"Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman" All Shook Up (1994)

User Rating:

7.6/10   

Director:

Félix Enríquez Alcalá

Writers:

Jackson Gillis (story)
Bryce Zabel (teleplay)

TV Series:

"Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman" (1993)

Original Air Date:

2 January 1994 (Season 1, Episode 12)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Romance | Sci-Fi

Plot:

An asteroid is headed for earth and it becomes Superman's mission to stop the impending disaster. He...

Plot Keywords:

Superman | 1990s | Shrinking | Kryptonite | Superhero

Cast

Dean Cain	...	Clark Kent / Superman
Teri Hatcher	...	Lois Lane
Lane Smith	...	Perry White
Michael Landes	...	Jimmy Olsen
Tracy Scoggins	...	Catherine 'Cat' Grant
Eddie Jones	...	Jonathan Kent
K Callan	...	Martha Kent
John Shea	...	Lex Luthor
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Richard Belzer	...	Inspector Henderson
Matt Clark	...	Homeless Man
Rick Fitts	...	Frank Madison
Jenifer Lewis	...	Mystique
J.A. Preston	...	General Zeitlin
Richard Roat	...	Professor Stephen Daitch
David Sage	...	John Cosgrove
Shaun Toub	...	Asabi

Trivia:

Remake of the "Panic in the Sky" episode of "Adventures of Superman." A number of sequences and specific shots intentionally emulated the old episode.

Quotes:

Mystique: Often the recently dead are rattled by the experience.

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Truly terrible remake of "Panic in the Sky" from "The Adventures of Superman".The story, which concerns an asteroid heading toward Metropolis, is stretched out to an hour (from a half hour) and as a result, is incredibly padded, with scenes that are pointless and do nothing to advance the story, such as one when a co-worker of Kent goes to confession because she feels guilt over taking advantage of his amnesia in seducing him. The episode is very soap-opera like, with the asteroid as a back drop. In the original, the asteroid was the focal point of the story. Not here, however. Funny, I always thought that a remake was supposed to improve on the original. Wouldn't you think that at the time they made this the people involved might have watched what they produced and seen how bad it was? Or, did they think it was good, (in which case they should have been fired)Just goes to show that in this age of FX, its still all about the writing, acting and direction. Also, why did they change the title of the episode, and why does it not say, "based on Panic in the Sky", at the start of the episode? Do yourself a favor and watch the original instead with George Reeves, The real Superman!