Joshieboy

Gorgeous! Would love a link!

Killing it as always, Spence. Can’t wait for your final version! Your edits are always worth the wait.

Lifeincontext said:

As for the bat chase…I’d say keep it upside down, personally. It’s a pretty iconic shot. I do like cutting Batman leaning his head in though.

From other feedback I’ve received, I’d say you’re right. My next update should have the scene upside down once more.

I’d also say make the cut from Penguin’s reaction to slamming him against the wall just a tad snappier; something just feels a bit off. Perhaps either the sound effect feels like it needs a tiny bit of overlap to smooth the transition or the reaction shot could be trimmed. Something like that. It’s already good. Just a nitpick.

Great work!

Good idea! The timing of that is the same as the original, but I agree it could be snappier.

Thanks for the kind words!

Great idea! There are some pretty great covers of that music too. I believe Green Hill Zone has a jazz cover that might go well with your edit. You may be able to pull a good stereo mix of some of them.

PLEASE NOTE: This is a WIP for my fanedit of “The Batman”. While some scenes will be released, the full fanedit will not be released until I can get my hands on the 4k Bluray.

The Batman: Vengeance

This is a comprehensive fanedit of that attempts to restructure, re-edit and rescore areas that felt unearned, bloated, or that otherwise took me out of the film.

The Cutlist (WIP):

Prologue

• Added Piano intro to Title Cards
• Extended “The Batman” Title Card by a few seconds.
• Moved Riddler introduction after Gotham/Batman introduction.
• Cut goon’s line “You see this guy?”. The goons not taking Batman seriously undercuts the opening monologue.

Chapter I: No More Lies

• Added Chapter title card.*¹
• Cut Batman’s answer to the riddle and Gordon/Commissioner’s dialogue about it.
• Cut “Happy fuckin’ Halloween”. Felt too “This ain’t your grandpappy’s Batman” to me.

Chapter II: Mitchell

• Added Chapter title card.
• Trimmed Bruce watching Selina undressing.
• Trimmed Batman being on top of Catwoman in the Mayor’s mansion.

Chapter III: Savage

• Added Chapter title card.
• So far, this section of the film is left in tact, though I will most likely make trims throughout.

Chapter IV: Renewal is a Lie

• Added Chapter title card.
• Cut Gordon telling Batman to take his key after punching him in the face. There’s no way that anyone, even Batman, could unlock that door that fast.
• Trimmed Penguin’s crash to be less extreme.
• Rotated Batman’s upside-down shot walking towards Penguin’s car. (Open to reverting the rotation after feedback)
• Cut Batman leaning his head down into Penguin’s car.

Chapter V: Sins of My Father

• Added Chapter title card.
• Cut Batman being confused about The Wayne’s involvement to Catwoman.
• Cut the BM/CW kiss on the rooftop. Wanted to give the relationship more room to breathe. Their relationship has always worked best in a flirtatious context rather than a full romance.

Chapter VI: Rata Alada

• Added Chapter title card.
• More will be trimmed here. The chapter ends after Riddler’s arrest.

Chapter VII: My Confession

• More will be trimmed here. The chapter ends after he beginning of the flood.

Chapter VIII: Vengeance

• Cut Catwoman kissing Batman’s unconscious body.
• Moved final scene with CW and BM before the final monologue. This scene is rescored.
• Cut the Joker scene. Falls flat for too many people.
• Added 2 repurposed Riddler shots, from the cut Joker scene, during final monologue. (Similar to Penguin’s)
• Rescored the final scene with a mixture of the original final scene’s music and The Batman’s main theme.
• The film now ends with Batman looking into the sky as a symbol of hope. This reflects the new opening scene with Batman looking into the sky at his symbol of fear.

*¹ - Title Cards have been added throughout. The reasoning is because of the more unconventional way Matt Reeves has decided to structure his story. While the film still has a normal 3-Act structure, he also decided to break up different arcs throughout (IE. Thomas Wayne’s criminal connections, Gil Coulson, Riddler’s capture, ETC.). I believe Reeves was attempting to tell a story similar to how a comic book storyline is handled; several issues making up one larger story. Chapter Cards are, in my opinion, also an excellent (albeit trendy) way to handle a longer film. The title cards all pay off during the scene where Bruce spray paints the ground of his home with the names of each Chapter.

I also recognize there may be too many chapters. I need to work out a way to condense them, but also have this payoff:

The new ending scene can be previewed here:
Link: https://vimeo.com/704937959
Password: vengeance

The reworked scene of Batman walking towards Penguin’s crashed car can be previewed here:
Link: https://vimeo.com/704956208
Password: batchase

If you have any feedback or ideas, please let me know!
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Excited to check this out, mate!

You are in the wrong Discussion Category.

Would love a link for this! Thanks for your hard work!

Solemn.Philosopher said:

With five hours of content, you could consider a film trilogy. Whatever the case, I think Westworld is in desperate need of a fanedit and I am curious to see what editors might come up with.

Yeah, the first season is very dense with a satisfying ending. You could definitely turn it into a Duology or a Trilogy.

Die Hard and 24 are two of my favorites. Would love to check this out!

Hey man!

Great job on cutting this down. Curious as to why you chose to leave out the ‘Vader attacking through fire’ scene?

Alderaan shoots first

Hal 9000 said:

Oh, duh. We talked about this. Wouldn’t work because of the scene with Poe and Lando.

What about during when Rey is trying to connect to the ghosts at the end? Sort of a way to say that Leia was a mediator between Rey and the ghosts?

axlanian said:

Hi Hal! I’ve been away for a few months (life’s been nuts), so just wanted to check in on if you were still planning to do a Rey Nobody cut. I’m glad you were able to find “a good middle ground” for the KoR voices, I hope I was able to contribute something helpful between that and the fleet scene audio.

Thanks again for all your work!

He mentions the possibility here: https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/the-rise-of-skywalker-ascendant-released/id/71835/page/250#1371677

JakeRyan17 said:

Joshieboy said:

What a great improvement over the original! Thanks for your hard work. Dunno if I have the clout here to make suggestions, but I thought I’d shoot for it anyways (given how minor it is).

What if you moved Leia’s body turning to a ghost earlier in the film as opposed to near Kylo’s death? It would keep the consistency of Jedi turning to ghosts immediately after death and wouldn’t conflict with her added “always” ghost dialogue during the Be With Me scene at the end.

Thematically it makes the most sense for her to disappear after Han disappears from Kylo, as that was the last of her life/energy she used: to send Kylo a memory of Han.

Damn, I actually love that!

What a great improvement over the original! Thanks for your hard work. Dunno if I have the clout here to make suggestions, but I thought I’d shoot for it anyways (given how minor it is).

What if you moved Leia’s body turning to a ghost earlier in the film as opposed to near Kylo’s death? It would keep the consistency of Jedi turning to ghosts immediately after death and wouldn’t conflict with her added “always” ghost dialogue during the Be With Me scene at the end.

They are pretty hard to come by, but you could try to find the deleted IW scenes of Hulk in the hulk buster and Smart Hulk meeting Black Widow after the battle. Then you could leave out the Endgame re-introduction for Smart Hulk. The CG isn’t finished on them, and I’m not sure what quality you can get of them, but I think it’s a better intro for the character.

Solid job so far! Finished the first two. Definitely gonna watch more!