bosef982
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I got the original script for Superman Returns and while I love this film, I have to say there were some things that they cut and even did not film that would've added to the movie.
First and foremost, the opening is radically different in the script. One, it opens with the curtain, a boy's voiceover, and with the actual footage (black and white) of Jor-El sending baby Kal-El off in Superman: The Movie.
The bar scene before the plane scene is actually quite different, with Clark drinking Jimmy under the table (which explains Jimmy's somewhat drunking behavior in that scene because of editing most of this out) and Clark drinking more and more and more as he thinks of everything.
During the plane scene, Superman actually gets blown back by the reignition boosters as he approaches and then has to regroup and go after it again.
Perhaps one of the largest differences is that New Krypton was suppose to look like Superman's fortress and be crystal -- not rock, at least how it's described in the script. Also, there are breif shots and hints of Kryptonian crystal vehicles and weapons.
Perry talks about how New Krypton is continuing to grow out somewhere by Saturn and Jupiter, and is still laced with Kryptonite.
Things that were dsicarded were a scene where instead of testing the crystal in his train set basement, Luthor tests the crystal in the artic, creating a new Fortress which Richard, Lois, and Clark fly out to investigate. While they do it, Clark somehow manages to sink the Fortress, destroying any evidence of it.
Also, during the earthquake scene, they did have scene with tidal waves bashing Metropolis and of Superman having to lift an entire subway train out of the subway.
Wish we coudl've seen this -- but then again, scripts are almost always better than what makes it on screen because the budget of a script is the cost of your local Kinkos.
First and foremost, the opening is radically different in the script. One, it opens with the curtain, a boy's voiceover, and with the actual footage (black and white) of Jor-El sending baby Kal-El off in Superman: The Movie.
The bar scene before the plane scene is actually quite different, with Clark drinking Jimmy under the table (which explains Jimmy's somewhat drunking behavior in that scene because of editing most of this out) and Clark drinking more and more and more as he thinks of everything.
During the plane scene, Superman actually gets blown back by the reignition boosters as he approaches and then has to regroup and go after it again.
Perhaps one of the largest differences is that New Krypton was suppose to look like Superman's fortress and be crystal -- not rock, at least how it's described in the script. Also, there are breif shots and hints of Kryptonian crystal vehicles and weapons.
Perry talks about how New Krypton is continuing to grow out somewhere by Saturn and Jupiter, and is still laced with Kryptonite.
Things that were dsicarded were a scene where instead of testing the crystal in his train set basement, Luthor tests the crystal in the artic, creating a new Fortress which Richard, Lois, and Clark fly out to investigate. While they do it, Clark somehow manages to sink the Fortress, destroying any evidence of it.
Also, during the earthquake scene, they did have scene with tidal waves bashing Metropolis and of Superman having to lift an entire subway train out of the subway.
Wish we coudl've seen this -- but then again, scripts are almost always better than what makes it on screen because the budget of a script is the cost of your local Kinkos.
