These are the newst additions to the collection of superhero edits for my ESL students. As a result, they each have hardcoded English subtitles.
BATMAN ‘66 is a minor edit of the movie released in between the first and second seasons of the show. Aside from a few trims for pacing, the big difference is the addition of the traditional opening that the film lacks. The new running time is 1 hour 40 minutes.
WONDER WOMAN ‘75 is a heavily trimmed edit of the pilot movie for the Lynda Carter show. The intent here is to keep the focus mostly on Diana herself and less on the uninteresting ‘comedic’ shenanigans of the Nazis. New running time is about 49 minutes.
BATMAN [Comic Cut] is a more streamlined edit of ParanoidAndroid’s HD remake of Dwight Fry’s Descent into Mystery, which eliminated the uninteresting Vicki Vale romance as well as any instances of Batman killing and Joker being the Wayne’s murderer. Inspired by Silent Pete’s even brisker version of Tim Burton’s 1989 Batman film, my edit trims out most of the scenes with the mayor. New running time is 1 hour 26 minutes.
BATMAN RETURNS [Comic Cut] similarly cuts the two instances of Batman murdering guys (at least on-screen, I wouldn’t dream of cutting Keaton’s smile at putting the bomb in that guy’s pants). I also scale back a bit of Devito’s Penguin. I think less is more with him. I also used ForceGhostRecon’s fix for Keaton’s missing eye make-up right before he unmasks. New running time is 1 hour 55 minutes.
WONDER WOMAN ‘84 is slight re-edit of Wakeupkeo’s absolutely revelatory Wonder Woman: The Excellent Edit, which fixes most of the film’s problems and replaces the soundtrack with 80s hard rock classics. All I’ve done here is swap out the Middle East action sequence with the theatrical version because I prefer it. New running time is 1 hour 51 minutes.
As a bonus, I’ve included a short film of WW84’s opening 10 minutes called DIANA & THE TRIALS. Wakeupkeo wisely cut it from his edit, but I think it’s a fun action sequence that works well on its own.
None of these edits would be possible without the hard work of the people whose material I’m building on. I encourage anyone who doesn’t like my hardcoded subtitles to seek out their original versions. They’re all worth your time.
If you already have the link to my edits, use that. Otherwise, please send me a PRIVATE MESSAGE for the link. As always, suggestions are welcome.