Superman II corrections

Superman II (1980) - 23 corrections

Directed by Richard Lester, starring Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Margot Kidder, Terence Stamp

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When the H-bomb explodes in space, you can see the explosion happen behind the intact bomb, instead of originating from it. [No, we see the explosion begin on the opposite side of the elevator. Remember, we're not looking at the bomb, we're looking at the elevator car that holds the bomb.] Corrected by MovieGuy

When Clark trips and falls into the fire, his hand is uninjured, thus revealing to Lois that he's Superman. But his normal, regular glasses fall in also, and they're not damaged at all. [I've done that (with the glasses, not the hand) and mine were just fine.] Corrected by Phixius

In the scenes where Superman is flying - if the camera(s) get too close to Superman (Christopher Reeve), you can actually see the strings which are holding him up in the air. [This is too vague. There are many flying scenes where wires aren't visible at all because a chroma was used. The trick is to point out where exactly you've seen them.] Corrected by Sacha

When the 3 kryptonians leave the Moon, Non throws the 2 flags in the space module. Note that the gravity works normally when the flags fall, like it does on Earth. [That's because he's adding kinetic energy to the flags by throwing them.] Corrected by wizard_of_gore

In the beginning of the movie, Clark Kent is hit by a taxi cab when crossing the street. The taxi cab is severely damaged in the front, but Clark keeps walking across the street. Look at the damage made on the cab. Where's the damage on Clark's suit or pants? The material used in his working suit must have been as strong as the material used in his Superman suit. [It has been stated before that any object within several millimetres of Clark's skin is protected by his invulnerability. For the full article go here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powers%2C_abilities_and_equipment_of_Superman.]

When Superman is flying Lois Lane to his icy fortress, she has nothing but the clothes she is wearing. Later in that scene, she lifts a handbag and tells Superman she is going to change. Where did the bag come from? [Superman likely brought her the bag when he flew back to get dinner and the flowers.] Corrected by Jazetopher

Just after Lois grabs the branch in the river, she is upstream of the branch in one shot, and downstream the next. In these same two shots, the branch goes from being perpendicular to the water's flow to being parallel to it. [Logs float in water, and are subject to move around quite a bit in water in a short amount of time, especially in such violent, rapid flowing water.] Corrected by Jazetopher

Watch the yellow cab when Superman destroys the wall that Zod throws at him. It is already damaged from the falling debris before the wall touches it. Not to mention the wall blows up as if it had some type of combustible substance on it. [This is the cab that Clark damaged when it ran into him at the start of the film (see a previous correction). Superman's heat vision has all sorts of weird and wonderful effects on things.]

It seems strange that it is business as usual when there are so many explosions.let alone it is night time and everyone is wearing business attire. [Everyone is sticking around to watch Superman and the 3 Villains duke it out. Of course in a big city there will be people wearing business attire at that time of night. Furthermore, no-one at all is carrying on without noticing the explosions, everyone is panicked and running.]

In the beginning of the movie, Clark Kent is hit by a taxi cab when crossing the street. The taxi cub is severely damaged in the front, but Clark Kent keeps walking across the street. No one, except the taxi driver, seems to notice this ... not even Lois Lane. How is that possible?. (Later on in the movie, Lois doesn't even see the connection between this incident and the fact that Clark is Superman.) [Lois doesn't see the taxi hit him and simply thinks it stopped abruptly to avoid hitting him. The driver is stunned by the abrupt stop and would certainly see the damage after he got out. Clark keeps walking so nobody draws the connection between him and the damaged taxi. The scene is also the director's way of showing just how people in a busy big city tend to not notice things that happen right in front of them.]

When Superman goes into the chamber at the fortress to lose his powers he looks like he is in agony yet when he tricks the villains at the end they don't respond the same way. Shouldn't they have been in pain too? [Superman is not in pain, but feeling anguish over the fact that he's decided to give up his powers. The expression on his face is of emotional pain, not physical pain.]

I always find it comical that Ursa reacts with pain when the snake bites her at the lake. The snake should've broken its teeth on Ursa, who would've felt nothing. [Ursa is still getting used to her powers. She reacts like that because she still expects it to hurt. How many times do we say "Ouch!" when it doesn't really hurt at all? Not to mention her possible surprise at the sudden attack by the snake.]

In the scene at the Fortress of Solitude near the end, Lex Luthor mentions that Superman was safe in the chamber while the lights were on out of the chamber. How would he know, since Lois was the one to see Superman give up his powers for her by entering the chamber earlier in the movie? [Lex figured it out when Superman exited the chamber and broke General Zods hand. He even said "He switched it. He did to them. The lights were on out here, while he was safe in there."]

In the first film Clark had to spend twelve years honing his powers so he could use them properly. In this one the villains are released and manage to master them instantly. [Its not that he had to master his powers, his earth father was always on him about keeping it a secret. He mentions that if people knew what he was capable of they would take him away. Member his father says "you were showing off again". Meaning he was kind of testing what he could get away with.]

The kid that begs General Zod to "let my daddy down" is speaking with an obvious British accent, despite the fact that the scene is set in Texas. [There is no reason why a british kid cant live in Texas.]

We see from the first film that Superman can fly at pratically limitless speed and indeed when Lois Lane dies he flies out into space a circulates the Earth several times in seconds. Therefore, why in the sequel does it take him so long to get to Paris to stop the bomb? [Since there is no air in space Superman was able to move at a limitless speed. Since there is air on earth, Superman would have to go against a little wind resistance. This is explained in the correction section for the first Superman movie.]

Near the end, at the Fortress of Solitude, when Lex Luthor "betrays" Superman by telling General Zod about the molecule chamber, he then tells the General "...that crystal over there activates the mechanism." How did Luthor know this? Superman did not tell him. [Because Lex Luthor had already been to the fortress earlier in the film and already figured out how to work the crystal activation mechanism.]

when Clark saves Lois from drowning in the river he uses his laser vision, but he doesn't remove his glasses, so shouldn't his glasses have melted? [It seems that in the movies (all of them, I believe) it's not a problem. His laser may go through his glasses. But in the Tv series 'Lois and Clark', that is not the case. Clark removes his glasses every single time. It's just a matter of what you are watching and what 'rules' have been made.]

Ms. Teschmacher comes to rescue Lex Luther and Otis from prison. That's okay, except that in the first movie, Lex accidentally shot a missile at Hackensack, New Jersey. When Ms. Teschmacher informs him that she has family in Hackensack, he just looks at his watch, shakes his head, and walks away. In other words, he doesn't care if her family lives or not. (That's why she saves Superman in part I.) Why, after the disloyalty of Lex, would she come back to rescue him from prison in Superman II? [Definitely not a plot hole; possibly just a character flaw. In the first movie we learn that Valerie Perrine's character is hopelessly in love with Luthor, despite his vile actions. And, who knows what took place between the two movies? There could easily have been a reconciliation between the two while Luthor was in prison.]

In "Superman", it shows that Superman's mom gave the baby to Jor-El and he placed Superman in the ship, But at the start of "Superman 2" when it shows flash backs of the first movie, it shows his mom putting him in the ship. [We do not actually see his mother put him in the ship, she is just crying over him. Since Brando prevented any of his footage from 'Superman' from being used in this movie, they had to edit the clips so that we didn't see him. The clip shown was actually in 'Superman', they just left out anything with his father.]