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Almost A Perfect Set, Fév 4 2007
The Superman Ultimate Collector's Set is certainly worth the price for everything you get; there's not really much more that can be said that isn't already in the description for the set. Personally I found the two documentary dvds about the story of Superman through the years and the making of the original Christopher Reeve movies to be very entertaining, especially the new interviews with the cast and crew of the Reeve movies. A 1978 documentary that includes interviews with Reeve, Gene Hackman and even Marlon Brando was very good as well, especially the bizarre comments from Brando explaining his hefty fee for the movie. The alternate version of Superman II (The Richard Donner Cut) is also another highlight; it's amazing to see how much unused footage there was of the movie originally. The commentaries are enlightening as well, although Richard Donner strangely has a tendency to refer to himself in the third-person, and Superman IV's screenwriter spends too much time trying to explain why the movie went so wrong. The amazingly high quality of the original Superman cartoons of the early 1940's are quite something to see, even if some of them are rather politically incorrect now (Japoteurs?). Odd, but amusing, is the over half hour of deleted footage from Superman IV (which still didn't really help the movie), as well as the 1958 pilot of Super-pup, which had the Superman characters in animal costume form, and the WWII Private Snafu cartoon (as Snafuperman).
My only complaint about this particular set is that despite waiting until the third week of January to order this from Amazon, to avoid getting the set with the incorrect dvds (hoping it would be cleared up by then), I still received the wrong-dvd set. So, like many others, I made my request for the proper ones. In my case it took about 3 weeks to receive the mailer after I requested it; and another 2 weeks before I received the corrected dvds. However, I think it was worth it just for an interesting 50 minute documentary from 1983 on the making of Superman III that included interviews with Reeve and the director Richard Lester.
Incidentally the phone number for replacing the dvds (as mentioned in the customer notice) has a poorly recorded message telling people to email their name and address to: warner@unigistix.com
The message also says that prepaid mailers will be mailed out to the emailed address to exchange the incorrect dvds.
It's not a major problem, and many people will probably be happy with the incorrect dvds, but for those who paid for and want the set as advertised it is a bit of an annoyance. If not for that mishap this would easily be a 5-star set, perfect for any Superman fan, young or old.
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An Amazing Set, Déc 25 2006
I know there has been alot of good and bad said about this Ultimate Superman Boxset, and believe me, I've been reading up on what everyone is saying ie. packaging, disc errors, etc. I have to say, that since getting the set myself I can't see what so many people are arguing/complaining about. The packaging is great...probably one of the nicest sets I've ever bought, and yes, there are two discs that are missing material: an old 2.0 track for Superman and some audio commentary or something from Superman III..is it really a loss? And if it is then call the 1-800 number and Warner will send you the proper replacement. Bottom line...the set itself is truly incredible. Everything you want to know, or watch of Superman is here and for the price it's greatly worth it. I am an avid DVD buyer and I love boxsets/collector sets etc. This is by far one of the nicest I have.
For some who may be reading this to determine whether they should get this set or not, do not let all the negative talk of "defective discs" and "poor packaging" sway you. The material included is what matters and when it comes to total hours of Superman viewing...this set takes the entire cake and then some. Buy it!!!
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WARNER RELEASE ON DISC REPLACEMENT, Déc 4 2006
[Editor's Note: Warner Home Video has informed us that they're going to be issuing corrected discs for both Disc One of the Superman: The Movie - Four-Disc Special Edition (also Disc One of the Superman: Ultimate Collector's Edition 14-disc set and the same disc in The Christopher Reeve Superman Collection) AND Disc Eight of the Superman: Ultimate Collector's Edition. Disc One will feature the CORRECT original 2.0 audio track for Superman: The Movie and Disc Eight will feature the new Superman III: Deluxe Edition. ALL of the other discs streeting tomorrow are correct. These mistakes were apparently just honest authoring/replication errors - not deliberate decisions - and Warner is already in the process of rectifying them. NO recall of existing sets is planned at the moment, but the studio has set up an 800 number that you can call and arrange to have the corrected discs sent to you via mail. The official statement from Warner (issued 11/27/06) is as follows:
"Bonus content was omitted from the Superman III Deluxe Edition in the 14-disc Superman Ultimate Collector's Edition. Furthermore, disc one of Superman: The Movie Four Disc Special Edition did not include the Dolby Digital 2.0 mix. Neither disc is known to be physically defective in any way.
Warner Home Video wants to extend apologies to all of our loyal Superman fans who've waited so patiently for these great collections and has taken immediate steps to correct these errors with the intention of standing behind our product 100%.
Replacement discs can be obtained by calling: 800-553-6937. The exchange program applies only to purchases of the Superman III Deluxe Edition in the Superman Ultimate Collector's Edition and to disc one of Superman: The Movie Four Disc Special Edition, available as a single title, as well as in The Christopher Reeve Superman Collection and in the Superman Ultimate Collector's Edition."
One last Editor's Note: We're trying to find out if and when future corrected sets might arrive in stores, and if this replacement program will work for international customers as well.]
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