Batman: Year Two (Miniseries), The

If someone had showed me this and told me this is an HBO show, I would have no reason to not recommend this. Absolutely amazing edit which made rewatching this a treat!

First off thanks DonKamillo for making this a thing as this mini series was what The Batman movie should have been. I had difficulty seeing the movie through to its end even after a second determined viewing finding it much to slow to get any enjoyment out of the way the story was being told. DonKamillos 4 part series makes The Batman much more accessible narratively as the dark detective uncovers more about the situation around him per episode you find yourself more invested in the characters.

The editing and episode intros are floorless, nice work DonKamillo. The only thing I would say though is I found there to be some on scene artefacts and colour banding around a few of the darkest scenes as well a green tint to the series which gave an unnatural light to the shadows (also found in the original film!) when watching through the intended 16-235 limited colour range setting.

As DonKamillo only has 4k HEVC versions I needed to convert the files into 1080p h264, as I'm not able to play 4k HEVC without films stuttering. While converting I played around with colour grading to remove the green tint which removed most of the colour banding and the results are subtle seem more natural, comparison image examples here: https://forums.fanedit.org/threads/the-batman-year-two-miniseries.24857/post-399813

I spent a bit more time then most with DonKamillos The Batman: Year Two Miniseries when converting and colour grading and so was able to enjoy every bit of his quality edit, Well done DonKamillo look forward to your other projects.

Before I begin it should be said that I haven't seen the original film in it's entirety.

Since Covid struck, my friend became something of a recluse, so I too stopped going to the cinema. When The Batman came out I heard mostly positive things, one being that Batman was actually a detective in this film, that was enough of a selling point for me it was the one thing I'd wanted in a batman movie. When the film hit home release I rushed to buy a copy and I sat down to watch it aaaaaand that's where it fell apart, for some reason I couldn't sit for that length of time and take in the story. I made it 2 hours in and took a break (that I never resumed on)

In Don's edit I saw the opportunity to give the film a second chance and I must say I'm glad I did. 4 easy to watch episodes that have the classic tv episode structure, if I hadn't watched some of the film to know better, I would have swore it was made with a miniseries in mind. Each 'episode' has a classic TV format structure. All the exposition and following the breadcrumb trail, the big spectacle event per episode, and even the cliffhangers, that ironically, had me wanting to watch the next episode. But I continued to limit myself to one chapter per night. There were a few times I noticed that some scenes felt like they were out of sequence, but I understood this to be a creative decision and it didn't really mar my enjoyment or affect my ability to follow the story.

If you're an idiot like me, who purchases films blindly when you maybe should have rented them. Then give this edit a watch. If you thought the pacing of the original film was unbalanced, then please consider watching this.

Thank you

I am personally a big fan of extended versions of films, but I also felt like the Batman could have been shortened to improve some pacing issues. This edit satisfies both check boxes for me and turns the Batman into a premium HBO series that would fit nicely into future Gotham tv series like the Penguin. I didn't have much time to sit and rewatch all of Batman in one sitting so it worked out when I watched the first two episodes in one night and the other two in two consecutive weeks. It felt like it was supposed to be released that way. And when the intros are cut in, they are cut in so organically it feels like it belongs there. The inclusion of the joker scene as a cold open work wonderfully. I will be only watching this edit for rewatches and recommend others to do so.

This is my preferred way to watch The Batman.

Which is crazy, because what I wanted most from a fan edit of this film was for it to be shortened and this series is essentially the same length as the original film.

But just about everything is improved in my opinion. If there's one thing I like in my TV series it's a good intro and DonKamillo obviously agrees with the sentiment because every episode starts off so intriguingly. Seriously, the fact that the intro of the movie wasn't Batman's monologue and him beating down the subway thugs is crazy.

I couldn't notice any issues with the editing. Every episode has a great pace that neither over stays its welcome nor feels too chopped up.

This is a great fan edit. I'm very interested to see if DonKamillo decides to recut this series with the new deleted scenes from the Blu Ray release.

But mostly I'm just interested in whatever they decide to edit next.