Ultimate Superman DVD set has BIG mistake

[vazel]

I found this on the DVD Talk forums:



So I'll finally be able to buy one of these. I can't believe it took 6 months to get a wave of these corrected sets in stores.

Great news. I was just about to finally buy my set at Amazon and they're out of stock again. Happy I'll get another chance to buy it.

[BatKnight89]

Glad I didn't get the set when it first came out, I almost did, but figured I wouldn't watch three anyway since it's horrible, but I could deal with four since they cleaned it up a bit, but I'm happy just to have 1, 2: Donner Cut, and Returns.

The box is cool though.

[666MasterOfPuppets]

Great news. I was just about to finally buy my set at Amazon and they're out of stock again. Happy I'll get another chance to buy it.

Out of stock AGAIN?

Damn it...

[Ryan K]

According to The Digital Bits website the new Ultimate Superman DVD set (which is again to be released 5/29) will have the following UPC# 085391165262. The old set has the following UPC #012569819122.

The new set will also have an identifying sticker which can be seen here:

http://www.digitalbits.com/#mytwocents

[Ryan K]

Today's the day. The new corrected Ultimate Superman DVD set was released today.

I went to 5 stores (Circuit City, Wal-Mart, Target, Borders, and the local PX) before finding a couple copies at Best Buy. Unfortunately Best Buy was selling it for $99.99 which after tax would come to about $33 more than Amazon. So I just came home and ordered it from there (they have a seperate page for the corrected edition so look for it).

[Infra-Man]

Sweet. Time to get my copy finally... once I get my next paycheck -- d'oh!

Say what you will about Superman III, the junkyard fight and the chemical plant scenes are still awesome.

[Will.S]

Say what you will about Superman III, the junkyard fight and the chemical plant scenes are still awesome.

That scene is the only reason I watch the third one.

Chris Reeve acting all evil and jerkwad'ish was awesome. As for the rest of the boxed set, it's pretty good stuff. I could do without the Donner Cut though since after having watched it, I prefer the Richard Lester version. Sure it's goofy but at least it doesn't look as cobbled together and awkward, but the Donner Cut was an admirable attempt to try to piece together Donner's version.

For me the boxed set is basically worth it only for: Superman, Superman II, Superman Returns, and the making of discs with the Donner Superman, Singer's blogs and whatnot, and the disc that has the different interpretations of Superman including the Fleischer cartoons.

Superman the Donner Cut, Superman III, and Superman IV are just entertaining fluff.

[Infra-Man]

That scene is the only reason I watch the third one.

Chris Reeve acting all evil and jerkwad'ish was awesome. As for the rest of the boxed set, it's pretty good stuff. I could do without the Donner Cut though since after having watched it, I prefer the Richard Lester version. Sure it's goofy but at least it doesn't look as cobbled together and awkward, but the Donner Cut was an admirable attempt to try to piece together Donner's version.

Agree with you on the Lester cut. While I think the Donner cut it a decent attempt to piece things together, it feels like an incomplete movie pieced together from disparate source material rather than an actual film. I do wish Donner had been able to finish the movie originally, though, since the movie he intended to do seems like it would have been better than Lester's version (which I still like anyways). Wonder what Donner would have done for an ending other than the turn-back-time-redux thing.

[The Batman]

^^^

I liked the ending where Superman tricks them into having their powers taken away. I suppose that Donner could've had Superman put them back in the Phantom Zone?