"ADigitalMan's Superman Redeemed"
This edit redeems the better scenes of Superman III and IV, by reworking the two story lines
into a single plot. (And some bits borrowed from deleted material).
Running Time: 1 hour 32 minutes & some seconds, counting the credits.
Stats: NTSC, Anamorphic, menued, 5.1 audio.
Covers: ADM's own official covers.
Size: 3.74 GB (4,018,889,029)
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ADM's description:
This project of pure insanity presents a hybrid cut of Superman III and IV, with elements
of all four films worked in. I had the crazy concept for this film after watching them for
the first time since I was a kid. Though they're both miserably wretched to watch, they
do have some fantastic elements in them. III had the great stuff with Lana in Smallville,
plus the classic good vs. evil Superman battle. IV had a great concept with Superman trying
to disarm the world and Lex trying to capitalize on it, but the FX were miserable, the
action sequences were misguided, Lenny was annoying, and the whole Lacy plot was nothing but
superfluous padding. It would have been a great movie of the week in the early 80s at best.
Was there enough salvagable material in these two, and could it be constructed into a
working plot? I wasn't even sure going into it, but I thought so. When I realized that the
Paris sequence from Lester's SII could be the lynchpin of the story, it all fell into place.
The end result is surprisingly coherent and entertaining. Some bad FX still remain, and a
couple of disjointed cuts were inescapable, but it's better than sitting through those two
films in their entirety ever again. Just as the character of Superman is redeemed in the
junkyard, so do these two junky films get redeemed, leaving a more fitting legacy for
Christopher Reeve. Hence the name: Superman Redeemed.
I could detail the edit, but I think I'll let it speak for itself. A few notes though:
1) A healthy dose of the STM Original Soundtrack helps to patch scenes together and punch others up.
2) Lenny doesn't bust out Lex, Miss Tessmacher does while Otis looks on, dumbfounded. It was great to put these characters into this film. Thank you Donner Cut Deleted Scenes!
3) Brando is heard.
4) Darth Editous is the coolest guy on this board. One key shot still had Richard Pryor in it, which I was prepared to accept after my slipshod attempts at digital character removal. Then DE offered to fix this and presented the result in less than a day. As Clark would best say it: "Golly, what a swell guy!"
Check out this page
http://www.originaltrilogy.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=9&threadid=2425&STARTPAGE=34
to see what awesomeness he produced.
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