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!
@@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
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.
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.
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)
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.
@@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.
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.
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... ?
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
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.
@@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.
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.
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.
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.
@@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.
@@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.
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."
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.
@@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
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 ...
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.
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.
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-----------------------
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!"
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.
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.
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.
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
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...
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.
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.
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 @$$ about things and they had to cut his scenes from SM2.
Brando wasn't an ass. They agreed to pay him a portion of the profits for both movies. They cut him out because they didn't want to pay him on the second one. The Salkinds were notorious for cheating their actors and directors on payments. It's just a shame they left this plot hole in instead of rewriting the scene with Lara like they did his earlier scenes.
I've never understood why this scene was cut from the theatrical film... It makes the project more impactful.. We, understand now, why it was... The first Superman movie was a Huge success beyond their expectations.... Marlon Brando would not return unless they offered him more $$ and a share of the gross... Ms Kidder and Reeve did not approve of the new director, Hackman did not want to return to the project.... There were also creative differences among the writers and crew! That's why there were 2 different versions of the film
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All superman big fans missing Christopher reeve
Yes I do!!
@@fionating3389 Canon films ruined their movies.
Always miss that man. He was too good 💯
not only Christopher reeve but his wife also dana charles reeve
We all hold onto the hope and Christopher is the light of hope for us all in this great film. Inspiring ❤️
Christopher Reeve just killed it in this role. Wonderful acting.
No one else can ever be Superman to me
Absolutely
@@Inglese001 He's both super-wholesome, and you know better than to screw with
There can only be one ❤ c r rip 😂
Man, Christopher Reeve's giving such a brilliant performance through and through...... What an actor!
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!
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
Realistically the only woman worthy of giving birth to Kal El’s children would have been Wonder Woman.
So true
@@cavemanjoe79she’s still immortal.
Get a dog instead. They won’t screw you over.
@@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
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.
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.
I love Christopher Reeve Superman
Very awesome picture ❤❤❤
Christopher Reeve is phenomenal.
Gone but never forgotten
Good thing he had a father who in life and death loved his son
It's the bible re told metaphorically
A father’s love is never ending. This scene really touched my heart
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)
That music was just his recordings from the first Superman movie cut-and-pasted onto the Donner cut.
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.
@@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.
Christopher Reeve is the best Superman actor, and he is still irreplaceable...👍🙂
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.
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... ?
@@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.
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
It's not the same guy. Not even the same continuity. But I thinj it's a nod to this scene from Superman 2...
No. But it shows the contrast of him selflessly saving humans, but he can’t even get a ride in the freezing snow.
@@jonhall3151 that’s far too I. Depth thinking For me.
Me too, I just made that connection as well.
Not even close
I always found the dressing down by Jor-El to be hilarious. Absolutely scolded.
Kryptonianians weren't exactly emotional people. Technology saw to that.
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.
Best superman ever.
It's amazing that the Father still forgives the son despite he made a mistake that's love right there
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.
If that’s true then what’s the point of a future resurrection?
@@kevincox8754 The resurrection is all that matters! John 3:16!
@@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.
*Reeve
Christopher did fantastic performance. This scene is very heart 💖 touching
The one and only Superman.I seen Superman 2 on Release at the Odeon.
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!
Wonderful scene ,!!! The Donner Cut.was truly special !!!
If I had the powers that Superman has I would never give up my powers for a woman
That's ok she'll take them and the Fortress of Solitude in the divorce settlement 😁
Me neither.
@@matthewdoyle3628😂
Yo tampoco.
EVER
Judging from the production hell this film went though, none of it should have worked, and yet, it became a timeless masterpiece.
I love Christopher Reeve Superman
Big fan ❤❤❤😊
Musical score is incredible it gives me chills .
Christopher reeve,,6'5",, my best superman ever,, may him R, I, P,, goodbye,, 💕 we will miss you,,😢
He was 6'4"...
The no 1 of all time 😊
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.
....hey..lets not ruin the movie. He hitchhike. Lol
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.
ele devia saber um atalho.
The truck driver was a jerk
He might have lost his superpowers, but he was still the same man. Still had his determination and resilience
That’s why the Galactic Senate voted Valoran out. They discovered he was General Zod
We need a General prequel series
Wow...Brandos voice alone made the movie!
Really cool, thank you. Wish this was in the movie.
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.
@@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.
@@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.
Would be cool to see the snow battlefield of the Empire Strikes Back in the background while he minds his own business.
...Echobase 1 they've entered the base!
Proof that children should listen to their parents.
Really miss Mr C Reeves he is and always will be superman to me.
He threw it all my away for a women! 😮 luckily his dad saved him!!
Being single is NOT what you think.❤
He had a backup plan!!!🥲
Just like Adam and Eve😢. He threw it all away and now we're all fucked!!!!😢😢
@specterman2000 just like God had a backup plan for us, Jesus Christ 🙏 🙌
In essence Jor EL never did left Clark to begin with even after he abdicated his own super powers .
In memorie is the best film❤❤❤
It's a good thing he got his powers back or that frostbite would have done him in.
The Canadian Death. The Fortress is in Canada lol
It's in the North Pole next to Santa's grotto
@@dg9015the grotto also houses the worst strains of swimmers itch found outside un chlorinated hot tubs.
The death star 🌟 is there. ❤😅😊
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."
That was good.
Kal-el, Kal-el. What have I done to make you treat me so disrespectfully
@@sylvester3018 🤣🤣🤣
reeves was the best superman..for sure
I'll Miss Christopher Reeve. 😔
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.
The Simper Man can't win.
Bad comment
@@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
@sylvester3018 this has to be the most goofy comment on here. Do better
Christopher Reeve is my Superman!
That’s was truly brilliant, you made that scene epic, as far as I’m concerned that’s now canon.
this scene is why Christopher Reeve is best version of Superman
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 ...
Christopher Reeves is Superman. What he did after his career ended proved it.
"FATHERRRRRRRRR!!!" yeah I bet he was screaming something else that started with F, was just what it sounded like for us
Superman is the representation of Christopher Reeve, Superman truly is him ❤
It was always a stupid plot point to have to give up being Superman to have Lois.
Yep
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.
@@kathleenhensley5951 Technology we yet don't understand.
@@kathleenhensley5951 FIRESTORM can siphon out the sun radiation that powers SUPERMAN and it's game over.
Let me say along the lines of PIS, that love makes everything blind, even directors and producers
Wonderful job you've done here.
Awesome! Seen this movie dozens of times over 40 years, never saw this scene.
God Bless him 🙏
This scene from Donner cut gave so much more emotion than him just finding the crystal in the lester cut
great acting from both actors and great music score rip both world needs a superman !!!!
The father son moment is a powerful story.
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.
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-----------------------
atores e esportivos ricos deveriam seguir esse conselho.
Agree
I actually preferred the theatrical version. It wasn't overly dramatic.
Give the editor some credit! Great job! Played very well. Modernized it even.
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!"
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.
Poor Clark Kent 😢
IMO this is better than the theatrical cut!! The theatrical cut had his mom. Marlon brando killed it as Jor El.
0:40 Dude couldn't even give Superman a ride.
Same bloke in Man of Steel who threw the can at Clark.
I really wish Richard Donner's cut was the theatrical release!
The Donner cut is amazing. This could have potentially been a Best Picture for the Oscars if had been released the way Donner intended.
How unintentionally prophetic
Jor-El was really into forward planning
Let me and Adam take his place In his memory, Hollywood ❤
4:22 I loved this director’s cut of Superman 2.
Brilliant work.
The definitive Superman.
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.
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.
Excelente escena por qué no la dejaron?? Así se entiende mejor todo!!
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
Agreed 😎👊
@@kungfutaichibocaraton9587 gracias… parece que estaba cobrando demasiado por las escenas.
All he had to do was marry her and stay Superman, he made it harder than it should have been.
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...
Love how he goes to the North Pole with nothing more then a members only jacket
Why was this left out? This was a big mistake not having this in the film!
Superman was the first super hero comic to succeed, and the first movie to succeed.
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.
pretty good edit on a scene I've watched many times from the Donner cut. You even got rid of the whiney "father, noo" 👍👍
And edited out some of Reeve's violent convulsing.
Big fan Superman
Me too
Worshipped super 👌 man my hero ❤
Christopher Reeve and Marlon Brando an excellent movie !
As I have explained, being single really is not what you think it is.
I will say that and hold those words in my heart till the day I die. If I die.
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
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.
In real life He was a true Superman! I'm glad I share the same Birthday as him.
Actually super good work.
He is magnificent!😊
Love these old films classis
This was brilliant
Christopher reeve was the best superman and he played the role very well
Am I bugging? That green crystal was supposed to be on the floor on the other side when it lit up! Not in front of him. Hmmmmmm!!!
Até hj o melhor super-homem
Bonstempos ❤❤❤❤
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.
Watching from "Australia" !!
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 @$$ about things and they had to cut his scenes from SM2.
Brando wasn't an ass. They agreed to pay him a portion of the profits for both movies. They cut him out because they didn't want to pay him on the second one. The Salkinds were notorious for cheating their actors and directors on payments. It's just a shame they left this plot hole in instead of rewriting the scene with Lara like they did his earlier scenes.
@@jedijones Agreed. But it still doesn't take away that MB wasn't being his typical prima donna self
Didn’t he get healed by the same green crystal he just drained in Superman 4?
Henry Caville has been the only other actor to totally convince you that he is superman after Christopher Reeves
Nope.
Well done
I've never understood why this scene was cut from the theatrical film...
It makes the project more impactful..
We, understand now, why it was...
The first Superman movie was a Huge success beyond their expectations....
Marlon Brando would not return unless they offered him more $$ and a share of the gross...
Ms Kidder and Reeve did not approve of the new director, Hackman did not want to return to the project....
There were also creative differences among the writers and crew!
That's why there were 2 different versions of the film