Jeez, this extended version makes you want to cry. An ancient, prideful civilization lost. The near-simultaneous explosion of Krypton and its sun is some of the best timing ever filmed.

@MrWill9002

2 жыл бұрын

*Elsewhere in the galaxy* “I felt a great disturbance in the Force. As if a million voices cried out in terror…and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened.”

@nathancruz9172

2 жыл бұрын

1:28-1:30 that happens to me when, I first saw this on blu ray disc.

@nathancruz9172

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrWill9002 3:50-4:10 Obi wan Kenobi from Star Wars.

@davidmunson1154

Жыл бұрын

It went THUPERNOVA!!!

@hunterknobelcatholicknight3006

Жыл бұрын

Like Atlantis

I always get goosebumps when Superman's Crystal burst through the window when you hear the first big triumphant sound of Superman's theme.

@nathancruz9172

2 жыл бұрын

1:56-1:59 me too.

@York22

8 ай бұрын

The birth of the superhero film genre.

@iyerzzzzz

7 ай бұрын

Worlds best scene

@blurrthelegend1420

6 ай бұрын

I can’t lie, coming back to watch this scene and the scene right before when Jor-El and Lara send Kal-El away made me tear up. Never gets old. Truly.

@mkaplan1383

Ай бұрын

Thus the legend begins....

I saw this for the first time as a kid in 1978, but it didn’t occur to me until years later how horrifying this scene actually is.

@bms220

Жыл бұрын

Because most of this scene was cut from theaters so you don’t dwell too much on it

@midish-hamedia576

Жыл бұрын

dude,how old r u

@JCTelenio

Жыл бұрын

I wasn't even born in '78, but I kinda felt the same way when I was watching this scene a toddler. I was problably a tad bit more terrified than you, but overall my mind could blank out some of the saddest shots in this scene. But had my mind not supressed them and I figured out the exact point in which the El couple died at 4:18, I would've felt like I had tasted a bit of forbidden fruit, and I would've probably suffered a bit of childhood trauma for at least a couple of days; it would probably be that scary. But now that i'm an adult, i'm able to properly digest this fruit and realise that they're just somewhat realistic(albeit a bit cheezy) sfx scenes of stunt actors playing fictional characters that didn't even look like the main actors.

"Sorry we didn't believe you, Jor-El. You were right all along. We take full responsibility in the loss of Krypton."

@wilburmcbride8096

4 жыл бұрын

That's how people are? They had to learn the hard way. Unfortunately, for them it cost them their lives.

@jdbarr769

4 жыл бұрын

@@wilburmcbride8096 That's what we are, perfect learners when it's far too late. May God Help Us!

@kilroy987

4 жыл бұрын

Like Noah and the flood.

@charlesphillips430

3 жыл бұрын

@Rob Davis if I were Jor-El I'd build a ship for all 3 in family. Screw the other idiots.

@Erikjust

3 жыл бұрын

@@charlesphillips430 If he could he probably would have. Problem is he was closely monitored, and he had received a warning from the Kryptonian council, that should he try anything like leaving Krypton or create a panic among its population he would be captured and imprisoned probably in the phantom zone. Even such a small thing like making and launching his son´s tiny spaceship, was enough for the kryptonian council to become aware that Jor-El was trying something. He most likely wouldn´t have either had the time or the ability to hide a ship big enough for both him, his wife and his child to leave krypton. So had he tried, he would most likely have been found out and captured, LONG before he was ever able to finish the space ship or launch it and then all three would have died.

they really did such a great job of conveying the alien-ness of Krypton--it's not just putting a baby in a prop and moving it from one set to another

@redfullpack

5 жыл бұрын

putting Krypton at 2 million light years at another galaxy is the right choice. Show how far Kal-El has to travel

@mpittard21

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah the crystal technology aoproach was a genius move. Made everything so,alien

@jaymanuel3396

3 жыл бұрын

My only issue, what do they eat and drink? Didn’t look like they had land, oceans, livestock. Just crystal.

@2sdd

3 жыл бұрын

@@jaymanuel3396 IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT WE TAKE ENERGY FROM THE ANIMALS THAT TAKE ENERGY FROM PLANTS THAT TAKE THE ENERGY FROM SUN. ULTIMATE CIVILIZATION WOULD SKIP THE MIDDLEMEN AND DRAIN ENERGY DIRECTLY FROM THE SUN. KRYPTON COLLAPSED BECAUSE INSTEAD THAT THEY WENT FOR TAKING ENERGY FROM THE CORE OF THEIR PLANET.

@redfullpack

Жыл бұрын

@@jaymanuel3396 I guess it would take another separate movie to answer your Question

R.I.P Richard Donner (1930 - 2021) Thanks for your masterpiece!

@nathancruz9172

2 жыл бұрын

3:17-4:25 😢

@mick2spic

21 сағат бұрын

I’m very grateful he was able to survive the Donner Party cannibalism to be able to make this great film

"Krypton is simply shifting its orbit." Yeah, and I have the Brooklyn Bridge for sale, too!

@reason4being

4 жыл бұрын

I'm in the market for bridges...what kind of bridge? What's your asking price?

@jaymanuel3396

3 жыл бұрын

Curious why they didn’t show that old bag getting crushed? I mean a planet shifting it’s orbit, sounds pretty serious too!

@inkpot9359

3 жыл бұрын

@@jaymanuel3396 Bro a planet can not shift it's orbit , It's independent of it's structure . Orbital trajectories are independent of mass. The planet won't shift out of it's orbit until an external unbalanced force is given to it.

@RockerMicke1

3 жыл бұрын

Don’t you mean “crip-tin”

@RichardX1

3 жыл бұрын

@@RockerMicke1 crunch-atize me, Krypt'n!

Even 41 years later, it's still hard for me to watch this scene. It's just too disturbing and horrifying to watch

@elijahlee3610

3 жыл бұрын

Grow a back bone

@elijahlee3610

3 жыл бұрын

@@HoLeeFoc whats your point

@vxy357

3 жыл бұрын

@@elijahlee3610 Well it's plain to see that the force is not strong with this one. And for the record, my backbone is strong as steel beam. And I don't need to feel like a tough guy by acting like NOTHING affects me. Only someone with an immature notion of what it means to be a man does that.

@elijahlee3610

3 жыл бұрын

@@vxy357 doesnt matter if you're male or female, you are 40+ years old, trembling before a 40 year old children's movie lol. I didnt bring up gender, you did. You're projecting hard.

@vxy357

3 жыл бұрын

@@elijahlee3610 Pleeze dude! I'm not projecting anything. I'm just calling a spade a spade. Gender has nothing to do with it. It's obvious that you are just a sorry-ass troll who just likes leaving snide remarks on people's post. And in the words of your avatar: "I find your snide remarks and rudeness very disturbing" So goodbye and good riddance and I'll see you in the funny pages.

I’ve felt a great disturbance in the Force as if millions of voices cried out in terror & we’re suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened.

@nathancruz9172

5 жыл бұрын

xsailor85 that’s from the Death Star.

@IloveElsaofArendelle

4 жыл бұрын

Wrong movie 😁

@jeffzebert4982

4 жыл бұрын

*Han:* Stand by, Chewie, here we go. Cut in the sublight engines. (As the _Millennium Falcon_ comes out of lightspeed, instead of being in front of the planet Alderaan, it is being buffeted by a lot of little space rocks.) *Han:* What the...? Aw, we've come out of hyperspace into a meteor shower. Some kind of asteroid collision. It's not on any of the charts. (Luke and Ben walk into the cockpit behind Han and Chewbacca to see whats up.) *Luke:* What's going on? *Han:* Our position is correct, except... no Alderaan! *Luke:* What do you mean? Where is it? *Han:* That's what I'm trying to tell you, kid, it ain't there. It's been totally blown away! *Luke:* What?! How?! *Ben:* Destroyed... by the Empire! *Han:* The entire starfleet couldn't destroy the whole planet. It'd take a thousand ships with more firepower than I've -- (Just then, an alarm indicating another passing ship interrupts Han's sentence.)

@aspeltaofkush3540

4 жыл бұрын

Nice Alderaan reference.

@Dr._Atom

4 жыл бұрын

Actually it fits more to this scene than the alderaan one, here you can see the people of krypton were actually crying in fear and running away here and there even though there was no safe places for them anymore, whereas the people of alderaan were just suddenly blown up without them given time to cry our in terror

That scene of the glowing robed Kryptonians falling to their deaths in the abyss is horrifying!

@count_bodies_like_sheep9296

4 жыл бұрын

this would never be shown on cable tv again post-9/11

@vxy357

4 жыл бұрын

I felt the same way when i saw it as a kid in the theater. It was very disturbing .indeed.

@jdbarr769

4 жыл бұрын

@Drew Smith You're a sociopath.

@car2004

4 жыл бұрын

JD Barr you’re racist.

@car2004

4 жыл бұрын

Michael Lamere so any time people fall, you think of 9/11? That’s pathetic. 🙄

This bit always makes me cry, all those kryptonians running for their lives, and it's like your whole planet is blowing up, where you running to? But it's like doing something is better than nothing, staying alive as long as they can before they inevitably fall in the abyss :'(

@nathancruz9172

2 жыл бұрын

3:53 me too.

@stevesibaja3123

10 ай бұрын

Is sad too

I saw this on ABC in 1982 and I was a very little kid. I remember it being scarier than what I later saw on VHS. THIS IS WHY! This "TV cut" was everything I remember about that viewing. The full inclusion of John Williams' heartbreaking & thrilling score and the additional footage is extremely effective filmmaking. Watching the desperation of the council, Jor-El, & Lara was intense. I understand why Donner cut it down for theatrical release, but this is outstanding.

@nathancruz9172

2 жыл бұрын

You can still own this 3 hour cut version of Superman the movie on blu ray disc from eBay, Amazon, and Best Buy.

@jimvick8397

2 жыл бұрын

I remember they killed the shit out of it with commercials...

@andyrandall9289

Жыл бұрын

​@@jimvick8397 yeah, but it was worth it. They stretched it into a two-night event. Glad it's on blu-ray finally. I was looking for this version for years.

@jimvick8397

Жыл бұрын

@@andyrandall9289 It started at 6pm when grandma served dinner and we didn't go to bed until like 10:30pm.... it was like the first night as a kid we stayed up WAY late lol

This scene freaked me out more than any other scene as a kid lol

@nathancruz9172

4 жыл бұрын

Glaze Phase same here. But, I got over it as an adult.

@jdbarr769

4 жыл бұрын

@@nathancruz9172 I haven't. I don't think that I can.

@whoknew2273

4 жыл бұрын

Same here very frightening

@peadarmurray7994

4 жыл бұрын

Was krypton only the size of a large building?

@jenfizzie7

4 жыл бұрын

Same! See my comment!!

I wish Jor-El would've gotten a chance to tell those people, "I told you so."

@nathancruz9172

5 жыл бұрын

Matt Smith me too. But, they should’ve listened to him in the first place. 🥇

@xsailor85

5 жыл бұрын

It wouldn’t have mattered anyway just like if Zod succeeded in his takeover of Krypton. The planet & it’s people we’re doomed.

@Erikjust

5 жыл бұрын

There is a book set in the DC universe that´s about Jor-El (can´t remember what it is called). There is a scene in it however as Krypton is exploding, where the council of krypton pleads for someone to get Jor-El, saying they will allow him to do whatever he wants as long as he can save him. Their last words where that they where wrong. In this version what destroys Krypton, is basically because the portal to the phantom zone is sent down to the core of krypton, where they hope it will destroy both it and its prisoners Zod, Ursa. However all it does is sucking up the materiel around the core leaving the planet unstable, until it collapses in on it self. The sad thing here is, that some kryptonians actually believe Jor-El here and starts constructing their own ships based on the design Jor-el would use to send Kal-El to Earth. However they started to late and died along with everyone else.

@mp4vids

5 жыл бұрын

I agree completely!

@aspeltaofkush3540

4 жыл бұрын

I could see it but Jor-El being the classy guy that he was would be very eloquent about it. I think it would’ve gone like this. “I warned you of what would befall Krypton, but you chose not to heed my warning. Now, in the final hour, you now know my words to be true. It is for that very reason that I have secretly sent away my son Kal-El to save his life in spite of your foolishness. Through him we will live on. May Rao have mercy upon us all.”

The shot of the Kryptonian guard's exposed eyes opened wide in terror at 1:29 was really horrific and devastating.

@nathancruz9172

Жыл бұрын

1:30 yep.

@philiphatfield5666

11 ай бұрын

That militant guard was coming to stop Jor-El from saving his own son! Krypton got what it deserved; they all should have listened to Jor-El. Maybe Zod was right!

@nathancruz9172

11 ай бұрын

@@philiphatfield5666 that’s right.

@AB-zl4nh

10 ай бұрын

​@@philiphatfield5666seek medical attention

Ever since I first saw this movie, I have always maintained a fantasy in my head that Jor-el and Lara managed to survive until the very very end, that they were killed instantly when the planet exploded and therefore didn't have to suffer.

@leeharris9958

11 ай бұрын

It looks like they were walking pretty casually when Krypton started breaking up.

@RyunosukeHachi

10 ай бұрын

So, interesting news, and a spoiler as well… In the sequel comic called Superman ‘78 (which possibly ignores Superman 3-4, Supergirl, and Superman Returns), Superman’s parents and the city-dome (called Kandor) were found alive and well, thanks to Brainiac who swooped in at the last minute and saved them (shrunk them, as Brainiac does) for “cataloguing”.

@brianwhitford6086

7 ай бұрын

I'd like to think that too. To be in agony for however long they had to live just before their ultimate demise would be a literal living hell.

@nathancruz9172

2 ай бұрын

2:04 that’s right.

A red star going Supernova... a planet exploding, an entire solar system destroyed. Incredible scene for its time or any time. So well done!

When it comes to destruction of krypton nothing tops this. By far the single most disturbing and frightening depiction ever

@nathancruz9172

2 ай бұрын

2:32 it feels like the Death Star destroyed Alderaan from Star Wars.

RIP Margot Kidder. You were a great Lois Lane. :(

@doublegamertv2707

5 жыл бұрын

I thought so too, sir. :-)

@nathancruz9172

5 жыл бұрын

R.I.P. Margot Kidder.

@astaciamckinnis3969

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, when I heard she died, I was like "oh no", I like her as Lois Lane, too.

@astaciamckinnis3969

5 жыл бұрын

I know, bless her heart. May you rest in peace, Lois Lane and Christopher reeve aka Clark Kent/Superman

@nathancruz9172

4 жыл бұрын

Astacia Mckinnis me too.

Jor El takes a deep sip from a very tall glass of 'I TOLD YOU SO!!'.......glug, glug, glug..

"All that remains of Krypton's energy is yours. After it is gone you will belong solely to your new home. If our dying planet can save your life my son. We have not died in vain." Lara's voice to Superman as he's dying in Superman 4

When I saw this for the first time in the theater back in 1978,they had never shown the scene of the executioner teleporting to Jor-El's laboratory. I finally saw the added scene when it appeared on television ( in its entirety) in 1982. They had shown the helmet of the executioner up close as he was gliding across the city, and as the planet started to rumble & the city fell apart, you saw his eyesight in one last glace as part of the city fell upon him. Very sad,just as Jor-El tried to warn the Council; "You cannot ignore these facts, IT'S SUICIDE! No worse,IT'S GENOCIDE!" And,as highly advanced as the Council was,their indifferent/cold logic doomed their entire civilization. The only one who Genuinely & Sincerely cared, was Jor-El. Rest in Peace Krypton.

Being honest here, this scene made me cry... 😢😭

@michaelraymond5048

6 жыл бұрын

hyun ahn Yeah, when I was little it made me cry too. 😢

@puterboy2

5 жыл бұрын

I was merely disturbed.

@nathancruz9172

5 жыл бұрын

hyun ahn me too.

@mariozondag2576

3 жыл бұрын

Agree.😭😭

@garrettjackson1451

2 жыл бұрын

The man of steel krypton makes me cry nowadays

“I tell you, Krypton is simply shifting its orbit.” *Top 10 Best Last Words*

@LordZontar

2 жыл бұрын

Well, spiraling in toward an inevitable collision with the sun could be described as a shift in the orbit, I suppose...

@herondelatorre4023

Жыл бұрын

PC1231 : You forgot the first three words -" I tell you " 🤭🤭🤭

@mollybolton8425

Жыл бұрын

The last words of Krypton's conservatives

@williamjameshoffer4405

Жыл бұрын

@@mollybolton8425 Or, the progressive left cultists. Either way. The people in charge.

@BadulaJohnson

11 ай бұрын

This discussion is terminated

It was this scene as a kid that birthed my life-long fascination with the concept of doom.

@nathancruz9172

2 жыл бұрын

3:08 me too.

this above destruction scene is 1000 times MORE CONVINCING than the half baked CGI destruction in Man of Steel

@elijahlee3610

3 жыл бұрын

What a joke, your hatred is blinding your common sense. The world engines destruction is way more impactful than this

@thespiritofjonathanjoestar6805

3 жыл бұрын

People really love to appreciate something by hating on something else, both are good movies, why can't we appreciate both?

@zarander

3 жыл бұрын

@@thespiritofjonathanjoestar6805 exactly. both movies were good in their time.

@thefan974

Жыл бұрын

@Elijah Lee Well its not really hatred . I mean if a person sees a sequence like this of model work, in camera destruction and stuntwork then just seeing the digital stuff in MoS is going to look pretty underwhelming simply because it doesn't look as realistic. Now I get it that kind of stuff can only be done with CGI but at the same time you can't blame people for not enjoying because it doesn't look real whereas even though this seems a little more small scale it's still a lot more enjoyable because it looks real

@Codyslx

7 ай бұрын

​​@@thefan974 The thing is the stuff in man of steel looks far superior to this by lighty years. Anyone who looks at both movies objectively would be able to tell. This looks underwhelming compared to mos.

What I really appreciate about the 3-hour cut, even though much of the extra footage is just more of things falling apart, or more of Otis walking and Smallville teenagers driving around endlessly, is you get to see more of the VFX shots that ended up trimmed, plus the full Williams score, properly timed to the events onscreen.

What gets me is that we don't see Jor-el and Lara die. They just run around, staying together and disappear in all that chaos.

@nathancruz9172

4 жыл бұрын

3:50-4:05 same here.

@peterp2153

3 жыл бұрын

It’s for the dignity of the characters. As viewers, we like them. We don’t want to see them falling to their deaths, flailing and screaming.

@blackpoolbootz2790

3 жыл бұрын

Wonder where they was running too?

@leeharris9958

3 жыл бұрын

They didn't pay Marlon Brando $4 million for two weeks of work just to watch him die.

@MasterJediDude

3 жыл бұрын

@@blackpoolbootz2790 probably just dodging debris, postponing the inevitable. Might as well try to live, on the chance that Jor-El was wrong about his final conclusions on Krypton’s fate. Or maybe their self-preservation fight just kicked in. When facing death, you grasp for every second of life.

The people falling Into the abyss was haunting to me when I first saw this 😮

I agree with all the people who have commented on how brutal the tone of this scene was; kids today would be freaked out by the stuff we watched in the late 70s and early 80s under the age of 10.

@TheShifter1001

3 жыл бұрын

Not to be a smart ass. But probably because they don’t watch this stuff

@dereklarner6298

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheShifter1001 I’m speaking more to the point that kids of the 70s and 80s were watching heavy material, so far as time goes; in my opinion, there’s less of that today. It’s just my take, though.

@TheShifter1001

3 жыл бұрын

@@dereklarner6298 Exactly my point, which is why kids/Millennials today are so sensitive.

@user-ve5ln5le9y

3 жыл бұрын

100% true. Consider: The Towering Inferno. If I had kids like I was when that was on tv regularly, no fucking way I’d let them watch that.

@dereklarner6298

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-ve5ln5le9y Weird how our attitudes change once we become parents; what were the networks thinking back then showing half the films they did? Even with editing, who puts Deliverance on network television in prime time?!?

@1:58 breakaway towards space by KalEl's crystal starship is *STILL one of the MOST SPECTACULAR* scenes ever shown from the movies

@iyerzzzzz

4 жыл бұрын

The most epic childhood moment ever

Actors, music, costume, directing, everything fits together to have the perfect Superman movie.

@nathancruz9172

2 ай бұрын

3:45-3:49 that’s what I liked about the is 3 hours cut.

One of the greatest yet tragic forerunners of APOCALYPTIC VISUAL MASTERPIECES in cinema history!

@nathancruz9172

2 жыл бұрын

3:02-3:10 indeed.

3:24 Glowing 1000-degree metal ball vs Kryptonian city

Even more than 40 years after movie release, practical effects are still pretty awesome. I can imagine what kind of bullshit and lazy CGI's could be used today...

@nathancruz9172

Жыл бұрын

3:10 me too.

Jor-El: I said that neither I, nor my wife would leave Krypton. I didn't say anything about my son, Kal-El.

For some reason,. this scene was 10 times more effective than the scene in Man of Steel.

@jaydenhughes

5 жыл бұрын

I disagree

@damone70

5 жыл бұрын

@@jaydenhughes That's because you think CGI and terrible acting and storytelling is good.

@jaykenarn6223

5 жыл бұрын

I love both especially the one in Man of Steel

@DTKstudios35

5 жыл бұрын

I thinks it’s because we actually see the chaos of the planet before it explodes. We barely see what was happening on krypton as it was dying in MoS.

@christopherthorkon3997

5 жыл бұрын

I agree. This scene shows a true disaster -- we see people in panic and falling, we see buildings crumbling. I love the colors, too -- intense red and orange colors add to the intensity. The Man of Steel destruction of Krypton seemed very low key in comparison -- you didn't feel the panic of the people. Here in this 1978 scene it is very visceral. The music is also amazing, of course -- you can't really write a Superman score that is better than John Williams' score for this film.

I just like that they reinstated the full music cue John Williams composed for this scene. In the other two cuts we only get the tail end of it.

01:54 I think this shot is so fantastic. And the music is amazing as well.

@iyerzzzzz

4 жыл бұрын

The most epic childhood moment ever

This was so sad to see Jor-El sending his son to Earth before his death.

1977: A Station Explosion (Death Star) 1978: A Red Explosion (Krypton) 1979: A Supernova Explosion (Nostromo)

@steamboatwill3.367

5 жыл бұрын

don't forget Alderaan.

@judekay7819

4 жыл бұрын

1975 a shark explosion (jaws)

@Dexuz

4 жыл бұрын

@@judekay7819 Underrated response

@nathancruz9172

4 жыл бұрын

4:43 imagine if, Death Star destroys krypton.

Look at the gentleman to the right at 2:40. He has a family crest which appears to be an homage to the golden age Superman symbol.

@nathancruz9172

4 жыл бұрын

Mark MacGowan interesting.

@ennius42

4 жыл бұрын

The Superman symbol is the symbol for the entire Krypton civilisation. It just happens to look a lot like an ‘S’ as well, so because of this, Superman decides to have it on his chest.

@nathancruz9172

4 жыл бұрын

Michael McHugh that explains a lot.

@figmillenium

4 жыл бұрын

Not really. The Superman symbol is the "El"family crest.

@jesuschavez5875

3 жыл бұрын

You're both right. In most continuities, the Superman logo is the House of El crest, but in Mark Waid's Superman: Birthright, the Superman logo was a symbol representing all of Krypton.

My god it looks so new looking

And the Science Council said that Krypton was just "shifting its orbit"?

@dcdrew3

4 жыл бұрын

Well someone screwed up the calculations. It was Krypton's Red sun that exploded,..& then took Krypton with it.

@nathancruz9172

2 жыл бұрын

@@dcdrew3 yep.

@jeffzebert4982

Жыл бұрын

And besides, a planet can suffer PLENTY of damage from just shifting its orbit! Just ask Khan Noonien Singh: *Khan:* THIS IS CETI ALPHA V!!! Ceti Alpha VI exploded 6 months after we were left here. The shock shifted the orbit of this planet, and everything was laid waste.

This scene traumatized me as a kid, especially when I was fearing the 2012 Apocalypse at the time

@vxy357

4 жыл бұрын

No man can predict when the world will end. Many have tried. All have failed. And AOC and her minions will fail too.

@nathancruz9172

4 жыл бұрын

Me too. But, never happened to 2012.

@tomstreet2859

3 жыл бұрын

@@vxy357 Moron

@vxy357

3 жыл бұрын

@@tomstreet2859 You mean AOC and her minions?

@tomstreet2859

3 жыл бұрын

@@vxy357 No...it's funny the council in this movie resembles all the idiot Republicans who don't believe in Climate Change.

The death of the planet Krypton scene was quite frightening seeing it as a six-year old in the movie theater on opening night, December 10th, 1978...

This was so amazing to watch in the theatre when it came out. You were right there experiencing the planet's destruction. This whole movie was so well done. Star Wars , the same. What a wonderful time for movies, late 70's early 80's...

The last thoughts of the Kryptonian Council being "We're starting to think this isn't a mere gravitational shift"

Most of the actors who were in this scene have since passed away.

@mariozondag2576

3 жыл бұрын

No shit Sherlock. Could it be after 43!! years?! It would be surprising if they all lived who played in this scène.

@nathancruz9172

2 жыл бұрын

Richard Donner passed away from last month.

@randywoodworth5990

2 жыл бұрын

I think the guy who was the baby died from an overdose.

4:49 Great shot kid! That was one in a mill-oh...”

@nathancruz9172

2 жыл бұрын

4:52 kryptonite

Unforgettable, forever. Burned into my soul.

W-O-W ! ! ! I HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS CUT OF THE FILM BEFORE ! ! ! IS THIS THE UNCENSORED CUT OF THE FILM ? ? ?🤔🤔🤔

Do you see the special effects mistake at 4:44 ? No CG then. They shot different parts and blended them together running all the films through an optical printer. The room that they set off the explosive charge in, at 4:44 you can see the ceiling , floor, and walls of the room....even if taller room, you still see the wall behind the explosive device get lit up.

@jimvick8397

3 жыл бұрын

Or the superman universe is a giant box...

@SirWilly77

2 жыл бұрын

Yep. It was virtually unnoticeable (to me) until the Blu Ray came out...possibly because of lower resolution, or maybe because the contrast on earlier versions was cranked too high, and the darker parts lost all detail. But after that, I couldn't "un-see it". The silver lining is that the latest 4K release obfuscates it a bit, maybe because of the HDR factor.

I think I’m obsessed with crystals because of this movie lol. It just hit me.

@deskryptic

3 жыл бұрын

agreed. I used to get icicles and color them green.

@tonyneal9824

2 жыл бұрын

@@deskryptic I use go outside and read the icles and throw in the snow and hope krypton would appear lol

It went out with a bang.

This was the longer version that was on network television. But Kryptons destruction will always be part of Superman's mythos. Those who say it's too terrifying to watch. Just tell yourself that it's only a movie.

Allow me to add my small twist to this: As Joe-El and his wife ran he found the Science Council and looked at them “I believe this is where I say ‘I told you so’ Councilmen of planet-shifting-it’s-orbit.”

Not gonna lie this is the most messed up and saddest death scene I have ever seen in any superhero movie in my entire life i literally almost cried so many fucking tears god I feel so bad for them.

I love 1:57 when Kal-El's ship moves on the wires when it breaks through the roof! LOL!!

@nathancruz9172

2 жыл бұрын

2:02-2:05 Me too.

No computer-generated special effects; just superbly elegant craftsmanship, with restrained grandeur, like all great art

When Rao, the god of the Kryptonians died, he ultimately took Krypton with him

@jesuschavez5875

3 жыл бұрын

And, eventually, our own sun will take us, too.

@broden4838

3 жыл бұрын

@@jesuschavez5875 You realize Rao _is also_ the sun of Krypton

@idealtruthwanted3964

3 жыл бұрын

Kryptonians Worship Their Sun Because It's What Would Enable Them To Have Superpowers Near A Hotter Sun And Rao Can Also Take Away Their SuperPowers, Rao Is The Giver And Taker Of Life On Krypton.

@chrismc410

2 жыл бұрын

@@jesuschavez5875 no it won't. Our sun is not big enough to go nova let alone supernova like Krypton's did. Red stars, giant and otherwise all are dense enough to nova eventually. Ours will collapse and cool. Not for billions of years yet, though

@jesuschavez5875

2 жыл бұрын

@@chrismc410 When our sun becomes a red giant, its diameter will stretch to the orbit of Mars, engulfing Mercury, Venus, and Earth in the process.

Holy smokes what version is this?!!! I grew up with the Christopher Reeve versions. Is this Blu Ray?

@pkkingcrimsonrequiem1332

5 жыл бұрын

This is the 3 hour cut that premiered in ABC sometime in the early 80's. Warner Archive found an interpositive copy, scanned it, and released on Blu-Ray. Previously, the only way one could see the cut was a pan and scan tv recording, which was of poor quality.

@SoundJudgment

4 жыл бұрын

It's the real-deal. Extra footage that they had lying around on the cutting-room floors, and didn't fully release to the theaters back in 1978.

@jct9099

4 жыл бұрын

The only issue is that they don't remaster the sounds in this version.

@jackhartford521

3 жыл бұрын

Lol this is the movie I saw when it first came out.

@peterp2153

3 жыл бұрын

Yes. And beyond that, it’s basically the raw cut of the film prior to edit. One can tell that based on the full Williams score being included and timed to all the happenings onscreen. Plus some of the overdubs (e.g., the girl with the cat having a British accent) and the diegetic music (e.g., Rock Around the Clock) not yet included.

I remember in the early 1980s this was screened at Christmas on ITV in Britain & the destruction of krypton was heavily edited. A lot of the scenes this version has I never watched until years later. When watching these scenes it was like watching a new film altogether.

@nathancruz9172

Жыл бұрын

1:28-3:24 and, I saw this on blu ray disc 4 years ago and I liked this extended version of Superman the movie.

This scene was terrifying to watch. Those people falling to their deaths. Horrifying.

@nathancruz9172

2 жыл бұрын

4:31 it gives me nightmares

@haynes1776

2 жыл бұрын

I hear ya. Seeing something like this can be terrifying.

EPIC!

@2:58 : Damn, Jor-El was RIGHT!

@nathancruz9172

4 жыл бұрын

Edith Spencer they should’ve listened to him in the first place, anyway.

Brilliant scene left such an impression on me as a kid

Thank you DC comics and Warner Bros.

Nothing against The Deer Hunter which was fantastic and loved the Part when Deniro wants to use 3 bullets in the first Russian Roulette Scene. If the Salkinds and Warner Brothers had this 3 hr version in the theathers in 78. These would of been the Oscars They Could of possibly won Best Original Score: John Williams Best Adapted Screenplay: Mario Puzzo, David and Leslie Newman Best Supporting Actor: Christopher Reeve Best Director: Richard Donner Best Picture: Pierre Spangler

I always wanted them to show everybody glaring at that "Krypton is simply shifting its orbit' chick with ridicule. Then the lady would say, looking at her calculations, "Oh, here's...here's the problem. I should have carried the one. My bad," just before a 20,000 ton ice beam drops on top of her.

@rodneyholmes5260

Жыл бұрын

They were stupid for listening to her over Jor-El. What would've it hurt to evacuate temporarily?

Blimey! I'd never seen this scene before now. It gave me a Logan's Run vibe. It's an unusually long death scene.

Was watching this movie high af the other day and realized for the first time how horrific and goofy this scene is. I love it!

Probably the last time Marlon Brando ran.

@mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854

2 жыл бұрын

I think there was also the time after this when he found out that the nearest McDonald's to him was about to close in ten minutes...

@nathancruz9172

2 жыл бұрын

4:07 me too.

Damn. What a horrifying way to go D:

1:29 His eyes still horrify me to this day. The normally stoic guard absolutely terrified at the realization of what's taking place.

The music in this scene.... damn

4:42 GREAT SHOOT, KID! THAT WAS... Oh wait. Wrong Movie.

I grew up on this TV version. Can't find a clean copy of it anywhere though

@pkkingcrimsonrequiem1332

6 жыл бұрын

Whoknowsuknow You can buy it on Blu Ray on Amazon.

@count_bodies_like_sheep9296

4 жыл бұрын

After 9/11 it was probably decided to never show this on tv again

@nathancruz9172

4 жыл бұрын

Michael Lamere that’s good to know. But, you can still get this version on blu ray disc and digital from fandango, KZread, or Hulu to own it.

@nathancruz9172

4 жыл бұрын

I remember watching the special edition on 📀 from 2001, until I watched the original version from 📼 and 📀 and 3 hours extended edition on blu ray disc.

@bms220

Жыл бұрын

Count_bodies_like_sheep 9/11 has nothing to do with it, it’s just they decided to retire the TV edit when stations made the switch over to HD as anything sources from VHS tapes would no longer suffice the new picture quality standards

This feels and looks so apocalyptic. Amazing scene full of doom and terror.

@nathancruz9172

2 ай бұрын

4:43 imagine if the Death Star destroyed krypton in the Star Wars universe.

Anyone notice that lil Kal-El had no seat belt on, given how fast his 'pram' is....lol

@mikegallant811

4 жыл бұрын

Stickum on his nappy,or a gravity well device in the ship!😀

This scene gave me nightmares when I was a kid.

@superdisney5535

3 жыл бұрын

This give me goosebumps

@nathancruz9172

2 жыл бұрын

@@superdisney5535 me too.

@nathancruz9172

2 жыл бұрын

3:33 same.

I kinda wish lara and jor-el would stoically linger instead of running, one last kiss or something, but still a great scene.

@PungiFungi

3 жыл бұрын

That would what the film makers have done today...cheap pathos to compensate for the over CGI saturation. But in reality, them running and scurrying away like everyone else is what they would’ve probably done....all the more made this version so much more effective and frightening.

@nathancruz9172

2 жыл бұрын

4:02 me too.

The Krypton Council should have listened to Jor-El he said ''Its now become a crime to cherish life'' ? I guess they don't care about life like he does .

@nathancruz9172

2 жыл бұрын

2:40 that’s their fault who don’t listen to Jor el in the first place. 🥇

@andysahs1599

2 жыл бұрын

@@nathancruz9172 You right Jor-El was one of their best scientists they still did not listen to him .

@nathancruz9172

2 жыл бұрын

@@andysahs1599 shame on them!

The male screaming sound effect at 2:58 was the exact same one used in the subway scene when Luthor (by remote control) pushed the detective onto the track to get run over by the approaching train..

3:42 Wilhelm scream

@nathancruz9172

2 жыл бұрын

Is that the real Wilhelm’s scream? 😱

4:43 Oh my! Ahuh, This is stupendous! Wow! What a great show! Unbelievable, look at that! HAAAAAH ahahahaha

@mkaplan1383

3 жыл бұрын

We have too many fans out there making Star Wars references, and you're the first one to make one about Dragon Ball Z.... 😆

@thevalvefan1775

3 жыл бұрын

@@mkaplan1383 I see you're a man of culture as well

@mkaplan1383

3 жыл бұрын

@@thevalvefan1775 I did grow up on anime too. Just giving credit where credit is due.

Props to Baby Kals acting.

The Gravity Is So Strong That All Matter Becomes Crystallized, Imagine Working Out On Krypton Then Returning To Earth...

I wonder how many planets had this happen...

The Real Parents of Superman will send him to Earth to leave Kripton after the explosion

Now, that's what I call breaking through the glass ceiling!

This movie really emphasizes that Jor-el and Lara’s deaths were far from dignified It was a straight up nightmare

to portray Krypton as a dying frozen world is the correct choice among so many Superman fans. Not that Avatar inspired shit I had seen on Man of Steel

@aadipattanaik7778

4 жыл бұрын

redfullpack it’s just a different take on it chill it’s not even that bad

@dancastro4732

3 жыл бұрын

I liked Krypton in Man Of Steel

@karthiksubramanian2279

3 жыл бұрын

I so much loved both the old Chris Reeves Superman and MOS....it's just that some haters wanted a lame ass reason to hate no matter what

@jimvick8397

2 жыл бұрын

It's hard to redo something that was done awesome... When they put this on TV, it was a big deal and we watched it at Grandma and Grampa's while we ate dinner... We were eating friggen dinner watching this on their new giant ass RCA tv... It was very WTF for broadcast TV then lol...

@Lidoe

2 жыл бұрын

Nostalgia blind to the max 😂 MOS krypton looks MUCH better than this bland crystal land

Krypton is Doomed!

@nathancruz9172

2 жыл бұрын

2:32-2:36 😱

This feels so heartbreaking

@nathancruz9172

2 ай бұрын

3:24 especially the half sphere of the phantom zone.

the mother is off the charts BEAUTIFUL!!!!

@lylux4985

8 күн бұрын

Suzanne York

CGI was still several years away and practical effects had many flaws. As you can see when Kal-Els ship breaks through the ceiling.

This scene was longer than the scene I remember from VHS. This is like a thearetical cut.

@lunaracc914

5 жыл бұрын

this is taken from the blu ray release of the extended TV cut, so it is longer

@michaelraymond5048

5 жыл бұрын

SpacemanDoug The music is different too from the VHS version. Then the original music cuts in right before the end where they're all falling. I watched Superman *so* many times as a kid. I was one of those kids that had to watch a movie a hundred times. My mother and my stepfather used to get *so* annoyed with me. 😏

@michaelraymond5048

5 жыл бұрын

SpacemanDoug And in the other version there's no music when the sun and Krypton explode, just the sound of the explosions.

@lunaracc914

5 жыл бұрын

The DVD/Blu-ray version differs even more, unless you watch the theatrical version on either formats and select the 2.0 soundtrack, a lot of sound effects were replaced in order to "update" the mix, however the 2.0 track for the theatrical version has the original effects

@gochem3013

5 жыл бұрын

@@lunaracc914 It's sucks that there's no original SFX with a high quality sound system.

Unfortunately it happened as a premonition, World Trade Center in NY was Krypton.

I'm all for extended footage, but I liked the sequence of Kal-El's pod powering up better without the music. There's something to be said for quiet anticipation.