Man of Tomorrow: A Man of Steel and Batman V Superman FanEdit

I thoroughly enjoyed this edit. From beginning to end I thought it was nothing but an improvement, but I did notice I didn't feel as invested once the story transitions to BvS. However that is more a critique of BvS than MoT. Would recommend.

This is the second fan edit I've watched from this editor in two days. I'm really impressed with his work.

The Good:
Once again the edits are seamless and most of the editing choices were spot on. Many of the weaknesses of the two films are covered up by this edit. The awful editing and repetitive action of MoS is gone and so is the extremely convoluted conspiracy plot from BvS. The Martha scene is handled much better here, and cuts down on the cheese factor a little. I also loved how Pa Kent's sacrifice to hide Clark's identity from humanity is intercut with Superman's sacrifice to save humanity. This edit is definitely an improvement on the originals.

The Bad:
The first flashback scene is completely out of place in this edit. If you're going to utilize flashbacks, they should serve the story or inform us about the character in a meaningful way as it relates to what's happening. In the original film, it exists solely to set up that Zod has trouble when he is first exposed to Earth's atmosphere. In this edit it sets nothing up. It's just there. The whole "focus on my voice" thing doesn't come into play at all either. I would have used the flashback of him saving the bus full of kids since it fits thematically with what just happened.

The love story is still a problem. I still didn't buy it, and I'm not sure it's fixable. Lois and Superman just simply don't have enough screen time together and the actors have zero chemistry together. The ring showing up at the end also seemed really random here. I would have left in a little of the bathtub scene after the hero montage to show that their relationship has progressed enough for him to want to propose to her. Lex Luthor only just being introduced in Act 2 is a slight problem, but I'm not sure how I feel about that. Also, the post credit scene with Lex ranting about someone coming, and then the painting shot didn't make a whole lot of sense without seeing the setup for this it earlier in the film. If someone had watched this edit alone, they'd have no idea where that painting scene was taking place. I would have left in his arrest to show him talking to the "mysterious figure," but I'm not sure how the editor could include any of the earlier scene at his home with the senator.

Overall, I'd recommend this edit. It's still head and shoulders above MoS and BvS by themselves despite the problems I had with it.

This has to be one of my favorite fanedits of all time, because it took two movies I really wanted to like, and in which I honestly struggled to find any redeeming features, and made it something I can love. The singular genius of this edit for me, was that it seemed to take the most popular criticisms aimed at Batman Vs Superman and fix them by using MOS. What an idea!

Take this one. One of the biggest issues with BVS was that its a Superman movie, with a main character that we don't feel for or care about. We don't see him being heroic, or charming or see anything to make us invest in his romance with Lois. All that was in MOS, and while Synder's character writing is a weaker point, it was much stronger in that first outing. What JobWillins has achieved here is a film with a singular arc about the rise and fall of Superman. He is portrayed as a true Jesus style figure, and when he meets his ultimate end, while I felt nothing but fatigue in BVS, here with Jor-El narrating over the scene, I was moved to tears.

The opening of the film is excellent. Synder seems to think a film's plot should begin around the 50 minute mark, but here, Lois and Clark have met, his origin has begun to unfold in full, I'm invested in the story, and there feels like there's actual momentum by the 20 minute mark... where its supposed to be. Clark and Lois's arcs work well, and the transition between the two films is solid.

While BVS force-fed us a series of bloated subplots to justify the world questioning Superman, "Man of Tomorrow" capitalizes on the fact that the Battle of Metropolis was reason enough, and we experience that through the eyes of Bruce (brilliantly cut in), who we now see fully involved in those events the first time, rather than sitting through a rehash of the sequence. When Clark joins the Daily Planet, it feels like a beginning, rather than an end, when he takes down the Satellite monitoring him, it feels like foreshadowing, and right next to this is Bruce, brooding over it all. A perfect transition. The Flashbacks are also used very well. Some are even saved for the second half. Jon's death is particularly clever.

Now, condensing two films can lead to events feeling abrupt or truncated. I'm pleased to say that IMO, Zod does not feel so. I never liked MOS's interpretation of Zod anyway, so using him as a preliminary villain worked for me. Much of the exposition around his plan, and certainly the street-fight with Faora was grossly unnecessary, and thankfully gone in this iteration. JobWillins also managed to do something about the "Superman shouldn't kill" issue by altering the death to seem less deliberate. When we get to Lex, his once convoluted motives and plan are presented in a clear and linear fashion which makes him seem less annoying, and more like the genius he's supposed to be. The entire BVS section of the film felt right to me. JobWillins kept the good and cut the bad. No more hockey franchise building for Justice League. No more weak subplots and bad padding. No more dream sequences or Batman using guns. What is left is the core story. Freed from that baggage, and underscored by the best of MOS, these events come to carry much more weight, and the themes stand clear in what I feel is a film worthy of recognition. This is without a doubt my new opening entry to DCEU.

This was absolutely amazing! This is how the DC movies should be! Incredible work on your own new intro to the movie. This edit takes 2 'okay' movies and transforms them intro 1 amazing movie! I loved how you just took away all the stuff I didn't like about the movies so the only things that are left are the good parts. Your choice to sometimes just blast the music in the scene's without other sounds is soo great, really makes Hans Zimmer's score stand out in full glory. Its also very good paced and never boring because it just keeps going with amazing parts throughout the whole movie instead of the theaterical versions, where you only have the exciting stuff at the ends. The way some scene's are reorganised is so great. It makes so much more sense and does a better job than the actual editors of the movie managed.
I highly recommend this fanedit to both movies, its just so much better. Thanks alot JobWillins! I'm going to watch this with a friend who hasnt seen both movies so this is going to be great!

The only negative is have is the absence of Subtitles, being non-English I always have Subtitles on in case I cant really hear what they are saying (English subtitles are the best). So if you could include those sometime down the line that would be amazing!

This edit definitely improved the storytelling, the character development and the overall enjoyment of both movies.
It seems like a movie worth seeing in the cinema, that don't get boring like BvS sometimes get.
It was really nice to watch.