Superman II: The Prettiest Girl In The Cut (*unfinished - see info for updated project *)

Mod Edit: finished project can be found here - Superman II: The Prettiest Girl In The Cut (SII/III Hybrid)

I was wondering if anyone else has entertained the idea of inserting Annete O’Toole’s scenes from Superman III into Superman II?

I’ve been watching both films lately and I’m trying to work around certain factors. I think to avoid very obvious love triangle issues (do we really want Clark pining for Lana while knocking up Lois at the same time? No), I think we should omit (just about) the entirety of the depowering storyline for this.

Here’s what I’ve got so far in the edit:
*Start with a recap of teen Clark and Lana in Smallville, then flash forward to Supes diverting the missiles, sending one into space, villains freed, head to Earth, “FREEEE”, into credits
*Clark gets the Smallville assignment from Perry, Lois goes away (in this cut, she’s being assigned to Paris, partially inspired by ADM’s Superman Redeemed)
*Lex and Otis discuss Superman in prison
*Superman saves the planet
*Clark meets Lana at the dance
*Lex escapes prison
*Clark and Lana tidy up the dance hall, Lana has the “one that got away” line
*Zod and co wreak havoc on the moon
*Clark saves Lana’s kid from the harvester.
*Lex and Tessmarcher at the fortress
*Clark tells Lana Superman will be at Ricky’s party
*Zod and crew touch down
*Superman honored by the town
*Paris hostage situaton
*Zod and crew terrorize town further
*Love struck Supes makes a diamond for Lana
*Lana decides to travel to Metropolis
*Zod and crew continue to attack the town, news begins to spread of the assault.
*Clark and Jor-El have a talk in the fortress. Jor-El brings up the crystal chamber
*Zod and crew conclude their terrorizing of the town
*Clark visits Lana and gives her the diamond. The audience does not know if Clark used the chamber.
*Zod and crew attack the White House
*Clark, Lana and Ricky at the bowling alley.

*Lex visits the villains

*Clark learns of Zod’s attack over the news (I’ve used scenes from Superman IV for this)

*Daily Planet attack by Zod and crew, “care to step outside?”. Conveying to the audience that he didnt use the chamber after all.

*Superman punches Non and he smashes into a building, causing a power outage that affects Lana and kid in the train
*Everything proceeds up to the Fortress, Supes tricks Zod and crew into depowering
*No Fortress destruction, no Clark/Lois kissing, no balcony farewell.
*Lois and Lana meet (how I’m going to get past Lois’ tan issue I don’t know, maybe a bit of text that reads “two months” later?)
*Supes brings the flag back to the White House. Apologises for being away. Supes flies away, winks at camera. Life goes on.

So far, it’s been going well.

Sources: Superman Movies DVDs

Programe: Adobe Power Pro

ZariusTwo said:

I was wondering if anyone else has entertained the idea of inserting Annete O'Toole's scenes from Superman III into Superman II?

I've been watching both films lately and I'm trying to work around certain factors. I think to avoid very obvious love triangle issues (do we really want Clark pining for Lana while knocking up Lois at the same time? No), I think we should omit (just about) the entirety of the depowering storyline for this.

Here's what I've got so far in the edit:
*Start with a recap of teen Clark and Lana in Smallville, then flash forward to Supes diverting the missiles, sending one into space, villains freed, head to Earth, "FREEEE", into credits
*Clark gets the Smallville assignment from Perry, Lois goes away (in this cut, she's being assigned to Paris, partially inspired by ADM's Superman Redeemed)
*Lex and Otis discuss Superman in prison
*Superman saves the planet
*Clark meets Lana at the dance
*Lex escapes prison
*Clark and Lana tidy up the dance hall, Lana has the "one that got away" line
*Zod and co wreak havoc on the moon
*Clark saves Lana's kid from the harvester.
*Lex and Tessmarcher at the fortress
*Clark tells Lana Superman will be at Ricky's party
*Zod and crew touch down
*Superman honored by the town
*Paris hostage situaton
*Zod and crew terrorize town further
*Love struck Supes makes a diamond for Lana
*Lana decides to travel to Metropolis
*Zod and crew continue to attack the town, news begins to spread of the assault.
*Clark and Jor-El have a talk in the fortress. Jor-El brings up the crystal chamber
*Zod and crew conclude their terrorizing of the town
*Clark visits Lana and gives her the diamond. The audience does not know if Clark used the chamber.
*Zod and crew attack the White House
*Clark, Lana and Ricky at the bowling alley.

*Lex visits the villains

*Clark learns of Zod's attack over the news (I've used scenes from Superman IV for this)

*Daily Planet attack by Zod and crew, "care to step outside?". Conveying to the audience that he didnt use the chamber after all.

*Superman punches Non and he smashes into a building, causing a power outage that affects Lana and kid in the train
*Everything proceeds up to the Fortress, Supes tricks Zod and crew into depowering
*No Fortress destruction, no Clark/Lois kissing, no balcony farewell.
*Lois and Lana meet (how I'm going to get past Lois' tan issue I don't know, maybe a bit of text that reads "two months" later?)
*Supes brings the flag back to the White House. Apologises for being away. Supes flies away, winks at camera. Life goes on.

So far, it's been going well.

 

Sources: Superman Movies DVDs

Programe: Adobe Power Pro

You should use as your source the Blu-rays from the Superman Anthology boxset. If you don't have a BD-ROM drive or burner, then I'm not interested in this project since you're still using DVD.

Yes, you can still work with far better quality which is Blu-ray but yes, use the DVDs as the rough version.

BD25 or BD50 version available when?

Include drunk Superman, I can't get enough of that scene.