(Artwork features elements by Jim Bowers of CapedWonder.net)

Here's another little one. A far cry from the holy grail that would be a fully anamorphic International Salkind Extended Edition, this merely gives us two more scenes in the film (about 3:15 to the runtime). Richard Donner noted in his 2001 interview with IGNFF about the forthcoming Expanded Edition that he was particularly looking forward to the reinsertion of "Ned Beatty feeding those things underground." Well, they didn't show up in the actual 2001 Expanded Edition, but they were included as a supplement on the DVD. So I've put the two scenes with this tiny subplot back in. It greatly captures more of Lex's twisted mind, and it bridges the gap between Superman flying away from the desert and flying into the prison with a little more grace.