Batman and Robin De-Assified
by GreencaptWhat is it about? The faneditor took ‘Batman & Robin’, tried to strip away as much ‘ass-ish-ness’ as possible and reconfigured it into a still watchable film.
member ratings: 
(12 votes, average: 7.00 out of 10, rated)
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original film name: Batman and Robin
Date Edit Was Released: 2005
Runtime: 66 min
Cutlist:
- The “Alfred is dying” subplot has been removed.
- A lot of the idiotic dialogue is gone. Not all, but most of it. And no “cartoony” sound effects.
- While the ice-skating scene remains, it is not as blatant. And we don’t see B&R click their heels together to pop skates out of there boots.
- Very little Bane and we don’t hear him saying “BAAAAAANNNNNEEEE” at any point. He is still a moronic henchman to Ivy.
- The whole “competition” between B&R is gone for the most part. Robin doesn’t whine in this version and the petty bickering between the dynamic duo is gone.
- Batman speaks very little and comes off more “professional”.
- As stated previously, Ivy remains the same. This is due to the fact that Ms. Thurman’s entire performance is campy and over the top.
- Batgirl is still in the film. But her character has been reduced significantly.
- Freeze is now much more menacing and a bit darker. His stupid one-liners are cut to a minimum. Still not what you would want, but much better.
- All the stupid gangs and motorbike racing scenes were eliminated.
- The opening credits are more “Bond-like”, in that the movie opens with B&R battling Freeze and then the opening credits roll once Robin is thawed out.
- Idiotic visual elements such as the Bat-skates, the Bat-credit card, butt and crotch shots, etc. have been removed.
(cutlist from :http://www.batman-on-film.com/review_jett_deassified.html)
DVD – Features:
- NTSC 66 minutes
- static menu
Conceptual improvements/advancements of edit over original:
The movie runs a lot faster in pace and sticks to the main plot. You won’t get fidgety anymore! There are NO subplots. No Batman and Robin bickering, and no Alfred is dying. Without these, the movie picks up speed and you WILL NOT loose interest! I myself have seen the original Batman & Robin about 20 times or more (I know… I know… that is way to many times) since it’s release. While watching THIS version I picked up ALL of the cuts. There are so many cuts and changes that I can not come close to talking about all.
(taken from: http://www.superherohype.com/forums/showthread.php?p=6548897#post6548897)
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The title alone made me want to see this
All the unnecessary stuff removed actually makes this thing watchable. Amazing that at least an hour of stuff cut was so unnecessary. Still the worst Batman movie ever made, but at least now, when I have the urge to watch all my Batman movies, this will be the one I choose instead of the original B&R.
Review by Sunshine1970 — July 19, 2008 @ 8:29 pm
While I personaly think that ‘Batman Forever’ was the absolute worst of the original four films, ‘B&R’ runs a close second.
This isn’t a perfect edit of course, because the source material is fairly weak. What this becomes, though, is a hyper-kinetic live-action triple-episode of the early-90s animated series. Watching it in that state of mind elevates this edit to something sublime.
Review by Stubblecat — July 26, 2008 @ 9:31 pm
Wow! Who new there was something enjoyable lurking under that mountain of crap. Very nice cut. However, I will say it’s a very… ODD film to watch. You must have cut at least 70% of the dialogue, because there are loooong strecths where no one speaks at all. This gave me a weird feeling that I was watching some old silent serial. It also made some cuts seem rather abrupt, because it was obviously time for a one-liner and you just moved right along to the next bit of action. Not that either of these things is necessarily bad… just strange.
I’m very impressed that you managed to avoid making Bane look like total shit (he was in an inflatable suit for God’s sake) although that meant you had to cut him out of the third act entirely. In fact, I was shocked when he popped up after the credits, because I had forgotten all about him. You’re clearly right about Uma Thurman’s Ivy. Even with all the trimming you did she’s still absolutely ridiculous in her delivery of every single line. As for Mr. Freeze, I actually think you cut a few to many lines from him. I mean, what’s an Arnold Schwarzenegger performance without terrible one-liner’s?
Overall, I think you did about as much as was possible to save this without turning it into something other than a 90’s Batman movie. Which brings me to my most important point. As I said, watching this made me feel like I was watching a silent serial, and I think that would really be the way for someone to go. Just scrub the rest of the dialogue, desaturate the colors, and throw in some improved dialogue cards. Viola… Best Batman & Robin possible. Anyway, as it stands, 4 stars. You really polished a turd here my friend.
Review by JCPRuckus — November 20, 2008 @ 10:00 pm
this might be nostalgia talking… but this fanedit is perfect. i love it. you wouldn’t know from watching this fanedit that the original is SO BAD. seriously. watch the fanedit and THEN watch the original again. pretty horrible, huh? you wiped it from your memory, didn’t you?
technical quality is a bit less than perfect (4/5) but this actually fits well (imho) with the animated series and in that context is an easy 5/5. still… the movie is not great
however, what this edit creates is the opportunity for repeated viewings!
batman fanboys (like myself) will rate this MUCH higher than the normal viewer… it misses 5/5 for me by just a scosh!
4/5
Review by joebshmoe — February 13, 2009 @ 7:24 pm
Wow… i didn’t think Batman and Robin could be edited to be enjoyable, but boy this was a fun ride – of course the inherent Schumacher-crazyness is still in the movie, but this edit felt like a fun Batman TV-Episode
8/10
Review by Sunarep — December 31, 2009 @ 1:27 pm
I was never a big fans of any of the 80s/90s Batman movies, they just didn’t click with me. Purely based on the above reviews (I read them all pretty carefully), I decided to D/L this one.
I was how “more” watchable this movie is as a fanedit. NOT because of the edit, but because of the source material, I won’t watch it a second time. I definitely agree with Sunarep, this edit is like watching a TV episode; it’s a viewable edit – I just don’t think “editing” this movie will really improve this movie – it’s just not good.
Essentially good technical ability. 4/5 for me as well.
As much as I love Uma Thurman, let’s face it, in this movie she was asleep at the wheel. No matter how editing is done with htis, her performance will still be horrible – but so will Arnie’s. Yep, his acting is a typical Arnie act, horrible one-liners but no edit will really change his acting. (NOTE: I used to love Arnie movies – “Total Recall”, “Running Man” to name a couple – and years later, I find I just can’t get thru them anymore.
So, I can understand hw the more “Batman fanboy” woud like this movie, but it’s not for me.
Review by flyboy707 — January 2, 2010 @ 4:29 pm