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Post by EnriqueH on Jun 24, 2011 21:11:56 GMT -5
I'm suddenly curious about this since I've never seen it.
I was weaned on the STM/SII ABC cuts.
Is it an improvement? Is there any reviews about it? I know that the credits scene took place in space, but that's all I know.
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Post by Jimbo on Jun 24, 2011 23:31:35 GMT -5
Just check out the deleted scenes on the DVD or Blu. That's pretty much everything that was in the extended TV cut.
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Post by SteveS on Jun 25, 2011 8:55:12 GMT -5
Only good thing about S3 extended is the opening title sequence, which is how a Superman movie is SUPPOSED to open. The rest does nothing to help the movie one iota.
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Post by Jor-L5150 on Jun 25, 2011 10:05:01 GMT -5
Just check out the deleted scenes on the DVD or Blu. That's pretty much everything that was in the extended TV cut. they left out the scene where superman shags the blonde, and vera is annoyed with thier shagging sounds. |
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Post by crazy_asian_man on Jun 25, 2011 10:15:06 GMT -5
Agreed. The credits in space, and the opening Metropolis montage w/o the titles. Liked that, but that's about it.
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Post by EvilSupes on Jun 25, 2011 12:43:39 GMT -5
Is the credits in space included? I haven't checked yet.
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Post by Jor-L5150 on Jun 25, 2011 13:20:45 GMT -5
Is the credits in space included? I haven't checked yet.  no. |
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Post by Jimbo on Jun 25, 2011 13:21:19 GMT -5
No, that wasn't included, but here's a recording of it:
They used the music from the end credits, camera flyby whoosh and all. ;D
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Post by ye5man on Jun 25, 2011 13:56:14 GMT -5
Without the credits, the Metropolis slapstick is even weirder
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Post by crazy_asian_man on Jun 25, 2011 16:20:14 GMT -5
True.... but the whole movie is schizo from the start on....
(Plus at least it SORTOF resembles the first two films more this way)
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Post by indo77 on Jun 25, 2011 16:57:32 GMT -5
This "extended cut" was an official video release in the UK in the 1980s in the rental market.
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Post by Knight on Jun 25, 2011 17:07:29 GMT -5
I remember seeing Vera been peeved at hearing that blonde sort doing the wild thing with supes.
I prefare the opening credits in space,very much so...I never liked the credits at all over the footage.
I would like this extended edit though...
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Post by TylerDurden389 on Jun 25, 2011 20:57:10 GMT -5
I've gotta admit, I LOVE the intro to this version of the song. I love how it drags out before we get to the initial "theme". It builds up the moment IMO. What's up with the alternate version of those things in the b.g though? They look like the floating things from the STM space shots, but different.
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Post by Knight on Jun 26, 2011 2:04:11 GMT -5
The music at the start of three is pretty good,strings that build into the main theme during Clark noticing the man in the car until Superman steps out of the photo booth. Why not use that? (probs wont fit,I know)
-That scene is one of my favs of the entire series. I would love to see this without being spoiled by the credits...
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Post by crazy_asian_man on Jun 26, 2011 2:49:04 GMT -5
Wow. Really? I had also heard that there was an official Japanese extended ABC cut on LASERDISC for both STM & SII--- have been searching for it for DECADES, with no luck..... (I did see a Japanese extended version on official laserdisc of Dune before the dvd release years ago, so that also gave me hope). But... odd that it's never popped up on ebay or ANYWHERE. Anyone know if this SII extended official laserdisc was myth or reality?  |
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Post by indo77 on Jun 26, 2011 5:37:39 GMT -5
I never heard of the laserdisc but I know Superman III had a rental release with extended footage, I don't think it had the opening credits though. I have tried searching the bbfc website but they only have the film version and sell through vhs from 1987. www.bbfc.co.uk/search/?searchwhere=db&q=superman+iii |
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Post by Bansheefan57 on Aug 12, 2011 16:19:57 GMT -5
I have yet to see the extended 3. From all accounts it isn't much more from what we had in theaters. I checked out a while ago, but I wouldn't mind seeing the extended cut one day...
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Post by Jor-L5150 on Aug 12, 2011 16:35:30 GMT -5
This "extended cut" was an official video release in the UK in the 1980s in the rental market. I never heard of the laserdisc but I know Superman III had a rental release with extended footage, I don't think it had the opening credits though. I have tried searching the bbfc website but they only have the film version and sell through vhs from 1987. www.bbfc.co.uk/search/?searchwhere=db&q=superman+iii did not know this. in that case it is the first "extended" to be offically released on video! well before the RDC of STM in '01. neat collectible! |
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Post by seal87 on Nov 13, 2018 4:48:24 GMT -5
I have a pretty good one somebody made an iso of. It's missing the after dance cleanup though.
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Post by crazy_asian_man on Nov 13, 2018 13:06:20 GMT -5
The best part of the extended was probably seeing the beginning credits separated from the opening montage, for me.
As an aside, I remember reading the script before the film came out, gotten from a convention. Knowing that it wasn't going to be Donner, l already lowered expectations. The biggest change I remember was Superman saving people from a forest fire rather than the chemical plant. It seemed more visual in the script than the chemical plant rescue, which always looked surprisingly flat to me onscreen.
I was open to seeing how a Superman III was going to work, being tongue-in-cheek from beginning to end, but outside of a couple of moments - I really felt like it was a wasted opportunity.
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