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Wonder Woman 1918
Brief Synopsis
Diana, Princess of the Amazons, is recruited by American Captain Steve Trevor to help save the world from the perils of the Great War.
Intention
My goal with this edit is to fix the film's pacing problems and to keep the film set entirely in 1918, removing the modern-day bookend framing device completely.
Complete Cutlist
Brief Synopsis
Diana, Princess of the Amazons, is recruited by American Captain Steve Trevor to help save the world from the perils of the Great War.
Intention
My goal with this edit is to fix the film's pacing problems and to keep the film set entirely in 1918, removing the modern-day bookend framing device completely.
Complete Cutlist
[/] Some light color grading throughout
[+] Added fanedit warning
[+] Added Youtube RED style FE.org logo
[+] Added new WB and DC production logos ripped from the Batman v. Superman official trailer
[-] Removed Diana's intro monologue
[-] Removed everything up until Hippolyta begins reading Diana the story of the old Gods, which acts as the new opening
[-] Removed German soldier asking "Where did this fog come from?"
[-] Removed shot of German soldier looking back after encountering the glamour
[-] Removed Steve saying "wow" and a lot of staring
[-] Trimmed the lasso interrogation slightly and removed Steve's "It's Hot" remark
[-] Removed the girl tending to Diana saying "strange" in regards to Diana's wound healing so quickly
[-] Removed Diana making eye contact with the animal before she breaks into the armory
[-] Removed Hippolyta fearing that Ares will find Diana
[-] Trimmed some of the shots during Steve and Diana's conversation aboard the boat
[-] Removed the entire 'pleasure of the flesh' bit
[-] Removed Ludendorff shooting his own men
[-] Removed Doctor Poison's "To restore your strength" line, as it makes no sense
[+] Moved the scene of Doctor Poison testing the gas on the gasmask to this part of the film, giving us an extended look at our main villains and establishing their threat very early on
[-] Removed Diana looking confused in London, the remarks on hand-holding, and the 'we're not together' bit
[-] Removed the 'bad guy convention' line
[-] Removed "Is there anything else you wanna show me?"
[-] Since the second Doctor Poison scene is missing, the film just continues from the discussion with Patrick Morgan to the intelligence meeting
[-] Removed Diana and Steve kissing in the hotel
[-] Removed shot of Diana reaching for her sword
[+] Rearranged the set-up to the climax fight, I've strung together all of Diana's conversation with Ares so it goes straight from "I am not what you thought I was" to "I am not your enemy Diana"
[-] Removed "that is not the God-killer"
[+] Steve and Co.'s scenes are pushed back slightly
[-] Removed Ares explaining that Diana is the true God-killer, as it's abundantly clear by this point, now Diana lassos Ares after he claims "only a God can kill another God"
[-] Removed Ares stating he's not the God of War, but the God of Truth, as I dislike Ares' being able to cheat the lasso, and several other lines, now his speech goes "I am [telling the truth]. They start these wars on their own. When you first arrived, I was going to crush you.", now it's more clear that Ares is just trying to trick Diana
[-] Removed "My dear, I don't want to fight you, but if I must...", now Ares shocks Diana the moment she refuses his offer
[-] Removed "Good-bye brother", as the line is not at all earned
[+] Diana's closing narration now begins as she's walking up to the memorial wall to look at Steve's picture
[-] Removed the modern day ending and the shot of Diana soaring into the sky
[+] The film proper now ends on the shot of the photograph
[+] Added '1918' to the film's ending title card
[+] Added fanedit warning
[+] Added Youtube RED style FE.org logo
[+] Added new WB and DC production logos ripped from the Batman v. Superman official trailer
[-] Removed Diana's intro monologue
[-] Removed everything up until Hippolyta begins reading Diana the story of the old Gods, which acts as the new opening
[-] Removed German soldier asking "Where did this fog come from?"
[-] Removed shot of German soldier looking back after encountering the glamour
[-] Removed Steve saying "wow" and a lot of staring
[-] Trimmed the lasso interrogation slightly and removed Steve's "It's Hot" remark
[-] Removed the girl tending to Diana saying "strange" in regards to Diana's wound healing so quickly
[-] Removed Diana making eye contact with the animal before she breaks into the armory
[-] Removed Hippolyta fearing that Ares will find Diana
[-] Trimmed some of the shots during Steve and Diana's conversation aboard the boat
[-] Removed the entire 'pleasure of the flesh' bit
[-] Removed Ludendorff shooting his own men
[-] Removed Doctor Poison's "To restore your strength" line, as it makes no sense
[+] Moved the scene of Doctor Poison testing the gas on the gasmask to this part of the film, giving us an extended look at our main villains and establishing their threat very early on
[-] Removed Diana looking confused in London, the remarks on hand-holding, and the 'we're not together' bit
[-] Removed the 'bad guy convention' line
[-] Removed "Is there anything else you wanna show me?"
[-] Since the second Doctor Poison scene is missing, the film just continues from the discussion with Patrick Morgan to the intelligence meeting
[-] Removed Diana and Steve kissing in the hotel
[-] Removed shot of Diana reaching for her sword
[+] Rearranged the set-up to the climax fight, I've strung together all of Diana's conversation with Ares so it goes straight from "I am not what you thought I was" to "I am not your enemy Diana"
[-] Removed "that is not the God-killer"
[+] Steve and Co.'s scenes are pushed back slightly
[-] Removed Ares explaining that Diana is the true God-killer, as it's abundantly clear by this point, now Diana lassos Ares after he claims "only a God can kill another God"
[-] Removed Ares stating he's not the God of War, but the God of Truth, as I dislike Ares' being able to cheat the lasso, and several other lines, now his speech goes "I am [telling the truth]. They start these wars on their own. When you first arrived, I was going to crush you.", now it's more clear that Ares is just trying to trick Diana
[-] Removed "My dear, I don't want to fight you, but if I must...", now Ares shocks Diana the moment she refuses his offer
[-] Removed "Good-bye brother", as the line is not at all earned
[+] Diana's closing narration now begins as she's walking up to the memorial wall to look at Steve's picture
[-] Removed the modern day ending and the shot of Diana soaring into the sky
[+] The film proper now ends on the shot of the photograph
[+] Added '1918' to the film's ending title card
Cutlist Legend
[+] Additions/Movement
[-] Removals/Trims
[/] Technical Changes
Original runtime is 2hr 29m, my trimmed version's runtime clocks in at 2hr 9m, with a whopping 20 minutes cut out for a much tighter pace with a quicker set-up, less clunky exposition, more impactful antagonists, and a more streamlined finale. Additionally, Diana's characterization is tweaked to more closely resemble her depictions in WW84, BvS, and ZSJL.
This edit is the first in my New DCEU series, a fanediting project that aims to restructure the DCEU film franchise into something more cohesive. You can learn more about it HERE.
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