1. Red Warner’s logo
2. Travel through space towards red sun (S1 footage)
3. DC: Trial recap
4. LC opening credits music with S1 Superman logo and credits (a few DC credits to keep names out that don’t belong). However, I’ve added Brando back in, and while I’ve kept most of the recap shots as the ones from the LC, I’ve changed the ending slightly because…
5. Selutron post time travel. I have HEAVILY edited this scene down from 6 minutes to 3. No Lois, no Jimmy. Just Superman stopping both missiles. I have ALSO used mostly shots from S1 except for the shots the Sel has altered, so almost the ENTIRE scene is DVD quality.
6. “Lex Luthor scheme bombs…”, also shows Sel’s “Superman returns to Metropolis” scene. Back to the DP. Added CAM’s shot of Supes with his arms crossed when Lois figures it out. I trimmed down some of the dialogue when Perry is talking to them, as well as added the close-up of Reeve and Kidder when she pokes him in the ribs. When Lois jumps, she says “Bye bye baby”, and Superman IMMEDIATELY runs downstairs. He opens the shower curtain first as well. Also added a few Lois screams from the Ravine jump, as I did not like the “stock” screams Thau used. Most importantly, I added the “Lois jumps in the ravine” music to this scene, which gives it much more depth IMO.
7. Lex in prison. Not much changed here, added back cop’s voice from LC, but scene is completely DC.
8. DC/LC Moon scene. Used DC for video, LC for audio. Added back in a few RIC lines to. “Well it looks like a normal, electrical, interference.” As well as “And you will have everything you want.” “Men…to KILL”.
9. DC Lex escape. Added back in Lex and Eve waving, as well as “How could you do that to Otis?” “What else is Balise for?”
10. LC Honeymoon scene. Heavily edited to remove BOTH the busboy AND the repeated dialogue from the earlier DP scene.
11. Lex at FOS. Added back in deleted scenes here. Added Sel’s “Lex and Jor-el” scene.
12. DC/LC Niagra rescue: DC for video, LC for audio. Edited this scene to not only remove a lot of unnecessary dialogue (“Once a girls’ seen Superman in action…”), and made Superman save the boy MUCH faster.
13. DC Villains arrive. Actually the first time we see them on Earth in my cut is when the villains are confronted with the cops outside of town. I added the villains theme to this scene to make it more sinister. No floating shotguns here. Zod using his heat vision, cutaway of mountains, sound of explosion.
14. Sel’s blank bullets scene. DC lovers fly north.
15. DC/LC Villains in Idaho. Scene starts with president watching on tv. Edited this scene down heavily (to use helicopter crash and flamethrower “blow out” later in Sel’s scenes), also added villains theme to give scene more depth. Scene ends with reporter saying “I haven’t seen the likes of this since Superman”. Cut to
16. Sel’s “Home movies” scene. Then LC Superman explains his past scene. I removed some of Supes’ “Uh’s” and “Um’s” so he doesn’t stammer as much. He also doesn’t apologize about not having any food. When Lois mentions dinner he immediately says “Tonight, sky’s the limit…”
17. DC Zod delivers speech. Trimmed down some of his lines. Then cut to MT. RUSHMORE scene.
18. LC Soufle’ and Dinner. No orange juice line.
19. Sel’s “Villains in D.C”. Removed “A very strange surface” line. Also added music to bridge this scene with Sel’s “Ursa blows a kiss” scene. I removed the bad shot of the soldiers standing there.
20. DC/LC De-powering. Used mostly DC with LC Lois reactions. I added some blue tint to the Lois shots so there’s continuity with the DC color. I have HEAVILY edited the exchanges between Supes and Jor-el here. I think the reason the LC de-powering still works is because there’s less dialogue, and it gets to the point much clearer and faster. So basically what I did was use the DC scene and make it fit the LC “tone” much more closely. Supes in the chamber still uses DC video with LC audio, as well as the music.
21. Sel’s “Zod speaks to general” scene.
22. LC: Lovers in bed.
23. DC: Washington Monument destroyed with ADDED eye beams and close-up of monument hitting the ground. Then DC Villains arrive at White House. Added the music when the villains arrive at the Daily Planet. I don’t know why Thau didn’t add music for a lot of these pivotal scenes.
24. DC: Don’s Diner. Only audio change was I kept Kidder’s lines from the DC, but used Reeve’s lines from the LC (except for “they knew”, of course)
25. DC: Lex and villains at White House.
26. DC/LC: Clark returns to the fortress/repowering. I used the audio from the LC for “Father!!!”, “I failed”, and “I uh…” in their appropriate DC scenes. I removed “I traded my birthright…” lines. Scene is dark green throughout. I removed Jor’el talking about dying once before. Now the scene goes: “Look at me Kal-el….LOOK AT ME KAL-EL!!!”. Scene ends with the “No junkyard reveal” clip that’s on youtube. Fades to S4 flying through the mountains towards the FOS shot, to the S3 flying over farmland shot, to the S2 flying towards Paris shot, then finishes with a close up shot of Supes face (looking VERY ANGRY). It’s actually the scene from S3 when he is carrying the giant sheet of ice to save the factory. I simply flipped the shot and zoomed in so you don’t see the ice sheet in his hands.
27. DC: Villains invade the DP. Added the appropriate music that was used in the LC. I used Veris’ audio clips for Zod’s voice so it’s deeper in tone.
28. DC/LC Superman returns. Mostly Lester, but now Supes stands there while Zod yells for him to kneel, like in the DC.
29. LC: Metro battle. I used DC shots where I could for better picture quality, but Thau made it impossible for most scenes by trimming and/or speeding up a lot of shots. ALSO, when the bus is thrown, Superman STILL says “Don’t do it!! The people!!” However, we don’t SEE him say it. His smirk threw me off even when I was a kid.
30. DC/LC Metro battle aftermath/ Flight to FOS. Mostly DC, but added LC scene for Ursa saying to kidnap Lois as well. Used RIC line of Zod saying “I trust, you are not wasting my time., Lex Luthor”.
31. DC/LC Showdown at FOS: Added a few LC takes here (and gave these shots a blue tint for DC picture continuity) and I removed the Reeve double in the chamber. Also switched Hackman double when he says “He switched it…” lines. Added DC Hackman shots here, but used soundtrack to keep the triumphant music.
32.DC Artic Police, minus “Smallville strongboy”.
33. DC Fortress destruction and balcony goodbyes.
34. LC next morning: After Lois says “I didn’t close my eyes all night” and walks over to get coffee, I CUT to Lois looking at him while he puts a hand on her shoulder. Then he says “Lois I don’t know what to say”. When they kiss, I play the “Love theme”, and show Perry “Looking” at them curiously (is actually the scene after Supes turns back time at the end of the DC). A few sunset, traffic, and moonlight shots. Fade out.
35. Fade in to next morning. DC scene of Clark and Lois talking at work. I HEAVILY edited this scene to make it seem like they are 2 people with a secret, and are making a joke about it. When Clark walks away to get the pizza and she says “You know you’re really super?”, Clark looks at her suspiciously, and she gives him a thumbs up. He breathes a sigh of relief, and keeps walking. Lois begins to type her story, and when the typewriter DINGS, we CUT to
36. Clark hitting the elevator button. Bully gets in his face. Clark thinks for a minute, Cut to Diner revenge scene.
37. LC Superman returns the flag. After he says “I won’t let you down again” fade out with the sound of the city winds, cut to…
38.LC: DP Paris scene opening. HEAVILY edited this scene down so it happens much quicker. Added in end credits music from S3 as Clark runs down the alley. A few flying shots from S1 (shots are flipped and shortened), S2, and S3. Superman flies off to his next adventure. Fade out. A Richard Donner film, fade to Lester credits.