Has Batman Beyond Return of the Joker in it's edited form...

Ever been distributed since after early 2000s?

Just curious cause even before watching it on HBO Max I wasn't sure if they just quietly defaulted to the Uncut Version being the main version. Has it ever aired on TV unedited?

With Joker getting shot? Yeah, I saw that version, here in the UK.

MegaDTL3012 posted...

With Joker getting shot? Yeah, I saw that version, here in the UK.

No that's the UNedited version. He's talking about the edited one where the joker electrocutes himself off-screen.

Googling tells me there was a DVD release in the late 2000s, part of a combo pack with that lousy Batwoman movie. And they may have posted it on Youtube at one point, but I can't find it right now. So technically yes, they've distributed it.

I was able to record on DVR where it was under the alias "Batman of the Future: RtJ"...

Also, something I've always found amusing...they edited the scene of two hookers into a scene with a man and a woman and I STILL thought the woman was a hooker. 🤣

DPman88 posted...

No that's the UNedited version. He's talking about the edited one where the joker electrocutes himself off-screen.

Ahh, right. Gotcha!!

The edited version was arguably more disturbing funnily enough.

I think I've got a rip of it somewhere.

I also remember the DVD being released in the early aughts. I was fairly pissed at the time, because the edited version was in a regular case while the unedited "director's cut" was in one of those crappy snap-cases.

thegreatwumbo posted...

The edited version was arguably more disturbing funnily enough.

That was their policy with the Batman series. If S&P had an issue with something bad happening on-screen to one of the characters, they animated a new scene that was even more horrific but off-screen (which leaves even more to the imagination).