BATMAN FOREVER: 30th ANNIVERSARY EDITION - "Your nightmares are there..."

Hello - and thank you for joining me to celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of the smash hit superhero movie Batman Forever - which exploded into movie theatres in 1995!
My goal with this fanedit was to present a cut of Forever that aligns more with director Joel Schumacher’s intended vision. By reinserting deleted scenes and alternate takes - as well as drastically restructuring the film to more accurately follow the shooting script by Akiva Goldsman - I believe that Forever can shine as a thoughtful, serious and darkly fascinating character study of the Caped Crusader - while still retaining the larger-than-life, ‘comic-book’ fun and twisted Saturday morning cartoon vibe throughout, of course!
This fanedit uses the earlier 2010 Blu-ray transfer as - despite the bump in fidelity - the newer 2019 transfer that came bundled with the 4K release features some strange colour timing/grading changes that I really dislike. The deleted scenes/workprint footage were sourced from the same release, while alternate/additional takes were primarily sourced from trailers & bonus material/featurettes. The score uses excerpts from Elliot Goldenthal’s work on Alien³, Interview with the Vampire & Demolition Man, alongside the rare recording sessions for both Batman Forever and Batman & Robin. As well as Goldenthal’s score, an iconic theme from Danny Elfman’s work on Batman (1989) also makes an appearance.
For a more detailed breakdown of what’s new and different in this edit, please check out the changelog!
Batman Forever: 30th Anniversary Edition was cut, edited and assembled in Adobe Premiere Pro, before being colour graded & visually overhauled with Dehancer in DaVinci Resolve Studio to give the edit a more cinematic aesthetic and feel. Topaz Video AI has been used to upscale the workprint/deleted scenes and additional footage, while Eleven Labs voice AI cloning was used - over real human voice acting - to fill in for missing dialogue takes from the script, deleted scenes and pre-ADR’d lines.
I am not the first to put together a Batman Forever fanedit - and I certainly won’t be the last. So with that said, I must pay respect to the works that came before mine:
• Batman Forever: Red Book Edition by Scaperat
• Batman Forever: The Virtual Workprint by Josh Jensen (& rework by Bobson Dugnutt)
• Batman Forever: Restored by Lucas Valcanti (luc4valcanti)
I would like to thank the following:
Lucas (luc4valcanti) for sourcing the recording sessions for Batman Forever and Batman & Robin, as well as giving me feedback as a fellow Batman Forever faneditor. Without his contributions, this fanedit would simply not be possible.
Onyx (Onyx_Tw), Mindd Kidzag (MinddKidzag), Neil Rickatson of 1995batman.com (NeilRickatson), Damn Fool Idealistic Crusader (DamnFoolCrusade) and Matthew Ballard (moviemattb) for their tireless research, documentation and contributions to the fanedit. Thank you for preserving the legacy of Batman Forever.
RTSchumacherCut (CutSchumacher), Christos (ChrisArfanis), Epic Film Guys (EpicFilmGuys), Kevin Smith (ThatKevinSmith), Joe Black of Blue Means Pregnant Films, SCM (SchumacherCutMN), McFarlane Toys (mcfarlanetoys) and everyone who has contributed to #ReleaseTheSchumacherCut for keeping hope alive.
Akiva Goldsman (AkivaGoldsman) and Michael Uslan (MichaelUslan) for making Batman Forever possible.
Val Kilmer (valkilmer, KampKilmer) for the incredible work he put into the dual role of Bruce Wayne and Batman. With this edit, I hope that fans will see the depth and richness of your performance.
Joel Schumacher… forever.
Until the fabled ‘Schumacher Cut’ is in our hands, I hope that this fanedit will bring joy to Batman fans around the world. #ReleaseTheSchumacherCut!
Courage now… truth always… BATMAN FOREVER!
Yours,
Jordan (jordanjabroni)

[@MLK4044]

0:56 it's a good idea to split that scene in two (the destroyed batcave and the hidden cave with the giant bat), however I don't think the transition works, at least in this current state 🤔 other than that, superb work!

[@jordanjabroni]

Hi! Thanks for the kind words.
I'd recommend checking out the scene following this - ruclips.net/video/aVc82Q2cm3g/видео.htmlsi=mxFxuQstYhL-Tt2w - to see how it all flows together.
I only have those two scenes (Riddler & Chase, Gordon & Batsignal) to break things up with.
Bruce waking up in bed & Bruce going to the lower cave is broken up in the script by an additional scene of Gordon lighting the Batsignal - before Riddler corrupts it. As we don't have that scene, I feel the straight transition between bed and cave is the best direction to take. I found that cutting from lower cave to Bruce finding the journal was way more jarring than this.

[@MLK4044]

​​@@jordanjabroniI think my main issue with it is the music (or sound effect) going up after Alfred says "and there is another riddle" just to stop right after the transition to the cave scene. Again, I'm not 100% sure if that's whats bothering me particullary, but I like that the whole scene is split in two like this. It's the sound that makes it not that "seamless"

[@jordanjabroni]

​@@MLK4044Thanks for the feedback. I'm not hearing that myself. I added a swooping sound in to assist the crossfade/blend between the scores (my lower cave scene uses the score from when Batman first meets Chase as it's suitably moody & mysterious). Perhaps it's because you're expecting that big dramatic note when it cuts to the Riddler signal? I'm unsure - but I'm personally happy with the audio mix here.