Superman II, The Richard Donner Cut - Live Tweet Commentary

In anticipation of the upcoming Man of Steel movie, I decided to do another Live Tweet commentary upon Richard Donner's cut of Superman II.

To save space, the hashtag for this will be #SupermanIIRDCut. #Superman #SupermanII #RichardDonner

Those of you curious how the #RichardDonner cut differs from the original release of #SupermanII? http://www.movie-censorship.com/report.php?ID=4165 … #SupermanIIRDCut

Okay. Not a complete film. Some test shots included. #SupermanIIRDCut

  

I miss the old @DCComics logo with the swooping star. #SupermanIIRDCut

Dedicated to #ChristoperReeve. Classy. #SupermanIIRDCut

In the words of Crow T. Robot, "Haven't we seen this one before?" #MST3K #SupermanIIRDCut

As before, still love how Brando pronounces #Krypton "Crypt-Tin". #SupermanIIRDCut

"You will bow down before me, Jor-El! Both you and then one day your heirs!" Foreshadowing, much? #SupermanIIRDCut

Boy, Zod and company became all sedate watching their planet blow up. #SupermanIIRDCut

Remember kids! #LexLuthor says knowledge is power! So study hard and be evil! #SupermanIIRDCut

Quick question, math geeks. What are the odds of Superman randomly hitting that... whatever Zod & Co are trapped in? #SupermanIIRDCut

And here we are.... 8 and 1/2 minutes in and... CREDITS! #SupermanIIRDCut

Obligatory comment on how awesome the #JohnWilliams score is. #SupermanIIRDCut

*cheers at the Siegel and Shuster credit* #SupermanIIRDCut

And now... a bowling ball in space! #SupermanIIRDCut

Bah! #JimmyOlsen without a bow tie? That's like the 11th Doctor without a bow tie! #SupermanIIRDCut #DoctorWho

#MargotKidder doesn't get enough credit for playing #LoisLane with pure nerve. Especially in this movie. #SupermanIIRDCut

I'm super. *nudge nudge* #SayNoMore #KnowWhatIMean #NudgeNudge #SupermanIIRDCut 

I just love Clark trying to hunch-over and scrunch in as Lois talks about Superman's broad shoulders. #SupermanIIRDCut 

Lois jumping out a window to see if Clark will save her? Classic. And awesome. #SupermanIIRDCut

The sequence of Clark subtly saving Lois is epic. #SupermanIIRDCut

"Lois? Oh, she just stepped out for a moment." Only you and #JamesBond, Clark. #SupermanIIRDCut 

That would be the basis for a great #Superman game /w stealth missions where Clark has to subtly use his powers w/out blowing his cover.

Meanwhile, at NASA, somebody is playing Pong. #SupermanIIRDCut 

Oh, for the day when that crack about the two astronauts getting engaged just confuses everyone. #SupermanIIRDCut 

"It looked like a girl!" Insert heavenly body joke here. #SupermanIIRDCut 

Okay, how the hell does Zod know how to speak Russian? #SupermanIIRDCut 

I know he could learn the language super-fast (pun intended) but where the heck would be be able to do so? #SupermanIIRDCut 

"a planet with only one sun... a yellow sun..." Since when has Krypton had two suns? I thought it just had Rao? #SupermanIIRDCut 

I just love Luthor rocking the ascot with his prison uniform. He was a real swinger! #SupermanIIRDCut 

 Niagara Falls. Slowwwwwwly I turn.... #SupermanIIRDCut 

Knowing Lex, I'm amazed he didn't have Miss Tessmacher pulling a dog sled. #SupermanIIRDCut 

You'd think the Fortress of Solitude would have better security. Even if it IS hard to get to... #SupermanIIRDCut 

So... this was Lex Luthor's brilliant plan? Break into Superman's house and flip through his family album? #SupermanIIRDCut 

You know, if General Zod's coup was the worst thing Krypton had to endure... the Kryptonians had it easy. #SupermanIIRDCut 

So Lex finds out there's three Kryptonian baddies out there somewhere. Starts planning to become a toady? #SupermanIIRDCut 

The real #LexLuthor would start plotting how to take their powers for himself or how to destroy them. #SupermanIIRDCut

The Fortress of Solitude did have a bathroom. Suggesting that bathrooms on Krypton are quite similar to those on Earth. #SupermanIIRDCut

Either that, or among his many other acts of brilliance, Jor-El was able to code a crystal to generate pipes and a toilet. #SupermanIIRDCut

"Only one ride to a customer." Should have had a kid in the background start screaming that they were next. #SupermanIIRDCut 

So this is Planet Hoo-sten? #SupermanIIRDCut 

Love the interplay between Clark and Lois here. And Lois' smug smirk as Clark is playing the goof. #SupermanIIRDCut 

"Gotcha!" #SupermanIIRDCut 

No Snakes Were Actually Set On Fire In The Making Of This Film. We Think. Probably. #SupermanIIRDCut 

What we don't get to see - Superman taking Lois Lane to Paris and Rome BEFORE taking her by the Fortress of Solitude. #SupermanIIRDCut 

Hey wait... I thought Superman didn't drink! Or is that just when he's flying? #SupermanIIRDCut 

Does alcohol even affect #Superman? #SupermanIIRDCut 

You know... Lois and Clark's hair looks remarkably unmessed for two people who just got done... um... launching the rocket. #SupermanIIRDCut 

So why does Clark have to give up his powers? We just proved he and Lois can do it without things going all Niven. #SupermanIIRDCut 

Or were he and Lois just spooning naked? I know the Singer movie said otherwise but... #SupermanIIRDCut 

Hey, wait a second... if Superman erased Lois's memory of everything... does she even remember having sex with Superman? #SupermanIIRDCut 

And in the #SupermanReturns movie... does THAT Lois have any idea how she got pregnant? #SupermanIIRDCut #FridgeHorror 

Gah! Too many questions and one more reason to hate #SupermanReturns! Back to #SupermanIIRDCut 

"What a backward culture... where the men wear the ribbons." Hey, I don't recall any women wearing ribbons on Krypton. #SupermanIIRDCut 

So... how the hell did Lois and Clark get to a car rental place from the North Pole without him having powers? #SupermanIIRDCut 

Okay, I know the Fortress of Solitude isn't LITERALLY at the North Pole. Hell, it's probably not that far north. #SupermanIIRDCut 

Has there ever been an official location of the Fortress of Solitude? Alaska? Canada? Sounds like a question for @SizzlerKistler 

@SizzlerKistler  - Originally it was in the Arctic Circle or even simply "the North Pole." First post-crisis version was Antarctica. Then he made a new one in the Arctic Circle, which temporarily was above the Daily Planet. & had a secondary one in Peru.

I remember the one in Peru, oddly enough. Thank you, sir!

WTF... the soda jerk is holding back Lois when the bully is about to smack her? #SupermanIIRDCut

This whole movie is just one case of bad timing after another... #SupermanIIRDCut 

If Superman had thrown that missile a few seconds earlier or later... If he hadn't given up his powers RIGHT NOW.... #SupermanIIRDCut 

And, here comes Lex, trying to weasel his way into Zod's good graces. #SupermanIIRDCut 

So what happened to Miss Tessmacher between Lex leaving the Fortress of Solitude and Lex showing up at The White House? #SupermanIIRDCut 

My theory? Lex ate her on the way back from The North Pole. #SupermanIIRDCut 

What? We saw the World's Greatest Criminal Mastermind forgot to pack rations on his snowmobile. #SupermanIIRDCut 

"Superman... thank God, I mean... GET HIM!" He's nothing like the real Lex, but I still love Movie Lex. #SupermanIIRDCut 

Here, in a nutshell, is the difference between common people in the DC Comics and Marvel Universes. #SupermanIIRDCut 

DC Universe - people look up in slack-jawed wonder as the heroes and villains fight, stopping only to cheer the heroes. #SupermanIIRDCut 

Marvel Universe - they look up in slack-jawed annoyance & curse at the heroes for causing a traffic jam. #SupermanIIRDCut 

Superman used a mirror to reflect back Zod's heat vision. Zod still has all his hair. #SupermanIIRDCut 

So much for THAT theory on how Superman shaves. #SupermanIIRDCut 

You'd never see a cigarette truck in the background of a superhero movie today. Just saying. #SupermanIIRDCut 

This is the part of the movie with all the product placement in the billboards being tossed around #SupermanIIRDCut 

Hey! There's a theater showing Evita! #SupermanIIRDCut 

"They killed Superman! Let's get them!" Lot of heart, people in the DC Universe. #SupermanIIRDCut 

Naturally, Superman isn't dead. More powerful than a locomotive, remember? That was a mid-size bus. #SupermanIIRDCut

"Why do you say this to me when you know that I will kill you for it?" Great line. #SupermanIIRDCut 

See, I like this whole bit. Shows Superman actually using his brain over his muscles. #SupermanIIRDCut 

That and depending on the one thing in the universe more constant than gravity - Lex Luthor will always double cross you. #SupermanIIRDCut 

"Take my hand. Swear eternal loyalty to Zod". And then tell me I'm pretty. #SupermanIIRDCut 

Nothing quite so funny as Non trying to fly, making that face... and then falling to his death. #SupermanIIRDCut 

So... yeah. Superman just straight up murdered Zod. And Lois pushed Ursa off a cliff! #SupermanIIRDCut 

So... Superman flies out of the Fortress of Solitude, carrying Lois. No sign of Luthor. Then he blows up the Fortress. #SupermanIIRDCut 

Did Superman just blow up Lex Luthor too? Great Rao! #SupermanIIRDCut 

Really, is there any reason apart from the status quo Superman and Lois CAN'T have a relationship? #SupermanIIRDCut 

I mean, Lois clearly understands he has to go help people, so date nights will be weird. And shagging is on the table. #SupermanIIRDCut 

Perry White even smokes when he's brushing his teeth! #SupermanIIRDCut 

Honestly, it's for the best. Because the power of that scene is kinda undercut by Superman going back in time. Again. #SupermanIIRDCut 

So yeah... the whole movie never happened. Except Lex Luthor is about to break out of jail and go to the Fortress again. #SupermanIIRDCut 

Pizza at 9:10 am? Sounds like my typical breakfast. #SupermanIIRDCut 

I think Clark is dressed like Brad Majors from #RockyHorror here on purpose! #SupermanIIRDCut 

And... there we have it. Credits where Credits is due. #SupermanIIRDCut 

Superman and Lois outright kill four people between them,. But Superman reverses time so it never happened. So ok! #SupermanIIRDCut 

Final credit? A note that things have changed and Richard Donner wouldn't make the movie with fur coats or smoking today.#SupermanIIRDCut 

I also watched the unused footage. Yes, there was some. Two bits of note. #SupermanIIRDCut

First, the US Arctic Patrol arrests Lex Luthor and takes him away before Superman blows up the Fortress of Solitude. #SupermanIIRDCut 

So apparently the Fortress of Solitude is in the USA. Somewhere. #SupermanIIRDCut 

Second, there's a clip of Lex and Miss Tessmacher heading south form the Fortress of Solitude. #SupermanIIRDCut

We still don't see her arrive safely in civilization, so my cannibalism theory is still valid. #SupermanIIRDCut