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Supermen Dönüyor

  • 1979
  • 1h 7m
IMDb RATING
3.5/10
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Supermen Dönüyor (1979)
SuperheroAdventureFantasySci-Fi

Unofficial Turkish remake of Superman (1978)Unofficial Turkish remake of Superman (1978)Unofficial Turkish remake of Superman (1978)

  • Director
    • Kunt Tulgar
  • Writer
    • Necdet Tok
  • Stars
    • Tayfun Demir
    • Güngör Bayrak
    • Yildirim Gencer
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    3.5/10
    726
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Kunt Tulgar
    • Writer
      • Necdet Tok
    • Stars
      • Tayfun Demir
      • Güngör Bayrak
      • Yildirim Gencer
    • 11User reviews
    • 29Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Tayfun Demir
    • Tayfun…
    Güngör Bayrak
    • Alev
    Yildirim Gencer
    Yildirim Gencer
    • Ekrem
    Esref Kolçak
    Esref Kolçak
    • Prof. Çetinel
    Nejat Özbek
    • Haydar
    Rasit Hazar
    Seref Çokseker
    • Tayfun's Earth Mother
    Reha Yurdakul
    Reha Yurdakul
    • Tayfun's Earth Father
    Ekrem Dümer
    • Professor's colleague #1
    Renan Fosforoglu
    Renan Fosforoglu
    Ahmet Açan
    • Professor's colleague #2
    Turgut Özatay
    Turgut Özatay
    • Thug with red jacket on the train
    Oktar Durukan
    Oktar Durukan
    • Thug
    Baki Tamer
    Baki Tamer
    Kudret Karadag
    Kudret Karadag
    • Thug
    Sirri Elitas
    • Thug
    Niyazi Gökdere
    Zeki Sezer
    • Professor's colleague #3
    • Director
      • Kunt Tulgar
    • Writer
      • Necdet Tok
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    1jrd_73

    Fans of bad movies take note; everyone else avoid

    Several years ago there was a news story about a group of children who made a re-enactment of The Raiders of the Lost Ark. Turkey's The Return of Superman is a spiritual cousin to the "film" those kids made. This is adults playacting in front of a camera.

    There is so much wrong with the Return of Superman that one feels overwhelmed. Let us start with the special effects, which could have been in a film from the nineteen tens! The flying scenes consist of a toy on strings with bad rear projection behind it. Need more? The audience is treated to the sight of an attempt to kill Superman via a cardboard guillotine. We get fight scenes where the punches clearly fall several inches from the victim's face. Finally, in the film's most mouth dropping scene, the villains get the female journalist to pull over by shooting out one of her tires. However, this is accomplished by some poor schmuck hiding in the trunk of her car who leans far enough out of the trunk to do the dastardly deed. The mind boggles at the film's sub-Ed Wood ineptitude.

    The film is not helped by either the script or the cast. The plot mostly consists of people running here and there, the Lois Lane stand in getting kidnapped, and Superman rescuing her. There are no super villains for Superman to fight, so the threat is minor. What happens if the villains get a machine that turns things into gold? Who cares!

    Finally, one must address the casting of an actor even worse than Henry Cavill for the role of the caped crusader. The inexpressive Tayfun Demir plays Superman as if he was just some guy in a cape. Demir's one asset is apparently that he is tall enough to fit into the suit.

    If all of this sounds amusing to a reader, then he or she might get some laughs out of the film, but I didn't. Even at sixty-eight minutes The Return of Superman feels tedious. This is Manos, the Hands of Fate territory. The 1994 Fantastic Four film is better! If you groove on this type of anti-cinema, knock yourself out, but you have been warned.
    ville-5

    Superbad

    Yes, this film is so bad in so many ways it's hilarious.

    I don't want to delve to the already mentioned special effect or the craptastic actors / editing / everything. Suffice it to say that this film excels in absolutely nothing and looks more of a home video filmed probably in the film makers' homes and offices with zero budget.

    What interests me more was the blatant disregard for copyrights: Not just the use of Superman character, but also the soundtrack which consisted of the original Superman theme with a couple themes ripped from James Bond films. The best part (for me) was the use of Giorgio Moroder's Oscar-winning theme from "Midnight Express", a film which portrayed Turks in a bad light. Were the film makers unaware of that and they just liked the song? Funny, whatever the answer is! If copyrights were not a problem, why didn't they just show a bootleg and dub it in Turkish? Of course the original didn't have actors with Turkish amounts of mustache, but I can't really come up with other reasons.

    This film also raises the questions whether it had wide release in Turkey, what did Turks think of it (then and now), and whether it was aimed for children - little kids' films can be flimsy efforts and some of the criticism would thus be moot.
    1terri-156

    Another turkey from Turkey

    Turkish filmmakers, it seems, have little respect for copyright laws. They tend to rip off Hollywood blockbusters with no compunction, yet what results is reminiscent of what Jack Black and pals threw together in "Be Kind, Rewind."

    "Supermen donuyor" (Superman Returns), filmed not long after the first Christopher Reeve epic, retells the familiar story of the Man of Steel, here played by an actor who looks like Charlie Sheen with acromegaly. Krypton, and its place in space, is represented by undisguised Christmas-tree ornaments. Clark Kent, here called Tayfun (pronounced Typhoon), tearfully parts with his adoptive parents after he finds a sea-green paperweight and, in a cave, discovers the spirit of his dad Jor-el (played by an actor dressed like Marlon Brando in "Superman: The Movie"), who informs Tayfun he is ready to fulfill his destiny as Superman, complete with the wisdom of Solomon, strength of Hercules... wait a minute, folks, you've got your Shazam in my Superman! Tayfun suddenly finds himself in the familiar Super-uniform (looking spectacularly un-buff) and takes for the sky. Oh boy, does he! I can't contain my laughter as his flight is represented by a Superman doll dangling in front of a rear projection screen.

    Mild mannered Clark, er, Tayfun finds employment at what is apparently the Istanbul Daily Planet, attempting to get to first base with Lois, er, Alev, while using his X-ray vision to check out the underwear of random ladies in the hall. The while, a downright colorless villain plots to steal the "Krypton stone" (what they call Kryptonite) and use it in a machine that transforms objects into gold. Said stone, in possession of a scientist (who happens to be Lois/Alev's father), is identical to the paperweight Tayfun has.

    I won't spoil it for you - this must be seen to be disbelieved.

    Forget about "Sweded" films - I love 'em "Turked"!
    7Zbigniew_Krycsiwiki

    Not to be confused with 1980 or 1987 *musical* Superman

    Gang of thugs are after the mysterious piece of green, glowing rock known as "Krypton stone", which is the last remaining piece of Planet Krypton, and which this film tells us can turn any ordinary metal into gold when used in the correct formula. It's up to 1979 Turkish Superman (in a surprisingly well made costume) to foil their plans.

    1979 Turkish Superman is technically inept, and obviously filmed on no budget, (the opening uses Christmas lights and decorations against black curtains to simulate planet Krypton and deep space, while an off-screen narrator tells us what we've missed: "gasses that mixed suddenly caused explosions and wiped it out of the Universe.") and that's a shame, because I think this film has the best story out of the trio of Superman ripoffs I've watched lately. It has a fun, Z- movie vibe to it, which elevates it, and at only 65 minutes, it's over and done with quickly, compared to the other films' 123, and 135 minutes run time. Toward the end, there is also a good showdown on a viaduct, a confrontation which results in one of the villains plunging to his death.

    Tayfun Demir does fairly well as Turkish Superman, he has a good build, and handles himself well in the action scenes, intently staring at people with his cold, piercing blue/ grey eyes, before kicking massive amounts of ass. Seriously, this guy seems more like The Terminator, than Superman, and he looks a lot like B.J.Turner, from 1988's Scarecrows.

    I genuinely enjoyed this one, and not in a "so bad it's good" way.
    olcaykakici

    Turkish Versions

    Really don't know why they are "trying to" copy the originals but it was very common in Turkish cinema.

    I didn't have the opportunity to watch this "SUPERMEN" but frankly I have to see it. I know for sure that it will almost look, sound and feel like crap when I watch it.

    Also there is another one. The copy of "The Woman In Red" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088414/) was shot by us (Turks). In fact, I have to tell the truth, I almost liked our version better. Again it was a copy but some of the scenes and especially the attitudes of people has been made compatible with our culture. This way, it feels closer if you are a cheater or have been cheated :) (I still know that it is disrespectful to the original)

    Anyhow, the "SUPERMEN" is E.T. living in Metropolis and a comic hero which anyone even shouldn't try to apply for other locations or origins. I have seen many movies (but not this one) similar to this copy and they are mostly full of dirt.

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    • Trivia
      According to Kunt Tulgar, he advised the actor who played the Turkish version of Jor-El to join his upper lip so as not to show his lack of teeth. The actor refused to do simply by saying "But I am an alien from another planet."
    • Connections
      Featured in David Walliams' Awfully Good: Awfully Good Movies (2011)
    • Soundtracks
      Theme from Superman (Main Title)
      (uncredited)

      from Superman (1978)

      Written and Conducted by John Williams

      Performed by London Symphony Orchestra

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    • Release date
      • 1979 (Turkey)
    • Country of origin
      • Turkey
    • Language
      • Turkish
    • Also known as
      • El retorno de Superman
    • Production company
      • Kunt Film
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      1 hour 7 minutes
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