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Superman 2: The Booshman Cut

Superman2

by Booshman
What is it about? This combines footage of Superman II &
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut.
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original film name: Superman II, Superman II The Richard Donner Cut
film studio name: Salkind/WB
Date Original Film Was Released: 12 04 1980
and 11 28 2006
Date Edit Was Released: 11 JAN 2007
Original Runtime: 242 min
New Runtime: 103 min
Amount of time Cut/Added:139 minutes cut
Cuts removed/added/extended:

  • Here’s the scene order:
  • Donner cut recap (with a few of the poorer effects shots of the PZ removed) and I cut straight from the PZ drifting in space to SM chasing the rocket.
  • Credits from STM intercut with Donner cut for a few credits + earth approach at the end.
  • Daily planet intro from Donner cut. No Lois jumping out the window.
  • Lex in prison from the donner cut
  • Moon sequence as in Donner cut with control room trimmed slightly.
  • Lex escapes from prison as in Donner cut.
  • Arrival at Niagra Falls as in Donner cut.
  • Lex in the fortress from the Donner cut. Cut from outside to “its fantastic”. Toilet joke also removed. Fade from Lex’s monologue about the villains into Lex Heads South deleted scene.
  • Niagra Falls rescue from Donner cut up till the boy falls then Lester for the superior music. A lot of trimmed dialogue also.
  • Villains land from Donner cut. “such a strange surface” line removed.
  • Lois jumps in the river. Some dialogue trimmed.
  • Ursa burns the snake. As in Donner cut but without her being bitten, she picks it up, throws it down and burns it.
  • Pink bear. Some dialogue trimmed.
  • East Houston cops face the villans from the Donner cut. “Holy skunk sweat” removed. Zod takes the gun of the cop a super speed, no floating gun. Superman flies Lois to the FOS from Donner cut, Superman shows Lois the green crystal. Lois’ reactions and bad dialogue
    trimmed.
  • East Housten battle from Donner cut.
  • Superman and lois have dinner. Lois’ bad dialogue trimmed again.
  • Zods “your lands” speech from donner cut, with fall of washington monument.
  • Depowering scene from Donner cut intercut with Lois reactions from Lester (recoloured where needed). Lois painted out for distance shots of Brando.
  • Sound from Lester used during depowering leading into Lesters “just say you love me”.
  • Whitehouse attack from Donner cut. Bullet hits added. Lester sound used in the oval room. Ursa “ribbons” dialogue removed.
  • Dons Diner from Donner cut.
  • Lex makes deal with the villains. Starts with Lex at the door, dialogue of Zod being bored cut.
  • Repowering starts with lesters up until crystal is found where Lois left it, then Donner footage.
  • Villans attack the DP from Donner cut until SM turns up then Lester/ Donner Comination. “care to step outside” is used.
  • Metropolis battle. Donner/Lester Combo. Lester score restored in some places. Reaction shots are all Donner.
  • Villains go back to the DP as in Donner cut.
  • Villains fly to the FOS from Donner cut.
  • Villains enter the Fortress deleted scene. With bad effect replaced.
  • Villains in the fortress as in Donner cut with Lester score restored from the hand crush. Sweat patch also painted out.
  • Superman and Lois talk outside the FOS. Destruction of the FOS removed.
  • SM and Lois talk on the balcony as in the Donner cut.
  • Revenge on the Diner bully.
  • Flag scene. With fountain fixed.
  • Flyby and credits from Donner cut.

DVD – Features:

  1. 103 min. NTSC
  2. static menu

Video and Audio Information:

  • Video Attributes:
  • Video compression mode: MPEG-2
  • TV system: 625/50 (PAL)
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Display Mode: Only Letterbox
  • Source picture resolution: 720×576 (625/50)
  • Frame Rate: 25.00
  • Source picture letterboxed: Not letterboxed
  • Bitrate: 0.29Mbps
  • Audio Attributes:
  • Audio Coding mode: Dolby Digital
  • Sampling Rate: 48kHz
  • Audio application mode: Not specified
  • Number of Audio channels: 6
  • Bitrate: 448 Kbps
  • Number of Audio streams: 1

Conceptual improvements/advancements of edit over original:

The idea is to bring the best possible Superman 2 movie to the audience.

The deleted scenes I used have had as much dirt removed as possible and been
recoloured .
Although Lois still realizes Clark is SM very early on,through the editing I
have done she doesn’t give the game away too quick and it is SM arrival at
Niagra Falls that gives her the confidence to bet her life on her hunch. I
also think Lois nowing Supermans identity at the works very well.

Versions:

  • This was released both as PAL and NTSC

Time needed for the edition: 3 days
persons involved: 1

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Filed under: Firstlings, Superheroes, Superman, True Fanedits / Reviews (3)

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  1. Judging from the description, this is exactly the Superman II hybrid I have been looking for! It’s like you read my mind.
    I especially love that you end it with Lois knowing Superman’s secret, I don’t know why the memory kiss or the turning back of time was ever needed, it never felt right that Superman would manipulate Lois that badly. And I always felt that Margot’s Lois was too strong of character for the audience to feel untrustworthy. My favorite part of Superman IV is the scene when Lois brings Clark the cape and pretends she doesn’t know he’s superman but really does. (“I remember EVETYTHING”)
    Anyway, well done, Booshman. Thank you.

    Review by NightBrigade — August 20, 2008 @ 10:59 pm

  2. The most impressive FanEdit I’ve seen yet (although I’m admittedly new to this world).

    Been terribly busy, so I watched in bits and pieces — not the way I would usually watch ANY movie (a second viewing is required) — from my computer,but I was extremely impressed. Having not yet created the ISO image and burned it to disc, I can’t really comment on the menus and the like.

    Overall, this is a seamless edit and smart combination of Lester’s and Donner’s cuts. I still don’t like the pink bear scene and don’t buy Clark tripping on said bear — and never did buy it, even at a very young age when Supes II was in theaters — but I can understand the choice made here. Personally, I prefer the “blanks” scene (and didn’t mind the glasses/hair issues) and would like to see this same cut with that inserted instead. I also like the removal of the Super-kiss and no repeat of turning the world back, but I wonder if there’s perhaps a cut scene or even a scene from S III or IV which can be used to give Lois and Clark a happier ending as she’s so darned sad at the end of the balcony scene. It would be nice to see them working together with “business as usual” and maybe a shot of Lois w/a knowing look.

    As for the editing itself, I think there may have been one or two hard music cuts but, otherwise, the bridging together of these two versions was seamless. Great work, Booshman!

    PBot

    p.s. if anyone knows where I can get a hold of the Blazing Saddles Extended Cut, please let me know.

    Review by Phlegmbot — October 14, 2010 @ 6:34 am

  3. I’ve just watched the Booshman Cut of Superman II, and overall it is fantastic. What an exceptional job, and totally keeping in tone with the first movie and what the Donner Cut of II should have been. Exceptional moments were the opening credits, the use of titles from both I and II, the depowering scene with the use of Lester’s Lois just seemed to fit better, and the overall pace of the film and the cutting out of the silly jokes. However, there are some basic flaws that seem to damage the heart of Act 2 – the most important being the handling of the pacing of the love triangle between Superman, Lois and Clark.

    To begin, all of the Niagara Falls scenes need re-evaluating. Lester shot these, so it is easy to want to cut, but let’s not forget that Lester was working with what Donner had created, so the scenes Lester creates, developing the love triangle, will always remain Donner’s inspiration. Personally, I would have left in the bridal suite scene, the cutting of this so abruptly cuts short the pace. Also, keep in the “straight for the lawyers” joke, plus the “I really thought you were Superman?” joke. Also, the St. Lucia scene should remain, plus the extremely, extremely important Supes saying, “If it wasn’t for him [Clark], I never would have met you… For the first time in my life everything is clear.” This is the very heart of the love triangle: you don’t cut out a line this profound. Then have a fade to black, revealing Clark and Lois in bed straight after the depowering scene, and this would round things off perfectly.

    I do love the use of Lester’s green Fortress of Solitude when Clark returns, there was always something haunting about this image. There is a plot hole that arises, though. I do also prefer Superman explaining earlier to Lois how he discovered his calling, but her leaving behind the green crystal implies that this forgetfulness enabled Superman’s repowering, instead of Jor-el having foreseen it. There is no way around it, and overall the inclusion of the two Lester additions rounds things out better.

    My points about the love triangle notwithstanding, again, what an excellent job overall – technically it was superb, and it made for a more satisfying movie. In principle, the Donner Cut is far superior to Lester’s vision. However, to make for the highest level of perfection we are ever going to see, the points above really need looking at. As Donner said regarding the first film, “If we can make the love story work then everything else is going to fall into place.”

    DC

    Review by supermandan — January 7, 2011 @ 3:12 pm

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