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Posted by Brian Hendel (Member # 61) on February 01, 2012, 08:56 PM:

I have the opportunity to but the three reel Superman and was wondering if any one can briefly report how the editing is... and if it's worth getting since I already have the 400'... also how is the color on the prints... Thanks.

Posted by Winbert Hutahaean (Member # 58) on February 02, 2012, 01:31 AM:

Brian..... It is very nice edit than 400'. You will get the entire movie. But as far as I remember you need to keep the 400' one. The reason because the last scene on 3 x 400 is not Superman taking the bad guys into the jail which this can be taken from 400' s last scene.

Posted by Carter Bradley (Member # 984) on February 02, 2012, 08:53 AM:

This is correct. You may edit the last scene from your 400' version onto the 3X400' version and therefore have an additional scene and some nice credits.

Posted by Oemer Yalinkilic (Member # 86) on February 02, 2012, 10:59 AM:

I have the german version (3x400 and also the 1x400).
I keep them seperate, because the color of 1x400 is a little bit better.
And I like the 1x400 version more than the longer version.

Oemer

Posted by Winbert Hutahaean (Member # 58) on February 02, 2012, 11:07 AM:

Hi Oemer, I am curios to know how can you like 400' better than 3 x 400'. Certainly you are free to have your own opinion

But for me this is an action packed movie where there are many not-to-related segments which we can enjoy individually (i.e Baby Superman, Clark at College, Clark at Daily Post, Clark is in love, Superman saves the world, Superman catches the bad guys, etc, etc).

In my opinion the 400' covers them all but due to time constraints, everything becomes too short.

But well, that is my own opinion.

BTW the color of my 3 parter (from UFA, Germany) is just the same like my 400' from Warner (USA), it is on Kodak SP with brownish tone. I don't know if AGFA or Fuji stock have ever been used.

Posted by Jean-Marc Toussaint (Member # 270) on February 02, 2012, 01:46 PM:

Making Superman even more super...

Posted by Winbert Hutahaean (Member # 58) on February 02, 2012, 02:12 PM:

Yeah...that's it.

Now I know why my 3x400' (transferred to 1200') is a bit splicey. Perhaps the previous owner also had done surgery like you did.

But to be honest it makes me more enjoying the entire reels.

And as you said JM, this is a hobby, and we need to sacrifice time ....and money! [Wink]

Posted by Oemer Yalinkilic (Member # 86) on February 02, 2012, 03:43 PM:

Hi Winbert, it is only my personal opinion and maybe you understand it better, if you know that collecting of Super 8 prints is more nostalgic childhood memories for me than watching a movie. If I like a movie so much, than I try to find a 35mm print of this movie or maybe a 16mm print or in worse case a S8 full feature in original aspect ratio.
Ok, if you collect only S8 its another view.
In the 70´s I was a big comic fan and Superman was my favorite Superhero. I watched in 1979 the Superman Movie 9 times at the cinema. As the 400 version was released get a friend of mine this and I beg him each time to screen this.
I bought the 400 and the 3x400 versions few years ago and the color on the 1x 400 version is better so I like more to watch the short version. It is like a very long Trailer.
I have on 35mm the full credits of Superman 2 on Fuji stock and I screened this few days ago and I can tell you this is much better. It is Cinemascope and the color is better than all the S8 versions I have.
I like also to watch the one parter, because it is very well edited and it is a good memory of the time in 1979.
Oemer

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