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Before Kara Zor-El met THE FLASH, she faced off against a witchy Faye Dunaway in her failed 1984 screen debut… SUPERGIRL!
Now that The Flash has hit theaters to reset the DC Universe, Awfully Good Movies is running back in time to watch the debut film for one of The Flash‘s breakout characters, Helen Slater in 1984’s SUPERGIRL!
Between the failure of Superman II, and the disaster of Superman 4,, original franchise producers Alexander Salkind and Ilya Sakind decided to shift the focus from the Man of Steel’s female cousin Kara Zor El with an in-universe sequel that would feature a cameo by Christopher Reeve to mentor his fellow Kryptonian. Helen Slater would play the young actress in her debut role. But after Reeve turned the film down before filming, and Warner Bros. grew so fed up with the Salkinds that they sold the distribution rights back to them, Supergirl would instead flop so hard at the box office that the Salkinds just gave up on the Superman film rights altogether, and it’s not hard to see why the Woman of Tomorrow failed here for reasons other than superpowered sexism.
From Slater’s flat lead performance that results from her badly written dialogue, to an incomprehensible plot about retrieving a magic power ball back for a visibly drunk Peter O’Toole before a visibly embarrassed Faye Dunaway uses it to magically take over the world, to special effects on Supergirl that look nearly as bad as her effects in The Flash, it’s no less of a disaster than pairing Superman up with Richard Pryor or nuclear powered musclemen. Still, Supergirl does deserve respect for being the first major female superhero in film history, even if the film itself doesn’t earn a single ounce of respect.
And thank God, this is the last time the names Superman or Supergirl will ever be associated with box office disappointments that were caused by the movie’s subpar visual effects. Yes, DC would never again produce a movie with subpar visual effects.
Entertainment - Media News Watch originally published at Entertainment - Media News Watch
Entertainment - Media News Watch originally published at Entertainment - Media News Watch
Before Kara Zor-El met THE FLASH, she faced off against a witchy Faye Dunaway in her failed 1984 screen debut… SUPERGIRL!
Now that The Flash has hit theaters to reset the DC Universe, Awfully Good Movies is running back in time to watch the debut film for one of The Flash‘s breakout characters, Helen Slater in 1984’s SUPERGIRL!
Between the failure of Superman II, and the disaster of Superman 4,, original franchise producers Alexander Salkind and Ilya Sakind decided to shift the focus from the Man of Steel’s female cousin Kara Zor El with an in-universe sequel that would feature a cameo by Christopher Reeve to mentor his fellow Kryptonian. Helen Slater would play the young actress in her debut role. But after Reeve turned the film down before filming, and Warner Bros. grew so fed up with the Salkinds that they sold the distribution rights back to them, Supergirl would instead flop so hard at the box office that the Salkinds just gave up on the Superman film rights altogether, and it’s not hard to see why the Woman of Tomorrow failed here for reasons other than superpowered sexism.
From Slater’s flat lead performance that results from her badly written dialogue, to an incomprehensible plot about retrieving a magic power ball back for a visibly drunk Peter O’Toole before a visibly embarrassed Faye Dunaway uses it to magically take over the world, to special effects on Supergirl that look nearly as bad as her effects in The Flash, it’s no less of a disaster than pairing Superman up with Richard Pryor or nuclear powered musclemen. Still, Supergirl does deserve respect for being the first major female superhero in film history, even if the film itself doesn’t earn a single ounce of respect.
And thank God, this is the last time the names Superman or Supergirl will ever be associated with box office disappointments that were caused by the movie’s subpar visual effects. Yes, DC would never again produce a movie with subpar visual effects.
Entertainment - Media News Watch originally published at Entertainment - Media News Watch
