Wonder Woman 1918, my first entry into my New DCEU series, is now finished. I'm rendering out the video now and will upload it to Google Drive when it's finished. PM me if interested in viewing.
There were a few ideas I said I would implement that I just couldn't find workarounds for, the two big things being the addition of Etta's Mission as a mid-credits stinger, and the second being the removal or reduction of Ares in the final battle. For the first point, while it would help save JL from doing all the legwork to establish the Motherboxes, my intended New DCEU viewing order puts Wonder Woman 1918 first, so we go a long time without returning to the concept, so I doubt most viewers will even remember. If I do ever insert this scene into a DCEU film, it'll likely be BvS. And the second point really came down to just embracing the inherent campiness of a big CG David Thewlis fighting Wonder Woman on a tarmac runway, while cutting the erroneously silly parts like the hamfisted dialog and Thewlis' poor performance. It's a superhero film after all, they're not pieces of high art, so you really shouldn't mind some campiness.
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
Original runtime is 2hr 39m, my trimmed version's runtime clocks in at 2hr 9m, with a whopping 30 minutes cut out for a much tighter pacing with a quicker set-up, less clunky exposition, and a more streamlined final battle with Ares.
My goal with the edit, aside from the fixed pacing I already mentioned, was to keep the film set entirely in 1918, with no callback to Batman v. Superman whatsoever. My reason for this is twoold;
Firstly, it gives the film more rewatch value, as it is no longer directly tied to a film that was very divisive among fans (I can only assume WW fans outweigh BvS fans anyway)
Secondly, it allows me to repurpose the modern day bookend scenes for a future BvS edit