Crisis on Infinite Earths: The Legacy of Oliver Queen

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Original Release Date:
2019
Original Running Time:
210
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Fanedit Running Time:
196
Time Cut:
24
Time Added:
10
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Brief Synopsis:
INVASION! EARTH-X! ELSEWORLDS! COUNTDOWN!
The Final Chapter is here!

The CRISIS has arrived!

The Multiverse is under attack and only the Heroes of the Arrowverse can save the day.
Bionic Bob takes the 5 part CW television event and unites it into a single epic movie experience!
Intention:
DC Comics 1985's CRISIS ON INFINITE EARHTS is probably the most impactful series I ever read in my teen formative years. It was the first comic to ever make be cry. Twice! It is the Gold Standard of epic comic book crossovers.

The CW Arrowverse adaptation was an ambitious television event that it succeeded more than it failed. My intent with this fan edit is to unite the 5 separate episodes into a single movie, while expanding the narrative scope slightly with some additional cameos and comic book moments. I also cut out many unneeded comedic bits to maintain tone and cut scenes for pacing.

As cosmic as the story is, I wanted the emotional narrative through line to be Oliver Queen's influence on the creation of the Arrowverse.
Other Sources:
Superman The Movie
Wonder Woman the tv series
Batman 1989
The Flash 1990
Green Lantern 2011
Swamp Thing 2019
Special Thanks:
DwightFry, MusicEd, Nic, Fran Garcia, Drvrjon, Dirtycop1036, JMPredator, Nothinghereburrancor, Addiesin, Slade Harrison and my beloved Bionic Bride.
Release Information:
Digital
Special Features
Coming Attractions
Cuts and Additions:
CUT/CHANGE LIST
--this list is in no way complete, it just the more obvious big edits or the ones I can remember ha ha!
--Removed all commercial breaks, cropped/zoomed out title cards
--Divided movie into 5 Chapters
--Created Earth designation title cards (I will not miss making those.. ugh!)
--tons of trims, new music cues, rearranged scenes, etc..

Hour One
--CUT Monitor Prologue
--REARRANGE scenes, open with Oliver and Mia
--ADDED Earths 89. 41 and 78 with rescored music, moved Earth-9 and X to later, again rescored
--CUT out of place humour moments (ie. talking to rabbits)
--CUT Earth-16 continuity error
--CUT Ray and Kate gag
--ADDED Oliver flashback to Earth-2 destruction
--TRIMMED Alex's dialogue with Lena
--CUT Brainy and J'onn scene
--REARRANGE Battle of Quantum Tower with two cut away scenes
--CUT Ray upgrading Kate's batarang
--TRIMMED and RESCORED Oliver's first death scene. No deathbed guilt bomb.

Hour Two
--ADDED Pariah deleted scene
--CUT Kara, Sara and Kate toasting Oliver
--CUT alternate Earth-74 Waverider
--CUT all A.I. Snart
--CUT "crossover" joke
--CUT references to Felicity's mission and Book of Oa
--CUT Kate "who wants to meet Batman"
--ADDED Potential Paragons (thanks Dave Kerin!!!)
--ADDED Earth-88 scene
--REARRANGED many scenes for pacing
--ADDED Harbinger deleted scene
--CUT Kate and Kara's post-mission conversation

Hour Three
--ADDED and RESCORED Earth-203, 52, 12 and 19
--CUT Team Flash arrival on the Waverider
--REARRANGED/TRIMMED many scenes for pacing with new audio and/or establishing shots for transitions
--ADDED Black Lightning recruitment; rescored and audio rebuild
--ADDED Flash-90 flashbacks
--ADDED Spectre teleportation green flash
--ADDED Barry and Iris love theme
--CUT all A.I. Snart

Hour Four
--ALTERED music for Maltus/Anti-Matter Universe scene
--CUT Miller Flash
--CUT Barry's reference to Oliver's death bed guilt bomb
--ADDED Hand of Creation
--RESCORED/AUDIO REBUILD Oliver's second death

Hour Five
--TRIM/RESCORE/AUDIO REBUILD Kara and Lex news conference
--CUT Sara arriving in Star City
--TRIMMED J'onn meeting Sara and Ray
--CUT Sara's first meeting with Team Arrow
--CUT all "crossover" references
--CUT Microverse trademark joke
--CUT second Nash scene
--CUT President's speech
--CUT Oliver's new multiverse scene
--ADDED/RESCORED Oliver's funeral with additional legacy moments
--CUT Gleek reference, replaced it with something else lol
--ADDED custom comic book End Credits
--ADDED Mid-Credit scene
--ADDED Post-Credit scene
Trailer

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9.8
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10.0(5)
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And here it is the EPIC conclusion of BionicBob’s COIE! 

This edit will not disappoint to anyone, with unparalleled "full" feeling and also full with beautiful nostalgia, with the addition of Christopher Reeve’s Superman, Green Lantern and many others.


Once again, we can see how talented he is with this edit of 5 episodes condensed in a full movie. All the cut and transitions are seamless and it is like you are watching a professional editing.

The inclusion of Chapters, makes this fan edit much more epic, and as previously stated by DirtyCop1036 it resembles to Zack Snyder’s Justice League.

The final credits are also awesome with the comic’s counterpart of our beloved heroes.

COIE Part III, is fast paced and nothing has been left to chance, no plot holes.

This is an excellent conclusion to the previous edits.

I absolutely recommend this edit.

It is an EPIC saga fan edited by a master of edition. A MUST watch!

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Once again Bob hits it out of the park. This is well structured and cohesive. Bob ability to cut the fluff out of 5 1 hour episodes and tighten the story and pacing is unparalleled. This along with Bob other edits, is the kind of superheroics we could have gotten originally if the c-levels and studios had just kept their mitts away from the creatives.

This is a great capstone to the Arrowverse. I won't say much more to avoid any spoilers but this is more than worth multiple viewings.

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I'm honestly surprised to be giving such a low score, especially compared to the prior two Crisis edits where Bob was able to make something out of nothing. However, I will attempt to explain my reasoning.

First, I think Bob made too good of a trailer for the edit to live up to. With how much focus is put on Oliver & the choice of music, I don't find that the fanedit ever captures that level of intensity. And it's not that I want this to be the Oliver show, either, as this ultimately about the Arrowverse at large (Kate convincing Kara to not use the Book of Destiny, Iris convincing Ryan Choi to join & Flash of Earth-90 sacrificing himself with a brand new montage are truly powerful moments), but even then, the characters I mostly care about are Barry, Kara, & Sara, all of whom are Paragons who have stronger ties to Oliver than the other characters (which is admittedly a bit neutered for Kara since Oliver’s “guilt bomb” was removed).

If I had to pick out a weak link in all of this, I'd have to go with Hour 2. Going back to what I said about people with ties to Oliver, most of them are trying to bring Oliver back while their loved ones go to stop Lex & Kara goes with Kate to Earth Conroy. You could probably remove the Tom Welling cameo, & Earth Conroy is…tricky. Now, I thought Batwoman was a fine show, Ruby Rose was great as Kate Kane, & it was nice to see Conroy in live-action, but time has not been kind to this segment of Crisis (Conroy’s passing, Kate leaving the show, etc.) I get the idea of not trimming too much of it because Batwoman didn’t really build up to the Crisis, but that’s just it: Batwoman didn’t build up the Crisis, either here or the previous edits (& she doesn’t get an added goodbye like Supergirl, Flash & Legends do here, either). Kate works great as a supporting character (like Black Lightning & Ryan Choi) & foil to Kara, but it’s just hard to care about someone who’s journey is just beginning when the franchise is ending.

My last note is a minor point, & this more than anything is a matter of personal preference. On one hand, the battle at the beginning of time is very climactic, & other than just showing off the new status quo of Earth Prime, you could probably jump straight to Oliver’s official funeral & make for a tighter story/ending. On the other hand, I do love me some Legends-style nonsense, & Sara’s speech to Barry about how everyone in her life pre-Arrow is gone now, & I don’t want to risk cutting that out.

Aside from maybe moving Mar-Novu traveling to the beginning of time & creating the Anti-Monitor to the very beginning of the edit, this is a very serviceable ending to the Arrowverse (I cannot stress how good the new montages for Supergirl, Legends, Flash & 90s Flash were). I just remain curious as to whether there’s a way to shave of an extra 20 – 30 minutes while still being coherent. However, I won’t ask that of Bob, who deserves a long, well-earned hiatus/retirement from the Arrowverse after crafting so many bangers.

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What a ride! A perfect conclusion to BionicBob's epic Crisis saga. It's full of heart and emotionally charged, with a nice perfume of nostalgia.
Once again, BionicBob proves how talented he is, out of 5 episodes, he managed to pull out a fast-paced movie brilliantly edited so there's not a single plot hole nor any inconsistencies.
Splitting the 3h20 runtime with chapters à la Snyder Cut, was a good idea to give the story time to breath and polish the overall esthetics of the edit.
Using footage from old DC media to serve the plot was one of my favorite part of the edit. It was so satisfying to see BionicBob and Wakeupkeo find a useful purpose to that godawful Green Lantern movie.
And of course, the final credits were just absolutely gorgeous. Each panel perfectly fitting the live-action character it supposed to represent. I especially loved the Kevin Conroy fanart that was used.

I absolutely recommend the Saga as a whole, not just COIE. Passionate edits, from a passionate fan.

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if you love the arrowverse crossovers, you are in for a treat with this one. this is the wrap up to Oliver Queen's story and rebirth of the multiverse. the story flows better without the extra clutter in the way, there are some nice little easter eggs to find as you watch it. this is another Homerun from BionicBob. i have watched all of Bob's edits and this has to be one of my top 3 favorite. do yourself a favor and watch this, you wont be disappointed but will be highly entertained.

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