Todd’s Movie Blog

People who read my Serial blog are going to be a bit surprised about my review over here for Jake Rosen’s new book Superman vs. Hollywood, that chronicles all of the behind the scenes conflicts involved in getting the character adapted to other mediums.  At my serial site I made some pretty snarky remarks about the book, but that was because as a serial fan the book gives scant new insight to the serials and most of what is put down I could find in any of several serial reference books I already own.  But on the flip side, if you are a movie or Superman fan this book is a must have.  It is a fascinating read detailing triumphs and tragedies surrounding the Christopher Reeve and Brandon Routh films.  These two productions make up almost half of the 300 page narrative,  with individual chapters also dedicated to the different TV shows done over the years, which is nice considering that in the documentary Look Up in the Sky, that chronicle the character’s history, gave short thrift to the syndicated Superboy series and Dean Cain’s still popular series Lois and Clark.  Heck the guy even does justice to the Superman musical, a difficult feat indeed.