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.
*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.”
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.
@@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.
@@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.
@@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.
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.
@@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.
@@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
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.
@@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.
@@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.
@@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.
*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.)
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
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 :'(
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!
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.
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”.
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.
"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.
This is indeed the best Superman movie ever. What they make now is nowhere near this film’s brilliance. I saw it as a kid in 78 and it still blows me away.😁
@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
@@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.
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...
wow...... NEVER Seen some of this footage.... And This is MY 'Superman' from the 80s, Incredible. It makes you wonder..How many Other civilizations gone out this way??!!
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 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.
@@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?!?
@@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.
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...
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 love Donner's decisions on how to depict Krypton. He makes it clear that their technology was so advanced that they absolutely *could* have evacuated the planet if the council had listened to Jor-El. Which increases the horror and tragedy of this scene. A whole civilization dying because they found reality to be unpleasant and preferred a more agreeable delusion. A lesson for us to still consider today.
@@tonycanabal1659 - Heck, given what their crystal technology could do, I would expect that they could convert their remaining cities into spacecraft and simply flown away from Krypton.
The first time I saw this scene, it was very terrifying and disturbing. An ancient people more advanced than humans witnessing the death of their own planet. It's a very terrifying, disturbing, sad and emotional scene.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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..
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 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.
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.
It was very touching and heartbreaking for them. As a parent i would have done the same thing. In the mist of my death, just knowing my child would be safe would bring me comfort .
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.
Yes if I remember correctly they split the movie in half during the helicopter scene, where it says to be continued, just as Lois begins to fall from the copter.
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.
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.”
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.
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
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.
@@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
Even if Jor-El and Lara did manage to see any of the Krypton Elders while dodging debris as long as they could, Jor-El could've said to them was it worth it not to believe him after all the good he had done for Krypton?
@@elias01 That was the guard dispatched to investigate the unauthorised use of power in JorEl's conapt. He was on his way there when Krypton's Volcano Day happened.
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 .
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.
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
Its very easy to focus on all of the death and destruction on Krypton in this scene, but there are lessons to be learned from it. It first shows the great sacrificial love of good parents. They didn't try to save themselves, their child was more important because they understood that if he lived, Krypton would never really be gone. But they also took responsibility for the choices that were made that led to Krypton's eventual destruction. Second, as advanced of a civilization Krypton was, in the end, it didn't matter. Their fragility gave way to the power of nature and space.
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.
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...
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.
*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.”
1:28-1:30 that happens to me when, I first saw this on blu ray disc.
@@MrWill9002 3:50-4:10 Obi wan Kenobi from Star Wars.
It went THUPERNOVA!!!
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.
1:56-1:59 me too.
The birth of the superhero film genre.
Worlds best scene
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.
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.
Because most of this scene was cut from theaters so you don’t dwell too much on it
dude,how old r u
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.
@@midish-hamedia576he's probably in his mid 40s, what age do you think he'd be now?
"Sorry we didn't believe you, Jor-El. You were right all along. We take full responsibility in the loss of Krypton."
That's how people are? They had to learn the hard way. Unfortunately, for them it cost them their lives.
@@wilburmcbride8096 That's what we are, perfect learners when it's far too late. May God Help Us!
Like Noah and the flood.
@Rob Davis if I were Jor-El I'd build a ship for all 3 in family. Screw the other idiots.
@@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.
R.I.P Richard Donner (1930 - 2021) Thanks for your masterpiece!
3:17-4:25 😢
I’m very grateful he was able to survive the Donner Party cannibalism to be able to make this great film
@@mick2spicIs he a descendant of the Donner party that was cannibalized?
Yes😊
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
putting Krypton at 2 million light years at another galaxy is the right choice.
Show how far Kal-El has to travel
Yeah the crystal technology aoproach was a genius move. Made everything so,alien
My only issue, what do they eat and drink? Didn’t look like they had land, oceans, livestock. Just crystal.
@@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.
@@jaymanuel3396 I guess it would take another separate movie to answer your Question
"Krypton is simply shifting its orbit." Yeah, and I have the Brooklyn Bridge for sale, too!
I'm in the market for bridges...what kind of bridge? What's your asking price?
Curious why they didn’t show that old bag getting crushed? I mean a planet shifting it’s orbit, sounds pretty serious too!
@@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.
Don’t you mean “crip-tin”
@@RockerMicke1 crunch-atize me, Krypt'n!
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.
You can still own this 3 hour cut version of Superman the movie on blu ray disc from eBay, Amazon, and Best Buy.
I remember they killed the shit out of it with commercials...
@@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.
@@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
That scene of the glowing robed Kryptonians falling to their deaths in the abyss is horrifying!
this would never be shown on cable tv again post-9/11
I felt the same way when i saw it as a kid in the theater. It was very disturbing .indeed.
@Drew Smith You're a sociopath.
JD Barr you’re racist.
Michael Lamere so any time people fall, you think of 9/11? That’s pathetic. 🙄
I wish Jor-El would've gotten a chance to tell those people, "I told you so."
Matt Smith me too. But, they should’ve listened to him in the first place. 🥇
It wouldn’t have mattered anyway just like if Zod succeeded in his takeover of Krypton. The planet & it’s people we’re doomed.
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.
I agree completely!
@@Erikjust Last Days of Krypton.
By Kevin J Anderson.
A red star going Supernova... a planet exploding, an entire solar system destroyed. Incredible scene for its time or any time. So well done!
You mean "an entire stellar system".
Even 41 years later, it's still hard for me to watch this scene. It's just too disturbing and horrifying to watch
Grow a back bone
@@HoLeeFoc whats your point
@@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.
@@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.
@@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.
xsailor85 that’s from the Death Star.
Wrong movie 😁
*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.)
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
Wrong movie!
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 :'(
3:53 me too.
Is sad too
The shot of the Kryptonian guard's exposed eyes opened wide in terror at 1:29 was really horrific and devastating.
1:30 yep.
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!
@@philiphatfield5666 that’s right.
@@philiphatfield5666seek medical attention
@@nathancruz9172 Kryptonian guard? How? Who?
RIP Margot Kidder. You were a great Lois Lane. :(
I thought so too, sir. :-)
R.I.P. Margot Kidder.
Yeah, when I heard she died, I was like "oh no", I like her as Lois Lane, too.
I know, bless her heart. May you rest in peace, Lois Lane and Christopher reeve aka Clark Kent/Superman
Astacia Mckinnis me too.
This scene freaked me out more than any other scene as a kid lol
Glaze Phase same here. But, I got over it as an adult.
@@nathancruz9172 I haven't. I don't think that I can.
Same here very frightening
Was krypton only the size of a large building?
Same! See my comment!!
When it comes to destruction of krypton nothing tops this. By far the single most disturbing and frightening depiction ever
2:32 it feels like the Death Star destroyed Alderaan from Star Wars.
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.
It looks like they were walking pretty casually when Krypton started breaking up.
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”.
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.
2:04 that’s right.
I was thinking that too.
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.
The last thoughts of the Kryptonian Council being "We're starting to think this isn't a mere gravitational shift"
Which would still be incredibly destructive to any planet.
"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.
@1:58 breakaway towards space by KalEl's crystal starship is *STILL one of the MOST SPECTACULAR* scenes ever shown from the movies
The most epic childhood moment ever
Actors, music, costume, directing, everything fits together to have the perfect Superman movie.
3:45-3:49 that’s what I liked about the is 3 hours cut.
This is indeed the best Superman movie ever. What they make now is nowhere near this film’s brilliance. I saw it as a kid in 78 and it still blows me away.😁
this above destruction scene is 1000 times MORE CONVINCING than the half baked CGI destruction in Man of Steel
What a joke, your hatred is blinding your common sense. The world engines destruction is way more impactful than this
People really love to appreciate something by hating on something else, both are good movies, why can't we appreciate both?
@@thespiritofjonathanjoestar6805 exactly. both movies were good in their time.
@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
@@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.
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...
Being honest here, this scene made me cry... 😢😭
hyun ahn Yeah, when I was little it made me cry too. 😢
I was merely disturbed.
hyun ahn me too.
Agree.😭😭
The man of steel krypton makes me cry nowadays
wow......
NEVER Seen some of this footage.... And This is MY 'Superman' from the 80s, Incredible. It makes you wonder..How many Other civilizations gone out this way??!!
It was this scene as a kid that birthed my life-long fascination with the concept of doom.
3:08 me too.
As I’m typing it’s June 29, 2024 - after Biden’s disastrous debate, let’s truly revisit that feeling of doom!
One of the greatest yet tragic forerunners of APOCALYPTIC VISUAL MASTERPIECES in cinema history!
3:02-3:10 indeed.
“I tell you, Krypton is simply shifting its orbit.”
*Top 10 Best Last Words*
Well, spiraling in toward an inevitable collision with the sun could be described as a shift in the orbit, I suppose...
PC1231 : You forgot the first three words -" I tell you " 🤭🤭🤭
The last words of Krypton's conservatives
@@mollybolton8425 Or, the progressive left cultists. Either way. The people in charge.
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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.
Not to be a smart ass. But probably because they don’t watch this stuff
@@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.
@@dereklarner6298 Exactly my point, which is why kids/Millennials today are so sensitive.
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.
@@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?!?
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.
3:50-4:05 same here.
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.
Wonder where they was running too?
They didn't pay Marlon Brando $4 million for two weeks of work just to watch him die.
@@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.
Unforgettable, forever. Burned into my soul.
The people falling Into the abyss was haunting to me when I first saw this 😮
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.
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...
3:10 me too.
For some reason,. this scene was 10 times more effective than the scene in Man of Steel.
I disagree
@@jaydenhughes That's because you think CGI and terrible acting and storytelling is good.
I love both especially the one in Man of Steel
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.
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.
Jor El takes a deep sip from a very tall glass of 'I TOLD YOU SO!!'.......glug, glug, glug..
I love Donner's decisions on how to depict Krypton. He makes it clear that their technology was so advanced that they absolutely *could* have evacuated the planet if the council had listened to Jor-El. Which increases the horror and tragedy of this scene. A whole civilization dying because they found reality to be unpleasant and preferred a more agreeable delusion. A lesson for us to still consider today.
Yes ,the Kryptonians could have placed themselves in their Phantom Zone to escape.
@@tonycanabal1659 - Heck, given what their crystal technology could do, I would expect that they could convert their remaining cities into spacecraft and simply flown away from Krypton.
The first time I saw this scene, it was very terrifying and disturbing. An ancient people more advanced than humans witnessing the death of their own planet. It's a very terrifying, disturbing, sad and emotional scene.
1977: A Station Explosion (Death Star)
1978: A Red Explosion (Krypton)
1979: A Supernova Explosion (Nostromo)
don't forget Alderaan.
1975 a shark explosion (jaws)
@@judekay7819 Underrated response
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.
Mark MacGowan interesting.
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.
Michael McHugh that explains a lot.
Not really. The Superman symbol is the "El"family crest.
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.
At 4:33 is absolutely horrifying. Watching those bodies float away with the debris is nuts. That is such a scary shot.
Jor-El: I said that neither I, nor my wife would leave Krypton. I didn't say anything about my son, Kal-El.
01:54 I think this shot is so fantastic. And the music is amazing as well.
The most epic childhood moment ever
3:24 Glowing 1000-degree metal ball vs Kryptonian city
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.
Or the superman universe is a giant box...
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.
No computer-generated special effects; just superbly elegant craftsmanship, with restrained grandeur, like all great art
This was so sad to see Jor-El sending his son to Earth before his death.
This feels so heartbreaking
3:24 especially the half sphere of the phantom zone.
My god it looks so new looking
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.
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.
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...
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..
Most of the actors who were in this scene have since passed away.
No shit Sherlock. Could it be after 43!! years?! It would be surprising if they all lived who played in this scène.
Richard Donner passed away from last month.
I think the guy who was the baby died from an overdose.
This really is one of the most riveting destruction scenes ever caught on film.
This movie really emphasizes that Jor-el and Lara’s deaths were far from dignified
It was a straight up nightmare
And the Science Council said that Krypton was just "shifting its orbit"?
Well someone screwed up the calculations. It was Krypton's Red sun that exploded,..& then took Krypton with it.
@@dcdrew3 yep.
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.
Holy smokes what version is this?!!! I grew up with the Christopher Reeve versions. Is this Blu Ray?
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.
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.
The only issue is that they don't remaster the sounds in this version.
Lol this is the movie I saw when it first came out.
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.
Thank you DC comics and Warner Bros.
4:49
Great shot kid! That was one in a mill-oh...”
4:52 kryptonite
It was very touching and heartbreaking for them. As a parent i would have done the same thing. In the mist of my death, just knowing my child would be safe would bring me comfort .
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.
Yes if I remember correctly they split the movie in half during the helicopter scene, where it says to be continued, just as Lois begins to fall from the copter.
I love 1:57 when Kal-El's ship moves on the wires when it breaks through the roof! LOL!!
2:02-2:05 Me too.
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.
and those that didn't die from falling or being crushed...was blown to VAPOR....damn...
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.”
Brilliant scene left such an impression on me as a kid
This scene was terrifying to watch. Those people falling to their deaths. Horrifying.
4:31 it gives me nightmares
I hear ya. Seeing something like this can be terrifying.
This feels and looks so apocalyptic. Amazing scene full of doom and terror.
4:43 imagine if the Death Star destroyed krypton in the Star Wars universe.
I think I’m obsessed with crystals because of this movie lol. It just hit me.
agreed. I used to get icicles and color them green.
@@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.
EPIC!
Blimey! I'd never seen this scene before now. It gave me a Logan's Run vibe. It's an unusually long death scene.
I grew up on this TV version. Can't find a clean copy of it anywhere though
Whoknowsuknow You can buy it on Blu Ray on Amazon.
After 9/11 it was probably decided to never show this on tv again
Michael Lamere that’s good to know. But, you can still get this version on blu ray disc and digital from fandango, TH-cam, or Hulu to own it.
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.
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
I saw this when I was 5 and jeez the absolute dread I felt was heavy. Seeing it nearly 20 years later? So much worse
When Rao, the god of the Kryptonians died, he ultimately took Krypton with him
And, eventually, our own sun will take us, too.
@@jesuschavez5875 You realize Rao _is also_ the sun of Krypton
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.
@@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
@@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.
Even if Jor-El and Lara did manage to see any of the Krypton Elders while dodging debris as long as they could, Jor-El could've said to them was it worth it not to believe him after all the good he had done for Krypton?
1:29 His eyes still horrify me to this day. The normally stoic guard absolutely terrified at the realization of what's taking place.
How do you know that is the guard?
@@elias01 That was the guard dispatched to investigate the unauthorised use of power in JorEl's conapt. He was on his way there when Krypton's Volcano Day happened.
@@LordZontar thank you
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 .
2:40 that’s their fault who don’t listen to Jor el in the first place. 🥇
@@nathancruz9172 You right Jor-El was one of their best scientists they still did not listen to him .
@@andysahs1599 shame on them!
4:42
GREAT SHOOT, KID! THAT WAS...
Oh wait. Wrong Movie.
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!
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.
They were stupid for listening to her over Jor-El. What would've it hurt to evacuate temporarily?
The music in this scene.... damn
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
The original "F around and find out" from the Council of Krypton.
@2:58 : Damn, Jor-El was RIGHT!
Edith Spencer they should’ve listened to him in the first place, anyway.
Its very easy to focus on all of the death and destruction on Krypton in this scene, but there are lessons to be learned from it.
It first shows the great sacrificial love of good parents. They didn't try to save themselves, their child was more important because they understood that if he lived, Krypton would never really be gone. But they also took responsibility for the choices that were made that led to Krypton's eventual destruction.
Second, as advanced of a civilization Krypton was, in the end, it didn't matter. Their fragility gave way to the power of nature and space.
CGI was still several years away and practical effects had many flaws. As you can see when Kal-Els ship breaks through the ceiling.
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.
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
redfullpack it’s just a different take on it chill it’s not even that bad
I liked Krypton in Man Of Steel
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
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...
Nostalgia blind to the max 😂 MOS krypton looks MUCH better than this bland crystal land
Dam, look at all of those people falling to their deaths..insane.
Probably the last time Marlon Brando ran.
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...
4:07 me too.
The Gravity Is So Strong That All Matter Becomes Crystallized, Imagine Working Out On Krypton Then Returning To Earth...
4:43 Oh my! Ahuh, This is stupendous! Wow! What a great show! Unbelievable, look at that! HAAAAAH ahahahaha
We have too many fans out there making Star Wars references, and you're the first one to make one about Dragon Ball Z.... 😆
@@mkaplan1383 I see you're a man of culture as well
@@thevalvefan1775 I did grow up on anime too. Just giving credit where credit is due.
Props to Baby Kals acting.