Fan Edits 

 

“Invade now?  Would such action be legal?”

Roughly, a Fan Edit is a version of a movie that has been altered by a "fan" instead of an individual selected by the owners of the film.  In some form, this has been going on for years (film students often re-cut official releases for practice; conservative groups still sell copies of videos in which they've cut expletives and nudity, although the major player was shut down).  But the term is most often used to refer to the output of a recent movement, sparked by Star Wars fans' justifiable disappointment in The Phantom Menace, and their attempt to make it better.  I'll examine the history, and legal, ethical, and artistic concerns of the movement in a later essay.   Here, I'll list reviews.

Since Fan Edits are most often created to fix a perceived mistake in a studio release, my reviews will first address the unaltered picture, noting specifically what went wrong, before looking at all of the relevant edits (well, all that I've seen; I doubt I can ever get to all versions of The Phantom Menace). 

Reviews of Fan Films:

The Big Sleep
   The Big Sleep: Doctor M Reconstructed Gangrel Hybrid Cut

Constantine
   Hellblazer

The Crow
   The Crow The O'Barr Edit

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Edit
   Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom: The ADigitalMan Edit

The Matrix Series Edits
   The Matrix Dezionized
   The Matrix Reloaded Hacked/The Matrix Revolutions Hacked
   The Matrix Regenerated
   The Matrix Squared

The Phantom of the Opera
   The Phantom of the Opera Resynched

Silent Hill Edit
    Silent Hill: The Spence Edition

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
    Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow Remixed

 

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