Superman II - General Zod Loses His Powers | Super Scenes | DC

[@thewab1974]

My dad took me to see this movie on the opening night and I’ll never forget how much we all cheered once Superman started to crush General Zod‘s hand and the music started in. It was the first time I’d ever gone to a movie where the audience audibly cheered. It was amazing.

[@ChrisCrossAplsauce]

Had the exact same experience

[@davefb]

Was just going to post, I remember watching the first time and being so desolate that, no it can't be he's lost all his powers :-O . dunno about cheering, this would have been the uk :D

[@nofun3903]

That must've been incredible! I was born a bit too late to catch it in theaters but I still remember how I lost my mind from excitement when I first saw this scene on VHS.

[@egrintarg230]

Yeah, being a kid and watching that on the big screen was unforgettable. And that was when big screen was not your TV.

[@jackieanderson9408]

Rest in peace to both Superman and Lois 🙏🏿

[@duncancurtis5108]

And Sarah Douglas.

[@SupermanJL]

​@@duncancurtis5108Sarah Douglas is still alive

[@gerardflynn7382]

R. I. P. to both Margot Kidder and Christopher Reeve.

[@auntiesemite9295]

This role was beneath Gene Hackman.

[@Mysticinvestigations]

Superman was really having fun playing along with them. He even kneeled before Zod just to mess with his mind.

[@larryfrazier5925]

Well done clark

[@JeremyTurpen-s7h]

@@larryfrazier5925 I used to play this game at school I was never very good at it

[@draexian530]

That school kid walking to the principle act was all Clark. Many years of bowing to ordinary human bosses trained him well to conceal his strength.

[@BloodiedFearr]

I love the crunching sound of Zod's hand 👍

[@kineticdeath]

bone crunching followed by the subtly building superman theme is top notch

[@robertbusek30]

@@kineticdeathAs much as I like the themes Zimmer came up with for the modern Superman movies, there really is only one John Williams…

[@BloodiedFearr]

@@robertbusek30 John Williams is amazing 👍

[@BloodiedFearr]

@@kineticdeath 👍

[@ja3482]

@@BloodiedFearr they f---ed with sup's babe. He wanted to make zod pay hard for that.

[@travelingjazzman117]

I love this scene because it shows that *Superman* realized that using punches and powers weren't going to win the battle. Thus, *Superman* finally understood his opponents (including Lex Luthor's deceitful ways) and went back to his *Fortress of Solitude* and used "prep-time" to outsmart them. Furthermore, in the first film *Lex Luthor* said "Mind over muscle" to *Superman* as a way to show his dominance over our hero. Now in this film, *Superman* did exactly that in this scene and when *Lex Luthor* realized it, *Superman* pointed to his head gesturing, "Yep, Luthor. Mind over muscle. I used my brain."

[@ArtofLunatik]

batman would be proud😊

[@robertbusek30]

And even Luthor is impressed that he got played by Superman…

[@bestcoastsxmcp]

Thanks, Captain Obvious.

[@PittAfterSchool]

I thought Superman couldn’t lie.

[@ArtofLunatik]

@@PittAfterSchool why?

[@markoarkaina8656]

I love how Superman smiles at Zod after crushing every bone in his hand into powder.

[@EthanAnania]

Much better than Cavill’s screaming outburst in Man of Steel.

[@AlaborJinta]

is that what happened? powder you say?

[@miguelarcachero6103]

The late Christopher Reeve, is pure DC All In.

[@robertbusek30]

I really wish we had had a Reeve/Keaton crossover movie…

[@robertdawson291]

I’ve always liked Christopher Reaves over the other people who played Superman, even though black-and-white TV series.😊

[@GeekX3010]

Christopher Reeve. May God keep you 😢🙏🏻

[@framework-d1u]

@@GeekX3010 God would have been more useful a little earlier in Christopher's life. Maybe He was off playing golf or something. 🙄

[@GeekX3010]

​​@@framework-d1u How insensitive, man! 😑

[@framework-d1u]

@@GeekX3010 How? 🙂

[@GeekX3010]

​​@@framework-d1uDon't play dumb. You're insulting our God, aren't you?

[@framework-d1u]

@GeekX3010 I'm certainly questioning the idea that gods exist, which is a highly questionable idea. 🙂

[@jonathanmyers2867]

3:55 "Hey, you know something? You're a real pain in the neck!" 💥🤛

[@shukitheconscious3150]

"AAAUauUUUUUUUUGH 😩😩" 💀

[@seanwolslau-holdren6731]

Seeing Lois punch Ursa warmed my heart.

[@johncap6495]

@@seanwolslau-holdren6731 Supes should have married Ursa j/k I got a thing for Ursa for some reason 😂

[@seanwolslau-holdren6731]

@johncap6495 I beg to differ. Zod, Non, and Ursa were criminals who were bent on conquering and ruling Earth. Sure, Ursa is a fellow kryptonian, but as Jor-El put it, "Who's perversions and unreasoning hatred for all mankind have threatened even the children of Krypton,"

[@WintersWar]

I would have scooped ursa up and pushed lois into the ice fog drop.

[@followword6452]

I remember watching this great movie over and over in the 80s

[@dcacplus]

He was always my inspiration

[@WintersWar]

Everyone is so young! Gene Hackman always a treat. I never could reconcile whether Superman should have kneeled or not.

[@robertbusek30]

He’s so good whatever he’s in.

[@ryanakers1372]

I mean, he had won, so why not have a bit of fun, lol.

[@stacylayton3254]

No one will ever replace Christopher Reeve . He will always be the ICONIC SUPERMAN

[@ScottAkin-u8v]

Note that when he killed Zod, he didn't drop to his knees in a conflicted fit of screaming

[@richard77231]

I love how Zod has to qualify his statement about Superman being his slave, with a pause, forever. Very dignified ;)

[@aribhugoo454]

That moment the music kicks in when he crushes Zod's hand is pure magic.

[@johncap6495]

@@aribhugoo454 yep some said there’s no emotional growth for the characters here. Emotional? Your comment defines emotional. People literally get goosebumps when the hand cracks and the iconic music blasts

[@sledgehammer301]

@@johncap6495 Yup. And if you watch it 1000 times, you get the same feels as the first time.

[@johncap6495]

@@sledgehammer301 yep! I’ve learned that this week😂 If I was Supes I’d take Ursa for a spin 😂

[@heatherrounds6550]

The most iconic scene ever

[@manuellim6284]

Superman tricked Zod

[@RedPyramid-lf4sb]

And the best way Superman did that was by using his brain, outsmarting Zod. Superman definitely had something up his Kryptonian sleeve.

[@timothyturner1056]

​@@RedPyramid-lf4sbAnd also Superman outsmarted Luthor too.

[@larryfrazier5925]

​@@timothyturner10562 4 1

[@4985boo]

Thanks captain obvious 😂

[@miguelrodrigo3875]

I like Henry Cavill a lot as Superman, but this Reeve is the Superman!

[@ryanakers1372]

I wish Cavill had better writing to work with. So much wasted potential.

[@earlygenesistherevealedcos1982]

He's THE Clark Kent as well.

[@Slenderman822]

Classic movie ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@wydryfly]

Crushes General Zod’s hand, cue John Williams’ music……. Awesome!!!

[@gilcarvalho2525]

This was very funny vídeo. Superman have his powers back. Rest in peace Christopher Reeve. I miss you. 😢😊😅😂❤🎉

[@alexsummers9140]

Don't you LOVE that JOHN WILLIAM'S SCORE?

[@iec7587]

and all the others

[@antoniocarlossousa8207]

Christopher Reeve, the ultimate Superman looking!

[@Jpgundarun]

The good old switcheroo on the superpower taketh away machine! Genius!

[@franzfrunzner4086]

I always asked myself: Why did Lex Luthor not start the molecule converter again, after he recognized what had happened? Superman would be helpless, because this time he was outside the chamber.

[@talgoren2246]

powerless is not the same as helpless. even without powers, farm boy could still beat him up. also, I am not sure there was a way off that stage without flying.

[@stephenmiller2337]

I love this scene because it shows that Superman was playing chess while the villians were playing checkers.

[@hankking9007]

superman was very intelligent to outsmart lex

[@djparaense]

Christopher Reeve and Helen Slater (Supergirl) are the best casting for superhero films ever. Their perfect hairs, bodies, height, the shape of their faces, they really look like comicbook people.

[@way2gocurtis]

You didn't like Supergirl on CW with Melissa Benoist?

[@djparaense]

@@way2gocurtis I love her too, Melissa is a beautiful lady.

[@paul16451]

Well, anyone could look like that when you have a whole team of people to help build you to the role, including a personal trainer with an extnsive workout program to follow, a dietician and nutritionist, a makeup artist, a hair stylist, a costume artist, a personal tailor, acting and voice coaches, script writers telling you what to say, and lighting techs who can shoot you from your best angles every time.

[@gregrowe1168]

@@djparaense Brandon Routh looked a lot like Reeve. Very tall and muscular. Probably even more so than Reeve. Reeve almost lost the audition because he was considered too skinny to play Superman. He had to bulk up a lot to convince them he was right for the role.

[@bargainmaterials1]

Non was none too smart was he. 'OMG General Zod has lost his powers....Let me fly and...Oh Yeah. That would also include me'

[@danielnunn7602]

No. ..he lived to play Simon Moon in the Hero and the Terror ..

[@brandonbeard077]

Best SuperMan movie to date.

[@actioncom2748]

In the end, Zod did get everything he wanted. If only for a minute. But I find interesting is that is what it took to defeat Zod. Give Zod what Zod felt like he was cheated out of and then let Karma do the rest.

[@AriellePolder]

Christopher Reeve was Superman. Period.

[@thearch1tect249]

The Greatest and only SUPERMAN "Christopher Reeve" !!

[@MrChopemup]

I met gene Hackman , he was tall,

[@rajnirvan3336]

3:14 the crack was awesome

[@Kwaj]

Been crushing on Ursa (Sarah Douglas) for over 35 years. ❤

[@lashandajones4630]

Superman was my first crush. I swooned so hard; I couldn’t finished my popcorn.🥰

[@thomasjefferson3506]

Superman was Zod's last crush. His hand, that is.

[@alwayspooh1588]

Timeless scene. Reeve was Superman, both as the character of Superman and his attitude after his accident. Cavil is good and so was Tom Welling, to be sure, but they or anyone else will never be Superman like Reeve.

[@ericdunn7352]

@@alwayspooh1588 What about George Reeves?

[@alwayspooh1588]

@@ericdunn7352 Have not seen enough of him to make a fair assessment.

[@PaulJohnson-ju8sl]

Superman, when you get that machine with the green crystal, you become even more powerful and normal. Urus and General Zod lose their powers well done man of steel and rest in peace my number one through man who is born on my birth year 1978.

[@TheOne_KingDavid]

He played the best Zod!

[@SamuelVaness-qg2cp]

We all need a friend like luthor 😅

[@DamienDunne-l6h]

Great film,rip Christopher,great clip in the film

[@tomace4898]

"Lex Luthor, Ruler of Australia, activate the machine."

[@ericdunn7352]

Zod : Chancellor Valorum, Kneel before Zod. Valorum: The Jedi will stop You Zod: Then They will kneel before Zod as well.

[@vjreimedia]

The shot all that in a day. Started at 10 am, by 3 they were done.

[@DanSullivan129]

I wonder what would’ve happened if lex Luthor had gone along with superman’s plan and tried to get him into the chamber

[@azurerainbow4637]

Lex Luthor should be proud that he helped Superman make General Zod, Ursa & Non lose their powers because they threatened to kill millions of Earthlings if Superman dares to continue to defy them. Luthor's girlfriend, Eve Tessmacher would've been killed and also Luthor's family.

[@aldoileanumeliber]

The sweat at the arm pit is so funny

[@chantayb86]

Terrence Stamp was the best portrayal of the villain, Zod.

[@kurtwpg]

Back when I saw the movie, I thought he was old. He was a puppy compared to my age now, and he's still around.

[@theiran]

For me, the highlight of the movie was Lois punching Ursa. Several years back, someone did it as a meme with audio.

[@petecoventry6858]

Terence Stamp was 42 when he played Zod He is now 86 and still acting. Gene hackman is 94. Ned Betty is dead (otis), so is Reeve and Margot. Sarah Douglas is still acting as is Jack O Halloran. 4 out of the 6 in that scene are still around

[@Alex-xh9kv]

Ned Betty isn't in this scene, just the movie.

[@epimolophant]

"Oh but Superman never lies" "Oh but Superman never kills"

[@rocketguardian2001]

Well he didn't exactly lie. The device does take away their powers, he just didn't mention that he re-wired it. Also, the villains were not killed, the were taken away by the RCMP in a deleted scene.

[@gregrowe1168]

But that scene was never seen in theaters. We just assumed he threw them down a bottomless pit and they died. And nobody shed a tear for them that day.

[@rocketguardian2001]

@@gregrowe1168 Yeah the original cut was a bit weird that way, but I didn't assume they had died when I watched it, granted I was a kid at the time.

[@QWorld-Me]

Love this scene ❤

[@kurtb8474]

Margot was a such cute Lois Lane. Her, Christopher and Gene. Perfect casting.

[@petervickers911]

the best superman ever

[@bobbyricigliano2799]

Best part of the scene was left out. Lex Luthor attempts and fails to convince Superman he was in on the trick and was trying to help him beat Zod all along.

[@seanwebb605]

I appreciate that a convicted criminal wants to rule Australia.

[@mainstreetsaint36]

@@seanwebb605 In the very early shooting script, it was Cuba.

[@seanwebb605]

@@mainstreetsaint36 Did they release a film where he said Australia or an early script that read Cuba?

[@mainstreetsaint36]

@@seanwebb605 Script only. They just kept it to Australia for the movie. To be honest, Luthor would not have been the worst thing for Cubans at that time.

[@seanwebb605]

@@mainstreetsaint36 So in the movie it is Australia? And the script wasn't released? I wonder then if we're commenting on a clip from the movie it is the movie that is relevant. Just thinking aloud I guess.

[@e-pflow3144]

My goodness, all the actors in this movie are truly amazing from Gene Hackman, Terrance Stamp and the late Christopher Reeve.

[@JONATHAN61501]

Adorei o vídeo

[@SkyNetGeneral-]

Ladies and gen z millennials? This is Iconic , stamp and reeve and Hackman !! In this movie . Really Epic❤

[@VizioN-Scope]

3:27 Superman is sweating a lot. That suit really seals in the flavor 😅

[@conatcha]

3:54 "¿Sabes que te digo? Que eres más pesada que las moscas."

[@thegreatinterpreter8382]

Honestly, I've been worshiping Zod for 20 years now. There's a lot a kneeling and a lot of Polyvinyl involved. And don't even get me started on my beard trimmer accessories. But, at the end of the day, it's all worth it. I've got exactly 2 friends; hate the son of Jor-el and, bet you didn't know this about Zod... have a pretty good Karaoke voice.

[@ManahManah77]

I saw part of an interview with the guy who played Nor not too long ago, and he was laughing about how he basically got famous from a movie and never had to say a word.

[@proudhunter85dirty]

C'mon Zod, you want a piece of me, I'll fight you

[@larryfrazier5925]

Been great if jorel had Appeared one final time with zod there...

[@UPCM01]

If Warner would do a new re-edited version, utilizing Both Lester and Donner's cuts. That would be the best Ultimite Version of Superman 2.

[@berniesykes5184]

Basically, The Donner cut is...If you listen to the commentary, Donner said he had to use some of Lester's work to make the movie complete..As there was no way to go back and reshoot anything. He makes this very clear during the Battle Sequences in Metropolis And Fortress Of Solitude as Lester Directed practically all the the battle sequences

[@UPCM01]

@@berniesykes5184 Basically, Donner had no choose but to use Some of Lester's footage to make his (Donner's) version make sense. Since both Lester and Donner have passed away, WB can and should make a version Utilizing the Best of both of Lester's version and Donner's version plus extended & deleted scenes to make... the Ultimite version of Superman 2

[@terrenceharris-hughes4436]

Classic

[@neto8518]

Essa música a cena..maravilhoso ❤❤

[@IdgaradLyracant]

3:28 Always makes me giggle. Reeve pitting out.

[@simonh4553]

whisper, whisper, whisper and none of the 3 Kryptonians heard it. Flash, whiz, bang "hold on where has my x-ray vision gone"

[@grantc61]

The execution of this plot twist is so inept. You want to see Zod and Ursa, especially, launched into outer space by Superman. Instead, they clumsily fall into a chasm and out of sight with barely a whimper. What should be a rousing moment is a damp squib.

[@billstrohler]

In the Zach Snyder Superman, Superman agonizes over killing. Here he laughs while Lois does it while making a quip. Not knocking one or the other just an difference of interpreation.

[@robertbusek30]

I think the original script has the Kryptonians and Luthor arrested, but the edits do imply killing. Alternatively, they might be “frozen” in the Fortress of Solitude…

[@SupermanalwaysFan-nw6pr]

I Love that film!💙💙💙💙💙

[@wgarzon2437]

Una tremenda joya.

[@parkermudsen1063]

People are overlooking the fact that Kal-El and Lois straight up committed double murders. 😧

[@Cukito4]

Why is Superman whispering? Don't they all have super hearing?

[@gregrowe1168]

I think he knew they could hear him. He deliberately lied to them.

[@timothyturner1056]

It's possible that the Super villains are not quite familiar with all of their super powers Superman on the other hand is quite experience of his own super powers .

[@seanwebb605]

@@gregrowe1168 He was suppose to fight for truth, justice and the American way. He lied. That's when this illegal, undocumented immigrant became a real American.

[@ddmck1972]

What's terrible is the "villains" are still the ones living. RIP CR and MK.

[@daniescott3000]

Everyone complains about Cavil's Superman snapping Zod's neck in Man of Steel, but neglect the fact that Reeve's Superman threw a depowered Zod's to his death in a chasm.😅😅😅😅

[@abcee7930]

Great film. But...wo...Those stunts! I You can even see Christopher Reeves smirking about the cheap high-school-theater stunts as General Zod's butt spins up into the air.

[@mon-nowshad]

From Bangladesh love for superman ❤

[@elizabethv_royalsfan]

And years later, Zod would lose his chancellorship in the galaxy of Star Wars

[@brentlieagle9741]

Superman and Lois cheerfully killing a bunch of folks

[@JayDeeTea]

All three were just casually murdered at the end.

[@daveishereuk]

Stupid scene, Zod's super hearing would have heard Superman's conversation to Lex Luthor. He's equal to Superman in everything.

[@theyux1]

Superman kneeling before zod just to troll him. Its always great when superman is petty. Not super petty, but like .01 perecent petty.

[@XB10001]

Superman looks eerily similar to Clark Kent .... but it cannot be, Kent wears glasses.

[@tordb]

"THE SON OF JOR'EL WILL BECOME OUR SLAVE...FOREVER!"

[@robertbusek30]

That pause really sells it…

[@JamesMacarther]

General Zod came in in like a God - went out like a punk !

[@liquidmagma]

Out like General Sod

[@HugoHackenbush-jq7hl]

R.I.P Christopher Reeve.

[@Treblaine]

"Remember that time Lois Lane murdered a woman?" "Oh we we're all caught up in the moment"

[@skateboard_sandwich]

Best "gotcha" ever.

[@Donjkoontz]

Wouldn’t Zod have heard the convo with his super hearing…and wouldn’t he know it was an obvious trap?

[@Hibernicus1968]

I always loved how Non, who was supposedly the brainless muscle of Zod's group, was the only one who seemed to suspect that all was not going well for them once Luthor activated the control. On another note, I also love how everyone screeching about Cavill's Superman killing an enraged Zod who was about to vaporize a whole family (and who had promised to kill millions more), but who seem to have no problem with Reeve's Superman, in a moment of pure revenge, crushing a now defenseless Zod's hand to pulp, and then hurling this depowered man who is no longer any threat down a chasm to his death.

[@chpsilva]

Oh boy... no, none of the kryptonians died for being tossed against a wall. In a deleted scene they are later arrested by the authorities.

[@larryfrazier5925]

Zod May have been turned mortal however the destruction he caused was still there.. He got what was more than coming to him

[@Hibernicus1968]

@@chpsilva They died. That scene was _deleted._ Deleted scenes don't count. Only what we see on screen guides what audiences think happened. In 1980, when audiences walked out of the theater, they had just scene all three Kryptonians dropped down a chasm, and that's the last anyone ever sees of them. I assure you, every person in the audience thought that was lights out for Zod, Ursa, and Non, because the film gave them no reason to think anything else. And as I said, no one seemed to have a problem with it back then.

[@chpsilva]

@Hibernicus1968 following your reasoning: have you seen they dead ? No ? Yeah, me neither. They weren't dead, just accept it.

[@Hibernicus1968]

@@chpsilva Yeah, no one in the audience was nitpicking like that. Richard Lester made the directorial choice to _omit_ the scene showing them survive and be taken into custody, knowing full well audiences would assume they fell to their deaths, because ordinary, non-superpowered humans don't fall from a great height to either go splat on hard, unyielding ice, or plunge into icy Artic waters. Lester wasn't going to _show_ them go splat, because this was a movie with a lot of kids in the audience, but it was understood. Viewers saw unrepentant villains get presumably lethal comeuppance, _and they were fine with it._ That's the important point you seem determined to miss: it _really doesn't matter_ if "wELL AcKShuaLly..." they survived and were taken into custody. The point is, in 1980, when people saw this, they _saw_ Superman crush Zod's hand and, _assumed_ he threw him to his death, and no one blew a gasket over it.

[@shannonbugeja3746]

I’m Australian and I wonder if we would notice the difference if we had Lex Luther as our PM.

[@Ummah11119]

Old is gold

[@marcustmachado]

Superman never punches anyone in those movies. It sucks. But Lois has a great punch scene.

[@Znarf2022]

3:28 Super pit stain.

[@handsome526]

I thought Superman never lies and he just did

[@themeanhornet1070]

I like the Robot Chicken version too.

[@blendedtime8162]

"superman doesn't kill" tell me any of them survives here

[@knightofarkronia9968]

I believe there are some versions of this film where Zod and his cohorts got dumped outside of the Fortress of Solitude and arrested.

[@Auron1Roxas2]

@@knightofarkronia9968 Except those don't matter, this is the canon version they went with. Superman killed them, yet so called superman "fans" have issue with this.

[@Mr_Movie_Fan]

​@@Auron1Roxas2not this, the 2013 movie

[@JBTriple8]

he doesnt though

[@StareachValcin]

@@blendedtime8162 Except Superman didn't kill Zod in this scene, and Lois punching Ursa didn't result in Ursa's death either. Plus, the deleted scene of the depowered kryptonians does matter as it proves that it was never intended for Superman to kill Zod in Superman 2. The deleted scene was even put in televised versions of the theatrical cut of Superman 2. So, Superman still didn't kill Zod. Not to mention that Superman sent Zod and the kryptonians back to the phantom zone in the Donner cut.