Peereddi
I was totally surprised at how great this film.You could feel your paranoia rise as the film went on and as you gradually learned the details of the real situation.
AnhartLinkin
This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.
Janae Milner
Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.
Taha Avalos
The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.
Fuzzy Wuzzy
Favorite Movie Quote: "The kindest thing that I ever did was not bumping you off right away, Miss Lois Lane." This classic Superman flick from 1950 contains some of the most hilarious, unintentional humour that I've ever come across. In this flick things get blown up, real good, especially trucks and cars. And with the added bonus of super-cheap special effects, it all serves to heighten every minute of the B-Grade Fun.In Atom Man Vs. Superman we find Lex Luthor (secretly Atom Man) once again blackmailing the city of Metropolis. This time Luthor threatens to destroy the entire community by carefully aiming his powerful Thermo Gun (with its suction ray) on the city's skyscrapers.Perry White, editor of The Daily Planet Newspaper, assigns Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen and Clark Kent to cover the story. Naturally, it's our hero Superman who ends up saving the day.
David Barker
Both of the Superman serials were the top grossing of all times. I read a scathing review of Kirk Alyn, which I totally disagree with completely. I saw each serial at their release. The first one at age 8, the second at age 10. All of the kids around where I lived, loved the serials. They were again as good as I remembered them when re-released on video. Kirk Alyn was my all time favorite Superman and Noel Neill my favorite all time Lois Lane. Lex Luthor as Atom Man was a great story line as well, this is my favorite all time Luthor portrayal. I did enjoy all the TV series as well, and feel George Reeves did an excellent job and Dean Cain was great as well in "Lois and Clark." Also Christopher Reeve was outstanding in his movie series. The last movie "Superman Returns" seemed to be out of character for the man of steel.
JimB-4
Now that I've seen the second of the two Superman serials, I am convinced that Kirk Alyn is the worst actor ever to don Superman's tights. He may be the worst actor to ever don tights, period. George Reeves made Superman and Clark Kent human beings in his television characterization, despite every tendency of the scripts and effects to drag him down to cartoon level. Kirk Alyn's Superman IS a cartoon, even more so than the animated Superman in the flying scenes. He simply has no reality, no thought process, no human believability, and in a fantasy character like Superman, that's fatal. He's not helped, of course, by the terrible dialog inflicted upon the actors, none of whom come within a zillion miles of their best work (and for some of them, that's saying something!). One cannot come to a serial with the expectation of seeing great art or even the believability of a popular art of which Casablanca or Gone With the Wind are examples. But the two Superman serials were complete disappointments to me, even within my limited experience of serials. The Dick Tracy serials, the Batman serials, even the John Wayne serials, seem miles ahead of these two, though I wanted very much to like them. Maybe if George Reeves had been in them.... But poor George had it rough enough. Let's not inflict these on him.
umich918
Superman vs. Atom Man is an example of the pre-TV serials that attracted kids (including me) to the movie theaters in the 1950's. This serial stays close to the theme of the original Superman, and it's lots of fun. It is better produced and directed than the other serials I faithfully watched in the 1950's at the Broadway theater in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, including one titled "The Monster and the Ape." Clark Kent has an interesting kind of split personality as he tries to conceal his identity as Superman by playing a meek reporter, but occasionally his strength comes out in spite of his efforts. And, Lois Lane (played by the beautiful Noel Neill) is fun to watch, remembering that she later played this role in the TV series. Jimmy Olsen is played by a guy who is quite different from the later actors, and seems to be a little old for the "cub reporter" job. Overall, it's great fun.