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Post #287857

Author
DrakeRetro
Parent topic
Batman Forever - Dark Knight Edition (Released)
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Date created
25-May-2007, 3:02 AM
I will say that this edit is the best version of Batman Forever we are ever gonna see, aside from someone getting all the raw footage and starting from scratch.
Even if the ever rumored Directors cut appears, it would only be able to one up this edit by adding more deleted footage. The addition of the editors original creation for bruce's nightmare seq is great. When Bruce is knocked out, we go on a nightmare ride in bruces mind. Using footage from the previous films.

I wouldn't know where to begin with putting this edit online. If I do get a copy however, I will make it avalible to someone who could upload it.

The film opens with the WB logo from 1989, the opening is similer to that of Batman Returns. From the logo we fade into the shot of Arkham, I think this was a shot taken from Batman and Robin. It is a panning shot that moves up into Arkham. It has had it's color tweeked though, to have a more bluish tint. Infact the whole film has a bluer tint to it. It was the editors way of toning down the neon. The two-face escape scene is edited very well, music and sound effects work great. After we realize two face has escaped, we cut back outside of arkham as the frame fills with heavy blue smoke/clouds for the title seq. Which plays over elfmans music.

After the credits the clouds disperse to show the Gotham city screencap I posted above.

This edit follows the original scripts timeline.

will add more later...