Superman 2 fan cut repowering

Re edited scene to remove some reeves reactions to jor-el.
Blended lesters beginning with donners repowering.
changed music in places to give it more emotion
added clips of the fortress being built from the first film as Clark gets his powers back.
Shortened Clark standing there shaking when getting his powers back.
Added the music when villains attack the planet to donner footage.

[@newsduke]

This is why Reeve’s first two Superman movies are still the best ones, and among the best superhero movies ever. The story treats Superman like a human being. And Reeve’s acting sells it.

[@AlexBen-v7y]

Man, Christopher Reeve's giving such a brilliant performance through and through...... What an actor!

[@spins321]

He took it seriously, back when I think very few actors could or would. He injected so much of his own interests and his ideals, even what it would be like to fly based on his flying experience. Just a thoughtful man. And IIRC, they didn't want him originally??? Right guy at the perfect time!

[@fionating3389]

All superman big fans missing Christopher reeve

[@brettbenson8359]

Yes I do!!

[@johnashton4776]

@@fionating3389 Canon films ruined their movies.

[@joe9739]

Always miss that man. He was too good 💯

[@vidka-mixcontent8957]

not only Christopher reeve but his wife also dana charles reeve

[@JSB-IZ-ME]

We all hold onto the hope and Christopher is the light of hope for us all in this great film. Inspiring ❤️

[@Inglese001]

Christopher Reeve just killed it in this role. Wonderful acting.

[@Superabound2]

No one else can ever be Superman to me

[@chriskehoe007]

Absolutely

[@joe9739]

@@Inglese001 He's both super-wholesome, and you know better than to screw with

[@ZahoorGhafoor]

There can only be one ❤ c r rip 😂

[@krisscanlon4051]

Yes so sad here...lost of his family powers...all of it really.

[@shugler]

What an incredible scene, it's just downright criminal the Salkinds cut Donner out and didn't want to give Brando his money. This scene alone answers so many questions, not the least of which is how Superman got his powers back, why we never see Jor-El again, and why the Fortress of Solitude is practically useless now.

[@johnmurray8835]

Wonderful scene ,!!! The Donner Cut.was truly special !!!

[@davidsmith7962]

A father’s love is never ending. This scene really touched my heart

[@RogueWJL]

Christopher Reeve is phenomenal. Gone but never forgotten

[@cdsquirrel4836]

I love Christopher Reeve Superman Very awesome picture ❤❤❤

[@paulmcc6274]

Good thing he had a father who in life and death loved his son

[@ryanoflaherty9625]

It's the bible re told metaphorically

[@JasonFoster-Payne]

Never throw it all away for any woman, women come and go,will leave you in a blink of an eye ,so stay true to who you really are

[@cavemanjoe79]

Realistically the only woman worthy of giving birth to Kal El’s children would have been Wonder Woman.

[@fernandoburonnavarro3760]

So true

[@nathancruz9172]

@@cavemanjoe79she’s still immortal.

[@jonhall3151]

Get a dog instead. They won’t screw you over.

[@nez9751]

@@jonhall3151my dog does everyday, she wakes me up at 6am, I take her out for a walk, then we get home and I’m wide wake and she just goes to sleep till the end of the day. And ironically her name is Lois

[@chrisgeisel3720]

It's amazing that the Father still forgives the son despite he made a mistake that's love right there

[@reboniak1966]

The scene with Marlon Brando is from the "Director's Cut" (the part directed by Richard Donner) It deserves to be seen, if only for the colossal soundtrack by John Williams (this scene is a great example)

[@jedijones]

That music was just his recordings from the first Superman movie cut-and-pasted onto the Donner cut.

[@1Rhettsgirl13]

The Donner Cut. Richard Donner had almost completed the film before he was fired, and Richard Lester reshot many scenes in order to get billing as the director.

[@jeffg7]

​@@jedijones I think it's a re recording of Williams' music from the 1st film with Ken Thorne arranging and conducting. It doesn't sound quite like the original recording.

[@azamormuiza6213]

Christopher Reeve is the best Superman actor, and he is still irreplaceable...👍🙂

[@sgt.grinch3299]

Christopher Reeves is Superman. What he did after his career ended proved it.

[@themcmanusgaming]

Best superman ever.

[@channel-nv9xc]

I always found the dressing down by Jor-El to be hilarious. Absolutely scolded.

[@castlekingside76]

Kryptonianians weren't exactly emotional people. Technology saw to that.

[@unumintusDominus]

It wasn't so much a dressing down as an admonishment. Whoever is A PARENT has the misfortune to say to their child "Oh, IF ONLY you had LISTENED to ME". Lack of humility in todays culture shows itself in the inability to accept correction, that which comes TO ALL men and women.

[@moonbaby6134]

I have just made the link between the big truck leaving Clark on the road and Man of Steel. It’s basically the same guy whose truck he wrapped around the logs after he threw the can at him. Nice

[@Anth230]

It's not the same guy. Not even the same continuity. But I thinj it's a nod to this scene from Superman 2...

[@jonhall3151]

No. But it shows the contrast of him selflessly saving humans, but he can’t even get a ride in the freezing snow.

[@moonbaby6134]

@@jonhall3151 that’s far too I. Depth thinking For me.

[@russellanderson6354]

Me too, I just made that connection as well.

[@minkya1010]

Not even close

[@varunrode1223]

Christopher did fantastic performance. This scene is very heart 💖 touching

[@dd_zzero6827]

How in the world does that trucker not pick him up. I mean, how many hitchhikers do you see near the north pole? Comeon man!

[@afriendofbean]

@dd_zzero6827 Well that's true but, I guess some drivers don't like letting strangers into their vehicles. Or maybe the driver wasn't paying attention to Clark flagging him down for a ride especially in the next scene after the truck drove away, it showed him eating some snow where someone mentioned that he was eating the snow to survive. The other thing that made me wonder is whatever happened to Lois since she could have given him a ride back to the fortress since they had a car as they stopped at that diner where it only seems like Clark said that he was going to walk many miles back to the fortress (being unknown how many days or weeks it took him to walk back) in the North Pole while Lois most likely didn't care to give him a ride back and she must have went home or back to the Daily Planet. Regarding that truck driver, it was good in some ways that he didn't stop to pick up Clark because if the truck driver gave him a ride back to the fortress, that would show where Superman's secret home is and it would have shown the driver that Clark is Superman if the driver didn't leave after dropping off Clark.

[@RobertNielsen1970]

This was the main reason I liked the Donner cut of _Superman II._ In the theatrical release, after we saw Reeve scream out _"FATHER!",_ the next time we see him, he's gotten his powers back without _ANY_ explanation of how it happened. The Donner cut provided that explanation.

[@Airdorn]

He owes it to Lois for absent mindedly leaving the crystal laying in the snow and ice. I guess in the Donner cut it's the only crystal that didn't blowup at the control panel... ?

[@RobertNielsen1970]

@@Airdorn Agreed. It never blows up--Clark finds it in the snow, inserts it into the control panel, and the holographic image of Jor-El appears.

[@Falconurbex]

Really miss Mr C Reeves he is and always will be superman to me.

[@waynelogan8164]

The one and only Superman.I seen Superman 2 on Release at the Odeon.

[@johncerra2]

Look at me Kal El. The son becomes the father. The father becomes the son.

[@MarceloQueirozstavale]

In memorie is the best film❤❤❤

[@TomLewis-s2e]

Proof that children should listen to their parents.

[@jasonclarke6983]

great acting from both actors and great music score rip both world needs a superman !!!!

[@Cranium1210]

Musical score is incredible it gives me chills .

[@ExMachina70]

Judging from the production hell this film went though, none of it should have worked, and yet, it became a timeless masterpiece.

[@bernardvanek]

His broken paralyzed body put to rest, Christopher Reeves has been restored to a mighty spirit, and he is truly home. He really is superman now.

[@kevincox8754]

If that’s true then what’s the point of a future resurrection?

[@FormatorBlack]

@@kevincox8754 The resurrection is all that matters! John 3:16!

[@bernardvanek]

@@kevincox8754 If he has more work to do, he will choose to reincarnate again. But he will need a long rest in the spirit realm. The purpose, to answer you, is to learn.

[@jameshendricks2197]

*Reeve

[@farscape1714]

Really cool, thank you. Wish this was in the movie.

[@cavemanjoe79]

In a way the original Superman 2 from Richard Donner the fortress was supposed to exhaust all its energy and destroyed itself in order for Kal El to get his powers back.

[@jedijones]

@@cavemanjoe79 It would've been a good step for his character, to have to integrate himself more into the world in part 3 and beyond rather than keep going back to the Fortress.

[@cavemanjoe79]

@@jedijones No different than as a man when your parents die, in a way there isn’t a fortress of solitude any more, or one has to make one of their own.

[@cdsquirrel4836]

I love Christopher Reeve Superman Big fan ❤❤❤😊

[@mrjoemikeymercado8197]

Christopher reeve,,6'5",, my best superman ever,, may him R, I, P,, goodbye,, 💕 we will miss you,,😢

[@jameshendricks2197]

He was 6'4"...

[@ZahoorGhafoor]

The no 1 of all time 😊

[@Rob-z7k]

Wow...Brandos voice alone made the movie!

[@darkzak47]

That’s why the Galactic Senate voted Valoran out. They discovered he was General Zod

[@Rob-z7k]

We need a General prequel series

[@blakewordlow7632]

I'll Miss Christopher Reeve. 😔

[@retronetic6988]

this scene is why Christopher Reeve is best version of Superman

[@mike577040]

Awesome! Seen this movie dozens of times over 40 years, never saw this scene.

[@jooei2810]

Christopher Reeve is my Superman!

[@djflugel79]

Would be cool to see the snow battlefield of the Empire Strikes Back in the background while he minds his own business.

[@Rob-z7k]

...Echobase 1 they've entered the base!

[@slackolantern]

"FATHERRRRRRRRR!!!" yeah I bet he was screaming something else that started with F, was just what it sounded like for us

[@johncerra2]

The father son moment is a powerful story.

[@FACEBOOK6250]

2025 & the original Superman is still the very best version ever made. Only Superman Returns has come close to the original. Brandon Routh played it very well. R.i.p. Christopher Reeve, you were/are & always will be the very best Superman ever.

[@jimmynewcomb6725]

God Bless him 🙏

[@marcobiondo5357]

Superman is the representation of Christopher Reeve, Superman truly is him ❤

[@billybank2012]

very humbling .... im sure every son whose father has passed on would love to have these moments again if it were possible .... just to show that dad was right all along ...

[@davidprice5611]

That’s was truly brilliant, you made that scene epic, as far as I’m concerned that’s now canon.

[@betohfinger879]

reeves was the best superman..for sure

[@brettvice8047]

Wonderful job you've done here.

[@angel19642001]

If I had the powers that Superman has I would never give up my powers for a woman

[@matthewdoyle3628]

That's ok she'll take them and the Fortress of Solitude in the divorce settlement 😁

[@nathancruz9172]

Me neither.

[@nathancruz9172]

@@matthewdoyle3628😂

[@oocentron]

Yo tampoco.

[@jonhall3151]

EVER

[@JacksonHoulihan]

It's a good thing he got his powers back or that frostbite would have done him in.

[@castlekingside76]

The Canadian Death. The Fortress is in Canada lol

[@dg9015]

It's in the North Pole next to Santa's grotto

[@truthsocialmedia]

@@dg9015the grotto also houses the worst strains of swimmers itch found outside un chlorinated hot tubs.

[@ZahoorGhafoor]

The death star 🌟 is there. ❤😅😊

[@apb38]

Superman's two greatest weaknesses is Kryptonite and being a simp. The simp in him almost took him out. Thankfully his father foresaw this calamity happening.

[@RuiLuz]

The Simper Man can't win.

[@darrellbarnes2096]

Bad comment

[@sylvester3018]

@@darrellbarnes2096it’s true though. How is it that someone as powerful as Superman lets an ordinary human like lex give him a hard time It’s basically like watching a bear get bullied by a squirrel

[@darrellbarnes2096]

@sylvester3018 this has to be the most goofy comment on here. Do better

[@AzguardMike]

this is why Reeves was THE Superman. As Clark he was hunched over, shy, a idiot. Noone even looked at him twice, sometimes not at all. Even Lois would talk AT him without looking at him. As Superman, he is stoic, strong, very direct. He commands your attention just with his voice. And everyone stares at him.

[@auntiewewe972]

My only criticism is how a depowered Kal El could possible traverse, and complete a trip to the North Pole without some sort of transport or something. Even Luthor, and Miss Tessmacher, had sleds, boats, and were dressed much, much more warmer.

[@Rob-z7k]

....hey..lets not ruin the movie. He hitchhike. Lol

[@Soldier4USA2005]

Yeah. I understand what they were going for. He started off with powers, gear, etc. as a kid ... only to have to go back with nothing as a human. Sadly, it creates a plot hole.

[@Marcellodasilvarego]

ele devia saber um atalho.

[@enriquegarciacota3914]

The truck driver was a jerk

[@Superabound2]

He might have lost his superpowers, but he was still the same man. Still had his determination and resilience

[@TheSpeeddemondriver8]

This scene from Donner cut gave so much more emotion than him just finding the crystal in the lester cut

[@soyreeng8864]

Just watched the 1st movie. Im getting star wars vibes by the way they told the story and the.music.the way it was filmed. Its a masterpiece. Gonna watch part 2 soon

[@anthonywhite8706]

Poor Clark Kent 😢

[@nidgeontour257]

He threw it all my away for a women! 😮 luckily his dad saved him!!

[@proudhunter85dirty]

Being single is NOT what you think.❤

[@specterman2000]

He had a backup plan!!!🥲

[@alistairwharton1559]

Just like Adam and Eve😢. He threw it all away and now we're all fucked!!!!😢😢

[@alistairwharton1559]

​@specterman2000 just like God had a backup plan for us, Jesus Christ 🙏 🙌

[@timothyturner1056]

In essence Jor EL never did left Clark to begin with even after he abdicated his own super powers .

[@SkyzTh3Limitt]

Give the editor some credit! Great job! Played very well. Modernized it even.

[@travis6893]

Big fan Superman

[@nathancruz9172]

Me too

[@ZahoorGhafoor]

Worshipped super 👌 man my hero ❤

[@JamJamTheMan]

Brilliant work.

[@justjen139]

The Donner cut is amazing. This could have potentially been a Best Picture for the Oscars if had been released the way Donner intended.

[@OthmanjuniorKitine]

Men thus scene is just tear dropping and sad he sees hes father and communicates with him one last time just makes wanna cry after he was completely alone

[@kingsman8475]

This scene had a Luke Skywalker Degabah moment. They both confront their fear and their fathers. The circle of redemption to be the hero that always was...

[@AshLongie]

Love these old films classis

[@proudhunter85dirty]

Let me and Adam take his place In his memory, Hollywood ❤

[@jirivera1999]

IMO this is better than the theatrical cut!! The theatrical cut had his mom. Marlon brando killed it as Jor El.

[@tonytigeer]

Moral - Never surrender who you are to women but only to mom or grandma - single life is lonely but there is freedom in solitude - Just look at this alternative - Women come and go but true friends and family last forever - you live longer too - in the end its a choice only you can make. ------- Choose Wisely-----------------------

[@Marcellodasilvarego]

atores e esportivos ricos deveriam seguir esse conselho.

[@shirazhussain5257]

Agree

[@williamj.dovejr.8613]

All he had to do was marry her and stay Superman, he made it harder than it should have been.

[@mzx380]

Love how he goes to the North Pole with nothing more then a members only jacket

[@dryrotdryrot9908]

Jor El gave his son a chance to make his own choices, and provided a safety net for when those choices turned out to be the wrong ones.

[@LeviAckerman-cb5ji]

3:16 "You don't ask with respect. You don't offer friendship. Instead you come to me on the day of my daughter's wedding, and ask me to restore your powers."

[@electrolytics]

That was good.

[@sylvester3018]

Kal-el, Kal-el. What have I done to make you treat me so disrespectfully

[@LeviAckerman-cb5ji]

@@sylvester3018 🤣🤣🤣

[@zackthebongripper7274]

The definitive Superman.

[@Chebab-Chebab]

I saw this as a kid, but even then, I thought Superman was dumb. I thought, "He's supposed to be smart, but he's walking to the Fortress of Solitude in really inappropriate clothes. They'd be fine for April in the city, but he's walking to the Arctic!"

[@chadevans4922]

The problem I have with this edit is how the original green crystal is shown. In the original film, this crystal survived the destruction of the crystal control console because Lois had it and left it away from the console. As Clark walks away from the destroyed console, the crystal illuminates to the right of the screen. In this edit, the crystal was found in the charred remains. In this edit, it survived by itself. In a way, it was Lois's actions that saved Superman after all Although I do admit that Clark being Superman meant he could not be with Lois when, in the comics, they actually married and had three kids.

[@Soldier4USA2005]

I agree. Sadly, there will never be a perfect edit as Donner was replaced by a comedic hack....only to have Donner come back decades later to fix what he could. The kids part varies, as some comics (thus depending on the writer) have the canon that they're incompatible. And as far as I know, it's the most common canon. Them with kids is typically an else-worlds timeline.

[@toddgreen2782]

Christopher Reeve and Marlon Brando an excellent movie !

[@SpockBorg5]

I actually preferred the theatrical version. It wasn't overly dramatic.

[@yellalot101]

I really wish Richard Donner's cut was the theatrical release!

[@BrooklynAvenue]

Superman was the first super hero comic to succeed, and the first movie to succeed.

[@chrisstetsko5020]

As a 9yr old in the original movie when CR picks up the green crystal and the scene cut it made zero sense, now over 40+ years later the scene now makes complete sense, and is so much more heartfelt and dramatic with the interaction between MB and CR. Yeah, I know MB was an @$$ about things and they had to cut his scenes from SM2.

[@jedijones]

Brando wasn't an ass. They agreed to pay him a portion of the profits for both movies. They cut him out because they didn't want to pay him on the second one. The Salkinds were notorious for cheating their actors and directors on payments. It's just a shame they left this plot hole in instead of rewriting the scene with Lara like they did his earlier scenes.

[@chrisstetsko5020]

@@jedijones Agreed. But it still doesn't take away that MB wasn't being his typical prima donna self

[@VictoriaJohnson-j7k]

He is magnificent!😊

[@qdllc]

It was always a stupid plot point to have to give up being Superman to have Lois.

[@nathancruz9172]

Yep

[@kathleenhensley5951]

I never understood it .. but is seems to be intrinsic to the mythos. I've never understood how Superman's powers could be taken from him, or transferred to another .. etc because He's genetically a Kryptonian, at the molecular level, so nothing should be able to remove his powers, any more than someone can change their height or their IQ... but I don't know a version of Superman that hasn't used that story in some form. (Maybe, the recent Superman and Lois didn't do that story??) As far as reproduction is concerned... some stories have him fathering a child without changing into a human being, some don't. I like how Lois and Clark handled the question... an alien from another world can't father a child of a human female. Basic biology 101. Superman and Lois is kinder in that they had 2 sons, one fully powered Kryptonian, one more human.

[@buddybuythis3889]

@@kathleenhensley5951 Technology we yet don't understand.

[@SIKE01]

@@kathleenhensley5951 FIRESTORM can siphon out the sun radiation that powers SUPERMAN and it's game over.

[@oh1life2live]

Let me say along the lines of PIS, that love makes everything blind, even directors and producers

[@JerryNastally-yg3fr]

I loved superman movies

[@notmyrealname6150]

0:40 Dude couldn't even give Superman a ride.

[@moonbaby6134]

Same bloke in Man of Steel who threw the can at Clark.

[@LarryGoesWest-f9w]

Jor-El was really into forward planning

[@MarceloQueirozstavale]

The father US beauty ❤❤❤

[@AaronMiller-rh7rj]

How unintentionally prophetic

[@aaronwood8012]

I like that you trimmed out his excess shaking when Jor touches him - that was something dinner would have reshot if he could it looked silly

[@jedijones]

Yeah, it's similar to Harrison Ford shaking in Crystal Skull when Cate Blanchett has him wired up to the skull and is sending mind beams into him, LOL.

[@frankj19758]

Why was this left out? This was a big mistake not having this in the film!

[@hawk4879]

Christopher Reeve is my doppelgänger. Everyone had always called me him when I was growing up it just so happens Superman has always beenmy favorite. My son gives me Superman stuff all the time.

[@Gerlad970]

Actually super good work.

[@proudhunter85dirty]

As I have explained, being single really is not what you think it is.

[@proudhunter85dirty]

I will say that and hold those words in my heart till the day I die. If I die.

[@andrewlee36]

In real life He was a true Superman! I'm glad I share the same Birthday as him.

[@nathancruz9172]

4:22 I loved this director’s cut of Superman 2.

[@massimo7219]

This was brilliant

[@fernandodominguez4522]

Mystery Solved!

[@MarceloQueirozstavale]

Até hj o melhor super-homem Bonstempos ❤❤❤❤

[@hernancampusano3131]

Excelente escena por qué no la dejaron?? Así se entiende mejor todo!!

[@kungfutaichibocaraton9587]

Por problemas legales con Marlon Brando, los productores no querían pagarle y por consiguiente no podían usar su imagen, años después Warner bros arreglo, pago y por eso se pudo usar la escena en la versión de Richard Donner

[@wadeleetorres2585]

Agreed 😎👊

[@hernancampusano3131]

@@kungfutaichibocaraton9587 gracias… parece que estaba cobrando demasiado por las escenas.

[@PlanetIscandar]

I don't know (yet) what Kal means, but Greece is called ELLAS in Greek. As for the meaning, EL = Light and LAS=Stone (Stone of Light). I hope the creator of Superman knew exactly why he chose this name, because he absolutely deserves it.

[@trumpetprofessor]

pretty good edit on a scene I've watched many times from the Donner cut. You even got rid of the whiney "father, noo" 👍👍

[@jedijones]

And edited out some of Reeve's violent convulsing.