Episode 154 - Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Welcome back to another “super” exciting episode of Not A Bomb. This is the podcast where we go back and reexamine some of the biggest bombs in cinematic history and see if they deserve a second chance. On this week’s episode, the guys are once again joined by Jose from the Watch/Skip+ podcast to discuss 1987’s superhero film - Superman IV: The Quest for Peace. What do you get when you combine the Man of Steel and The Cannon Group? You get a commercial and critical failure, and the end of Christopher Reeves as Superman. Made with a comparatively tiny budget, The Quest for Peace is best known for terrible special effects, a total lack of scientific knowledge, and slo-mo WWE wrestling in space. Does The Quest for Peace have enough charm to make it watchable? Why is Jon Cryer in this movie doing his impression of a “Valley Girl?” Did Brad just do a Rodney Dangerfield impression? Download and listen today!
Timestamp: Intro - (1:13), Box Office and Critical Results - (11:10), People Involved - (14:49), Production and Developments - (33:36), Commerical Break - (44:22), The Quest for Peace Discussion - (47:03), Is it a Bomb? - (80:52), Robo Reviewer1000 - (92:58), Outro - (105:00)
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace is directed by Sidney J Furie and stars Christopher Reeves, Gene Hackman, Jackie Cooper, Marc McClure, Jon Cryer, Sam Wanamaker, Mariel Hemingway, Margot Kidder, and Mark Pillow.
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