Synopsis:

This fanedit is supposed to be the best version of Superman II ever made, with an emphasis on the “Donner” vision, using only the best and “completed” scenes…no workprint footage, no deleted scenes, a film that would reasonably be in theaters and be the followup to Superman: The Movie… also to fix all the technical mistakes, bad FX (Donner), bad editing, and lame corniness of the original Superman II.

Intentions:

To create the best version of Superman II ever made, with an emphasis on the “Donner” vision, using only the best and “completed” scenes…no workprint footage, no deleted scenes, a film that would reasonably be in theaters and be the followup to Superman: The Movie… also to fix all the technical mistakes, bad FX (Donner), bad editing, and lame corniness of the original Superman II.

Change List:

*Christopher Reeve dedication made over silence *Reprise – a much shorter version of the reprise compared to The Donner Cut. Features the villains trial, Luthor/Superman, and Superman throwing the missile into space. The villains escape with Lester footage, used for the superior background plates. The bad special effects from The Donner Cut are gone! *Donner credits *Superman Saves Nation – Daily Planet scene as seen in The Donner Cut, up until Lois shows Clark the newspaper *Luthor Does Laundry as seen in The Donner Cut, complete *Moon Explorers scene, filmed by Donner… Lester’s version used for the superior Ken Thorne music score, edited the villains flying away *Balloon Bustout as seen on The Donner Cut. Luthor’s hand error (Luthor holds up his left hand and then the next cut shows his right hand up) is fixed by using a far away shot of the balloon *Niagara Falls overview and Lois jumping into the water as seen in Lester’s version… Superman never saves the boy… why this over “jumping out of the window”? well, because I couldn’t use blank bullets, it’s “test footage” and Lester’s “jump” works perfectly here *Luthor invading the fortress as seen in The Donner Cut. Cuts at “too true to be good” *Villains arrival on earth. Zod’s campy comments are deleted, now he just rises and walks on water. *Pink bear reveal scene used in place of Donner’s blank bullets because it is “finished” and Donner’s blank bullets was a “test” shot *Trio of villains encounter cops – many edits here including “holy skunksweat” (finally) and the poor Zod double before Zod shoots the gun is removed *Superman and Lois at the fortress – a very nice bridge connecting this scene to the last…many of Lois’s poorly acted expressions are cut… Superman gets dinner, then they eat as seen in Lester’s cut *Villains arm wrestling with rednecks, Zod’s finger beams, boy with the accent are all deleted *Terror in East Houston – Lester’s scene, some edits on Zod’s dumb remarks (East Houston) until the military attacks, then switches to Donner’s version which is more violent and exciting *Depowering as seen in The Donner Cut, minus the “selfish” line from Christopher Reeve *Whitehouse Invasion as seen in The Donner Cut, with a small edit when the military guy smashes through the window and shoots, because no special effects were added to the gun firing in The Donner Cut – now it’s a fast action shot by Zod to disarm him *Diner Humiliation as seen in The Donner Cut *Luthor Pays a Call now opens with Luthor waving the white flag and not the poor comedy scene shot by Lester 2 years later Repowering scene the same as in The Donner Cut minus the weak “Father!” line *Villains attack the Daily Planet as filmed by Donner and seen in Lester’s Cut (for the superior music score), mistakes fixed include the hand holding Perry up when Non lifts him up… and ugly (Lester) Lois deleted after Superman arrives *Metropolis Battle starts as Lester’s (with some words by Zod snipped), then it switches to Donner’s fight which is more exciting, with some small edits for bad special effects and mistakes (Zod’s mirrored shot when shooting heat vision, reversed “no entry” sign and cashier seen coming out of the KFC) *After Battle at the Daily Planet as seen in Donner’s version *Fortress finale all shot by Donner, used Lester’s version with Thorne’s original music score when Superman crushes Zod’s hand *Superman and Lois embrace outside the Fortress ofÂ? Solitude – another beautiful Donner scene…Â? Superman destroying the fortress is edited out because the Arctic Police scene was not included (why? because it’s not available in completed form, only workprint) *Superman and Lois say goodbye on the balcony (Donner) *the perfect Donner ending* *Return match at the Diner (Donner) *End Credits (Lester, more stylized credits by far).

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