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Regardless of how Richard Lester did with the movie, the production as rife with controversies that to this day are still debated. Richard Donner, the original director, was pulled off of the project for unknown reasons (each side telling their own version of the story). While this doesn’t sound like a big deal at first, Richard Donner had completed 75% of the movie before leaving its production.

The new director, which was Richard Lester, needed to film 51% of the movie to actually get the directors credit. So he reshot many of the original scenes Richard Donner already shot. In the end, the movie wasn’t along the original idea that Richard Donner had. For years fans clamored for the original again. It wasn’t until 2006 that we would get a recut version of the film restoring many of Richard Donners original scenes. But the controversy was still there, and it was a sign of problems to come.

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The first sequel of Superman, Superman II, was carefully assembled, showing how to continue an origin story with thoughtful character development. Richard Donner was originally set to direct both Superman & Superman II together. However, in the middle of production Donner was replaced with Richard Lester, whose comedic background changed the tone of the film from its previous film.

Even with that mostly disastrous change this is a superb sequel that shows Kal-El struggling to reconcile his personal life with his role as the sole hero of planet Earth.

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