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Superman: The Movie (Four-Disc Special Edition)
� Original 1978 theatrical version with soundtrack in Dolby Digital 5.1
� Commentary by producer Pierre Spengler and executive producer Ilya Salkind
� Theatrical trailers and TV spot
� 2000 expanded edition movie with commentary by director Richard Donner and creative consultant Tom Mankiewicz
� Music-only audio track
� Three documentaries:
� Taking Flight: The Development of Superman
� Making Superman: Filming the Legend
� The Magic Behind the Cape
� Restored scenes
� Screen tests
� Audio-only bonus: additional music cues
� Vintage TV special The Making of Superman: The Movie
� 1951 movie Superman and the Mole-Men, starring George Reeves
� Nine Fleischer Studios Superman cartoons mastered from superior vault elements: Superman, The Mechanical Monsters, Billion Dollar Limited, The Arctic Giant, The Bulleteers, The Magnetic Telescope, Electric Earthquake, Volcano, Terror on the Midway
� Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
� Richard Donner’s cut includes footage shot but never used, including a never-before-seen beginning, a never-before-seen resolution, 15 minutes of restored footage of Marlon Brando as Jor-El, and more
� All-new introduction by Richard Donner
� Commentary by Donner and creative consultant Tom Mankiewicz
� New featurette Superman II: Restoring the Vision
� Additional scenes
� Superman II (Two-Disc Special Edition)
� The theatrical cut of the film
� Commentary by executive producer Ilya Salkind and producer Pierre Spengler
� Theatrical trailer
� Vintage TV specials The Making of Superman II” and Superman 50th Anniversary
� New featurette First Flight: The Fleischer Superman Series
� Eight Famous Studios Superman cartoons mastered from superior vault elements: Japoteurs, Showdown, Eleventh Hour, Destruction Inc., The Mummy Strikes, Jungle Drums, The Underground World, Secret Agent
� Superman III (Deluxe Edition)
� Commentary by executive producer Ilya Salkind and producer Pierre Spengler
� Vintage TV special The Making of Superman III
� Additional scenes
� Theatrical trailer
� Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (Deluxe Edition)
� Commentary by screenwriter Mark Rosenthal
� Additional scenes
� Theatrical trailer
� Superman Returns (Two-Disc Special Edition)
� Requiem for Krypton: Making Superman Returns: a comprehensive 3-hour documentary including:
� Secret Origins and First Issues: Crystallizing Superman
� The Crystal Method: Designing Superman
� An Affinity for Beachfront Property: Shooting Superman (Superman on the Farm, Superman in the City, Superman in Peril)
� The Joy of Lex: Menacing Superman
� He’s Always Around: Wrapping Superman
� Resurrecting Jor-El
� Deleted scenes: The Date, Family Photos, Crash Landing/X-Ray Vision, Old Newspapers, Are You Two Dating?, Martinis and Wigs, I’m Always Right, Jimmy the Lush, Language Barrier, Crystal Feet, New Krypton
� Easter egg: “Wrong!”
� Theatrical and video game trailers
� Bryan Singer’s Journals (Extended Edition)
� Look, Up in the Sky!: The Amazing Story of Superman
� You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman

This is undoubtedly the biggest review I�ve done to date for CHUD, and one that I jumped at the chance to do, because other than the original Star Wars trilogy, these movies were the defining cinematic events of my childhood. I�ve stated before that no actor was born to play any role as much as Christopher Reeve was to play Superman, and the way that his performance and other factors such as John Williams� transcendent film score came together in a confluence of cinematic history have served to show that, even nearly thirty years later, and the unfortunate passing of a true Man of Steel, both on and off the screen, Superman still resonates with fans, and none more so than yours truly.

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Yeah, if you were on your way to Themiscyra for some Wonderquiff, you’d be smiling too…

As you can see, there�s a shitload of stuff to cover here, and I�m sure by the time you�re done reading it, you�ll be almost as fried as I was writing it. I�m also going to try to add fuel to the recent fire with the release of the Donner Cut of Superman II by putting it head to head in a DVD Battle with the original theatrical cut (the Lester Cut). I’ve also slapped 49 captions on this thing (I thought 50 would have abeen a bit too much).

Superman: The Movie (Four-Disc Special Edition)

The Pitch

You will believe a man can fly…and set the standard for all superhero movies to come.

The Humans

Marlon Brando, Glenn Ford, Gene Hackman, Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Ned Beatty, Jackie Cooper, Valerie Perrine, Terrence Stamp, Sarah Douglas, Jack O�Halloran.

The Nutshell

The film opens with Jor-El (Brando), a scientist and member of the ruling council of the planet Krypton, presiding over the trial of three murderous Kryptonian criminals: General Zod, Non, and Ursa, who sought to sieze control of the government for themselves. Jor-El casts the deciding vote that sends the three of them to the Phantom Zone, a prison that glides through outer space, imprisoning them forever. Before he is sent off, Zod swears vengeance upon Jor-El and his entire lineage, no matter if it takes an eternity.

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“Jor-El, you realize that he won’t have any diapers for three years…”

Later, Jor-El is conferring with the ruling council of Krypton, in a vain attempt to convince them that their planet is doomed and they must escape before the inevitable occurs. But unable to sway their minds, and forbidden from leaving himself or persuading others to do the same, Jor-El resolves to send his only son, Kal-El, away in a space ship to earth. He does this so that he can both have a chance to survive Krypton�s destruction and also so that he can aid humanity through a difficult period in their development. For Jor-El knows that, although Kal-El will look like a human, he will have abilities unto like a god when under the influence of their yellow sun. These abilities will consist of being nearly invulnerable with immeasurable strength, the ability to fly at unimaginable speed, highly enhanced senses, including being able to see through anything (except lead) and projecting heat from his eyes.

When Kal-El arrives on earth, he is found by Jonathan and Martha Kent, two farmers in Smallville, KS, who secretly raise him as their own son, ever wary that he has been sent for a reason. Named Clark Kent, Kal-El has as normal a childhood and adolescence as possible, and he revels in his superhuman gifts on in their small town yet he is tormented by his inability to share them with anyone save his parents. When his father dies suddenly of a heart attack, this spurs a series of events that leads Clark to the North Pole, guided by a special crystal implanted in his spacecraft by Jor-El. The crystal creates the Fortress of Solitude, a monolithic crystal palace which houses the accumulated knowledge of Krypton and also Jor-El�s very essence which he uses to instruct and guide Kal-El in his destiny of serving mankind. Years pass as Jor-El takes Clark on a journey of instruction in the ways of his heritage, and his birthright as earth�s protector. When he emerges, young Clark is now the fully-grown Man of Steel (Reeve, in a once-in-a-lifetime role) in the familiar suit and goes off to fulfill his destiny.

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“Whoa, you’re right: weed is better a 10,000 feet…”

He emerges in Metropolis as a mild-mannered reporter for the Daily Planet newspaper. Hiding his identity with a pair of glasses and a bumbling demeanor that is the polar opposite of his true persona of Kal-El. He meets and instantly falls for Lois Lane (Kidder), a gung ho and doggedly intense reporter with a penchant for getting into trouble. When she becomes involved in a helicopter accident and is threatened with imminent death, Superman emerges for the first time and saves the day, stunning the world in the process. It�s Lois who gives him the moniker of Superman, and it�s not long before Superman becomes a fixture in Metropolis and all over the world, lending aid when needed and becoming the object of Lois� affections, as she is for his.

Of course, not everyone is happy with Superman�s emergence, and his most ardent opponent is Lex Luthor (Hackman), a criminal genius with a plan of enacting the biggest real estate con in history, which also involves destroying most of California with a nuclear-aided earthquake in the process. He challenges Superman to come meet him and manages to incapacitate him with the one thing on earth that can kill him: a radioactive piece of meteorite from his home planet � Kryptonite. Through the aid of Luthor�s mistress, Miss Teschmacher (Perrine), Superman manages to escape and stop Luthor�s plans, but he is unable to rescue Lois, who was caught in the aftermath of the earthquake. Making a fateful decision, one that was expressly forbidden by Jor-El, Superman turns back the earth to undo all of the damage done and save Lois in the process. Having succeeded in making the world a much safer place, Superman flies up into space and flashes his megawatt smile until his next great adventure.

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The new Village People lineup was different to be sure…

The Lowdown

This is the superhero film, period. This set the standard. Even now, when we�re in the midst of a superhero movie smorgasbord, Superman still stands as the way it should be done and invariably, all superhero movies are compared to it. As a kid who used to read comics books voraciously, I�m a huge fan of the superhero movie and I�ve seen them all. But so far, none of them, even with the brilliance of both Spider-Man 2 and X2, quite measure up because usually they�re lacking one or more crucial ingredients. In the case of both of the aforementioned titles, it�s a truly great score, and in the case of the Spider-Man flicks in general, it�s chemistry between the leads.


“Yeah, you know, come to think of it, I always thought there was some kind of connection between Billy Batson and Captain Marvel…don’t know how I could have missed it before…”

I didn�t need repeat viewings to be utterly disappointed in Elfman�s music for the movie, and hell, considering how his relationship with Sam Raimi ended up, neither was he apparently. And I doubt that I�m the only one who thinks that Toby was great…but Kirsten, perhaps not so much. In Superman, although Margot Kidder may not have appeared to be the first choice for Lois Lane, she absolutely works in the role next to Reeve. Their chemistry both in verbally sparring as Lois and Clark and falling in love as Lois and Superman are superb. Brando�s performance as Jor-El needs no explanation from me as it simply makes the first act of the movie. This film was also my introduction to Hackman�s work, and although when you�re six years old, you don�t necessarily care about the actor behind the role, this film helped me along the road to be a Hackman fan.

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Getting that ‘Dear John’ letter from Lois about her and Jimmy wan’t a good thing…

On Disc 2 is the 2000 expanded edition, with several added scenes. I much prefer this version over the original as there were several key scenes omitted from the theatrical version; not the least of which is an extra scene between Kal-El and Jor-El after Superman first appears to the world. Others include an expanded account of what happened on Krypton prior to the explosion and the risks that Jor-El took to send his son away. And of course one scene that was criminally cut was that of Superman�s running of Luthor�s underground gauntlet of bullets, fire and ice when he first encounters Luthor. Not only was it cool, but it also shows beyond a doubt Supes� invulnerability right before the green rock turns him into jelly. Other minor ones include more footage of Superman tunneling underneath the fault (a bit too much actually) and reaction shots from the Hollywood sign when the big one is ready to flatten California.

Of course the two things that absolutely make this film are the work of Christopher Reeve and John Williams. My thoughts on Reeve have been made clear; as for Williams, I submit that this is his most iconic score, just short of Star Wars. Only he could make three minutes of opening credits one of the most memorable parts of a film as he does here. Since we�re a media generation, I also submit that John Williams� scores are classical music for our time. I still enjoy Superman as much as I did 28 years ago and that will never change for me.

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“WTF?! No lawyer?!”

The Package

Ah the package. Well there�s an interesting tale to tell about the package that arrived for me in the mail. I�ll get to that at the end of the review. In the meantime, here is what�s available on the Superman: The Movie discs:

Discs 1 contains a new commentary by executive producer Ilya Salkind and producer Pierre Spengler, and the theatrical trailers and TV spots. In addition to the expanded edition, Disc 2 contains the 2000 commentary by Donner and creative consultant (i.e. writer) Tom Mankiewicz and a real treat, the music only audio track, where you can truly enjoy Williams� brilliance all on its own.

Disc 3 is all special features that were available on the 2000 release of the film, including the two 30-minute featurettes: Taking Flight: The Development of Superman, and Making Superman: Filming the Legend. There�s also the 23-minute The Magic Under the Cape. These are all quite good features and highlight much of the behind-the-scenes action on the film.

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“Are we at least going to get conjugal visits?”

There�s also a plethora of Screen Tests, which were also available on the 2000 release. These feature several actresses who tried out for Lois, including Holly Palance, Stockard Channing, Lesley Ann Warren and a couple of Margot Kidder, including the pivotal scene in the Donner Cut of her tricking Superman into revealing his identity with a gun that shoots blanks. One of Christopher Reeve�s screen tests is also included, and you can see how much he had to bulk up for the role as he was about five pounds heavier than Nicole Richie when he started. This is one of the best features as you can really see how actors have to find the role with the help of the director. Reeve wasn�t anywhere near his onscreen self early on, but by the later screen tests, you could see how he was really worked into the part. There�s also some screen tests for actresses who tried out for Ursa.

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“You know Clark, I prefer sleeping with you in the Donner Cut, for obvious reasons…”

There�s also over 14 minutes of Restored Scenes, not all of which made it back into the expanded edition. Finally there are Additional Music Cues, which are audio only tracks of key musical accompaniments throughout the movie such as the main titles and various themes.

Disc 4 is probably the biggest treasure trove for hardcore, old school Superman fans because it contains not only the original TV special, The Making of Superman, but also the 1951 George Reeves movie, Superman and the Mole Men and several of the 1940s Max Fleischer cartoons: Superman, The Mechanical Monsters, Billion Dollar Limited, The Bulleteers, The Magnetic Telescope, Electric Earthquake, Volcano and Terror on the Midway. I�m sure this is all great stuff, unfortunately, I didn�t get to see any of it… That�s another part of the interesting story I mentioned earlier. More on that later.

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“Okay, okay, I get it, calling the Hulk a pussy wasn’t exactly the smartest thing to do…”

DVD Battle: Superman II � The Donner Cut vs. The Theatrical (Lester) Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition)

The Combatants

As Superman and Superman II were being shot simultaneously, the skids were put on II by the Salkinds to finish I and disagreements with director Richard Donner led to his firing from II, even though he had shot close to 80% of the finished product. Enter Richard Lester to finish up the film and reap all the glory, and Donner�s uncompleted vision to languish in film vaults for nearly thirty years and spur a three-decade-long fan obsession to see that vision come to light. Well now it has and the inevitable question can finally be answered: which version is better, Donner or Lester. In DVD Battle, the rules are clear: two films enter, one film leaves. In this case, however, it�s two cuts of the same film.

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“Uh General…um, your zipper sir…”

0:00 � 0:15 minutes: DONNER CUT

� A re-showing of the trial where Jor-El casts the deciding vote to condemn Zod, Ursa and Non to the Phantom Zone, for a crime we still haven�t seen.
� Krypton explodes, Kal-El�s ship soars past the criminals, the Phantom Zone is caught in the wake of the planet�s explosion bound for parts unknown.
� The missiles from the first flick launch, Luthor springs the kryptonite surprise, Miss Teschmacher (heretofore known as MT) rescues Supes, who sends one of the rockets into space, which strikes explodes, striking the Phantom Zone, freeing Zod and company, they scream �FREE!� and set out for the nearest heavenly body, which happens to be our moon.
� Cut to credits with rousing John Williams� roaring opening overture.
� Open back at the Planet, where Lois, through the use of a Superman photo and a Sharpie, discovers the big secret that�s been right under her nose the entire time. She and Clark get an assignment from the Chief to go to Niagara Falls to expose a newlywed scam, which makes Clark very uncomfortable, but not as uncomfortable as the �super� hints that Lois is throwing his way.

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A rare look at the cover of the unreleased Pink Floyd theme album.


0:00 � 0:15 minutes: LESTER CUT

� Zod, Ursa and Non are seen committing the crime we didn�t see in the first movie: killing a guard, breaking a red crystal and being condemned to the Phantom Zone. Jor-El is noticeably absent.
� Kal-El is placed in his ship by his mother and again Jor-El is nowhere to be seen. Krypton explodes, cut to opening credits with recaps of the first movie set to John Williams� roaring opening overture.
� Cut to Daily Planet, where Clark learns that there are terrorists in Paris with an H-Bomb ready to party if the French government don�t meet their demands. And what�s more, Lois is right in the middle of it.
� Cut to Paris, Lois sneaks aboard an Eiffel Tower elevator, underneath he terrorists with the bomb, trying to spell Pulitzer Prize to keep calm.

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“So you have protection right?”


FINDING: Not having Jor-El in the Lester Cut is a handicap right from the get go. Plus, tying the rocket chase from I into the jailbreak of the Supercriminals is much cleaner plot element. But the visual / credits recap of the first film in the Lester Cut is so much smoother than the haphazard retelling in the Donner Cut that it felt like I was spliced into the Donner Cut and just a complete jumble narratively.

EDGE: LESTER

0:15 � 0:30: DONNER CUT

� Lois hits Clark with the bombshell that she knows he�s Superman and to prove it, she jumps out of a their 30-story window. Clark has to super-speed it down to the street, cushion her fall with some super breath and heat vision to unfurl an awning � in front of a crowd � and the awning safely bounces her to a messy landing on a fruit cart, while Clark quickly makes his way back up to the office.
� In prison, Luthor tells Otis his plans for getting back at Superman by using a new kind of radar to track him to his secret, which he knows is north, way north.
� The criminals attack the Artemis moon lander and its crew, displaying that they have exactly the same powers as Superman. Zod correctly surmises that the source of their powers is the nearby yellow sun. So they set out for Planet Houston to rule…finally to rule.
� Luthor makes a jailbreak of his own thanks to MT and a
hot air balloon. He unfurls his little black box and banters with her
as they head north.

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“…and you will forget all about my secret identity and the events of the past few days…and when I command you to, you’ll get naked…”


0:15 � 0:30: LESTER CUT

� Superman speeds his way to Paris as the French � as they�re known to do � screw up and activate the bomb while trying to separate it from the terrorists by blowing the cables that hold up the elevator and Lois. Superman arrives, gives Lois a quickie hug, then shoots up into space with elevator, which explodes seconds later, freeing the Supercriminals who were floating nearby in the Zone.

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It was clear skies for Supes until he happened to fly this over Baghdad and then, well…


� Outside the Planet, Clark and Lois reunite for another day of work. Clark gets hit by a cab as he tries to cross the street, which pancakes the cab�s grill, but luckily Louis doesn�t notice. Although the cabbie and several onlookers do….
� Inside, they discuss Clark�s insecurity about Lois� affections for Superman as Lois makes a healthy glass of freshly squeezed juice…while putting out her millionth cigarette. But despite Clark�s inadequacies, Lois reaffirms that she does care for him deeply…as a friend.
� Luthor / Otis prison scene, pretty much unaltered.
� The Supercriminals� attack on the Artemis crew, pretty much unaltered.

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“So uh, that ‘kneel before Zod’ thing…that’s not like some prison lingo is it?”


FINDING: The big difference of this section of the movies is an earlier focus on Lois� discovering the truth of Clark�s secret identity. Lois� jump from the window to prove her point works about equally well as her plunge into Niagara Falls in the Lester Cut, and is pretty funny, and she does what many of us have considered for a long time: drawing a pair of glasses and a suit over a Superman photo. But Clark using his heat vision right in front of a crowd of people who have to be blind not to see him do it is iffy credibility-wise. The rest of the scenes in these two sections are the same, just in different order. But what the Lester Cut has all over the Donner Cut is that the entire Paris sequence kicks off the movie much better. Clark learns there�s trouble in France, ducks down an alley, and there�s that great shot of him changing mid-stride with Wiliams� signature music playing and he�s off to save the day.

EDGE: LESTER

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The One Sheet for the Superman II spinoff movie: Dragon: The General Zod Story


0:30 � 0:47: DONNER CUT

� Luthor and MT arrive in the fortress. Expanded banter between the two and different takes of the same dialogue as in the Lester Cut. But of course the big difference is that Jor-El is back in the form of instruction crystals, including reciting Joyce Kilmer�s Trees and informing Lex of the Supercriminals. There�s some good holo-footage of them as he does. MT finds the Fortress� bathroom.
� At Niagara, Lois sees Clark without his glasses and the old feeling about the secret is back for an instant, but then she quickly dismisses it, until Superman suddenly appears to save a kid who�s tumbling over the falls. Supes takes off without saying hello nor goodbye to Lois.
� The Supercriminals arrive on earth. Zod walks on water, pretty much unchanged from Lester Cut.
� Using two different screen tests that were shot, the
original scene where Lois finally confirms Clark�s secret with a gun
filled with blanks is put back in.

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It wasn’t a good sight for Supes in this position: Zod flying toward him naked with a ball gag…


0:30 � 0:47: LESTER CUT

� Luthor�s prison break, mostly the same as in the Donner Cut.
� Lois and Clark arrive in Niagara. Lois isn�t thrilled to be there, but Clark seems to be having fun. None of the tension of what happened with Lois� allegations about Clark and Superman nor her plunge from the Planet ever took place.
� Lex and MT in the balloon, this time it�s daytime, not night and they�re over the mountains, still headed north.

� Lois and Clark at the Falls. Lois takes off Clark�s glasses to clean them and for the first time realizes the Clark / Supes connection. Supes saves the kid, and when he leaves abruptly, Lois really starts putting two and two together and questioning Clark about where he was during the action � as usual.
� Lex and MT find the Fortress. Again the absence of Jor-El is felt as it�s Lara, Kal-El�s mother who fills in Lex about the criminals. Different takes of the banter between Lex and MT are used here.

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Zod found it more than a little weird, that Kal-El felt the need to break out into a rendition of ‘It’s Raining Men’ right then and there…


FINDING: Obviously the two big differences in this section of the movies are that Jor-El is used to exposition the Supercriminals in the Donner Cut and Lara in the Lester Cut; and that in the Donner Cut, no actual footage existed of the pivotal revelation of Clark�s identity, so they were forced to use two screen tests to fill in the gaps, screen tests where Reeve�s hairstyle changed, which blew the continuity straight out of the water. Nevertheless, I don�t begrudge the Donner Cut for solving the problem that way. It�s one of the most pivotal moments in either cut and had to be in there. What I can�t swallow is that Lois, after seeing Clark without his glasses at point blank range, can just dismiss it out of hand after she was willing to jump out of building on a strong hunch rather than firsthand eyewitness proof, which she now had. Then when Superman flies away, they jump out of the scene after the �hello and goodbye� and the next time we see them Lois is coming out of the shower and banters with Clark some more about his slouching and comparing himself to Superman when, if she was that sure, and intended to pull the con job on him, would have just gotten to it.

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Clark had finally had it when he caught the neighbor’s dog shitting on his lawn for the hundredth time…


However, the scenario with Lois and the gun does ultimately tend to work better than Clark tripping on a pink polar bear rug and not burning his hand in the fire � up to a point. It shows Lois� ingenuity, which is better than just discovering the whole thing by accident. Afterward in that scene in the Lester version, when Clark tells her they should talk, and Lois says she�s in love with him, and then he says they really should talk, and then tells her they should go to his place, that works better than just �Gotcha!� in the Donner version. Because the next time we see them, they�re flying to the fortress, and the Lester version sets that up much better.

EDGE: A WASH

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“Your land, your possessions, your very life will be given in tribute to (sniff) whoa, did you just shit your self or something?”


0:47 � 1:00: DONNER CUT

� Ursa discovers heat vision by torching a snake that bit her.
� Cut to Superman and Lois fly to the fortress.
� Cut to the Supercriminals confronting the sheriff and his deputy. Zod fires a shotgun point blank into his chest with no effect.
� Cut to Lois and Superman having dinner in the Fortress. Supes confesses that he enjoys being Clark and that the silly things he does makes him laugh. Lois says that it�s confusing, but not to Superman, because for the first time in his life, everything is clear.

� Cut to the new crew covering the Supercriminals kicking the shit out of the armed forces in East Houston, ID. Zod wonders if there�s anyone to even challenge him.
� Cut to Lois and Superman in bed. Superman�s hair style has changed by the way.
� Cut to East Houston, where Zod proclaims himself ruler or Earth.
� Cut to Washington as they knock over the Washington monument on their way to the White House.
� Cut to the fortress, where Superman (in a shirt and slacks) is conversing with Jor-El about his love for Lois. Jor-El tells him that he can�t serve humanity by devoting his life to Lois. Lois eavesdrops, wearing his super shirt. Kal-El is petulant: �Selfish? After all I�ve done for them?!� Jor-El tells him that the only way he can be with a human is to become a human himself. Jor-El repeatedly implores him not to do it, but Superman is determined. As Superman gets the red sun tanning treatment, Jor-El looks ominously at Lois.

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Turns out the remake of Patton had issues from the get go…


0:47 � 1:00: LESTER CUT

� Lois and Clark near the falls. Lois springs her certainty that Clark is Superman on him. Clark tries to play it off, but Lois proves her point by jumping into the river. Clark bumbles down the walkway to try to help her, and tosses a log into the river with his heat vision. A waterlogged Lois pulls herself to shore, and then has to save Clark, who falls in after her. She�s mortified that she thought he could have been Superman.
� Zod and the others arrive on Earth, Zod walks on water. Pretty much unchanged, only the water scene and the snake scene aren�t broken up. Also, Non�s heat vision ain�t too good.

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“So needless to say, I hope you’re not really faster than a speeding bullet…”


� Back in their hotel room, Lois is trying to live down her humiliation. Clark trips on the bear and finally can�t deny it when Lois says he is Superman. Lois says she�s in love with him, Clark says they should talk…at his place.
� Expanded scene between the Supercriminals and the sheriff and deputy on the road. Non likes the shotgun and the glowing red light.
� Lois and Clark fly to the fortress, pretty much unchanged from Donner Cut.

FINDING: This section is the best example so far of how the Donner Cut intercuts too much between Zod and crew and Lois and Clark. Scenes that you know had more meat to them are left hanging to switch over to the other storyline. And of course the Jor-El factor is in full effect as he tries to reason with Kal-El not to put his time and emotion into one person, and later not to abandon humanity for his own wants and desires. Of course in the Lester version it was his mother doing the reasoning. The undeniable power of Jor-El in this scene i


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