Steel of Man

I had walked away from the theater initially saying this wasn't my Superman. I have softened over the years but still did not have a lot of respect for the film.
Tremault has done an admirable job of tightening the story and removing/reworking scenes that just didn't work.
Great job on the tornado scene and other Jon Kent moments. Your edit shows him more of a concerned Father than a heartless jerk.
Clark/Superman is shown to be more confident and heroic in this edit.
I still have trouble with Amy Adams as Lois Lane. Not her fault or the edit. Snyder's version of her is just a little too off for me. The measuring dicks line is just bad.
However, this is a very enjoyable watch and will be my go to version. Great job!!

While I enjoyed the brightening of the colors, the removal of some of the excess violence, a greater focus on Superman's humanity, and appreciate the idea behind the narrative, I can't help but feel like important scenes were lost in the nonlinear telling of the story, especially when it came to Jor-el explaining to Clark about General Zod and Krypton's destruction. Jor-el's death is mentioned but never seen. Dialogue is abruptly cut off to make way for the flashbacks, which I found annoying. I sorely missed the childhood "focus on my voice" scene, which lost another point on the enjoyment scale.

It was a good and respectable effort overall, but this is not the version of MoS that I will be going back to.

The streamlining of the story to start with Clark being a hero through the eyes of Louis or at least through her investigation and incorporating the opinion of his human father is great, and is all done before the 20 minute-mark, while never giving the impression that something is missing. The most important parts to the story are still there up until now. Important story parts on Krypton are inserted later as flashbacks. The blurring of Clark's face to make his identity a secret was very creative. Although I truly understand what tremault was going for and I fully agree with her decisions, I must admit that there are some seemingly abrupt scene changes, when in one scene there is music playing and in the other there is not. But this is due to a flashback scene and to make them stand out as such, at least this is my interpretation of it, and when the scene closes it all makes sense again. For example when Clark tells his human mother about this "real" parents. Loved that Clark's human father does not tell him not to save him in the hurricane scene. That bothered me in the original cut. Well done! I loved that he thinks about his dad before, during and after the final Zod showdown, reminding him of his "human side" and his father being his "conscience". The Perry White scenes in the credits and the final text is really amazing! :)
Another edit well done by tremault!

This is edit very much a love letter to Superman. The way this movie was rearranged and the little snips along with the bigger cuts just work so much better than the theatrical cut and replaces the theatrical as my go to version. I can only imagine the amount of work that had to go into this but tremault clearly tackled this head on.

There are a lot of things I felt the original movie got wrong with Superman and the Kents. This edit does a very good job of correcting a lot of the things I felt were wrong and brings things in line with the feeling of the character that I have been reading for many years.

Steel of Man is a fascinating new take on Man of Steel tons of new and interesting ideas.

-The new color grade looks great, especially on the opening logos.
-The new structure is very reminiscent of Superman For All Seasons (awesome).
-The way Clark is kept as a mystery man from the start works surprisingly really well.
-Certain scenes are cropped/zoomed to a close-up, honing in on performances which is such a simple idea but it works wonders.
-The changing aspect ratios and old filmic quality gives the film a more intimate feeling, which is greatly appreciated in a movie that is 50% intense action.

Overall, while there are still some drawbacks (many with the film itself) this is a compelling way to view this divisively incredible and incredibly divisive film.