I have had a hankering to see Donner's re-cut Superman II, especially after re-watching S:TM with mi querida. The colors in that movie still pop and crackle, and I feel like Donner was specifically mindful of the cape, because it is doubly the most outlandish component of his costume, and the most compelling. Without the cape, it can't work.
This actually mirrors the climax of the movie for me, in that I love the scene of Clark re-building the decimated fault-line(again, the color in that sequence is wonderful), but it is immediately followed by his jumping the shark around the world so fast is spins backwards through time. Everything had been so grounded (and, goofy) up to that point.
However, despite that Supes has never tried this before, and even if he thought he could pull it off, the attempt could have devastating results, (and if successful, give him the ability to alter the course of human history, something he has sworn to never do), he still makes the decision with barely a moment of hesitation, and a look of "so fucking be it, destiny."
And of course, the cape always looked good. and, maybe, I have a thing for capes.
-Jams
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