g.man wrote:

I was under the impression that it is actually four episodes? Is that not how it's being shown over here?

I believe it was abandoned even by HBO. However the film is split into ‘chapters’ (I’m guessing in the same way as something like kill Bill?) which might help people break it up at least. So the first 2 chapters are about 30 minutes each, then chapter 3 and 4 are about 40 minutes each etc.

Which is quite clever as people have a natural stopping point when streaming, however Snyder is saying this was the original intention even back when he was originally making it.

Nah, there are plenty of cases where a directors cut of a movie is far superior to a studio cut. Editing can make or break a film

poprock wrote:

I confidently predict that this will still be a turd though.

Yeah maybe. I'm hoping it isn't, because I'd much rather have an awesome DC movie than another average/bad one, but we shall see in a week or so.

Pfffft. The best version of Bladerunner is the original with the voiceover.

MattyJ wrote:

Nah, there are plenty of cases where a directors cut of a movie is far superior to a studio cut. Editing can make or break a film

have they shot new material for this? i was under the impression it was a bit more than just re edit and restore some cut scenes from the original, which is the traditional 'directors cut' thing.

I will train my kids to scream "penis warts" and "vagina leakage" in every public place I take them in return for ice cream, should this "movie" funded because of absolutely fucked up conspiracy alt-right cultists end up being anything other than unwatchable execrable, besmirching everyone's opinions of DC superheroes

RamSteelwood wrote:

MattyJ wrote:

Nah, there are plenty of cases where a directors cut of a movie is far superior to a studio cut. Editing can make or break a film

have they shot new material for this? i was under the impression it was a bit more than just re edit and restore some cut scenes from the original, which is the traditional 'directors cut' thing.

MattyJ wrote:

They've shot a bunch yeah, was more trying to say that sometimes a turd is because of editing or whathaveyou and can be addressed

I don't think this is actually true.
None of the original cast returned for reshoots. There just wasn't the budget, and this cut was put together during the pandemic, which also made re-shoots unfeasible.
The only actual new footage is the insertion of Jared Leto's Joker into existing footage. My money is on his appearance in this film being pretty much everything we've seen of him in the trailer. That'll have the fanboys screaming.
What did happen (I'm lead to believe) is that the original cast provided additional voice work, which could literally have been phoned in. This would have been needed for the ADR of the cut material that was being re-inserted, and to alter the dialogue in scenes that are being re-contextualised.
Worth also remembering that this cut is basically bullshit. It was never intended to be four hours long. It was always going to be around the two hour mark and end on a cliffhanger to set up part two of the Justice League story...which was obviously never made.
So what are we left with? A flabby four hour cut, full of stuff that would have remained on the cutting room floor even if Snyder hadn't got the boot, and yes, it still apparently ends on a now unresolvable cliffhanger.
I can't wait!

Turd-polishing was the job that Whedon did with the first film. Only thing Snyder can be trusted to do is add more turd.

RamSteelwood wrote:

interesting stuff G. so what we've got is Snyder re-cutting and re-editing a longer version of Whedon's recut, re-edited and slightly reshot version of a film Snyder initially started making but was released from because it wasn't going well?

His daughter died so he left the project.

It will be "like watching shit on a stick"

poprock wrote:

g.man wrote:

Pfffft. The best version of Bladerunner is the original with the voiceover.

o/

THERE ARE DOZENS OF US

Wing man and arm bloke starts on the 19th. I thought there would have been a longer wait between Wandavision and that.

I guess its covid rejigging.

Makes sense. I guess we would have had Black Widow by now as well.

March, actually

regmcfly wrote:

March, actually

Nope,May. Idiot here.