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Hi all, long time listener, first time caller.
For my first fanedit I chose Man Of Steel. I've been friends of Q2 for a number of years and he has always impressed me with his edits, and the edits of others that he has pointed me towards, but it wasn't until MOS that I had the urge to jump into the fray. Long story short, I started it in November, had a solid cut in February, made some minor tweeks on Q2's advice, and now have a finished cut I'm happy with.
I'm now in the process of making it available, and submitting it for review.
My intention for the edit is to make it chronological, remove most of the Krypton complications (the rebellion, the genesis chambers, the first natural birth), and tidy up/remove any other scenes that I found wanting or superfluous. A more detailed cut list is in the spoilers.
Running time has dropped from 143 minutes to 107 minutes.
I hope you enjoy it when it gets approved.
Cheers
Dave
For my first fanedit I chose Man Of Steel. I've been friends of Q2 for a number of years and he has always impressed me with his edits, and the edits of others that he has pointed me towards, but it wasn't until MOS that I had the urge to jump into the fray. Long story short, I started it in November, had a solid cut in February, made some minor tweeks on Q2's advice, and now have a finished cut I'm happy with.
I'm now in the process of making it available, and submitting it for review.
My intention for the edit is to make it chronological, remove most of the Krypton complications (the rebellion, the genesis chambers, the first natural birth), and tidy up/remove any other scenes that I found wanting or superfluous. A more detailed cut list is in the spoilers.
- The politicking and destruction of Krypton has been pretty much removed. As much as I liked the science fiction/fantasy elements it showed, it was not needed, everything in it is described by Jor-El later. The film starts with the birth of Kal-El, his parents putting him into his ship, Krypton exploding and the journey to Earth, all to music from the MOS soundtrack (Flight).
- Clark's story on earth is chronological but as a kid I've only included the classroom scene and the bus crash (and subsequent talks with Pa Kent). Pa Kent's 'maybe' is gone. The garage bully scene is gone, it was a nice scene but I wanted to keep the transition from Pa Kent telling Clark to find out his origins to...
- ...Clark as an adult in the truck stop hearing about an anomaly. The oil rig scene is gone. Again, as nice as it was, it served no specific purpose.
- Jor-El's chat with Clark is cut slightly. All references to Kryptonians being genetically birthed are removed, as is any reference to Clark being the 'first natural birth'. Also some of the more ernest nuggets from Jor-El are trimmed.
- The most pointless death in cinema is removed, now Clark finds Lois at his father's grave and talks her into dropping the story, no flashback. Pa Kent died, the how is irrelevant.
- Visit to the church is cut. The Christ metaphor has been minimised as much as possible.
- After his chat with Zod in the dreamscape he awakes alone strapped to the table, further chat with Zod about his father is removed.
- Fight in Smallville has some minor tweaks, the first bullet strafe no longer has Superman jumping out of the way into a building, Faora-UI and Colonel Hardy no longer flirt.
- Indian Ocean World Engine scene is now in two parts, rather than many.
- The struggles of Jenny trapped in concrete is removed completely.
- Zod now goes in search of Kal-El rather than for the genesis chamber. All the scenes from this point involving the scout ship (like Zod and Jor-Els chat) have been removed.
- Once again, Faora-UI and Colonel Hardy don't flirt with each other before Hardy sends them into a dive.
- Lois falls from the aircraft and is caught by Superman returning from Indian Ocean (no scout ship, so no Zod trying to shoot them down).
- Kissing scene is dialogue free and more of a stolen moment than an awkward 'will you be my girlfriend' thing.
- Zod and Superman fight is cut down in places.
- Zod's eternal laser beams that can't seem to aim where he's looking have been cut drastically, he's dead as they start warming up.
- Lois's benediction of Superman is removed.
- The Tempered Cut added to the Man Of Steel title page.
- Fanedit by DSM2337 added to Editor's credit page.
- Drone scene moved to be a mid-credit scene
Running time has dropped from 143 minutes to 107 minutes.
I hope you enjoy it when it gets approved.
Cheers
Dave