Brandon's Cult Movie Reviews: THE IRON SUPERMAN

It's back to bootleg land with the dubious 70's giant robot mash-up "The Iron Superman"!
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[@TheBrandonTenold]

Like Iron Man? Like Superman? Well, maybe you'll like The Iron Superman...maybe...

[@trojanhorseLmao]

He looks like the red boxing toy from the little game against a blue one

[@timtheskeptic1147]

I do enjoy movies of "dubious legality", so let's see!

[@markymark4756]

Have you seen the Canadian animated classic Rock 'n Rule?

[@XanderDorn]

I'd be curious to hear the entire German dub to double-check it against the subtitles. I definitely expect these to be better than the official English subtitles of "Das Boot".

[@janushunyadi9612]

@@XanderDorn oh my god, I remember that movie. It was featured a few years ago on "schlefaz", die schlechtesten filme aller zeiten" (worst movies of all time) in germany, a little friday night show a la mst3k on a shlockmovie tv station. seeing it here is like meeting an old friend

[@The_Str4nger]

The german dialogue in this movie ist actually more hilarious than Brandon's subtitles. When that guy at the hospital got killed, Kay pointed at the knife an said: "I bet that's from Solingen*" while Porky replied: "Or Hong Kong." *Solingen is known for manufacturing high quality kitchen knives in the world And the villains had this to say when the Professor died: Henchman: "We should throw his body into the Lake!" Coordinator: Wait stop, he was a well known scientist!" Henchman: "Well the lake don't care for that!"

[@DchanZockt]

"Macht sie Fettich!" "Gemacht!"

[@Antropologopt]

Solingen as the steel used for it? (knives and giant robots?) The brand is well known here because of the knifes and strait razors.

[@Nergalsama01]

@@dracometeors3010 No, it's SUPERIOR because this dub is just magic. XD

[@f.d.3289]

I have come to realize that in the 1970s, the German dubs for many movies were pretty awesome and actually often add to the movie, especially in comedies.

[@dermagnus8482]

@@DchanZockt Richtig. Ziemlich peinlich.😁

[@Predator20357]

Guess what happens next? Is it A. Football Hooligans versus balloon motorcyclist B. Crucified Mecha Robot C. A half naked man moaning while stuck in some contraption D. LSD Attacks E. All the above

[@josefgordon7712]

“Cut And Paste Movie Of Dubious Legality” is my favorite genre 😂

[@BigDan1200]

Actually in the original Mach Baron his parents did die in that cruise and he was picked up in the ocean. The guy with the crazy hair was also part of the original. Mach Baron was supposed to be a sort of second season/reboot of another giant robot show Super Robot Red Baron. Both are pretty entertaining I recommend a watch😁

[@nhaprophet]

don't forget the anime 1994 reboot as well

[@notgodfreyho_]

And yea, i need to mention that there's 2 actor from the original series that also participated in the Taiwan/Hong Kong new footage

[@Optimalillusion]

Mach Baron does have a kickass opening theme.

[@altebander2767]

This German version is actually a bit of a spoof itself. For example the giant robot is called magical "Ballermann", with "Ballermann" being an club of the island of Mallorca where Germans drink a lot and listen to terrible music, or a composite noun of "ballern" (shoot wildly and constantly) and "Mann" meaning "man". Or their sloagan is "mach sie fettig" which literally translates to "make them greasy", but is phonetically similar to "mach sie fertig" which translates to "finish them". This movie was featured a few years ago on a German TV show called "Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten".

[@garysuarez9614]

This only makes it better.

[@voxdraconia4035]

A "Ballermann" is actually an old fashioned word/slang for "Gun" or shooting weapon in general...gangster-slang.

[@ShadowAngel-lt8nw]

Has nothing to do with it. Ballermann 6 even was only opened in 1993. In the 70's nobody here in Germany cared about Mallorca at all, the most popular country for vacation was Italy. Ballermann just is a word a pistol or gun. It was just used to explain the MB on the robot.

[@ShadowSonic2]

"Iron Superman" sounds like a bootleg toy you'd find on a Street Vendor.

[@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812]

😂

[@Belgand]

Or the nickname of a Central American dictator.

[@rogerswab2131]

One of my favorite parts of this channel is how you do so many inside throwbacks, people who haven't watched your back catalogue are probably confused as fuck, and I love it.

[@AgentofLADON]

That's what they deserve for not binging all the videos as soon as they find out about this show.

[@stephen70edwards]

Do the Shimmy Slide

[@jf_kein_k8590]

The german lines are actually a lot more hilarious than what the subtitles say. Sub: "These guys are really unfettered by scruples." Dub: "These guys are more evil than what the police allows, and they allow a lot."

[@marhawkman303]

Yeah I know enough German that the few clips I heard made me go "hunh? what?"

[@mr.pavone9719]

People always ask things like "why doesn't Voltron use the Blazing Sword first!?" but I say, it's because that weapon takes a long time to charge up so they have to use the weak stuff first to wear the bad guy down enough.

[@Henrik_Holst]

perhaps it works like in games where it has to be charged by performing combos

[@Invidente7]

​@@Henrik_Holst Which games?

[@Henrik_Holst]

@@Invidente7 mostly every single video game, you usually have to increase some meter with combos until you have reached the level where you can release the super weapon

[@Invidente7]

​@@Henrik_Holst I thought you meant an actual Voltron game.

[@cnhnx]

Yes, logically ultimate attack like that may take enormous amount of energy and they can't afford to miss so using it as finisher is proper strategy.

[@jonathanmulondo9206]

Whenever Brandon reviews an Asian b-movie you know you're in for a good time

[@jonathanmulondo9206]

​@@faeembrugh these hacked up movies make an Asylum movie look normal

[@danielwilliams7562]

I had a huge laugh with all the character turning and looking over their shoulder. Great comedic edit

[@chancegivens9390]

Same here! Especially with the Prarie Dog.

[@stephen70edwards]

Yes. One of the most inspired bits

[@teedup8995]

I almost lost it with the Gorn appearance!

[@deaconbluezzz]

I came here to say the same thing! The Gorn appearance was PERFECT! Brandon, your videos make my life a happier place 😁

[@juanfelixsoto]

This movie has more history than you may think. Not only was like the Power Rangers when they use footage from a Japanese TV show (Mach Baron) mixes with actors from another country dress like the Japanese counterparts, but it was also sold as a movie of another giant Robot. In Spain, Mexico, Latin America and Puerto Rico this movie was Called: "MAZINGER-Z El Robot De Las Estrellas (Mazinger-Z Robot from the Stars)." Manger-Z (or Mazinga Zeto as known in Japan ) is a very popular anime from Go Nagai creator of Devilman. All Hispanic countries watch this show in the 1980's. It was so popular Spain dubbed it calling the Robot Mazinger and the bad guy Dr. Infierno (Dr. Hell). Those were also the names of the bad guy from the cartoon and the hero robot. Best yet was the fact that the bad guy look just like the bad guy from the cartoon. Yes, kids felt ripped off . It was just another cash grab, but this time from an Spanish movie studio who was ripping off the asian studio.

[@edwardgeronimo1018]

In Dominican Republic itwas released teatrically as "MAZINGER-Z El Robot De Las Estrellas", but it had fooled me before in a video store.

[@the.IastIaugh]

I give it a 5/10! The Nittany Lions football cameos were the best! 😄

[@victorhernandez8723]

As a Pennsylvania native, I take offense to that.

[@STB-jh7od]

😁😁

[@loschrodproductions4519]

A 5 to an unauthorized footage movie

[@ShadowAngel-lt8nw]

If you understand german it's easily a 10/10 for the insanity of the overdub. it's one of the greatest overdubs ever done alongside Das Söldnerkommando, Wild trieben es die alten Hunnen and all thos Bud Spencer & Terrence Hill movies.

[@the.IastIaugh]

@@ShadowAngel-lt8nw I'll take your word for it 😉 Great stuff! 😄

[@mathieuleader8601]

the Iron Superman looks like a more powerful version of the Red Rock'em Sock'em robot

[@Petegrinder13]

The gopher made me snort-laugh. Well played, Sir...

[@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812]

The Gorn is the one that got me.

[@chancegivens9390]

Same here

[@Nergalsama01]

11:25 For context: the bad guys only pretended to return the boy and the woman they kidnapped. Instead, they replaced them with robot doubles who attack the heroes. The line about lubrication comes in after the robots have been defeated.

[@gabrielcarter7900]

No one has weaponized “I guess…” better than Brandon.

[@bensneb360]

Of course the villains are from space, because the amount of hairspray they had to use for the villains hair is astronomical lol

[@trasegorsuch5140]

😆😂🤣

[@anyoneseenmybicepilostitin2727]

Racist but funny.

[@StaceyBrown3]

@@anyoneseenmybicepilostitin2727 ?

[@trasegorsuch5140]

@@anyoneseenmybicepilostitin2727 It was a hairspray joke. How is it racist?

[@anyoneseenmybicepilostitin2727]

@@trasegorsuch5140 This is 2023. Everything is racist

[@RabbiSteve]

Putting in the Gorn from Star Trek was genius! And then following it with a gopher or whatever that was just killed! Dude, you are bring the art of riffing to a new level. This was a great riff/review. Keep up the great work. Making people laugh is a blessing for all.

[@demonkingbadger6689]

I have a feeling gopher and the Gorn captain would have helped this movie make more sense.

[@fromthecheapseats7126]

I’m more surprised to hear that the Gorn Captain wasn’t stock footage included in the movie.

[@mightyfilm]

I'm somehow familiar with its earlier series, Red Baron, mainly because there was an animated version that aired Spanish dubbed on some Spanish language station in the early 00's. So I looked it up and the Spanish dub of this movie somehow called it Mazinger Z, making it even more of a bootleg than the Taiwanese original.

[@rustyvonhammerdown9054]

I noticed the "Mazinger Z" on the DVD cover shown in the video.. I wasn't aware Mach Baron was a sequel to Super Robot Red Baron.

[@mr.goblin6039]

Yes! I have this movie and now I know why it’s NOTHING like Mazinger Z. It’s cause it AIN’T Mazinger. They just slapped the name on it to sell it to Spanish speaking people.

[@Martin_Dimirag]

@@mr.goblin6039 the music is the one from Mazinger Z

[@Dynaman21]

Yeah, that’s how I found out Red Baron existed. “It’s Sunday morning and I just ate breakfast. Nothing else is on, so let’s watch the Spanish channel.” And that was a grab bag. Sometimes you got dubbed Western shows, sometimes you got dubbed anime where they didn’t censor a thing.

[@mightyfilm]

@@Dynaman21 I think it showed on Sunday in my area, and I think there was also "Lost Universe" there, too. And they were both marketed as kids' shows. I only really had a High School Spanish class's worth of understanding Spanish at the time, so at least I could kinda follow what was going on. Didn't even know it was based on a tokusatsu show until years later when I saw that version on DVD. I was very disappointed the anime didn't follow. I loved the episode where the guy thought all his household appliances were his family and wanted to track it down again.

[@KillFriskey]

That's what I love about this channel. Only you can follow up a review of a well-known bad movie and one that probably got a few new fans to your channel, with a bootleg 70's Asian film that uses footage from another show.

[@serije650]

Finally you do foreign movie where i can actually understand the language😂

[@mathieuleader8601]

the super weapon looks like the Super Battling Seizure Robot from the episode of the Simpsons where the Simpsons visited Tokyo.

[@davidfinsterwald8022]

As a German it's nice to see a video of you that is partly in German.. 😂👍🏻👌🏻 The German dubbing and English subtitles don't quite match, but the German dialogue is hilarious! 🤣🤣

[@FandangoJon]

My girlfriend speaks German and pointed out a couple mistranslations. I told her that I'm pretty sure the people making the English translation of the German dub of the bootleg of the Chinese movie made from a stolen Japanese television show surely know what they're doing and wouldn't just make a mistake like that!

[@dermagnus8482]

Ja, mal was Ungewohntes.🙂

[@hydrolito]

Both German spoken and English subtitles might both have been translated from Indonesian as made by Indonesian company.

[@hydrolito]

@@FandangoJon He said it was Indonesian company that copied Japanese TV show.

[@xkumanekox]

You really need to review more Godfrey Ho movies. If the Cinema Snob survived his movies, so can you, Brandon!

[@remidesrame]

Cadeau Superman kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2eqi2Rras11q68

[@comixproviderftw_02]

Damn, you went way back

[@thejudgmentalcat]

The master villain looks like the unholy union of Pai Mei and Will Ferrell's Zoolander character 😂

[@stephen70edwards]

Pai Mei discovers hair spray on a windy day

[@DasKame]

Sprinkled with a little Bit Marge Simpson

[@Ravenite456]

The Iron Superman played by Robert Downey Cavill.

[@mattcruz16]

Please never stop making these videos the really are a breath of fresh air and your niche audience truly does enjoy them. You make great stuff man

[@hankmessaros6700]

You take the worst movies and turn them into the best comedy ever with your wit. I love this channel always makes the day better. Thank you

[@reignfire85]

The German voice-overs are absolutely hilarious. I almost want to watch this version just to hear them.

[@DasKame]

Es hat ne fantastische Dub ja, man lacht wirklich Great Dubbing Job from Germany

[@JOSH-lw2jv]

Bruno Mattei's *"CRUEL JAWS"* would be a good film to riff, but since some lines, footage, and music are from films by Disney/Lucasfilm (STAR WARS), Universal (JAWS 1, 2, & 3 and Jurassic Park) and others, it'll probably have some clips covered with the "FOOTAGE FLAGGED BY COPYRIGHT HOLDERS!"

[@the_a-team_geek]

I am from Germany and the dubbing is so silly. For example, the professor uses to say "macht sie fettig!", what should mean "beat 'em up!", but in german it sounds like "make them greasy!". Weird! 😂

[@christopherwilson3754]

Unexpected gophers are gold!

[@therealkzero]

I absolutely loved this "movie" as a kid. Used to watch it when I lived in Puerto Rico. I wore the tape out till it stopped playing.

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

There's nothing much to joke about in this movie but the characters having a "bad hair day" is a contender.

[@Masuuruhiito]

Thanks for the review Brandon. I'm 44 now and still remember my 7 year old self spotting this "masterpiece" in the video store and taking it home for the weekend. Good, fun times.

[@wstine79]

I wonder if Iron Superman toys will end up in the Bootleg Zone.

[@poochyenajones1362]

You mean Iron Specialman.

[@patrickgarvin2570]

The look at the camera montages add ins was pure gold!!!!

[@fromthecheapseats7126]

6:09 The bad guys hired some Chargin’ Chucks!

[@realsalu634]

Now that i think about...these types of "movies" are literaly YTPs before internet, because u know, they using parts of other movies and stuff

[@chichiboypumpi]

I’d watch this for laughs than any netflix take on anime

[@swenhtet2861]

Same here.

[@ashurmom2969]

So so happy to hear a “Rex Dart, Eskimo Spy” reference, love it!!!

[@toyz4oldboyz625]

I'm in my early 50's right now , i remember watching this movie in theaters in Puerto Rico with the name Mazinger Z back in the early 80's , the Spanish dub of this movie had the same music , special effect sounds , character names and even the same Spanish speaking voice actors from the Spanish dub of the Mazinger anime series , nevertheless this movie didn't fool me or my friends back then when we were kids .

[@jamestheredenginefan5268]

The Shimmy Slide has become my new favorite gag.

[@Deephouse_Gent66]

This is beyond hilarious! Wasn't aware of this Asian mashup. I'm somewhat familiar with the Red Baron/Robot Baron series, which I always felt was one of the myriad ripoffs of the GIANT ROBO (Johnny Sokko) series from the 60s. "On the 3rd day he rose and uses the same battle stock footage again." Never get tired of this stuff. great vid!

[@itsmebernie]

Cut and paste bootleg YESSSSSSSSSS

[@LarixusSnydes]

Whoever created the graphics for the spoof NES cartridge. The style was spot-on! My imagination ran wild.

[@stephen70edwards]

Yes. Top notch. It deserves a few more frames

[@MarkPag]

In Spain is edited like Mazinger Z. The name is take from the robot created by Go Nagai, the first mecha in comic history with the pilot who guides the machine inside it.

[@eduardopena5893]

The Coordinator's hair would make Yugioh jealous.

[@mlgb2501]

Based on there is one character in the KSS team is played by the same actor in its original Japanese version, I believed they actually have the copy rights.

[@bluebraixen]

The theme from the original Japanese Mach Baron is surprisingly groovy and has some trippy visuals. It's a shame that this movie didn't include it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGeZm6GIo5mKmdE

[@TroyFullwood]

The movie is a official license, as evidenced by getting a lot of actual props and set dressing

[@ranchosdelnorte]

When the professor got hit by the robot's laser, I was hoping there would be a gag where you add an explosion.

[@JeffreyDeCristofaro]

"Quick, women and Kennys first!"😂 Every time I watch a scene from a disaster movie where people are running for cover from chaos, I say something along a similar line: "Strippers first, pimps second!"

[@Andy_Sidaris]

Don't let this video distract you from the fact that Al Bundy scored 4 touchdowns in the championship game

[@vincentfranklin17]

For some reason, I'm reminded of Rock-'Em, Sock-'Em Robots when I see this!😂

[@robmsmithdumbhandle]

He threw Ben Stiller's Zoolander in during the alarm sequence! Hilarious! And they weren't nipple cannons, no matter how much funnier that sounds. They were ab-cannons, yo.

[@RabbiSteve]

“Women and Kennys first!” OMG! If I had been drinking something, would have came out my nose.

[@juliagoodwin9510]

Okay, that turning gag killed me.

[@ian_b]

I have now specified in my will that my Titanium-99 coffin must be blasted with Delta Rays. You never know.

[@JJ-kl7eq]

The evil carnival robot with his giant ferrous wheel.

[@1ntoTheAbyss]

2:19 You can see the rod attached to the fin from the back 😂

[@ricogoldstar]

The commentary (and the head turn edits)😅 on this one is extra hilarious 😂😅

[@Oddlogical]

So much tension! OMG! Eagerly awaiting the finale (part 2)!

[@KarlBunker]

OMFG; the Dramatic Chipmunk/Gopher clip just about killed me. 👍🤣👍🤣👍🤣

[@lesmortz5681]

That offensive guards joke was great! 😂

[@mathieuleader8601]

Iron Superman feels like a remixed version of Black Sabbath's Iron Man

[@giantsparkplug3462]

Rex Dart: Eskimo Spy was the first MST3K I ever watched. Hilarious!

[@sjdrifter72]

4:28 That fuckin' squirrel was pure genius!

[@grapeshot]

Iron Superman what if there was a movie made entitled Kryptonite Superman. Doesn't make sense but that hasn't stopped Hollywood before.

[@danielstegers2209]

6:00 "see if you can guess what happens next..." insert your own Horror Geek "Football Practice"-Joke here 😂

[@TheShadowguy64]

6:52 My grandma once got a fortune cookie that told her “Your stupidity will be your downfall.” She never lived that one down, even 15 years later.

[@gochem3013]

1:28 X-Wing vs Imperial Super-Titan.

[@Kebobwithonionslover34]

The energy in this video was contagious, it got me pumped up!"

[@michaelchoman1625]

This was once available on DVD as THE SUPER ROBOT RED BARON.

[@darrenrunning5415]

I swear that robot was part of the Shogun Warriors collection back in the seventies.

[@BuddhaKekz]

Some fun facts about this movie: It was only released in 3 countries around the world. Taiwan, where it originates, Germany (hence the German dub) and Spain. This is because the Japanese company that owns the footage that was used succussfully sued, but couldn't prevent a German company from buying the localization rights before the law suit came through. The German company had a subsidiary in Spain, so that is why Spain got it as well.

[@BobBobSquared]

I wish you put out more content. Love your channel. Fyi-I am thankful for the content when it does come.

[@mr.goblin6039]

I actually have this movie, but in Spanish. In the one I have, they call the giant robot Mazinger, which is an entirely different giant robot properly all together. Mazinger Z is a Japanese anime about a teenage boy who gets a giant robot from his grandad to fight a bad guy called Dr Hell. This was NOTHING like that, but they still called it Mazinger. All this time I thought it was just a lazy live action adaptation of Mazinger Z, but it turns out I actually just have a bootleg Spanish dub of an already bootleg movie that was called something else to sell it to Spanish speaking viewers. This is wild. Thanks for making a video about this movie. It brought back so many memories. 😂

[@varikelo]

This movie was marketed as "Mazinger The Robot From the Stars" in the late 80s in Latín América and Spain. Obviously the distributor tried to cash in on the popularity of Mazinger Z at the time.... 😅

[@tureytayno3154]

I love how when everyone did the dramatic turn you added the dramatic squirrel there.

[@davetheheretic295]

All that hi-tech firepower, and the villainous football players are driving a Ford Falcon stationwagon.

[@arx3516]

When piloting a giant robot you never start with your strongest weapon, everyone knows that!

[@Syncopator]

The costume rental house must have had a discount on football uniforms that day...

[@stevenpoynter9982]

I think Brandon needs to do a review of a Italian movie with one of his favorite directors" Luciani--- Manhattan baby" it's got that little kid in it he despises

[@CyberSpider35]

I guess Iron Superman's ultimate super-combo needs long time to charge and that's why didn't use it first.

[@justinsullivan1285]

This movie looks like a commercial for those toys in the 70's (ie Shogun Warriors, Micronauts). 🤖

[@piotrmroczkowski2324]

As every German speaker can confirm, the dub don't match the subtitles. So for sure it's not at all wacky compared to the original audio (considered the original was Japanese, and this movie has 'oryginal' Mandarin dub).

[@ryandubeau5298]

The main villain remind me tell you things best cosplay for Super Saiyan

[@DakoGuyver]

Feel like I was on drugs from Deathstar

[@kristinmowery7367]

Do Running Man (1987) next!

[@Dynaman21]

At least Bravestorm (the most recent appearance of Super Robot Red Baron, aka Mach Baron, aka the Iron Superman here) was crazy on purpose. On that note, you should do Bravestorm. Whole thing is legally up on KZbin for free.

[@justinlogue80]

Well, looks like we found where Perfect Hair Forever found the design for Coiffo.

[@deaconbluezzz]

4:20 ...and this year's Academy Award for editing goes to...

[@RX552VBK]

Okay, BT...you had me cracking up the whole video!!! LMAO! This one was great!

[@MrSkabrus]

In Spain this movie was called mazinger z the robot of the stars because mazinger was really popular among the kinds when this movie came here so they changed the names of the characters to make it more like the series

[@dbsommers1]

Surprisingly trippy. Definitely fast paced.

[@Ozzy32195]

Dam, that villain's got Wayne Static's hair x10

[@RedDeathShinigami]

speaking of the german dub! Appearantly the dubbing studio hadnt any screenplay so they didnt understand what had been said and just made a fun dub. So in a way Brandon they were ahead of you!

[@adambell9188]

The fact that its all dubbed in German somehow makes it 10000% more hilarious, because I like to imagine that the movie was just inexplicably written in German