I feel like Donner made a poor decision when he edited the scene of Clark saving Lois at the beginning of the film from herself. He used serious music when the scene actually was a little comical.

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It would have sucked. The practical effects make the fighting in Metropolis feel more realistic and brutal. Watching Non fly out of the ground through one end of the Planet and out the other with Superman nursing his hand afterward is more rewarding than all the zooming around they do in present media any day. Although to be fair, I can't really knock on MoS for it because we are talking about beings that are completely invulnerable and super fast. I just like the practical effects of old more.

Source of “Mach 30 max speed” ?

​@@mr.objective6936Yeah, really, but even so, I think the Concorde's max speed was somewhere around mach 2. Wasn't hard for Superman to outrun the Concorde.

It appeared in the TV version.

I'd say that's likely due to it being a blue screen effect rather than front projection. The front projection footage looks a little more real and in-camera, while the blue screen stuff looks more pasted-on and flat.

Sadly, the Concorde no longer exists.

Dopey scene. Would Superman have slowed down his rush to Paris to wink at an Air France crew? Also the graphics were a bit off.

@@dcohen1969 See I always took it as Supes was over taking the Concorde and going faster then a supersonic jet.

@@dcohen1969 probably why they cut it out. Doesn't work

@@dcohen1969 The scene wasn't originally meant for Superman II. It was going to be in the first movie, after Superman's first night in Metropolis when he's on his way to the Fortress of Solitude to talk to Jor-El. So this was meant to be Superman being carefree and having fun with his powers, not on his way to stop a bomb.

He knew Lois was on a Concorde maybe he was slowing down to look see if she was on that one.

Perry White DID tell him Lois was on the first Concorde to Paris. Maybe he was looking for her.

​@@eq1373That was pretty obvious.

Scripted but probably unfilmed. I believe it would have been one of the movie's first scenes, before the Daily Planet scene where Lois jumps out the window.

@@axebomber2108 It WAS scripted, but Donner never got around to filming it. This scene could have been used instead for the Donner Cut of II.

@@darthkurland I'm glad they didn't. Superman came off as rather "Holier than thou" with the dialog.

Jorge Salazar this was Superman 2, Richard Lester was the director.

Jorge Salazar however. Richard Donner did finally make an “ok” cut, of his version. Wish they would have never told him to stop because of the “cliffhanger” from part 1 which is, what happened to the missile Superman flew into space? As we now know, it was meant to crack the phantom zone because he was shooting 1&2 together until the blow up with the producers and salkines.

@@Rickm2003 This scene with the Concorde was shot by Richard Donner.

Airing rights.

Titanic 5972 no it was not

LH2K Presents it came from the abc tv broadcast from 1984 or something

LH2K Presents it was originally filmed for part 1 but was used in S II instead for the ABC airings in the 80s. The producers got paid extra money for the ABC showings of S 1, II, & III. That's why all three movies contain as much extra footage as possible. These are basically producer's cuts.

MMAFighter38 Wow really? I guess Ilya Salkind lied with the commentary on the Superman 2 special edition dvd, he said abc wanted the extended scenes and that he and the producers never got paid extra for that, damn those Salkinds, liers!

+muklucks Merci pour le soutien !

+Jimmy Myers vous êtes si bien accueillis

muklucks I've always wished for the longest time that Superman was a real person, who fights for truth, justice and the american way, just like the phrase says, we need a true super hero like that!

Donny Mckinnon He's not the hero we need or deserve.

And I want to add, we do have a hero in the world, working for the betterment of us all. A hero that is able to save souls in every way a person can be saved. We may not recognize him the way we think he should look or act but he is here, involved in human affairs, toching lives, saving lives, helping us endure hardships, giving us peace of mind, making our spirit strong.

So true.

The real reason they scrapped the Concord jet.😆

Not the French one at least.