441 SUPERMAN (1978) Part 2 with The Geek Buddies' Michael Vogel

The Cine-Files

Steve Morris & John Rocha

Tv & Film

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2025

⏱️ 116 minutes

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On this episode of The Cine-Files, Steve Morris, John Rocha and writer, producer, and Geek Buddy Michael Vogel bring you Part 2 of their deep dive into 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	Why are you?
0:05.0	I'm sorry.
0:07.0	I mean, why are you here?
0:10.0	There must be a reason for you to be here.
0:12.0	Yes. I'm here to fight for truth and justice in the American way.
0:16.0	You're gonna end up fighting every elected official in this country.
0:19.0	I'm sure you don't really mean that, Lois.
0:21.4	I don't believe this.
0:22.9	Lois?
0:23.6	Hmm?
0:24.7	I never lie.
0:29.2	Hello and welcome once again to the Cineophiles, where this week we are continuing our exploration of Superman.
0:38.8	Richard Donner's classic Christopher Reeves, Superman. I'm Steve Morris. I'm a filmmaker and directing
0:44.1	instructor in Los Angeles, California. Hello, everyone. My name is John Roke. I'm a writer, producer,
0:48.7	and host, and voiceover artists down here in San Diego, California. Excited to be continuing our string of Superman content that's been going on on multiple
0:58.9	channels, but especially here as we dive back into Superman the movie.
1:02.5	But we can't actually discuss Superman without one of my favorite geek buddies, but I never
1:09.6	rank the geek buddies.
1:10.7	Michael Vogel, welcome back to the cinephiles.. Hello. I feel like I want to open a door, even though it's a podcast, be like, hi, everybody. It's me. I'm back. Well, and of course, we couldn't have you back without the incredible support from our patrons on patreon.com slash the Cinefiles as well as Apple podcasts. That's what keeps the microphones running. That's what keeps this podcast coming out. That's what keeps me able to buy the occasional 4K Blu-ray. So thank you to all of you for all of that support. Yeah, absolutely. We appreciate it madly. And another way you can support us, let's say you can't donate every month. But if you hear a product that we talk about from one of our clients who sponsor us here on the Cinefiles, it would be great if you all tried out their products. And you get a massive discount using our code. And you can let them know that this is something you're into. And by trying out their products, you're letting them know that this is a place they can keep supporting. So that's another way that you can support us and get something
2:04.0	out of the deal for yourself. So thank you all so much. And I think we should just jump right back in,
2:09.3	where we left off. We had just made it to the Fortress of Solitude. Young Clark had just discovered
2:15.7	all sorts of things about his past and his strange journey with Jorrell.
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