439 SUPERMAN (1978) Part 1 with The Geek Buddies' Michael Vogel

The Cine-Files

Steve Morris & John Rocha

Tv & Film

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2025

⏱️ 144 minutes

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On this episode of The Cine-Files, Steve Morris and John Rocha welcome back writer, producer, and Geek Buddy Michael Vogel to revisit 1978's classic superhero film SUPERMAN from director Richard Donner. We did this movie as our third episode of the show and we thought we'd give it the full, current Cine-Flies treatment in honor of James Gunn's SUPERMAN hitting theaters. The film stars Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Ned Beatty, Valerie Perrine, Marlon Brando and Gene Hackman with an incredible score from John Williams. It depicts the origin of Superman, including his infancy as Kal-El of Krypton, son of Jor-El (Brando), and his youthful years in the rural town of Smallville. Disguised as reporter Clark Kent, he adopts a mild-mannered disposition in Metropolis and develops a romance with Lois Lane (Kidder) while battling the villainous Lex Luthor (Hackman). It was nominated for four Academy Awards and won for Best Visual Effects (Special Achievement). Steve, John and Michael go thru the movie scene by scene to break down the direction, acting, storylines, cinematography, score, action sequences and more.

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0:00.0	And there's one thing I do know, son, and that is you are here for a reason. I don't know whose reason, whatever the reason is, you know, maybe it's because, uh, I don't know what's, uh, but I do know one thing. It's not to score touchdowns.
0:29.3	Hello and welcome once again to the Cinefiles, where each week we enter the world of a great film.
0:33.4	We explore its themes, the history, the filmmaking, and the influence it has on us today.
0:37.2	My name is Steve Morris.
0:38.3	I'm a filmmaker and directing instructor in Los Angeles, California.
0:41.2	Hello, everyone.
0:41.9	My name is John Roker.
0:42.9	I'm a writer-producer host and voiceover artist here in San Diego, California.
0:48.0	And really excited to be going back in time to redo one of our earliest episodes, Steve, and revisit it with one of our
0:57.8	earliest guests. Can you believe, John, that it was over nine years ago that we met in your
1:03.5	apartment near the Grove to record the third episode ever of the Cinephiles with our very, very special guest and member of the geek
1:14.5	buddies Michael Vogel. Welcome back to our microphones.
1:17.7	Y'all just made me feel old.
1:22.0	Thanks so much for having me back and making me feel like an old piece of shit.
1:27.9	No, no, not at all.
1:29.4	You are like a young Kryptonian ready to fly for the first time.
1:33.7	That's what's really going on here.
1:35.1	And since this is really the season of Superman, because we have the new James Gunn Superman
1:40.0	in the theaters, and the world is certainly talking a lot this it seemed the perfect time
1:45.8	to do a crossover with one of my favorite podcasts which is the geek buddies which so michael what's
1:51.8	great is we have you here and then people listening to this show right now will hear in their feed
1:57.1	the geek buddy spoiler review of 2025 and we'll also be having this first episode show up
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