X-Men: Apocalypse - Endtimes Edition

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Original Release Date:
2016
Original Running Time:
143
Fanedit Release Date:
Fanedit Running Time:
157
Time Added:
13
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Brief Synopsis:
The X-Men must unite again for the first time to defeat Apocalypse!

An extended cut of a movie that's already too long, but also wasn't long enough. Adding back some much needed character moments and connective tissue to a movie that moved a little too fast.

17 new and extended scenes have been added back into the film for a longer, fully and more complete conquest of the mighty Apocalypse!
Intention:
While watching the film, I did notice some moments moving too fast, or some things that moved a little too fast, so seeing that the Blu-Ray had a lot more stuff with Scott who was sorely underused, I wanted to make an extended cut of the film.
Other Sources:
Safety Dance (Extended Club MIx)
Release Information:
Digital
Special Features
- Unused Deleted Scene
- Intro from Brian Singer on Deleted Scenes
- Feature Commentary Clips on Deleted Scenes
Editing Details:
There are a few shots that don't have 100% finished VFX, but I think it was finished enough to be watchable.
Cuts and Additions:
- Added X-Men themed Marvel card from X3
- Added Alex Summers going into Scott's room and talking to him before taking him to Xavier's school
- Extended class with Xavier teaching The One and Future King
- Added Jean performing some archery aided by her powers
- Extended scene of Magneto greiving over his family
- Added Apocalypse waking up in an alley and getting a cloak, explaining where it came from in the film
- Added Alex saying goodbye to his brother before going to see Moira, unknowingly for the last time
- Extended scene of Scott getting his Ruby-Quartz glasses
- Extended scene of Scott and Jean meeting and talking for the first time
- Added Hank showing Mystique around the school for the first time in a decade
- Extended scene of Jubilee walking around with Nightcrawler and Scott planning to go to the mall
- Added montage scene of Scott, Jean, Jubilee and Nightcrawler going to a very 80s mall, set to Safety Dance
- Added Moira being shown around the Mansion and the blue basement
- Added Xavier trying to talk Storm out of siding with Apocalypse before he crafts the pyramid
- Added Moira's memory of X-Men: First Class coming back to her as they fly to Egypt
- Added Magneto coming down and taking his helmet off and talking to Mystique post-battle
- Added Xavier talking to Mystique about how he needs to be more than a teacher
- Added Moira arresting Stryker in a final scene with her
80s Teen Mall Montage (Safety Dance)

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4 reviews
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9.2
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9.5(4)
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9.0(4)
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Aside from a few noticeable technical imperfections, this is a solid edit that expands upon a narration that wasn't extensive enough.
Very good work.

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Bobson does another great job with his line of extended editions!

I especially appreciate the addition of the scenes with Scott and those with Moira — especially the one where Stryker is arrested, as it was a cool detail I was unaware of and makes sense given what she explains. That all said, I had two technical concerns with this edit.

There were no jarring changes at all until about a quarter of the way into the movie! During the scene with the guy and the camel, there’s a frame that disrupts the sequence right at 40:16. The way the camel peeks into the alley is also very cartoonish.. so it could be good to edit that scene down a bit for both tonal and visual editing purposes.

The only other issue I found was some white noise when Nightcrawler wakes up with a start at 2:22:00, which could be removed pretty easily.

Beyond these two concerns, the edit was excellent for me, and I enjoyed it a lot! That said, while the issues are small, they’re unfortunately noticeable enough to take me out of the movie. Absent an edit tidying up those bits, if I am ever to rewatch Apocalypse, I will likely stick with the original.

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When it comes to fan edits, Bobson Dugnutt is synonymous with quality!

This delivers an extended cut of the final X-men movie in the Fox series (Dark Phoenix didn't happen), with the inclusion of deleted scenes that do a lot to give added depth to the character's we know and love like Cyclops, Magneto and Storm.

Some minor nitpicks, there is an audio error where you can hear the voice of Nightcrawler on an establishing shot before it cuts to a re-inserted deleted scene of Beast and Mystique at the X Mansion. There's then also a single frame from the extended mall scene where a CGI Nightcrawler was to be included in a dance battle, instead it's text on the screen with a tennis ball on a stick. Very brief, I didn't notice it the first time watching, but it is in there.

The only other gripe I have with this edit is that there are no subtitles for the many non-English/foreign language scenes. Otherwise, it's the extended cut I always wanted out of this movie, and if the subtitles could be corrected, it would replace the theatrical cut as my go to version of X-Men: Apocalypse.

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Overall rating
 
9.2
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8.0
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Delivers on the promises and enhances the storyline of this movie beyond the original theatrical cut thanks to the extra scenes.
My go to version from now on.

Minor audio hiccups while integrating one deleted scene (you hear the begining of the conversation between Nightcrawler and Jubilee before the new scene of Beast and Mistique begins), but an overall solid edit, as usual from bobson.

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