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Post by Tristan's Journal on Oct 25, 2017 18:29:29 GMT
Well, at the time of 1978, Luthor was pretty much a comic book mad scientist villain in green-purple leotards with the silly 'Superman accidentally caused me go prematurely bald!' motivation (The ruthless CEO Luthor would not be created until 1986). Compared to that, the Donner Luthor comes off rather grounded. That sounds about right - and grounding the character seems what made this a timeless classic. Also, the Williams soundtrack alone blows away all that came after (and I am not talking about the blaring SM theme, but the entire soundtrack). Wonder how this film would have fared and aged if it had a 70s Popsong collection and was build on pop culture jokes. |
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