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    Episode 84.5 – Disc 2 – Off The Shelf And On The Screen

    Ryan Gallagher
    June 18, 2011

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    Disc 2 episodes are bonus / supplement episodes of The Criterion Cast. Ryan Gallagher, James McCormick & Travis George chat about the weeks new releases on DVD and Blu-ray, as well as what they’ve been watching.  ‘Off the Shelf’ runs through the week’s new releases on DVD and Blu-ray, while ‘On The Screen’ is where they discuss what they’ve been watching over the past week. This is what they recommend to you, the listeners.

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    Our next episode they will highlight and discuss Criterion # 523 Carol Reed’s 1940 film, Night Train To Munich.

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    Show Notes:

    Off The Shelf Films Discussed:

    6/7/2011 New Releases (00:30 – 28:45): True Grit, Breaking Bad Season 3, Superman Motion Picture Anthology, Green Lantern Emerald Knights, Company Men, Stuntman, Transformers: Beast Wars

    On The Screen Films Discussed:

    Travis George (28:50 – 45:00): Mortal Kombat

    James McCormick (45:00 – 57:20): The cineAWESOME Podcast, LA Noire

    Ryan Gallagher (57:20-1:20:30): The Tree Of Life, Gnomeo and Juliet, I Am Number 4

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    • The Krypton return is in the deleted scenes of “Superman Returns”.  All the other extras were in that tin set from 2006/07.

      I get the nostalgia argument.  “Superman: The Movie” is dated to its time in many ways.  But it is also a timeless portrayal, thanks to Christopher Reeve.  Remember that generations before only had the comics, the 40s Fleischer cartoons, the 40s movie serial, the 1950s tv series, and the Super Friends.  And the 1960s Batman series really defined for people how a comic book character should be on the big screen.  This movie was a serious take; I think it works.

      Watch the progression of the Christopher Reeve Superman movies from 1 to 4.  The wheels go off the track partly in II, are completely off in III, and IV is just plain sad.  Richard Donner is the one who kept the “verisimilitude” as he puts it.

      I don’t know; we need a new Superman movie that steps it up, like Nolan outdoing Burton.  Don’t know about Zach Snyder though…

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