Ever since I first got my current computer and went online for the first time, I have been keeping a eye on the release of the Superman DVD. For the first three or four months I joined many Superman sites in pleading Warner Bros. to release this classic onto DVD, but these efforts were to no avail. I don't even know if they are even considering it to be released on DVD.

Warner Brothers ARE doing Superman DVD. It's in the early stages of production right now and there is a BIG reason for its delay.

Simply put, it's the print. We're talking one AWFUL rotten print of the movie here, it's totally washed out beyond belief, horrible to say the least and Warner are investing a lot of $$$'s to get it re-mastered. Take the delicacy used to re-master the Star Wars Trilogy and multiply it by 50! That's really the kind of daunting challenge that lies ahead of the studio here. To top this off, once the print is cleaned up, they'll then go on to master an anamorphic version.

Now, the above probs with the print mean we're in for a long wait, and we wont see the disc until late 2000 at the earliest! But, "good things come to those who wait" as they say, and the DVD is promised to be a good thing.

Richard Donner is already involved, he too wants it to be special and is ensuring everything is done right. Last I heard he was deciding if they should restore a mass of deleted scenes into the film, or just have them as supplements, or possibly have them available as both (using a branching feature that Stargate: Special Ed DVD has just used, allowing the viewer to select if the wanna watch the directors cut or theatrical cut on the same sid of the disc, with seamless intigration of deleted footage into the movie).

Also, they plan to re-master the sound and present the DVD in 5.1 (or 6.1, depending hoe THX EX takes of in the home *first 6.1 dvds are Austin Powers 2 and The Haunting*). On top of this too, there are many keen on doing a commentary, including Christopher Reeve. And yes, even an Isolated score is bening considered.

Whatever the case, as I said, it's a looooooooooong way off, but when it comes it should be awesome.

Hope I was of some help,

I have been out of the "support Superman DVD" scene for two years now....but thanks for updating the information.

It's sort of beyond me, however, to say that Superman's print's deteroiation is the reason the DVD is not available yet. To me, that's a load of BS on Warner Brothers' part. Why? It was their fault to begin with! Star Wars came out only a year earlier than Superman, and yet Star Wars has received more and better treatment than Superman. Why? Money. So Lucas and his masterminds at LucasFilms have kept the prints of the Trilogy in relatively workable condition, but Warner Brothers just let Superman sit and rot?! There have certainly been other WB movies released before Superman which were released on DVD. There is no excuse.

I sound blunt and harsh because Superman is the one cultural icon that gets tossed around like a joke. Everybody respects Star Wars, but when most people think of Superman the first thing they say is how ridiculous he is wearing his underwear on the outside.

If it wasn't for Superman, there wouldn't have been Saturday morning adventure serials, and there wouldn't have been Star Wars or anything of the kind. Most importantly, Superman is the embodiment of ideals, like Truth and Justice, and it seems to me most people have forgotten he was created to inspire during the pre-war days of World War II.

The thing is, THEY did it, they fixed it just in time. With Superman they're a bit too late, which is why its in really shi**y condition. Looks like they can pull it off though.