Steel of Man

* Title sequence colourised
* Krypton intro removed
* Lois Lane in icy Canada inserted as opening scene
* edge of screen light flare added to aid the sense of location
* shots of Clark removed or reframed to hide his face
* first introduction of kryptonian drone is when it attacks Lois
* When Clark saves Lois, she is in shock so her POV shots are blurry and we cannot make out his face.
* The shots of Clark helping Lois are shortened and her scream is greatly reduced.
* after the scout ship flies off, new film title is inserted
* talk with Perry White follows, as does talk with hack journalist
* Lois' search for her mystery man is inserted here, cutting out references to logging and bar job
* oil rig scene added as flashback, heavily trimmed and removing Clark's face
* Lois meting Pete Ross inserted
* schoolbus flashback added, re-editing to take emphasis off Clark and onto Pete Ross as he is telling Lois this tale, cut after Pete in Kent farm
* Lois arrives at Kent farm and then cemetery to meet Clark Kent
* Clark gives flashback of his Dad talking to him by truck and showing him spaceship
* return to cemetery and Lois' reaction shot, then to daily planet and angry Perry
* Clark tells Mom he has found his people
* cut to north pole and Clark meeting Jor El
* as Jor El talks to Clark, inserted flashback of Jor El berating Krypton council and Zod initiating a coup
* cut back to Jor El telling Clark about the genesis Chamber
* Flashback to Jor El retreiving the codex and sending Clark off to earth
* cut back to Jor El introducing the symbol of El and Clark learning to fly
* cut back to Clark and his Mom at the farm sitting on steps.
* Lois at daily planet, Zod ship arrives, Clark at farm, witnessing Zod's arrival. edited to remove military and some of the random people
* inserted shot of tornado
* cut the colonel from the Lois capture scene
* removed church scene; Clark does not hesitate in rescuing Lois
* cut glamour shots of military hardware
* inserted flashback to zod's trial while he is in dream sequence on the black zero
* removed military people identifying Zod's ships flying to earth
* removed kryptonian doctor taking Clark's blood
* moved Clark breaking restraints after shot of spacecraft over Smallville
* removed Lois shooting Kryptonians like she's an expert with alien laserguns
* inserted Zod's ship arriving at Kent farm before Clark getting up off table
* removed Jor El "you can saver her Kal"
* cut from Lois rescue to Faora grabbing Mom and finding Clark's ship
* heavily trimmed scene of Lois talking after they land in field to give more urgency
* cut quickly back to Kent farm with Mom being seriously threatened
* cut grain silos exploding and Clark furiously punching Zod
* cut Clark cruelly gloating at Zod as he suffers from sensory overload
* trimmed military glamour shots
* shifted camera frame to hide the fact that Clark negligently jumped right into a building
* cut shots of excessive damage cause by warplanes
* cut all Faora's nonsense dialogue about evolution
* cut more and more and more shots of military
* cut Clark punching Kryptonian into trains
* cut "a good death is it's own reward"
* when Clark goes to check on Mom, inserted flashback to Tornado incident, stock footage of highway included.
* Tornado incident heavily edited so that his Dad does not tell Clark not to save him. His dad is a hero and Clark is busy getting his Mom to safety.
* Removed military making commentary on the world engine
* trimmed scenes of Black Zero descending on the city
* heavily cut city scenes during world engine battle, so there is a clear cross cutting just between Clark and Zod and then clear cross cutting between Clark and Lois.
* Cut most of the heavy petting scene. Although I brought the focus back to Lois and Clark, the relationship is still not this well developed and it is unearned,
* reframed Zod's shots to give him more emphasis in his powerful moments
* inserted shots of Clark's dad to show how his dad is at the front of his thoughts
* cut much wanton destruction of the city
* inserted shot of the time his dad died to show Clark is equating Zod's unrelenting violence as similar to the tornado
* reframed Clark's face to show his distraught reaction to killing Zod
* inserted Batman v Superman scene of mountaintop conversation with his dad. Shots of Jonathan are framed as memories and establishing shot of mountains is included from stock footage.
* cut scene of military drone
* inserted 'Ballad of Perry White' in credits.