A lot of people have criticized the films in the original series, especially the third and forth films, but I was impressed with them (not that I though they were great by any standard) becuase they took the character of Superman in a different direction and asked questions that hadn't been asked before.
The second film asked the question what would happen if Superman fell in love, and from watching the film you can see how disastrous that turned out, being that Superman was essentially no longer in existence for a while. The funny thing is, Superman Returns was based around the concept that Superman had left Earth for an extended period of time, without any negative results. The third film asked the question what would happen if a funny character was added to the film (George Lucas should have taken note). It's a pity, because and understand that Richard Pryor was at the top of his career at that time, and odd that he was featured in this film but was not allowed to be in Blazing Saddles, because of concerns of his use profanity. And of course in Superman III there was no profanity from Prior or any other characters. It's also asked the question of what would happen if Superman were to turn evil, and the ensuing battle and personal conflict was the highlight of this film. It was especially interesting, as Superman was forced to face himself after being encourage by the words of a child. The fourth film asked the question what would happen if Superman were to interfere with world politics, which once again answered the question with disaster ensuing. One other small point of Superman IV is that it basically showed a character (who was cut from the final film) of Bizzaro, which made the film a bit more interesting and explained the creation of Nuclearman a bit better, making him fit with the original story of Superman better (though the second, non-cut Nuclearman did not resemble Bizzaro in anyway and had some powers that seemed really odd.
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