X-Men: Requiem War
Now available as version 3.21by Wraith
This is an ultimate re-cut of the X-Men Trilogy to make these characters closer to the comics and darker in nature. Cheesy lines were removed throughout, needless exposition was removed, dialogue trimmed for pace and repetitions were removed.
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Original film names:X-men, Xmen2 or X men United and X men 3 or Xmen the Last Stand
new film name : X-Men: Requiem War (XRW)
film studio name : 20th Century Fox
edit crew name : Wraith
Date Original Film Was Released : 2001/2003/2006
Date Edit Was Released : March 2008 v3.21 Jan 2009
Original Runtime : 100min/128min/99min = 327min
New Runtime : 196 min
Amount of time Cut/Added : 131 min / added 21 min
FINAL STATS for Requiem War V3.21
X1 was 100 min, used 31 min, cut 69 min
X2 was 128 min, used 71 min, cut 57 min
x3 was 99 min, used 58 min, cut 41 min
Deleted Scenes used 16 min
New/reworked scenes 20 min
TOTAL was 327 min
TOTAL is 196 min
Cuts removed/added/extended =2
0: XRW has 7 completely new scenes constructed to move the story on or combine multiple scenes to create a new drive, conclusion or eliminate duplication and redundancy
These scenes are (in no particular order for you to enjoy their appearance).
- - A 2 new Cerbro Sequences
- - A new ending
- - A new climax (not at the end)
- - A reworked crowd scene
- - A new chat between major characters
- - New title sequence
The intention for this fanedit was to make these characters closer to the comics and darker in nature.
Cheesy lines removed throughout, needless exposition removed, dialogued trimmed for pace and repetitions removed.
Plot thread reworked and some dropped completely. Motivations tweaked.
This was achieved as follows:
- - the Rogue/Bobby sub plot love story is removed
- - the train station attack and Ellis Island attack in X1 removed.
- - Magneto starts of in jail…we don’t need to know why (you will see how it’s made to work)
- - Also Mystique attacks upfront so that the senator is already her at the senate in X.
- - The movie opens with X 3 opening and unused titles constructed from scratch.
- - Angel subplot removed (but he is in it???…sorry not telling)
- - Selected deleted scenes and new sequences were inserted to allow for better pacing or character development.
- - Deleted scenes were finished off with sound effects and music where needed and aspect ratio corrected (where required)
- - NOT all deleted scenes were used (I want to
- tell a story, not cram all footage together for the sake of it)
- - More music and unused cues were inserted to make certain scenes less empty
- - Biggest headaches were the transitions between films which have been smoothed in a number of ways….(you need to watch to see how)
- - No scene was left untouched.
- - There are over 500 edits
Time needed for this edition: 14 months and 1 marriage (joke)
Persons involved: ME
FINALLY
I have been inspired by the Phantom Editor.
Using techniques described by the Phantom Editor I have attempted to recraft the Xmen trilogy into this.
I am grateful to all the comments and suggestions which led me to further polish this to where it is
especially Boon 23 who’s never ending support and candid comments make me see the error of my ways (and ditch the unworkable even if I love it…THANKS)
AND
THERE WILL BE a Version 4
…why….
there are a some unexplained pops in the audio…not many, but I need to remove them.
Where this was over original version audio only, I have already done so. But some are over section containing multiple audio (new music, custom dialogue etc).
Those scenes will need to be complete rebuilt in order to make them flawless, and right now, can’t quite face it.
ENJOY…
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X-MEN – REQUIEM WAR V3.21
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X1
- 1. New Fox Logo & Hybrid new opening
- 2. Cuts to opening fro
- m X3 so that the mention of Jean is anticipatory to the whole movie
- 3. New titles combining X1,2 and 3 plus deleted scenes and credits and all opening narrations edited down.
- 4. Barn door custom open and new caption to which cuts to senator in Helicopter sequence which is trimmed.
- 5. This cuts to the Wolverine cage fight which is trimmed (re-instated from V1&2)
- 6. Cut to Rogue arrival and reedited entry to bar,
- 7. Rogue/Logan scene has a number of trims incl TV news trimmed to remove Ellis Island
- 8. Sequence is now split when Logan drives off and segues to Senate with new Audio segue
- 9. John Ottman Score added to speech in Washington which is shortened
- 10. Entire Eric and Charles encounter is now gone, but dialogue survives in other places (will be flagged)
- 11. WW2 Flashback used in a number of other places.
- 12. This is the longest stretch of untouched film from Logan in the truck to where the Magneto/Sabertooth “chat” was.
- 13. Entire Magneto sequence that follows this and all plot points including Station attack and Ellis Island are deleted.
- 14. Cut Logan at the Mansion.
- 15. Wolverine examination set to X”2 music and duplication of Wolverine amnesia and powers removes with right head turn edit point (lucky)
- 16. X1 Mansion scene Kitty removed since played by different actress.
- 17. Major re-motivation during Charles briefing to Logan by inserting shots from deleted scenes to give Logan a bad guy feel now looking at Jean thru the window.
- 18. Cut to X2 Whitehouse briefing now…with Kelly already=2
- 0known to be Mystique. Permission for “special operation” is relocated.
- 19. This scene 25 min in establishes that Magneto is in jail and a terrorist and the Government is on to Charles. Knife punch hole scene used later to more sinister effect.
- 20. Jean Gray telepathy on Wolverine incl extra shot of Striker to tie into X2
- 21. Deleted Magneto interrogation of senator. Serves no purpose since Mutator machine plot removed and he is Mystique in this version.
- 22. Segue out to Jean scanning Logan, with Creepy romantic underscore to create sexual tension earlier in the movie.
- 23. The Jean briefing to the team is trimmed slightly and Xavier’s exposition of Logan’s Skeleton removed as a repetition and redundant.
- 24. Back to X2 with Stryker and Mystique/Kelly leaving. Music added
- 25. Cut back to X1 Jean & Logan Goodnight scene trimmed dream build-up and music underscore added. Flashback includes Stryker now.
- 26. Cut to Eric in Jail from X2, with Stryker cuts to new Cerbro sequence.
- 27. Sequence is made from components in X1 and X2 with recolouring to match later red colouring of mutants.
- 28. Scene underscored with X2 Cerebro music and Wolverine does not leave Cerebro during first briefing.
- 29. New conclusion to sequence reveals Eric in trouble to Charles (we already know from the X3 opening that they were friends so this sets up why Charles visits later.
- 30. All post cerebro discussions prior to station attack deleted
- 31. Cut to X2 Mystique infiltrating to get plans. Scene shortened in the centre and expanded
- at the end.
- 32. Cut back to X1 with Logan nightmare no including replaced footage and Stryker. Preamble is trimmed.
- 33. Post attack Charles Logan scene one minor trim and cuts to deleted scene with Rogue and Storm. Fits well since Rogue asks after Logan
- 34. Back to X2 Cerebro, but again re-worked. Major audio re-work to emphasis “deal” with Charles. Score added.
- 35. Cut to X2 bar Mystique and Mr Lorio.
- 36. Bar TV audio changed to remove reference to redundant points.
- 37. Audio of beer glass added and scene effects re-done
- 38. Cut to Logan and Charles talk about Alkali Lake in X1
- 39. Back to X2 with Mystique and Mr lorio.
- 40. Logans walkout relocated to give the impression he is leaving the mansion for answers and not to find Rogue as was original.
- 41. Audio reworked to allow Rogue to seamless interact and try to Stop Logan (who luckily always has the same clothes on. Dog tags handed to Rogue.
- 42. Re edit plus audio extension of scanner to accommodate music of X1 closing Jail scene (with X2 intro)
- 43. Jail scene uses dialogue from deleted senate encounter as telepathy with echo added to those lines inserted during long looks.
- 44. Scene close with a threat now and music to set up the opening Whitehouse attack from X2, which is assumed to be Eric since all we’ve heard is that he is trouble.
- X1 – X2 Bridge
- 45. Special flashes added and shot from JFK
- 46. Establishing shot of Whitehouse from Independence day flared and intercut to X2 Whitehouse log.
- 49. Tour guide intro removed
- for pacing
- 50. Entire museum sequence deleted. redundant, patronising, cheesy and Xavier new power more dramatically revealed at end of this section.
- 51. Additional Music cue from X 3 used to bridge sequence and flash plus sound added.
X2
- 52. Whitehouse Fight the same but new music bridge from X2 used to segue into “who attacked” at Xavier school which now follows Whitehouse.
- 54. Fade to X2 scene where xmen team think Magneto did it.
- 55. Segue to Wolverine at Alkali lake with inserted deleted scene from X3 to establish trip. Avoids to quick a resolution.
- 56. Cut to New Cerbro sequence from deleted scenes. Extensive Audio changes. Ties into main plot of looking for attacker and Jeans growing power.
- THIS IS A COMPLETELY NEW SCENE CONSTRUCTED FROM DELETED FOOTAGE, SHOTS FROM x1 AND x2, Music from X2 and X3 plus multiple audio and video filters.
- (2 Days alone due to 16 track audio mix down and rendering issues)
- CONSTRUCTED BY RE-TIMING COLOUR TO RED for opening, SINCE XAVIER LOOKING FOR NIGHTCRAWLER
- CEREBRO FOOTAGE HAD ONLY PRODUCTION AUDIO SO ADDED BACKGROUND RUMBLE, FLASH EFFECT, DOORS, FOOTSTEPS, ECHO AND MUSIC
- TRANNSITION IS REVERSED WHICH IS ALSO A 2 NEW SHOT FROM EXISTING IN REVERSE, WITH CRASH ZOOMS AND REVERSE DISGUISING RE-USED SHOTS TRIMMED EARLIER TO AVOIND REPEAT.
- Dialogue trimmed to remove reference to Jean losing control at senate hearing, and dialogue relocated to proceeds her “I know” to give context to her comment
- DUE TO DIALOGUE SYNCHORINISATION, IT WAS REMOVED, THE
- ABOVE DONE FIRST, AND LIKE IN THE REAL THING, ADR (ADDITIONAL DIALOGUE REPLACEMENT) PERFORMED AFTER USING SOURCE MATERIAL.
- Cerebro Music and Dark Phoenix theme used.
- 57. New Cerbro scene trimmed to remove redundant exposition with first film overlap.
- 58. Cut to re-edit of Logan’s return.
- 59. Iceman handshake trimmed to remove “call me iceman” His talent is obvious, and reveal is otherwise patronising.
- 60. All romantic Rogue refs removed.
- 61. Segue directly to extended jet sequence showing Jeans powers on increasing leading to X3. Music from X3 added.
- 62. Dialogue fade from Theatrical to Deleted scene version in order to move from music to musicless versions
- 63. Deleted scene trimmed to remove humour which diminishes Jeans reinstated moment.
- 64. Cut to Boston to maintain momentum. Sequence in church with Nightcrawler is trimmed
- 65. This segues to Stryker plan and helps establish connection and imminent attack on school
- 66. Scene includes reversed footage to maintain continuity
- 67. Wolverine and Insomniac kid scene deleted
- 68. Cuts from Logan awakening to Eric in prison with Mozart’s Lacrymosa dubbed over as other scenes have Mozart as well. Consistent with character.
- 69. This scene was split in X2 but here is unified to maintain the tension build and NOT interrupt the attack later.
- 70. Cuts to slowed choppers using audio from Apocalypse Now.
- 71. Mansion interior scenes heavily trimmed to remove all extraneous student crap.
- 72. Kitchen scene re-sequenced and no longer interrupted by Eric and Charles in the jail.
- 73.
- Attack begins with Helicopter approach and immediate gunfight.
- 74. Wolverine extended violence on camera scream added from deleted scenes.
- 75. Combined 2 driving escaper scenes to one and removed CD music mistake making beacon activation deliberate.
- 76. Short interim troops crate drop in School basement dropped.
- 77. Mansion escape trimmed
- 78. Magneto Escape moved up to allow time for him to be in the forest later.
- 79. Magneto escape reinstates the reference to Mystique deleted from previous versions
- 80. Clothes dressing at bobby’s cut
- 81. Jet sequence with nightcrawler moved up and end of Nightcrawler speech cut.
- 82. Remainder of sequence prior to attack at Bobby’s unified and shortened. Cheesey lines deleted and tension increased by reordering.
- 83. Jet fight slightly trimmed…Tornado sprout count dropped from 35 to 15, second jet still in (deleted in V1 &2).
- 84. jean no longer asks everyone if they are ok.
- 85. Storms line “there are two of them” re missiles, deleted. We can count and later she says there is one more anyway.
- 86. Shot of Jean removed
- 87. Crash the same except Magnetos line about flying removed and left with the laugh only. More effective, less cheese.
- 88. Jean “doesn’t make any sense” deleted
- 89. Storms “oh my god ” deleted
- 90. A series of shots replace the view of a tied up magneto while preserving his dialogue since we do not see him tied or released.
- 91. Wolverine kiss jean scene removed we get he loves her and we need to move on.
- 92. Mystique transformation removed
- 93. He’s=2
- 0at Alkali Lake segues directly to Alkali lake, relocating Logan/Jean kiss
- 94. Cut to first half of Strike/ Xavier interrogation now split into 2 segments. Some trims and audio work
- 95. Some trims on jet and Dorky helmet line deleted from v1 &2 reinstated so we know why he wears it given previous explanation is no longer in v3.
- 96. Delete part of hologram exposition on jet and re inserting later dialogue to earlier part of sequence. Storms line delivered over shoulder now.
- 94. Magneto intervention on wolverine goinging deleted, keeping character firm and mystique shot cut but music kept over Logan as if formulating a plan
- 95. Insert a shot not used due to earlier deletion of nightcrawler looking which no appears to be at Wolverine.
- 96. Shot playback reversed to get more affective headshake.
- 97. Wolverine approach down spill way trimmed, and so is Strike view and dialogue in 2 places.
- 98. Insert cc TV reverse played to situate striker viewing.
- 99. Explosion at control room cut to comment that mutants have entered the base cutting out “sergeant” to improve audio segue
- 100. Cerebro entrance trimmed and reedited so no vocal speaking. They are supposed to be telepathic for crying out loud!
- 101. Cut to Magneto, Mystique and Jean on walk:
- 102. children found Deleted scene of the kids rescue Was to be added, but its tone clashed. SORRY
- 103. Next single shot of Wolverine in corridor removed. no point being there
- 104. Extended Deathstrike/Wolverene fight from Deleted scenes and not interrupted by Pyro walking of
- f which is relocated
- 101. Control room discussion and Strike instructing Jason deleted for pacing and redundancy
- 105. Jean search for Cyclops trimmed for pacing.
- 106. Pryo leave plane moved to hear. “you always do what you’re told” cuts well to Xavier being controlled.
- 107. Continues until Scott finds Jean, then Scene of Striker looking at Gauges deleted, we know the dam is going to break.
- 108. 2 mutant kill build ups combined. WE GET IT YOU KNOW!!
- 109. Magnetos levitation pointless in Cerebro 2 so cut. Plan is not exposed yet, scene trimmed early
- 110. Striker listening altered. The 2 cerebro human kills combined and not zoom to striker.
- 111. Wolverine striker confrontation unified and trimmed for pacing.
- 112. Striker zoom reversed and relocated. target switches to HUMANS and Target reversed now includes a colour change which has been added.
- 113. “animal then…gave you claws” removed and subsequent spillway comment. We know the dam blows.
- 114. “its too late” in relation to dam removed as is one spillway shot
- 115. Strikers offer to tell Wolverine everything removed.
- 116. President headache removed.
- 117. “Kurt Wagner” line removed from climax
- 118. “hello” ends the entry to Cerebro 2, since Kurt’s line daft having just been told not to believe anything.
- 119. The 2 find humans combined and water gush moved up to remind of impending disaster and increase tension.
- 120. Wolverine / Striker end chat removed. Does not further this plot,
- 121. Ref to going to Washington removed, and audio correction over prep t
- akeoff.
- 122. Washington coda removed, it feels like the end of a movie and we need to Mourn ASAP.
- X2 – X3 Bridge
- 123. Mansion mourning removed
X3
- 116. Audio segue created
- 117. Upside down Beast cut, redundant
- 118. 3 months later caption added.
- 119. Scen on capture re-ordered and reference to the old gut being president removed to maintain continuity with X2.
- 120. “do you know who she’s been imitating” deleted. Its reminder for non believers who did not see X1 & X2
- 122. Mystique attack in normal prison during briefing cut since there to show of FX and tell viewer of her powers.
- 123. Scene reordered to remove the “viable” comment and ends on mobile prisons and cuts to relocated mobile Prison so
- 124 “do you you know who you are talking too” line in mobile prison deleted for continuity with X2.
- 125. Music and sound of helicopter landing at Alcatraz from Next scene kept but deleted scene and Audio from X2 of Xavier and Cyclops in Helicopter use to tie in.
- 126. Segue to Bobby and Rogue argument to maintain plot line but new segue to Beast briefing on cure
- 127. Line “impact on mutant community” relocated to here to allow cut to Xavier in churh
- 128. Segue cuts away from Xavier saying “Storm” giving impression Xavier sences the disgruntled Mutants following on from Beats line
- 129. Church scene now undescored with mucis from X2 added to entire scene.
- 129. “Back Off” & “I know you control Metal” deleted from Church sequence
- 130. Cut to Scott mourning Jean underscored by Dark Phoenix Music.
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X-Men Requiem War v3.21 by Wraith
review by boon23
Prologue:
It is the length of the movie with 192 minutes that kept me a long time from watching this, even though I promised Wraith to do it a long time ago. Now finally my bad conscience was strong enough to launch it and it took me 3 sessions to finish it, not because I was not entertained, but because I hardly ever have over 3h to spend for a movie.
The project itself was always fascinating to me, as it was such a huge undertaking to really turn the 3 X-Men movies into one consisting story. I watched an hour of the first ever release of this (which is another reason why I put it on hold for so long – and there were quite some inconsistencies, but the potential was already there for a great movie.
And with this probably final release I started again. It’s X-Men time.
As for all my reviews: this is just my personal opinion of this fanedit. I cannot tell anybody else, if he or she will experience it in the same way or the opposite. So my review is not objective and does not reflect the opinion of fanedit.org.
!!!!This review contains heavy spoilers!!!
The edit:
From the very beginning it is perfectly clear that this is not just all X-Men movies united to one. The plot jumps from 1 to 2 and back and forth to really tell one story about the coming war between mutants and humans and that’s about all this fanedit is about. There are hardly any sidetracks and the plot develops to the peak in the finale with quite a huge climax with the finale of X-Men 2.
What wraith did with the 3 movies is incredible. The fanedit has a completely new flow to it and so many well known scenes are presented in a truly different context. Wraith had an idea and he consequently put it to life with a lot of skill. So much effort went into this project and it really shows, starting with a great plot, very good edits and audio cuts. It really has the feel of ONE movie. And it’s a great one.
It isn’t perfect though. At various points scenes are referred to that have not been included, when for example Rogue says she saved Wolverine’s life, when in fact she did nothing but watch in this movie. There is a Jean Grey scene, where she says she had lost control before, but nothing happened in the fanedit. Also the quality of the scenes varies, because some of the included deleted scenes were of lower quality.
Then there are some things about the plot that should be mentioned: The capture of Magneto is not shown and it is kind of missed. He suddenly is imprisoned and the first Xavier visit feels a bit out of place. I also had my difficulties believing that the war plans of the Magneto group were continuing without him. The X-Men 3 part felt a bit too long, especially the final fight.
However, it is the best version of X-Men I have ever seen – and I mean that for all 3 of them, especially the third one, which really gets a great improvement by the huge amount of cut scenes. For such a huge project I cannot say much else but: Bravo.
editing: 9 of 10,
entertainment: 8 of 10
Image and video quality:
The image quality was good, except for a few of the deleted scenes that were of a bit lower quality. Well done starting and end credits, though I think that one starting credit would have been better than two.
Video quality: 9 of 10
Audio editing and audio quality:
The audio editing was most of the time well done. There are some clicks and some scenes are a bit too loud in comparison or too quiet. Still: wonderful audio editing.
audio editing: 9 of 10
audio quality: 8 of 10
presentation:
The DVD comes with a still main menu on which 2 video screens are put. it looks a lot like tmpg dvd author and not realyl good. 25 chapter menus all with sound is kind of an overkill. The included extras are both bad quality. Cover art was attached, which is ok, but not great.
DVD menus: 4 of 10, cover art 6 of 10, extras: 3 of 10, existence of chapters, extras and cover art: 10 of 10
This results in a 6 of 10 rating from me for presentation.
Final result: 8 of 10.
A great fanedit, which I can highly recommend to anyone who likes X-Men or superhero movies in general. It is a huge improvement over the originals IMO.
Review by boon23 — February 25, 2009 @ 10:19 pm
great fanedit (9/10). Thanks. And now I am waiting for X-Men Trilogy.
Review by dop — February 26, 2009 @ 2:35 pm
Some expert work here.
The blending of films #1 and #2 is often ingenious – you’ve paid maximum respect to storytelling and technically the editing is wonderful.
It’s a shame that film #3 by comparison has glaring weaknesses in its script (though a good story idea) and in its overblown CGI sillyness. It’s clearly the work of a different director, too, but overall I thought you made a pretty good fist of trying to integrate a lousy 3rd movie into films #1 and #2.
Thanks for your efforts Wraith.
8/10 from me.
Review by spicediver — March 13, 2009 @ 9:22 am
I just watched this last night.
Although the last hour dragged on a bit, the first 2 hours flew by and kept me very much interested.
Since it has been so long since I have seen X1 and X2, I couldn’t tell which part was from which movie most of the time. It is quite seemless and much more entertaining than either original movie.
Great work and thank you for your efforts.
8/10.
I was hesitant to get the Trilogy as well but I have changed my mind, since I was actually left wanting more
Review by zeppelinrox — March 16, 2009 @ 2:40 am
I have to say, I was not expecting much. X-Men was enjoyable enough, X2 is one of the great comic book movies, and X-Men: The Last Stand was practically a Sci-Fi original with a more notable cast. But color me impressed. I’ll try and break my concerns down film by film.
X-Men’s editing was brilliant except for some minor details. “I’ll have Jean braid your hair” was a good line, and it’s absence is missed, but Rogue’s stripe appears out of nowhere. From what I can tell, she got it from absorbing Wolverine. Just a few quick flashes of the Ellis Island sequence would have improved that scene, just to emphasize the point a little more.
X2 was the weakest job, I felt. Your goal of a darker world is well-realized, but the X-Men were not completely bleak, and some overzealous editing cuts out much of the humor that made the original film great. A lot of that humor came from the interactions of the younger X-Men during the mansion attack and the scenes at Bobby’s house, both of which, I felt, should have remained more or less intact, and once again the loss of one of the funnier lines of the movie proved detrimental. “No beer?” “This is a school.”
X-Men: The Last Stand fared much, much, much better thanks to your cuts, but with the re-insertion of a few scenes, it could be better. The Danger Room sequence, as stupid as it may have been at times, was some of the only true character moments in the film, and the loss of the Bobby/Rogue/Kitty triangle renders Rogue’s decision to seek the cure makes more sense. Angel’s formal introduction with his father trying to cure him, and his subsequent escape could be thrown back in, just to show the nasty side of Worthington, and so his appearance at the end wouldn’t be as awkward.
All in all, I was surprised that I missed the younger X-Men plots as much as I did, but as I said, reintegrating several scenes, and less editing of several included would make for a much better edit. One that could be labelled the quintessential X-Men cinematic experience. As it stands, a solid 8.5/10
Review by maugrim — March 22, 2009 @ 5:31 am
maugrim, I haven’t seen X-Men Trilogy yet, but it sounds like you would enjoy that one even more.
Review by zeppelinrox — March 22, 2009 @ 6:43 pm
It’s really really long still, but sometimes that’s exactly what you need out of your superhero movie.
There were a couple of transitions wherein it was all too clear that we were looking at a different Hugh Jackman. Other than that, the amalgamation of the first two movies was downright brilliant. I thought it was an interesting twist to have Magneto in prison from the beginning, still somehow orchestrating things a la Al Capone from Alcatraz. The “Last Stand” portion of the movie really did seem to drag in comparison to the part consisting of the first two movies.
As to technical aspects, which as I often state, I am not adept at and therefore not attuned to some types of errors, I can’t complain. I had to adjust the volume a few times due to fluctuations, but for the most part the audio seemed only slightly below the quality on my DVDs. If there were any hard cuts in the video, they were not bothersome enough that I remember (I watched it two days ago, so it’s still pretty fresh). Bear in mind that I tend to be a lot more lenient for these sorts of things than with the plot/entertainment part.
If you have the spare time, or you’re like me and you can sometimes watch movies while you do your boring job, you HAVE to pick this one up (assuming you own the trilogy already, of course).
Review by buddythegoon — April 8, 2009 @ 10:58 pm
re v3.21
wow! great watch! there are some technical issues still present (audio glitches, a few odd transitions…) but otherwise a great way to experience the xmen saga.
creativity in editing is very enjoyable and now we have a brand new xmen!
i agree completely with boon’s review, too. 8/10 looking forward to a v4?
Review by joebshmoe — April 29, 2009 @ 11:37 am
Great Experience!
8.5/10!
Do you plan on incorporating X-Men Origins: Wolverine into the next edit?
Review by kenobys — June 18, 2009 @ 7:06 am
I’m sorry, am I missing something? For me this was pretty much a let down.
For starters, the intro. We have the title and a little voice over, and then we see the scene from Jeans childhood (great start!). Then we go back to the intro with music and credits and what-not. I wasn’t too fond of that way of doing it.
As for Mystique attacking the senator before his run-in with Jean in the debate…why? Why not introduce the character in the debate scene and then have him being tsken away? It would give it all some more substance, and follow better on each other…to my mind.
Those sliding doors to signal change of scenes are great…but then you start using fades. But why?
Some deleted scenes to add character development…but other scenes are gone that take away from the same thing…it must be hard to keep it all together in one movie, but I don’t agree with the choice of scenes at all times.
There are deleted scenes that look different than the rest of the movie. There are these audio glitches that you have mentioned yourself. I’d say that these are not that minor, even if they are not many. But the fact that there are video AND audio issues with this release that I watched makes me wonder how it could get such a high rating. But, yeah, maybe I’m missing something.
The third movie….does not follow that well on the others. It really feels like a new story, with a new major character to top it off (Beast). And that talk about “classes” of power for mutants! Ugh! Remove please? It is absent in the earlier movies…don’t know why they had to start talking about that.
Beyond this there is some solid editing of most parts, and the story works generally well.
5 / 10
Review by spelledaren — June 24, 2009 @ 12:59 pm
The only technical problem I had with this edit is that some scenes seem to run at 29.999 fps, while others run at 23.996 fps. In the 30fps scenes, character’s voices are (for me) noticeably higher in pitch; like when movies are adapted for cable, they run them at 30 instead of 24 to fit them into the time slot. This has always bugged me about cable movies. Seems to be mostly X1 and X2 scenes. X3 seems to be all in 24fps run-time. On the other hand, this might simply be that I left that setting on “auto” in handbrake. I’ll encode it again with a set fps to make sure. Either way, something to look into.
As far as the cuts, I agree largely with zeppelinrox in posts 5 and 7. I especially missed the Logan/Bobby “No beer?” “This is a school” exchange. Especially when you left in Bobby chilling Logan’s root beer a few seconds later. The scene added some needed levity to the invasion of the manor.
Review by dark4181 — June 7, 2010 @ 4:57 am
Also, it might be necessary to include a short flashback to The Ellis Island scene to explain Rogue’s hair change. You could insert the flashback into the scene where Logan catches the stripe between his fingers and she says “I kinda like it”
Review by dark4181 — June 7, 2010 @ 5:17 am
Oops, one last thing I noticed: Handbrake is giving me funky boundaries around the edges when I encode. It seems that the pixel counts and aspect ratios for each film’s footage doesn’t add up precisely. X1 footage has an 8-10 pixel bar on the left boundary, and perhaps a 1-2 pixel top boundary. X2 footage has a 1-2 pixel boundary on the top and bottom, with no side boundaries. X3 footage is the most uniform, with perhaps 0-1 pixel boundary along the top of the vid.
Perhaps you can use Blu-ray source for the 4.0 edition and crop the footage to align properly if necessary. In any case, I’d love to see this in 720p. I do believe that the entire trilogy is available in Blu-ray
At this point I’m just being picky, once I noticed it it started to bug me.
Still a great creation, just needs a bit more work
Review by dark4181 — June 7, 2010 @ 6:48 am