User Review
Do you recommend this edit?
No
Owner's reply
April 18, 2015
Seriously? Okay fine...
- Kitty not wanting to return to the house? Lex and Kitty were already partners in crime from the beginning of the movie so why would it be strange for them to have history before the events of this movie? You're holding on to the original too much!
- Clark talking to Jimmy and Lois. That whole scene is actually from two separate parts of the original, but Clark is wearing the same suit (less the coat in one part) and in this version the hustle & bustle of the Daily Planet could easily explain why Lois appeared amongst the dozens of people walking around. Not perfect, but not a strange concept really!
- Why were people still talking about Superman? Hey that's in the original movie so don't shoot the messenger! And also Lois is hurt by Superman in the 2nd movie of my trilogy so this sub plot ties in nicely to my movie arch.
- No action for first 20 mins? You don't think Superman discovering his home world and then nearly being trapped in a "space ocean" of kryptonite and speeding off to escape was exciting? Oh well I did!
- The first EMP was only for a few seconds. Yes that's true, but if you understood that power is deliver in 3 phases and it takes something monumental for all 3 phases to drop out simultaneously, not to mention multiple 3 phase circuits across a whole city, then that makes it a very significant event indeed, even if it was just for a few seconds.
- Deep Impact footage doesn't fit. Well I may partially agree with you. While it is not perfect, I intended to remove the b#llshit hospital scenes so for that reason I had to change Superman falling in Metropolis to somewhere outside the city. As fan editors the Own The Source rule must apply, and I have Deep Impact in my collection which provided me the best alternative given my options.
- The appearance of Lois and Richard. Well Superman just saved her ass in this version and then goes off saving the city for a while before taking off to the island and interacting with Lex and crew. More than enough time for Lois to find Richard, learn about the island which was showing up on radar and being surrounded by storm clouds, and then start flying there with him. It was already established Richard has a pilot's license and he was just hanging around The Daily Planet when the EMP hit.
Glad you like other aspects of this version though, but I think you need to let go of the original theatrical release or perhaps try to forget what changes you have decided to make in your own edit and watch it with fresh eyes. It's not a perfect movie, and while my version is not perfect either it is the fondness you and I obviously share for the character that makes us want to enjoy this film more than we originally did. I haven't seen your edit - is the kid still in it? If so then I most likely won't watch it because I just can't stand the plot of Superman having a son, even if it was in the comics, and there really is no version of Superman having a son that I could possibly enjoy! This is not a criticism on you, because I know you did not add Jason to the story, so for that reason I choose not to watch and give you an unfair review.