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Was Stan Lee in the second diner scene in the movie Superman 2?
Let's start off with the full IMDB credits. Everyone in the diner is listed, but there's no Stan Lee. There's two "man in diner" entries, and there's no photo for Bill Hibbert, who is ...
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Was Stan Lee in the second diner scene in the movie Superman 2?
I've done some more research on this question, and here's what I've come up with...
1) Stan Lee is not listed in the IMDB full cast & crew credits for Superman II.
Note that he is listed in the ...
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Is Superman a murderer in Superman II?
Yes, and no, and yes, and no and yes.
Yes
Superman clearly disposes of Zod when he's de-powered. This would appear to be the very definition of Excessive Force given that he's not an immediate ...
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Was Richard Donner really involved in the direction of Superman II (1980) movie?
There is no controversy about the main facts of what happened with Richard Donner in the filming of Superman II. He was fired by Alexander and Ilya Salkind, the brothers who were producing the film. ...
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Was Stan Lee in the second diner scene in the movie Superman 2?
I'd say it is most likely not Stan Lee in that scene.
Stan Lee was left-handed. And you don't have to infer that fact from the photo of him holding a pencil (or cigarette?) in the other answer:
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Superman throwing the S!
New powers came and went in the Superman comics over the years (telepathy, telekinesis, freeze breath, super blow, flare, etc.) but throwing the family crest, technically the Kryptonian equivalent of ...
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Do Kryptonians breathe?
The evidence suggests Kryptonians do need to breathe...
... some of the time, at least.
Restricting myself to evidence from the older movies only, in Superman: The Movie (1978), when Luthor shoves ...
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Why did Superman relinquish his powers before pursuing a sexual relationship with Lois?
This was the subject of a famous humorous essay by the science fiction author Larry Niven: "Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex.". According to Wikipedia, "The issues discussed include ...
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What did Zod break at the beginning of Superman 2?
There's nothing to indicate exactly what it is, but the screenplay seems to indicate it's somehow related to Jor-El's role with the council (emphasis mine)
ZOD leads the way into the chamber. This ...
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Is Superman a murderer in Superman II?
There is no clearcut evidence in Superman II that anyone died at the end of the theatrical release of the film. although I admit it might be implied.
"but Superman throws him against a wall and lets ...
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Why did Superman relinquish his powers before pursuing a sexual relationship with Lois?
In regard to Superman II specifically, there's no official explanation that I know of, so we can only speculate as to what the actual reason was.
Genetic compatibility for reproduction hasn't been an ...
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Do Kryptonians breathe?
Kryptonians breathe and Krypton has an atmosphere.
This image shows the haze of the Kryptonian atmosphere. In an airless world such as Earth's moon, this haze would not exist.
Jor-El himself says ...
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Do Kryptonians breathe?
In the 1978 Superman movies, Kryptonians do not need air and don't need to breathe to survive.
Zod, Ursa and Non all walk, talk and survive in the zero atmosphere of the Moon.
The talking part is ...
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