My problem with the Donner Cut is that it feels so fragmented in comparison to the Lester Cut. Some of that’s down to Michael Thau’s editing, but some of it comes to the simple fact that it is two different scripts being butted together.

It feels like such a mixed bag, far more than the original Lester Cut. Lester Cut is a fun, light and well-made Superman romp. The Donner Cut tries to be more than that, but it can’t always be with the footage it’s provided with.

The Brando scenes, the opening, and definitely the ending Superman/Lois scenes seem RIGHT out of the first movie, and definitely show how good the original script would have been if filmed fully.

I almost wish the storyboards had just been mixed with the filmed footage, and the original Baird cut of the Superman II footage was used. It wouldn’t play as a complete movie, sure, but it would be a very good approximation of what we could have gotten.

I do prefer to watch the Lester Cut on most occasions, though. There are way too many negative technical aspects of the Donner Cut for me to justify.

P.S.: The RIC blows them both out of the water, but whatever…