I mentioned this before, but yeah, cutting the Paris sequence (warts and all) is a problem. If we're talking stand-alone sequel, then it's good to have some undiluted Superman action up front (it might be possible to move Niagara up, but not by much), and if we're talking combo 1&2 edit we have to figure out how it dovetails with the already problematic ending of 1.

Do we see the villains freed before Superman turns back time (if he does)? Do we pick up on the missile only after "Maybe... if he's lucky?" I kind of like the idea of 1 ending with "FREEE!" but then that means the missile took its sweet time exploding (unless we explore the 'parallel time-travelling Superman' idea) and there was no 'double jeopardy' after all.

Separate topic: Miss Tessmacher. Now that we have an alternate jailbreak sequence on the Donner disc, how about using it at the end of 2? Maybe after the credits?