Superman 2-Donner cut

[AviTrek]

It was a bad idea back then, too.

I didn't say I liked the concept of Superman turning back time. I just don't think it's any worse in SII:TRDC than in S:TM. Based on your post, I can understand why you would. Diff'rent strokes for diff'rent folks.

Let me clarify -- I mean the time reversal gimmick in SII:TRDC doesn't bother me any more than it does in S:TM, with the assumption that Donner would have written a different ending for S:TM had he not been shitecanned.

Nope, you have it backwards. Donner chose to use the ending in S:TM knowing he would need to create a new ending for SII. He never created that second ending because he was fired.

 

[Hermiod]

^Yes, that's on the DVDs (the big tin with all five films). Donner would have used the time reversal in Superman II but he was under pressure from the Salkinds to get the first film out the door.