Billie Jean.
"The Map" is just a sensational piece of the score. WOW. Still gives me chills today :)
Have to say, the beginning scene when she comes to earth and she's walking thru the forest, it almost seemed like snow white and the seven dwarfs. All it needed was for her to sing
I know, god she was so adorable!
RIP JERRY GOLDSMITH
@Daniel Appleton Star Trek The Next Generation that is, not the original series. The theme is actually from Star Trek The Motion Picture. 🙂
I will always have major love for Supergirl because as an 80s kid this movie blew my little mind having a female Superman, an interconnected world where there were others out there like Superman and there were other movies out there telling their stories. Little did I know...
Went to the movie to see this with my mother back when I was a kid. So so many nightmares and so many years of child therapy.
Helen Slater was reccuring character on the new TV version of SUPERGIRL,playing Kara's mom,and that one original movie poster looks more like a raised metal lunch box cover from the 70's-80's.
I liked this movie, when she 1st arrived on earth and learns she can fly was great
Best learning to fly ever. The look of joy on her face is beyond compare.
Always been my favourite part, looks so real, the first part by the lake.
I felt she exuded grace, beauty and reflected joy and wonder in that sequence and and in subsequent flying scenes.
Disposing of her would be assailants (Matt Frewer and his compandre) in an early scene was delightfully feministic, too. Seemed to send the message "I really don't have to put up with this."
I saw this film several times over the years and would do so again.
@Daniel Appleton He did a nice turn in Eureka, I thought.
Nice work Minty.
Nice timing. I watched this one last week.
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This review was awesome Minty. I didn't realize there was a comic book adaptation. I'm going to see if eBay has it. You gotta do a review on The Legend of Billie Jean next!
Connecting the fantasy-themed Supergirl movie to other fantasy-themed movies at the time was an inspired observation on your part. The only cringe-worthy aspects I have with the Supergirl movie were Selena chasing after Ethan and the strange witch stuff. However, the casting was great and the music should have won an Oscar. The Argo City and Phantom Zone sets were out of this world (pun intended). I would take this movie over the formulaic superhero movies today anytime.
P.S. I also like how the special effects crew back in the day had to get creative to make the effects a reality. Today they just plug some generic stuff in on a computer.
Love your channel Minty, you're the greatest!
About where the super costume came from in 04:43, one can spot the material for the suit in the traveler, the thingy that kara uses to travel to earth. Pretty much like Kal-Els parents put his suit fabric in his pod.
Not as bad as "The Quest for Peace".
Quest For Peace had some good stuff: 1. Mariel Hemingway's performance,2.Birth of Nuclear Man,3. Gene Hackman's return,4. Jon Cryer as Lenny. It still needed a rewrite though it's a guilty pleasure of mine.
@@rbswords2353 There is a story behind all the problems with "Superman IV".
I am going to "do a Minty" and tell you about a fact.
"Superman IV:The Quest For Peace" struggled because not enough money was given to it.
SMIV was distributed by Cannon Films. The Salkinds lost the rights to Superman by then, and CF got them instead.
CF was a small studio who wanted to get rich by making blockbusters, but they would do them on the cheap.
They had the idea to make three films at once, and spread the budget between all three, thinking that if they did multiple films at once, they would have one at least be a hit.
They made "Cyborg" (a Jean-Claude Van Damme sci-fi film), "Superman IV", and their crown jewel "Masters Of The Universe" (based on the Marvel action figure range and cartoon series, which was huge in the 80's), dedicating the majority of the budget to "Masters" , and "SMIV" and "Cyborg" got the rest.
They effectively spend the budget of ONE film across three films instead. But people want quality, and all THREE films tanked, as the poor production values were on show to see.
Cannon Films were hoping to make lots of money off the films, and were talking about doing a "Spiderman" film, but all three films were bombs, and Cannon folded soon after.
So true. I'd rather watch this movie than Quest for peace!
So true!
I watched this movie over and over again after recording it off cable. I LOVED IT! Definitely underrated.
Supergirl is Super Awesome. I genuinly loved this movie back in the days... And I still do☺ I was so in love With Helen Slater❤
I love the poster of Supergirl flying next to The Statue Of Liberty. Doesn’t REALLY make sense, but I just accepted it as iconic as a child. Classically, Superman does “…fight for truth, justice, and The American Way.” Maybe that’s the sort of feeling they were going for with that poster.
Peter Cook... no mention... like superman missing from the film. 'This bloke came up to me and said, "hello" '
@Daniel Appleton Nope. He played Nigel.
Minty, I stumbled on your channel at the start of lockdown in the uk and haven’t looked back. I love your videos, all the facts and nostalgia that goes with them cheers me right up.
Keep on doing them lad👍🏻
That 70's Captain America movie is a lot worse than this one.
Forget the 70's Captain America.
At least she looked like Supergirl.
Is that the one with Blast Hardcheese?
Naww The last fantastic 4 was worse than this one
Didnt know they made a captain america in the 70s but the one they made in the early 90s was horrible.
I loved Supergirl! I dragged all my Friends (12 people) to see it on opening night. They didn't understand it but because I also read both Supergirl and all Superman comics at the time it matched the combined story elements. I saw it 5 more times in the theatre before it left theatres. I was alone in the theatre in many of the screenings. I still to this day LOVE this movie. It also helped that I lived in Chicago at the time and worked near many of her Chicago flight path.
As a kid I was always happy to watch "SuperGirl." It was great that the movie was shown, however minimally, that it was connected to the rest of the Superman series. Also, it didn't hurt that SuperGirl (Helen Slater) was/is absolutely stunning.
Despite the flaws of "SuperGirl," the film has one other incredible, redeeming feature.....it's not "Superman Returns." ;-}
Yet, _Superman Returns_ is loved by a lot of people, putting you in the minority.
@@Neville60001 Really? First time I've ever heard that. Possibly a generation thing. When the movie came out and for years afterwards, I never heard anyone say they liked it. But, I think because so many didn't like that it tried to pick up from the Christopher Reeves series and failed. As a stand alone movie, maybe it was better appreciated by a newer audience. Similar to how the Star Wars prequels are better liked by younger audiences. ;-)
Superman returns lacked action and excitement. It was a pretty boring movie. It seemed like a homework assignment that was done at the last minute just to get a passing grade.
@@gregrowe1168 I'd have to agree. I've also heard (and agree with) that there was way to much focus on the relationship between Superman & Lois Lane which further dragged the movie.
@@skyden24195, and yet, people are now praising it (again) retrospectively as being better than _Man Of Steel_ , which had all of the action in it that detractors of _Superman Returns_ craved.
I loved this video. Thank you Mate. As a kid I didn't care how good the movies were. If it was related to Superman I was biased and loved it. I do see the floors but I still find it entertaining.
A: she was PERFECT in the role. Even today she can't look better as supergirl, 2: yeah the movie was flawed, but it was a superhero movie in the 80's, and D: Popeyes sure has come a long way.
I still haven't tried that chicken sandwich from Popeyes that everybody was so crazy about
Super Girl for sure had a train wreck of a script, and production that failed at the box office, but it is indeed an important piece of 80's super hero culture.
This was one of my favorites as a teen...
I really need to watch this movie, I’ve only seen bits and pieces of it. The ending fight where she went into a tornado that always gives me chills.
My Nine year old self was in LOOOVE with SuperGirl... Big Time!
I meet miss.helen slater, in Marlborough Massachusetts, and she was so nice and wonderful. She truly was a lovely lady.
I have great nostalgic love for this movie.
First “girlie” poster I ever had was of Helen Slater as Supergirl. I was ten years old and in love! I had (still have) the storybook, collected the cards, had the coloring books, got any Supergirl merch I could get my hands on. Never saw the movie in the theater!
To me, Helen Slater will always be Supergirl and Margot Kidder will always be Lois Lane.
I've found every Lois after Margot lacking.
Hello from Brooklyn, New York! I like all your reviews. I was wondering can you cover "Strange Days" with Ralph Feinnes, and Angela Bassett?
Love that movie
Parts of "Avengers:Infinity War" were actually shot in Edinburgh, Scotland
0:24 Shared Cinematic Universes was a concept by the time this movie was in theaters. From 1925 to 1956, the Universal Monster Horror Cinematic Universe was the first cinematic universe starting with Phantom of the Opera and ending with The Creature Walks Among Us.
I loved to watch Helen Slater as Supergirl and by far as I am concerned, is the most beautiful Supergirl to ever don the cape. Faye Dunaway was awesome as Selena too
I fell in love with her in this as a young boy... And never stopped! 😂 Actually watched this again last month, it has some great moments and I love the score
Yep - I dispute the commentator's claim that this is considered "one of the worst superhero films". I've been a genre fan and was a Starlog subscriber most of my life and I have NEVER heard this claim. In fact I'd say the opposite, this movie is a rare hidden little gem. Sure it has technical issues and I'd say in general, its major sin was having a reach that exceeded its grasp. I'd rather a movie push and try to do more and different than be the same cookie cutter nonsense we always get.
Surprisingly, SG was a big hit here in Manila during its 1985 theatrical release.
MINTY the DIE HARD characters name was ELLIS not HARRY😁👍
his full name is Harry Ellis... so it's both.
His FIRST name is Harry doofus
@@homelesshannah50 Did John ever call him Harry?..No it was ELLIS! DUMBASS Lol
I really loved this film as a kid ❤
I find it amusing she was playing Ma Kent in "DC Superhero Girls with Dean Cain as Pa Kent. 😁
and both show up as the Danvers parents (but only in minor/cameos, not full time cast) in the WB Supergirl series (Melissa Benoist series).
I saw this film in the theater when I was a kid (yes, I’m old) and I absolutely loved it! Whenever it played on TV I made my family watch it. I thought it was so much fun and thought Helen Slater was beautiful!
“Christopher Reeve bailed from the project” given he stayed on for 3 and 4.... if that isn’t a red flag of krypton I don’t know what is.
I think he knew how bad this was going to be but yes Superman 3 and 4 weren't exactly masterpieces. I really wonder if he hadn't had his accident if there would have been another movie with him in it.
Used to love watching this movie as a kid growing up in the 80’s
I think it is great that he earns his money, and keeps giving us new content.
Some other TH-camrs could learn from it, instead of just producing a video once every six months.
I had a massive crush on Helen Slater when I was a kid!!! Even now she is still so beautiful!
Couldn't pay me to watch this movie but I am being paid to watch Minty today at work :-D
Thanks for all the great content
Saw this movie on VHS when I was a kid. It was the first time I ever heard of Popeyes.
was that actually a fast food chain, or just a made up one for the movie?
@@andrewmurray1550 You never heard of Popey's Chicken? It's second only to KFC on the fast food chicken chain.
loving the amount of video's my man minty is coming out with these days. but please bring back the catchphrase " hey guys minty here"
I wonder if Mark or minty lives under a desk, after the end of each video he hunches down there.
And the actress who played supergirl is a super hottie
I loved supergirl as a kid and made sure to show to my niece when she was little. She loved it too. Though we both like fantasy movies.
🤖Taking a break from this insane stock market to relax with Minty!
👑Thanks,as always, for fantastic nostalgia!
Those phantom zones shatter so easily.
Nothin' says lovin' like a hero and his cousin 😂🤣😂
I came across your videos by mistake,really really good,
But on the 10 Things you never nee about ??????
These are great
How did you get your info,
Glad I subscribed
Can't be worse then Captain Marvel!
@naa'im sharif LORD HAVE MERCY! Never speak of that kitty movie ever again!
@naa'im sharif 😉👋
I’ve always loved your videos and I finally subscribed to your channel. You review a lot of movies I grew up watching. I LOVED the Supergirl movie as a young girl and I still love it. Wish I could get Blu Ray with both cuts of the movie.