Yeah, I knew about the Donner version, but haven't seen it. It's a massive shame that Richard Donner wasn't able to complete Superman 2 without being given the boot because he did a great job with shooting most of 1 and 2 in one go, but wasn't able to finish 2 because of those Salkind producer idiots. Lester's version turned out really well, but it's a shame that Donner couldn't do it because he had already laid down the roots of Superman and it was only with 2 that you are seeing the emergence of a proper superman film without all need to build up the character. He was never given the chance to finish what he started and of course Lester reshot large chunks of it.
I would really like to see that actually. Would be very interesting viewing.
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