legends of the superheroes 1979 full movie

#LEGENDS OF THE SUPERHEROES 1979 FULL MOVIE MOVIE#
#LEGENDS OF THE SUPERHEROES 1979 FULL MOVIE TV#

I know that in this age of mega blockbuster superhero movies and the San Diego Comic Con, this special is a recognized disaster of the worst kind, far worse than the Batman and Robin or Catwoman films. Someone lovingly picked me up and put me to bed, vowing never to speak of this atrocity again. Putting all of the pieces together, I imagine that I watched the first half and fell asleep part way through. It’s all so bizarre that I think I can understand my lapse in memory. In reality it looked like a refugee from a muscle beach wearing a papier-mâché hawk mask and a quilt strapped to his back getting assaulted at a Citgo station. The odd thing is that in my mind this must have all been terribly exciting and action-packed. Green Lantern is tricked by Sinestro who dresses up as a fortune teller, the Batmobile breaks down and Hawkman is attacked by Solomon Grundy (masquerading as a mechanic) and strapped to the top of a car. What follows is a flurry of chicanery and bad jokes as bad actors in ill-fitting costumes wander around LA trying to find trouble, ending up looking like fools. The baddies dream up a scheme and the heroes have an hour to stop them. Sivana, Mordru, Solomon Grundy and Sinestro (unbelievably played by funny man Charlie Callas). The first is a challenge put forth by a dastardly (and entirely random) assembly of rogues The Riddler (played by Frank Gorshin), Giganta (apparently played by a transexual entertainer), the Weather Wizard, Dr. The story is actually split into two hour-long segments.

#LEGENDS OF THE SUPERHEROES 1979 FULL MOVIE TV#

It was not until I walked past a TV playing the Legends Of The Superheroes at a Boston comic book convention that the awful truth finally dawned on me. My memory was so choppy that I figured the program never aired or I fell asleep before it started or some such thing. So great was my excitement that for years I imagined that I had dreamed the odd opening sequence in which the heroes assemble to their own unique introduction… because that was all that I remembered. As I tried to communicate early on… my vision of reality was tremendously skewed, my fantasies at an all time high and the arrival of an impossible dream come true nigh. Therefore, in my young mind, the comic books depicted fictionalized adventures while the actual heroes fought crime on screen every afternoon. I took to Green Lantern, the Flash and Hawkman as they were visually intriguing yet I never imagined I would see them on screen alongside Batman!Īdding to the mystique of the TV superhero, I actually met Adam West in costume at the World of Wheels and was convinced (as no doubt was he) that he WAS BATMAN.

At the time, Justice League of America #200 (to date the finest comic ever published in my opinion) was a well read document and it introduced me to the new and old members of that time-honored crew. Part of the appeal for Legends of the Superheroes lay in the bizarre selection of characters. I clipped out the ad and stared at it every day until the fateful evening when it finally aired. A newspaper ad displayed the heroes in grainy black and white but to my eyes it was a magnificent display of herculean power.

#LEGENDS OF THE SUPERHEROES 1979 FULL MOVIE MOVIE#

The Christopher Reeves Superman movie was a major hit in my household, Super Friends was in heavy rotation on Saturday mornings and I enjoyed an ample diet of the aforementioned Batman TV program as well as the occasional cartoon. In any case, when a special two hour program aired on TV in January of 1979, I went through the roof. In fact, there is probably some comic out there where superheroes interact with folklore heroes as well as honored champions of historical importance and if so… that messed me up. In my mind Benjamin Franklin, Johnny Appleseed and Hawkman were all equally important.

I was convinced that the superheroes that I adored were godlike creatures worthy of recognition just as much as folklore and historical figures of note. I was upset when anyone laughed at the 1966 Batman TV show as I was certain my hero would never be anything to laugh at.

I had a very skewed perception of reality as a kid… I mean REALLY skewed.

Legends of the superheroes 1979 full movie