Must watch: 'Spider-Man 3: Redemption' - An incredible Fan Edit

[KurtMysterio]

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Hey guys,

I thought I would make this a separate thread from Vash's 3.1 edit since it's quite old and it doesn't look like he's coming back (and this sub-forum is DOA anyways). I along with a lot of people have been waiting for a strong re-edit of Spider-Man 3. I know this film (and the entire trilogy) like the back of my hand, and though I have always defended it, I also knew it had it's flaws (some more serious than others). I also felt that there was a better, sleeker movie buried within all of that fluff.

Well, today in Vash's thread spiderfan970 linked to 'Spider-Man 3: Redemption', an edit done from the fanedit.info site by a user named Badscooter. I spent the day trying to download it, and watched it twice tonight. To say I was blown away would be a complete understatement. He strips away a good 25 minutes of fat from the original film and also does some re-shuffling. Amongst the most notable things:

- Opening Voiceover Narration: GONE
- Sandman is NO LONGER tied to Uncle Ben's murder - the whole story thread is completely removed from the film! This is done so seamlessly that if you had not known it was there to begin with, you'd never notice. Seeing it removed also really brings to light just how unneeded it was and how it cheapened the lessons from film one (IMO).
- Eddie no longer has a relationship with Gwen Stacy. This best serves the new cut of the film when Badscooter removes all of the goofy ground dialogue between Captain Stacy and Eddie during the Crane Rescue as it had previously cut between the action parts in the skyscraper up above. It's much more exciting!
- No more STRUT SEQUENCE!
- The Jazz Club dance is snipped so perfectly too. It removes all of the Wil-E-Coyote dancing and simply sticks to a slow dance right in front of MJ.
- Both the news caster and the reporter are cut out in big chunks. Thank god! Same with the annoying children. The gratuitous American Flag shot is also lopped out.
- The butler monologue: GONE. Harry decides to help Peter in the end by his own accord.

This is the major stuff. There are so so many little cuts and tweaks that if you know Spider-Man 3 as well as I do, you will be flabbergasted. Obviously the guy could only do so much as it as a fan-edit, so if some cheesy bits are right in the middle of a musical cue, they're stuck there, but he does manage to snip out a few of the sillier ones ('Now I'm gonna kick your little ass' was mercifully removed).

I apologize if this comes off as rambling, but I want to shout from the roof tops how good this edit is. I feel that if the movie Sam Raimi and co. had released in theaters was closer to this tighter cut (and with another 15 minutes of Venom worked in somewhere) the franchise would not have been hit with the huge backlash that it was, and we Raimi lovers might have seen Spider-Man 4. Do yourself a favor and check this out!

[bobbydrake]

Wow thanks OP for pointing this out to me.
I have never seen a fan edit before (or heard of them)
Spider-Man 3 no longer stinks like it used to.

Seriously guys if you are Spider-Man fan then check this out.
There is only so much that can be done but what he has done has given me a version of Spider-Man that I feel I can watch over and over again like the first 2 Spider-Man movies.

The editing is excellent if you never saw the original you wouldn't even notice what's missing. The movie is still near 2 hours long as flows along perfectly.

Gone is the Harry / MJ dance in the kitchen. Yeah!!!!!!

[KurtMysterio]

Glad to see somebody watched it! I am still in awe of the fantastic job he did. I'd kill for a Blu-Ray version of it.

[bobbydrake]

This version of Spider-man 3 has started to turn up on torrent sites so it's easier to get your hands on now.
Well worth checking out

[El Payaso]

I like the name: Redemption. Very suitable.

[Spider-Aziz]

I'll watch it soon and give my thoughts later
It has Spider-Man in a symbiote with no reason at all?
I'll see the answer to that on my own

[bobbydrake]

Originally Posted by Spider-Aziz

It has Spider-Man in a symbiote with no reason at all?

I wouldn't say with no reason. I think it is handled quite well, but you will see yourself.

[Spider-Aziz]

Wow, not even the slightest mention of Marko

[bobbydrake]

It works better doesn't it?

[Spider-Aziz]

I prefer the original cut, I still think it's one of the best comicbook movies, and the best of the trilogy
First time watching the fan edit is weird

To the OP:
- Eddie no longer has a relationship with Gwen Stacy. This best serves the new cut of the film when Badscooter removes all of the goofy ground dialogue between Captain Stacy and Eddie during the Crane Rescue as it had previously cut between the action parts in the skyscraper up above. It's much more exciting!
- No more STRUT SEQUENCE!
- The Jazz Club dance is snipped so perfectly too. It removes all of the Wil-E-Coyote dancing and simply sticks to a slow dance right in front of MJ.

All these are there

[El Payaso]

Originally Posted by Spider-Aziz

I prefer the original cut, I still think it's one of the best comicbook movies, and the best of the trilogy
First time watching the fan edit is weird

To the OP:
- Eddie no longer has a relationship with Gwen Stacy. This best serves the new cut of the film when Badscooter removes all of the goofy ground dialogue between Captain Stacy and Eddie during the Crane Rescue as it had previously cut between the action parts in the skyscraper up above. It's much more exciting!
- No more STRUT SEQUENCE!
- The Jazz Club dance is snipped so perfectly too. It removes all of the Wil-E-Coyote dancing and simply sticks to a slow dance right in front of MJ.

All these are there

That is one of a number of examples of how to kill a scene with a misplaced idiotic (un)funny dialogue. The girl is about to die, she's their girlfriend and daughter respectively. But they stop worrying to say all that!

[Spider-Aziz]

They aren't removed from the edit like he said
neither is the opening narration

[bobbydrake]

Yes they are removed like he said.
You mustnt have watched the right edit. I think you may have watched the no sandman edition.
The version the original post was about was called 'spider-man 3:redemption'

[Firm18]

Where can I watch this?

[bobbydrake]

do a torrent search for it

[Spider-Aziz]

What differs this from "Spider-Man 3.1: Final Swing"?

[Vash1538]

lol. Its actually out.

Sorry, couldn't resist the jab at myself. ;P

[Tishawn45]

Spider-Man 3 is impressive even in light of the fact that its unwieldy ambition often does more harm than good.


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[GoldGoblin]

Is this on youtube?

[bobbydrake]

Don't think it's on youtube.
Do a torrent search and you will find it or go to http://www.fanedit.info/TFo-s.html