Review Detail
9.8 13 10
Overall rating
9.6
Audio/Video Quality
10.0
Audio Editing
10.0
Visual Editing
10.0
Narrative
9.0
Enjoyment
9.0
Bionic Bob fanedits = fun. Plain and simple. Whenever I settle down to watch an edit by BB, I know I'm in for a hell of a ride. Unsurprisingly, Crisis On Earth X is no exception to this.
Initially I was big fan of DC's TV shows. I religiously followed Smallville from start to end, and was quickly hooked on Arrow when it came out. Same for The Flash. However, things in your life change, and the sheer ability to keep up with various seasons of what would become to be known as the "Arrowverse" was too much for my wife and I. So, we bowed out. In many ways I regret it, as there's a lot in the various shows that I love, but hey, at least with fanedits like this I can occasionally dip my superhero toe back into the world of the Arrowverse.
With this edit of Crisis on Earth X, there are some characters who appear that I just wasn't familiar with - mainly from DC's Legends series - but the sheer rollercoaster ride which Bob secures you on doesn't give you much time to dwell on such things, and there's no doubt in my mind that the story works perfectly well for us more casual fans. It also doesn't outstay it's welcome. At 145 minutes it's still lengthy I suppose, but it never feels like this. There's so much going on that I was definitely along for the ride and in many ways I didn't want to get off.
From what I'm told, many fans have problems with the whole Felicity and Oliver relationship, primarily in the way Felicity acts towards Oliver, but whilst I am aware of some of this when watching some of Arrow, Bob reels this in nicely in Crisis on Earth X. Their relationship and the mirroring with Barry's and Iris' marriage coms across very well I thought and both couples come out very well in this edit.
I loved all the reverse versions of characters from the parallel nazi world - all of them really got into the roles, and makes for some very interesting face offs with their counterparts as the story unfolds. However, the star of the show for me is Victor Garber as Martin Stein/Firestorm. His character arc here is very emotional and shows just how good an actor Garber is.
Special mention goes to the action scenes here too. Considering these are TV productions, some of the staging and photography of the fight scenes are quite something to behold. Creative, interesting and very exciting without resorting to loads of annoying shaky cam or overly quick cuts.
In terms of the edit, this near perfect. Picture looks great, no bad audio cuts, and if I was really nit picking I would just say that I didn't like one of the fade to blacks near the end, but only because it reminded me I was watching a TV Series that was going to go to a commerical break - I kinda liked the illusion of this being a feature film I suppose. But, I realise why Bob did it, and it does make sense in that way.
All in all though, a terrific edit and I look forward to watching more Crisis edits from BB!!
Initially I was big fan of DC's TV shows. I religiously followed Smallville from start to end, and was quickly hooked on Arrow when it came out. Same for The Flash. However, things in your life change, and the sheer ability to keep up with various seasons of what would become to be known as the "Arrowverse" was too much for my wife and I. So, we bowed out. In many ways I regret it, as there's a lot in the various shows that I love, but hey, at least with fanedits like this I can occasionally dip my superhero toe back into the world of the Arrowverse.
With this edit of Crisis on Earth X, there are some characters who appear that I just wasn't familiar with - mainly from DC's Legends series - but the sheer rollercoaster ride which Bob secures you on doesn't give you much time to dwell on such things, and there's no doubt in my mind that the story works perfectly well for us more casual fans. It also doesn't outstay it's welcome. At 145 minutes it's still lengthy I suppose, but it never feels like this. There's so much going on that I was definitely along for the ride and in many ways I didn't want to get off.
From what I'm told, many fans have problems with the whole Felicity and Oliver relationship, primarily in the way Felicity acts towards Oliver, but whilst I am aware of some of this when watching some of Arrow, Bob reels this in nicely in Crisis on Earth X. Their relationship and the mirroring with Barry's and Iris' marriage coms across very well I thought and both couples come out very well in this edit.
I loved all the reverse versions of characters from the parallel nazi world - all of them really got into the roles, and makes for some very interesting face offs with their counterparts as the story unfolds. However, the star of the show for me is Victor Garber as Martin Stein/Firestorm. His character arc here is very emotional and shows just how good an actor Garber is.
Special mention goes to the action scenes here too. Considering these are TV productions, some of the staging and photography of the fight scenes are quite something to behold. Creative, interesting and very exciting without resorting to loads of annoying shaky cam or overly quick cuts.
In terms of the edit, this near perfect. Picture looks great, no bad audio cuts, and if I was really nit picking I would just say that I didn't like one of the fade to blacks near the end, but only because it reminded me I was watching a TV Series that was going to go to a commerical break - I kinda liked the illusion of this being a feature film I suppose. But, I realise why Bob did it, and it does make sense in that way.
All in all though, a terrific edit and I look forward to watching more Crisis edits from BB!!
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