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  • Hector
    el Hombre de Acero
    • May 19, 2003
    • 31852

    #31
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    • Hector
      el Hombre de Acero
      • May 19, 2003
      • 31852

      #32
      Not Batman though...he's cool.

      How about Ryan Reynold's Green Lantern instead?

      That would rule!

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      • kingdom warrior
        OH JES!!
        • Jul 21, 2005
        • 12478

        #33
        Originally posted by Hector
        Not Batman though...he's cool.

        How about Ryan Reynold's Green Lantern instead?

        That would rule!

        Ok and throw in that garfield dude wait I don't think his head would fit in the sun.......

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        • LadyZod
          Superman's Gal Pal
          • Jan 27, 2007
          • 1803

          #34
          I always thought Stallone's Judge Dredd belonged in the sun.
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          • kingdom warrior
            OH JES!!
            • Jul 21, 2005
            • 12478

            #35
            Originally posted by LadyZod
            I always thought Stallone's Judge Dredd belonged in the sun.
            I always thought Stallone belonged in the sun....

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            • LadyZod
              Superman's Gal Pal
              • Jan 27, 2007
              • 1803

              #36
              Originally posted by kingdom warrior
              I always thought Stallone belonged in the sun....
              Touche'

              Although, Demolition Man is a guilty pleasure of mine.
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              • Hector
                el Hombre de Acero
                • May 19, 2003
                • 31852

                #37
                Originally posted by kingdom warrior
                Ok and throw in that garfield dude wait I don't think his head would fit in the sun.......
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                • Hector
                  el Hombre de Acero
                  • May 19, 2003
                  • 31852

                  #38
                  Hey...Stallone rules in the Rocky and Rambo movies...

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                  • kingdom warrior
                    OH JES!!
                    • Jul 21, 2005
                    • 12478

                    #39
                    Originally posted by Hector
                    Hey...Stallone rules in the Rocky and Rambo movies...

                    you mean first blood everything else is stallone mumbling...lol

                    Rocky 1 and 3 great 2 4 5 6 below par to garbage....

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                    • LadyZod
                      Superman's Gal Pal
                      • Jan 27, 2007
                      • 1803

                      #40
                      I love Rocky 3.

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                      • Bruce Banner
                        HULK SMASH!
                        • Apr 3, 2010
                        • 4335

                        #41
                        Even in its "cobbled together" state, I still prefer Donner's cut.

                        I love the scenes in Donner's cut with Jor-El. Those are the stand out moments for me.
                        Having Jor-El in the movie, explaining about the villains, and "sacrificing" himself to restore Kal's powers is a lot more dramatic and satisfying than having Lara provide the extrapolation.

                        The original premise of the missile from the first movie shattering the Phantom Zone is a lot better than the Paris hydrogen bomb, too.

                        Lois firing the blank at Clark is better than him clumsily tripping into the fire, IMHO.

                        Bear in mind that a lot of the deleted footage which was seen in the network TV broadcast and which is now on the internet is actually deleted Lester footage, not Donner's.

                        Anyhow, Superman II is still one of my favourite movies, in both its incarnations.
                        PUNY HUMANS!

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                        • wilbs518
                          Mego Collector
                          • Jul 25, 2009
                          • 2808

                          #42
                          Donner for sure.
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                          • Earth 2 Chris
                            Verbose Member
                            • Mar 7, 2004
                            • 32966

                            #43
                            I like both, but the Donner cut is the way the film SHOULD have been. I miss a few Lester things (the "General, care to step outside line" for one), but Lester's campy tone really undercut the severity of the situation. A little humor here in there is okay, but a lot of the battle in Metropolis is full of just silly sight gags. Only Reeve's sincere performance saves it from being a total farce.

                            The fact that Reeve and Brando actually share a scene is phenomenal. And that whole bit with Jor-El just makes so much more sense. The opening with Lois trying to prove Clark is Superman works so much better, the blank gun, all of that.

                            My only gripe is that the "turn back time" ending was still used. I know that was the original ending for 2, but since it was used for 1, I wish they could have come up with something different. I know they really didn't have any kind of budget for such things, but maybe Lester's amensia kiss should have been left in. After all there is still some Lester in the Donner cut.

                            Chris
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                            • TrueDave
                              Toy Maker
                              • Jan 12, 2008
                              • 2343

                              #44
                              General Zod kills what kid? I like seeing Zod getting amused by our Machine gun in the white house. Chilling.
                              The original always struck me as a "Pink Bear Rug " part and a good part. Like to not see the pink , I would like to do a fan edit someday of both I and II in a single film.
                              At least in Donner Superman and Lois didnt kill th powerless Phantom Zone villians.
                              I wish the scenes with Lex luthors "Babies" should have been in the first movie.
                              I used to think the best part of Superman 3 was the Junk Yard fight, But Clark Kent's finest scene was in the bowling alley. Best scene by reeves period personally.

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                              • kingdom warrior
                                OH JES!!
                                • Jul 21, 2005
                                • 12478

                                #45
                                Originally posted by LadyZod
                                I love Rocky 3.

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                                Stallone Ultimate meatball...hey yo wus a meatball yo....lol

                                Had Apollo and Clubber been real Boxers Rocky would be eating soup for a living....

                                I can hear Mickey saying your a BUM!!! you can't beat nobody you'll always be a BUM!!



                                Sorry back to Superman vs Lester.......

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