Audio: sounded great on my 2.0 system. Absolutely no complaints.
10 out of 10

Video: Looks the same as my 2disc dvd, again no complaints.
10 out of 10

EDITING: Everything was executed perfectly, nothing was distracting, perfect!
10 out of 10

ENTERTAINMENT:
*I love the expanded KIRK’S glasses sequence, glad you kept it.
*Uncut Ceit eel, Right on.
*The engine room scene is perfect this way!
*Keeping the long version of CHEKOV/CARROLL, good choice.
*Theatrical version of the scientists arguing, good choice.
*Theatrical version of SPOCK/McCOY argument, again good choice.
*PRESTON’S death is great.
*I wish you kept the scene of KIRK informing SPOCK about DAVID being KIRK’S son and just used a different que.
*Again I wish you kept the scene of SPOCK telling SAAVIK about the human ego and used a different que.
8 out of 10

OVERALL: 9.25 out of 10

SIDE NOTES: This is THE go to version of The Wrath Of Khan. if you can’t decide on the theatrical cut or the directors cut, then watch this version, you will not regret it.

Sincerely. Rogue.

Captain Khajiit, you were right, the audio sync problem I noticed was due to a streaming error. I transfered the edit from my network to my desktop harddrive and then rewatched the first 12 minutes of your edit. No sync issues at all – Audio is perfect now.

Thanks for the suggestion.

I decided it was time to buy a new router/server; mine was 6 years old afterall and had given me issues in the past.

Now I can rate this edit as 5 out of 5 for BOTH video and audio quality. Well done!

@flyboy707 I have checked the sync issue for you, and it seems fine to me. There are actually no cuts until later in the film, so no real reasons for the audio to be out of sync at the start.. If you are streaming the file, that might explain the discrepancy. Please try burning the edit to disc and see if that solves your problem. I hope this helps!

@oknihcap Thanks for your comments. Would you kindly consider rating the edit to go along with the review? The rumble in the engine room scene is probably the sound of the elevator descending. It always ends in that place, and there is in fact no audio transition until slightly after it has finished its descent. Thanks for tactfully pointing this out though. It gave the chance to explain myself.

The picture quality is excellent. Many fanedits tend to look like they had gone through a generation or two by the time they end up on dvd, but this looks as clean as the actual retail disc. Great job. The sound is also excellent. As far as the editing goes, it seemed seamless. It was very nice to see these alternate takes on some of these scenes. The only negative thing I can comment on is during the engine room conversation, where half of one cut was used, then the last part of the other cut was cut in. Maybe it’s because I was listening so closely to it, but I did notice a slight change in background rumble after the switch between takes, like the engine room noise was a bit different between takes. It certainly wasn’t a jarring cut by any means, in fact barely worth noting at all. The editing was perfect, in fact, it was just something that cannot be helped because of the slight difference in background rumble between shots. (It may also be that the same thing happens in the theatrical and/or director’s cuts, and I just never noticed before, so if that’s the case, I apologize for even mentioning it).

Overall, a very good cut, with seamless editing, superb picture quality, and a slightly different take on a classic film. Great job, and I highly recommend it to all fans.

I feel I must say this before my review starts, I have never seen the theatrical version on DVD, only the Director’s Cut. So I have no basis to compare the two versions and this Hybrid Cut.

First, I absolutely loved the dvd menu for this cut. It is nothing spectacular, but for some reason I watched the entire menu scene until it looped back to the start. I’m not sure why I liked it so much, but the scene choice was very smart. A vibrant, colorful scene.

I am usually the minority opinion here, because I don’t really care about the menus, or special features/extras or cover art. I only care about the movie edit itself. I D/L the movies and store them in my network drives and streamed them to my TV or computers – I don’t burn any of them to dvd etc. So all the extra stuff is not that important to me. But for some reason, I really liked the dvd menu of this edit.

Video quality is perfect – as good as my store bought Director’s Cut dvd. All the cuts/integrated scenes seemed flawless to me.

As far as the audio goes, I rate it lower. I may be wrong on my next point, but it seemed to me that the audio synch was just slightly behind the video for the first 7 min 12 secs. I may not be right, so I will gladly retract this part of my review if others don’t notice it. It didn’t seem drastically off, but only slightly. I would greatly appreciate it if other watchers of this excellent cut look at it for me. Other than that, the music, effects etc were perfect.

Overall, well worth the D/L.