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    Quote Originally Posted by Neil View Post
    When watching Superman 2 then, what sort of %age was shot by Donner then? Surely must have been a majority?
    IIRC, Donner had shot roughly 75% of the second film before he was told to focus on the first and subsequently fired altogether. When Lester was brought in to finish the second film, he had to shoot at least 50% of the film in order to get credit from the directors guild, so there was a good bit of Donner footage dropped.

    Lester's scenes stand out as more goofy and not as artistically conceived, IMO. The "super kiss", Lois constantly smoking because of Marlboro sponsorship, the Niagra falls scenes, etc.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bassman View Post
    IIRC, Donner had shot roughly 75% of the second film before he was told to focus on the first and subsequently fired altogether. When Lester was brought in to finish the second film, he had to shoot at least 50% of the film in order to get credit from the directors guild, so there was a good bit of Donner footage dropped.

    Lester's scenes stand out as more goofy and not as artistically conceived, IMO. The "super kiss", Lois constantly smoking because of Marlboro sponsorship, the Niagra falls scenes, etc.
    Be interesting to watch it with "Lester" or "Donner" displayed on the screen appropriately
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