SUMMARY: RUNNING TIME: 7:58 Min.
Presented by A Price Production, this fan-produced video was posted on September 13, 2019. Imagine this: at the Fortress of Solitude, Christopher Reeve’s Superman poignantly views a crystallized flashback of his doomed parents sending his rocket to safety from Krypton. Upon the Kryptonian elders defying Darth Vader, the Death Star destroys the planet.
In the present-day, with his flashback interrupted, Superman ominously senses that Earth is an approaching Death Star’s next target. The legendary Man of Steel must then face the Death Star’s immense firepower and even Darth Vader in galactic combat in hopes of defending Earth.
This video splices together footage of Reeve from his four Superman films, as well as lifted footage of Marlon Brando, Susannah York, and ‘Krypton’s elders’ from the first Superman. Taken from Star Wars, Episode IV: A New Hope, there is footage of David Prowse & James Earl Jones as Darth Vader, plus Peter Cushing’s cameo as Governor Tarkin.
The familiar score is borrowed from original composers John Williams and (from Superman II) Ken Thorne. As necessary, project editor Aaron Price, incorporates new special effects, voice-overs, and insert shots of the Death Star’s weapons control system.
Editor / Supplemental Voice Acting: Aaron Price
Supplemental Voice Acting: Jim Bowers
3D Superman Modeling: Mike Harjan
REVIEW:
Given its limitations, this fan project is a superb homage to both the Superman and Star Wars franchises. Aaron Price’s vivid imagination and hard work is a welcome alternative to the dreck viewers were subjected to in Reeve’s last two Superman films. Definitely well-played!
BRIAN’S ODD MOON RATING: 8 Stars
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