Son of Krypton (an edit of Man of Steel & Batman v Superman)

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Faneditor Name:
Fanedit Type:
Original Release Date:
2013 / 2016
Original Running Time:
294 minutes
Fanedit Release Date:
Fanedit Running Time:
153 minutes
Time Cut:
141 minutes
Subtitles Available:
Available in HD:
Available in 4K:
Synopsis:
This is my own take on editor, JobWillins, overall concept in his brilliant edit Man of Tomorrow, which merges Man of Steel and Batman v Superman into one film. See further details for how Son of Krypton differs from Man of Tomorrow.
Intention:
I was just going to release a Man of Steel FanFix. But after watching Man of Tomorrow a few times, I grew stronger of the opinion that the true fix was combining it with Batman v Superman. For me the heart of Man of Steel lies in two major storylines which are restored in Son of Krypton: 1) Superman saves his mother from Zod. 2) He also helps the military even though they try to kill him, gaining their respect.

This required reinstating the Battle of Smallville, though it is toned down significantly.
Special Thanks:
Special thanks go out to Job Willins. Without his brilliant edit, Man of Tomorrow, this edit would not exist.
Release Information:
Digital
Cuts and Additions:
Major changes to MOS:
1. Color correction to reduce the very slight unnatural green tone throughout and make Superman’s suit more vibrant in outdoor daylight.
2. Reduced Krypton scenes to under 5 minutes, Zod doesn’t directly murder Jor-El. Scenes rearranged and rescored for a very different experience.
3. Changes to musical score including updated music for Superman’s first flight, keeping modern-ness of Zimmer with more themes of Williams.
4. Clark joins the Daily Planet earlier.
5. While Superman is in custody at the military base, Zod arrives in Kansas, lands the World Engine (but does not start terraforming). Scenes rearranged and rescored for a very different experience.
6. Superman is released from custody and flies home to find Zod threatening his mother. He does not visit Zod in space.
7. Toned down the destruction and boss battles at Smallville and Metropolis.
8. Lois is not involved whatsoever in fighting the Kryptonians, she’s not on the military bomber with the phantom drive.
9. Zod gives shorter speeches.

Major changes to BVS:
1. Color regrade to match the natural color of MOS 4K, eliminating the gritty green tones throughout. The 4K release of MOS has a more natural grading than the Blu-Ray.
2. Most of the storyline is cut (Africa, Hearings, Clark living with Lois, etc.)
3. Updated musical score in some scenes. The new arrangement and score, particularly in the scene with Lex removing Zod's fingerprints creates a different mood and experience.
4. Lex’s weird mannerisms and outbursts are reduced, and his backstory is removed.
5. Tightened up most of the BVS scenes used.
6. Lex does not kidnap Lois or push her from a rooftop to lure Superman. Instead, Superman hears Lex calling his name with his super hearing.
7. When Clark is in his reporter persona he is less judgmental and condescending.

Major differences from MOT (in addition to the above):
1. Kept more storyline from MOS.
2. Cut more storyline from BVS, significantly toned down Lex.
3. The Krypton scenes are reduced but retained in the beginning and are not presented in a flashback.
4. Krypton scenes that resembled Star Wars removed.
5. Clark becomes Superman before Zod's broadcast (same as MOS).
6. Bruce Wayne watches Zod’s broadcast.
7. Used the snow/dad scene from BVS (with Jor-El's voice added) as the transition scene between Lois’ arrest and Superman surrendering.
8. Reinstated the battle of Smallville.
9. Different scene structure and arrangements (note some structure was borrowed from JobWillins, see below).
10. Video in 4K and audio in surround 5.1.

Ideas from other individuals which are used or completely copied in SOK:
(while different editors separately will make similar editing choices, I did not come up or would not have come up with parts of SOK and due credit is given below).

Avid 4D:
Zod’s voice matches the staticky sound of the rest of his broadcast.

TM2YC:
1. Changed Audioslave music from scene with Clark “borrowing” clothes.
2. In the holding room Lois laughs at Superman’s joke instead of laughing at him.
3. Zod isn’t as mean to hologram Jor-El.

JobWillins:
1. Zod dies on impact to the ground, no heat vision neck snap. Edited this scene virtually the same way as Man of Tomorrow. Added a different music cue when Zod dies. Retained more foley.
2. Recut scenes just before and after Zod is killed to show Bruce Wayne helping the little girl then brooding in the Batcave. Edited these scenes virtually the same way as Man of Tomorrow using “Beautiful Lie” from BVS soundtrack. Added foley.
3. Used tornado flashback scenes when Superman fights Doomsday. Edited the scenes and music virtually the same way as Man of Tomorrow. Added foley.
4. Recreated the same scenes after Superman’s death as Man of Tomorrow, including music.

Joseph Bennie and IronPixelChef:
Created music that I used to mix together for Superman's departure from the Scout ship and his first flight.
Faneditor Name:
Fanedit Type:
Original Release Date:
2013 / 2016
Original Running Time:
294 minutes
Fanedit Release Date:
Fanedit Running Time:
153 minutes
Time Cut:
141 minutes
Subtitles Available:
Available in HD:
Available in 4K:
Synopsis:
This is my own take on editor, JobWillins, overall concept in his brilliant edit Man of Tomorrow, which merges Man of Steel and Batman v Superman into one film. See further details for how Son of Krypton differs from Man of Tomorrow.
Intention:
I was just going to release a Man of Steel FanFix. But after watching Man of Tomorrow a few times, I grew stronger of the opinion that the true fix was combining it with Batman v Superman. For me the heart of Man of Steel lies in two major storylines which are restored in Son of Krypton: 1) Superman saves his mother from Zod. 2) He also helps the military even though they try to kill him, gaining their respect.

This required reinstating the Battle of Smallville, though it is toned down significantly.
Special Thanks:
Special thanks go out to Job Willins. Without his brilliant edit, Man of Tomorrow, this edit would not exist.
Release Information:
Digital
Cuts and Additions:
Major changes to MOS:
1. Color correction to reduce the very slight unnatural green tone throughout and make Superman’s suit more vibrant in outdoor daylight.
2. Reduced Krypton scenes to under 5 minutes, Zod doesn’t directly murder Jor-El. Scenes rearranged and rescored for a very different experience.
3. Changes to musical score including updated music for Superman’s first flight, keeping modern-ness of Zimmer with more themes of Williams.
4. Clark joins the Daily Planet earlier.
5. While Superman is in custody at the military base, Zod arrives in Kansas, lands the World Engine (but does not start terraforming). Scenes rearranged and rescored for a very different experience.
6. Superman is released from custody and flies home to find Zod threatening his mother. He does not visit Zod in space.
7. Toned down the destruction and boss battles at Smallville and Metropolis.
8. Lois is not involved whatsoever in fighting the Kryptonians, she’s not on the military bomber with the phantom drive.
9. Zod gives shorter speeches.

Major changes to BVS:
1. Color regrade to match the natural color of MOS 4K, eliminating the gritty green tones throughout. The 4K release of MOS has a more natural grading than the Blu-Ray.
2. Most of the storyline is cut (Africa, Hearings, Clark living with Lois, etc.)
3. Updated musical score in some scenes. The new arrangement and score, particularly in the scene with Lex removing Zod's fingerprints creates a different mood and experience.
4. Lex’s weird mannerisms and outbursts are reduced, and his backstory is removed.
5. Tightened up most of the BVS scenes used.
6. Lex does not kidnap Lois or push her from a rooftop to lure Superman. Instead, Superman hears Lex calling his name with his super hearing.
7. When Clark is in his reporter persona he is less judgmental and condescending.

Major differences from MOT (in addition to the above):
1. Kept more storyline from MOS.
2. Cut more storyline from BVS, significantly toned down Lex.
3. The Krypton scenes are reduced but retained in the beginning and are not presented in a flashback.
4. Krypton scenes that resembled Star Wars removed.
5. Clark becomes Superman before Zod's broadcast (same as MOS).
6. Bruce Wayne watches Zod’s broadcast.
7. Used the snow/dad scene from BVS (with Jor-El's voice added) as the transition scene between Lois’ arrest and Superman surrendering.
8. Reinstated the battle of Smallville.
9. Different scene structure and arrangements (note some structure was borrowed from JobWillins, see below).
10. Video in 4K and audio in surround 5.1.

Ideas from other individuals which are used or completely copied in SOK:
(while different editors separately will make similar editing choices, I did not come up or would not have come up with parts of SOK and due credit is given below).

Avid 4D:
Zod’s voice matches the staticky sound of the rest of his broadcast.

TM2YC:
1. Changed Audioslave music from scene with Clark “borrowing” clothes.
2. In the holding room Lois laughs at Superman’s joke instead of laughing at him.
3. Zod isn’t as mean to hologram Jor-El.

JobWillins:
1. Zod dies on impact to the ground, no heat vision neck snap. Edited this scene virtually the same way as Man of Tomorrow. Added a different music cue when Zod dies. Retained more foley.
2. Recut scenes just before and after Zod is killed to show Bruce Wayne helping the little girl then brooding in the Batcave. Edited these scenes virtually the same way as Man of Tomorrow using “Beautiful Lie” from BVS soundtrack. Added foley.
3. Used tornado flashback scenes when Superman fights Doomsday. Edited the scenes and music virtually the same way as Man of Tomorrow. Added foley.
4. Recreated the same scenes after Superman’s death as Man of Tomorrow, including music.

Joseph Bennie and IronPixelChef:
Created music that I used to mix together for Superman's departure from the Scout ship and his first flight.

User reviews

1 review
Overall rating
 
7.4
Audio/Video Quality
 
9.0(1)
Audio Editing
 
7.0(1)
Visual Editing
 
7.0(1)
Narrative
 
7.0(1)
Enjoyment
 
5.0(1)
(Updated: January 14, 2024)
Overall rating
 
7.4
Audio/Video Quality
 
9.0
Audio Editing
 
7.0
Visual Editing
 
7.0
Narrative
 
7.0
Enjoyment
 
5.0
Overall, few good things here and there, such as better colors, mix of Jon Williams and Hans Zimmer themes, removal of Lois from the black zero event fights etc, but couldn't entertain me probably because the editor was trying to achieve the impossible task of making a perfect movie out of sub-par source material. I thought this would be an enhanced version of Man of Tomorrow but honestly I'm kinda disappointed.
Edit: I mean no offense to the editor and not discouraging anyone from watching it. Some of the cuts were a bit to abrupt for example the bat-mobile chase scene, and in same places they took away from the flow of narration e.g. Batman befriending Superman without saying who's Martha, Perhaps with a fresher perspective I would have enjoyed it more. Either way, I have updated the score which I think more accurately represents its objective quality. Kudos to your effort and thanks a lot for giving me a chance to watch it.

User Review

Do you recommend this edit?
Yes
Format Watched
Digital
Owner's reply January 06, 2024

Something seems off in this review. A score of 6 on visual editing would indicate some significant technical issues which aren’t mentioned.. And since this edit is similar to the edit Man of Tomorrow, mentioning subpar source material doesn’t seem to line up with the very high scores the reviewer gave for Man of Tomorrow with the same “subpar source material.”

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