Valerian: No Love Lost Edition

I found the original movie to be an underwhelming disappointment. This is a definite improvement! It can't fix all the issues with the film, but does make for a rather more enjoyable experience. Aside from the music over the end credits being overly loud, the edit was technically flawless as far as I noticed. The ship's infodump about Alpha when they arrive still seems awkward and unnecessary, but that's not new to this edit. The remnant of the princess plot seems to come out of nowhere, and would have been better excised entirely, but one more bit of weirdness in a story like this isn't a big deal. I was very happy with the change to Bubbles' story. Recommended.

This edit is fantastic. The romance grated my nerves so bad I would fast forward past the lovey dovey stuff. For once, I didn't have to do that to enjoy the movie. The pace of the story flows better. I can't say enough nice things about this edit. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Watching those two actors love all over each other was like watching Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley smooching at the MTV Video Awards. Blech! *retch*

Great work again, Malthus! Perfect, flawless editing, as usual.
I will be honest, I was not really a fan of this movie originally. The only reason I own it is because my wife works at a video store and I get great deals on movies. But what Malthus has done here, they have turned a movie that I didn't care for, into a movie that I rather enjoyed. It is still not a perfect movie, but much better. Nice work! The removal of the cringe romance is exactly what this movie needed.

There's this legend that no space opera after A New Hope managed to achieve success in the mainstream, its sad but truth. When Valerian launched my initial impression was "that was nice, but could be great". It was a passion project from a passionate creator, unfortunately it almost bankrupt his own company, and now 5 years later i think Malthus did exactly what i imagined.

No Love Lost shows again that with certain tweaks, some cuts and pacing fixes some things can literally be corrected and give a deserved new life to something. While i was watching this i couldn't even remember the original cut anymore and i think that the true sign of a good jobe done. Maybe with an add better scene to close the story this could be screened at theaters, it is that good!

I believe everybody knows by now but Jean-Claude Mézières (the original Valerian comic creator/writer) passed away a month ago, this edit is probably the best homage someone could make to the legacy of a true french sci-fi maestro along with Moebius, Without him there's nowhere to copy the Millennium Falcon, or carbonite, neither that dusty tech look that today is the standard for most space films and shows. Give this edit a try!