1987's Супермен 4: The Quest for Peace was the last film that had Christopher Reeve playing Superman. Something that might seem odd about the film is how short it was. The film was only 90 минуты long. The Назад three Супермен films were all two hours long at the minimum.

The running time for the theatrical releases of the Супермен films:

Superman: 143 minutes
Супермен 2: 127 minutes
Супермен 3: 125 minutes
Супермен 4: 90 minutes

Супермен 4 being over a half час shorter than the other films was surprising. Over thirty минуты of content was cut out of the film. Ты might be wondering why they'd cut out so much from the film. Apparently, test audiences didn't respond well to the film, so they tried to cut it down as much as they could. Sadly, this led to several important scenes being cut out of the film.

In the film, Супермен battles a villain called Nuclear Man. Originally, there was supposed to be two Nuclear Mans in the film. Deleted scenes had Lex Luthor creating a prototype Nuclear Man. The prototype Nuclear Man was much еще cheerful but also less intelligent than the other Nuclear Man. The prototype Nuclear Man was made to destroy Superman. He and Супермен had a fight scene. As to be expected, Супермен didn't get destroyed. He won and defeated the prototype Nuclear Man. That led to Lex Luthor creating the Далее Nuclear Man.

There was a deleted scene where there was a tornado. A little girl started being taken away by the tornado, so Супермен flew by and saved the little girl. The little girl was played by Alexandra Reeve, Christopher Reeve's daughter.

The theatrical release had a subplot involving Lacy Warfield, the daughter of a rich man that was trying to take over the Daily Planet. Lacy started off as a rich, spoiled person, but Clark Kent's modest kindness rubbed off on her and inspired her to become a better person. Sadly, a lot of important scenes were cut out of this subplot. Deleted scenes had Nuclear Man kidnapping Lacy and bringing her to Lex's place. Lex attempted to sneak out, but Супермен showed up. That led to some really funny lines from Lex. Lacy helped serve as the bait Супермен needed to distract Nuclear Man from his violent rampage. Lacy's last scene was also cut from the film. The scene showed her sharing a tender goodbye with Clark.

Another scene from the end of the film that was cut had Супермен taking a boy named Jeremy for a ride around space. The scene had Супермен express his hope for things in the world to get better.

All of these scenes were very important to the film, so cutting them out was a mistake. These scenes can be watched as extras on the DVD release of Супермен 4. However, it would be great to see the scenes be put back into the film. If these scenes were added back into the film, the film's storylines would make еще sense.

Супермен 4 was hated by a lot of people. I personally loved the film, but a lot of Супермен Фаны consider it to be the worst Супермен film. Considering the film's poor reputation, Ты might be wondering what the point would be of releasing an extended cut of the film. Well, there have been instances where perfectly good films get chopped into shorter, less coherent films. When these films get an extended version, they tend to get еще respect. I believe that it's possible for Супермен 4 to win over еще Фаны if the Фаны got to see the full version of the film.

Christopher Reeve was, still and always will be one of the most Популярное actors to play Superman. His Фаны wish that they could see еще of him in the role, so seeing a new version of one of his films could be a real treat for them. Супермен 4 was Christopher Reeve's final time playing his most iconic role, so I think it's about time that the longer version of the film gets released.