Superman

[Santa Kang]

And if Jimmy was bit by a radioactive spider he'd get extra limbs and eyes.

 

[Anwar]

And if Jimmy was bit by a radioactive spider he'd get extra limbs and eyes.

I mean, he's been a Turtle Man and a Firebreather and...how many other things has he already turned into so far?

 

[Santa Kang]

I mean, he's been a Turtle Man and a Firebreather and...how many other things has he already turned into so far?

 

[Set Harth]

 

[The Realist]

I have that book.

 

[Guy Gardener]

Watching Jimmy on Man in the Inside season two, where he plays a conspiracy nut paranoid Journalism professor, and quite frankly that is probably what would happen to a normal guy after you figure out that your best friend has been catfishing you in real time in front of you for years.

 

[SantaEddie74]

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[Firebird]

My understanding is that the time travel ending was originally intended for the second film, but plans changed, and it was folded into the first film. I'm afraid I just don't know enough about what went on that caused all of the changes. Money and time I suspect were the issues? Apologies, I could be totally wrong about everything, here.

One thing I like about the Donner Cut of S(II), the thing I like most actually, maybe even love, is how Superman tossing the first missile into space is what frees Zod and gang from the Phantom Zone. No need for the Eiffel Tower sequence, eh. I originally streamed the Cut cold, so that connection and plot sequence were a quite an eye-opener for me. It seems plausible that that was the original intention, but whether it was, how the detonation of the other missile would have played out, and whether there were originally even supposed to be two missiles, I haven't a clue. Was the first film to have ended on the cliffhanger of the super-villains being freed? I'm sorry, I don't know.

I apologize, I can't go down the rabbit hole of figuring it all out right now, researching and vetting sources. But if anyone does know what the original intention was for the two Donner films, I'd definitely like to know, too.

For reference, here's the complete text from my copy of the shooting script, pages 129 and 130, dated June 26, 1977, showing how the first Superman film was to have concluded:

262 EXT. SKY - DAY

SUPERMAN flies majestically through the sky, gaining attitude.​

He's done his job well. OR HAS HE? CAMERA PANS OFF HIM, ZOOMS​

UP INTO SPACE.​

263 EXT. SPACE

ROCKET #1 which SUPERMAN hurled upward from earth continues​

travelling through space, unchecked by gravitational pull.​

It speeds through other solar systems, gradually approaching​

something which - to our horrors - we recognise from earlier:​

The Phantom Zone containing the THREE GREAT VILLAINS: ZOD, URSA,​

and NON.​

264 CLOSE ON ROCKET

The ROCKET nears the Phantom Zone, then suddenly explodes.​

The massive shock waves ripple furiously through space.​

265 CLOSE ON PHANTOM ZONE

The intense waves caused by the nuclear explosion collide with​

the Phantom Zone. It cracks, releasing the VILLAINS.​

They rush to the opened section and their unexpected freedom.​

NON lets out the horrible roar of an animal suddenly uncaged.​

​

ZOD​

Free!​

​

URSA​

Free!​

​

Their grotesque faces fill the SCREEN with howls of glee as they​

drift off into space.​

​

IMMEDIATE CUT TO:​

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SELECTED SCENES FROM SUPERMAN II​

​

Selected film clips from SUPERMAN II with the exact content​

to be determined, but certainly establishing:​

​

A. LOIS and SUPERMAN making love.​

​

B. JOR-EL physically appearing before SUPERMAN to give him new​

life.​

​

C. CLARK KENT being beaten up and bloodied.​

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D. ZOD, URSA, and NON destroying and conquering the world.​

266 INSERT SHOT - COMIC BOOK

The tiny CHILD'S hand seen in the opening shot of the film comes​

back into frame, quietly turns over the final page of the​

SUPERMAN comic book. On the back cover is the enticing message:​

​

DON'T MISS THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN!​

COMING SOON!​

​

FADE OUT:​

​

THE END OF​

​

PART I​

 

[Anwar]

So they were so sure the movie would be a hit they okayed the movie ending on a "To be continued"?