Okay I am still that 14 year old who remembers seeing "Superman II" at the movies. In fact I loved it so much I got my sister to take me the next day. Now this is 1981. "Superman II" ended up becoming the biggest weekend opening ever! It took in $14,000,000. I think my family was about $20 of it.
Also in 1981 you must remember that there was not E! channel! No Internet! NO "Entertainment Tonight"(however it did come on the air for the first time a few months later) or any show of that nature. Now here is my point
For about 2 years I was waiting for "Superman II". I heard that the movie makers filmed "Superman: The Movie" & "Superman II" back to back. So I was waiting for Superman II! In fact at the very end of the credits it says "Next Year Superman II" So the next year came and went and there was no "Superman II". What happened to it I didn't know! All that I know was it wasn't playing! The next year came a minor miracle!
I remember seeing the coming attraction of "Superman II" in December of 1980. I was in high heaven! I had been hearing about & waiting for "Superman II" for 2 years and now I see that there was (finaly) "Superman II" on the way. Well I coudn't waite for Summer!
By the time the movie came out I knew (in 1981) Marlon Brando was cut out of "Superman II". I did not know the whole story but I did know that the movie was to of come out almost 2 years earlier. I did not know that there was all the other controversy. ( I will post about that later).
Well the Summer came and so did my "Superman"! Now as a 14-year old I loved this movie but I did want to see the Marlon Brando footage. Now 25 years later I get to see it I feel like I am 14 years old again. You know once a nerd always a nerd.
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