The humor didn’t quite click for me, but I did enjoy other parts including Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, the John Williams score, and a well-presented Superman mythos including his first time-travel rebellion against the don’t-mess-with-history edict of Jor-El.

As for the actual time travel, I had always assumed that the Man of Steel time traveled as he always did, via high speed, but in the extended edition of the movie, Donner states: “And he stops the world. And now it’s actually going backwards. Which means, none of this actually happens.” Is that right? Does he reverse the spin of the Earth? CJ Moseley has more to say on the matter over at the Time Travel Nexus.
—Michael Main
Jonathan Kent: My son, there is one thing I know, and that is that you are here for a reason.

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  1. Superman by Mario Puzo et al. , directed by Richard Donner (premiered at an unknown movie theater, Washington, D.C., 10 December 1978).
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Mario Puzo
    David Newman
    Leslie Newman
    Robert Benton
    Tom Mankiewicz [uncredited]
    Mario Puzo (story)
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . directed by RIchard Donner
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . created by Jerry Siegel
    Joe Shuster

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  1. Credit: Superman character created by Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster