@@AkuraTheAwesomein what conceivable universe are they?.. We love them, but they are never underrated. Especially Ben. Every vid has a million comments praising Ben (usually only Ben, even if he didn’t edit it) and it’s so clear they do it for brownie point likes and not being genuine. So don’t act like nobody acknowledges Ben and the other editors. They get so much high praise. It’s well deserved but don’t act like they’re underrated.
Fun fact: The VFX team wanted to make supergirl distinguishable from superman, so they decided to change the colour of her laser vision to blue, which lead to the working title of this film being Blue Harvest, which coincidentally was also the working title of the original Star Wars.
It was called heat vision and possible based on X-rays not laser. No Superman or Supergirl comic ever said Superman or Supergirl had laser vision I am aware of.
I just watched her red heat vision give life to a flower. I looked for a TH-cam video explaining the movie because it was so stupid, maybe its blue later in the movie, but first use is red
As bad as this movie is, I gotta say that Helen Slater really does fit the role of Supergirl look wise. She’s what I’d imagine Supergirl to look like in my head if she was a real person!
Huh? No, if there was a supergirl she has to look like Jessica Biel, or something like that... This Slater girl is too ordinary, the girl next door, mediocre.
I always remember a reviewer who said this about Supergirl's movie: "What pisses me off is that this movie didn't needed to be bad. It has good actors, it has decent special effects for the time, the script is what sinks it. And the script is garbage because no one in the 80s thought a superhero movie starring a female character was worth the effort"
@@GamingintheAM0801 Yep and even with wonder woman being good, they dropped the ball on the sequel. I had really been looking forward to that movie too
@@GamingintheAM0801 Captain Marvel was not even decent. It stumbles all over its own “girl power/men are pigs”propaganda before just telling a good story. If it aired anywhere but between Infinity War and End Game, it wouldn’t have come close to a billion.
@@devmag52 facts. That ip is screwed for the sequel. But u already know what they’ll say. “The marvels performs poorly at the box office due to mcu hate and the bad taste left from antman 3” 🤷♂️
No matter what anyone says, I love this film and always will. Not because it’s good, dear god no. Just through sheer force of will from wanting so badly for a Supergirl movie to work!!
Well hopefully this new Supergirl movie James Gunn has in the pipeline will finally and legitimately satisfy that craving. We can only hope, but hey, there’s no chance it’ll be as bad as this…or is there?
I was 8 when the movie was released and remember thinking that she looked like an angel. Guess I must have watched the movie dozens of times as a kid, just for Helen Slater. Couldn't have cared less about the plot 😁
12:50 this is the best joke ever. Great job Ben and Lawrence. 16:48 this is a close second. Superman should have kicked evil supermans nuts into his throat, or at least nuclear man's.
This entire movie feels like a forgotten Silver Age annual. Not even just a regular throwaway story, but so throwaway and overly long that it's an *annual.*
I only seen this movie once and my only memory is the aforementioned word “ Squirt” 😂😂😂😂 oh shit and Peter Cook was also in the movie. Imagine if Dudley Moore was with him…. The film would have been saved.
The reason they changed the costume was actually because manufacturing extra suits would have been two expensive. The blue dye used in the original suit was extraordinarily rare and it would have taken way too much labor to acquire, which is why the producers originally titled the film Blue Harvest, which coincidentally was the working title of the original Star Wars in 1977.
@@davidbosco652 I don't think they forgot it, they just don't have time to watch every cut of a film before doing an episode, especially since the DC is even longer than the international cut which they already said was too long
I’m actually really impressed by how simple but effective that cardboard cutout solution was. I never would have noticed it wasn’t a human being if you hadn’t pointed it out, but it would have been much more difficult to achieve with an actual person.
I feel like it's important to point out that this movie is directed by Jeannot Szwarc who also directed several episodes of Smallville, including the episode where Lana, Chloe and Lois are possessed by witches.
I always loved how the wire work looks in this movie. It’s always been how I’ve pictured Supergirl moving in the comics. Where she’s very graceful and feminine, dancing through the air. You really believe that she’s flying. (And then they do any compositing or rear projection and that belief goes out the window)
I honestly could have sworn they had already done Batman Returns. Feel like I remember them talking about the use of real penguins and how Catwoman makes her own suit in a ridiculous way. The fact they haven't and I've just created all these memories has blown my mind
You guys are my new favorite channel. It’s rare to find a duo with real chemistry and one isn’t always trying to one-up the other. You are insightful, funny and fun to watch. Also, give your editor/graphics person a raise. Or an edible arrangement at least.
I haven't seen the movie since I was too young to realise what a movie is but my most recent recollections about this film are... I love the score. Jerry Goldsmith nearly composed Superman, probably off of the back of previously collaborating with Richard Donner on The Omen (for which he won an oscar back when oscars meant something) and his music here is super *Super* worthy! RIP Jerry.
Loved that you guys just ran (ha!) with the ‘paisley’ comment at the end. (I’m guessing it was meant to be ’paltry’?) That clip of two guys in kilts running reminded me of the movie Run Lola Run, which I haven’t thought of in forever. Thanks for that!
Good things about this film: Costume, Casting Bad Things: Everything Else 😂 Still love it. Kids don’t follow the news and I had all the faith I might get a Superman/Supergirl movie one day. As me and my (male) cousin use to run around in capes pretending we were Superman/Supergirl.
One of the best moments of my life was showing my first daughter this movie when she was around 3 y/o. She was Supergirl for Halloween and wore the costume all the time. When Supergirl first came out of the water in her suit and was flying around, my daughter's face was pure joy. Adults would do well to remember who these films were made for, and it wasn't cynical nerds looking for continuity or a compelling story.
I loved this film as a kid and watched loads of times on VHS. This review has reminded me of some of the absolutely fucking bonkers elements that I didn't bat an eyelid at back then.
Patty Jenkins elevated the superheroine movie genre by doing "Wonder Woman" in 2017, then came back in 2020 with "Wonder Woman 1984" to pay tribute to the kind of movies that inspired her to become a director: the late 1970ies & early 1980ies Superman franchise, which this "Supergirl" 1984 movie is a tie-in with (its Superman, Christopher Reeve, can be glimpsed on a poster in "Supergirl").
This is the first time I've watched the Green Trivia section and I just realised that "Guy who says Rodney a lot", is that Aussie guy that mostly does specifically Australian ads
Did you know? Supergirl famously wears a costume with a blue, red, and yellow color scheme. This is a reference to the original working title of Star Wars, Blue Harvest.
@@danhays307 when listening to the show on audio my mind identified it as Hader lol then seeing the video clip on the youtube version was a “mind blow” when it wasn’t him
I most remember the scene where the “love interest” is marveling that she flew over his head: “like Superman…” Her reply: “He’s my cousin. But I shouldn’t be telling you this.” I leaned over to my date and whispered “You should have been smart enough to figure it out yourself”. She laughed so hard the people in front of us turned around and shushed her.
@@OldManYellsAtClouds OK, I watched but to a certain point. I will watch it later, somehow it seemed too long, and just whining about how bad that movie was... It was 1984, and it was decent for that time. And, let's be honest, if we compare it with...Wonder woman 1984, it is still better I guess.
@@liamfrr So was Superman, the first one was watchable, all others with Reeves were garbage, but do those make videos of how bad those movies were? Besides, if you compare the cinematography of the 80s with the shite that is made today... We have reason to laugh at all manure Marved made, DC, Disney... It was a decent movie with bad casting for the role of Supergirl, but feel free to think it was garbage.
Personally, I actually enjoy this one - it's a guilty pleasure with some good stuff - Peter O'Toole and Faye Dunaway hamming it up, Jerry Goldsmith score, Alan Hume cinematography, and it does have that 80's charm which is so naive but hard not to like.
The "creepy British guy" is non other than Peter Cook, who was Dudley Moore's comedy partner and a comic genius. The story behind him ending up in Supergirl is a bit of a sad tale of jealousy and failure.
Bonus Green Trivia: Superman III was suppose to feature Supergirl, in the middle of a love triangle involving Superman and Brainiac. Involving Superman, who’s always been her cousin in the comics…
Faye Dunaway was the best thing about this movie for me. She was still so gorgeous at this point in time. How lucky was Hart Bochner to have Faye and Helen Slater fighting over him in this?
All I remember from this movie is her learning to fly/jump in the woods. It influenced my dreams to where I was doing the same thing but while moving my arms like helicopter blades
A pleasant surprise for me was the mention of Matt Frewer, as for the last couple of weeks my (two year old) son has become sort of obsessed with Honey, I Shrunk The Kids. Matt Frewer as the blowhard neighbour, Russ Thompson, is probably my favourite role of his; although I have a soft spot for this voice work in Gargoyles, and as The Leader in the 90s Hulk cartoon. I think the "Honey" trilogy would make for excellent Caravan of Garbage fodder. The first one is still great, and the effects hold up for the most part. Diminishing returns thereafter; particularly with the third entry, the straight-to-video Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves. Old-school Disney Channel dreck in all it's glory.
Critics from our generation also have a field day reviewing more recent super hero films. I still watch Supergirl every couple of years but you can't pay me to sit through a Marvel super hero movie. It's like watching a video game with horrendous editing and a monotone soundtrack. Supergirl and the old super hero somehow almost seem like they could really happen.
@@restlessbohemian26 No one understands me when I say Marvel films just don't interest me. I could skip half the movie and still fully understand whats going on
@@ChknHugga Hopefully things will swing the other way and good movie making will make a return. Seems like a great movie will come out and then it's twenty years sideways instead of innovating forward. I don't want to go back, but I want to move past what is currently going on because it mind-numbingly dull.
I loved this movie as a kid. Still do. With respect to my childhood memories and imagination. Also my love for Supergirl. Also I love her aerial wirework.
I remember watching these as a kid in the early 2000’s with my grandfather. He was a big fan of OG superman movie / that universe. I remember liking it when I was a kid curious to see what ill think revisiting it again 20 years later lol.
I realize rugby and cricket are more your thing but 13:30 is field hockey which isn't even remotely like baseball except both have a ball that you hit with a big stick.
Was Peter O'Toole drunk in the phantom zone? He seemed drunk. I mean for real drunk, not acting drunk. I remember as a little kid watching it and thinking the Phantom Zone was literally the most depressing soul destroying place I've ever seen. And the only person to keep her company was an incoherent alcoholic OAP. I'd rather have spent eternity there on my own
I think what makes Catwoman worse than this film was how recent it was in comparison. Good Superhero films were a lot rarer in the 80's than the 2000's. Then again, I also haven't seen this since I was a kid. Although a few years ago, my niece asked me for some "retro" female superhero movies. I named this and Tank Girl. She watched and wasn't impressed.
You guys should give summary more often because some of this stuff is obscure enough. Like that swamp thing show for example or that one James Cameron movie with that water monster(maybe that one is not obscure but I had never seen it)
Okay I would love to watch a Ben from Canada video essay/film analysis of Supergirl and how it's Lynchian Accidental Surrealist art! That sounds fascinating!
I’ve mostly forgotten about this move. But I do remember my parents getting really frustrated with me when I kept asking why she flew into the lake and not into space.
"Becky Gelke, The Blonde with the Blue sweatpants!?" Helen Slater was gorgeous, and good casting for Supergirl at the time... that's pretty much the only good thing about this movie.
I left like 10-15 comments on these saying do the phantom min series- backdoor pilot- and you mentioned it last time, just do it mate- I live in Australia in the early 2000`s for 3 years- you owe me this!
Just from the opening sequence with the magic ball getting chucked out the window, I get the suspicion that maybe Kara isn't the sharpest tool in Krypton's shed... like, first, she seems to be incompetent and random and just stumbling into the plot, then, instead of going after her goal of finding the magic ball, she just fucks around with at a school for a bit? This may be an Idiocracy situation, were Kara is some kind of special needs kid on Krypton but on earth she's suddenly all that and a bag of chips in comparison to us? Just a theory, haven't seen the movie. This recap is more than enough for me, lol
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Maso got so pissed at this movie that he told us what the story was without even being prompted to do so
One of my favorite things he does
It's a pavlovian response really
I like how the very mention of marlin brando instantly puts James into a blind rage
He's a bad bloke, that Marlon Brando.
Bad Bloke Brando!
Growing up, "Marlfox" was my favourite Brian Jacques novel. It combines both Marlon Brando, and furries. So it's right up James' alley.
Marlon Brando May have been annoying to work with but at least he did some really cool Native American rights activism.
@@r.jclark4641What'd he do?
i love when ben randomly inserts his opinions/thoughts in edits lol
The edit of the faces sliding down over the two women brilliant.
Hahah yeah Ben is awesome!
I love it when Ben 🤷🏼♂️
Ben and the other editors are the under-appreciated third member of the group, so thank you for recognising our boy.
@@AkuraTheAwesomein what conceivable universe are they?..
We love them, but they are never underrated. Especially Ben. Every vid has a million comments praising Ben (usually only Ben, even if he didn’t edit it) and it’s so clear they do it for brownie point likes and not being genuine.
So don’t act like nobody acknowledges Ben and the other editors. They get so much high praise. It’s well deserved but don’t act like they’re underrated.
A huge part of this channel's success is due to the editing of these videos, which is absolutely brilliant. Great job everyone.
Fun fact: The VFX team wanted to make supergirl distinguishable from superman, so they decided to change the colour of her laser vision to blue, which lead to the working title of this film being Blue Harvest, which coincidentally was also the working title of the original Star Wars.
Makes sense
Blue Harvest. I feel like I have heard this before, for another movie.
It was called heat vision and possible based on X-rays not laser. No Superman or Supergirl comic ever said Superman or Supergirl had laser vision I am aware of.
Well done.
I just watched her red heat vision give life to a flower. I looked for a TH-cam video explaining the movie because it was so stupid, maybe its blue later in the movie, but first use is red
Some bonus green trivia. The actress who played Lucy Lane was actually 30/31 at the time and older than the actor playing Jimmy Olsen.
Jesus Christ. I gotta know what brand of lotion she uses.
@@SirMoFoDans4 Well it was 1984, so mostly likely cocaine.
@@solvseusI’m pretty sure cocaine does the opposite
@@Malum09 No, you're thinking of meth.
I recognize her from Grease 2, which is one of the greatest So-Bad-It's-Good movies of all time.
I can’t begin to explain how much I love the ‘that guy who shouts Rodney’ guy.
All Rodney. All the time.
As bad as this movie is, I gotta say that Helen Slater really does fit the role of Supergirl look wise. She’s what I’d imagine Supergirl to look like in my head if she was a real person!
Huh? No, if there was a supergirl she has to look like Jessica Biel, or something like that... This Slater girl is too ordinary, the girl next door, mediocre.
Slater's the best thing about this misfire.
@@alucard624 Why are you all starstruck by her? She is so...ordinary... That girl as Supergirl, that is simply wrong.
Agreed, Helen Slater is perfect
@@andrewfletcher7110 Many thousand actresses would have been much better in that role.
I always remember a reviewer who said this about Supergirl's movie:
"What pisses me off is that this movie didn't needed to be bad. It has good actors, it has decent special effects for the time, the script is what sinks it. And the script is garbage because no one in the 80s thought a superhero movie starring a female character was worth the effort"
It's the 2020s and people still only barely think it's worth the effort, unfortunately.
Wonder Woman was good, Captain Marvel was decent at best.
@@GamingintheAM0801 Yep and even with wonder woman being good, they dropped the ball on the sequel. I had really been looking forward to that movie too
@@GamingintheAM0801 Captain Marvel was not even decent. It stumbles all over its own “girl power/men are pigs”propaganda before just telling a good story. If it aired anywhere but between Infinity War and End Game, it wouldn’t have come close to a billion.
@@devmag52 facts. That ip is screwed for the sequel. But u already know what they’ll say. “The marvels performs poorly at the box office due to mcu hate and the bad taste left from antman 3” 🤷♂️
@@Lowkey-yb4nm Nah, they'll do their usual: "MISOGYNY! RACISM! blah, blah......."
No matter what anyone says, I love this film and always will. Not because it’s good, dear god no. Just through sheer force of will from wanting so badly for a Supergirl movie to work!!
I find it an entertaining mess of a movie.
Well hopefully this new Supergirl movie James Gunn has in the pipeline will finally and legitimately satisfy that craving. We can only hope, but hey, there’s no chance it’ll be as bad as this…or is there?
This movie was amazing!!!
Yes, another fan. This is a fun movie and needs more love.
Are you a green lantern? =P
World famous comic genius Peter Cook - "some creepy British bloke" - nailed it again, guys!
I blame the fact that Dudley Moore wasn't playing his assistant in it...
I had such a massive crush on Helen Slater. Her flying sequence at the beginning was one of the best.
I was 8 when the movie was released and remember thinking that she looked like an angel. Guess I must have watched the movie dozens of times as a kid, just for Helen Slater. Couldn't have cared less about the plot 😁
12:50 this is the best joke ever. Great job Ben and Lawrence.
16:48 this is a close second. Superman should have kicked evil supermans nuts into his throat, or at least nuclear man's.
What joke at 12:50?
@Ahmed Jones me too! And I was thinking it the whole time.
@@John-Doe-Yo that Faye Dunaway and her partner who just sits there and says maybe this, maybe that, are James and Maso.
@@TheJesselopez1981 Oh I see it now I kept looking for it at the exact time code you gave
Any Caravan of Garbage that starts with the word “terrible” with no context is destined to become an absolute classic.
I love that I cannot tell if Mr. Sunday is serious or not when referring to field hockey as baseball.
-Mr Sunday- Maso
Wasn't that cricket?
@@samuelperezgarcia No.
If the Rodney supercut ever needs to be longer, Draco Malfoy does a couple of good ones in Rise of the Planet of the Apes.
Oh really
And if it needs to be even longer, they can take some from Only Fools & Horses.
The weekly planet/Mr. Sunday fandom is gonna start collecting Rodney’s.
@@stefanfilipovits21 like infinity stones
@@17absolut Rodney. Is. Inevitable.
I loved hearing James trying so hard to say paltry and going in the absolutely wrong direction 😆
It's a brilliant combination of paltry and measly - paesley! I give it a year to be the new word of the year at Websters. 😀
This entire movie feels like a forgotten Silver Age annual. Not even just a regular throwaway story, but so throwaway and overly long that it's an *annual.*
I KNOW what you mean!!!
A perfect description.
I absolutely love Peter O'Toole's performance in this movie. The man looked like he was drunk out of his mind before they started filming.
He probably was
Peter O'Toole was basically drunk out of his mind for his entire career.
@@MrOtistetrax So *THAT’S* why he was cast as a drunk has-been actor in “My Favorite Year”!
He has the best line in the movie.
"Squirt."
I only seen this movie once and my only memory is the aforementioned word “ Squirt” 😂😂😂😂 oh shit and Peter Cook was also in the movie. Imagine if Dudley Moore was with him…. The film would have been saved.
Is it bad that I laugh at the Rodney supercut every time?
No, it is not bad. We should all laugh at it every time. Because we all know sooner or later James will just get sick of it and stop.
@@MiddleAgedNerd not if I pretend to hate it and keep telling him to drop it.
It will happen. Much like the death by overexposure of "Blue Harvest"
In the mean time...enjoy!
The People NEED the Rodney Supercut. We must have it!!
RAWED-KNEE!!!
Even as a 6 year old, I wondered how supergirl was able to get her ears pierced by her friend.
Plot holes so big a six year old could walk through them. Lol
The reason they changed the costume was actually because manufacturing extra suits would have been two expensive. The blue dye used in the original suit was extraordinarily rare and it would have taken way too much labor to acquire, which is why the producers originally titled the film Blue Harvest, which coincidentally was the working title of the original Star Wars in 1977.
Goddamn it! I fall for it every time!
Damn that's crazy if true!
@Mr Sunday Movies You kinda forgot about the Director's cut of Supergirl (1984) on DVD.
@@davidbosco652 I don't think they forgot it, they just don't have time to watch every cut of a film before doing an episode, especially since the DC is even longer than the international cut which they already said was too long
@PatientAllison When I meant that, I was saying that they forgot to mention the runtime of the Director's cut.
I wouldn't expect them to know what field hockey is, but I did expect them to know what baseball isn't
If theres a cage, a grass field and children inside, its baseball.
@@Mngalahad If there's children inside a cage, on grass, it's baseball.
The grotesque image of Supergirl's "Sand Eyes" will haunt my dreams.
I used to love when this came on TV randomly on a Sunday afternoon.
Yeah, I seen it on UTV on a random Saturday afternoon in the early 1990s
If you saw it on tv in the US, removing the commercials from the equation, it was probably edited for TV down to even less than 84 min.
I’m actually really impressed by how simple but effective that cardboard cutout solution was. I never would have noticed it wasn’t a human being if you hadn’t pointed it out, but it would have been much more difficult to achieve with an actual person.
This "terrible" movie was my FAVORITE sleepover movie!!! Thanks so much for doing a video on it!!!!
Fun fact: Iron Man came out 15 years ago. Now I'm not the only one who feels old.
Honestly, I thought it was longer than that, but I got hit with Marvel fatigue way earlier than most people, so that's probably why.
I feel like it's important to point out that this movie is directed by Jeannot Szwarc who also directed several episodes of Smallville, including the episode where Lana, Chloe and Lois are possessed by witches.
He also did Jaws 2 !
@littlefroggy7 that explains why the shark was a witch!
@@danjithemanthe boat captain was also a witch!
Always loved this movie. Peter O'Toole in the phantom zone surviving on Binaca lol. Perfect.
This movie gave me nightmares as a kid.
The runaway digger.
The scary dodgems.
The weird random ending.
Recurring dreams, night terrors, the lot.
Who doesn't love a drunk Peter O'Toole performance?
indeed ! Did you ever see him as drunk sex addict emperor Tiberius in the movie Tiberius?
His wife. Lol
Somehow the editing is even better than ever in this episode. How do y'all keep improving?!
I always loved how the wire work looks in this movie. It’s always been how I’ve pictured Supergirl moving in the comics. Where she’s very graceful and feminine, dancing through the air. You really believe that she’s flying. (And then they do any compositing or rear projection and that belief goes out the window)
"You're a monster, Jimmy. And you're going to jail for...other things..." 🤣🤣🤣
20:45 Editor Ben out here trying to get some people severe alcohol poisoning
I love how Christopher Reeve turned down a cameo in this movie 😂
There's no way they're actually doing Batman Returns. They're gonna do Mr. Mom.
Or something with Danny DeVito, like It's Always Sunny.
I honestly could have sworn they had already done Batman Returns. Feel like I remember them talking about the use of real penguins and how Catwoman makes her own suit in a ridiculous way. The fact they haven't and I've just created all these memories has blown my mind
@@brucesimmons5517 Twins.
@@kidjunkies
Caravan Of Mandela Effect.
I'd love it if they did Mr. Mom.
But not Multiplicity
You guys are my new favorite channel. It’s rare to find a duo with real chemistry and one isn’t always trying to one-up the other. You are insightful, funny and fun to watch. Also, give your editor/graphics person a raise. Or an edible arrangement at least.
I haven't seen the movie since I was too young to realise what a movie is but my most recent recollections about this film are... I love the score. Jerry Goldsmith nearly composed Superman, probably off of the back of previously collaborating with Richard Donner on The Omen (for which he won an oscar back when oscars meant something) and his music here is super *Super* worthy! RIP Jerry.
Listening to the Rodney shouting guy is like comfort food at this point
More! More! More! More!
Loved that you guys just ran (ha!) with the ‘paisley’ comment at the end. (I’m guessing it was meant to be ’paltry’?)
That clip of two guys in kilts running reminded me of the movie Run Lola Run, which I haven’t thought of in forever. Thanks for that!
Ironically, Paisley is a town in Scotland. The cloth pattern (of Indian derivation) is named after the town.
I think it was both ''paltry' and 'measly' in the same brain-moment.
Good things about this film: Costume, Casting
Bad Things: Everything Else 😂
Still love it. Kids don’t follow the news and I had all the faith I might get a Superman/Supergirl movie one day. As me and my (male) cousin use to run around in capes pretending we were Superman/Supergirl.
I love how Peter O'Toole's Kyptonian outfit is just a massive knitted jumper.
Helen Slater nails the role of Supergirl despite everything.
One of the best moments of my life was showing my first daughter this movie when she was around 3 y/o. She was Supergirl for Halloween and wore the costume all the time. When Supergirl first came out of the water in her suit and was flying around, my daughter's face was pure joy. Adults would do well to remember who these films were made for, and it wasn't cynical nerds looking for continuity or a compelling story.
I was born too late to watch this but it’s amazing how we continue to watch movies we have never watched through James and Mason
I mean, you can still watch it for yourself. It’s not like you can’t do that.
@@mattway18 I guess Shannon is from a future where movies don't exist anymore but you can send TH-cam comments into the past
I loved this film as a kid and watched loads of times on VHS. This review has reminded me of some of the absolutely fucking bonkers elements that I didn't bat an eyelid at back then.
Patty Jenkins elevated the superheroine movie genre by doing "Wonder Woman" in 2017, then came back in 2020 with "Wonder Woman 1984" to pay tribute to the kind of movies that inspired her to become a director: the late 1970ies & early 1980ies Superman franchise, which this "Supergirl" 1984 movie is a tie-in with (its Superman, Christopher Reeve, can be glimpsed on a poster in "Supergirl").
This is the first time I've watched the Green Trivia section and I just realised that "Guy who says Rodney a lot", is that Aussie guy that mostly does specifically Australian ads
Uh, no … that guy died. We watch it like, nearly every week. It’s easy to miss though. Pay attention closely when he shouts “Rodney!”
Did you know? Supergirl famously wears a costume with a blue, red, and yellow color scheme. This is a reference to the original working title of Star Wars, Blue Harvest.
Thank you sincerely for bringing back the Rodney super cut cracks me up every time great way to start the day
The “Rodney shout” really does sound like Bill Hader to me for some reason 😂
Oh god, that's why it sounds familiar 😆
In fairness … Hader has … SO MANY voices …
@@danhays307 when listening to the show on audio my mind identified it as Hader lol then seeing the video clip on the youtube version was a “mind blow” when it wasn’t him
Please keep doing Green trivia and also that guy who shouts Rodney. It brings me much joy to hear that guy who shouts Rodney
Yes! Yes! Yes! - Wait, I mean … RODNEEH!
I most remember the scene where the “love interest” is marveling that she flew over his head: “like Superman…” Her reply: “He’s my cousin. But I shouldn’t be telling you this.” I leaned over to my date and whispered “You should have been smart enough to figure it out yourself”. She laughed so hard the people in front of us turned around and shushed her.
That’s really funny 😂
I unironically love this movie.
Classic super girl with her flight, super strength, and sand ears
sand ears? What does that mean?
@@OldManYellsAtClouds OK, I watched but to a certain point. I will watch it later, somehow it seemed too long, and just whining about how bad that movie was... It was 1984, and it was decent for that time. And, let's be honest, if we compare it with...Wonder woman 1984, it is still better I guess.
@@ozymandiasultor9480 it’s always been garbage
@@liamfrr So was Superman, the first one was watchable, all others with Reeves were garbage, but do those make videos of how bad those movies were? Besides, if you compare the cinematography of the 80s with the shite that is made today... We have reason to laugh at all manure Marved made, DC, Disney... It was a decent movie with bad casting for the role of Supergirl, but feel free to think it was garbage.
@@ozymandiasultor9480 sand in the ears
Personally, I actually enjoy this one - it's a guilty pleasure with some good stuff - Peter O'Toole and Faye Dunaway hamming it up, Jerry Goldsmith score, Alan Hume cinematography, and it does have that 80's charm which is so naive but hard not to like.
The "creepy British guy" is non other than Peter Cook, who was Dudley Moore's comedy partner and a comic genius. The story behind him ending up in Supergirl is a bit of a sad tale of jealousy and failure.
20:46 Good Guy Ben's got our backs! Love the tip for the drinking game... may have to try this out soon.
Guys I'm British but I know you've messed up mistaking hockey for baseball @ 13:50 😂
Bonus Green Trivia: Superman III was suppose to feature Supergirl, in the middle of a love triangle involving Superman and Brainiac.
Involving Superman, who’s always been her cousin in the comics…
Faye Dunaway was the best thing about this movie for me. She was still so gorgeous at this point in time. How lucky was Hart Bochner to have Faye and Helen Slater fighting over him in this?
I unironically love _Supergirl_. Nearly as much as I love James and Maso suffering through stuff they hate.
All I remember from this movie is her learning to fly/jump in the woods. It influenced my dreams to where I was doing the same thing but while moving my arms like helicopter blades
This "Return to the DC Graveyard" run you've been on has been stellar, lads.
A bloody Zoltar machine would have been better at keeping that orb safe I reckon
A pleasant surprise for me was the mention of Matt Frewer, as for the last couple of weeks my (two year old) son has become sort of obsessed with Honey, I Shrunk The Kids. Matt Frewer as the blowhard neighbour, Russ Thompson, is probably my favourite role of his; although I have a soft spot for this voice work in Gargoyles, and as The Leader in the 90s Hulk cartoon.
I think the "Honey" trilogy would make for excellent Caravan of Garbage fodder. The first one is still great, and the effects hold up for the most part. Diminishing returns thereafter; particularly with the third entry, the straight-to-video Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves. Old-school Disney Channel dreck in all it's glory.
I once watched this movie 5 consecutive days in a row and I am not ashamed
Evil superman in number 3 is the coolest looking superman we’ve had on the big screen
Not gonna lie. I’m a MASSIVE Superman fan, and yet somehow had absolutely no idea this film even existed until just now.
Maybe it’s just because I liked it as a kid, this still holds up for me. I love it.
Critics from our generation also have a field day reviewing more recent super hero films. I still watch Supergirl every couple of years but you can't pay me to sit through a Marvel super hero movie. It's like watching a video game with horrendous editing and a monotone soundtrack. Supergirl and the old super hero somehow almost seem like they could really happen.
@@restlessbohemian26 No one understands me when I say Marvel films just don't interest me. I could skip half the movie and still fully understand whats going on
@@ChknHugga Hopefully things will swing the other way and good movie making will make a return. Seems like a great movie will come out and then it's twenty years sideways instead of innovating forward. I don't want to go back, but I want to move past what is currently going on because it mind-numbingly dull.
I loved this movie as a kid. Still do. With respect to my childhood memories and imagination. Also my love for Supergirl. Also I love her aerial wirework.
Same. I grew up on this movie and I still love it even though I recognize it now as having nothing to do with comic Supergirl.
Actually it’s fairly close to Pre-Crisis Kara soooooooooo
Can I just say that Seinfeld dating a teenager bit with the editing?? Chef's kiss. Had to stop pooping cause I was laughing too much.
to be fair, in about 100 years, we'll all be going "What's a tree?"
Love that they still took the time to riff on Marlon Brando
I remember watching these as a kid in the early 2000’s with my grandfather. He was a big fan of OG superman movie / that universe. I remember liking it when I was a kid curious to see what ill think revisiting it again 20 years later lol.
One time for green trivia I'd like the supercut of Lex luthor's unsettling non verbal noises from batman v superman
I realize rugby and cricket are more your thing but 13:30 is field hockey which isn't even remotely like baseball except both have a ball that you hit with a big stick.
I love your episodes where you describe the plot a bit more. super funny and often i actually dont know the movies at all.
Speaking of Mat Frewer, you guys should do the "Honey, I shrunk the Kids" franchise
Matt Frewer was also in the underrated sci-fi dramedy series Eureka, playing a scientist with an outrageous fake Aussie accent.
Was Peter O'Toole drunk in the phantom zone? He seemed drunk. I mean for real drunk, not acting drunk.
I remember as a little kid watching it and thinking the Phantom Zone was literally the most depressing soul destroying place I've ever seen. And the only person to keep her company was an incoherent alcoholic OAP. I'd rather have spent eternity there on my own
I think what makes Catwoman worse than this film was how recent it was in comparison. Good Superhero films were a lot rarer in the 80's than the 2000's. Then again, I also haven't seen this since I was a kid. Although a few years ago, my niece asked me for some "retro" female superhero movies. I named this and Tank Girl. She watched and wasn't impressed.
I'd say Catwoman is worse because it is cringier. Supergirl doesn't try to be edgy or cool, and its simplicity gives it a certain 80s charm.
Oh my i dont believe it im first what should i say
Rodney, Green Trivia, Blue Harvest. Take your pick.
Nailed it
Pig rolling down a hill
Say, "HI, MOM!"
Corn of coblin
You guys should give summary more often because some of this stuff is obscure enough. Like that swamp thing show for example or that one James Cameron movie with that water monster(maybe that one is not obscure but I had never seen it)
I have met Faye Dunnaway twice at the same venue. I used to watch this film as a child.
Okay I would love to watch a Ben from Canada video essay/film analysis of Supergirl and how it's Lynchian Accidental Surrealist art! That sounds fascinating!
The Seinfeld bit killed me. Thanks, Ben!
dun du dundundun DON'T DO THAT
Laughed out loud at Seinfeld bit lol
"whats a tree?" made me laugh so hard
Interestingly, the working title of this film was actually "A New Hope".
Punching darts 🤣 I love it
i loved this movie when i was a kid, i loved it,,,bur mostly because Supergirl was sooo pretty😍
I'm glad my favorite recurring character "guy who shouts Rodney" has made his triumphant return
He is everyone’s favorite. Glad to,have you on our team, Rodney.
Here's a jab/gag:
How ironic that Supergirl/ Kara got her own movie as a spinoff yet Barbara Gordon Batgirl has yet to have her own
I’ve mostly forgotten about this move.
But I do remember my parents getting really frustrated with me when I kept asking why she flew into the lake and not into space.
"Becky Gelke, The Blonde with the Blue sweatpants!?" Helen Slater was gorgeous, and good casting for Supergirl at the time... that's pretty much the only good thing about this movie.
I left like 10-15 comments on these saying do the phantom min series- backdoor pilot- and you mentioned it last time, just do it mate- I live in Australia in the early 2000`s for 3 years- you owe me this!
Matt Frewer, also played the "Neighbor Dad" in Honey, I shrunk the kids.
I feel less bad about what happened to Jimmy in BvS now
^^Under-appreciated comment right here.
No, this is still better
The flight sequence is so smooth in this movie
Even better than some superhero series of this generation
I live for the guy who yells rodney
Just from the opening sequence with the magic ball getting chucked out the window, I get the suspicion that maybe Kara isn't the sharpest tool in Krypton's shed... like, first, she seems to be incompetent and random and just stumbling into the plot, then, instead of going after her goal of finding the magic ball, she just fucks around with at a school for a bit? This may be an Idiocracy situation, were Kara is some kind of special needs kid on Krypton but on earth she's suddenly all that and a bag of chips in comparison to us?
Just a theory, haven't seen the movie. This recap is more than enough for me, lol