Superhero Films – Chapter 27: Misfits of Science (1985)

In the fall of 1985 NBC premiered a new television show that was to have been another step in the network’s return to success in primetime television that the recently appointed Entertainment President Brandon Tartikoff had overseen.

Tartikoff had turned NBC completely around from a television network with a pitiful and embarrassing crop of shows – having only three shows in the top twenty when…

Superhero Films – Chapter 27: Misfits of Science (1985)

In the fall of 1985 NBC premiered a new television show that was to have been another step in the network’s return to success in primetime television that the recently appointed Entertainment President Brandon Tartikoff had overseen.

Tartikoff had turned NBC completely around from a television network with a pitiful and embarrassing crop of shows – having only three shows in the top twenty when…

Superhero Films – Chapter 26: The Toxic Avenger (1985)

Skinny, weak, goofy Melvin is the mop boy at the happening gym in Tromaville, New Jersey – The Toxic Chemical Capital of the World.

His days consist of cleaning toilets and being picked on by a pack of arrogant vain gym rats – Slug, Julie, Wanda and Bozo who drive the streets picking off innocent pedestrians with their car. One day after their daily workout they play a particularly cruel trick on…

Superhero Films – Chapter 26: The Toxic Avenger (1985)

Skinny, weak, goofy Melvin is the mop boy at the happening gym in Tromaville, New Jersey – The Toxic Chemical Capital of the World.

His days consist of cleaning toilets and being picked on by a pack of arrogant vain gym rats – Slug, Julie, Wanda and Bozo who drive the streets picking off innocent pedestrians with their car. One day after their daily workout they play a particularly cruel trick on…

Superhero Films – Chapter 25: Supergirl (1984)

Alexander Salkind and his son Illya were really on a roll. They had taken a well-known property that strangely was sitting gathering dust and turned it into a one-two punch of a successful film and its sequel. What had once seemed like a gamble, Superman The Movie and its sequel were hits with audiences and critics.

A ‘Super Franchise’ was born.

The Salkinds took the initiative. They had replaced…

Superhero Films – Chapter 25: Supergirl (1984)

Alexander Salkind and his son Illya were really on a roll. They had taken a well-known property that strangely was sitting gathering dust and turned it into a one-two punch of a successful film and its sequel. What had once seemed like a gamble, Superman The Movie and its sequel were hits with audiences and critics.

A ‘Super Franchise’ was born.

The Salkinds took the initiative. They had replaced…

Superhero Films – Chapter 23: Superman III (1983)

Christopher Reeve returns as the Man of Steel in his third big screen adventure!

Having saved the world from General Zod, sending Lex Luthor to prison and making Lois Lane forget all about he wears a red cape when he leaves the Daily Planet, things seem to have settled down in Metropolis. That is until a new threat emerges.

Gus Gorman, an out of work citizen discovers he’s actually a computer…

Superhero Films – Chapter 23: Superman III (1983)

Christopher Reeve returns as the Man of Steel in his third big screen adventure!

Having saved the world from General Zod, sending Lex Luthor to prison and making Lois Lane forget all about he wears a red cape when he leaves the Daily Planet, things seem to have settled down in Metropolis. That is until a new threat emerges.

Gus Gorman, an out of work citizen discovers he’s actually a computer…