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Is there any hard evidence as to what year(s) "Superman: The Movie" (1978) occur(s)?
I believe the film was intended to be set in 1978. We can work this out using a few data points given within the original film.
Firstly, according to Jor-El (or his AI simulation, or whatever it was), ...
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Do Kryptonians breathe?
The evidence suggests Kryptonians do need to breathe...
... some of the time, at least.
Restricting myself to evidence from the older movies only, in Superman: The Movie (1978), when Luthor shoves ...
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How long was Kal-El learning in the Fortress of Solitude?
The 1978 movie deviated substantially from the original comics in this regard.
In the original comics, Clark became Superman before he built the Fortress of Solitude. In fact, in the Silver Age ...
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In Superman (1978), did two Supermen exist at one point in time?
There is really no narratively consistent way to explain what happens, since the movies shows two different and contradictory sets of events happening to Lois Lane on that country road. In one ...
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Is there a picture of Lex Luthor's desk from the "Superman" movie?
This page has some images (click to enlarge).
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What are the spinning circles that form the barrier that holds Zod and his minions called in the '78 Superman movie?
The script describes them as "luminous Spinning Rings".
EFECTS: The luminous Spinning Rings (c.f. Part I) descend and encircle the villainous trio, imprisoning them like a magical lasso in
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Do Kryptonians breathe?
Kryptonians breathe and Krypton has an atmosphere.
This image shows the haze of the Kryptonian atmosphere. In an airless world such as Earth's moon, this haze would not exist.
Jor-El himself says ...
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Is there a picture of Lex Luthor's desk from the "Superman" movie?
Yes
Here are some screenshots from movie-screencaps.com. You can see a front shot and a back shot, although the desk is covered in Lex's evil doings, including used orange paper cups.
Really the ...
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Do Kryptonians breathe?
In the 1978 Superman movies, Kryptonians do not need air and don't need to breathe to survive.
Zod, Ursa and Non all walk, talk and survive in the zero atmosphere of the Moon.
The talking part is ...
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How did Superman turn back time in the first movie?
Special Relativity's misinterpretation
According to Special Relativity's Theory, the faster you go, slower your proper time is, and if you reach v=c, then dt=0.
One could think that if you go ...
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