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Original film name: BATMAN: UNDER THE RED HOOD
Film studio name: Warner Bros
Film release date: 2010
Original runtime: 75 minutes
Fanedit release date: July 2011
New runtime: 71 minutes
Amount of time cut/added: 4 minutes cut
INTENTION:
To take an already great Batman film and tweak it over the line to being more fan-friendly. To hopefully lessen the all-too-obvious spoon-feeding of information.
EDIT DETAILS:
Other than the cut-list, I also re-framed the film to 2:35:1 (maybe 2:20:1. Somewhere in that vicinity) and altered the colors and lighting to suit my tastes. I wanted the shadows to literally be on the verge of swallowing the characters when appropriate. To have the feeling that you never know what could be lurking only feet away. It may feel almost too dark sometimes (hopefully not, but it depends on your settings) but I wanted to get closer to a live action film, where you donât necessarily see every detail at all times.
One note to picture qualityâ¦the original DVD has several places where the transfer is less than perfect. Some edge noise and color banding are often evident. Re-rendering (and the color correction) has made this more obvious in a handful of places. I did what I could to minimize it, but apologies if it is irritating.
CUTLIST
TECHNICAL INFO:
5.1 Upconvert. 2:35:1 aspect ratio. (Or close to. I did not measure the final ratio.) NTSC.
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Single Layer DVD
AVI
SPECIAL FEATURES:
Grayson fan film trailer by John Fiorella
Battle of the Batmans trailer by Black20
Teaser trailer for this fan edit.
Film studio name: Warner Bros
Film release date: 2010
Original runtime: 75 minutes
Fanedit release date: July 2011
New runtime: 71 minutes
Amount of time cut/added: 4 minutes cut
INTENTION:
To take an already great Batman film and tweak it over the line to being more fan-friendly. To hopefully lessen the all-too-obvious spoon-feeding of information.
EDIT DETAILS:
Other than the cut-list, I also re-framed the film to 2:35:1 (maybe 2:20:1. Somewhere in that vicinity) and altered the colors and lighting to suit my tastes. I wanted the shadows to literally be on the verge of swallowing the characters when appropriate. To have the feeling that you never know what could be lurking only feet away. It may feel almost too dark sometimes (hopefully not, but it depends on your settings) but I wanted to get closer to a live action film, where you donât necessarily see every detail at all times.
One note to picture qualityâ¦the original DVD has several places where the transfer is less than perfect. Some edge noise and color banding are often evident. Re-rendering (and the color correction) has made this more obvious in a handful of places. I did what I could to minimize it, but apologies if it is irritating.
CUTLIST
Edits include: (But not limited to)
Replaced the two WB logos (regular shield and animation dept version) with a single longer one.
Removed entire opening sequence for later use. Film starts with âmob meetingâ scene, then goes to the opening credits.
Altered animation and dialogue to remove Batman quipping, âNo, youâre anything but goodâ to thugs.
Altered animation and dialogue to remove clumsy exposition between Batman and the thugs about Amazo.
Removed Amazo punching Batman in the chest hard enough to throw him back 50 feet. He now throws him instead.
Altered animation (two shots) so that Batman does not dent a steel container when he slams into it.
Removed Nightwingâs line, âPacks quite a punch for a toaster on steroids, huh?â
Removed more exposition, this time about Nightwing and the previous Robins.
Removed Nightwing and Batman talking about batarang attack on Amazo.
Removed Nightwingâs line, âDid you know he could fly?!â (And fixed animation slightly so that Amazo/Nightwing donât fly straight through a girder.)
Removed Nightwing asking for (and getting) advice from Batman on how to attack Amazo.
Altered animation and dialogue to remove Nightwing telling Amazo, âThis might sting a bit!â
Altered animation and dialogue to remove Nightwingâs line, âLasers! Heâs got lasers!â
Altered animation and dialogue to remove Nightwingâs lines about putty in the eyes/plastique.
Removed Nightwing telling Batman that, âThe shots came from a rooftop. A sniper! A good one.â
Removed close up of Jason Toddâs Robin costume.
Removed Red Hoodâs line to himself, âOkay then. Nice night for a run.â
Altered animation and dialogue to remove Nightwingâs lines, âHeâs very good!â and âWe got him!â Also fixed Nightwingâs eyes, which were drawn oddly off-model for one shot.
Altered animation and dialogue to remove Robinâs riddle.
Added to Raâs flashback/explanation about Bosnia by using the opening sequence of the film. Restructured, and also altered animation to fit several moved pieces of dialogue so that it fits in with the rest of the flashback material. Removed all footage of Batman racing towards the warehouse.
Altered animation of Raâs entering the Lazarus pit to fix a transparency goof.
Added in orange tinted glass for shot when Jason jumps through them. (To match all the surrounding windows.)
Removed Joker asking where he knows Red Hood from.
When Red Hood holds his knife to Batmanâs throat, re-animated to flip orientation of knife to fix continuity.
Altered animation and dialogue to remove Jasonâs âWeâre both just a couple of walking armories.â And Batmanâs âMaybe soâ¦â
Added in missing bathroom tiles during fistfight. (The space was meant for animation purposes but must have been overlooked.)
Altered Batmanâs final takedown of Jason: Originally, Batman waits until Jason fires, then (seemingly) dodges the bullet and throws a batarang that somehow sticks in Jasonâs gun barrel. Now, Batman instead waits only until he hears Jason cock the gun, then destroys it using some more of the plastique that took down Amazo at the start of the film.
After the explosion, removed Batman finding Joker safe and well in the rubble. Instead, we just hear the echoing, distant laugh of the Joker as the camera pulls back from the destruction. I preferred to only imply that he may have somehow survived rather than showing it blatantly.
Removed Raâs watching the Gotham news on his jet, and mention of The Joker being returned to Arkham.
During the end credits, added Bill Fingerâs name with Bob Kaneâs to the âBatman Created Byâ listing. Where it rightfully should be.
Replaced the two WB logos (regular shield and animation dept version) with a single longer one.
Removed entire opening sequence for later use. Film starts with âmob meetingâ scene, then goes to the opening credits.
Altered animation and dialogue to remove Batman quipping, âNo, youâre anything but goodâ to thugs.
Altered animation and dialogue to remove clumsy exposition between Batman and the thugs about Amazo.
Removed Amazo punching Batman in the chest hard enough to throw him back 50 feet. He now throws him instead.
Altered animation (two shots) so that Batman does not dent a steel container when he slams into it.
Removed Nightwingâs line, âPacks quite a punch for a toaster on steroids, huh?â
Removed more exposition, this time about Nightwing and the previous Robins.
Removed Nightwing and Batman talking about batarang attack on Amazo.
Removed Nightwingâs line, âDid you know he could fly?!â (And fixed animation slightly so that Amazo/Nightwing donât fly straight through a girder.)
Removed Nightwing asking for (and getting) advice from Batman on how to attack Amazo.
Altered animation and dialogue to remove Nightwing telling Amazo, âThis might sting a bit!â
Altered animation and dialogue to remove Nightwingâs line, âLasers! Heâs got lasers!â
Altered animation and dialogue to remove Nightwingâs lines about putty in the eyes/plastique.
Removed Nightwing telling Batman that, âThe shots came from a rooftop. A sniper! A good one.â
Removed close up of Jason Toddâs Robin costume.
Removed Red Hoodâs line to himself, âOkay then. Nice night for a run.â
Altered animation and dialogue to remove Nightwingâs lines, âHeâs very good!â and âWe got him!â Also fixed Nightwingâs eyes, which were drawn oddly off-model for one shot.
Altered animation and dialogue to remove Robinâs riddle.
Added to Raâs flashback/explanation about Bosnia by using the opening sequence of the film. Restructured, and also altered animation to fit several moved pieces of dialogue so that it fits in with the rest of the flashback material. Removed all footage of Batman racing towards the warehouse.
Altered animation of Raâs entering the Lazarus pit to fix a transparency goof.
Added in orange tinted glass for shot when Jason jumps through them. (To match all the surrounding windows.)
Removed Joker asking where he knows Red Hood from.
When Red Hood holds his knife to Batmanâs throat, re-animated to flip orientation of knife to fix continuity.
Altered animation and dialogue to remove Jasonâs âWeâre both just a couple of walking armories.â And Batmanâs âMaybe soâ¦â
Added in missing bathroom tiles during fistfight. (The space was meant for animation purposes but must have been overlooked.)
Altered Batmanâs final takedown of Jason: Originally, Batman waits until Jason fires, then (seemingly) dodges the bullet and throws a batarang that somehow sticks in Jasonâs gun barrel. Now, Batman instead waits only until he hears Jason cock the gun, then destroys it using some more of the plastique that took down Amazo at the start of the film.
After the explosion, removed Batman finding Joker safe and well in the rubble. Instead, we just hear the echoing, distant laugh of the Joker as the camera pulls back from the destruction. I preferred to only imply that he may have somehow survived rather than showing it blatantly.
Removed Raâs watching the Gotham news on his jet, and mention of The Joker being returned to Arkham.
During the end credits, added Bill Fingerâs name with Bob Kaneâs to the âBatman Created Byâ listing. Where it rightfully should be.
TECHNICAL INFO:
5.1 Upconvert. 2:35:1 aspect ratio. (Or close to. I did not measure the final ratio.) NTSC.
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Single Layer DVD
AVI
SPECIAL FEATURES:
Grayson fan film trailer by John Fiorella
Battle of the Batmans trailer by Black20
Teaser trailer for this fan edit.