Us superhero movie geeks owe more than a bit to 1978's Richard Donner feature film
Superman. Prior to this movie, superheroes had been relegated to forgotten TV movies, serials, a handful of
Zorro movies and a single theatrical movie based on the 1960's Adam West
Batman TV show. Though it would take another decade (with Tim Burton's
Batman) before another non-Superman superhero movie would find similar success, this iteration of Superman had opened the door for other costumed characters to enter multiplexes across the world and tell their heroic tales in a larger-than-life visual medium.
