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Superman 2: The Fan Cut
Richard Lester’s version and Richard Donner’s version become one on YouTube.

My favorite part of Superman 2: The Fan Cut––YouTube user ABDirector’s mash-up of the originally released version of the film directed by Richard Lester with original Superman director Richard Donner’s version that came out on DVD a couple of year ago––is the comment threads. People take Superman II very seriously. They also take recuts very seriously, and everyone has their own idea of how they’d do it differently. Example, from Part 6:

barryfreiman

You’re 34 and a half minutes into the movie before you even see Superman in action (other than the brief reprise of Superman 1 at the beginning) - I think you should find a way to incorporate the Eiffel Tower scene

ABdirector

That scene has no place in my cut. Yeah, I know it lacks Superman in action, but so did the Donner Cut. But in the end, Superman is seen in alot of action.

johntheroid

Why? That scene sucks! Dont’t listen to him! Keep doing your thing man it rocks!

ABDirector is no doubt used to this kind of back-and-forth by now, as he’s sort of become the go-to guy for YouTube re-edits of fanboy classics, including this speeding up of the lightsaber duel between Darth Vader and Obi Wan Knobi from A New Hope. He explains why this is necessary:

The classic duel between Darth Vader and Obi-Wan Kenobi was a highlight of the original trilogy. But now with the prequels out and them having faster and more intense lightsaber duels (especially the Mustafar duel), this one seems a bit slow and dull and does not look like these were the two Jedi (Even though they are older and weaker) who once dueled furiously on Mustafar. Since Lucas decided to add silly things like Han shot first and Hayden as Spirit/Anakin in the Special Editions, maybe he should have altered this lightsaber duel to make it look faster and more intense? Well, this is what I have done.

I think this kind of brings ABDirector’s whole project into focus: it’s a kind of rebellion against this idea that filmmakers have the right to take something that people have loved for years and constantly tinkering with it, allegedly in order to create “definitive” versions, but maybe really just to sell more DVDs.

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