Reviews written by zarius

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March 11, 2024
Overall rating
 
10.0
Audio/Video Quality
 
10.0
Audio Editing
 
10.0
Visual Editing
 
10.0
Narrative
 
10.0
Enjoyment
 
10.0

Phenomenal visual editing and terrific creative choices helps make Regenerations stand out as one of the more unique takes on fixing what was wrong with Generations. It's a good film...

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zarius
March 11, 2024
Overall rating
 
9.4
Audio/Video Quality
 
10.0
Audio Editing
 
9.0
Visual Editing
 
8.0
Narrative
 
10.0
Enjoyment
 
10.0

I really enjoyed this one. Batman Forever is the kind of film that can be rejiggered in many ways, here Eyepainter creates an even more unique viewing experience through...

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zarius
November 23, 2022
Overall rating
 
9.6
Audio/Video Quality
 
10.0
Audio Editing
 
9.0
Visual Editing
 
10.0
Narrative
 
10.0
Enjoyment
 
9.0

Two and a bit decades ago, ADigitalman uploaded what I consider to be the best first entry for any aspiring fanediting viewer or creator, Superman Redeemed, a seemless blend of...

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zarius
November 02, 2022
Overall rating
 
9.4
Audio/Video Quality
 
10.0
Audio Editing
 
10.0
Visual Editing
 
10.0
Narrative
 
7.0
Enjoyment
 
10.0

I've seen so many edits of Superman I and II, I really don't know how I can still be surprised at how unique and different each of them are, but...

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zarius
July 26, 2022
Overall rating
 
9.8
Audio/Video Quality
 
10.0
Audio Editing
 
10.0
Visual Editing
 
9.0
Narrative
 
10.0
Enjoyment
 
10.0

Batman Beyond has succeeded where very few alternative futures have in comics. The only other one I can think of with as much cultural reverence is Spider-Man 2099, and there...

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zarius
June 27, 2022
Overall rating
 
10.0
Audio/Video Quality
 
10.0
Audio Editing
 
10.0
Visual Editing
 
10.0
Narrative
 
10.0
Enjoyment
 
10.0

Musiced has made us believe in the same way Donner enabled us to have faith in a man who could fly. Here, a Bat has earned it's wings! ...

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zarius
June 19, 2022
Overall rating
 
9.6
Audio/Video Quality
 
10.0
Audio Editing
 
10.0
Visual Editing
 
10.0
Narrative
 
10.0
Enjoyment
 
8.0

This is a more balanced movie, neither too light or dark, very much in line with Bronze age sensibilties as laid out in Bob's mandates at the beginning of...

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zarius
February 03, 2022
Overall rating
 
10.0
Audio/Video Quality
 
10.0
Audio Editing
 
10.0
Visual Editing
 
10.0
Narrative
 
10.0
Enjoyment
 
10.0

Integrating all of Peter's footage from Infinity War while still managing to spin a shorter, streamlined yarn with Homecoming is a task best left to the pros, and Malthus is...

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zarius
December 28, 2021
Overall rating
 
8.8
Audio/Video Quality
 
9.0
Audio Editing
 
7.0
Visual Editing
 
8.0
Narrative
 
10.0
Enjoyment
 
10.0

From the atmospheric score to the improved running time, One Bad Day is more than just another editor's idea of how to manipulate one of the more divisive DC adaptations,...

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zarius
November 19, 2021
Overall rating
 
9.8
Audio/Video Quality
 
10.0
Audio Editing
 
10.0
Visual Editing
 
9.0
Narrative
 
10.0
Enjoyment
 
10.0

Batman Forever restored to it's proper glory by an editor with considerable skill.

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zarius
September 13, 2021
Overall rating
 
8.6
Audio/Video Quality
 
9.0
Audio Editing
 
7.0
Visual Editing
 
7.0
Narrative
 
10.0
Enjoyment
 
10.0

Subjectzero brings his unique alternate narrative of the Star Wars trilogy to a close with a reinvention of the sequel trilogy, taking all three of the divisive films and rearranging...

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zarius
July 02, 2021
Overall rating
 
9.6
Audio/Video Quality
 
9.0
Audio Editing
 
9.0
Visual Editing
 
10.0
Narrative
 
10.0
Enjoyment
 
10.0

I enjoyed that edit very much, Giefreg used a small percentage of Josstice, but the small touches served the edit well, and I do like Lois' speech at the end...

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zarius
May 18, 2021
Overall rating
 
9.8
Audio/Video Quality
 
10.0
Audio Editing
 
9.0
Visual Editing
 
10.0
Narrative
 
10.0
Enjoyment
 
10.0

It's miraculous that the first Reeve Superman movies are hailed as some of the best superhero movies ever made given the circumstances surrounding the push of the 'panic button' by...

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zarius
April 11, 2021
Overall rating
 
10.0
Audio/Video Quality
 
10.0
Audio Editing
 
10.0
Visual Editing
 
10.0
Narrative
 
10.0
Enjoyment
 
10.0

While subject's prequel edit was a tight 3-in-1 that tackled the baseline of that trilogy, this was where the meat of the editor's overall saga starts to tenderise...and boy was...

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zarius
April 05, 2021 (Updated: April 11, 2021)
Overall rating
 
10.0
Audio/Video Quality
 
10.0
Audio Editing
 
10.0
Visual Editing
 
10.0
Narrative
 
10.0
Enjoyment
 
10.0

Well, I definitely enjoyed that. Not as radical a rethink as the other two episodes of this trilogy will prove to be, but I don't mean that in a negative...

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zarius
February 02, 2021 (Updated: February 04, 2021)
Overall rating
 
8.6
Audio/Video Quality
 
10.0
Audio Editing
 
10.0
Visual Editing
 
10.0
Narrative
 
7.0
Enjoyment
 
6.0
FanMix

Thor Ragnorok is so spectacularly awful in execution that sitting through even a shortened version is tough at times.. Still, for the benefit of this edit, I did try, and...

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zarius
December 10, 2020
Overall rating
 
10.0
Audio/Video Quality
 
10.0
Audio Editing
 
10.0
Visual Editing
 
10.0
Narrative
 
10.0
Enjoyment
 
10.0

This is definitely a worthy restructuring of BVS, no longer does it feel like mere "BS", the film compliments Man of Steel well, choosing to sidestep the desert angle and...

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zarius
December 06, 2020
Overall rating
 
9.2
Audio/Video Quality
 
10.0
Audio Editing
 
8.0
Visual Editing
 
9.0
Narrative
 
10.0
Enjoyment
 
9.0

Hercules The Legendary Journies is itself a legendary show...every hero's first steps have their minor stumbles however and this final entry in the five early direct-to-TV movie season for this...

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zarius
November 23, 2020
Overall rating
 
9.2
Audio/Video Quality
 
10.0
Audio Editing
 
10.0
Visual Editing
 
10.0
Narrative
 
8.0
Enjoyment
 
8.0

With Star Wars, the challenge presented to you will often allow the mists of hardship to clear with experience. A film like Rise of Skywalker had a lot of fog...

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zarius
October 05, 2020
Overall rating
 
10.0
Audio/Video Quality
 
10.0
Audio Editing
 
10.0
Visual Editing
 
10.0
Narrative
 
10.0
Enjoyment
 
10.0

Trek very often likes to pull a "twisted" tale or two where the main characters act out of step with how we conventionally know them...sometimes they would recycle this a...

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zarius
September 24, 2020
Overall rating
 
8.6
Audio/Video Quality
 
7.0
Audio Editing
 
9.0
Visual Editing
 
7.0
Narrative
 
10.0
Enjoyment
 
10.0

(This review will focus on the VHS version) When Bobson first announced this project...I admit, I bought into it, I thought he'd discovered something lurking...

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zarius
August 07, 2020
Overall rating
 
9.8
Audio/Video Quality
 
10.0
Audio Editing
 
9.0
Visual Editing
 
10.0
Narrative
 
10.0
Enjoyment
 
10.0

A good fix for a somewhat decent if unspectacular feature length B5 outing. The trims improve pacing throughout. I remember being bored to tears watching this as a teenager, and...

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zarius
August 03, 2020
Overall rating
 
9.6
Audio/Video Quality
 
10.0
Audio Editing
 
8.0
Visual Editing
 
10.0
Narrative
 
10.0
Enjoyment
 
10.0

Every jounrey has a begining...and this was mine. The first fanedit I was ever interested in, and it delivers. This is an essential Digitalman masterpiece, his finest hour in my...

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zarius
August 01, 2020
Overall rating
 
10.0
Audio/Video Quality
 
10.0
Audio Editing
 
10.0
Visual Editing
 
10.0
Narrative
 
10.0
Enjoyment
 
10.0

Bobson continues to carve out quite the career for himself, and as is often the case, we continue to watch that career with great interest. This latest in his batch...

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zarius
July 27, 2020
Overall rating
 
8.8
Audio/Video Quality
 
9.0
Audio Editing
 
8.0
Visual Editing
 
7.0
Narrative
 
10.0
Enjoyment
 
10.0

This is a solid enhancement of the existing story, with Biggs Darklighter and Luke's scenes providing the viewer with a little more insight into things rarely if at all touched...

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zarius
July 15, 2020 (Updated: July 17, 2020)
Overall rating
 
10.0
Audio/Video Quality
 
10.0
Audio Editing
 
10.0
Visual Editing
 
10.0
Narrative
 
10.0
Enjoyment
 
10.0

An edit that has been in the works for two years, Bobson's JL Ultimate Edition sought to piece together the most complete version of the Frankenstein's monster that was the...

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zarius
June 14, 2020
Overall rating
 
10.0
Audio/Video Quality
 
10.0
Audio Editing
 
10.0
Visual Editing
 
10.0
Narrative
 
10.0
Enjoyment
 
10.0

I was most interested/impressed with the continuity and character building touch-ups plucked from another episode and integrated into the story seamlessly. You don't notice any major holes forming in the...

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zarius
June 11, 2020
Overall rating
 
8.8
Audio/Video Quality
 
8.0
Audio Editing
 
10.0
Visual Editing
 
8.0
Narrative
 
10.0
Enjoyment
 
8.0

Bobson extends Austin Powers with ten additional and extended scenes, the results are about the same as they were ADigitalMan's cut of the movie which I already reviewed. As a...

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zarius
June 06, 2020
Overall rating
 
8.8
Audio/Video Quality
 
9.0
Audio Editing
 
8.0
Visual Editing
 
10.0
Narrative
 
10.0
Enjoyment
 
7.0

Not my favourite of the Austin Powers movies, and the extended footage here is integrated with mixed levels of success (the 'legs' thing added to the opening has a very...

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zarius
May 26, 2020
Overall rating
 
9.0
Audio/Video Quality
 
10.0
Audio Editing
 
9.0
Visual Editing
 
9.0
Narrative
 
10.0
Enjoyment
 
7.0

The best Austin Powers movie, the extended scenes help to make some scenes I found unfunny kind of funnier, I think the Two-On-Two scene could have replaced the two Austins...

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zarius
May 25, 2020
Overall rating
 
8.6
Audio/Video Quality
 
8.0
Audio Editing
 
10.0
Visual Editing
 
8.0
Narrative
 
10.0
Enjoyment
 
7.0

Austin Powers was one of my favourite movies to watch in my adolescence, one I could quote endlessly, that said I feel the deleted scenes don't add much to the...

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zarius
May 21, 2020
Overall rating
 
9.6
Audio/Video Quality
 
10.0
Audio Editing
 
10.0
Visual Editing
 
10.0
Narrative
 
10.0
Enjoyment
 
8.0

First off, a big hand must be given to musiced921 for supplying me with this edit. I was actually looking for the one without the Ewoks in it, but obviously...

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zarius
May 17, 2020
Overall rating
 
10.0
Audio/Video Quality
 
10.0
Audio Editing
 
10.0
Visual Editing
 
10.0
Narrative
 
10.0
Enjoyment
 
10.0

Subjectzero's diligent Babylon 5 viewing allows him to pick out the most essential moments and storylines to produce another fine entry in his series. The new changes do well to...

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zarius
May 14, 2020
Overall rating
 
10.0
Audio/Video Quality
 
10.0
Audio Editing
 
10.0
Visual Editing
 
10.0
Narrative
 
10.0
Enjoyment
 
10.0

This is probably the definitive Last Jedi fanedit that there is. The decisions made by Don here are for the betterment of the movie, they really flush out the more...

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zarius
May 13, 2020
Overall rating
 
8.8
Audio/Video Quality
 
10.0
Audio Editing
 
10.0
Visual Editing
 
10.0
Narrative
 
7.0
Enjoyment
 
7.0

Rise of Skywalker is a film of many choices, that's as true to the final official product as it has proven for many faneditors. This one, put together by the...

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zarius
May 13, 2020
Overall rating
 
9.6
Audio/Video Quality
 
9.0
Audio Editing
 
9.0
Visual Editing
 
10.0
Narrative
 
10.0
Enjoyment
 
10.0

Another fun feature about our reliable buddy Buck. The use of the flashback at the start was a good way of establishing a bit of Buck's experiance en route to...

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zarius
April 27, 2020
Overall rating
 
10.0
Audio/Video Quality
 
10.0
Audio Editing
 
10.0
Visual Editing
 
10.0
Narrative
 
10.0
Enjoyment
 
10.0

It blows my mind how much I enjoyed Spider-Man 3 on this go around and not even on an ironic level. SonofSinbad cuts corners where they need to be cut,...

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zarius
April 24, 2020
Overall rating
 
9.0
Audio/Video Quality
 
8.0
Audio Editing
 
10.0
Visual Editing
 
8.0
Narrative
 
10.0
Enjoyment
 
9.0

Bobson's skills are put to good use on another memorable movie...Ghostbusters 2 is just as much fun as the original in my opinion, and the enhancements made to the feature...

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zarius
April 23, 2020
Overall rating
 
9.8
Audio/Video Quality
 
9.0
Audio Editing
 
10.0
Visual Editing
 
10.0
Narrative
 
10.0
Enjoyment
 
10.0

Warlord's masterful mixing of Twilight Zone and Classic Star Trek produces yet another well-structured variant on a memorable episode. Nothing from this 25-minute trim felt out of step, all the...

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zarius
April 14, 2020
Overall rating
 
9.8
Audio/Video Quality
 
10.0
Audio Editing
 
9.0
Visual Editing
 
10.0
Narrative
 
10.0
Enjoyment
 
10.0

This edit provides yet another bang for your Buck (oh me and my puns), a lot of very professional adjustments are made to this version, you would think it was...

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zarius
April 14, 2020
Overall rating
 
8.8
Audio/Video Quality
 
9.0
Audio Editing
 
8.0
Visual Editing
 
7.0
Narrative
 
10.0
Enjoyment
 
10.0

The first of the Twilight Treks from The Warlord, and it does a good job of keeping the story focused on the plight of those stuck in the reality of...

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zarius
April 13, 2020
Overall rating
 
9.6
Audio/Video Quality
 
10.0
Audio Editing
 
10.0
Visual Editing
 
8.0
Narrative
 
10.0
Enjoyment
 
10.0

When it comes to remixing Star Trek, The Warlord again provides a masterful service. He has carefully selected the right amount of TZ material to weave around another vintage Trek...

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zarius
March 16, 2020
Overall rating
 
9.6
Audio/Video Quality
 
10.0
Audio Editing
 
10.0
Visual Editing
 
9.0
Narrative
 
9.0
Enjoyment
 
10.0

It's part of every sci-fi or fantasy fanatic's early upbringing to be educated on not just the fiction giants like Buck Rogers, but on the Glen A. Larson library. I've...

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zarius
March 15, 2020
Overall rating
 
9.4
Audio/Video Quality
 
10.0
Audio Editing
 
7.0
Visual Editing
 
10.0
Narrative
 
10.0
Enjoyment
 
10.0

A most interesting mix of episodes and concepts to create an alternative to one of the more topical Star Trek OS episodes. McCoy's absence from the episode is masked very...

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zarius
March 12, 2020
Overall rating
 
9.8
Audio/Video Quality
 
10.0
Audio Editing
 
10.0
Visual Editing
 
10.0
Narrative
 
9.0
Enjoyment
 
10.0

Lastsurvivor has cracked the case! A project that proved to be quite complex at times, altering Licence to Kill to work with a new narrative pays off...

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zarius
January 01, 2020
Overall rating
 
8.0
Audio/Video Quality
 
7.0
Audio Editing
 
10.0
Visual Editing
 
7.0
Narrative
 
10.0
Enjoyment
 
6.0

This is a solid alternative to a significantly dated and flawed movie. Terminators act like their function dictates they should, cornier jokes and callbacks are omitted. It's not a movie...

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zarius
December 30, 2019
Overall rating
 
9.4
Audio/Video Quality
 
10.0
Audio Editing
 
9.0
Visual Editing
 
8.0
Narrative
 
10.0
Enjoyment
 
10.0

Lapis gives us more Dalton to enjoy with this fine tweeking of a timeless Bond adventure. I remember recording this in the spring of 1998 and watching it endlessly, Dalton...

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zarius
December 02, 2019
Overall rating
 
7.2
Audio/Video Quality
 
8.0
Audio Editing
 
7.0
Visual Editing
 
7.0
Narrative
 
7.0
Enjoyment
 
7.0

There's a lot to commend in this one, edits are competent for the most part, it's a fine joining of stories, and the stakes are heightened considerably, it's an interesting...

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zarius
November 04, 2019
Overall rating
 
10.0
Audio/Video Quality
 
10.0
Audio Editing
 
10.0
Visual Editing
 
10.0
Narrative
 
10.0
Enjoyment
 
10.0

Babylon 5 is an epic length novel for television and can work in a multitude of ways...long-form tv and now long-form "movies", edited together with supreme craftsmanship by subjectzero. I...

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zarius
October 14, 2019
Overall rating
 
8.2
Audio/Video Quality
 
10.0
Audio Editing
 
10.0
Visual Editing
 
10.0
Narrative
 
5.0
Enjoyment
 
6.0

"I'm not as evolved as I thought I was" With this line and the scene after, Charles Xavier completes what may just be the only other good...

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zarius
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