Supergirl

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Summary: Not a great movie, but superb flying effects!
Review: The first time I saw this movie, I was very disappointed, because it didn't have heart like the superman films. Kidnapping Supergirls boyfriend isn't exsactly the same as stealing nuclear weapons, like Lex Luthor!

However, the special effects in this movie are stunning!! The scene with Supergirl and the monster at the end isn't a good special effect shot, but the rest of them are superb! They make it hard to believe that this movie was made 17 years ago, because the special effects are so realistic!

The optical flying ballet shots are my favorites. The only thing bad is that you can't see her reflection in the water when she's flying over it.

For special effects fans, this movie is a must have, and it's also good for hot summer night or rainy afternoons.

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Summary: Great 2Disc Set,Wish The Superman Sequels Got This Treatment
Review: Supergirl seems to grow on you after a while. It's not the powerhouse that the first two Superman films were, but it definately has it's own unique story to tell. Helen Slater does a very nice job in the title role. She comes across as goodnatured, if not a bit naive since she knows very little about the people of Earth. Catch Matt Frewer (Max Headroom, Honey I Shrunk The Kids) as one of the thugs who tries to take advantage of her when she first arrives.

The interaction between Selena (a nicely wicked Faye Dunaway) and her friend Bionca (Brenda Vaccaro) make for some fun dialogue. Just a couple of gals having fun and dabbling in black magic. It's a nice bit of comic relief that fits quite nicely in the film.

...on the radio in one scene it is stated that Superman is off on another planet doing some diplomatic business and this is why he's not around. Actually, Christopher Reeve was considering being in the film. He would've been the one to show Supergirl around, and at the end, Supergirl would end up saving his life, but this would never come to pass after he decided not to be in the film. But one of my favorite moments is when Kara (Slater) walks into Lucy Lane's dorm room and sees the poster of Superman on the wall and just slowly puts her hand on it. I really liked that.

I highly recommend you pick up this 2 Disc Set before it's no longer available. Only 50,000 copies were made and once they're gone...they're gone. And although a single disc version will remain available, what you lose on the 2nd disc is the director's cut which adds on an additional 15 minutes of footage that rounds out more of the story and character development, paticularly, Jimmy Olsen (Marc McClure) and Lucy Lane (Maureen Teefy)'s relationship.

I was somewhat surprised when Supergirl came out on DVD before any of the Superman films did. I was also disappointed that, with the exception of the first Superman movie, none of the sequels contained any additional scenes or extra features. Kind of makes me wish Anchor Bay had the rights to these films. Then they'd all be 2 disc Collector's editions like Supergirl. Even Superman: The Movie isn't a 2 Disc Set. Instead, Warner Brothers used both sides of one DVD, so it can't have any cover art like all the other films. Supergirl actually has the most impressive packaging. A nice two box snap case, with cover art on both DVDs as well as a nifty 16 page booklet that gives you more information.

The extras on Supergirl rival the extras on Superman: The Movie. In fact I'd say if it wasn't for the fact that Superman contains 3 retrospective documentaries and an isolated music score, Supergirl would beat it hands down. The featurette, hosted by Faye Dunaway is an hour long and is very enjoyable to watch. You get all the trailers (U.S. and Foreign) and U.S. TV spots, storyboards, still & poster galleries of some very nice artwork. This stuff should've been on the Superman DVDs. Anchor Bay has outdone themselves and put Warner Brothers to shame at the same time. So check this out, it's worth every penny and will become a collector's item, once all initial copies are sold.

Supergirl: a girl's story of the most exciting kind!

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Summary: suprising dvd
Review: what a supise that they released this dvd to us. this movie was a flop in the theatres, however i love all the same. the featured that are found here are truely remarkable! i was very pleased to see the menus and the extra stuff on these 2 discs. the commentary of the director alone is worth listing to. the listner can learn the special effect that went on making this move. some of them were very hard to come by, knowing that cgi was not even heard of at the time. i hope that they will make another supergirl or even superman for that matter. i know that w/ cgi, the effect will look so real.

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Summary: Supergirl
Review: Supergirl has ALWAYS been one of my favorites since it was released on video back in the mid 80's...its a fun and wonderful movie....the flying sequences are much much better than anything they did in any of the Superman movies (which i loved also with the exception of 4 but thats another review)...Supergirl is pure escapism and fantasy great clean fun for all and i so wished they had done a movie with Superman and Supergirl as they had planned.....

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Summary: Five Stars?! Read this and find out why!
Review: Okay, if you've seen this you probably can't imagine giving it five stars, but I really couldn't help myself! It should get five stars for eye candy alone though! Okay, maybe there's not much of that either, except for Helen Slater, but hey, she wears some of the hottest outfits you've ever seen in this movie! Normally she doesn't turn me on, but in this movie she pulls it off bigtime! I was a kid when this came out. A real junkie for the Superman movies and totally ready to see his hottie cousin in action. I remember seeing it at the movies and I'm not sure what I thought about it at the time, but I think I liked it. As for now, well, I rented it about a year ago, and after that couldn't help but spring for the DVD 2 pack! I must admit it was a really cool experience! Sure the story is corny and full of holes, but this is such a FUN movie! Right up there with Cloak and Dagger for 80's fun! This movie delivers, maybe not in the same way as the first two Superman films, but it still delivers! I'm not familiar with the comics. My love for comic characters is confined mainly to movies and TV, with the exception of Disney, Sailor Moon, Star Wars and Indiana Jones comics, but I'm sure most comic fans would be pleased with at least some aspects of the film. It was great to see a cameo of Jimmy Olsen from the Christopher Reeve movies! This is a really fun flick, especially if you've got a group of friends or fam to watch it with!

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Summary: Maybe not four stars.
Review: Admittedly, my lust for Helen Slater in her Supergirl costume has something to do with pushing this past three stars. Somehow, the Salkinds were of the opinion that making this as silly as possible would make it a hit. They threw in the requisite all-star cast, with Mark McClure (Jimmy Olsen) along to tie it into the "Superman" movies. And, a poster-only appearance by Christopher Reeve. But the scenes with Faye Dunaway, Brenda Vaccaro and Peter Cook are just too over-the-top to make them viable villians. (They should've called Gene Hackman for lessons on walking the fine line between parody and menace.) Slater gives Linda/Supergirl just the right heart and enough sex appeal to keep this one from being a total waste. But it makes for a fun diversion when you have nothing else to watch.

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Summary: All the action and romance an 8 year old girl can handle.
Review: This movie was definately made with the pre-teen girl in mind. A squeaky clean Slater as the Girl of Steel has all the honesty and innocense needed to carry off her character. Faye Dunaway plays the evil sorceress who wants to rule the world by starting off with a small Mid-Western town and the Tom Cruise look-alike landscape man.

Explained simply enough, Superman is on a peace-keeping mission trillions of light years away. Supergirl actually comes from an asteroid that survived Krypton's explosion. Peter O'Toole explains how they live in 'Innerspace'. Very confusing when you consider Supergirl flew in a magic orb off her asteroid, flew through the all too familiar 'vortex' and 'time rifts' to finally fly (in costume of course which magically appears) out of a lake on Earth. Of course when she lands dry as a bone on the shore, you wondered what you missed or what the heck is going on. But these comic book movie adaptions are not for the detail retentive who can tear this film apart.

The love interest is what little girls dream of. A landscape guy who falls in love with Linda Lee (Supergirl in disguise) after a magic spell by Dunaway goes wrong. Linda practices kissing herself in the mirror after their first kiss, girl stuff to be sure.

Well it's a good flick for me for a couple of reasons. Slater and Dunaway both look hot. Watch Dunaway flash her thighs a couple of times. And no guy can resist Slater in that VERY TIGHT Supergirl costume. She's got a great rack that make that big 'S' really stand out. Watch in the end of the film when she faces Dunaway in her evil fortress for the first time. When she sees Loverboy chained to a wall, she walks towards him and hits an invisible forcefield. Look closely and you can see SuperNipples poking through the costume. Guess they had the AC cranked up.

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Summary: Supergirl is still Supergreat!
Review: I guess I am one of the few people who liked Supergirl when it was first released in theatres. I even still have my tattered VHS copy! So when this DVD edition came out I snapped it up instantly, and I was not dissapointed! The picture and sound are beautiful. The added footage in both versions help to flesh out, not only Helen's character, but many others as well.Though I had already seen the "making of" documentary on tv years ago, I still get a kick out of seeing Helen's reaction to being told that she had gotten the part.All in all, this is a great DVD. If you like lighthearted campy fun, and still the best flying sequences of any of the Superman movies, then give this one a try. You will find youself laughing and cheering.

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Summary: Better than the American Version
Review: I will admit that when I first saw Supergirl at a movie theatre in 1984 I thought the special effects were first rate but the story really needed work. Now that I have finished seeing the Director's cut of this movie I think that this was a great movie. There were just too much left out in the American version. Plus the 2 disc set has several extra's. Most of which I had never seen before. I Highly recommend buying this version of Supergirl just so you can compare the International Version to the Director's Cut. The Making of Documentary had all kinds of information about the movie that I was totally unaware of. Having read and collected Supergirl and Superman comic books I think that this movie hits right on!

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Summary: Could have been a huge hit, blame the director.
Review: Despite its box office flop with mixed and negative reviews, Supergirl delivers well to the screen. Supergirl (performed well by Slater) heads to earth to search and retrieve the Omegahedron. While in search, she makes new friends, falls in love, meets enemies, and sees the difficult life of human beings. With the support of so-so characters played by A-list actors, Selena (Dunaway), Zaltar (O'Toole), and Alura (Farrow), the film could have been a huge success and a beginning of a great franchise if it weren't for the bad directing (Szwarc) and the weak plot (Odell).