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Superman: Edit of Edits

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This will go hand in hand with the other Superman 2 fan edit I'm doing, as in they will share a good amount of their footage.

I am planning to jockey a couple scenes around, add some footage, delete some footage, and I think I can easily jigger together a coherent Superman 1+2 set that goes together.

The original idea for Superman 1 was to have it end on a cliffhanger with the Phantom Zone being busted open. For the two movies to work together, I have to remove the subplot of Lois dying and Superman turning back time to save her; he'll turn back time in Superman 2 EOE. I managed to remove these scenes and then not notice anything was missing, so it might actually work.

"Right now the coffees are doing their final work." (Airi, Masked Rider Den-o episode 1)

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Being a Superman fan, I wish you luck on this project.

A Goon in a Gaggle of 'em

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Will you be using the Richard Donner Cut or Lester's?
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I'd assume a bit of a mix.

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Both.

Mostly, I think, Donner, with a splash of Lester. As in the Donner cut,

1. No H-bomb; the Hackensack rocket from the first movie breaks the Phantom Zone open (this scene will also be added to Superman 1 EOE)
2. Zod says "FREE!" when broken out of the Phantom Zone
3. Window and gun, not river and fire
4. No or extremely limited telekinesis
5. Non is more of a menace
6. No ice cream sight gag, I might use a couple, but not to the point of corniness
7. No wild goose chase around the Fortress
8. Marlon Brando

But a few scenes do work a bit better in Lester's cut, so I am making a hybrid cut of my own.

"Right now the coffees are doing their final work." (Airi, Masked Rider Den-o episode 1)

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So far my cut is the Donner cut with 3 extensions. (2 from the Lester cut, the 3rd is a deleted scene that you RIC fans may recognize).

Pity the international cuts are FS only and not that great quality. I could really make something out of them.

Here's the list of changes so far:

1. "...what's a curl?" reinstated
2. Non attempting to use heat vision on the snake corpse reinstated
3. Clark bumping into the surly guy coming off the elevator before going to "visit" Rocky at the diner added

I'm cutting this together rather quickly for testing...

btw, I turned the WB logo upside-down and rewrote the logo "Released by Mko Films" instead of "Released by Warner Bros." as a joke

"Right now the coffees are doing their final work." (Airi, Masked Rider Den-o episode 1)