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** Mark Pillow, who played Nuclear Man, had the physical presence to be a believable rival to Christopher Reeve (both were 6' 4"), and likely could have had a solid career playing action movie villains, but this film's reception so sullied his appeal that he's only acted sporadically since, choosing instead to focus on his family and a job as a well-regarded expert in fine wines.
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** The failure of ''Superman IV'' most likely ruined Creator/TheCannonGroup's chances at becoming a legitimate film studio. They didn't give special priority to the sequel, as they were already overstretched with other productions at the time, and funnelled much of the original budget to those. Between failures like this, ''Film/{{Lifeforce}}'', ''Film/MastersOfTheUniverse'', and ''Film/OverTheTop'', Cannon was forced to close up shop at the dawn of the 1990s.
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** The failure of ''Superman IV'' most likely ruined Creator/TheCannonGroup's chances at becoming a legitimate film studio. They didn't give special priority to the sequel, as they were already overstretched with other productions at the time, and funnelled much of the original budget to those. Between failures like this, ''Film/{{Lifeforce}}'', ''Film/Lifeforce1985'', ''Film/MastersOfTheUniverse'', and ''Film/OverTheTop'', Cannon was forced to close up shop at the dawn of the 1990s.
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** Saying Mark Pillow (Nuclear Man) didn't get much work after this movie would be an understatement. This [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zK6cBVTWPk telephone interview with Mark]] reveals that he's a pretty good sport about the whole affair all these years later, saying that he enjoyed his experience working with Creator/ChristopherReeve and Creator/GeneHackman, but also acknowledging the film was a trainwreck that pretty much torpedoed his chances of a serious acting career (and no, he also isn't sure why they decided to dub over him with Hackman's voice). He eventually settled down to become a family man, and currently serves as a brand ambassador for numerous high-end wineries.
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** Saying Mark Pillow (Nuclear Man) didn't get much work after this movie would be an understatement. This [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zK6cBVTWPk telephone interview with Mark]] reveals that he's a pretty good sport about the whole affair all these years later, saying that he enjoyed his experience working with Creator/ChristopherReeve and Creator/GeneHackman, but also acknowledging the film was a trainwreck that pretty much torpedoed his chances of a serious acting career (and no, he also isn't sure why they decided to dub over him with Hackman's voice). He eventually settled down to become a family man, and currently serves served as a brand ambassador for numerous high-end wineries.wineries before eventually opening up his own.
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** Eugene Lipinski AKA "Comrade Sinatra" previously played the Metropolis newsstand guy (the one whose papers flew off as Superman arrived) in ''Film/SupermanII''.
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** Eugene Lipinski Creator/EugeneLipinski AKA "Comrade Sinatra" previously played the Metropolis newsstand guy (the one whose papers flew off as Superman arrived) in ''Film/SupermanII''.
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* FranchiseKiller: Sent ''Superman'' movies into deep space for two decades until ''Film/SupermanReturns'' came out in 2006 and retconned this movie. It didn't help, resulting in another reboot in 2013 with ''Film/ManOfSteel'', and even then, ''Superman'' hasn't been able to recover from this movie like ''Batman'' (the fact that he was the star of one of the most notorious pieces of software ever created, ''VideoGame/{{Superman 64}}'' in 1999, helped put a stopper on the regrowth of this series' reputation).
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* FranchiseKiller: Sent ''Superman'' movies into deep space for two decades until ''Film/SupermanReturns'' came out in 2006 and retconned this movie. It didn't help, resulting in another reboot in 2013 with ''Film/ManOfSteel'', and even then, ''Superman'' hasn't been able to recover from this movie like ''Batman'' (the fact that he was the star of one of the most notorious pieces of software ever created, ''VideoGame/{{Superman 64}}'' in 1999, helped put a stopper on the regrowth of this series' reputation).
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* CreatorBacklash: Creator/ChristopherReeve was deeply ashamed about this movie (and angry about the poor quality of the previous sequel, ''Film/SupermanIII''), declaring the film to be "terrible" on the eve of its release, citing a haphazard scriptwriting process and the poor quality of the film's special effects. Co-star Creator/JonCryer also hated the film, even saying it was ''unfinished'' because of its ultra-low budget, though his presence had at least one (eventual) good result - he took the part of Lex Luthor himself in ''Series/Supergirl2015'' to make up for this movie, and turned in what is considered one of the better takes on the character.
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* OldShame: Creator/ChristopherReeve was deeply ashamed about this movie (and angry about the poor quality of the previous sequel, ''Film/SupermanIII''), declaring the film to be "terrible" on the eve of its release, citing a haphazard scriptwriting process and the poor quality of the film's special effects. Co-star Creator/JonCryer also hated the film, even saying it was ''unfinished'' because of its ultra-low budget, though his presence had at least one (eventual) good result - he took the part of Lex Luthor himself in ''Series/Supergirl2015'' to make up for this movie, and turned in what is considered one of the better takes on the character.
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* TheOtherDarrin: In the French dub, none of the voice actors from the first three movies came back to reprise their roles.
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* TheOtherDarrin: In the original French dub, none of the voice actors from the first three movies came back to reprise their roles.roles, including Creator/PierreArditi (Clark/Superman, replaced by Hervé Bellon, who later voiced Creator/SamNeill) and Creator/FrancisLax (Lex Luthor, replaced by Claude Joseph).
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[WhatCouldHaveBeen/DCComicsFilmAndTV See here]]
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[WhatCouldHaveBeen/DCComicsFilmAndTV See here]]WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Creator/WesCraven was originally slated to direct the movie, but was replaced due to CreativeDifferences with Creator/ChristopherReeve. Reeve recommended Creator/RonHoward as director, but Cannon Group went with Creator/SidneyJFurie, instead.
** Reportedly, the original budget was about $35 million, but Creator/TheCannonGroup slashed it in half.
** The planned soundtrack album (split between songs - mostly for nightclub scenes along with Music/JerryLeeLewis' "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On"[[note]]heard coming from Lenny Luthor's car when he breaks his uncle Lex out of prison[[/note]] would have been included as well - and Alexander Courage's score) was cancelled when most of the scenes for which the chosen tracks were written got cut from the movie. (This was before the phrase "Music From And Inspired By" became the ''bête noire'' of film music fans.)
** Quite a lot of material (45 minutes worth!) was cut for the movie's theatrical release, with some odd choices. One would think an extended action sequence of Superman fighting a super-powered opponent (the Bizarro-esque first incarnation of Nuclear Man) would be something you'd want to ''keep''. Other deleted scenes make the plot hang together a little better, and there's a nice character scene between Lois Lane and the weakened Clark/Superman at Clark's apartment.
** Creator/WesCraven was originally slated to direct the movie, but was replaced due to CreativeDifferences with Creator/ChristopherReeve. Reeve recommended Creator/RonHoward as director, but Cannon Group went with Creator/SidneyJFurie, instead.
** Reportedly, the original budget was about $35 million, but Creator/TheCannonGroup slashed it in half.
** The planned soundtrack album (split between songs - mostly for nightclub scenes along with Music/JerryLeeLewis' "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On"[[note]]heard coming from Lenny Luthor's car when he breaks his uncle Lex out of prison[[/note]] would have been included as well - and Alexander Courage's score) was cancelled when most of the scenes for which the chosen tracks were written got cut from the movie. (This was before the phrase "Music From And Inspired By" became the ''bête noire'' of film music fans.)
** Quite a lot of material (45 minutes worth!) was cut for the movie's theatrical release, with some odd choices. One would think an extended action sequence of Superman fighting a super-powered opponent (the Bizarro-esque first incarnation of Nuclear Man) would be something you'd want to ''keep''. Other deleted scenes make the plot hang together a little better, and there's a nice character scene between Lois Lane and the weakened Clark/Superman at Clark's apartment.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Creator/WesCraven was originally slated to direct the movie, but was replaced due to CreativeDifferences with Creator/ChristopherReeve. Reeve recommended Creator/RonHoward as director, but Cannon Group went with Creator/SidneyJFurie, instead.
** Reportedly, the original budget was about $35 million, but Creator/TheCannonGroup slashed it in half.
** The planned soundtrack album (split between songs - mostly for nightclub scenes along with Music/JerryLeeLewis' "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On"[[note]]heard coming from Lenny Luthor's car when he breaks his uncle Lex out of prison[[/note]] would have been included as well - and Alexander Courage's score) was cancelled when most of the scenes for which the chosen tracks were written got cut from the movie. (This was before the phrase "Music From And Inspired By" became the ''bête noire'' of film music fans.)
** Quite a lot of material (45 minutes worth!) was cut for the movie's theatrical release, with some odd choices. One would think an extended action sequence of Superman fighting a super-powered opponent (the Bizarro-esque first incarnation of Nuclear Man) would be something you'd want to ''keep''. Other deleted scenes make the plot hang together a little better, and there's a nice character scene between Lois Lane and the weakened Clark/Superman at Clark's apartment.
** Creator/WesCraven was originally slated to direct the movie, but was replaced due to CreativeDifferences with Creator/ChristopherReeve. Reeve recommended Creator/RonHoward as director, but Cannon Group went with Creator/SidneyJFurie, instead.
** Reportedly, the original budget was about $35 million, but Creator/TheCannonGroup slashed it in half.
** The planned soundtrack album (split between songs - mostly for nightclub scenes along with Music/JerryLeeLewis' "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On"[[note]]heard coming from Lenny Luthor's car when he breaks his uncle Lex out of prison[[/note]] would have been included as well - and Alexander Courage's score) was cancelled when most of the scenes for which the chosen tracks were written got cut from the movie. (This was before the phrase "Music From And Inspired By" became the ''bête noire'' of film music fans.)
** Quite a lot of material (45 minutes worth!) was cut for the movie's theatrical release, with some odd choices. One would think an extended action sequence of Superman fighting a super-powered opponent (the Bizarro-esque first incarnation of Nuclear Man) would be something you'd want to ''keep''. Other deleted scenes make the plot hang together a little better, and there's a nice character scene between Lois Lane and the weakened Clark/Superman at Clark's apartment.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Creator/WesCraven was originally slated to direct the movie, but was replaced due to CreativeDifferences with Creator/ChristopherReeve. Reeve recommended Creator/RonHoward as director, but Cannon Group went with Creator/SidneyJFurie, instead.
** Reportedly, the original budget was about $35 million, but Creator/TheCannonGroup slashed it in half.
** The planned soundtrack album (split between songs - mostly for nightclub scenes along with Music/JerryLeeLewis' "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On"[[note]]heard coming from Lenny Luthor's car when he breaks his uncle Lex out of prison[[/note]] would have been included as well - and Alexander Courage's score) was cancelled when most of the scenes for which the chosen tracks were written got cut from the movie. (This was before the phrase "Music From And Inspired By" became the ''bête noire'' of film music fans.)
** Quite a lot of material (45 minutes worth!) was cut for the movie's theatrical release, with some odd choices. One would think an extended action sequence of Superman fighting a super-powered opponent (the Bizarro-esque first incarnation of Nuclear Man) would be something you'd want to ''keep''. Other deleted scenes make the plot hang together a little better, and there's a nice character scene between Lois Lane and the weakened Clark/Superman at Clark's apartment.WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[WhatCouldHaveBeen/DCComicsFilmAndTV See here]]
** Creator/WesCraven was originally slated to direct the movie, but was replaced due to CreativeDifferences with Creator/ChristopherReeve. Reeve recommended Creator/RonHoward as director, but Cannon Group went with Creator/SidneyJFurie, instead.
** Reportedly, the original budget was about $35 million, but Creator/TheCannonGroup slashed it in half.
** The planned soundtrack album (split between songs - mostly for nightclub scenes along with Music/JerryLeeLewis' "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On"[[note]]heard coming from Lenny Luthor's car when he breaks his uncle Lex out of prison[[/note]] would have been included as well - and Alexander Courage's score) was cancelled when most of the scenes for which the chosen tracks were written got cut from the movie. (This was before the phrase "Music From And Inspired By" became the ''bête noire'' of film music fans.)
** Quite a lot of material (45 minutes worth!) was cut for the movie's theatrical release, with some odd choices. One would think an extended action sequence of Superman fighting a super-powered opponent (the Bizarro-esque first incarnation of Nuclear Man) would be something you'd want to ''keep''. Other deleted scenes make the plot hang together a little better, and there's a nice character scene between Lois Lane and the weakened Clark/Superman at Clark's apartment.
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Moving this back from the DC Comics: Film and TV What Could Have Been page.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[WhatCouldHaveBeen/DCComicsFilmAndTV See here]]WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Creator/WesCraven was originally slated to direct the movie, but was replaced due to CreativeDifferences with Creator/ChristopherReeve. Reeve recommended Creator/RonHoward as director, but Cannon Group went with Creator/SidneyJFurie, instead.
** Reportedly, the original budget was about $35 million, but Creator/TheCannonGroup slashed it in half.
** The planned soundtrack album (split between songs - mostly for nightclub scenes along with Music/JerryLeeLewis' "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On"[[note]]heard coming from Lenny Luthor's car when he breaks his uncle Lex out of prison[[/note]] would have been included as well - and Alexander Courage's score) was cancelled when most of the scenes for which the chosen tracks were written got cut from the movie. (This was before the phrase "Music From And Inspired By" became the ''bête noire'' of film music fans.)
** Quite a lot of material (45 minutes worth!) was cut for the movie's theatrical release, with some odd choices. One would think an extended action sequence of Superman fighting a super-powered opponent (the Bizarro-esque first incarnation of Nuclear Man) would be something you'd want to ''keep''. Other deleted scenes make the plot hang together a little better, and there's a nice character scene between Lois Lane and the weakened Clark/Superman at Clark's apartment.
** Creator/WesCraven was originally slated to direct the movie, but was replaced due to CreativeDifferences with Creator/ChristopherReeve. Reeve recommended Creator/RonHoward as director, but Cannon Group went with Creator/SidneyJFurie, instead.
** Reportedly, the original budget was about $35 million, but Creator/TheCannonGroup slashed it in half.
** The planned soundtrack album (split between songs - mostly for nightclub scenes along with Music/JerryLeeLewis' "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On"[[note]]heard coming from Lenny Luthor's car when he breaks his uncle Lex out of prison[[/note]] would have been included as well - and Alexander Courage's score) was cancelled when most of the scenes for which the chosen tracks were written got cut from the movie. (This was before the phrase "Music From And Inspired By" became the ''bête noire'' of film music fans.)
** Quite a lot of material (45 minutes worth!) was cut for the movie's theatrical release, with some odd choices. One would think an extended action sequence of Superman fighting a super-powered opponent (the Bizarro-esque first incarnation of Nuclear Man) would be something you'd want to ''keep''. Other deleted scenes make the plot hang together a little better, and there's a nice character scene between Lois Lane and the weakened Clark/Superman at Clark's apartment.
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* TheOtherDarrin: In the French dub, none of the voice actors from the first three movies came back to reprise their roles.
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* WrittenByCastmember: Christopher Reeve has co-story credit (and later won a case against the film's screenwriters when they claimed he didn't think up the plot). Since he's also credited with directing the second unit, this qualifies for DirectedByCastMember as well.
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* WrittenByCastmember: WrittenByCastMember: Christopher Reeve has co-story credit (and later won a case against the film's screenwriters when they claimed he didn't think up the plot). Since he's also credited with directing the second unit, this qualifies for DirectedByCastMember as well.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $17 million. Box office, $15,681,080.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $17 million.million[[note]]The Cannon Group originally planned a $36 million budget, which was slashed only days before production began[[/note]]. Box office, $15,681,080.
