(0:36-end mark from the theme from the final season of American Gladiators original run play the camera moves back to see James on top of the slab with the words “The Last Of The Americans” on it then cutting to James in his chair)
I’m James Faraci, The Last Of The Americans and the views I’m about to express are that of my own & some of yours and welcome to another edition of "In Defense Of..." (Show pics of maligned pieces of pop culture while the fanfare from the Olympics play and James comes up after Vanilla Ice slides back and his right hand thumbs up and the words "In Defense Of..." before cutting to clips from the trailers of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" and the other Star Wars movies while James does a voiceover.)
TLOTA (Voiceover): This December "Star Wars" will return to theaters under the direction of J.J. Abrams and I do wish"Star Wars: The Force Awakens" all the luck in the world because it has a lot to live up to and a lot of people hope that it will be better than what a lot of the Prequels had to offer especially when it came to who they tried to push to the forefront especially Anakin & Jar-Jar. But here's the thing... With Anakin he was necessary, he becomes Darth Vader. Jar-Jar was pretty much useless after Episode one. In fact had he not been in Episode Two The Clone Wars wouldn't have happened, Palpatine wouldn't have been given a permanent seat of power and everything wouldn't have gone straight to hell on an intergalactic level. (Cut to James Physically)
TLOTA: But here's the thing Jar-Jar maybe considered the most annoying thing now but back in the days of the original three of "Star Wars", "The Empire Strikes Back" & "Return Of The Jedi" there was something that annoyed everyone that to be honest is not as annoying as it is now. That of course being "The Ewoks". (Cut to clips of "Return Of The Jedi" as James does a voiceover.)
TLOTA (Voiceover): And to be honest they didn't annoy me because quite honestly the Empire pretty much used their home, the forest moon of Endor to basically build in secret the second Death Star and when they saw them, they weren't sure as to who to trust and the Rebels didn't help until Leia showed Wicket that she wasn't the bad guy because let's face it when creatures twice your size have weapons that could end your existence, you find out how hard it is to trust people and wouldn't you feel the same way they did? So when the other Ewoks met Luke, Han, Chewbacca, R2-D2& C-3PO it's no wonder they thought C-3PO was a deity he treated them with respect by simply saying "Hello" in their language or at least tried to and when C-3PO told them about who his friends were and meant, it allowed them to re-open their belief and trust in others, is it no wonder Luke, Leia, Han, Chewbacca, C-3PO and R2-D2 and the Rebels were welcomed into their tribe. They were twice their size and were going to use what they had to stop the others who are going to use their weapons that could end The Ewoks' existence, so they would friend with those who were going to help preserve their forest moon and in some weird way, The Ewoks are a microcosm of what the Rebels are so when they accepted the Rebels into their tribe, they felt they could trust the Rebels with the knowledge of where the Empire is working on their home and found the courage to fight for their forest moon and let's face it as far as Emperor Palpatine and the Imperial Forces were concerned The Forest Moon of Endor was just a speck of dirt but to the Ewoks it was their home and they were fighting in their backyard, they were fighting for their families, the pain hurts less and it makes more sense and they knew every Nook & Cranny of the Forest Moon and they were going to use what they had to give the Rebels the Advantage because again The Forest Moon of Endor was their home and it helped by giving The Ewoks and The Rebels everything it could to help end The Empire as much as the Rebels in the Space Battle and Luke taking on both The Emperor and Darth Vader. Even after the most intense scene when the Ewoks are running and one takes a blast meant for the other, the other one knew that in order to make what his friend did meant something was to help the others take down the Empire and unlike The Empire who had become set in their ways, I applaud the Ewoks in their creativity in taking them down by getting Chewie to get two of them to help overtake one of their Imperial Walkers and to me watching the one Storm Trooper getting clotheslined, then one of his buddies getting spun into a tree, then watching as Imperial Walkers were getting beaten by trees was a very joyous moment because they used what they had to in order to drive the Imperial Forces off their planet and in a unique way they helped the Rebels obtain the Balance and helped restore freedom to the Galaxies in a way The Rebels WISHED they had tried and for that I give praise to the unsung Furry Heroes of The Forest Moon of Endor. (Cut to James physically)
TLOTA: Plus they got two spin-off movies featuring them and a pretty awesome cartoon series that showed what their lives were like before being a part of the "Star Wars" movies series with a very memorable first season theme song. (Cut to the Opening of "The Ewoks" cartoon with the "We are the E-E-E-E-E-EWOKS with the spirits of The Forest Moon" theme song before cutting to James getting down with his bad self.)
TLOTA: What can I say? It's a good beat to dance to. I'm James Faraci The Last Of The Americans and That's My Opinion.
Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Tuesday, November 10, 2015
The Different Cuts of "Superman II"
(A Hand pulling a card designed by Stevie Swigart with the
statistics of James Faraci The Last Of The Americans while putting it into the
Megaforce Morpher from the 0:00-0:03 mark from the theme from the final season
of American Gladiators original run. 0:04 mark from the theme from the final
season of American Gladiators shows James Faraci morphing into James Faraci The
Last Of The Americans with his Black Tee-Shirt with the American flag on it,
Blue Jeans and Tan Work boots until 0:07 mark from the theme from the final
season of American Gladiators original run as scene cuts to James stocking up
on his arsenal from the Classic Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers Morpher, a
bandoleer stocked up with Sonic Screwdrivers, Ammunition for a 303 British
Rifle and said rifle, The Ring Of Aeon, The Gem From the Gauntlet Malachite’s
Hand, Emmalina’s amulet and the Sword Of Caliverti from 0:08-0:15 mark from the
theme from the final season of American Gladiators. 0:15-0:29 mark from the
theme from the final season of American Gladiators original run shows James
leaping and running through moments from the 2014 calendar year of his reviews
ranging from James getting hit with an uppercut by Trina Mason to James
punching Dr. Plotsz, to Paulo Fonseca & Rebecca Yaun saying Groovy, to James
and Rowdy running into the Happy Madison crowd, to James’ eyes turning white
with blue streaks of lightning coming out of them, to James taking on the
wicked then culminating in the moment when Lea Michele reveals herself to be a
vampire and zooming into James’ screaming mouth until 0:30 mark from the theme
from the final season of American Gladiators shows when James right hand comes
out of the dark holding a sonic screwdriver then cuts over to a slab of
titanium where lasers cut out “The Last Of The Americans” until 0:36 mark from
the theme from the final season of American Gladiators original run when James
lands on top of the slab while doing a heroic pose with Paulo Fonseca, John
Santos & Eric Kurtzke on his right and Rebecca Yaun, Renee Miller and Mike
Santos on his left doing their own heroic poses on a black background the
0:36-end mark from the theme from the final season of American Gladiators
original run play the camera moves back to see James on top of the slab with
the words “The Last Of The Americans” on it before cutting to James in his
office)
TLOTA: I’m James Faraci, The Last Of The Americans and the
views that I’m about to express are that of my own and some of yours and
welcome to another edition of “The Different Cuts” (Show James, Paulo &
Rebecca dressed as butchers grabbing the same reel of film and a diagram of the
reel of film. James Paulo & Rebecca look at both the three go to a meat
slicer, all three slice different thicknesses with Paulo’s cut saying “The”
James’s cut saying “Different” and Rebecca’s cut saying “Cuts” before cutting
to James physically.)
TLOTA: While I maybe in the Minority in liking “Superman:
Man Of Steel”, I hope I am a part of the Majority in thinking that the first
two Christopher Reeve “Superman” movies are awesome. (Cut to Clips from The
Christopher Reeve “Superman” franchise while the John Williams “Superman” theme
from “Superman IV: The Quest For Peace” used in the end credits plays in the
background and James does a voiceover)
TLOTA (Voiceover): It goes without saying that outside of
the Original Christopher Reeve Superman movie, Superman II is a great successor
in the franchise during Christopher Reeve’s tenure. Superman III & IV are
guilty pleasures as is “Supergirl”. But I give these movies praise for in a way
beginning the renaissance of The Man of Steel as he was either made to be the
butt of a lot of jokes involving Fire Island and San Francisco by the others in
the “Superfriends” animated series or shown as being too incompetent to help the
team in a way they don’t give Superman the time of day. But I thank Alexander
and his son Ilya Salkind for producing these Iconic movies. But from what has
been documented production of these movies, The Salkinds and the Director who
was assigned to these movies Richard Donner were clashing a lot, that’s because
they were working on the first two movies at the same time. Eventually focusing
their time on finishing the first one and hoping for the best and it happened,
partly due to good timing to the fact that in 1975 “Jaws” was an horror/ action
adventure film and was a success as was the big movie of 1976 “Rocky” which
told a great tale of the average human spirit rising to a greatness it didn’t
believe it could obtain and the movie of 1977 being “Star Wars” which helped
make movies fun to watch again helped the first Christopher Reeve movie succeed
in 1978 and with that success you would’ve thought smoothed things out long
enough for Donner & The Salkinds to finish Superman II but sadly it did
not. Donner was fired & Richard Lester was hired to finish the second movie.
But it wasn’t until 2006, the same year the movie “Superman Returns” another
great “Superman” Movie was did Richard Donner finish his cut of Superman II
made with footage that was thought to be lost forever and test footage. (Cut to
James physically)
TLOTA: But which of the two is the better one. The one we’ve
known for decades or the one that’s been around as long as “Superman Returns”?
That’s what we’ll decide as we look at the Lester & Donner cuts of
“Superman II”. Let’s start with where the movies are slightly the same. The
Plot. (Cut to DVD Covers of both “Superman II” the Lester Cut & the Donner
cut as the Music cue from the 1:43 mark until the 1:59 mark and the words “The
Plot” in the same text as the first Superman movie opening credits before
cutting to James doing a voiceover clips from both versions.)
TLOTA (Voiceover): Picking up after the events of the first
movie Superman is seen as the heroic beacon of Truth, Justice & The Human
way. But unbeknownst to the Man Of Steel, General Zod played by Terence Stamp,
Ursa played by Sarah Douglas and Non played by Jack O’Halloran have escaped The
Phantom Zone and have found their way to our planet. Meanwhile Lois Lane is out
to prove that the man she’s been working with is in fact, Superman himself.
When Superman DOES tell Lois he decides to rid himself of his abilities and it
couldn’t have been at a worse time as Zod pretty much takes over the world. (Cut
to clip of Carlos Mencia as Punji going “Oh, Of Course” before cutting back to
James doing a voiceover both versions of “Superman II”)
TLOTA (Voiceover): With that said, I whole heartedly agree
with the fans when they say that Superman saying “Screw The People, I’m going
to tap Lois Lane like a beer keg and ignore Zod” part is a large load of
GIGANTIC BROWN KRYPTONITE CHUNKS. Superman would and should NEVER do that. But I digress, which cut of Superman II used
the plot elements to its advantage? Well, let’s look at it like this. First off
both split the focus between both of the storylines in the plot, secondly there
is how both the plot and storylines are handled. The Donner cut may have been
closer to what Richard Donner had in mind with what he wanted to do with the
Superman movies but I think the Lester cut edges out the Donner cut because
it’s more focused on where it needs to be and wants to do with it. But that
doesn’t mean The Donner Cut should be wholly discarded. So this one ends in a
tie. (Cut to James physically)
TLOTA: A point for both cuts. (Cut to DVD Covers of both
“Superman II” the Lester Cut & the Donner cut as the Music cue from the
1:43 mark until the 1:59 mark and a number 1 mark is shown on both in the same
text as the first Superman movie opening credits before cutting to James
physically.)
TLOTA: As I said in my “Daredevil” different cuts episode,
when you edit a movie you have a lot of scenes and footage. But which cut of
“Superman II” was edited better. (Cut to DVD Covers of both “Superman II” the
Lester Cut & the Donner cut as the Music cue from the 1:43 mark until the
1:59 mark and the words “Editing” in the same text as the first Superman movie
opening credits before cutting to James doing a voiceover clips from both
versions.)
TLOTA (Voiceover): As I said earlier, the Donner Cut had
footage that was supposedly lost and test footage and the reason was that in
order for Lester to be credited as the director of Superman II The Salkinds and
Lester had to rework a good percentage of “Superman II” to make “Superman II” Richard
Lester’s movie. So this should be easy pickings well… Sort of. You see while
both tell the same story and use the same plot. But these movies are as
different as night & day. For example the way Zod, Ursa and Non escape
their cell in the Phantom Zone is different. In Lester’s cut it’s after an
explosion from when Superman saves Lois from a terrorist attack at the Eiffel
Tower and the Bomb strapped to it explodes sending a shockwave that releases
the three. But in Donner’s cut it connects better to the first one in which
it’s the missile he got heading to Hoboken New Jersey which got us the ending
we got in the first one. However according to Richard Donner that’s not what he
had in mind. He had Superman get rid of the bomb leaving things ambiguous for
the audience except for the Missile which hits the Phantom Zone Prison cell and
that was how it would end. Then there is probably one of the BIGGEST
controversies in both cuts. The loss of Jor-El played by Marlon Brando. In
Lester’s cut Brando’s Jor-El is cut entirely, they used voiceovers to dub out
Marlon Brando. So what was the Salkinds’ solution? Bring back Susannah York who
played Lara, Superman’s Kryptonian mom to fill in. However Donner’s cut does
bring Marlon Brando back to be Jor-El. But another controversial moment occurs
when Superman decided to become human and strip himself of his powers. In
Donner’s Cut Jor-El is against that notion saying his responsibilities have to
take precedent. But in Lester’s cut, Lara’s all for it. Could you imagine the
two discussing this? (Cut to the Kryptonian great beyond while Jor-El played by
Mike Santos & Lara played by Traci Hines.)
Lara: Would you deny your son a right to be happy?
(Mike Santos mumbles like Marlon Brando)
Lara: Yes, he is the last of our kind and yes he must
protect the world he now calls his home but he has a right to have feelings
towards one of their kind. Does he not?
(Mike Santos mumbles like Marlon Brando)
Lara: Well, you know what? The Devil with you! I’m going to
give our son the right to be with the one he truly has romantic feelings for
and there isn’t thing one you can do to stop me from allowing our child the
right to happiness! (Mike Santos mumbles like Marlon Brando before cutting back
to James doing a voiceover both versions of “Superman II”)
TLOTA (Voiceover): So which one was edited better? While
again Donner’s Cut was more connected to the first movie and had he gone on to
work on Superman we probably would see as Marc McClure said Jimmy Olsen being
played by him at this moment and Christopher Reeve if his accident that left
him paralyzed never happened would still be The Man Of Steel but it ends
without what I feel is a satisfactory ending like it did in the Lester cut. So
I guess it comes to how these movies ended and get ready because we’re now in
Spoiler territory for the dozen people or so who haven’t seen these movies, I
suggest you stop here and check out both versions of this movie. You have been
warned. In both cuts Zod and his generals are stopped when Superman reversed
the polarity of the neutron flow to the device that he used earlier to become
human and then without anger finished off Zod and his generals once and for
all. But here is where it differs. In Donner’s cut, Superman destroys the
Fortress of Solitude, reverses time so Zod and his generals are re-imprisoned
and not only does Lois forget that Clark is in fact Superman the world actually
forgets Zod attacked and ends with Clark beating up a patron at a restaurant
who was a complete jerk when he and Lois were there. But to me it makes no
sense. If Superman went back in time to stop from becoming human then the two
wouldn’t have gone into the restaurant and the jerk patron wouldn’t have been
an ass to both Lois & Clark. So why would Superman do that to the guy. This
is where Lester’s cut of the ending is better but slightly. Instead of Time
Travel, Clark does the magic kiss that makes Lois forget that he was Superman
which is ridiculous itself, deals with the Jack ass patron and tells the
President that he will never shirk his responsibilities ever again. (Cut to
James physically)
TLOTA: It was close but The Lester Cut edges out the Donner
Cut but not by much. Because although it makes and take liberties fans were
against, it ended with a satisfactory ending. Point goes to Lester’s cut. (Cut
to DVD Covers of both “Superman II” the Lester Cut & the Donner cut as the
Music cue from the 1:43 mark until the 1:59 mark and a number 1 mark is shown
Donner’s Cut’s cover and a number two mark is over the Lester Cut’s cover in
the same text as the first Superman movie opening credits before cutting to
James physically.)
TLOTA: So it appears the classic is ahead two to one and
when we return we’ll get... (Cut to static distortion from “Superman: Man Of
Steel” before Zod from the “Christopher Reeve Superman Movies” played by John
Ross Santos slams on the monitor to clear the distortion)
Zod: Not so fast Houstonian! (Cut to James physically)
TLOTA: Good grief, couldn’t you give The Nostalgia Critic
more Tsouris for you being in a movie in which you are ridiculed? (Cut to Zod)
Zod: I have given him enough, now you must face my wrath!
(Cut to James)
TLOTA: For what? (Cut to Zod)
Zod: For not watching the Zod cut of the “Superman II”
movie! (Cut to James)
TLOTA: The Zod cut? (Cut to Zod)
Zod: YES! It features me, Ursa and Non making the son of
Jor-El KNEEEEEEEEEEEEL after we claim the planet Houston in the name of
Krypton! And we make The Son of Jor-El do things that no one should do
including me riding him like a horse all throughout all the lands of Houston.
Ursa forcing that human woman Lois Lane to carry a monument to my glory whist
being whipped like a horse on a chain and Non using the human males Jimmy
Olsen, Perry White and Lex Luthor ruler of Australia for sporting balls! (Cut
to James)
TLOTA: Well how does it end? (Cut to Zod)
Zod: End? It never ends as I reign supreme over Houston and
no one defies me ever again! And just to show I am not an unfair supreme
overlord, you will watch and ready a review of it during your break. (Cut to
James)
Zod (Audio only): And just to prove my point. (Cut to Zod)
Zod: I have sent Ursa and Non to keep you strapped down to
your chair so you can watch my ascension to eternal glory! (Cut to James having
a metal pipe wrapped around him and his eyes forced open as Ursa played by
Eliza Dushku and Non played by Eric Kurtzke have the Blu-Ray disc and Blu-Ray
Player in their possession)
TLOTA: Yeah, kind have set everything up haven’t you! Uh
where are the rest of my associates?
Ursa: Unable to save you Houstonian!
(Cut to everyone else being trapped in ORAC’s chamber with the
Door sealed)
Renee Miller: ORAC, any way to cut through that welded door?
ORAC: Unless you have either heat vision or a Sonic
Screwdriver we are all stuck here!
Rebecca Yaun: I’m never going to see my newlywed husband
again am I?
Paulo Fonseca: So now what do we do?
(Cut to the outside of the door where a red light is seen at
where the door is welded shut before cutting to the 0:36-end mark from the
theme from the final season of American Gladiators original run play the camera
moves back to see James on top of the slab with the words “The Last Of The
Americans” on it act as the commercial break intro and return act to the review
cutting to the movie while James does a voice over cutting to James physically
writing down what he thinks about “The Zod Cut”.)
TLOTA: Okay. There we are. Give this to Zod with my regards.
(The two try to look through the envelope.)
Ursa: Houstonian! Tell me why I cannot see through this
envelope.
TLOTA: Ursa, I lined it with lead so that way, when you hand
the review to your leader he may enjoy it himself.
Ursa: Makes sense, but know this, if it is as bad a review
as given by the one you call Siskel N. Ebert, you will meet the same fate as he
did!
TLOTA: HOLD IT! Would you two mind if you just walked out
instead of demolishing everything around you, my lease is for several years and
my security deposit won’t come back to me until six months before I decide I
can still afford rent on the place one year before I’m done leasing.
Ursa: Very well, come Non. Let the Houstonian finish his
work. (The two walk away as James sighs)
TLOTA: Well, where was I? Oh yeah which of the cuts had the
better cast and who performed their Iconic Characters. (Cut to DVD Covers of
both “Superman II” the Lester Cut & the Donner cut as the Music cue from the
1:43 mark until the 1:59 mark and the words “Cast & Characters” in the same
text as the first Superman movie opening credits before cutting to James doing
a voiceover clips from both versions.)
TLOTA (Voiceover): Both cuts have all of the cast that survived
the first movie and I give them the credit due to them for giving respect to
the characters they played especially Christopher Reeve for being Superman and
while I mean no disrespect to the actors who performed the character in both
live action and animated form before and after him but there is a reason
Christopher Reeve is Number One on Watchmojo.com’s list of the best
performances of Superman, Because he was able to convey the Iconic role in a
way that even a decade since Christopher Reeve’s passing that whenever People
think of Superman, they first think of Christopher Reeve. But the difference, I
had already talked about with the editing and that happened to be Susannah York
in Lester’s Cut and Marlon Brando in Donner’s cut. But which of the two did the
better job with what they had? Well to be honest neither one of the casts put
out a bad performance so which one was better? The Donner Cut with Brando? Or
The Lester Cut with Susannah York? Now this time I suggest you trust your
judgement. While it was great to see Marlon Brando reprise his role of Jor-El
in the Donner Cut as well as interact with Christopher Reeve in this version
welcoming him back after disobeying his father’s wishes to stay as he was and
become a champion of his adoptive world after doing something irrationally for
the sake of love. The Lester Cut made it clear that Lara understood her son’s
wishes and understood where he was coming from and I think in the back of her
mind she knew it wasn’t gonna work out well for him, so she let her son make
the choice and then proceeded to let him live with knowing what that mistake
meant. (Cut to James physically)
TLOTA: So I guess this one goes to The Donner cut because
for as much as I love how the cast performs admirably in the Lester Cut, the
Donner cut while not perfectly acted was better because you could really tell
that Donner had this cast doing more in mind when he was working on finishing
Superman II, plus he had a cameo in there, I’m certain the Salkinds removed
from Lester’s Cut. Point goes to the Donner Cut. (Cut to DVD Covers of both
“Superman II” the Lester Cut & the Donner cut as the Music cue from the
1:43 mark until the 1:59 mark and a number two roman mark is shown Donner’s
Cut’s cover and a number two roman mark is over the Lester Cut’s cover in the
same text as the first Superman movie opening credits before cutting to James
physically.)
TLOTA: It’s all tied up so now we come to the arguably the
deciding factor, The Re-Watch Factor (Cut to DVD Covers of both “Superman II”
the Lester Cut & the Donner cut as the Music cue from the 1:43 mark until
the 1:59 mark and the words “Re-Watch Factor” in the same text as the first
Superman movie opening credits before cutting to James doing a voiceover clips
from both versions.)
TLOTA (Voiceover): Both these movies have that I get that
but which one gives the audience a better feeling of satisfaction. Well the
Donner Cut left people for the most part with a sense of what should’ve been,
it also left fans feeling that had Donner and the Salkinds not fallen out what
would’ve been Donner’s version of Superman III & IV or what would’ve
happened to the franchise. That’s where The Lester Cut is better but slightly.
While fans still get rightfully steamed around the collar about the romantic
aspect between Lois & Superman in this movie it feels balanced out in a
certain way when Superman says to Zod, this iconic moment.
Superman: General! Would you care to step outside?
TLOTA (Voiceover):
And that is where it is better in the Lester Cut. In the Donner Cut it
was less epic.
Superman: General! Haven’t you heard of freedom of the
press?
TLOTA (Voiceover): So the question is which one has the
re-watch factor more than the other. While the Donner cut has been around for
nearly a decade, everyone remembers The Lester Cut better because it felt less
like three and more like the Original movie in a lot of the tone and while both
cuts are great, I have to give it to the Lester cut. Why? Because it is one of
the best sequels that gets better and reminds you why the first one is as great
as the sequel you’re watching. (Cut to James physically)
TLOTA: So it is with that I call the better cut the Richard
Lester Cut of Superman II! (Cut to DVD Covers of both “Superman II” the Lester
Cut & the Donner cut as the Music cue from the 1:43 mark until the 1:59
mark and a number two roman mark is shown Donner’s Cut’s cover and a number
three roman mark is over the Lester Cut’s cover in the same text as the first
Superman movie opening credits before cutting to James physically.)
TLOTA: So that does it for another edition of “The Different
Cuts”. I hope that you enjoyed… (A loud earth shaking thud is heard and felt.)
TLOTA: ORAC?! What in The Name Of The Doctor is going on out
there?!
ORAC (Audio only): Zod is outside!
TLOTA: Okay, go to Plan Epsilon Zod Omega! (Cut to Zod
hovering over the office studio before zooming to him)
Zod: COME AND FACE YOUR FATE HOUSTONIAN!
ORAC (Audio only): Attention Zod, please step through the
front door and meet James Faraci The Last Of The Americans in the main lobby!
(Zod lands and steps through the front door and is hit with a blast of Colored
Energy before coming face to face with James.)
Zod: Alright Houstonian 1) What was that energy I felt going
through me and 2) What is the meaning of your review of the Zod Cut?
TLOTA: Okay that energy was a scan of your Isomorphic energy
to make sure you could enter. You did and secondly, if you’re referring to the
fact I wrote, “Superman: Man Of Steel” is a better version of your movie.” then
allow me to illustrate. (Cut to “Superman: Man Of Steel” and Christopher
Reeve’s Superman and both versions of Superman II while James does a voiceover)
TLOTA: Because for all the complaining and how Polarizing
the movie may make people feel, I give Zack Snyder kudos for paying homage to
what Richard Donner and Richard Lester did together than Bryan Singer’s attempt
to restart the “Superman” franchise. Remember how the people flipped out over
all the product placement in “Superman: Man Of Steel” in the middle of the
battle between Zod and his associates well, guess what in both cuts of Superman
II, there was product placement a plenty when he took on Zod and his associates
in there. Oh speaking of Zod and his associates, Zod having a gigantic non
talking man mammoth and a cold blooded female second in command. Oh yeah, Both
Donner and Lester totally didn’t feel it necessary to do that in their Superman
movies. Then of course there’s how Superman’s origin while chunks are out of
place in “Superman Man Of Steel” didn’t mean that it didn’t acknowledge it was
just as unique. We’ve seen it before done in Richard Donner’s Superman and in
shows like “Lois And Clark The New Adventures of Superman”, “Superman The
Animated Series” and heck I’m giving “Smallville” the benefit of the doubt as
to how clear it told Superman’s backstory. “Superman: Man Of Steel” just did it
a little differently and while it wasn’t well done, it was done to the best of
the filmmakers’ abilities. Oh and lest I forget Zod’s plan. Take over a planet
to rebuild his civilization? Where did Snyder see that first? (Cut to James and
Zod physically)
TLOTA: Your movie was nothing except a snuff film where your
ego ran rampant and showed how much you want to be made to be this all out high
and mighty deity when the reality is that you are a pathetic little worm with
the ego of Uwe Boll and the brains God gave a common dogpile!
Zod: Very well then, prepare for pain unrelenting even beyond
death! (Zod tries to use his eye lasers to reduce James to cinders when Zod
realizes something isn’t working.) WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS HOUSTONIAN!
TLOTA: Okay first off, I am a human on the planet Earth,
secondly, I lied about the energy scan. That was electrified kryptonite
affecting you down to your very genetic core.
Superman (Offscreen): Not so fast Zod! (Superman played by
Paulo Fonseca walks in from the Backdoor and brings the rest of team TLOTA)
Superman: It’s time for you to leave this planet once and
for all. (Cut to James and Zod)
TLOTA: Hold up! Zod is as weak as a kitten as a matter of
fact. JEANNIE! Please bring Rowdy and have him bring the x-factor!
Zod: The X-Factor?! (Rowdy appears via Jeannie blink)
Rowdy: Hiya Zod, would you mind reading this? (Zod grabs the
card out of Rowdy’s hand.)
Zod: Well, this makes no sense what is “A Naughty Hitler”?
(Rowdy takes a deep breath before cutting to Batman played by James Faraci,
Superman played by Paulo Fonseca, The John Stewart Green Lantern played by
Renee Miller and Wonder Woman played by Rebecca Yaun)
Batman: You let that guy named “Rowdy” do all those things
to Zod with the Sriracha, Horseradish and Ghost Pepper Hot sauce?
Superman: Well don’t look at me if DC Comics won’t give me
the push to have better sales than your comics I’ll do what I have to do in
order to do so! Even doing things your way to a degree, that is. Besides all
Rowdy did was take down a terrorist. Wish more people were like him.
Wonder Woman: Great Hera Superman, you just sat back as
Rowdy pummeled Zod and shoved a Baseball bat up his miniature Kryptonite chunk
and shoved all those things into places no creature should or deserves to have
that stuff shoved in him.
Superman: Well James stopped him and… (Cut to shot of Prison
cell facility while Superman narrates)
Superman (Off screen): Zod willingly went back to jail. (Zod
shouts “Safe at last” from a distance off screen then cut to the outside of the
“Daily Planet”)
Superman (Off Screen): Me and Lois wrote the article then
wrote a little extra. (Cut to Superman flying)
Superman (Off Screen): Then I flew to the highest point of
the atmosphere and smiled into the camera. The usual shtick. (Cut to the four
superheroes enjoying their drinks at a restaurant.)
Green Lantern: Hey guys, Guess what I see over my shoulder?
(The other three see the animated Superman and Batman from “How It Should Have
Ended”)
Wonder Woman: They saw us didn’t they? By the goddesses!
Green Lantern: I hope not.
Superman: Now What?
Batman: Just let them do what they do best. (Cut to the
animated Superman and Batman from H.I.S.H.E)
Animated Superman: Hey guys, You know we saw what you guys
did.
Animated Batman: I think you people are insane!
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