Superman IV: The Quest for Peace is the worst Superman movie. I hope that isn’t a hot take anymore. No, it’s not Batman v Superman or Superman Returns, no matter what YouTube tries to tell you. It’s the one where Superman rebuilds The Great Wall of China with his eyes (hey, I didn’t say it wasn’t a fun movie).
Now, Superman IV had an infamous production history in which Cannon Films split up what was supposed to be its budget among multiple projects that had absolutely nothing to do with Superman tossing nuclear weapons into the sun like beach balls. With that in mind, it shouldn’t be surprising when I tell you it barely had a marketing campaign, which is probably why no one showed up on opening weekend (or maybe we can just blame Jon Cryer). Yet it did have a 7-Eleven promotion, and honestly, that’s just pretty surreal. And I can’t find any advertising for it outside of this commercial, and even that can be hard to find. So thank you, “Classic TV Commercials”!
Basically, if you bought a “huge” 32-ounce Slurpee at 7-Eleven, you got one of eight different Superman IV cups. I can’t stress enough how weird that is. They had eight different cups for this. The most I can think of McDonald’s having for such an occasion was six. So 7-Eleven really went all out here. For fucking Superman IV.

Have a SUPER day, y’all!

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