Supergirl (DVD, 2006, Unrated Edition)

My favorite tv show is Smallville in which the DC Comic character named: Supergirl is returning to the Smallville's tenth season and final season of Smallville. Supergirl: Special Edition is a movie that does not follow the DC Comics. There is Witch Craft, Phantom Zone, Monsters, Love and more including Marc A. McClure which play as Jimmy Olsen in the Superman movies with Christopher D'Olier Reeve is in this movie. I first saw this movie back in the 1980s before I was ten years old and I love the flying for it is better than the Superman movies starring Christopher D'Olier Reeve. I love this version of the Supergirl's outfit for it is my favorite better than her outfit in the 1990s' Superman the Animated Series. The best acting came from Supergirl, Ethan and Jimmy everybody else acting is crap. Rent it for it is the only Supergirl movie for now and to see the story. Smallville's tenth and final season will start in September 2010.

I owned the VHS from years ago, this new version includes 20+ mins. of extra footage not seen in the US before! Great movie for the whole family, a must see!

Helen Slater was the Star of the SUPERGIRL Movie... Which Was Based on the Comic Book Title

Helen, born in 1963, was the star of the 1984 theatrical movie 'Supergirl'.

She is known as an actress and a singer-songwriter. Helen attended Manhattan's School of Performing Arts, graduating in 1982. (Today she is an accomplished pianist with two solo albums in 2004 & 2005.)


Within months of her graduating, she attended auditions for an upcoming spin-off movie of the famous Superman (1978) film franchise. The film was to be shot in the United Kingdom at the Pinewood studios, where the first Superman films were filmed. .

After being the first to audition for the Supergirl role she won it. Although the Supergirl film received mixed reviews at its opening, most critics were impressed with her abilities to perform the role. In fact, most critics thought that she did a better job at keeping her secret identity, (a mousy school girl), than Christopher Reeve did as Clark Kent!

Personally, I just couldn't get into this movie when I first saw it. Marc McClure reprised his role as Jimmy Olsen in this film as he had in Superman, but something was missing.... maybe Superman in a cameo??

Faye Dunaway was over the top as the primary villain in the movie, and the movie did not pull good reviews or box office money. The movie is technically of the same series that Christopher Reeves did as Superman from 1978 -1987 but is usually not included in any boxed sets of the movies.

This movie didn't hold up well to time. Also, I just didn't buy the whole concept of Supergirl being up against a witch. Was there any magic in the original comic series? I guess I was very surprised by this. In any event, this movie would win no awards today. The plot was very thin and the part about Supergirl getting kissed and then practicing... well can anyone say 70's after school special?

We had to purchase this disc for our home collection of Superman related movies. We have the collectable tin Superman I-V, Superman Returns, as well Smallville and Lois & Clark.
The movie starts off slow & grinds to a painful halt with less super effects than even Superman III (loser of a movie!). They did so little with this movie it's hard to believe it was from the same folks that gave us Superman I & II.
IF I didn't need to have it for the collection, it would be listed on my items for sale today...