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This would be for the Richard Donner cut of the film. Donner originally was filming superman 1 & 2 back-to-back but was fired before he could finish filming all of two some new guy came in and gave the bad guys magic fingers, and superman a big plastic flying shield...basically he messed it up.

So this release is trying to re-make the film as it was orignally planned, so there having to fill in some missing footage.

In this case changing the film is worthwile to give fans something they've wanted.

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I with you Tevye. :) All the 'retooling' and remaking of films that is happening of late leaves a sour taste in my mouth. The repackaging of classics or wanna-be classics in an effort for us to shell out money is offensive. The only one this fangirl will be buying anytime soon are those dvds of Star Wars, and then only because the original theatrical release is included.

But maybe I'm just old...

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Besides Star Wars and this, what other "classic" movies have had scenes added years later?

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First something has to be Classic before a re tooling is utter sacrilege. Supes 2 was the downfall of the series. I'll admit I was never a supes fan to begin with (spidey is #1) but Superman 1 was about the pre crisis classic superman and the worst thing about that superman was that he could do anything which made him a ridiculous character. This was only done a little bit in one where, he turns back time by spinning the earth backward. In the second we get this silly story where plastic S shield is thrown and Supes makes a reference to playing a game in school (he didn't go to school on krypton) Then the ultimate boot to the head, Supes magically kisses Lois into forgetting. Just a bad movie all around except when in comparison to 3 and 4.
I waited for this Superman2(the donner version) and it will finally complete my superman movie collection.
Really they should have rebooted the fanchise for Superman returns.(already said in a previous great comic book article here on cinematical)
ps
I should have known Lucas would have given in. I hate doubling up versions of dvd's.
But I definitely will get the theatrical releases, and give the special editions away. so I only have one set. of theatrical and special.

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Even the pre-Crisis Superman couldn't turn back time or change the past. In the comics every attempt he made to change the past failed. That part of the movie always bothered me. Even more than the magic fingers and plastic S of the second movie

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I think that "Bladerunner" is a good example of a film that needed to be altered: Which do you prefer --the theatrically released studio version, or the re-edited director's cut which was eventually released on video?

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