Mark Pillow and Terence Stamp

[Cobblepot4Mayor]

Thought some would like to read this. An interview (at last!) with Mark Pillow (Nuclear Man). http://uk.movies.yahoo.com/what-happened-to-superman-iv%E2%80%99s-nuclear-man--153703667.html

Always wanted to hear his opinions and see what he looks like today (pic included). Was disappointed when he was not apart of "The Cinematic Saga of Superman" documentary in 2006. Those who have seen that may remember the tiny credit stating "every attempt had been made to interview both him and director Richard Lester". Would like to know the ins and outs of why those interviews couldn't be achieved. I felt the later parts of that documentary, great as it was anyway, were a hugely missed opportunity. Would liked a lot more focus on the three sequels than more retreading of the history of the original movie.

Also a very funny incident reported by yahoo of Terence Stamp confronting several Superman fans over their disappointment towards "Man of Steel" lol Great stuff, would love to have seen their faces at the sound of that booming Zod voice Stamp has http://uk.movies.yahoo.com/terence-stamp-interrupts-man-of-steel-conversation-in-cinema-toilet-113524601.html

[The Laughing Fish]

Slightly off-topic, Richard Donner said that Marlon Brando wanted Jor-El to be depicted as a green, floating bagel. And Terrence Stamp said Brando had a reputation for not reading scripts when he signed on to star in films. 

[Cobblepot4Mayor]

Slightly off-topic, Richard Donner said that Marlon Brando wanted Jor-El to be depicted as a green, floating bagel. And Terrence Stamp said Brando had a reputation for not reading scripts when he signed on to star in films. 

Iyla Salkind came off very well on the 2006 dvd boxset. I liked his reactions to Marlon Brando's oddities saying he was gonna hide in a cave while the film bombed and all that. Or saying if the film had truly flopped he'd probably still be driving a taxi through the rainforest's of Central America and becoming part of some kind of tribe lol Very funny man with an eccentric and entertaining outlook on the movies.

I was touched by his personal need to shed better light on his late father's work in making the movies since the Salkind's have been tainted (wrongly now in my view) as being "the real super villains" of the movies due to all this Donner business. It was nice to finally get both sides of the story rather than the biased 2001 dvd release that didn't quite look at all the facts when you look back on it now. I think what the Salkind's did in financing the films themselves in an age when comic book movies hadn't quite been invented yet was a pretty remarkable and brave feat.

[The Laughing Fish]

I should get my hands on that Cinematic Saga of Superman documentary - I've been under the impression that the Salkinds were responsible for undermining the quality of Superman films. Am I wrong to suggest that maybe both parties - Salkinds and Donner - were both at fault? Because that would explain how uneven Superman II as a story is.