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Superman II: The Hybrid Edition was quite excellent in nearly every respect. The only thing that bugged me was an issue with my cheapo DVD player, which flickered the image wherever there was a cut between the two sources. That's weird. The movie and editing themselves, though, is masterful. I really like the Donner Cut for its purism, but if you're watching the Superman series in order, you can't watch it in sequence; it doesn't make sense, and the ending hurts a lot. With the Hybrid, you don't have to worry about any of it, and this will probably be the version of the flick I watch from now on.
Superman Redeemed was a bit weirder for me. I haven't seen Superman III or IV since I was a small child, maybe 6 years old tops. Needless to say, I remember diddly-squat. I was going to check them out again soon, actually, until I heard about this edit and then I figured I'd save it until I checked this out to just see how it played. My gut reaction: plays pretty weird. If this edit had been a normal movie, theatrically released, I'd think that the boys upstairs left quite a few bugs unfixed. The pace is weird, and the tone isn't really consistent. However, looking past that, I honestly couldn't tell which stuff was from Superman III and which was from Superman IV. (Being more familiar with II, the Paris scene stood out to me, but the way it was edited in here worked incredibly well for the newly constructed story.) What's more, the actual story that was constructed in this version is impressively coherent. This is definitely one of the better examples of what a fan edit can be: a complete reimagining of a story given available footage.
Overall, ADM, some of your finest work to date. Can't wait to check out the Returns edit.
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