BvS The BvS Ultimate Cut Thread - Part 1

[_Superman_]

I'm seeing the screening in DC.

 

[gdw]

SO EXCITED! Just purchased it via Cineplex, getting ready to download the Extended Edition now!

 

[souperman]

SO EXCITED! Just purchased it via Cineplex, getting ready to download the Extended Edition now!

how does that work?

good luck.

 

[PaulCONX]

SO EXCITED! Just purchased it via Cineplex, getting ready to download the Extended Edition now!

Woah Woah back up.. what now? Canadians can get the extended edition this early?

 

[gdw]

So far so good, by just going here:

http://store.cineplex.com/store/pdp.jsp?CSGProductID=278606

If that doesn't work, try this one:

http://www.cineplex.com/search-2015?search-query=Batman+V+Superman:+Dawn+Of+Justice

As some are suggesting, it may be just in Canada at the moment.

 

[ConnorKon-El]

So far so good, by just going here:

http://store.cineplex.com/store/pdp.jsp?CSGProductID=278606

If that doesn't work, try this one:

http://www.cineplex.com/search-2015?search-query=Batman+V+Superman:+Dawn+Of+Justice

As some are suggesting, it may be just in Canada at the moment.

Someone in the US - try this. If you have problems checking out, then it is only available for Canada.

 

[Reel-Man]

A few on the Reddit link from the previous page did manage to buy it outside of Canada.

 

[PaulCONX]

I'm so damn tempted... but I do not want to pay 30 bucks for a digital copy when I can get the blu ray for that much.. but ohhh man I am dying to see it.

 

[ConnorKon-El]

I'm so damn tempted... but I do not want to pay 30 bucks for a digital copy when I can get the blu ray for that much.. but ohhh man I am dying to see it.

Me too. I just don't think it'll be available on torrent sites before next Wed.
I'm so tempted to just buy it.

 

[Lily Adler]

I'm probably going to buy it via MS's Movies app for $20.

 

[Cobblepot]

Hmm I'm in the Netherlands, I can put in my order items but I'm afraid to pay with paypal. I might not be able to download it.

 

[ConnorKon-El]

Apparently If you live in the US, paying via PayPal and entering an Canadian address worked fine for someone on reddit when they bought the DIGITAL HD BvS UC on Cineplex.com

 

[Tvar10]

Any early reviews on this yet? seems like its being recieved a lot better

 

[idiot09]

Any early reviews on this yet? seems like its being recieved a lot better

There's this guy on reddit who watched it,who gave the TC a 6 and the UC a 8.5.He did an ama in the dc subreddit you can check it out if you want.

The reviews are basically saying its a more cohesive version of the film which is better pacing/editing and fixes quite a few characterisation issues and plot holes.

 

[dodong27]

I'm seeing the screening in DC.

I'm seeing it in Burbank!

 

[gdw]

So this is insanely frustrating.
Finished downloading the movie, and it seems to only play through the cineplex player.
However, I can stream it, at least it seems so first.
I wait till this evening, so I can watch it with my wife, but turns out can't do so over the ps3.

That's ok, I've got a Roku. The site explicitly states you can use a Roku.

No. No, I can not.
There are MULTIPLE apps/channels that are supposed to allow me to play it, through syncing it with an Ultraviolet account.
They either don't work, or don't even exist anymore.

Try on the tablet, via the cineplex app.

Nope.

Pretty damn pissed at the moment.

 

[souperman]

Sounds like the work of Hydra!

Sorry bud. I was hoping to get your review by now.

Good luck but it may just be a mistake. Could it be some sort of code lock? Time coded?
I know nothing of these things.

Keep us posted!

 

[Aquafinn90]

hmmm I wonder if the point of the one night screening is for press to see and review the UC, especially since its such a limited release in major cities...typically free "screenings" are in place for members of the press to view, and they fill up the rest of the aud with casual movie goers to gauge reaction etc etc(i attend these quite frequently)

Anybody that's going- let me know if you see a lot of "reserved for press" signs on the seats

 

[Binker]

I can't wait for the UC anymore. One thing's for sure, I will double dip, and buy both the digital AND the blu-ray; because I didn't want to see it in theaters no matter how much I thought about the opposite, as I wanted to see the UC ultimately (no pun intended). Plus, I want to support DC Films, I want to support BvS, and actions speak louder than words.

 

[Jaxon]

hmmm I wonder if the point of the one night screening is for press to see and review the UC, especially since its such a limited release in major cities...typically free "screenings" are in place for members of the press to view, and they fill up the rest of the aud with casual movie goers to gauge reaction etc etc(i attend these quite frequently)

Anybody that's going- let me know if you see a lot of "reserved for press" signs on the seats

The press will review, say how it was better and criticise which bits were cut out in the TC. So predictable.

 

[matt47]

warehouse fight https://streamable.com/8s12

 

[Binker]

Wish you could search on that site for more.

P.S. Watching the fights with the music, and dancing to it, could be a good work out. Wow! Am I pooped out after the third watch, LOL

 

[wnjcwjkk]

warehouse fight https://streamable.com/8s12

Damn, thanks man! That fight is pure Batman awesomeness! Can't wait for the UC, only seen the film once, and there was just too much to take in, that scene makes me realize how much I've forgotten about. Even the detractors gotta give Snyder some credit on that sequence, I can't wait to see a Batman solo film, hope Affleck learned a lot from that, in terms of action sequences

 

[Superman2007]

Managed to watch the Ultimate cut today. What a phenomenal, sprawling epic this film is...such a shame that theatrical cut is what most people saw and what most people will ever see.

Now, to be clear I admire and appreciate Snyder's approach with these characters. This "deconstructed view" that places these characters in our problematic, corrupt world and tries to imagine how they would navigate it. How they would be viewed, by a more cynical, modern population. A lot of people don't have patience for this thought experiment. It puts the characters in a tricky position and keeps them from being light, wise-cracking, and chipper. If you can't get past Batman killing or Superman being troubled by what's going on around him, in BvS, this cut is not going to do much for you.

However, if you felt that there were moments in the film that really worked, moments that were puzzling, and that the film felt too choppy editing-wise. You stand the most to gain from this cut. I put myself in this category. This Ultimate Edition was sooo much more cohesive and better-paced. I'll give you an example...the Ultimate Edition introduces us to Gotham and The Batman in far better manner than the theatrical cut, because the scenes have room to breathe. In the theatrical cut we enter the scene with the bats escaping the chimney, which is a ham-fisted way of saying we're about to enter a batman-oriented scene. The ultimate cut shows police-men hanging out before getting called out to a crime scene, and then we see the shot of the bats flapping about. It tells us that the Batman is here, or has been here. It makes for a much more mysterious and cooler introduction to the character and the world. There are so many scenes that have be re-worked and re-postioned like that, throughout the cut, which allows the film to work better, flow better, and flat out make sense.

Also, Superman gets his film back, in this cut. We all know Snyder loves Batman, but you really get to see the respect, admiration, and appreciation Snyder continues to have for Clark/Superman, too. Such great Clark/Superman/Smallville/Metropolis stuff here that it gives creedence to rumors that WB execs wanted the film to be more Batman heavy, and probably had some of the great Superman stuff forced out.

I have a lot more to say about this cut, but, overall, I'll just say that this cut serves the ambition of the BvS concept, in a far better way than the theatrical one did. It's so obvious that the theatrical cut was focused on moving from one climactic scene to another to hastily keep audiences attention, but it did so at the risk of chopping up the main narrative and removing the motivations that were pushing most of the characters forward.

My only slight negative that is a holdover from the theatrical is that the apocalypse/Justice League stuff was too "out there" and too much to stuff into this film. They do so some stuff with the audio to make the apocalyspe/flash stuff a bit more digestible, but I don't know...I understand the logic of setting the seeds for Justice League here, but they should made it a post-credits scene or something.

I'm really looking forward to watching this version many more times and also as double-bill with Man of Steel, because this version is a far better companion piece.

 

[Micromind]

Managed to watch the Ultimate cut today. What a phenomenal, sprawling epic this film is...such a shame that theatrical cut is what most people saw and what most people will ever see.

Now, to be clear I admire and appreciate Snyder's approach with these characters. This "deconstructed view" that places these characters in our problematic, corrupt world and tries to imagine how they would navigate it. How they would be viewed, by a more cynical, modern population. A lot of people don't have patience for this thought experiment. It puts the characters in a tricky position and keeps them from being light, wise-cracking, and chipper. If you can't get past Batman killing or Superman being troubled by what's going on around him, in BvS, this cut is not going to do much for you.

However, if you felt that there were moments in the film that really worked, moments that were puzzling, and that the film felt too choppy editing-wise. You stand the most to gain from this cut. I put myself in this category. This Ultimate Edition was sooo much more cohesive and better-paced. I'll give you an example...the Ultimate Edition introduces us to Gotham and The Batman in far better manner than the theatrical cut, because the scenes have room to breathe. In the theatrical cut we enter the scene with the bats escaping the chimney, which is a ham-fisted way of saying we're about to enter a batman-oriented scene. The ultimate cut shows police-men hanging out before getting called out to a crime scene, and then we see the shot of the bats flapping about. It tells us that the Batman is here, or has been here. It makes for a much more mysterious and cooler introduction to the character and the world. There are so many scenes that have be re-worked and re-postioned like that, throughout the cut, which allows the film to work better, flow better, and flat out make sense.

Also, Superman gets his film back, in this cut. We all know Snyder loves Batman, but you really get to see the respect, admiration, and appreciation Snyder continues to have for Clark/Superman, too. Such great Clark/Superman/Smallville/Metropolis stuff here that it gives creedence to rumors that WB execs wanted the film to be more Batman heavy, and probably had some of the great Superman stuff forced out.

I have a lot more to say about this cut, but, overall, I'll just say that this cut serves the ambition of the BvS concept, in a far better way than the theatrical one did. It's so obvious that the theatrical cut was focused on moving from one climactic scene to another to hastily keep audiences attention, but it did so at the risk of chopping up the main narrative and removing the motivations that were pushing most of the characters forward.

My only slight negative that is a holdover from the theatrical is that the apocalypse/Justice League stuff was too "out there" and too much to stuff into this film. They do so some stuff with the audio to make the apocalyspe/flash stuff a bit more digestible, but I don't know...I understand the logic of setting the seeds for Justice League here, but they should made it a post-credits scene or something.

I'm really looking forward to watching this version many more times and also as double-bill with Man of Steel, because this version is a far better companion piece.

Thanks for the review, I thought that TC was edited too much, and the character development suffered.

Nice to see that UC is much more coherent and character oriented, especially the Clark Kent/ Superman part.

I wish that WB learn from this, don't cut the character moments, the demographic watching these movies is Not same as Transformers / Fast and Furious demographic.

Audiences want to see complete story, they don't want to see one dimensional characters and movie narrative jumping from one action scene to next with poorly developed motivations.