Superman Returns 777 space shuttle carrier

[@Ghostybashaviation767]

I did not make this this is a part of the movie (SUPERMAN RETURNS)

[@presidiun]

what else could you expect from Boeing?😂

[@joejose8433]

Filmed in Australia😊😊😅😮 I like that opening scene with Kevin Spacey and lex luthor he's a creep any damn way😅😮

[@stealthattack2209]

Great my behind, there was nothing original in it lol

[@Nope_Datt]

Why not? It looks good.

[@IRKnTBot]

And not able to stop any of the launching?

[@xrunner55]

Boeing was the best Superman villain.

[@juniorjuss4543]

Dude😂😂😂😂

[@joejose8433]

Yeah just you know the passenger door to open that's all😊

[@mistertamura6190]

too soon

[@RealGigaMind]

It fits too good in today's context.

[@adamczechowski614]

All that... and the nose clamp DIDN'T brake?? =)

[@Cranium1210]

This is one of the most badass superman movie moments 👌

[@AdamSmith-tm3wq]

Idk the bullet to the eyeball was pretty badass too

[@sef4610]

Such an underrated movie! Shame.

[@LordDarkone]

Then you haven't seen half of superman movies or other media.

[@Cranium1210]

@@LordDarkone do you understand the concept of one of the ?

[@gerrystewart4838]

My son was 2 years old and I took him to this movie. I am a sucker for nostalgia and John Williams sound track during this scene was great. What brought tears to my eyes about this was my son. After the plan was safe and the crowd was cheering, my son was standing on his chair cheering and clapping as only a two year old could It why I do like this movie and it has a special place in my heart.

[@markfox1545]

And behold a lifetime of behaving like a typically mindless baying and whooping American audience was started. You people must miss so much of films and other performances with your, "Whoos," and your inane, "Yeah, man!" 😅😅😅

[@alanparker4465]

My son was the same 6 yo dressed as superman, he was going nuts.

[@ellandrydroid]

To all passengers please use this as a prime example of why we need you to effing put on your seatbelts when the light comes on LOL thank you for flying

[@PoeLemic]

Especially if you are flying in a Boeing plane ...

[@moontreecollective6718]

Bro, what? If that shit happens in real life a seatbelt isn’t going to save you..

[@kseismoloj]

@@moontreecollective6718 A seat belt would save you if that was in real life, because that would mean that Superman is real. :)

[@Steveman27]

@@moontreecollective6718 Dude, it might still save you more than not having one on. You are a bizarre person for implying that seatbelts in planes should never exist. Look at how Lois was flying all over the place in the plane.

[@TheMitchZone]

​@@Steveman27 Yes exactly, because everybody knows it's better to die in your seat from a plane crash, while safely strapped in your seatbelt, than to be flailing about like a wacky waving inflatable arm flailing tube man. That sounds incredibly unsafe. Silly moontreecollective6718. That idiot.

[@darrkstarg]

Routh was super under rated as Superman. Loved this movie.

[@sethterwilliger9434]

this was a horrible movie

[@Jeremy-p1x]

@@sethterwilliger9434better than anything Hack Snyder ever did.

[@sethterwilliger9434]

@@Jeremy-p1x well no

[@sethterwilliger9434]

Sanders justice league was one of greatest movies ever

[@Jeremy-p1x]

@@sethterwilliger9434 I didn’t realize that Colonel Sanders made a Justice League movie. 11 secret herbs and spices weren’t enough for him? You know what? I applaud him. Impressive that he wants to branch out. But I’ll tell you this, I got the same feeling from BvS and Justice League that I get from Sanders chicken. Greasy mouth and bubble guts. I’ll stick to Popeye’s. I get that spicy chicken that doesn’t give me the squirts, and I don’t have to watch Superman and Batman FUCKING MURDER people.

[@BethBrownell]

With all the hits Lois took, realistically, she would not be walking at all, let alone be awake. She would have so many broken bones that she would be in the hospital for weeks or months.

[@PoeLemic]

Yes, I thought the same thing.

[@aureliolopezjr8510]

Is a movie 😊

[@colintomlinson2946]

I hate to tell you this but it's not real it's a film and superman isn't real

[@mrthingy9072]

@@colintomlinson2946 "Well SPOIL IT ALL FER EVER'BODY!!!" -- Jeff Foxworthy

[@klausherro653]

Facts, there is a better chance Superman exists lol

[@iggydee]

Who knew, this would be the best part of the entire film.

[@kristopherford5209]

Personally love that sequence after he super stalks Lois' family, gets butt hurt by her BS lie, then flies up into the atmosphere to sulk with Brando voice-over "Even though you were raised as a human being, you are not one of them". 😢

[@bentontramell]

Lifting an island

[@PlayShorts3]

This film is terrible

[@3Rayfire]

I also like when he saves Metropolis and uses every ability in his power set.

[@thesuncollective1475]

I think he should have posed a little while longer after he released the shuttle into space. It would have saved the movie, just a few seconds more is all it needed

[@ShnNar1000x]

When you consider that later in the film he lifts an entire island - while weakened by Kryptonite - you realized that the major problem he had with this plane was how to stop it without crushing the whole thing like an eggshell and doing so in a way that did not kill the people inside. BTW, I love the bit with the woman inside the plane seeing Superman on the wing. At that point, she was the only person on the plane who knew they were probably going to survive.

[@toddkes5890]

One stunt Superman could do is press lightly at tens of thousands of locations all across the plane, using his superspeed. This would provide a low point stress but also a large total pressure.

[@ronsolly9880]

Basically Supergirl TV Opening episode copied that concept.

[@jedsithor]

The best bit for me is that when the wings breaks off and he tumbles back and ducks under it, before flying off after the rest of the plane, he looks at the wing just to make sure that it's not falling anywhere dangerous. Because while Zack Snyder's Superman was a hot headed cynic who caused as much destruction as he stopped, this Superman actually thinks about what he's doing and prioritises saving lives.

[@Author-Chad_Kunego]

Part of Supes power is a form of tactile telekinesis. It's how he's able to lift all the stuff he can without breaking it. Like the boat scene. If he was actually only using that one anchor point to lift the entire boat, it should have sheared off due to both the weight of the boat and the weight of the water inside the boat. There shouldn't have been any type of damaged caused by Supes lifting that plane. Not even sure the wing should have fallen off either, based on the protective field Supes gives off at all times. Heck, even in this scene, if he didn't have that field, when it went to set that jet down, it should have sheared out of his hands before he managed to set it down completely.

[@JohnWaclawski]

This is the absolute BEST intro into a Superman movie. I've seen it dozens of times and will always stop to watch it.

[@mitube4u]

100%

[@OldMan854]

And THAT……is why they call him Superman. That ripple through the fuselage as he slowed the plane was so awesome and accurate.

[@christianbuczko1481]

I hope thats sarcasm, because thats ridiculously impossible. The passengers only experianced G forces slowing down at the end even though it had slowed by several hundred kmph in a few thousand feet, that woupd have been several g's all the way down, all focused through a flimsey nosecone which only collapsed at the end abit, such forces needed to slow it that much so quickly would have shortened the entire aircraft several meters at least, and everyone inside would have been squashed by that assuming the g forces hadnt already killed them. And i didnt even mention how that carbon fibre held up to the shuttles main engines, when in reality they would have burned that entire tail section off instantlt, killing them from decompression, or the fact it goes into a flat spin which would have torn the aircraft apart or the fact the shuttles main engines managed to fire without a big ass fuel tank to feed them, and i could list several other things which were impossible...

[@OldMan854]

@@christianbuczko1481 not sarcasm. He was gradually slowing the plane within the structural limits minimizing the g-forces until the very end where more force was needed. And the ripples are exactly what happens when compressing a tube which is basically what an airplane is. ITS A MOVIE. Unlike today’s viewers who seem to require more scientific accuracy instead of just enough to enjoy the movie. Lighten up dude.

[@abinodattil6422]

@@OldMan854yeah not sure what the other guy issue is

[@Michael-dy2lb]

@@christianbuczko1481 Superman did gradually slow the plane, but you're right that the nose cone isn't designed for that. It would've crushed far more thoroughly than shown. More importantly, you're right about the airliner not surviving earlier. The flat spin would've ripped it apart; it's just not remotely designed for those kinds of stresses. Even Superman lowering the plane by the nose would've broken it in half.

[@christianbuczko1481]

@@Michael-dy2lb yes, its just lazy writing by idiots. I didnt mention anything about superman being impossible because its fantasy, but things like that aircraft and shuttle are fact and even small kids can see its dumb. Just because a film has fantasy doesnt meen they can forget the science as it ruins the whole pic.

[@manricobianchini5276]

Loved this scene. When the nose of the aircraft buckles while Superman cushions it.

[@eminosose]

That little detail of Supes when he looks at the broken wing to make sure it safely lands in the ocean 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@jackmehoff9595]

Brandon Routh, you were one bad ass great Superman! Did Reeves proud.

[@vic-id5qn]

One of the best scenes in Superman movie history...the slight break in speed as he approaches the plane and at that moment Lois catching the return of him, followed by epic music as he places his foot on the roof and that calculated heat vision to discharge the coupling....goosebumps!!

[@whoami_andjust_whoami]

That "Fly up .. fly up .." at the end 😂🤣😂🤣😅😅 ..

[@NordicSnowhammer]

This movie was so underrated. This has to be the best superhero flext of all time.

[@kevynhansyn2902]

Definitely NOT UNDER....... It was praised high and has a better following than it did when it was released.

[@stealthattack2209]

It went downhill from this opening

[@joshuaburris6805]

Kind of cheap shot at using a 9/11 scare to make crowd pleased everything beyond is a mess with no real soul to it or other actors performances even spacey was over the top but didn't deliver anything amazing by end of film

[@stevewatson6839]

@@joshuaburris6805 Let me guess, you vote Democrat.

[@joshuaburris6805]

@stevewatson6839 nah just know the difference between propaganda and good writing , but the scene is a slap in face to firefighters who didn't have those powers and gave their lives. Just to get a cheap clap that's my opinion, agree or not no problem to blame politics as reason for dislike is your stupidity is not mine 😉

[@TheNightshotBR]

This movie was great, it didn't deserve the hate it got.

[@PoeLemic]

No, it sure didn't. For me, I loved it.

[@BeardLAD]

It was actually well made

[@rayspeakmon2954]

💯 Superman the Movie came out when I was a sophomore in high school. I saw it 26 times in the theater. Between VHS and Blu-ray, I've seen it over 100 times. Christopher Reeve will ALWAYS be Superman to me and Superman Returns was A GREAT movie!

[@rayspeakmon2954]

​@@PoeLemic💯

[@rayspeakmon2954]

​@@BeardLAD💯

[@samtro]

You can think what you want about this movie, but _that_ scene and intro for Superman was awesome.

[@Bum_Hip]

Wildly underrated movie.

[@patmcbride9853]

This is why, in the real world, the carrier plane would not be packed with non-essential people.

[@jamjardj1974]

Real world? Carrier plane?🤡 They only used them to ferry them back, not effing launch them😂

[@patmcbride9853]

@@jamjardj1974 Yeah, add that one to the critique.

[@shawncowden3909]

you mean "not be packed with essential people"

[@Steveman27]

Are you yourself a non-essential person?

[@jedsithor]

It's all about the moment the wing breaks off and Superman goes tumbling backwards and ducks under the wing. Before he takes off again after the rest of the plane, he takes a quick look to make sure the wing isn't going to fall on a populated area. Because that's what Superman would do, Zack!

[@jamesbarratt593]

Such a great scene. I think I will never tire of watching this. Imagine being in the crowd and seeing that. or on the plane and you look out the window to catch superman straddling the wing tip.

[@jeffreyhaney2449]

By Far, In All the Superman Movies, The best-most realistic action packed scene of all-time. Just when Superman thinks that holding the Wing will save the plane, it snaps and he has to adjust. Everytime you watch this clip - the Director has made it seem like Superman will not save these people. But - with true brilliance, ALL involved made this scene so that chills run up your arms and spine - and then with a slight pause - the crowd in the stadium break into cheers. You can't NOT watch this clip when you see it. ICONIC.

[@vrodguysweden]

And that’s why you should always have your seatbelt fastened

[@Michael-dy2lb]

When the bins opened and half a dozen people were instantly knocked unconscious by falling luggage ... believable. Lois being thrown all over the inside of the plane at far greater forces than the luggage and she's fine ... not believable.

[@vrodguysweden]

@@Michael-dy2lb Agree!

[@vrodguysweden]

@@Michael-dy2lb Is there anything believable in this movie??

[@JamesSimmons-d1t]

Practical advice. Flew from 1959 to 1978....won't need the practice. Bicycling cripple pauper misanthrope cynic, no weigh, T is 339 to 666. kilos.

[@Ryan_Christopher]

@@vrodguyswedenSuperman getting stabbed by a shard of Kryptonite is believable.

[@cookieenthusiast6213]

Notice how none of the people assumed the emergency position? (head tucked down to your knees) Then notice how many had a random object hurled into their skulls? Yeah it's a movie but also a good example of why the safety protocols exist as they do now.

[@kursantstrzelecki2958]

Good catch.

[@Beb001-w2x]

what the world needs at this moment...

[@kevinshea7547]

"Bogey identified. It's Superman." Hearing the escort pilots confirm his return would have raised an exciting cheer from the mission control in the film and the audience.

[@PoeLemic]

Well, at that time in the movie, I don't think the world knew of Superman yet.

[@kevinshea7547]

It was intended to be a sequel to Superman II where he had left Earth looking for other survivors from Krypton.

[@trumpelstiltzkin9068]

It was plagued by terrible casting

[@darrellhall6622]

​@@PoeLemicthey did know about him but he disappeared. He was missing for 5 plus years.

[@Ryan_Christopher]

How does Superman even have a Radar Return though? He should have the RCS of a bird.

[@kristencyril356]

Homelander should take notes

[@robdog7516]

Homelander would have NO CHANCE against superman.

[@DarkWarden041]

Don't forget that Superman has a type of Tactile Telekinesis. Thats why the huge things he picks up don't just fall apart. Homelander has nothing like that. He's a flying brick with a decent amount of strength

[@robdog7516]

@@DarkWarden041 yes, and Homelander can only carry very little. Remomber when he couldn’t save all the people on the train? He is not as strong as Superman, and has a weak mind

[@DarkWarden041]

@@robdog7516 Correct, which is why I always snort in amusement when they make him out to be a big deal by saying things like 'we've tested every weapon known to man and they did nothing.' Meanwhile, Homelander is getting the tar beaten out of him by someone who's basically a Captain America rip-off. Strongest Being on the planet, my decently shaped ass. 🤣😅

[@stevetennispro]

@@DarkWarden041 That, and when he changes direction at super speeds on the ground he uses that power, because the friction with the ground would not allow turning. He also uses that power to smoothly move the air around his body to not create supersonic shock waves that would throw people and other things around like toys! It's the same power he uses to fly, shoot fire from his eyes, and deal with inertia. ( Other wise his brain would crash into his skull with the incredible accelerations he generates. Similar, I suppose, to the structural integrity field on the Enterprise in Star Trek)

[@v12tommy]

I should probably point out that while the Space Shuttle orbiter had the main engines, it carried no fuel onboard for those engines. That's what the external fuel tank was for. When the shuttle was being transported on the carrier aircraft, it had both no fuel and no crew onboard. It was basically a giant paperweight. On the plus side, it does feature Richard Branson as an astronaut, 12 years before he became an actual astronaut.

[@paulmcc6274]

He made an excellent Superman

[@talkshow69]

A combination of Man of Steel's effects and John William's score...it was epic.

[@robertdora7026]

I agree that John Williams I phenomenal, as is his original Superman films scoring and Superman's main theme, however he didn't score this film, John Ottman did. This film (Superman Returns) used John Williams' theme at times but the rest music was John Ottman's.

[@Stanley_A._Hunt]

7:49 "Fly up! Fly up!" Thanks Microsoft.

[@marcoperez6952]

This is what Superman is all about with the Superman theme playing! Total heroism!

[@ducknorris233]

Was flying and we got rerouted to Nashville because Atlanta airport was closed for weather. They opened Atlanta so we started heading there and along the way we hit terrible turbulence. Passengers were screaming and stuff flying around, spontaneously the passengers started chanting “Nashville, Nashville” lol.

[@stardestroyerNX01]

"FLY UP" XDXD should have been "PULL UP" XD great scene

[@derekmorris89]

6:55 to 7:05 I remember being at the back of my seat in the theater during those two shots. The music, the suspense, the effects, the fact that it's Superman stopping a wingless falling jumbo jet. Everything was perfect!

[@Sicilian49]

Everybody needs a Superman. Better yet, everybody needs to be Superman!

[@thedoneeye]

Good luck. We're all counting on you.

[@OneofInfinity.]

This movie was a great homage to what came before, was also great to see this superman back in a (CW 🤢) DC crossover.

[@NorthernMouse52]

Brandon Roth is so underrated as Superman, The guy is perfect for the role!

[@annoyedok321]

It's the vegan powers.

[@sethterwilliger9434]

he was terrible

[@robertmorris8997]

Strongest radome I ever saw. Built that sucker like a Sherman tank.

[@SkipAd_Vegas]

Peta Wilson + zero G + glasses = 😘❤❤❤

[@TheZemb1999]

One of the best Supes flexes ever on film.

[@spencergroup2708]

my favorite Superman movie, hands down.

[@sethterwilliger9434]

my most hated superman movie hands down

[@JTManuel]

Brandon Routh is the next best superman behind Christopher Reeve IMO.

[@timothybird5817]

@@JTManuel Brandon Routh tried his best to emulate the same air as what Christopher did, Reeves widow and son both said they saw Christopher in the way Brandon portrayed superman hoping to be close to Christopher's portrayal.

[@rayspeakmon2954]

Agreed!

[@lonniethomas4343]

Yes.

[@sethterwilliger9434]

well no

[@gregorypollard5908]

@@sethterwilliger9434 still hating and trolling.....

[@hdridergps]

Routh was a wonderful Superman, I was surprised that he was not allowed to continue.

[@sethterwilliger9434]

cause he was horrible

[@ImTheDudeMan471]

My father worked on the original 747 carry system for the Space Shuttle. If the shuttle had to land any other place on earth than Florida, the 747 could carry it back home.

[@Ghostybashaviation767]

@@ImTheDudeMan471 that's so cool and some good info was it N905NA or N911NA

[@ImTheDudeMan471]

@Ghostybashaviation767 I have no idea. He worked for Northrop (1955 to 1996) at Hawthorn & Pico Rivera. He was constantly at Edwards doing testing. His specialty was mounting ordinance, releasing things off aircraft and explosive bolts: ordinance, canopies, ejection systems, even gattling gun cartriges and cartridge exhaust gasses. He also worked on the Mercury and Apollo parachutes, the US/Soyuze capsule space hookup, and everthing F-5. His last project was the B-2. He helped train every foreign air force on ordinance, including, Iran, Lebanon, Turkey, Greece, Phillipines, etc. If a foreign country bought an F-5, my father was there training.

[@Ghostybashaviation767]

@@ImTheDudeMan471 wow thats so cool well i'm super happy on listening your info from your dad have a good time! 👍👍👍

[@kenlockett2123]

I love Superman. This movie was awesome. I hate critics. The gatling gun best scene ever

[@Nope_Datt]

I really liked this version of Superman. But Henry Cavill is great too.

[@Swarm509]

I wish we got more of Cavil doing this kind of thing.

[@ebee-uz1oz]

and somehow Lois survives getting tossed around.

[@Firesidenikko]

Plot armor 😂

[@rossstewart9994]

Brandon Routh was a great Superman and fantastic story line also glad they kept the same music

[@RysterARCEE]

The music is the same because Routh was playing the same Superman that Reeve played. This movie essentially picks up 5 years after the events of Superman II.

[@eminosose]

Mina Harker was ready to stake Lois for all those questions 😀😀😀😀😀

[@paulmcc6274]

The best thing about this movie was that it didn't start from the beginning when he was a boy and worked his way up. That actually had a different kind of plot and show different kinds of things which is nice to see the next Superman movie will probably start from the beginning again

[@sethterwilliger9434]

the best thing about this movie was when it ended

[@RedRaider14]

6:37 That burst through the wing though...🔥🔥🔥

[@JohnHandle-]

whenever I see scenes like this in superhero movies, i can't stop myself from questioning how this became a thing Like, just because superman is strong, doesn't mean he can do the things that he does in cinema. He might be strong, but that metal is not, he shouldn't be able to hold it the way he does, and it should crumple way more under the forces that he counteracts.

[@peteramaranth85]

I always wondered where did the debree from the wings land

[@MojoPup]

In the ocean

[@timothybird5817]

Riiiight

[@EarlJohn61]

The plains of Kansas

[@SkyChady]

Most likely in somebody's farm.

[@symonzziwa2744]

I was 😟 myself

[@burningglory2373]

Remember. Flying is still statistically the safest form of travel.

[@Mysha-d5x]

Yeah, but no. In reality train travel is the safest form of transport, but this claim in the Superman movies is so strong that people believe it even if it isn't true. What is true, is that no form of travel has a lower casualty rate for passengers than flying does. However, that's because while trains have an even lower casualty rate among passengers, trains also have casualties that are not passengers, like stalling a car on a railroad crossing.

[@aljohntabion2751]

Yo.. shoutout to manufacturers of the fuselage and the couplings

[@benmonson8655]

Yep...well done Boeing

[@jeremyhunter1459]

They don't make them like they used to.....

[@jedsithor]

This sequence remains one of the best live action depictions of a Superman rescue. The only reason I say one of is because the helicopter rescue from Superman The Movie is also nigh on perfect ("you've got me? Who's got you?"). Snyder's films needs a sequence like this, particularly Man Of Steel. Is it any wonder Batman thinks he's dangerous if all he does is punch people through buildings? Helicopters have been done, planes have beien done. I'm hoping that Gunn gives us a big rescue in his movie. Maybe a bullet train rescue?

[@moretoknowshow1887]

Darn that Richard Branson flying a shuttle!!!

[@D_Cali_Life]

Why would they fill that plane up with people Strapped to a rocket. That’s just insane

[@EarlJohn61]

Especially on the first *experimental* launch

[@darrellhagan6124]

Because it makes for a good Hollywood storyline :)

[@nevillehoward8736]

You may not quite have grasped the essence of "fiction" I fear.

[@Ryan_Christopher]

Maiden Flight of an SSTO Shuttle. People there were Press.

[@michaelsndergaard2912]

@@Ryan_Christopher i personally understood it was the Press they had on the plane. but what i was thinking off, were all the bags in the overhead compartments. i mean, they were just going up and then they would land again. didnt really need to bring alot, did they now.

[@Artreaus0307]

Idgaf what anyone says. Routh did the man of steel justice. Perfect blend of awkward reporter and superhero

[@MMaheshThakur]

This is what we called a super hero movie.

[@ryanharrison2260]

The music was fire for this movie. It was a great Reeves continuation.

[@avonbarksdale7964]

My fav superman scene

[@zoranbl1990]

I still love this movie. Routh was the closest to Reeve as it could be possible. Love him in the role more than Cavill

[@TheZemb1999]

I like all three; Christopher, Brandon and Henry...

[@NerdyMando_Ewok]

that may be but cavill was the most comic accurate

[@sethterwilliger9434]

are u on drugs?

[@thealternativefactor6694]

HOMELANDER should have been able to do this!! ✈✈

[@RichardBrake-fo4iw]

No he'd let them die, but would not notice the passenger with a camera.

[@thealternativefactor6694]

@@RichardBrake-fo4iw😂😂😂....So true...

[@joedude9954]

This is the greatest super man scene ever filmed

[@kettch777]

"Congratulations. You are being rescued. Please do not resist."

[@vincebrogan2878]

3:46 hits pretty good, feels like we're privy to something everyone else isn't

[@larryfloyd4993]

this was a very good superman movie..

[@sethterwilliger9434]

it wasnt

[@CRUZADOR2700]

That was GOOD! Glad I saw it!!!

[@LeonardoTirado.69]

this scene never gets old.

[@michaelbehrens3167]

So brilliant. Brandon Routh is the best Superman to date. We'll see the new movie next year 2025. I saw the costume and don't like it, but let's hope the movie is brilliant.

[@kenneth69]

Hey supes, buddy, the spaceship had no problems per se, and was quite capable of managing its own flight once you lifted it off a touch. That airplane IS your only objective. ;)

[@whoslacks]

This scene made me fall for 3d movies. Saw this in IMAX… mind blown

[@FutureReverberations]

.... and the crowd go wild !!!! *fly up* *fly up*

[@prion42]

"don't worry, it's completely normal" Her career as a spokeswoman is over, no one will ever trust her again.

[@4G12]

Superman's super strength is probably not just the result of his Kryptonian muscles, but also his specie's ability to manipulate gravity.

[@HeatGeek1]

That's one hell of an arm workout.

[@TSKseattle]

It's in a flat spin. Correct it by pushing on the tail, not the wing. The radome on the nose of a jet is fiberglass or thin aluminum, structured only to take a bird strike, not carry the reactive force of stopping that much inertia. He should have flown under the wing center section and just guided the plane to a sea landing.

[@Commando110]

I’m not defending this scene as your are correct but the only logical conclusion I can consider from Superman’s point of view is that he saw the shuttle do significant damage to the tail and probably thought that it would destroy the plane if he tried it from the tail section. Honestly the writers just did a crap job on this.

[@FP194]

The tail had just taken the full thrust from the engines and was on fire and most likely weakened from the heat The wings are made to take far more stress than the tail Watch the bending test on an airliners wings and you will see how much they can take

[@3182john]

Dude…. It’s a movie.

[@kineticdeath]

i'll just blame it on superman never being much of an aviation expert nor a structure engineer. He just grabs for what appears to be spinning untill it snaps, then he tries grabbing something else. An aerospace engineer superman would recover the airplane entirely intact, minus some slight scorching on the tail

[@jamesm568]

Tail was already compromised so I kind of let that slide.

[@bradley3549]

I'm all for suspension of disbelief but good gravy. Putting a bunch of civilians on an orbital rocket launch test flight?

[@MojoPup]

Not civilians, Reporters...they're expendable

[@baloog8]

Or having 2 systems totally fail while rocket sequences can't be stopped? That's one in a trillion.

[@artbrann]

they just needed more cameramen onboard, we all know the cameraman is invincible

[@putty-e2872]

​@@baloog8 The scene where they failed to override is reminiscent of Challenger disaster. The crew knew, by 72-second mark the engine would throttle up to its maximum of 109%, and the computer had detected low fuel pressure (oxygen fuel leak). However, they knew there's no option to saves the situation, they couldn't detach the Orbiter because the Contingency Abort procedure hadn't been introduced yet. Consequently, at the 72-second mark, the engine failed, and the Orbiter disintegrated.

[@baloog8]

​@@putty-e2872 I understand, but in this scene, the majority force that caused failure was the liquid rocket and not the unstoppable solid boosters although in reality I doubt any connection points can survive the g forces anyway.

[@TragerM]

Computer: "Fly up! Fly up!" Pilot's face and brain: "Eat me, you idiot...."

[@lonniethomas4343]

I have a strong suspicion that they used the Atlanta braves dawning the red white and blue specifically for this clip . Go bravos and go Superman 😅❤

[@mimsnshine]

Superman hits a home run!

[@84marcow]

This is by far my favorite Superman scene in a movie. Not my favorite movie but my favorite scene

[@Skruddgemire]

I've been binge watching Air Crash Investigations. I'd LOVE to see the NTSB figure this one out.

[@Elthenar]

There was a lot wrong with this scene but there was a lot that was fantastic too, Really sums up how even the movie as a whole was. Personally, I like to think those fighter pilots went full on fangirl into coms when the saw Superman closing in.

[@EddyJean-claude]

The fact that they had no failsafe system. All electronic, all push-button.

[@SamLee-ur7xl]

This is why you stay buckled up folks.

[@SeaScoutDan]

That is why keep seatbelts on.

[@BrianWD75]

"Fly up. Fly up." ...LMAO wow... intense scene.

[@jamiewilson343]

goes from main character on tv show to plane hostess.

[@batmanz62]

It reminded me of the Bugs bunny cartoon where bugs was on a plane full of gremlins and the plane was falling like that ,and i could also hear William Shatner from the twilight zone saying theres a man on the wing

[@felixdelgado8810]

If Superman was at sea level to catch up to the plane at 40K feet traveling ~660mph when it broke the sound barrier he’d had to travel at ~1,020mph to catch it in about 1min 😳

[@iamhuman9822]

One of the best scene ever made in History of Movies.

[@gerardcousineau3478]

Absolutely normal❤

[@gerardcousineau3478]

Makes me think of when I open the throttle of my Goldwing ❤️😊

[@WanderAbroad-pq5ph]

Just realized Superman was show boating. Maximum fall speed is typically 180 mph. Let's be rediculous here and say the plane was falling at 600mph (nearly the speed of sound). In 1978 Superman Flew around the earth to go back in time, about 660 million miles per hour. In other words Superman didn't have to at 6:55 try to get to the front of the plane with just enough time to eventually catch it and slow it before hitting the ground. He basically dragged his feet, eventually got to the front and made sure it all stopped a few feet from the ground in the middle of a full stadium. Why not get under it's belly like he did the shuttle, change it's trajectory and literally carry it to an airport?

[@Nmagg1776]

Truly underated movie