ChainsawAsh said:(NOTE that I didn't watch the entire thing, I mostly skimmed through, but I do plan on sitting and watching the whole thing in the future - this is just what I noticed in skimming)
I also think something needs to be done to smooth out the incredibly harsh transition between late '70s effects and terrible 2000's CG in the rocket sequence
Yes, I plan on re-doing that whole sequence before DVD release. The plan is to make it match the 70's effects as much as possible.
Also, I don't know what to think about the ending - on one hand, it's a pretty cool lead-in to "Returns." On the other hand, I hate it when movies reference a future sequel - that's one of the things I loved about "The Dark Knight," that they were so focused on making ONE good movie that they didn't try to lead in to a sequel, they just made this one movie the best it could be. That's just a pet peeve of mine about any movie, though.
I hear you. But it was my intention to make it lead into Superman Returns, so that's what made the most sense.
And it seems odd that Lois would be left remembering who Superman was, though you set it up for "Returns," where she doesn't.
And yet in Superman Returns she doesn't seem to have a problem with the fact that her son could be Superman's, when she shouldn't remember any of that... I plan to fix both problems with an edit of Superman Returns. :)
Finally, I agree about the Luthor/Fortress of Solitude thing - why the hell did he go there, and how the hell did he know it existed?
Oh, and if anything can be done to make the Donner Cut of II's Brando footage match the first movie's, that'd be nice, too - the face doesn't quite have the same look to it.
I have some ideas, but nothing I've tried works. The problem is I would need to separate the face from the background. To make matters worse, some of the Extended scenes in the first Superman also have Brando footage where the FX are different. So you have three or four different ways his his image is presented.
I will give it a try, but I don't think it's possible to fix.
Please let me know what you think of the whole movie once you watch it!
-T