Second viewing; first viewing of the director's cut. Previously viewed between 1984 and 1986.
Freely based on the comics character and stories created by Otto Binder and designed by Al Plastino, and first published in 1959, which interacted with and/or referenced earlier characters and stories of the Superman universe created by Jerry Siegel and designed by Joe Shuster, first published in 1938.
A spherical object which is the only power source for an artificial environment in a distant planet is accidentally ejected into space, and lands on Earth. One of the inhabitants of that faraway planet, a female humanoid, goes after it. The object is found and seized by a witch. A battle between the two women ensues.
Comic fantasy with lots of special effects and elaborate sets. The silly plot has elements from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Snow White, and whatnot, and the filmmakers managed to combine visual appeal and verbal wit to a fair extent. Frankly, I found it a little tiresome, but not as bad as I had perceived it to be on my first viewing, which may have to do to a certain extent with the differences in the versions seen then and now.
Rating: 34 (up from 12)
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