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Original Movie/Show Title:
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Original Release Date:
2022
Original Running Time:
176 minutes
Fanedit Release Date:
Fanedit Running Time:
184 minutes
Time Cut:
3 minutes
Time Added:
11 minutes
Subtitles Available:
Available in HD:
Available in 4K:
Additional Links:
Synopsis:
This fan edit splits up The Batman (2022) movie into a four episode miniseries, making the 3 hour epic more digestible and providing a Graphic Novel type experience. There are a couple of narrative changes with little cuts here and there, some rearranged and re-scored scenes, a deleted scene added back in and a new ending.
Intention:
Despite its flaws, I liked the movie quite a lot. However to me the movie structure didn't feel like a traditional three act story but more akin to a graphic novel. Like a collection of multiple comic book issues. Each chapter tells a complete little story in of itself, while simultaneously adding more and more pieces to the bigger puzzle which makes up the overarching story. That's why I felt that splitting up the movie into four episodes would enhance The Batman Experience.
Additional Notes:
This edit contains a couple of easter eggs to stuff a specific plot hole which will be revealed in the forum thread at some point. Stay tuned...
UPDATE: You can find the easter eggs here: https://forums.fanedit.org/threads/the-batman-year-two-miniseries.24857/post-396689
Other Sources:
- The Batman (2022)
- The Batman OST (by Michael Giacchino)
- The Batman - Deleted Arkham Scene
- Ambient Sounds and other SFX from the Batman Arkham City Video Game
- The Batman OST (by Michael Giacchino)
- The Batman - Deleted Arkham Scene
- Ambient Sounds and other SFX from the Batman Arkham City Video Game
Special Thanks:
- To the fanediting community for their encouragement and constructive criticism
- To my wife for tolerating this little obsession of mine
- To my wife for tolerating this little obsession of mine
Release Information:
Digital
Special Features:
- Episode Runtimes & File Sizes:
Vol.1: "Vengeance" - 44:24 min (6 GB)
Vol.2: "The Rat" - 49:41 min (6,7 GB)
Vol.3: "Sins of the Father" - 42:09 min (5,6 GB)
Vol.4: "Into the Light" - 46:48 min (6,2 GB)
- Video Specs: 4K (3840x1600)
- Bit Rate: ~17-18 Mb/s
- Codec: HEVC/H.265
- Audio: 5.1 Surround Sound
- File Format: MP4
Vol.1: "Vengeance" - 44:24 min (6 GB)
Vol.2: "The Rat" - 49:41 min (6,7 GB)
Vol.3: "Sins of the Father" - 42:09 min (5,6 GB)
Vol.4: "Into the Light" - 46:48 min (6,2 GB)
- Video Specs: 4K (3840x1600)
- Bit Rate: ~17-18 Mb/s
- Codec: HEVC/H.265
- Audio: 5.1 Surround Sound
- File Format: MP4
Editing Details:
The following software was used to make this edit:
- Adobe After Effects
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Audition
- Adobe Lightroom
- Adobe After Effects
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Audition
- Adobe Lightroom
Cuts and Additions:
CHANGES:
- Format changes to a Miniseries with 4 Episodes:
Vol.1: Vengeance
Vol.2: The Rat
Vol.3: Sins of the Father
Vol.4: Into the Light
- Batman Intro is now the first scene.
- Studio Logos serve moved from Beginning to after we see the Batman beat up the thugs at the subway station as the Vol.1 Intro and reused as part of the episode intros.
- The murder of the Mayor moved to right after the Batman Intro.
- There is no prior observation of the Mayor and his family by The Riddler anymore, which makes his sudden appearance behind the Mayor more surprising and menacing.
- New Music when Batman enters the Crime Scene of the Mayor Murder.
- The Abduction of the DA by The Riddler is trimmed slightly, omitting specific shots and enhancing the suspense of the scene
- New Music when Bruce visits his old room at Wayne Manor
- Selena saying Good Bye to Batman is not the last scene anymore, moved to Beginning of Vol.4 and trimmed slightly.
Falcone is dead and there's nothing left for her in Gotham.
There is a scene later on, where she is stopped by a policeman, preventing her from leaving the city because of the flood, which fits nicely with this change.
- Daytime in the Selena Goodbye Scene changed from Dawn to Dusk to make it fit better into the timeline.
- Aerial shot of Gotham City moved to the Beginning of Vol.2 to serve as an Episode opener (Daytime changed to Night).
- There's and obvious attraction between Selina and Batman but they don't have to throw themselves at each other right away.
The flirting is still there but there is no kissing in this edit:
Batman/Selina kiss on the rooftops replaced by Vol.3 Intro.
The Bad Guys are more impatient in the final scene. Gone is that longish moment between Selina and Batman after she saves him in the final act and tells him that everything is going to be fine before kissing a half conscious Batman. Now they just exchange looks for a brief moment before one of the thugs drags her away and the action continues.
- Hospital Scene with Alfred moved to the End of Vol.4 and closes out the miniseries as the new ending. I chose this scene for multiple reasons:
Solves the problem of the immediate Retcon after Falcone tells Bruce what his father has done. Now Bruce has to go on fighting all the way through to the end with the knowledge that his father was not the white knight he thought him to be.
It's not particularly dramatic to have Alfred hospitalized after the bombing of Wayne manor just for him to wake up shortly after. Now he is out for longer.
Even though Vengeance has become Batman at the end, there are still issues to work out for Bruce, which become apparent in his talk with Alfred. The two of them remembering his parents, talking about loss and (re)bonding provides a bitter sweet end to the series.
That whole exchange at the hospital between the two is mostly absent of music. Therefore I remixed some of Michael Giacchino's great score to accompany the scene and make the ending hit you in the feels.
- To plug some plot holes without having to change too much of the narrative, I added three little Easter Eggs, one in each of the first three episodes. Props to those, who spot them. If not discovered, they will be revealed at some point in the forum thread.
----
CUTS:
- The Riddler observing the Mayor's Family from afar
- The DA Abduction slightly trimmed
- Batman flying by an office window after jumping off the GCPD building. Now we stay with him during the whole flight sequence.
- Batman kneeling down to look at the Penguin after the Car Crash
- Batman/Selina Kiss on the rooftops
- A ramp for the Batmobile conveniently falling into place at the right time during the Penguin car chase sequence
- Batman and Selina looking at Bat Signal during Good Bye
- Batman and Selina riding their bikes together slightly trimmed
- Batman/Selina Kiss after she saves him in the Final Act
----
ADDITIONS:
- DonKamillo Box Office Entertainment Intro Animation
- Vol.1-4 Intros with Title Cards and Custom Music (remixed from OST)
- Vol.1-4 Credits with Custom Music (remixed from OST)
- Deleted Arkham Scene featuring The Joker
- 3 Easter Eggs
- Emotional Score during final scene (-> Hospital Scene with Alfred)
- Format changes to a Miniseries with 4 Episodes:
Vol.1: Vengeance
Vol.2: The Rat
Vol.3: Sins of the Father
Vol.4: Into the Light
- Batman Intro is now the first scene.
- Studio Logos serve moved from Beginning to after we see the Batman beat up the thugs at the subway station as the Vol.1 Intro and reused as part of the episode intros.
- The murder of the Mayor moved to right after the Batman Intro.
- There is no prior observation of the Mayor and his family by The Riddler anymore, which makes his sudden appearance behind the Mayor more surprising and menacing.
- New Music when Batman enters the Crime Scene of the Mayor Murder.
- The Abduction of the DA by The Riddler is trimmed slightly, omitting specific shots and enhancing the suspense of the scene
- New Music when Bruce visits his old room at Wayne Manor
- Selena saying Good Bye to Batman is not the last scene anymore, moved to Beginning of Vol.4 and trimmed slightly.
Falcone is dead and there's nothing left for her in Gotham.
There is a scene later on, where she is stopped by a policeman, preventing her from leaving the city because of the flood, which fits nicely with this change.
- Daytime in the Selena Goodbye Scene changed from Dawn to Dusk to make it fit better into the timeline.
- Aerial shot of Gotham City moved to the Beginning of Vol.2 to serve as an Episode opener (Daytime changed to Night).
- There's and obvious attraction between Selina and Batman but they don't have to throw themselves at each other right away.
The flirting is still there but there is no kissing in this edit:
Batman/Selina kiss on the rooftops replaced by Vol.3 Intro.
The Bad Guys are more impatient in the final scene. Gone is that longish moment between Selina and Batman after she saves him in the final act and tells him that everything is going to be fine before kissing a half conscious Batman. Now they just exchange looks for a brief moment before one of the thugs drags her away and the action continues.
- Hospital Scene with Alfred moved to the End of Vol.4 and closes out the miniseries as the new ending. I chose this scene for multiple reasons:
Solves the problem of the immediate Retcon after Falcone tells Bruce what his father has done. Now Bruce has to go on fighting all the way through to the end with the knowledge that his father was not the white knight he thought him to be.
It's not particularly dramatic to have Alfred hospitalized after the bombing of Wayne manor just for him to wake up shortly after. Now he is out for longer.
Even though Vengeance has become Batman at the end, there are still issues to work out for Bruce, which become apparent in his talk with Alfred. The two of them remembering his parents, talking about loss and (re)bonding provides a bitter sweet end to the series.
That whole exchange at the hospital between the two is mostly absent of music. Therefore I remixed some of Michael Giacchino's great score to accompany the scene and make the ending hit you in the feels.
- To plug some plot holes without having to change too much of the narrative, I added three little Easter Eggs, one in each of the first three episodes. Props to those, who spot them. If not discovered, they will be revealed at some point in the forum thread.
----
CUTS:
- The Riddler observing the Mayor's Family from afar
- The DA Abduction slightly trimmed
- Batman flying by an office window after jumping off the GCPD building. Now we stay with him during the whole flight sequence.
- Batman kneeling down to look at the Penguin after the Car Crash
- Batman/Selina Kiss on the rooftops
- A ramp for the Batmobile conveniently falling into place at the right time during the Penguin car chase sequence
- Batman and Selina looking at Bat Signal during Good Bye
- Batman and Selina riding their bikes together slightly trimmed
- Batman/Selina Kiss after she saves him in the Final Act
----
ADDITIONS:
- DonKamillo Box Office Entertainment Intro Animation
- Vol.1-4 Intros with Title Cards and Custom Music (remixed from OST)
- Vol.1-4 Credits with Custom Music (remixed from OST)
- Deleted Arkham Scene featuring The Joker
- 3 Easter Eggs
- Emotional Score during final scene (-> Hospital Scene with Alfred)
Intro Clip
Faneditor Name:
Original Movie/Show Title:
Franchise:
Fanedit Type:
Original Release Date:
2022
Original Running Time:
176 minutes
Fanedit Release Date:
Fanedit Running Time:
184 minutes
Time Cut:
3 minutes
Time Added:
11 minutes
Subtitles Available:
Available in HD:
Available in 4K:
Additional Links:
Synopsis:
This fan edit splits up The Batman (2022) movie into a four episode miniseries, making the 3 hour epic more digestible and providing a Graphic Novel type experience. There are a couple of narrative changes with little cuts here and there, some rearranged and re-scored scenes, a deleted scene added back in and a new ending.
Intention:
Despite its flaws, I liked the movie quite a lot. However to me the movie structure didn't feel like a traditional three act story but more akin to a graphic novel. Like a collection of multiple comic book issues. Each chapter tells a complete little story in of itself, while simultaneously adding more and more pieces to the bigger puzzle which makes up the overarching story. That's why I felt that splitting up the movie into four episodes would enhance The Batman Experience.
Additional Notes:
This edit contains a couple of easter eggs to stuff a specific plot hole which will be revealed in the forum thread at some point. Stay tuned...
UPDATE: You can find the easter eggs here: https://forums.fanedit.org/threads/the-batman-year-two-miniseries.24857/post-396689
Other Sources:
- The Batman (2022)
- The Batman OST (by Michael Giacchino)
- The Batman - Deleted Arkham Scene
- Ambient Sounds and other SFX from the Batman Arkham City Video Game
- The Batman OST (by Michael Giacchino)
- The Batman - Deleted Arkham Scene
- Ambient Sounds and other SFX from the Batman Arkham City Video Game
Special Thanks:
- To the fanediting community for their encouragement and constructive criticism
- To my wife for tolerating this little obsession of mine
- To my wife for tolerating this little obsession of mine
Release Information:
Digital
Special Features:
- Episode Runtimes & File Sizes:
Vol.1: "Vengeance" - 44:24 min (6 GB)
Vol.2: "The Rat" - 49:41 min (6,7 GB)
Vol.3: "Sins of the Father" - 42:09 min (5,6 GB)
Vol.4: "Into the Light" - 46:48 min (6,2 GB)
- Video Specs: 4K (3840x1600)
- Bit Rate: ~17-18 Mb/s
- Codec: HEVC/H.265
- Audio: 5.1 Surround Sound
- File Format: MP4
Vol.1: "Vengeance" - 44:24 min (6 GB)
Vol.2: "The Rat" - 49:41 min (6,7 GB)
Vol.3: "Sins of the Father" - 42:09 min (5,6 GB)
Vol.4: "Into the Light" - 46:48 min (6,2 GB)
- Video Specs: 4K (3840x1600)
- Bit Rate: ~17-18 Mb/s
- Codec: HEVC/H.265
- Audio: 5.1 Surround Sound
- File Format: MP4
Editing Details:
The following software was used to make this edit:
- Adobe After Effects
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Audition
- Adobe Lightroom
- Adobe After Effects
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Audition
- Adobe Lightroom
Cuts and Additions:
CHANGES:
- Format changes to a Miniseries with 4 Episodes:
Vol.1: Vengeance
Vol.2: The Rat
Vol.3: Sins of the Father
Vol.4: Into the Light
- Batman Intro is now the first scene.
- Studio Logos serve moved from Beginning to after we see the Batman beat up the thugs at the subway station as the Vol.1 Intro and reused as part of the episode intros.
- The murder of the Mayor moved to right after the Batman Intro.
- There is no prior observation of the Mayor and his family by The Riddler anymore, which makes his sudden appearance behind the Mayor more surprising and menacing.
- New Music when Batman enters the Crime Scene of the Mayor Murder.
- The Abduction of the DA by The Riddler is trimmed slightly, omitting specific shots and enhancing the suspense of the scene
- New Music when Bruce visits his old room at Wayne Manor
- Selena saying Good Bye to Batman is not the last scene anymore, moved to Beginning of Vol.4 and trimmed slightly.
Falcone is dead and there's nothing left for her in Gotham.
There is a scene later on, where she is stopped by a policeman, preventing her from leaving the city because of the flood, which fits nicely with this change.
- Daytime in the Selena Goodbye Scene changed from Dawn to Dusk to make it fit better into the timeline.
- Aerial shot of Gotham City moved to the Beginning of Vol.2 to serve as an Episode opener (Daytime changed to Night).
- There's and obvious attraction between Selina and Batman but they don't have to throw themselves at each other right away.
The flirting is still there but there is no kissing in this edit:
Batman/Selina kiss on the rooftops replaced by Vol.3 Intro.
The Bad Guys are more impatient in the final scene. Gone is that longish moment between Selina and Batman after she saves him in the final act and tells him that everything is going to be fine before kissing a half conscious Batman. Now they just exchange looks for a brief moment before one of the thugs drags her away and the action continues.
- Hospital Scene with Alfred moved to the End of Vol.4 and closes out the miniseries as the new ending. I chose this scene for multiple reasons:
Solves the problem of the immediate Retcon after Falcone tells Bruce what his father has done. Now Bruce has to go on fighting all the way through to the end with the knowledge that his father was not the white knight he thought him to be.
It's not particularly dramatic to have Alfred hospitalized after the bombing of Wayne manor just for him to wake up shortly after. Now he is out for longer.
Even though Vengeance has become Batman at the end, there are still issues to work out for Bruce, which become apparent in his talk with Alfred. The two of them remembering his parents, talking about loss and (re)bonding provides a bitter sweet end to the series.
That whole exchange at the hospital between the two is mostly absent of music. Therefore I remixed some of Michael Giacchino's great score to accompany the scene and make the ending hit you in the feels.
- To plug some plot holes without having to change too much of the narrative, I added three little Easter Eggs, one in each of the first three episodes. Props to those, who spot them. If not discovered, they will be revealed at some point in the forum thread.
----
CUTS:
- The Riddler observing the Mayor's Family from afar
- The DA Abduction slightly trimmed
- Batman flying by an office window after jumping off the GCPD building. Now we stay with him during the whole flight sequence.
- Batman kneeling down to look at the Penguin after the Car Crash
- Batman/Selina Kiss on the rooftops
- A ramp for the Batmobile conveniently falling into place at the right time during the Penguin car chase sequence
- Batman and Selina looking at Bat Signal during Good Bye
- Batman and Selina riding their bikes together slightly trimmed
- Batman/Selina Kiss after she saves him in the Final Act
----
ADDITIONS:
- DonKamillo Box Office Entertainment Intro Animation
- Vol.1-4 Intros with Title Cards and Custom Music (remixed from OST)
- Vol.1-4 Credits with Custom Music (remixed from OST)
- Deleted Arkham Scene featuring The Joker
- 3 Easter Eggs
- Emotional Score during final scene (-> Hospital Scene with Alfred)
- Format changes to a Miniseries with 4 Episodes:
Vol.1: Vengeance
Vol.2: The Rat
Vol.3: Sins of the Father
Vol.4: Into the Light
- Batman Intro is now the first scene.
- Studio Logos serve moved from Beginning to after we see the Batman beat up the thugs at the subway station as the Vol.1 Intro and reused as part of the episode intros.
- The murder of the Mayor moved to right after the Batman Intro.
- There is no prior observation of the Mayor and his family by The Riddler anymore, which makes his sudden appearance behind the Mayor more surprising and menacing.
- New Music when Batman enters the Crime Scene of the Mayor Murder.
- The Abduction of the DA by The Riddler is trimmed slightly, omitting specific shots and enhancing the suspense of the scene
- New Music when Bruce visits his old room at Wayne Manor
- Selena saying Good Bye to Batman is not the last scene anymore, moved to Beginning of Vol.4 and trimmed slightly.
Falcone is dead and there's nothing left for her in Gotham.
There is a scene later on, where she is stopped by a policeman, preventing her from leaving the city because of the flood, which fits nicely with this change.
- Daytime in the Selena Goodbye Scene changed from Dawn to Dusk to make it fit better into the timeline.
- Aerial shot of Gotham City moved to the Beginning of Vol.2 to serve as an Episode opener (Daytime changed to Night).
- There's and obvious attraction between Selina and Batman but they don't have to throw themselves at each other right away.
The flirting is still there but there is no kissing in this edit:
Batman/Selina kiss on the rooftops replaced by Vol.3 Intro.
The Bad Guys are more impatient in the final scene. Gone is that longish moment between Selina and Batman after she saves him in the final act and tells him that everything is going to be fine before kissing a half conscious Batman. Now they just exchange looks for a brief moment before one of the thugs drags her away and the action continues.
- Hospital Scene with Alfred moved to the End of Vol.4 and closes out the miniseries as the new ending. I chose this scene for multiple reasons:
Solves the problem of the immediate Retcon after Falcone tells Bruce what his father has done. Now Bruce has to go on fighting all the way through to the end with the knowledge that his father was not the white knight he thought him to be.
It's not particularly dramatic to have Alfred hospitalized after the bombing of Wayne manor just for him to wake up shortly after. Now he is out for longer.
Even though Vengeance has become Batman at the end, there are still issues to work out for Bruce, which become apparent in his talk with Alfred. The two of them remembering his parents, talking about loss and (re)bonding provides a bitter sweet end to the series.
That whole exchange at the hospital between the two is mostly absent of music. Therefore I remixed some of Michael Giacchino's great score to accompany the scene and make the ending hit you in the feels.
- To plug some plot holes without having to change too much of the narrative, I added three little Easter Eggs, one in each of the first three episodes. Props to those, who spot them. If not discovered, they will be revealed at some point in the forum thread.
----
CUTS:
- The Riddler observing the Mayor's Family from afar
- The DA Abduction slightly trimmed
- Batman flying by an office window after jumping off the GCPD building. Now we stay with him during the whole flight sequence.
- Batman kneeling down to look at the Penguin after the Car Crash
- Batman/Selina Kiss on the rooftops
- A ramp for the Batmobile conveniently falling into place at the right time during the Penguin car chase sequence
- Batman and Selina looking at Bat Signal during Good Bye
- Batman and Selina riding their bikes together slightly trimmed
- Batman/Selina Kiss after she saves him in the Final Act
----
ADDITIONS:
- DonKamillo Box Office Entertainment Intro Animation
- Vol.1-4 Intros with Title Cards and Custom Music (remixed from OST)
- Vol.1-4 Credits with Custom Music (remixed from OST)
- Deleted Arkham Scene featuring The Joker
- 3 Easter Eggs
- Emotional Score during final scene (-> Hospital Scene with Alfred)
Intro Clip
Trusted Reviewer review
1 review
Overall rating
9.5
Audio/Video Quality
10.0
Audio Editing
9.0
Visual Editing
10.0
Narrative
9.0
Enjoyment
9.0
If you're going to watch The Batman, this is a very cool way to watch it. Potentially better than just pausing the original halfway through and finishing later. It certainly is an unwieldy film that lends itself to being broken up.
My review of the film itself, what works and what doesn't, is in full here: https://boxd.it/3rve8x For this edit, it's not really about fixing any issues I had, and indeed most of my complaints are script and casting, not very fixable. What this does better though is in trying to give the story a flow and sense of progression rather than make it feel like a slog. I think it mostly succeeds.
The chapter breaks mostly work very well, especially in the first two episodes. The titles do feel a bit abrupt when they come on each time; a slight fade-in on each would work better. The beginning of the third episode felt a bit odd to me... it would be more natural to cut in titles when leaving the asylum instead of in the middle of a conversation. The beginning and ending of the final episode really didn’t work for me, though. We left off on a tense cliffhanger confrontation at the end of episode three, but then we start this finale with a long, slow scene, then flash backwards to the cliffhanger. It’s a weird choice, and when I looked back at the editor's change list, I saw that this scene was moved to there. Explains why it didn't fit for me. Then the ending is again, a really long, quiet conversation. Checked the change list... yup, another move in the edit. TBH, it really made the film feel like it went out on a whimper, so it may be the biggest barrier to rewatchability.
The other issue I had here was that honestly, Batman and Selina not acting on any attraction in this film kind of created a plot hole for me. It just felt like there was no substantial reason for them to say some of the things they do and to go out on a limb for each other several times. They weren’t anything to each other yet, so they should be making more objective judgments. This is partly a weakness of the original movie, where the relationship just felt a bit forced to me in general, but it felt even worse here.
I should also mention that while the audio and video edits felt quite good to me, I had persistent audio sync issues with some of the dialogue. Usually, altering the sync by about -.3 seconds fixed it, but it was not always off with that consistency.
Overall, I do recommend watching this way and making up your own mind. And I'd also recommend that any fans of this go check out Batman: The Animated Series, which has the best Batman of all time, and is basically where this version of Penguin started. RIP Kevin Conroy (1955-2022)
My review of the film itself, what works and what doesn't, is in full here: https://boxd.it/3rve8x For this edit, it's not really about fixing any issues I had, and indeed most of my complaints are script and casting, not very fixable. What this does better though is in trying to give the story a flow and sense of progression rather than make it feel like a slog. I think it mostly succeeds.
The chapter breaks mostly work very well, especially in the first two episodes. The titles do feel a bit abrupt when they come on each time; a slight fade-in on each would work better. The beginning of the third episode felt a bit odd to me... it would be more natural to cut in titles when leaving the asylum instead of in the middle of a conversation. The beginning and ending of the final episode really didn’t work for me, though. We left off on a tense cliffhanger confrontation at the end of episode three, but then we start this finale with a long, slow scene, then flash backwards to the cliffhanger. It’s a weird choice, and when I looked back at the editor's change list, I saw that this scene was moved to there. Explains why it didn't fit for me. Then the ending is again, a really long, quiet conversation. Checked the change list... yup, another move in the edit. TBH, it really made the film feel like it went out on a whimper, so it may be the biggest barrier to rewatchability.
The other issue I had here was that honestly, Batman and Selina not acting on any attraction in this film kind of created a plot hole for me. It just felt like there was no substantial reason for them to say some of the things they do and to go out on a limb for each other several times. They weren’t anything to each other yet, so they should be making more objective judgments. This is partly a weakness of the original movie, where the relationship just felt a bit forced to me in general, but it felt even worse here.
I should also mention that while the audio and video edits felt quite good to me, I had persistent audio sync issues with some of the dialogue. Usually, altering the sync by about -.3 seconds fixed it, but it was not always off with that consistency.
Overall, I do recommend watching this way and making up your own mind. And I'd also recommend that any fans of this go check out Batman: The Animated Series, which has the best Batman of all time, and is basically where this version of Penguin started. RIP Kevin Conroy (1955-2022)
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I wanted to make my own cut and decided to check out what fan edits are available. The film is very long — the original is 176 minutes, and you could easily cut out about half an hour. It's really hard to watch with such a runtime. Of course, it would have been better to make it as a series if they had so much footage, but you can't make as much money on small screens.
My idea for the cut was to make it more like Fincher's "Se7en." I wanted to re-edit it and add compositions from the band NIN. I also had the idea of splitting it into episodes, so I'm thankful the creator of this fan edit did that, and now I don't have to cut the film myself. Everything is done really well. The only scene I would have cut is when Bruce goes to Falcone to ask about his father. That scene always seemed silly to me. He went to hear Falcone's version? Why? Bruce should understand that no one will tell him the truth.
And in the next scene, which was cut, he goes to Alfred to complain that no one told him the truth and acts like a little girl. Thank you for the cut, it’s a completely different viewing experience.
My idea for the cut was to make it more like Fincher's "Se7en." I wanted to re-edit it and add compositions from the band NIN. I also had the idea of splitting it into episodes, so I'm thankful the creator of this fan edit did that, and now I don't have to cut the film myself. Everything is done really well. The only scene I would have cut is when Bruce goes to Falcone to ask about his father. That scene always seemed silly to me. He went to hear Falcone's version? Why? Bruce should understand that no one will tell him the truth.
And in the next scene, which was cut, he goes to Alfred to complain that no one told him the truth and acts like a little girl. Thank you for the cut, it’s a completely different viewing experience.
User Review
Do you recommend this edit?
Yes
Format Watched
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(Updated: September 11, 2024)
Overall rating
9.5
Audio/Video Quality
10.0
Audio Editing
10.0
Visual Editing
9.0
Narrative
9.0
Enjoyment
9.0
A very good edit way better than the original movie that I saw in theaters and better pacing. Wanting to watch this for the upcoming penguin spin-off series on max and I do say that this would of been better off as a mini-series than a movie kinda wish that they didn't have to only make Batman movies like James Bond if you're going to make a 3-hour movie and make another cinematic universe out of it too. The movie kinda feels like those 4-hours director's cuts that quentin Tarantino been promising to release for his recent movies(LOL) which is cool, I also do like switching the ending scene of the movie at the beginning of the last episode and placing the emotional scene between bruce and alfred as the ending instead which is a good contrast to batman's dark lone wolf introduction at the beginning of the movie, and kinda ends where the movie begins too. While this fanedit doesn't entirely fix the main issues that I have with the movie like the wokeness for example but still vastly fixes the viewing experience that I had with the original and made me like the movie instead of hating the movie so it's good enough for me.
Watch this over the original.
Watch this over the original.
User Review
Do you recommend this edit?
Yes
Format Watched
Digital
Overall rating
9.7
Audio/Video Quality
10.0
Audio Editing
10.0
Visual Editing
10.0
Narrative
9.0
Enjoyment
8.0
A really refined, professional-feeling edit. The only flaws within it are minor. I believe the film would have benefitted from being cut halves, rather than quarters, as the cliffhanger at the end of episode 1 isn't all that engaging compared to the other cliffhangers. I also would have preferred that both Joker scenes would have been cut (or that the latter Joker scene be moved to after the credits), as they have no bearing on the plot. Episode 4, awkwardly in my opinion, has the scene of Catwoman driving away at its beginning. There are no continuity mistakes, but the edit feels awkward to me, and I feel it would've served best as an after-credits scene. I also personally found this edit's ending relatively weak as well; I would've preferred if Batman's final monologue was the last scene, and perhaps the scene before could be the making-up-with-Alfred scene. It was really smart on Don to move this scene, but I would've preferred it to be the second-to=last, not the final, scene. Otherwise, the cuts are invisible.
I also would have preferred the Riddler's singing to be slightly cut off, perhaps cutting after the first utterance of "Ave Maria".
I also did not need the logos to appear at the beginning of all four episodes. especially episode 2, in which the logos are shown during the intense scene where Riddler assaults Mitchell. I think this is another example of this edit perhaps being better if it were split into two, not four, episodes, as I got annoyed by the logos on the third and fourth episodes.
The visual and audio quality of the original are retained, and with as good-looking-and-sounding a film as The Batman, this means it looks and sounds great. Easily the best edit of any Batman movie I've seen on here, and every second as good as the original.
I also would have preferred the Riddler's singing to be slightly cut off, perhaps cutting after the first utterance of "Ave Maria".
I also did not need the logos to appear at the beginning of all four episodes. especially episode 2, in which the logos are shown during the intense scene where Riddler assaults Mitchell. I think this is another example of this edit perhaps being better if it were split into two, not four, episodes, as I got annoyed by the logos on the third and fourth episodes.
The visual and audio quality of the original are retained, and with as good-looking-and-sounding a film as The Batman, this means it looks and sounds great. Easily the best edit of any Batman movie I've seen on here, and every second as good as the original.
User Review
Do you recommend this edit?
Yes
Format Watched
Digital
Overall rating
9.8
Audio/Video Quality
10.0
Audio Editing
10.0
Visual Editing
10.0
Narrative
9.0
Enjoyment
10.0
The episode format worked perfectly for this film. Made it so much more digestible and enjoyable.
There were a couple things that were moved that didn't QUITE work in my opinion. The material you have to work with is obviously limited though, and they were attempts to fix weak points in the original film anyway. So, I'd say they were probably still improvements.
Strongly recommend checking it out!
There were a couple things that were moved that didn't QUITE work in my opinion. The material you have to work with is obviously limited though, and they were attempts to fix weak points in the original film anyway. So, I'd say they were probably still improvements.
Strongly recommend checking it out!
User Review
Do you recommend this edit?
Yes
Format Watched
Digital
(Updated: April 22, 2024)
Overall rating
10.0
Audio/Video Quality
10.0
Audio Editing
10.0
Visual Editing
10.0
Narrative
10.0
Enjoyment
10.0
A flawless edit that went above and beyond my expectations
I loved this iteration of Batman its the most comic accurate with nods to Scott Snyder a favorite author for Batman, my only real critique with the film was its length it slogs for the final 30 min I always thought that mini series would have been perfect that's when I came across this edit.
Now I initially thought that all that would need to be done was keep everything the same just break it into 45 min segments and problem solved. DonKamillo went much further than that, first trimmed out some scenes not much a few seconds sometimes but really improved the pacing of the scene. A small example would be eliminating the few seconds of the ramp in the bat mobile chase it really helped creating a little tension right before he pops out.
Second the title cards were really well done I loved how they were edited in popping in on certain music cues or sound effects I use this term with praise but they were 'professionally' done like real tv series and of course ending at just the right spot for a cliff hanger making you want to keep watching.
Thirdly and the biggest improvement for me was the scene rearrangements done. I continue to be wowed on these fan edits at how moving a scene early/later, a change of music can drastically improve a scene and story. Especially the changes you don't think of and are surprising like your watching it for the first time. My favorite being where Alfred's wake up scene was moved, I won't spoil where but it was my favorite change in the edit.
DonKamillo has obviously given a lot of thought and time on this project and it is a masterful edit. I consider it a privilege that I was allowed to view it. Highly recommended also the deleted scene was added back in.
I loved this iteration of Batman its the most comic accurate with nods to Scott Snyder a favorite author for Batman, my only real critique with the film was its length it slogs for the final 30 min I always thought that mini series would have been perfect that's when I came across this edit.
Now I initially thought that all that would need to be done was keep everything the same just break it into 45 min segments and problem solved. DonKamillo went much further than that, first trimmed out some scenes not much a few seconds sometimes but really improved the pacing of the scene. A small example would be eliminating the few seconds of the ramp in the bat mobile chase it really helped creating a little tension right before he pops out.
Second the title cards were really well done I loved how they were edited in popping in on certain music cues or sound effects I use this term with praise but they were 'professionally' done like real tv series and of course ending at just the right spot for a cliff hanger making you want to keep watching.
Thirdly and the biggest improvement for me was the scene rearrangements done. I continue to be wowed on these fan edits at how moving a scene early/later, a change of music can drastically improve a scene and story. Especially the changes you don't think of and are surprising like your watching it for the first time. My favorite being where Alfred's wake up scene was moved, I won't spoil where but it was my favorite change in the edit.
DonKamillo has obviously given a lot of thought and time on this project and it is a masterful edit. I consider it a privilege that I was allowed to view it. Highly recommended also the deleted scene was added back in.
User Review
Do you recommend this edit?
Yes
Format Watched
Digital
