John,
You "HAVE" got it......
And as I agree totally that the Lester version is a complete cut and the Donner a "work-print" cut, certainly the choice has to be made for the Lester cut, but only because it is a polished completed film.
Most that saw the film 25 years ago, loved it.... I...
well....
EBS (1980 - first 12 weeks of release 145 mil) performed much better than Supes 2 (1981)
Temple (1984 -179.9 mil) performed much better than Supes 2
Rocky 3 (1982 - 125 mil) performed much better than Supes 2
and Jaws 2 (1978 - 103 mil and a terrible film ) performed within 6...
Don't get me wrong here....
I never said that I liked the "Time Travel" ending to Supes 2...
What I am trying to get across is that it seems allot of the members posting, seem to be in shock that this ending was used again....
The bottomline is that Donner shot 75% of Superman 2. The Time...
Your right.....
They should not of ended the film....
Just leave off an ending..... or.........
Follow the original script which was not allowed to finished or tweak due to producer/director issues.
Dugger
Here we go again.....
and based on Superman 2 being released in 1981... Average ticket prices were $2.78.... giving an estimated attendence of 38.9 million tickets sold...
Dugger
As for the sequels in the 80's doing less, i agree to some point.... But that certainly wasn't the case always.... you can look at the Rocky series.... Rocky - 117 mil / Rocky 2 - 85.2mil / Rocky 3 - 125.0 mil.... As I know this may be an exception, it does show that the series grew.... As...
WOW....
I seems that many don't get it...
Anyone can rip either version apart..... But to constantly keep seeing comments complaining about the Donner cut is just getting downright crazy.
Once again.... People need to quit complaining about the "Turn Back Time" ending. This was the original...
oh, boy....
Another that feels this is getting represented as a "finished film".
As this has been harshed over and over again, it has not been advertised as anything than it is....
I am glad that we have gotten this chance to see cinema history... Just like the "Brazil" cut and...
WOW!
What the heck was everyone expecting here????
Anyone that knows anything about the SUPES 2 issues, should KNOW that this is more of a "what if" than anything else.
I personally think that Warner is delivering the goods here...
It is funny to see people reviewing this disc as it were...
Guys....
I think we have lost our way on this version.....
1.) The Donner cut represents the film in which it was originally conceived. The Time Travel ending was originally shot for Superman 2, not Superman: The Movie. SUPES 1 got this ending due to production running over. Donner was...