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The story goes that the reason Lara was substituted for Jor-El in the theatrical cut was because the Salkinds didn't want to have to pay Brando's salary, especially for what amounted to a small part.

You're right. I sit corrected.

I rate them excellent. Superman II has some narrative issues, in my estimation, but I love it nonetheless. As for the first, it's been said that in the early days of Marvel Studios, Kevin Feige would start production of each film by showing the cast and crew that first Chris Reeve Superman film...

Well, part of the "massive quality drop off" was due to the first two films being produced by Warner Bros., and the other two (and Supergirl) being produced by Cannon.

Depends on your perspective. I happen to hate Man of Steel for subjective reasons, but objectively it's still a well-made film.

It is. Superman III is watchable, if you approach it as a Richard Pryor movie that happens to have Superman in it. Superman 4 is inexcusable. Even Supergirl is better.

That's been the case with MGM all along. The same was true when Fox was distributing them.

And Sony also does a lot of terrific releases. And while Paramount has put out some questionable product, when they are on, they are on. Same with Universal.

I don't think you're quite understanding what Doug is trying to say. He understands that people are having this problem, but he's also saying that he hasn't experienced it. I haven't either. Neither of us are claiming that the problem isn't real, just that it hasn't happened to us. As far as...

I'm still annoyed that this is leaving out Superman Returns.

"A big teal bird, with bright red boots..."

I'm curious if the two Joel Schumacher Batman films sold well as individual releases. As with probably the majority only really wanting Superman I & II, I suspect probably the majority also only wanted Batman and Batman Returns.