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Superman II

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Three Kryptonian criminals led by General Zod team up with Lex Luthor to conquer Earth, forcing a depowered Superman to regain his strength and stop them. From TMDB

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  • Herr Spooky Gunther Büergers @calamityjon.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 19, 2025

    The #1 movie when I was 10 years old was Superman II, a film in which a narcissistic tyrant assumes control of the United States, slaps his likeness all over it, even wrecks the White House. Near the end his hand gets fucked up. After that he gets kicked into a hole and goes to jail so here's hopin'

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  • SJWJamesBond @mvbrat10.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 29, 2025

    Well, Superman II had a nice place as my favorite Superman movie but that will settle for second favorite now I'm afraid. Because, Gunn, you did it again. You son of a bitch, you cracked the code.

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  • David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 17, 2025

    I am very sad to report that Terence Stamp has died. Brilliant actor. Especially brilliant as General Zod in Superman and Superman II.

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  • Michael Siglain @msiglain.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 15, 2026

    There’s a double feature of Superman and Superman II on Sundance TV tonight. 48 years later and the original is still the best Superman movie, and still the best Super Hero movie. They just don’t make ‘em like this anymore.

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  • Hippie Scuba Steve @hippiescubasteve.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 19, 2025

    Superman II was released in movie theaters 44 years ago today. This movie has all the Superman feels. What a great cast! You are missed, Christopher Reeve. You will always be our Superman. youtu.be/vAfD-vF8yss?... #Movies #Filmsky

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  • Greg Miller @gameovergreggy.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 19, 2025

    Did you think the behind the scenes story of Superman: The Movie was crazy? Just WAIT until I tell you about Superman II on today's In Review! www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW5K...

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  • Siddhant Adlakha @siddhantadlakha.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 24, 2025

    With a new Superman movie on the horizon, re-sharing my 2021 deep-dive on Richard Donner's cut of Superman II—and the other alternate versions somewhere out there! (shout out to @mattgoldberg.bsky.social for working with me on this a lifetime ago) collider.com/superman-2-d...

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  • David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 13, 2026

    Finished watching "Superman II." I remember when my father took me to see it when it was released at the pictures. Very last time he took me to see a film.

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  • HellsBelle @[email protected]Lemmy · Aug 17, 2025

    Terrence Stamp, U.K. actor who played General Zod in early Superman films, dead at 87 | CBC News. >Terence Stamp, the British actor who often portrayed complex villains, including General Zod in the early Superman films, has died. He was 87. >His death on Sunday was disclosed in a death notice published online. >Stamp's six decades in the business were peppered with highlights, including his portrayal of Bernadette, a trans woman, in 1994's The Adventure of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.…

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  • Riley Silverman @rileysilverman.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 13, 2025

    I’m only a casual Superman fan, but James Gunn’s Superman is easily my favorite Supes movie since Superman II, which remains my all time fave and probably always will.

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  • ohfivepro.bsky.social @ohfivepro.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 24, 2026

    “Next year Darius III”, which is displayed when you clear Zone X of Darius 2, is a homage to “NEXT YEAR SUPERMAN II” from the credits of Superman (1978), the game designer’s favorite movie. Darius 2's designer also did the game design of the arcade version of Superman (1988) Still waiting btw😢

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  • Shane Ivey of the delta-green.com Iveys @shaneivey.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 21, 2025

    My Best Supermans That I've Seen In Theaters: (1) Superman (2025) (2) The Iron Giant (3) Superman (1978) (4) Superman II (1980) When you think about it, it's kind of surprising that nobody made a Superman movie for 45 years!

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  • Nash @radiodeadair.comBluesky · Jul 31, 2025

    Of the two, Superman II has the more solid ending to be sure. The Donner Cut firms it up, but compared to the first movie it at least feels like it has more structure to it. I guess you just gotta take them both as one big film.

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  • Colin Smith @colinsmith.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 2, 2025

    Released in this very month in 1981, and timed to tie-in with the UK release of the film “Superman II”, the seventh issue of The Super Heroes Monthly reprint magazine with its Alan Craddock cover featuring the movie’s Kryptonian hero & villains.

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  • Jarvis Googoo @jarvisgoogoo.comBluesky · Dec 19, 2024

    It’s got a dog. This will be the greatest Superman movie since Superman II.

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  • SJWJamesBond @mvbrat10.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 31, 2025

    Superman (2025): Still the best Superman movie since the first two. Or in my case, Superman II. But this one is definitely my favorite these days as it harkens back to why the character is enduring but still modernized that there's a best of both worlds and it just simply did everything right.

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  • Kinda Funny @kindafunnyvids.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 19, 2025

    Will Superman II in Review also be longer than the actual movie? Only one way to find out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW5K...

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  • Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.socialBluesky · May 28, 2025

    Weird thing about watching this film is when I saw it in cinemas what I couldn't stand about it was the feeling like there was a much better film showing you when exactly Lex Luthor had discovered Superman's hideout. And it turns out I was right, because that film was Superman II.

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  • Robert Farley @drfarls.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 11, 2025

    And this trilogy definitely understands the conflict (made explicit in the much similar Matrix trilogy) between attachment to a particular human and attachment to humanity. This is what Superman II (the best film by far in this entire discussion) is entirely about.

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  • Robert Farley @drfarls.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 11, 2025

    Ahead of the release of the latest film, we essentially have two Superman trilogies. The first is the Christopher Reeve-Brandon Routh trilogy, including Superman, Superman II, and Superman Returns, appropriately ignoring the lesser Reeve sequels.

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  • Horror & Coffee @foundfootagefan.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 24, 2025

    Alternative movie poster of the day 🎥😍 Superman II (1980) By Aurelio Lorenzo

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  • feral streep @feralstreeep.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 29, 2024

    some more of my bad movie opinions the best DC comic movies 1. Superman II 2. Batman Returns 3. Birds of Prey the best Marvel comics movies 1. Logan 2. Black Panther 3. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

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  • 🖖🏳️‍⚧️T'Lynn🦇David🦇Cooper🏳️‍⚧️🖖 @awholedamntown.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 15, 2024

    Cliff Clavin is in SUPERMAN THE MOVIE and SUPERMAN II. I think about that a lot.

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  • Bill Hunt @billhuntbits.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 6, 2025

    Bits #4K Review – @billhuntbits.bsky.social checks out SUPERMAN II: THE RICHARD DONNER CUT (1980/2006) via Warner’s new CORRECTED #UltraHD disc, available in the newly reissued 5-FILM COLLECTION! @thedigitalbits.bsky.social thedigitalbits.com/reviews/item...

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  • Strictly 4 My Navigators @lizzslockeroom.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 17, 2025

    Rest easy, Terence Stamp 💙🕊 For those who have followed me anywhere on social media, you know "Superman II" is my favorite movie of all time.

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  • Strictly 4 My Navigators @lizzslockeroom.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 20, 2026

    Happy 45th Anniversary "Superman II" My favorite movie EVER! "You are not the president. No one who leads so many could possibly kneel so quickly." -General Zod

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  • Eric Stephen @ericstephen.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 14, 2026

    a film festival, that only shows Jurassic Park, followed by Superman II Neill Before Zod

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  • Andrew Jupin @jupinwhm.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 21, 2025

    Had a total ball last night talking all things (and all cuts of) Superman II! It’s a fun movie with a lot of hilarious flaws. Made for a great show—and the After Party had a ton of great audience questions and was a wild time. Replay available now thru July 4: moment.co/wehatemovies

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  • BACK ISSUE! Magazine @backissuemagazine.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 10, 2025

    Superman II: Special Movie Issue! Textless back cover art by Alan Craddock. The Super Heroes Monthly (U.K.) Vol. 1 No. 7 (1981)

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  • Bill Hunt @billhuntbits.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 6, 2025

    Bits #4K Review – @billhuntbits.bsky.social looks back Richard Lester’s SUPERMAN II (1980) via Warner’s new CORRECTED #UltraHD disc, available in the newly reissued 5-FILM COLLECTION! @thedigitalbits.bsky.social thedigitalbits.com/reviews/item...

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  • SJWJamesBond @mvbrat10.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 17, 2025

    Still love Superman II. Sure, James Gunn's Superman took the top spot as my number one favorite Superman film but Superman 2 I still love.

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  • Shane @incompleteness.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 19, 2025

    Terence Stamp as General Zod in Superman II (1980) Living at the ashram of Krishnamurti in India for some years (for at least a while), he had thought his movie star career was over - until he got called up to play the General

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  • Ryan James Dee @ryanjamesdee.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 10, 2025

    Finally saw Superman. Superman II will likely always be my favorite Superman film but this is a solid second. Corenswet is the perfect modern day Superman. Cavill looked great in the suit but the films were so dark and sad. And while this one isn’t perfect, it is bright and hopeful. ❤️💙

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  • Walter Chaw @mangiotto.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 3, 2023

    I wrote about the first four Christopher Reeve SUPERMAN movies for filmfreakcentral.net - including both cuts of SUPERMAN II: https://www.filmfreakcentral.net/ffc/2023/06/superman-4k-collection.html

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  • Tyler, from the Internet (Haunted) @tylerfromtheinternet.comBluesky · Aug 17, 2026

    Blood Simple Alien Blade Runner Superman II Payback now, the X-Files Movie

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  • Scott Marks @scottemarks.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 28, 2026

    I've been tough on Marvel films over the years, but when they get it right, I'm the first to applaud. "Spider-Man: Brand New Day" is not only the series best, it's the finest comic book movie since my beloved "Superman II." Ironically enough, the director's initials are DC. More on Friday.

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  • Joe Adalian @tvmojoe.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 1, 2025

    Never knew this but the very movie advertised on MTV, and the second ad ever on the network, was for…SUPERMAN II. Ironic that 44 years later, they’re still putting out new Superman movies in July/August, while MTV…welp.

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  • 95Sports @95sports.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 11, 2025

    Holy cow. That was the Superman movie I was waiting for since Superman II. They nailed it. GO SEE IT.

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  • Cineau @cineau74.bsky.socialBluesky · May 24, 2026

    Name 10 MOVIES you've seen on the big screen (original or re-release): Star Wars (1977) Superman (1978) The Muppet Movie (1979) The Empire Strikes Back (1980) Flash Gordon (1980) Superman II (1980) An 🇺🇸Werewolf in London (1981) Blade Runner (1982) The Rocky Horror Picture Show A Clockwork 🍊

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  • a.westwood @alyshawestwood.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 5, 2026

    Choose your top 25 favorite comic book adaptations (live action or animated). One per day for 25 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews. Day 19: Superman II

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  • ♡ Scary Kate. 🇵🇸 @katespeace.northsky.socialBluesky · May 15, 2025

    I give Superman II a 4/5 🌟 review! He does it again! It's a bird, it's a plane- no, it's actually another great superhero movie! ❤️ boxd.it/9HIqCd

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  • Hello, it's Dan McDaid @danmcdaid.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 8, 2026

    Love the writing in this blog post on Superman II, and the one little detail that changes the tenor of this scene, and the film as a whole superheroeseveryday.com/2022/03/13/s...

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  • Melos 🌟🦋 @runlikemelos.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 11, 2025

    4. Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (2006 recut of 1980 movie) Some seams start to show in the climax but this is still an excellent sequel and it kind of winds me how Sam Raimi Spider-Man 2 kinda cribs all of it. The last, like, ten minutes? Horrendous. Take it out of the movie.

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  • Ro Matthews @romatthews.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 11, 2026

    I still love Superman II. While not perfect, I'll always believe that there is a great movie in there somewhere. Another re-edit using existing footage from both the Donner & Lester versions would be ideal. Someday.

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  • Redacted @[email protected]Lemmy · Feb 16, 2026

    This is the least of our concerns if Paramount Skydance gets their way, but god dammit... Superman II is going to just be a solo movie for Homelander from The Boys, isn't it? Wouldn't it be great if we actually blocked these mergers rather than bend over backwards to accommodate them?

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  • alternate rending 😱 🪓 @jamiroqueer.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 16, 2025

    It’s hard to describe the differing approaches in the two versions of this movie without making the theatrical SUPERMAN II sound bad, which it’s not But this is far less jokey, which is better, and it simply has fresher work from a cast who hadn’t already been on this two-movie project forever

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  • Full Metal Pixel! @pixeldoesthings.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 11, 2025

    12. Superman II - The Richard Donner Cut (1980/2006) Did Sam Raimi literally steal the entirety of this movie? I mean it's still really great but what the hell.

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  • Colin Smith @colinsmith.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 8, 2024

    Poster celebrating Superman II from a 1981 Japanese movie programme for the same. (Art quite possibly by Dan Goozee.)

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  • Bill Hunt @billhuntbits.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 16, 2025

    3. SUPERMAN II: THE RICHARD DONNER CUT features a video fix to the geometry of the iconic final shot of the film, in which Superman smiles at the camera—the shot on the previous 4K disc was oddly squished horizontally.

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  • Joe 🦇 @joethebat.bsky.socialBluesky · May 17, 2025

    I remember movie nitpicking types on the internet calling out Superman II for Superman's memory-erasing kiss on Lois Lane, posing the question: "why doesn't Superman just kiss Lex Luthor?" I also ask that question, but not for the same reasons.

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  • Ryan Dunlavey > NYCC table L-24 @ryandunlavey.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 29, 2026

    Happy to report that every live-action Superman film that I have seen in the theater* has been a good time at the movies. (*Superman 1978, Superman II, Superman 2025 and Supergirl 2026)

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  • Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 7, 2026

    Superman II objectively best Superman film ever, maybe best superhero film ever

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  • Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 7, 2025

    lol that someone saved the post saying Superman II is a bisexual awakening movie.

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  • Justin Speece @justinmspeece.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 8, 2025

    #NowWatching Superman II (1980)!! 🩵💙💛❤️💙🩵 #FilmSky #Superman

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  • Colin Smith @colinsmith.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 29, 2024

    A splendid advance movie poster for 1980’s “Superman II”. Somehow I never saw this back in the day. If I had, I’d’ve been impossibly excited about these fiendish Kryptonian mega-baddies from the Phantom Zone. “Kneel before Zod!” indeed.

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  • Dr Pop Culture USA @drpopcultureusa.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 27, 2026

    Unsworth died during the shooting of Tess (1979). He had however already shot some of the scenes for Superman II (1980), which were filmed at the same time as those of Superman (1978). The original Superman movie is dedicated "with love and respect" to his memory.

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  • Steve Coulson @stevecoulson.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 13, 2025

    I thought it was the best Superman movie to date, even better than Superman II

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  • Rosie Amy 🏳️‍⚧️ @comicsamy.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 29, 2025

    My personal ranking of every Superman film + spinoffs 1. Superman: The Movie 2. Superman vs The Elite 3. Death and Return of Superman 4. All Star Superman 5. Superman: Red Son 6. Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut 7. Superman: Unbound 8. Superman: The Man of Tomorrow 1/2

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  • Jamie Garwood @nexttotheaisle.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 13, 2025

    #JuneMovieChallenge #filmsky #moviesky @omacolt.bsky.social Day 14: Film with a flag SUPERMAN II With old glory, Superman saves the day again

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  • Ed Cook hopes that he gets to eat a McRib in 2026 @edcooknj.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 31, 2025

    "Using a GIF / image / vid, share your favorite movie from the 80s" Impossible for me to choose my ONE favorite movie from the 80s, so I'll choose this as A favorite, from 'Superman II'.

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