Venom: The Marvel Cut

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Original Release Date:
2018
Original Running Time:
112
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Fanedit Running Time:
99
Time Cut:
14
Time Added:
1
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Brief Synopsis:
Venom wasn't terrible, but it wasn't great. By cutting a few scenes I've been able to tighten the pacing and make it slightly more enjoyable than the theatrical cut.
Intention:
Quicken the overall pacing and remove some of the humor that doesn't land. And to add a couple easter eggs with MCU connections.
Special Thanks:
Sheepish Reviews (coreynotcory) for the initial idea and easter egg edits, Palandrin for watching my first cut and providing important feedback for trimming it further, and ArtisDead for the amazing custom poster!
Release Information:
Digital
Cuts and Additions:
- Added fanedit disclaimer warning
- Added MCU opening logo after the LIFE Foundation space shuttle crash
- Cut emergency response to the shuttle crash (moved to later)
- Cut straight from shuttle crash to MCU logo to Eddie Brock being woken up, making Eddie the first character we see on screen.
- Added six MCU easter eggs to the Brock Report montage sequence, including the cellphone footage of Spider-Man in his homemade suit from Civil War, the logos for News Front with Christine Everhart and The Daily Bugle, cameos and more!
- Cut the security guard laughing off Eddie dismissing the fact that he can't park his bike in front of the entrance.
- Carlton Drake's introduction is now the scene where he talks kids on a field trip at the LIFE Foundation. He's less overtly evil from the beginning, so Eddie's allegations in the interview are more surprising to the audience.
- Moved the opening scene of the EMS response to the shuttle crash to after Eddie is fired and dumped.
- Jump from the crash site to the symbiots being delivered to the LIFE foundation, then cut back to show the EMS worker being possessed by Riot, then follow Riot to the village where he transfers into the elderly lady.
- Cut the "Six Months Later" title card and jump straight to the testing of the symbiots on animals in the LIFE Foundation labs
- Jump to the scene of Eddie Brock being depressed in a dive bar- replaced an interview of Carlton Drake on the bar tv with a Newsfront interview that happens to take place in San Francisco...
- Trimmed Eddie and Dr. Skirth in the elevator when she tells him about the LIFE Foundation discovering aliens. As this is now set in the MCU, Eddie would know that aliens are real, since this takes place after the Battle of NY, and wouldn't joke about E.T.
- Trimmed restaurant scene. Added Venom's voice shouting "Hungry!" (taken from a cut scene later) and removed Eddie eating the lobster
- Cut Eddie on the trolly hearing Venom yell "Hungry!" He goes straight home after the hospital scene
- Added Back in Black guitar riff when Eddie is frustrated with his neighbor's loud playing (done by coreynotcory)
- Cut Eddie putting his hands up and down repeatedly. He puts them up once and they stay up
- Trimmed Eddie saying "I'm so sorry about your friend" He just says "I'm so sorry!" now
- Cut the line where Eddie tells himself he has a brain tumor
- Trimmed the bike chase significantly, including cutting the bit where Eddie is launched from the bike and pulled back by Venom.
- The first official shot of Venom is now 56 mins in, as opposed to 59 minutes in the original cut.
- Trimmed Carlton Drake's lines asking Skirth to tell him who she was with, so he's more direct and less whiney.
- Trimmed Eddie's "death" during the final fight against Riot
- Cut the "turd in the wind" line.
- Added "The Marvel Cut" to end credits
- Added my name, Joe Quinn, to the Edited By credits
- Added the extended mid-credit's scene with Cletus Cassidy, which cuts straight to a "To Be Continued" card
- Sped end credits up to 200% speed and replaced the music with the film's score.
- Cut the Into the Spider-Verse teaser at the very end.

User reviews

2 reviews
Overall rating
 
9.8
Audio/Video Quality
 
10.0(2)
Visual Editing
 
10.0(2)
Audio Editing
 
10.0(2)
Narrative
 
10.0(2)
Enjoyment
 
9.5(2)
Overall rating
 
10.0
Audio/Video Quality
 
10.0
Visual Editing
 
10.0
Audio Editing
 
10.0
Narrative
 
10.0
Enjoyment
 
10.0
A great version of a good film! Highly recommend!

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Overall rating
 
9.5
Audio/Video Quality
 
10.0
Visual Editing
 
10.0
Audio Editing
 
10.0
Narrative
 
10.0
Enjoyment
 
9.0
First of all, I would like to thank the editor for the privilege of letting me watch the edit first and for listening to my feedback!

Venom is a film that I watched a couple of times and then I wasn't planning of watching it ever again. I didn't hate it, but there were so many issues with it, especially the ridiculous Marvel humor, that made it unwatchable for me. Enter Josephdquinn! The work he did was incredible. He removed all of the silliness from the movie maintaining its lightheartedness but without being ridiculous. Also, trimming down other unnecessary scenes was also welcome. It's not that this edit completely transformed the movie, but at least now I have absolutely no problem rewatching it without cringing every two minutes.

Another ingenious thing that he did was placing an extra scene (won't spoil it) making it part of the MCU! The way that he incorporated the scene was simply excellent!

Technical-wise it was perfect, all the cuts were seamless! You won't know if there is a cut somewhere even if you look for it.

All in all, the backbone of the movie is still there, so if you hated it, I don't think this edit will do much for you. But if you found the movie to be ok and above, then this edit is definitely for you and I assure you it will be your go-to version in the future!

Thank you Josephdquinn for all your hard work and thanks to anyone who read my review!

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