I'm not saying who, but I have it on good authority Zod was a wimp and a mamas boy.
Posted on 09/30/2010 4:42:39 PM PDT by EveningStar
For those of you who have seen both versions, which version do you prefer - the Lester cut or the Donner cut - and why?
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut is a 2006 re-edit of the 1980 superhero film, Superman II, by Richard Donner, who shot a large part of the original movie before being replaced as director by Richard Lester. It stars Gene Hackman, Christopher Reeve, Terence Stamp, Margot Kidder and Marlon Brando. The cut was supervised by Donner, creative consultant Tom Mankiewicz (who penned the 1977 shooting script for Superman II, on which the Donner cut is based), and Michael Thau, an editor who worked with Donner on the 2001 DVD director's cut and restoration of the 1978 film Superman.
Gotta go with the Lester release.
"I call for a vote of 'no confidence' in General Zod's leadership."
I'm not saying who, but I have it on good authority Zod was a wimp and a mamas boy.
The Donner cut just seemed to have the same “feel” as the first one. Makes a bit of sense there as he directed it :-)! I wish I could describe it better than that. I just felt it paired up with the first one a heck of a lot better.
The “theatrical” second Superman just felt cheesy to me (not like the first & Donner’s II aren’t). I loved Superman II as a kid, but as I got older I just didn’t enjoy it as much as the first. Sorry for the lame explanation.
To this day Superman has one of the best musical scores ever. I will NEVER forget seeing Superman I in the theater with my dad and those opening credits :-)! I think I was 5 when it came out, but I can remember it to this day :-).
I still think “Superman Returns” gets unfairly bashed. Yeah, Kate Bosworth was horrible as Lois Lane & I still cannot forgive the director for editing out “American Way” when he says “I want to know if he’s still for truth, justice, all of that stuff”. But overall, people seem to trash that film up and down when it is really not all too bad. It’s definitely worth the $7 or so on BluRay (used ... I never buy them new).
As far as the time travel stuff in the first one ... I have no idea if that was part of the original story ... I can’t say that stuff really bothers me either ... it’s a comic book film, not real life like Star Trek :-P (though time travel worked awesome in the new one!!!)
I think Richard Donner would have made a better Superman II than Richard Lester. The Donner cut points the direction, but you have to forgive a few inadequacies (test shots subbing for real shots, excessive re-use of themes & sequences from the first movie, etc.).
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