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Post: #227977
Topic: Superman Returns Discussion - SPOILERS
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/227977/action/topic#227977
Time: 21-Jul-2006 3:42 PM

Official word from Warner Brothers on this fall's DVD releases

WHV Releases Superman DVDs Details
Source: Warner Home Video July 21, 2006

Warner Home Video has made the following announcement about the upcoming "Superman" DVDs:

On November 28, in celebration of the year of Superman, Warner Home Video will release a host of DVDs, all starring the late Christopher Reeve in his landmark portrayal of the Man of Steel. Leading the way will be the long-awaited Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut ($24.98 SRP), directed by Donner and representing Superman II as it was originally conceived and intended to be filmed. An overwhelmingly requested title, the movie features Donner's original footage, shot but never used before, including a never-before-seen beginning, a never-before-seen resolution, with 15 minutes of restored footage of Marlon Brando as Jor-El and much more.

Other titles to be released include Superman: The Movie Four Disc Special Edition ($39.92 SRP) which features both the DVD debut of the 1978 theatrical version as well as the 2001 extended edition with commentary from director Richard Donner and Tom Mankiewicz, archival footage of additional scenes and screen tests.

Richard Lester's ever-popular Superman II will be available in a new Two Disc Special Edition ($26.99 SRP) including a new featurette, vintage television specials and additional vault elements; and Superman III and IV Deluxe Editions ($19.97 SRP). Finally, The Christopher Reeve Superman Collection ($79.92 SRP) will be offered in an 8-disc boxed set including all the above (except Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut).

Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut

Superman II will delight fans who, for years, have been imploring Warner Home Video via voluminous numbers of petitions, letters, phone calls and e-mails to release the Donner cut.

In fact, Donner had already shot most of the Superman II footage during Superman: The Movie. But as production on the sequel continued, creative differences between the director and the film's producers became irreconcilable and Donner left the project. Although Richard Lester was hired to finish production, he chose to make major changes to the film, leaving only vestiges of Donner's original vision and concepts in the version of Superman II that was ultimately released to theaters.

Now, nearly thirty years later, Warner Home Video is honored to grant the wishes of countless Superman fans. With this DVD release, Richard Donner has become the first director in history to be able to complete a film he left during production with nearly all his footage "in the can." Adding back a substantial amount of that unused footage, the director has seen his original vision restored and brought to fruition.

Most notably, the "Donner cut" restores the Marlon Brando role, filmed for, but not included in the final theatrical release version of Superman II. The legendary Brando's performance as Jor-El has finally been restored in key scenes that amplify Superman lore and deepen the profound relationship between father and son.

With so many other changes, large and small, including a variety of Lois Lane (Margot Kidder) schemes to unmask Clark Kent as Superman, this Superman II will prove to be an eye-opening experience and an important addition to film history.

Superman: The Movie (1978/2001) Four-Disc Special Edition

A box-office smash, an Academy Award® winner and a fan favorite since it first flew into theatres in December 1978, Superman: The Movie assembles an "A List" cast and creative contingent. At its heart is Christopher Reeve's intelligent, affectionate portrayal of a most human Man of Steel.

The movie's legacy was amplified when director Richard Donner revisited this beloved adventure 22 years later and integrated eight minutes into the film. Enjoy more footage of the Krypton Council, a glimpse of stars of prior Superman incarnations, more of Jor-El underscoring his son's purpose on Earth and an extended sequence inside Lex Luthor's gauntlet of doom.

Superman II Two-Disc Special Edition (1980)

Unwittingly released from Phantom Zone imprisonment, three super-powered Kryptonian criminals (Terence Stamp, Sarah Douglas and Jack O'Halloran) plan to enslave Earth - just when Superman (Christopher Reeve) decides to show a more romantic side to Lois Lane (Margot Kidder). Gene Hackman (as Lex Luthor) also returns from the first film with a top supporting cast, witty Richard Lester direction and visuals that astound and delight.

Superman III Deluxe Edition (1983)

Meet Gus Gorman (Richard Pryor), a half-witted computer programming wiz. Reeve reprises his role, deepening his character's human side as Clark Kent reunites with old flame Lana Lang (Annette O'Toole) at a Smallville High class reunion. When Superman becomes his own worst enemy after Kryptonite exposure, Reeve plays both roles with dazzling skill.

Superman IV The Quest For Peace (1987)

Christopher Reeve not only stars as the title hero again but also helped develop the movie's provocative theme: nuclear disarmament. To make the world safe for nuclear arms merchants, Lex Luthor (Gene Hackman) creates a new being to challenge the Man of Steel: the radiation-charged Nuclear Man (Mark Pillow).

Supergirl
Creative forces behind Superman: The Movie bring another DC Comics hero to life with this fun- and effects-packed adventure about the Girl of Steel. Helen Slater plays the title role, battling a sorceress (Faye Dunaway) for control of an alien power orb. Peter O'Toole and Mia Farrow add more starpower.

SUPERMAN and all related characters and elements are trademarks of and © DC Comics.

The big questions we should all be asking about all the films now:
1) Are these newer/better transfers than the 2001 release?
2) What are the audio formats?
3) Will the International Salkind Editions of I-III be in the set?
4) If not, what exactly makes this Superman III release "Deluxe?"
5) Will all the deleted scenes appear in a supplemental section?

Post: #227972
Topic: Superman Returns Discussion - SPOILERS
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/227972/action/topic#227972
Time: 21-Jul-2006 3:34 PM

Originally posted by: Number20
I actually don't think Zod belonged in Superman Returns. In Superman II, he was dropped to his death in the Fortress of Solitude. Even though Donner had him survive, nobody has seen this version ...

Not exactly. This scene has played on TV for 26 years now and is in the infamous RIC. I never thought the villains were killed in cold blood. That would be too Han Solo anyway.

Post: #227925
Topic: Superman Returns Discussion - SPOILERS
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/227925/action/topic#227925
Time: 21-Jul-2006 1:15 PM

From what I understand about the Donner cut of II, there is no "I won't let you down again" scene at the end. Interestingly, that ties it better to SR, but that is unquestionably the best Lester addition to SII, and I consider it canon.

Forgetting that for a moment, I'd thought that Singer was going to go for the angle where, after meeting three others from Krypton in SII, Superman felt the need to see if there were other survivors. That could have made a good catalyst for why he left.

If Jude Law wasn't such a prick, maybe Zod would have actually told this to Superman. Apparently Singer wanted Jude to play Zod, and when he woudn't commit to the part, Singer dropped Zod altogether rather than find another actor (James Marsters -- not Marsden but Marsters -- anyone? Wayne Pygram?).

That would have worked wonders. Lex and the now-mortal Zod hatch a new scheme to rule the world. Zod tells Kal-El there were survivors from the big bang. Kal-El leaves on a five year wild goose chase, leading us to the movie we saw.

Anybody catch who the old lady that Lex scammed was?

Post: #227894
Topic: Superman Returns Discussion - SPOILERS
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/227894/action/topic#227894
Time: 21-Jul-2006 10:49 AM

Not that these different Superman universes exactly match up, in Smallville (the series), his ship was kept hidden under the barn for years. I think it was destroyed or disappeared a couple seasons back. But a new, larger one showed up with Brainiac this season that's been a significant plot point. Take what you want from there.

If I ran the Superman universe, Smallville would have gone to the big screen. Lois would have never been introduced on the show (as hot as Erica Durance is). Chloe would NOT have returned after season 3, but the exact plot point of her disappearing into witness protection would have stayed.

Chloe would have simply show up again years later as a scrappy reporter at the Daily Planet with a dye job and bearing her new witness-protection name: Lois Lane. She even wrote an article using that pen name in S3 which was a perfect setup for this. So in the end, Chloe and Clark would be together. But in a way that would have made the entire relationship more poetic. Having Lois in Smallville the way they've done it does NOT help the story. It's just gratuitous.

But I digress. The point is, different approaches to the story have had a Kryptonian ship on Earth that Superman could have taken. But the movie should have addressed this better.

Post: #227886
Topic: Star Wars prequel Box set
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/227886/action/topic#227886
Time: 21-Jul-2006 9:56 AM

^ ^
And there's the rub: Nobody really gives much of a damn about the prequels to complain about the lack of an O-PT. Hell, many of us who support the preservation of the O-OT have gone all out re-editing the PT to our own satisfaction. (Granted, I've done that to the SE as well, but that's only academic. The O-OT is my first love and desperately needs a proper release.)

Post: #227885
Topic: Superman Returns Discussion - SPOILERS
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/227885/action/topic#227885
Time: 21-Jul-2006 9:47 AM

Originally posted by: Yoda Is Your Father
This thread is for people who have seen the movie and want to discuss it. There will be spoilers, so if you haven't seen it yet, stay away.

So.....

Superman has a kid?!
I said it before: "Surgeon General's Warning: Sex Causes Children"

And why does his kid look about 7 when he's supposedly been gone for only 5 years?

He's either been raised on the same kind of milk that John Conner was raised on in T2, or it might be that his dad was 6'4". Take your pick. My kid looks at least a year older than his peers and he doesn't come from tall stock.

And why does Superman get beaten senseless by Lex and his cronies on the Kryptonite island, but about 20 minutes later he is able to through the island, pick it up and fly into space with it? Sure, it landed him in hospital, but he shouldn't have even been able to lift that thing, let alone fly.

I think this was total dramatic license that worked for me. Simple mind over matter. Most of the Kryptonite was yanked out of his back by Lois (only a small shard remained ... the difference between a human being stabbed with a poison blade or poked with a poison-tipped needle I suppose). He realized the great importance of what he needed to do, flew up to the sunlight to "recharge his batteries" and then did what he needed to do to save the world. After that he collapsed in a heap. And what saved him in the very end? Lois telling him that, yes, the kid was his. There's no science in that, but it makes for great drama.

These weren't the problems I took issue with. These were decent plot points. The suit, the super-stalker, and the casting of Lois were all that really bothered me.

Post: #227686
Topic: On this day, 31 years ago
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/227686/action/topic#227686
Time: 20-Jul-2006 4:43 PM

Many happy returns!

Post: #227671
Topic: Info: 'The Big Lebowski - F'ing Short Version' - on youtube
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/227671/action/topic#227671
Time: 20-Jul-2006 3:09 PM — Edited 10-Jul-2020 9:28 AM

Brilliant Fan edit. Not work safe.

Post: #227602
Topic: ADM's 'Dune : The Reconstructed Workprint' (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/227602/action/topic#227602
Time: 20-Jul-2006 11:10 AM

Sorry, I only gave half of the info before. The capture to BMP is actually done in VirtualDubMod. Instead of saving the images as AVI, you can save as a sequence of images. Then you can reassemble a series of images in TMPGEnc when you load. Photoshop is done in-between those steps. There are probably much better tools that do this without modifying individual images by hand, but I don't have them.

Post: #227596
Topic: ADM's 'Dune : The Reconstructed Workprint' (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/227596/action/topic#227596
Time: 20-Jul-2006 10:29 AM

I used Photoshop. Each shot was exported to .BMP, rotoscoped by hand, then re-assembled in TMPGEnc. Painful.

Anybody who wants to use what I did as a base, knock yourself out and go for it. Remember, its not my film anyway, just my tinkering.

Post: #227594
Topic: SUPERMAN RETURNS REVIEW
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/227594/action/topic#227594
Time: 20-Jul-2006 10:20 AM

Originally posted by: Yoda Is Your Father
I just saw Superman Returns, and I really liked it a lot.

But...

MAJOR SPOILER COMING UP!! OVERT YOUR EYES IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE MOVIE YET

Superman has a kid?!

Surgeon General's Warning: Sex can cause children.

Post: #227461
Topic: SUPERMAN RETURNS REVIEW
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/227461/action/topic#227461
Time: 19-Jul-2006 9:07 PM

Almost completely off topic, perhaps even better suited for the Politics forum, I just had to link to this story that would make Gus Gorman, not to mention Michael Bolton (not the singer) and Samir Nagheenanajar salivate with anticipation. If you get the reference, you get an extra ten points.

Post: #227418
Topic: Help me come up with the next Pixar movie
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/227418/action/topic#227418
Time: 19-Jul-2006 6:10 PM

How about a movie called "Dead Presidents" where, when people aren't around, all the great heads of state on all the different forms of U.S. currency come to life and figure out how to reproduce for Disney's coffers.

Post: #227416
Topic: SUPERMAN RETURNS REVIEW
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/227416/action/topic#227416
Time: 19-Jul-2006 6:07 PM

That's what they get for marketing a PG-13 movie to kids. They WISELY scaled back on Batman merchandising last year, and kept toy licensing far from their minds when making the film (something Schumaker couldn't resist). Even Harry Potter is reworking their licensing deals to tie in with more mature stuff as he gets older (and as the stories get darker).

Post: #227415
Topic: The Things We Hate And Love Thread .
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/227415/action/topic#227415
Time: 19-Jul-2006 6:03 PM

I hate indigestion.

Post: #227413
Topic: BEAUTIFUL WOMEN NEW RULES IN FIRST POST (NSFW) UPDATED RULES
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/227413/action/topic#227413
Time: 19-Jul-2006 6:02 PM

How come House won't hit that when it's offered so freely and regularly? What is that man's major malfunction?

Post: #227323
Topic: SUPERMAN RETURNS REVIEW
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/227323/action/topic#227323
Time: 19-Jul-2006 1:23 PM

Originally posted by: THX
Supes borrowed a costume ring from Barry Allen to hide his boots in. I know it doesn't make sense now, but just wait for "Superman Forever."

I'm personally awaiting "Superman and Robin: A Joel Schumaker Film." All the bitching about how gay Singer is will quickly be forgotten.

Post: #227296
Topic: SUPERMAN RETURNS REVIEW
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/227296/action/topic#227296
Time: 19-Jul-2006 11:20 AM

Having just watched Superman III, I'm amazed at just how much the new suit looks like Bad Superman's suit in that film. That's the worst part of the magenta. It just looks like Bad Superman.

I love how virtually every poster and promo shot had his suit color corrected to the more traditional red. The marketing guys knew this color was a bad idea.

I don't get how Singer continually says "If you're making a Superman movie, don't be afraid to make a Superman movie." He specifically talked about not overly modernizing the character or the classic elements. Then he screws up the suit. I, for one, found the suit to be the #1 biggest detractor of the film. The Super-Stalker scene was probably #2. Parker-Posey-Should-Have-Been-Lois was #3. After that, I thought the film was good enough.

Edit: Though I have to say, the superboots would merit not even needing normal shoes. They'd just look like cordovan loafers under a business suit. I wanna know how Supes hid the good ol' red boots all these years.

Post: #227099
Topic: The R.I.P. Thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/227099/action/topic#227099
Time: 18-Jul-2006 3:21 PM

RIP, Mickey, father of Mike Hammer.

Post: #227098
Topic: ***The ADigitalMan non-Star Wars DVD Info and Feedback Thread***
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/227098/action/topic#227098
Time: 18-Jul-2006 3:18 PM

Sounds cool as the ice floe on which the monster was last seen. You gotta capture this.

Post: #226941
Topic: Weird Lines With Womble
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/226941/action/topic#226941
Time: 17-Jul-2006 9:44 PM

But womble only encodes video that has been modified. Splicing should leave the video untouched.

Sounds like you're editing a telecined source. These lines become noticible when you're editing, but aren't so much on a TV itself. What is the source?

Post: #226763
Topic: The R.I.P. Thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/226763/action/topic#226763
Time: 17-Jul-2006 12:02 AM

RIP Robert Howell Brooks.

For the record, this man was not some sleazy guy. Yes he gave the world Hooters (the restaurant chain), but he also ran the Eastern Foods conglomerate, which includes the Naturally Fresh food line. He was a philanthropist, donating millions to the improvement of sports and fine arts programs across South Carolina. Sure, he built football stadiums and bought jumbotrons for football programs, but he also built one of the great fine arts centers. He even developed a collegiate major for motorsports engineering (yep, NASCAR is a college major now). He was considered one of the south's finest entrepreneurs.

Mr. Brooks, your mark on business will be remembered as a positive one. You will be sorely missed.

Post: #226757
Topic: HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/226757/action/topic#226757
Time: 16-Jul-2006 11:35 PM

Dayv could just call it the "Harry Potter thread" and we'd be set for posterity.

Post: #226756
Topic: RIP Syd Barret
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/226756/action/topic#226756
Time: 16-Jul-2006 11:34 PM

Sean strikes again. Freaky.

Post: #226433
Topic: SUPERMAN RETURNS REVIEW
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/226433/action/topic#226433
Time: 15-Jul-2006 1:00 AM

I totally dig Smallville. It's a fresher take on the franchise than SR. Not perfect, but damn good fun. You should rent it first to see what you think.