Superman: The Movie

This week, we've written songs about Superman: The Movie! 

Two new songs this week: What a Man and Crystal Clear.

Superman: The Movie (1978), directed by Richard Donner, follows the origin story of Kal-El, an alien infant from the doomed planet Krypton who is raised on Earth as Clark Kent. As he grows into adulthood, he adopts the identity of Superman (Christopher Reeve) and uses his extraordinary powers to protect humanity, facing off against the criminal mastermind Lex Luthor (Gene Hackman). The film also stars Marlon Brando as Jor-El and Margot Kidder as Lois Lane.

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Look up in the sky. It's a bird. It's a plane. It's Robbie and Andy writing songs about Superman. The movie. Hello, hello, and welcome to the Royds Revue podcast. I'm Rob and we are back once again talking about 1978 Superman The Movie. Andy, are you feeling groovy? We need a little groove in this movie because it's a 70s background kick about to hold their Lex Luthor about pan out. Luthor has a big afro and shit. I turned into a blaxploitation Superman film. What do you think about that? Do you think it'd be good, though? Schefter man. Because it's like shaft Superman. Shaft, man a giant cock. Andy, how are you? I'm doing well. Had you seen 1978 Superman The Movie before? No. This was the first time I had ever seen it. Yeah. My father always spoke about this movie when I was a kid, but I just never got around to seeing it as a kid. I was never a big Superman guy. The older I've gotten, the more I appreciate Superman. But as a kid, I was just kind of like, guess what? He's just a guy who can't be beat. But now I'm like, oh no, no, that's the good stuff. I've seen episodes, but not as much as I've seen Batman The Animated Series. Yeah, like I haven't seen, like, the Justice League series from around that time to. Yeah. So I do know and I know nobody has bad things to say about it. And from what I've seen, I have liked, but I just haven't watched as much as I've watched Batman The Animated Series. Makes a lot of sort of. Yeah, I don't you. I know who you're meeting. Yeah. Yeah. That's great casting. Who played Bizarro? Dude, you were a child. Yeah, I'm. I'm a good guy, too. That's Andy Bizarro. That's fair. I put you on the spot with a pretty tough question. There is no dark side. Really? Matter of fact, he's all dark. No, I'm talking about strictly dark side matter. He's all dark. It's actually grayish. Yeah, there is no dark, dark side. Really? Matter of fact, he's gray. He's more of a grayish tint. All right, all right. I think you're missing the point of this album. Here, guy. That is a great question. And this movie came out in the year of our Megazord, 1978. Dude, that's a short list shorter than my attention span. That doesn't make sense, because it's a list. Of roid speed. Here are the top two movies of 1978. You'll never guess what number one is. I have no fucking clue. It is more worldwide. It is more than that. $300.5 million. I'm on box office mojo. Jojo. That's one of, I think one of. Or if not the most expensive movie at the time. Yes. And the budget was used. Well, I will say. Looks good, looks good. I've never I again. This is the first time I've seen this one. I've never seen two or 3 or 4. Yeah, I've never even seen Superman Returns with Brendan Routh. Tell me more, tell me more. Did he shoot laser beams from his eyes? Tell me more, tell me more. Did you get between those thighs? Who, do. But who? Bob? Do. Really? You know, I've never seen all of grease. I've only seen, like, one time, friend was like, oh, you got to watch grease. It was a lady friend. And I was like, all right. And I fell asleep immediately and just never, never had that much interest. I didn't see the play version of it a long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. Yeah. It was it was Star Wars grease. It was weird, you know, it was a lot like doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo. Greased lightning. Yeah, that was the entire soundtrack. Yeah. And every now and then, they just throw the name of a grease song in there. Hey, hey, Olivia Newton-John, why don't we go hang out with a bunch of our 16 year old friends who look 40? It's my John Travolta. Thanks. Let's just dive right into it. This little black and white opening is really cool. It's great that they aren't ashamed that this is based on a comic book. Right. But we get right into it. And right as this movie starts to telling you this is a comic book movie, and that's awesome. They are not just pissing on the source material. They're telling you upfront. We are going to be honest to the source material. We're going to stick with it. And for the most part, they really do. Yeah, and it's better for that. And I think this opening informs a lot of the rest of the movie where I'm not questioning certain choices anymore because I'm going, yeah, it's a comic book. Yeah. They they dug up a cave full of bare bones and they're like, oh, a bear must have died during hibernation. I yeah, I which I'm a little annoyed because we're talking about Superman. Andy, not the Revenant. Yeah, yeah. That's on you. Hey, hey, boo boo. I found your bones in a cave. Yeah, 100%. And we we get into this opening theme. Incredible. Name a bad John Williams score. You can't write us in Royds Revue at gmail.com. Or if you're watching on YouTube, comment down below. What's a John Williams score you don't like or what's your favorite John Williams score? That's called engagement, Andy. I've learned about that recently in my podcast in class, I take at Harvard. Yeah, yeah, I go to Harvard. Yeah, yeah. We open up on Krypton. Jor-El, played by Marlon Brando, is exiling General Zod, played by Terence Stamp, and some of General Zod goons. I didn't catch their names. General Zod in the group, they're getting banished to the Phantom Zone for insurrection or something. They ever specify what they've actually done here, or they're just trying to take over Krypton, right? This movie loaded itself up with heavyweights. Yes. The first two movies were shot together originally, you know, and then in between the two, some stuff went down between Donner and Brando, and they had a fight with the studio and whatever. And so. But it's really cool setting because you're sitting there going, oh, these guys must be the baddies of this movie. Yeah. Krypton looks incredible. These opening shots outside of Krypton. Inside of Krypton, they look great. We have some great miniature work in this movie. They are so cool. Not just that, but he also has got the little curl in his hair, too. It's like a family tree. The little girl, Brando. Even when he doesn't care, he's awesome. He's just commanding the screen here. And he really just. He's just talking. Yeah. He was crushing it. Didn't take away from the movie. Well, that's the thing. I kind of appreciate it. You know, sometimes I'm a I'm a tinkerer. I tinker with stuff that I'm making a lot, and I always find I screw it up after I've tinkered with it. And a lot of times, the first one's the best. And it's similar in, like, baseball, like when you're batting, a lot of times they say that first pitch you get in the bat might be the best pitch you're going to get all at bat because they want to get strike one on you. And in art and stuff like this, you know, you have you come into it with an idea and you do that first take. And it's the purest form of that idea. And then you kind of start going, well, what if we do this? What if we do this? Well, let's try it this way. And next thing you know, you've been tinkering with this same thing for hours, on hours, on hours, maybe even days, and you wind up hating it and now you're questioning, is this even good to begin with? Instead of just saying, no, we made this, we're going to do 1 or 2 takes because that's like the Clint Eastwood style. When he directs. We're doing one take and we're getting out of here, you know, come in here, do your best on this take and let's go. And I think when you see stuff like that, like certain movies like Stanley Kubrick would do it to try to get more out of his actors, it's like, I understand it, but it didn't like The Shining. That helps the movie. But in a case like this, we don't need, you know, Marlon Brando knows he doesn't have to do 50 takes of this. Yeah. Absolutely. Right. And that's the thing. Because if someone comes up to you after you've performed a standup comedy set and they say, hey, this did make sense, dude, you came to see comedy. What do you. It's a joke. What do you. What are you talking about? What do you watch the movie airplane going to this movie theater told me. Says. Yeah. Like, I'm not saying you don't play around with things, but I'm just saying sometimes you get that core idea. And especially a thing like this, like he's not doing Action Man. He's literally reciting lines and he's Brando, you know, he can recite lines. Yeah, exactly. We then cut to the council. They're mad at Jor-El because he is saying Krypton is doomed, and they're threatening to punish him if he causes a panic by saying the planet is doomed. I don't really understand this now because it's just one of those weird things like where they just going, we got Brando. We need him saying as many lines as possible. Yeah. I think he blames the red sun like he blames the sun at one point. But but again, you. Yeah. Yeah. They're like, hey, listen, you're really charismatic and everything, but we need some evidence. Dude, you you are just kind of creating a panic by saying this. And if we all evacuate the planet and it doesn't explode, that's going to look really bad on the whole council. We're going to be the mighty, mighty boss. Tones like bip bip bip bip bip bip bip. They're a scar band, right? Okay, I didn't even know I just cast. Because there's a lot of them. And Scorpions have like 40 people in them. All right, that's it. General, you are banished to, Scar Band. He gets a little fedora and a trumpet. Jaw and wife. What is Superman's mom's real name? It could be mom. L now. So. Very good. Now, because I don't even know how to use this machine in front of me. There's no. Although I am absolutely trying to find it. Martha, l, Lara? Yeah. Lara is not a York as Lara, Superman's biological mother. On Krypton, she, after learning of Krypton's fate, has apprehensions about sending her infant son to a strange planet alone. Yeah, I would do. I don't know, I'm just looking at this. Was Supergirl created by this point? In the comics, I don't know what. When Supergirl debuted. There's no way. Yeah, that's a shame. You don't comment below. When did Supergirl debut? We're just. We're just loading up on this engagement. Yeah. If you're Supergirl, why don't you fly into my window? Because you're older than I am, I think. And, She would destroy me. She immediately split into half with her laser eyes. She'd be like, look at this freak. I'd be dead. And, that's making. Me no longer. Jor-El and wife send their son Kal-El down to Earth. He's choosing this primitive planet because he will be sustained by the atmosphere, and. And he will need the advantages that he's going to have. Okay, they also send some crystals down so that he'll never be alone. We learn later that it's so he can, like, communicate with Jor-El, even though that's not really clear how that's working either. Later on. But he also answers when he says things to him. Okay. All right. Oh. Very fancy. Jor-El monologues to the baby, and the mom just stands there and it's like, listen, lady, you will speak when spoken to. When we have Marlon Brando. You are going to sit there and say, yes, my son. Oh, but other than that, you will sit down and shut up. Yes, I love because all of their clothes on Krypton are very vibrant. Like even this, like baby cloth is like super shimmery and shiny. It's really cool. That's. But that's advanced society. It's jagged. Yeah, yeah. Even you know their favorite album, Jagged Little Pill? Yeah. The national anthem on Krypton is You Learn by Alanis Morissette. Yeah. Kal-El travels through space and it's accompanied by a voiceover from Jor-El. And Kal-El ages on his journey, which makes sense because he's traveling through space. Dora explains all his powers to him and says it's forbidden for him to interfere in human history. But I have a question. What do Kryptonians eat? Because this child travels for years with no food. Later on, Lois Lane asks Superman, do you eat? He's like, yeah, eat. Listen, she was going for that, though, with her line of questioning. What color are my panties? Superman oh my. Kal-El crash lands and he gets found by the Kents. Martha and Jonathan. This lady treats this child like a lost puppy. Can we keep him? We'll just say. We'll just say he was my cousins and he was newly orphaned. What? Well. Well, he agrees to keep him after the boy just lifts the car up. Oh, yeah. Excellent. The boy is now in high school. Two things I love about this. We didn't waste a bunch of time with him as a little child. And when we get to Clark Kent in high school, they got some young, you know, some this guy in his 20s, maybe a teenager to play a high schooler. They didn't ask Christopher Reeve, hey, 30 something year old man, can you act like a high schooler? Really? I honestly fooled me. Couldn't tell. Yeah, a lot of times you could tell and stuff like that, but no, he matched the voice or he matched the mouth movements perfectly. It's really good. Clark Kent is washing football equipment. He gets introduced to Lana Lang, she invites him to go and listen to records, and he's like, well, gee, golly gosh, I think I will until some guy's like, nah, you gotta clean more stuff. And he kicks a football about four states over. So does he actually clean this and then run or does he just go? I'm just going to beat them. They're like, cause they seem to just take off immediately. Oh yes. Because he's faster than a locomotive. And you see the kid like watching him running, like, what the hell? Yes. This doesn't look great, but this is how they had to do it in 1978. But I love that they're throwing in the stuff like this. Oh, yeah? Yeah. You got to do better than that, boys. Clark runs all the way toward the other kids are going beating them there, and they are absolutely baffled. And instead of being amazed by how quickly this man moves, they just call him weird and leave. Oh, man, this guy's a super athlete. What a freak. Yeah. But like, when Clark and his dad are having this conversation and Jonathan's like, oh, you show off too much. He's like that. I could score a touchdown every time. And he's like, yeah, but you're not here for that. It's like, yeah, but he can at least let them do it. Or do you think it's a matter of trying to teach him about being human? Yeah, yeah, it's about being humble and humility. But like, that's me as a father. I'd be like, no, we can do both, though. You could dominate on the gridiron and then. Yeah. And then just still be a good person. At least it would teach him to pull his punches, because imagine getting tackled by Superman. Boom! Oh, my God, they'd be the bird. He'd be Randy Johnson's fastball. You just see a uniform. Pieces just all over the place. Just fabric and. He's right. I, I would agree with that. I also think it's one of these things where, yes, you can score touchdowns, but you're not working for anything. You're not earning anything, you know, and it reminds me of when I was in school. There was, my neighbor, he had moved here, and he spoke fluent Spanish. And when it was time for us to pick a language to take in middle school and high school, we all were like, dude, just take Spanish. You'll crush it. He goes, do you know how boring that would be? He goes to take remedial of a to take a remedial version of a language. I speak fluently. And I think it's one of those things where it's like, yeah, you could do that. You wouldn't get any fulfillment out of it. You'd think it was great for the first few moments, you know, and everyone's adoring you, but then, yeah, everyone just keeps adoring you. And then it's like, all right, what is fulfilling you? Yeah. I think I did watch it. This is where he lands in Russia. Yeah. This is in a in an America that is a legitimate utopia. Right. It's tragic. I did laugh because his reaction to having a heart attack is the same reaction Joe Pesci has when he gets whacked in Goodfellas. No. And it's just like it's because early on, Martha says to him, you know, remember what the doctor said about your heart? And apparently he just ignored it. This is a much better Jonathan Kent death than in Man of Steel. With the tornado. Right. The point of this death is the line right after it. All those powers. And I couldn't even save him because there's nothing Superman can do about nature. Yes, that's the whole purpose. Right. Except the Man of Steel, he absolutely could have saved. Is that Clark finds a crystal. Clark finds a crystal. I honestly thought this was Kryptonite at first, because it's just a. Yeah, credits. Because, like, it's just you can't put just a green crystal in a Superman thing if it's not Kryptonite, because then later on, the Kryptonite is still green. Yeah. Yeah, they really should have. Clark leaves home and goes to the Fortress of Solitude, which he finds by throwing a crystal into the snow, and it melts down and we see it and we see this projection of Jor-El that speaks to Kal-El. And so, like you said before, it's like his consciousness in this crystal or whatever. Yeah, yeah. We get Brando monologuing some more here. 12 years pass. Again, this is awesome because we don't need to watch him become Superman. We get the idea. He's learning from his dad. He's talking to Jor-El. Yeah, exactly. Yeah. He. You can. You can be heard in less than half a second to. You told me to meet you out here. 12 years pass. We see Superman fly off, and we're now at the Daily Planet. We meet Jimmy Olsen, Lois Lane, and Perry White. Lois Lane is a terrible speller in this movie. Is that something from the comics, or is that just a little gag? She spells massacre wrong. She spells rapist wrong. Like, there's, like, multiple words. It's like you're a reporter. You should really should be spelling these words right? Oh, you're wild man. 12 years. I think that's what it was. I. Because I think they sent him with all those crystals. And that's all the knowledge, like of Jor-El. Like, that's why they say like, 12 years will pass and you will emerge a man. So he's coming out now as a 30 year old because he says when he goes in, he goes, you are not an earth. Yes, 18 years old. Here's a pack of smokes. But yeah. So then he says 12 years will pass. So now he's coming out as a 30 year old man. So he's just been in his Fortress of Solitude, which it's called that too, which I love that Darryl straight up calls it a Fortress of Solitude. Again, we're leaning into the fact this is a comic book movie. Yeah. So he's coming out. He's 30. So. Yeah. No, he just stayed there for 12 years talking to crystals. It's Clark's first day at the Daily Planet. This is awesome. I love Christopher Reeve as Clark Kent Superman, because. Oh, golly gosh. Oh, I'm sorry, Miss Lane. He's incredible the way he like hunches over as Clark Kent and then stands up straight as Superman. Incredible. He. What we needed to see were the acting classes he took. This dude is crushing it. Lois and Clark go on a walk. They get mugged. Lois kicks the guy. That's a bad move because he shoots immediately. And then Clark catches the bullet. The guy runs away. Clark, I guess I fainted. Yeah. Lucky guess. I understand, but if a guy just said, hey, is it really worth losing your life over a chapstick, a pack of gum, whatever he says, like, literally listing the exact contents of her bag? No, that conversation stops, and you go. How the fuck did you know exactly what was in there? How would. But, like, why? I guess I guess he needed to know what was so risky. Because I imagine he doesn't just walk around looking inside women's purses. So, like, I guess after she kicked it, he needed to know what was so important for her to risk it. Because if not, he's just a creep. We meet Otis. He's played by Ned Beatty. The dog catches him stealing something from the blind guy. That's awesome. To. Yeah. Syracuse. I think so, yeah. I don't like that was a weak thing. We could have thrown in. We could have thrown Gotham Central, you know what I mean? Throwing some of those. Yeah, that was a little weird. That was. But then again, this is 1978. I think they didn't want to confuse everybody. These two guys follow Otis hoping to, hoping he leads them to Lex Luther. As the train goes by, Otis uses the secret passage, and then Luthor catches the guy following Otis and uses machinery to just push him in front of the train. That's awesome. And here we get the best part of this movie. In my opinion. Gene Hackman. This dude is just crushing it. Lex is talking to Mr. Smucker here, and he's wondering why the greatest diabolical leader of all time is surrounded by nincompoops or something like that. And then Otis walks in and goes, oh, we were just talking about you. I was losing it. This movie is funnier than every single Marvel movie. This movie is funnier. Let me say this that almost every single movie in the MCU. The comic. But it's better. It's well-written. The comedy in this movie is so much better written than the comedy and everything in the MCU. Because it never takes me out of the movie. We're not sitting there in a fight with him making jokes. See, I don't think so, because he's only funny when he's putting Otis down. Like you never there. Well, there's one scene where he's funny with Superman, but, like, I think a part of it is with Lex Luthor. He's always supposed to be cool, calm and collected. So, like, it's all one liners and it's. And it's always all these liners are in service to what's going on. Nothing is like. Well, that just happened. And we're not. And he's not holding a gun to somebody cracking jokes. You know, like. He I loved this that fucking Wiley coyote shit they started getting into at one point. But that's it. It's a comic book movie. This is shit. Like in the early days you'd see Lex Luther doing in the comic books. Okay, he he's. I've seen two. Lex Luthor is in live action, and he's better than Jesse Eisenberg. Yeah. Do you know what my father said to me at six years old? Get out. That was. That was so funny. It was so good. Yeah. No. Luther explains to me. Test marker. That land is a valuable, valuable commodity. And it always will be. And he's absolutely right. And this is where we start. He starts dropping the hints of what his plan actually is. His plan is a brilliant supervillain plan. Well, it's also like, this isn't just a guy who's like, And I'm going to take over the world. This isn't a guy who's like, I'm going to kill everybody. I know this guy has a plan, and there's a reason for the plan, and it's to make him rich. And it's very clear how this plan will make him rich. There is no questioning that. If he accomplishes what he wants to accomplish, he will make a lot of money. Yes. There's a lot of, like, super of, Batman 66 at times in this with like, the straight up being like, I am a criminal mastermind behind, but they're even doing this shit in Goldfinger when they're going, come on, let's go partake in our criminal activity. The scene in Goldfinger where they're going around the table going. Yes, but I lost this much money on my criminal enterprise this week. It's like, okay, guys, like, we we. Yeah, we get that. Look at the Daily Planet. Clark asks Lois to dinner, but she's busy. And then he follows her into the ladies restroom and she's like a weirdo. Yeah, well, because his jacket gets caught in the door and instead of opening the door, he goes, Lois? Lois, would you be a pet and mail this for me? Margot Kidder is also. They have great chemistry. Reeve and Kidder here, but so stupid. Oh. That night, Lois Lane gets into a helicopter for a story. The pilot calls. What happens a malfunction. But this isn't really a malfunction. Someone just fucked up real bad. Because somehow, like, the cables are still caught on the helicopter. That's not a helicopter malfunction. That's human error. Someone is getting fired and probably arrested. Oh, this. After? Yes, absolutely. I love this homage. As Superman is about to get ready and he looks at the payphone at first, and it's not a phone booth. And so he just goes into the, the the spinning doors and. Yeah. And he comes. Yeah. Comes out as Superman saves Lois falling from the chopper. Great. Yeah. I love this line from Lois Lane here. Why don't you like you've got me? Who's got you? That's a lot of fun. Yeah. Not Superman. Yeah. It does it. The flying looks incredible in this movie. Yeah, yeah, I don't this, like, holds up and, like, this looks better than certain movies that are made. Now when you have people fly. By tits. That's that's horrendous. Oh. Oh, God. Yeah, I do. I also like this little detail that Superman takes the time to tell Lois. Don't be afraid of flying. Statistically, it's very safe. He. Yeah. Which I love. I don't mind that, because I think they did a really good job at the origin story. Yeah. It's very. It's there's a feeling of satisfaction because it's like. All right, if it went on a little too long before we got Superman. A little too low, a little longer, I would have been like, let's go, guys. I think they really introduced it at the right time. Yeah. Yes. I like Superman, yeah. Oh, yeah. Superman catches this guy climbing the outside of a building trying to break in, and he flies him to the jail. He goes, they say confessions. Good for the soul. So this man should have a lot to say or whatever. Loved it. Well, Superman, it's great that you brought him here. But that's not how the law works. You should have gone to law school. Because then Superman leaves a bunch of criminals, including a full blown at the police. Yeah. No one can get through. That's a crime. Superman. The that he's done so much damage to that street by just trumping that. Because it's the way you put it down gently. Yeah. Yes. That's a I have a big question about that later on. And what I thought was the worst part of this movie. Superman saves a cat from a tree. Love that. The plane gets a plane and struck by lightning. And it's apparently Air Force One. All right, who cares if the pilot going fly? Just fly. He. And he just, like, turns his head. He's like, just go. Don't worry about it. Everyone watches the news about Superman's heroic heroics. Luthor is furious. He wants to challenge Superman. This is what this is a great bit. When he goes, Otis, bring me my rope. And he brings this rope into the pool. And they talking to us and Otis. Next time, wait till I'm out of the pool net baby delivers this gasp here, which had me rolling. I had to pause the movie because I was laughing so hard at that base. Oh, I was rolling. Ned Beatty is so funny in this movie. Sure thing, Mr. Luthor. I was he had me rolling this entire movie. Gene Hackman and Ned Beatty were so good together. Incredible. Perry White wants answers about the now unnamed Superman, and Lois Lane gets a note that says a friend is going to meet at her place at eight that night. Lois Lane. So who who who? Lois Lane gets all dolled up and she's waiting for Superman. As she lights up a cigaret, Superman inspects or wants. That's incredible. Yeah. It's very flirty. It's very horny. I love I got a big pop when Lois goes. Let's start with your vital statistics. Are you married? Yeah. And then? And then the line that I was stunned was in this movie. How big are you? How tall are you? I was like, holy. I was like, oh my God. Superman reveals that he can't see through lead because she goes, what color panties are my wearing? What color are my I love that. She's like, oh, I'm sorry if I made you feel uncomfortable. He's like, no, it's just that I can't see through led. And then she moves and she goes pink. I'm sorry if I made you feel uncomfortable. It's like, you know what? Very much so. Well. I don't care. I was loving this. This was excellent. I know. And it turns out he will die from something called Kryptonite. It's like, what are you doing? The man you apparently love. And you're telling the world how to kill him. Superman takes Lois for a flight. Superman is totally wrong on this one because she would be freezing. She's like, let me get a jacket. He's like, you don't need one. It's like, what? I mean, at one point they're like, flying through the fucking like through space, like, no shimmy, shimmy frozen. Yeah, but here's my question. When they are flying, why are her feet not, like, dangling? How is she just flying next to him? Like point. Oh my bed. My bed. Oh my Jesus. And then as they're flying, he drops her. Yeah. Well, like, dude, why wouldn't you be carrying her? Like, cradling her like this the whole time? This is the worst part of the movie. When she starts reciting this poem. She just starts reciting some poem while they're flying, and I'm like, okay. Oh, what did we feel like? Margot Kidder didn't have enough lines or something. This sucks. Let's move it. Yeah. Yeah. Metropolises. New York. I can show you the world right? And be a super, kind of man from a Krypton who knows and understands, right? That's what you start singing. That's how he got. That's how he got his name. The squatter, blah, blah, blah. To do that while Buddha. Buddha. But, he's got, like, fucking wraparound sunglasses on. Now. God fucking mullet. Is is real American music. Yeah. Right after us. Yeah. Well. That's awesome. Yeah. Movie magic. Very good. Soft G would be how I said it. You said it as a hard G. Yeah, I'll give you a hard G. Yeah. Lois, this is where Lois calls him a Superman. And that's when she realizes that'll be his name. And when Clark shows up and Lois is distracted, Clark asks if she's been smoking weed. Yeah. He goes, Lois, you haven't been, have you? I was, I was losing it. I was like, this is the greatest movie. This is one this. All right. Full. Honestly, first time I saw this movie was this week. I watched it twice this week, like I usually do. This became one of my top five superhero movies of all time. I loved this, I loved every second of this movie. Yeah. Well, I'm excited. Yeah. But I don't know how she doesn't see it, because she walks out of the door with him, standing up with his glasses off. She has bad eyesight, I guess. Oh, yeah. And yeah. And a tizzy. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. I mean, listen, Spider-Man in general, there's a lot of like you took that from Superman. The newspaper aspect of it, like Perry White is very similar to J. Jonah Jameson at times like. And I'm a big Spider-Man guy, but you can absolutely see they took a lot because he's your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man. Exactly. Like, hey, we've said it before, Stan Lee is the Jimmy Page of comic books. Yeah. Lex Luther reads the papers and knows that meteorites from Krypton will hurt Superman. Lex fakes a car accident, and the military police find the woman. This is so funny. Well, like. All right, we need a deep chest massage and mouth to mouth. And he goes, oh, I'll do it. I'm the chief. But he goes, I would never ask one of my men to do something. I'm not willing to do. My knees. This is again, it's so silly. And then Otis, it. Well, cause she's the woman's test smoker. Yeah, exactly. Because Otis screwed up the plan. Because Otis, he goes. Yep. I planted the bombs. 3867 117. And he goes, what about the fourth one? Who knows what what fourth one? He goes, you know, 38, 67, 11 seven. And Otis has the written on his arm. And he goes, I guess my arm wasn't long enough. And then when they're fighting, he goes. He just goes, I'll show you. What do you want to see? A long arm. And he starts reaching back to fight. I'm there because then we continue our Looney Tunes stuff as Luther and Otis hatch another plan as Truckers and Mr. Smucker climbs up the bridge in the dress with just a tool belt over the treads. Yeah. They just funny. They sent her to do all the dirty work. It's so funny, Lois Lane. Question someone why they're selling Luther all the land, and the guy's like. Because he's paying an outrageous price. Why would I not? We then get Perry White encouraging Clark Kent to be a little more aggressive. And we also learn that a meteorite was stolen from the museum. That's just a little thing they just throw in there. That's how they explain that Lex Luther got the Kryptonite, you know, and I like that. They just kind of throw it in there. We don't actually see them robbing the museum, but they tell you because we we do see early on or a little earlier that the meteorite or the Kryptonite was found in Ethiopia. And wouldn't you know it, it was stolen and brought to a museum. Whoa. Luthor communicates through to Superman through a frequency that only him and dogs can hear. And during this, Perry White is just rambling, and Clark just leaves. That Superman then spins so fast, he drills a hole through the ground, making his way all the way to Lex Luther's hideout. He kicks the door in and Luther goes, that's open! Come on in. I think Gene Hackman was so funny in this, just so unbelievably funny in this. Luther explains his plan to Superman. His plan is to blow LA, San Francisco, and San Diego off the map, doing America all a favor because he owns all the desert land. He'll then own the entire West Coast. And this is where we get the great Otis Berg. Well, Mr. Smucker has a place. It's the little piece of land, Mr. Luthor, because, you see, she has test marker peaks. And of course, we have a boob joke because it's test marker peaks and there's mountains. That's how I took it as a little boob joke. But, yeah, he tried to. He tried to just write in Otis Park and one of the areas Otis Berg. Then we see what makes Lex Luthor so good is that he's able to outsmart Superman. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. There's one missile going at West and one going out east. And I know you can't stop both of them. So. Yeah, because he. He tricks on me. He's holding a where's the detonator or whatever, and he looks at the wrong thing. And then Superman's looking around and he opens it up, and it's just Kryptonite. And it's just like Kryptonite. Chain a necklace that they just put on Superman and throw him into the water. Yeah, probably. Yeah. But again, what do you think Lex Luther would have done in the comic books at this time? Do you think you would have put a Kryptonite necklace on him and shot him in the face? Or put a character. Exactly. Miss Tess Walker tells Lex that her mother lives in Hackensack, Hackensack. He does this great thing where he just looks at his watch. He goes. Test marker agrees to help Superman only if he saves her mother first, and then before she takes the necklace off of him, she kisses him and he's like, what the fuck? Because I didn't think I'd get the chance. Really, you wouldn't have, you know. Superman catches the missile heading for Hackensack. One thing I really enjoyed, another thing that really kept popping me in this movie, was when Lex Luthor would go to a smart guy. He just hates this two underlings, and that makes it so much better. Yeah. The missile hits the San Andreas fault line. Oh, shit. Here we go again. Just had to follow the train. Superman. I. That's great. And also, what is Jimmy Olsen doing? He's just taking random photographs. Yeah, like they're not near each other. They went out there together, and then she's like, I'm gonna drive around. You do whatever you do. Everything's falling into the ground. Superman pushes the ground back up at one point. Yeah. You then saves a suit, a school bus, he access train tracks. I love that. Yeah. The dam breaks, Jimmy falls, Superman saves him just in time. But then he's like, you'll be safe here. No we won't. Why would you think that? Take him with you. Lois Lane runs out of gas, but for some reason, she keeps trying to start the car. Like, once you see why you like your card and install it ran out of gas. Once it's on empty, you can't sit there trying to start the car. I don't know if it's safer to be in the car, out of the car at that point. She does die in the car. She does die in the car. This is a legitimately horrifying way to go. This is terrifying. Yeah, but Superman creates a dam of rocks. We get some good miniature work and some bad miniature work here. Like some of this miniature work with the houses looks really good. Some of the rocks, it just looks like little rocks. Yeah, yeah. Superman is all proud of himself. And then he remembers Lois. It's like, oh, God. Oh, shit. And he. Now. I get I think I know where you're going with what you're going to say about how he, like, reverses time. From what I read, that was supposed to be the end of the second movie. Yes, yes. But I'm also wondering again, I haven't seen the second movie, but part of the whole thing with Jor-El is Daryl is saying, you can't go back, you can't change human history. So I wouldn't be surprised if him doing this is what leads to those banished into the Phantom Zone to come back. Yes. Yeah. That's why. But that's why I think they filmed these two movies together. Because I think this was supposed to lead into the consequences that lead to the second movie. It's. It's not a matter of true. It's right. Or if I'm correct or incorrect. But like Superman. Yeah, you reverse time. But as far as I can tell, all those people still died because we didn't see you go back and create that damn. It seems like Superman sacrificed multiple people just to save Lois here. That's that. What? That's what I took from the ending. Yeah. Like, I wish he did it right to the point where. Right where he stood there for a second. So proud of himself. What he did was you reverse it right before he wasted too much time patting himself on the back. Well, no, it doesn't make sense. No, it doesn't. I think he's actually rotating the earth the other way. Yes. Yeah. But again, this is a very comic book thing to do, though. I didn't hate it. I know some people don't like it. I don't hate this if I'm. But that's also because I'm assuming what happens. And if I'm wrong then I can go, oh that's bad. But because I looked it up and it said they film the first two together, I go, that has to be a reason, because they did warn him throughout the whole movie. Don't do this. And I. Yeah, and I think we will. Isn't that crazy? But it's also like, I know they had some production issues in between these movies, so who knows. What what? Superman flies off. Jimmy Olsen and Lois Lane start to kind of speculate is he is Clark Kent. Superman? Yeah. Oh. Yeah. That's my Superman. Superman. He flies Otis and Lex Luthor to a prison. Luther removes his wig and just declares something. I'm not quite sure. But again, you don't just take them to prison. There's processes that have to go through with this. But yeah, Superman flies off and we go to the credits. I really liked this, Andy. I had a really good time with this movie. I think it's a great Superman movie. I think even though it's a pretty long movie, we don't waste time in this. We will find out next week. Yes. Good. It is. Yes. Me too. My hopes are high. She got a letter box. You can follow us on Letterboxd at the Royds Band. Andy, I really like this. I liked the humor. I liked the story. I like the wholesomeness. I like that they lean into the fact that this is a comic book movie. This does get dragged down by that little poetry section in the middle. And again, I am hoping I'm correct with my thinking on the end of the movie leading into the second one. I think this is a four star movie. That was easier than me. After a couple of tequilas. A couple of shots of tequila and I'm going cray cray. All right. Yeah. Very good. Andy, I have four trivia. Dude, that's really good. That's good math to me. Really? I'll go first. How many known galaxies does Jor-El say there are? 27, 28, 29, 30. It is not 27. It is 28. Yes. Very good. You nailed it. It's not the last one. 14. Milk. Look at me. I know, I know. What song are the kids listening to when they pull up after Clark beats them by foot? The yellow Rose of Texas, the ballad of Davy Crockett. Moments to remember. Rock Around the Clock. It is not the ballad of Davy Crockett. Is it the. Is it the yellow rose of Texas? Is it moments to remember or is it rock around the clock? It is not moments to remember. It is not the yellow rose of Texas. It. It is rock around the clock. Yeah. Oh, no. 34. 26. 42. Nailed it. Dang! How much money does Jimmy Olsen get paid per week? $30? $35, $40, $50. $30. It is not $30. Is not $35. It is $40 a week. I have no idea. That I know it based on my next question. It definitely takes place in the 70s. Yeah, I saw that. That was pretty crazy. Was it just Richard Donner? Was it Francis Francis Ford Coppola? Was it Steven Spielberg? Yeah. What song is playing when Lois Lane honks her horn at the gas station she's listening to on the radio. Give a little bit, rich girl. Fly like an eagle. Go your own way. It is. Give a little bit by Supertramp. Yeah. Yeah. Those are all songs from 1977. Yeah, just like the other one. Were all songs from 1955. So I very good. As you know, my dad was born. Yeah. Because I think when he, when he's 18, it's 1955, and then 12 years later, it's 1977. That's what I kind of assumed from the movie. You're right. Look at us. I wrote a song also Andy. I also have a pick to flip. It's tails, brother bear. No, it's what I do. I'll go first. My song is called what a man. What a mighty, mighty good man. Now my song is called what a man. And I'm going to be honest, I did something different this week. I just kind of focused on making a beat. I really, like, sat down with the 808 setting on the keyboard and the Midi and focused on making a beat first and then just kind of built it from there. The vocals and the lyrics were a total afterthought, you know? All done. After all the music was recorded just to see what I could fit in here. So not, you know, there are lyrics, obviously, but again, the beat was really what I focused on and I'm actually just kind of rambling now, which is kind of silly, I guess. But anyway, here's my song. It's called The Water Man and it is about Superman. The movie. He's six foot four. Chisel. Joe, and just won't look him over you of your drawers. He's taking time in his red tights. His only weakness is Kryptonite. He can't seem to lift. He does what my mum says. He don't want no one. Dad. He keeps a clear head. He sees no point in violence. And you can't keep him silent. No matter how hard you try. And he'll keep those people from dying. He can't save everyone under a red sun. Something's been done. And Lex hasn't been up at home. It's close. Where will you go? Sent down to earth. Well, you'll never be alone. You. Landed it close. Where will you go? Sent down to earth. Where you'll never be alone. Six foot four. Tears of joy. It just won't look. You know. Will you? Love you. Trust. That was my song. Cold water. Man. What a man. What a mighty, mighty good man. Yeah. Focus mostly on the beat. There. Yeah, it was a little weird. Yeah, I know, I know you do, baby. But, yeah. I like it. Very cool. I like it. Hey! You can't save everyone. You can't interfere with everything. But if I can't. Then why shouldn't I? Dozens of birds show up when it flies. But I'm here for a reason. And that reason is not crystal clear. It's. Me? And. What if I say everyone? What if I interfere with everything? I'll just turn back time and away with my love I will fly. I was one year for a reason. And that reason is crystal clear. I forgot I am a God and I got no consequences. You. I liked it a lot. I like that the guitar sounds great. Yeah. Oh, it sounded really. I think the guitar sounds great. Oh, yeah. Sounds cool. I like that. I like that a lot. Thank you. You don't. We owe John Williams money. That's. That's unfortunate. And we just keep racking up our bill. The John Williams, emcees. Yeah. Still alive. He's 93. Oh, he. Wikipedia doesn't change us. Is an American composer. He is a celebrated American composer. No. Yeah, he is a goat. Like a legitimate, like, greatest of all time. Yes, I noticed that. That's crazy. Yeah. And he just stands on the edge. It's crazy. Yeah, and he eats hair. Yeah. Yeah. And that is such a good question. I'm going to answer it. It's Superman two. Of, you know, I think you learn they can find out next week if we're going to watch it. If one of us watched. Yeah. Yeah. Although the Donner version is apparently very different. Apparently the Donner cut, they actually went and like, there's, like unfinished scenes in it and stuff. Yeah. And they like, brought Marlon the Marlon Brando scenes back into it. It's very, very different. But I am interested. If I can find the Donner, I will do both. I will still probably only write one song. I don't know how different they are. That becomes the problem, because we do run the risk of just doing the same movie twice. Let's see, where did. Well, find out. We're doing Superman to Andy. Where can they find our music? Oh. You go to Instagram. You go to TikTok. You go to YouTube, you go to Reddit. You type in the Royds band. There we are. There we be. Click the link and you'll see everything we post. Mostly just promoting this podcast and our music. Wow. Send us an email at Royds Revue at gmail.com. We'd love to hear from you. Wherever you're listening to us, give us a five star rating and Revue. Send us an email to comment down below, comment on Spotify, do all that great stuff. Yeah. Me too. The James Gunn version. I'm looking forward to it. But one thing I really like about this is that it's just Superman. And you already see in this new one there's like Green Lantern and there's a Hawkgirl. I think. And I'm like, just give me soup. Just give me soup. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. What's this shit anyway? But. Build your butt, like, build your single adventures. And then after you have a bunch of successes, find a reason to bring them together. Through. Good. Yeah. Hey, they do good. Exactly. Well. So. Fascinating. Insight is always. All right. Next week, we're doing Superman two. Thank you for listening. Bye, everybody.