May 25, 2011: The Superman Motion Picture Anthology

Warner Home Video has launched an official website for the up-coming release of Superman: The Motion Picture Anthology on Blu-Ray.

The website contains the promotional trailer (shown below), details on the contents of each Blu-Ray disc in the collection, links for On Demand downloads, an image gallery, downloadable wallpapers, icons and email signatures, and a Fortress of Solitude Quiz and Trivia. Visit the site at SupermanAnthology.com.

Superman, the cultural icon and quintessential superhero, is back in a big way. Superman: The Motion Picture Anthology will release on Blu-ray June 7! For the first time, fans will be able to own one super-entertaining Blu-ray collection with all four original theatrical Superman films starring Christopher Reeve (available for the first time in high def), Superman Returns, and the two alternate versions of Superman: The Movie and Superman II.

Available now in superb hi-def, with new digital/hi-def film masters, the must-own comprehensive Superman: The Motion Picture Anthology (1978-2006) on Blu-ray includes all six versions of the films in the original Superman theatrical franchise - Superman: The Movie - Original Theatrical, Superman: The Movie - Expanded Edition, Superman II - Original Theatrical, Superman II - The Richard Donner Cut, Superman III - Original Theatrical, Superman IV - Original Theatrical, plus Superman Returns. The Collection also boasts 20 hours of bonus features including the never-before-seen original opening to Superman Returns. Also included are two documentaries in hi-def, Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman and The Science of Superman, as well as You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman, deleted scenes, and much more. Fan-boys and technophiles will especially appreciate that all of the Superman films are being released with English DTS-HD-MA soundtrack for superior sound quality. Also included is Movie Cash good up to $8 off one admission ticket to see the newest Warner�Bros. superhero film, Green Lantern, at participating theaters between June�17, 2011 and July 3, 2011.

WHV have also released preview clips from The Superman Motion Picture Anthology, including a YouTube clip of the oil spill clean up and Super Computer/Vera Webster scene from "Superman III".

You can download the Superman Motion Picture Anthology Collection Blu-Ray TV Spot in the following formats:

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Pre-Order Superman: The Motion Picture Anthology (1978-2006) on Blu-ray from Amazon.com.

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May 26, 2011: From Crisis to Crisis: A Superman Podcast

Welcome to the 96th episode of From Crisis to Crisis: A Superman Podcast! This podcast has a simple premise; examine just about every Superman comic published between Man of Steel #1 in 1986 to Adventures of Superman #649 in 2006 in an informative and hopefully entertaining format.

Part index. Part commentary. Part history lesson. All podcast.

Welcome to a horrendously long episode of From Crisis to Crisis. Normally Mike and Jeff like to keep the show at the hour and a half/two hour mark. This time out, however, the episode is nearly three hours long. You could blame this on their guest, Jon M. Wilson, but the fact that the boys decided to break format this week and do not two but THREE different comics played a part as well.

Why three comics? Well, next week marks Superman's inclusion into the JUSTICE LEAGUE and that means Jeff and Mike are going to start covering JUSTICE LEAGUE AMERICA. However, there was a JUSTICE LEAGUE special before that, so this week you are getting three of the regular Superman titles and next week you get two JUSTICE LEAGUE related comics and the final Superman book all with a cover date of APRIL 1992!

PANIC IN THE SKY concludes this week in two and a half issues. Why two and a half? Because the final book the boys and Jon discuss has only a little to do with PANIC IN THE SKY. In SUPERMAN: THE MAN OF STEEL #10 one of the heroes sacrifices himself and leads to a lengthy debate about characterization and set-up. SUPERMAN #66 sees the heroes make their final stand against Brainiac and you will be surprised at who actually brings the villain down. Finally in ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN #489 PANIC IN THE SKY officially ends... ten pages in. The rest of the issue sets up yet another story with Professor Hamilton finally getting around to helping Husque and his sister after remembering his vow to do so. There is also a neat revelation about the collected edition of PANIC IN THE SKY. After that there is some ADVENTURES OF SUPERBOY television talk and what else was going on in the world around the time these comics were on the stands.

Mike and Jeff would like to thank Jon Wilson for appearing on the show again. You can find Jon's own Superman podcast, GOLDEN AGE SUPERMAN, right here at the SUPERMAN HOMEPAGE!

NEXT WEEK: JUSTICE, ACTION and JUSTICE again! Plus Jon Wilson returns.

You can subscribe to the show in two ways. First there is the RSS Feed and there is also the iTunes link. You can also download the episode directly.

If you want to comment on the show or contact the hosts you can always private message Mike and Jeff, leave comments here or email them at fromcrisistocrisis@gmail.com. All questions, concerns, fears, trepidations and cheap shots are welcome.


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