Well, leaving the kiss allows the story to actually tie with SUPERMAN RETURNS better... Why refuse the fact that SR follows it (although loosely)? Lets make an effort to aknowledge it. Because no matter what, officially, Supes made Lois forget by that kiss. So no edit with change that fact. Better as well aknowledge it, and move from there. Making a hybrid is a priority.
I'm all for tying S:TM, SII, and SR all together. The SuperKiss is the definite way to go in that scenario, there's really no way around it, and it doesn't destroy continuity as the other possible endings would.
In my previous post I was just pointing out if they were so biased against Lester not to use the SuperKiss, they didn't have to resort to reversing time (AGAIN), they could have just allowed Lois to retain her knowledge. At least that scenario doesn't create plotholes in both S:TM (how often does Superman use this time reversal trick?) and SII (getting "even" with the bully, even though that never happened). If they were really trying to complete Donner's vision of a two-part epic, based on the materials available to them, the balcony scene should have been the final Clark/Lois scene.
Definitely the former.
Should any of the mother footage be left in? It was nice to see all the Brando footage, but I also felt the mother lent a nice touch in places as well in the Lester version.
I'm all for tying S:TM, SII, and SR all together. The SuperKiss is the definite way to go in that scenario, there's really no way around it, and it doesn't destroy continuity as the other possible endings would.
In my previous post I was just pointing out if they were so biased against Lester not to use the SuperKiss, they didn't have to resort to reversing time (AGAIN), they could have just allowed Lois to retain her knowledge. At least that scenario doesn't create plotholes in both S:TM (how often does Superman use this time reversal trick?) and SII (getting "even" with the bully, even though that never happened). If they were really trying to complete Donner's vision of a two-part epic, based on the materials available to them, the balcony scene should have been the final Clark/Lois scene.
Although, I got to ask... If a Superman II re-edit happens, should it follow Donner Cut's structure/timeline, with Lester bits here and there (my choice), or be it the theatrical-Lester cut with Donner scenes here and there (NOT my choice)?
Definitely the former.
Should any of the mother footage be left in? It was nice to see all the Brando footage, but I also felt the mother lent a nice touch in places as well in the Lester version.
No for a few reasons.
1) It's inconsistent with S:TM in which Superman talks to Jor-El.
2) Lara did not record her intellect and personality onto the crystals, only Jor-El did.
3) There would be no conclusion to the mother & son relationship as there is with father & son.