John Kenneth Muir's Reflections on Cult Movies and Classic TV

Creator of the audio drama Enter The House Between. One of the horror genre's "most widely read critics" (Rue Morgue # 68), "an accomplished film journalist" (Comic Buyer's Guide #1535), and the award-winning author of Horror Films of the 1980s (2007), The Rock and Roll Film Encyclopedia (2007) and Horror Films of the 1970s (2002), John Kenneth Muir, presents his blog on film, television and nostalgia, named one of the Top 100 Film Studies Blog on the Net.

Monday, June 10, 2013

Superman Week: The Superman Movie Matrix

	*Superman: The Movie* *(1978)*	*Superman II* *(1981)*	*Superman III* *(1983)*	*Superman IV: The Quest* *For Peace* *(1987)*	*Superman Returns* *(2006)*	*The Man of Steel* *(2013)*
Kryptonite?	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
Smallville?	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Super-Powered Villain?	No	Zod, Ursa, Non	Superman vs. Clark	Nuclear Man	No	Zod
Lex Luthor?	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	?
Clark’s Earth Parents?	Jonathan and Martha Kent	No	No	No	Martha Kent	Jonathan and Martha Kent
Kal-El’s Birth Parents?	Jor-El and Lara	Lara	No	No	Jor-El	Jor-El and Lara,
Fortress of Solitude?	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	?
Superman Defeated?	Lois dies.	Superman loses his powers.	Superman defeats Clark.	Nuclear Man defeats Superman	Superman stabbed with Kryptonite	?
Biblical Metaphor?	Jor-El sends only son (Christ) to Earth	Devilish Insurrectors (Zod)	No.	No.	Lance of Longinus.	?
Superman Defeats Mother Nature?	Earthquake	No	Hurricane	No	No	?
Superman and children	Saves School Bus on Golden Gate Bridge	Saves child at Niagara Falls	Yes: Saves Lana's son from corn thresher	Responds to child’s request to rid world of nuclear arms	Superman’s son with Lois.	?
Femme Fatale?	Miss. Teschmacher	Miss Tessmacher	Lorelei	Lacy Warfield	Kitty Kowalski	?
U.S. President?	Saved on Air Force One	E.G. Marshall	No	Roger Beatty	No	?
Superman takes Lois Flying?	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	?
Franchise Cameo?	Kirk Alyn Noel Neill	No	No	No	Noel Neill Jack Larson	?

John Kenneth Muir

award-winning creator of Enter The House Between and author of 32 books including Horror Films FAQ (2013), Horror Films of the 1990s (2011), Horror Films of the 1980s (2007), TV Year (2007), The Rock and Roll Film Encyclopedia (2007), Mercy in Her Eyes: The Films of Mira Nair (2006),, Best in Show: The Films of Christopher Guest and Company (2004), The Unseen Force: The Films of Sam Raimi (2004), An Askew View: The Films of Kevin Smith (2002), The Encyclopedia of Superheroes on Film & Television (2004), Exploring Space:1999 (1997), An Analytical Guide to TV's Battlestar Galactica (1998), Terror Television (2001), Space:1999 - The Forsaken (2003) and Horror Films of the 1970s (2002).

4 comments:

SGB9:10 AM
John, brilliant Superman movies matrix.

SGB
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Jay Exonauts9:56 AM
For the "Superman and children" category, for Supes 3, didn't he appear in Smallville to help celebrate little Ricky's birthday? I believe he was there by special request from Lana. Seems like both Kal-El and Clark were tied fairly tight to the Lang family in that one.
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Capes on Film1:39 AM
Hey John - This series of Superman-themed articles was fantastic! Thanks for all the work that you obviously put into it. Just wanted you to know I linked to this matrix from my blog http://www.capesonfilm.com/2013/06/man-of-steel-movie-review.html
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