Superman

Unspooled

Paul Scheer & Amy Nicholson

Film Reviews, Tv & Film

4.6 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2022

⏱️ 99 minutes

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Summary

Amy & Paul leap tall buildings for 1978's seminal superhero classic Superman! They learn about Christopher Reeve's fitness regimen, discuss how director Richard Donner and screenwriter Mario Puzo keep Superman relatable by making him low status, and embrace the romance that's rare in modern superhero films. Plus: does Clark Kent really have a snappy prose style? Next week, our Heroes series continues with RRR! You can join the conversation for this series on the Unspooled Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/unspooledpodcast, and on Paul’s Discord at https://discord.gg/ZwtygZGTa6. Learn more about the show at unspooledpod.com, follow us on Twitter @unspooled and Instagram @unspooledpod, and don’t forget to rate, review & subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher and Spotify. You can also listen to our Stitcher Premium game show Screen Test right now at https://www.stitcher.com/show/unspooled-screen-test, and apply to be a contestant at [email protected]!

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0:00.0	The year is 1978 and can you read my mind or do you actually have to listen to this full
0:13.1	podcast?
0:14.1	The movie?
0:15.1	Superman.
0:38.2	Hello everyone and welcome to unspoiled.
0:43.3	I'm Amy Nicholson.
0:44.7	And I am Paul Sheer and this is the podcast where we are trying to find the 100 best movies
0:50.0	of all time.
0:51.0	We're starting a brand new series called Heroes.
0:54.9	What is a hero?
0:56.7	And we will be exploring it in many different ways.
0:59.5	Just not superheroes, but heroes in general.
1:02.7	But I think to start us off, Amy, we have to go with the quintessential movie superhero.
1:10.7	I think this movie set the DNA for everything that we have seen forward.
1:15.6	And it is Superman.
1:16.6	So I'm so excited to talk to you about this.
1:19.7	Me too.
1:20.7	Me too.
1:21.7	I adore this movie and I'm, this is just wonderful.
1:25.0	I think when you talk about Superman 1978 because we're talking about the 1978 version, you're
1:30.2	just talking about a movie that not only came in and was like, hey, we are going to make
1:34.0	money on superheroes again.
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