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Hey everyone! Welcome to the 35th edition of my Bad Movie Tweet-A-Thon series. As you already know last month here on SuperMarcey.com, I said that this edition was going to be a special Christmas themed one in honour this month. I posted up poll with three bad movies that were produced by the Cannon Group and I said that whichever one out of those three films had the highest votes, I would watch and live-tweet for this column. Well, the votes are in and you all have spoken.  For this special Cannon Group themed 35th instalment of Bad Movie Tweet-A-Thon, you guys wanted me to watch and live-tweet… SUPERMAN IV: THE QUEST FOR PEACE! Is this really the worst SUPERMAN film of all time? Why didn’t anyone think it was a bad idea for Cannon Films to produced this sequel? Read on and find out! Enjoy!

Bede @BedeJermyn

I know I’ve said this many times before but I’m going say it again, is too late for *not* watch this film? #SupermanIV

Yep, it’s official. No superhero film score will ever be as awesome as the SUPERMAN theme. It always feels so inspiring. #SupermanIV

A Cannon Group production. Yep, just that credit alone pretty much tells you what the quality of this fil is going to be. #SupermanIV

Man, these opening credits look so cheep. There like something that you would use on Windows Movie Maker. #SupermanIV

These credits are going on way longer than they should be. #SupermanIV

From the producers of DEATH WISH II, THE TEXAS CHAINSAW 2 and BREAKIN’ 2: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO comes… SUPERMAN IV!!! #SupermanIV

I like how the Russian astronaut’s singing does even match the movement of his lips. #SupermanIV

You know what? I like that the Oscar-winning film GRAVITY was based on this opening astronaut scene from SUPERMAN IV. #SupermanIV

Yeah, I’m sorry but if a very large satellite smashed right into an astronaut, I’m pretty sure he would be dead. #SupermanIV

You know how that these astronauts are Russians even before they start speaking? ‘Cause everything in there shuttle in red #SupermanIV

Here we go! Some stick footage of Superman flying has come to save the day! Yeah! #SupermanIV

Thanks GRAVITY. Every time I watch an old film that has scene set space in it, I’m going to find it inaccurate ’cause sound doesn’t travel through space #SupermanIV

You know if these scene were happening in real life, the Russian astronauts wouldn’t able to hear what Superman is saying. #SupermanIV

Yeah, what is the point of these scene were Superman goes back to Smallville? There’s absolutely no reason for it at all. #SupermanIV

Ummm… Where’s that Lara voice over coming from? Is coming from that ship or is all in Superman’s head? #SupermanIV

I’m sorry, Lara. You don’t need to tell us about where Superman came from. We already know about this a few movies ago. #SupermanIV

Yeah, this voice over is pretty pointless too. #SupermanIV

So is that power module from Superman’s ship make out of Kryptonite or is something else entirely? I’m really confused. #SupermanIV

Who is this Mr. Hornsby and why have we never seen him before until now? #SupermanIV

Geez, Clark’s glasses are really big. No wonder no one can recognise him as Superman when they’re bigger than his entire head. #SupermanIV

I like how Mr. Hornsby just takes the baseball glove but he doesn’t brother to take both the ball and bat with him as well. #SupermanIV

I hope there is an resolution to this ‘Clark selling the family home’ subplot. ‘Cause I’ll be very annoyed if there isn’t one. #SupermanIV

Meanwhile at an 1920’s prison compound… #SupermanIV

Once again Gene Hackman defies the classic design of the character by having hair instead of going bald. Figures. #SupermanIV

Yep, when I think of an actor to play a bag guy in a SUPERMAN film, I totally think of Jon Cryer. #SupermanIV

What the hell is Jon Cryer wearing? It’s like he’s dressed up as an Academy Award. #SupermanIV

Yeah, I’m sorry. How on earth did those two prison guards survived that car crash? That impact should have killed them both. #SupermanIV

Why does Lex Luthor’s prisoner outfit look exactly like the Hamburgler’s? #SupermanIV

Man, that is some of the worst ‘slumping over from a heart attack’ acting I’ve ever seen from that Train Driver. #SupermanIV

I like how the people on subway don’t even react when Superman flies pass them. #SupermanIV

Okay, Superman. You don’t have to be a loud-speaker for subway safety. It feels out of place. #SupermanIV

Muriel Hemingway’s jacket is so… Sparkly. It’s looks like that made out of the skin of Edward Cullen. #SupermanIV

I think the really battle of this film is who is wearing the bigger glasses: Christopher Reeve or Muriel Hemingway. #SupermanIV

Ah, Lois. I think if your plan to give Muriel Hemingway’s reasons *not* to date Clark, you’re doing a bad job of it. #SupermanIV

I like how that teacher just turns off the TV while the President addressing the nation after like 10 seconds. #SupermanIV

Man, the kids in this class have some really ugly-looking mullets. That’s the ’80s for ya. #SupermanIV

Oh, man. The outfits that both Lex and his nephew are wearing get more and more hilarious as the film goes on. #SupermanIV

So… If Superman’s hair is so strong that it can lift a 1,000lb ball, how can Lex easily cut through it with bolt cutters? #SupermanIV

Why yes, Muriel Hemingway. I suppose you could get a guy interested in you by lying back seductively on your office table. #SupermanIV

Why would any woman fall in love with Clark Kent? He’s such a great big nerd. #SupermanIV

What the hell type of coat is Muriel Hemingway is wearing now?! It’s look like a cheap window curtain! #SupermanIV

Headline: “Superman says ‘drop dead’ to kid!” Actually it was the Zack Snyder’s Superman who said that to the kid. *Ba-da-dis* #SupermanIV

I just saw a giant Pepsi machine in the background at the Daily Planet. Geez, even they were doing product placement back then. #SupermanIV

Well, it’s that pointless Lara voice over again. #SupermanIV

Geez, for an alien race that’s suppose to be dead, that doesn’t stop Kryptonians from giving Superman advice on Earth matters. #SupermanIV

I’m surprised that the Wizard of Oz isn’t one of the Krypton Elders. #SupermanIV

Why does Lois’ pink dress look like a nightgown? #SupermanIV

Oh, Clark Kent. You’re such an attempted murderer. #SupermanIV

Sure Lois is happy that Superman saved her, but she doesn’t seem that Clark may have died from the fall. #SupermanIV

I suppose it doesn’t matter since Clark did try to murder her. Superman/Clark has a twisted sense of humour. #SupermanIV

Man, the special effects in this sequel look so cheap. #SupermanIV

Oh, dear God! Superman tried to murder Lois. Again! The Superman in this film is a sociopath! #SupermanIV

Ahh… Why has Lois gone all frozen and stuff after kissing Superman? This is just bizarre. #SupermanIV

Yeah, I’m pretty sure in the time when Superman and Lois were flying around the world, they would have missed the ball. #SupermanIV

Oh, man. This United Nations scene is so full of cultural stereotypes. #SupermanIV

It’s funny how the ‘S’ symbol on the back of Superman’s coat looks like it’s going to fall off ’cause of badly stitched it is. #SupermanIV

The U.S. and Russia must not have been on Superman’s side after his speech ’cause they’re STILL firing nuclear weapons. #SupermanIV

Oh, my God. Oscar winner actor Jim Broadbent is one of the bad guys that Lex Luthor is talking too! #SupermanIV

That woman who Jon Cryer is hanging out with in the background of this scene looks so much like Cyndi Lauper that it’s scary. #SupermanIV

Finally! Lex Luthor has finally come up with a plan to stop Superman that doesn’t involve real-estate again. #SupermanIV

You know for someone who proclaims to be the greatest genius who has ever lived, Lex Luthor comes up the dumbest plans. #SupermanIV

Geez, for an army Air Force base, they must have the worst security if Lex can easily sneak in disguised as a General. #SupermanIV

Man, that Launch Control technician looks scarily like Jay Leno. Except his chin is even LONGER! #SupermanIV

So… Where was that nuclear missile going that the U.S. fired Superman came along stopped it? #SupermanIV

Out of the Superman villains they could have gotten from the comics, they instead created their own one called Nuclear Man? Lame #SupermanIV

Ummm… Why is Nuclear Man *born* with clothes on? Even for a comic book film, I don’t think that’s even possible. #SupermanIV

The actor who plays Nuclear Man kind of looks like Dolph Lungdren. No joke when I was a kid, I seriously thought it was Dolph! #SupermanIV

Somehow Clark has wondered on the set John Travolta/Jamie Lee Curtis aerobics film PERFECT. #SupermanIV

You can tell you’re watching a film from the ’80s when there’s a scene involving aerobics. #SupermanIV

I seriously still don’t see what Muriel Hemingway sees in Clark. He seems like the kinds of guy she would never date. #SupermanIV

I don’t know why one of the women in Alex’s place is dressed up in 19th century clothing. I just don’t know. #SupermanIV

Oh, man. Just when I though Lex and his nephew’s clothes couldn’t get more ridiculous, they do. #SupermanIV

I like how Nuclear Man knows who Superman is despite being on planet earth for like 5 minutes. #SupermanIV

So Nuclear Man only works when he’s in the sun? So he only runs on solar power? #SupermanIV

Oh, man. This following scene with Superman/Clark, Lois and Lacey feels like it’s straight out of a really bad TV sitcom. #SupermanIV

Geez, Superman. You deliberately burned Lois’s dinner you jerk! #SupermanIV

I’m starting to realise that Superman is a total jerk in this film. #SupermanIV

Man, this scene is going on for far too long. #SupermanIV

I like how Nuclear Man’s main power is that he has really long sharp nails. #SupermanIV

Every time Nuclear Man gives his angry face, he looks more hilarious than intimidating. #SupermanIV

Geez, Superman was taking his sweet time flying over to save that girl from falling of the Great Wall of China. #SupermanIV

OMG! The girl who Superman saves looks BANGERZ era Miley Cyrus! #SupermanIV

Superman has fixing powers now? I suppose if had that at the end of MAN OF STEEL people wouldn’t have bitched about the ending #SupermanIV

That small part of the Great Wall of China must have cost the Cannon Group a lot of money. #SupermanIV

Seriously?! Are they reusing the same shots of Superman flying towards the screen over and over again?! That’s just lazy! #SupermanIV

How does Superman know every language in the planet? Is that special power they just specially created for him for this film? #SupermanIV

Look out! Nuclear Man is trying to cut you with his finger nails! #SupermanIV

Nuclear Man is giving the aliens from INDEPENDENCE DAY a run for their money by trying to destroy major city landmarks. #SupermanIV

OMG! Nuclear Man defeated Superman by scratching him! Oh, the humanity! #SupermanIV

Man, the Daily Planet wrote that front page headline saying that ‘Superman is dead’ pretty quick didn’t they? #SupermanIV

Ummm… Lois knows how to unpick locks now too? #SupermanIV

Now that is a lot of money on Lex’s table. #SupermanIV

I don’t know how it’s possible, but Nuclear Man’s hair keeps getting bigger and bigger as the film goes along. #SupermanIV

What the hell?! When did Clark become an old man all of a sudden?! This doesn’t make any sense! #SupermanIV

Oh, geez. It’s that pointless Lara voice over again. #SupermanIV

Ahh… Why is there a stuffed giraffe in Lex’s apartment? #SupermanIV

I don’t get the whole power crystal that Superman has. Is made out of Kryptonite or something else? It’s never really explained at all #SupermanIV

Yeah, it don’t know how water hoses can set themselves on fire. #SupermanIV

Nuclear Man isn’t causing havoc in this scene, he’s just basically having a tantrum. #SupermanIV

Superman’s powers are very inconsistent in this film. He does things that I’ve never seen him do before. #SupermanIV

Nuclear Man’s costume looks like a bumblebee. #SupermanIV

Oh, man. You can actually see the black curtains in the background in this moon battle scene. #SupermanIV

Yeah, filmmakers behind this film forgot that there actually isn’t any wind in space. #SupermanIV

Geez, Nuclear Man sounds like Godzilla every time he screams. #SupermanIV

“You’re being over-dramatic, young lady. What kind of disaster can we bring about?” Well, this film for a start. #SupermanIV

Ahh… How on the hell is Lacy breathing in space? THAT’S NOT SCIENTIFICALLY POSSIBLE!!! THIS IS STUPID!!! AHHH!!! #SupermanIV

Well… That most underwhelming fight in Superman history. I’ll take the one where he fights Zod in MAN OF STEEL over that! #SupermanIV

I know this sounds wrong but every time someone says Clark’s last name Kent, it sounds like they’re saying the ‘C’ word. #SupermanIV

Alright, Superman. We get it! You don’t have to mouthpiece for world peace. Who are you? Rocky Balboa? #SupermanIV

Lex Luthor is wearing a snake-skin outfit. I have no words for any of this. #SupermanIV

Superman just dropped Lenny off at a Boys Town to be look after by a priest. I hope for Lenny’s sake, the priest isn’t a bad one #SupermanIV

Superman says he’ll see Lex in 20 years. Which is actually true since the next Superman film wouldn’t be made until 20 years later #SupermanIV

Geez, you know when I film is lazy when they just reuse footage of the same ending from the 1st film instead of making a new one #SupermanIV

Well, that’s the end of the film. As bad as this film is, it’s a masterpiece compared to the abomination that is SUPERMAN III. #SupermanIV

I hope everyone enjoyed reading this 35th edition of Bad Movie Tweet-A-Thon! Keep a look out in May for my 36th edition, which be a very special edition of the article. Why’s that you ask? ‘Cause May actually marks the 3rd anniversary of my Bad Movie Tweet-A-Thon column. So I thought that to celebrate this special occasion instead of asking you readers to pick which bad film I should watch and live-tweet, I would pick the film myself. So which bad film have I chosen for the 36th/3rd anniversary edition of the article? I’m going to be doing it on director Ridley Scott’s prequel to the ALIEN series PROMETHEUS! Keep a look out for it here on SuperMarcey.com in late May!

– Bede Jermyn