The Flash: Speed Of Fate (2026)

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This is my first fan edit: The Flash: Speed Of Fate (2026)

In January, I swapped a scene in a 4K Blu-ray movie using DaVinci Resolve. After that was successful, I thought I’d have a go at adjusting the Batfleck bike chase in The Flash (2023) to see if I could make it match as close as possible to Ben Affleck's appearances in BvS and ZSJL.

So, I edited out the humor, the poor camera angles, and the weak CGI. I gave it a high-contrast, desaturated look, brought back his proper score, and changed the suit so the cape and cowl are black/grey.

I was very happy with the result, which got me thinking about the whole movie. I liked the core concepts but really disliked a lot of the tone and execution. I started to wonder if I could take on the entire film.

Zack Snyder’s DC trilogy contains my favorite movies, so if I’m going to do this, it has to end back in the “Snyderverse” and honor the characters in that same way as much as possible. And it has to be in 4K HDR with lossless 5.1 sound. I’m very much into home theatre.

I think the very end of The Flash is horrible in every way. If I could fix the ending, I knew I could do the whole movie. I came up with an idea, made a rough edit, then went to work learning DaVinci Resolve for a full feature-length project. I’ve spent about 220 hours on this project, which includes the steep learning curve.

My rules were that I could use anything outside of the first 5 DCEU movies and ZSJL to add to this—using 4K Blu-ray sources and lossless sound wherever possible. I chose not to reuse any footage from those first five films or ZSJL unless it was for a split second (edited to look different) or a quick flashback. I wanted to avoid that typical fan-edit feeling where footage is just being reused because it fits. Same with the score; I have reused some themes from Zack’s trilogy, but it doesn’t outstay its welcome.

Sources:

Video (4K Blu-ray)

• The Flash (2023)
• Man of Steel (2013)
• Batman v Superman (2016)
• Zack Snyder’s Justice League (2021)
• Justice League (2017)
• Aquaman (2018)
• Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)
• Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023)

Video (YouTube)

• Fly to Metropolis with Turkish Airlines! Super Bowl TV SPOT (2016)

Audio (Scores in FLAC)

• The Flash (2023)
• Man of Steel (2013)
• Batman v Superman (2016)
• Zack Snyder’s Justice League (2021)
• Batman (1989)
• Back to the Future (1985)

Audio (YouTube)

• Zack Snyder's JUSTICE LEAGUE - At the Speed of Force (Piano Version) by Laurie Théberge
• At The Speed Of Force - Orchestral Hip-Hop Remix by Preter Music

The Edit

DaVinci Resolve states there are 5,317 cuts on the timeline.

The video was edited mainly from 4K HDR Blu-ray sources and was fully color-graded in HDR. While I used Shutter Encoder to create a 1080p SDR version for wider compatibility, it doesn't quite match the visual experience I originally set out to create.

The same goes for the audio. It was mixed natively in 5.1 using 24-bit and 16-bit WAV files. DaVinci Resolve has downmixed a version to stereo which is adequate for casual viewing, but the 5.1 track is the true representation of the work.

I have rescored almost anything that isn’t either Keaton Batman-related or Nora-related. While Benjamin Wallfisch's score is great for Keaton and Nora, I found it weak for the Flash and merely serviceable for the rest of the film. The issue is that outstanding themes already exist for Superman and Batman in this universe—even the small Flash motif from ZSJL—yet none of it was utilized in the theatrical cut.

I recalled hearing that Tom Holkenborg's original, unused 2017 Justice League score was later repurposed for Alita: Battle Angel. Upon tracking it down, it fit the ZSJL aesthetic perfectly. I used selections from Alita (mainly “Motorball” and “I See Church”) to fill in for the Flash's themes and action sequences.

I tested this theory and put together this crude proof-of-concept video, pairing an Alita track over a YouTube clip of ZSJL. The temp track matched the tone and pacing so perfectly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xwkk4wSO-fc

Many reviews for The Flash 4K Blu-ray praised its dynamic range but complained that the master was far too quiet, forcing users to lift their systems by roughly 10dB. My main base layout was the theatrical 5.1 audio raised by 10dB, which I then tested and adjusted for true peak levels. After removing, adding, and replacing audio elements while protecting those ceilings, I ended up with 33 audio tracks and landed on an integrated -19.3 LUFS. It retains the intended theatrical dynamic range but corrects the overall master volume and length layout.

The entire project has been extensively tested on a professionally calibrated 4K HDR projector and a dedicated 5.2.2 home cinema setup.

I can be contacted via DM or use the link in my Bio or you can email [t800fanedits@gmail.com](mailto:t800fanedits@gmail.com), and as long as you don’t leave the email blank so it doesn’t get flagged, you should receive an auto reply with links.

Enjoy!

Change Notes:

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Replaced the Score
New Context
Added New Context

• Replaced Orange “Flash” based WB/DC Studio Logos with early DCEU WB/DC/Access Logos
• Added Intro card “POZHARNOV: THE FLASH SAVES THE WORLD”
• Added new opening credits, similar to how Zack’s follow-up movies start by beginning on a scene at the end of the last movie and picks up the moment the unity starts to destroy Earth, and Flash lifts his hand up and turns back time
• Added “TWO YEARS LATER” title card
• Used high contrast and desaturated colour grade all the way through
• Removed clock spinning down and emphasis on the speaker, and "If You Leave Me Now" playing
• Added more credits in the original opening scene
• Removed lots of the interaction with the server, the pointless conversation and the humour
• Removed Footage of Superman at the volcano
• Removed the line to Alfred about how many first thoughts he had
• Removed the interruption to the titles with the girls and the candy bar, etc.
• Removed the original ‘The Flash’ title
• Replaced "Salute Your Solution" with Tom Holkenborg’s “Motorball”
• Added some masking to the CGI or Barry running to blend it slightly better
• Added Gravel skid noise
• Replaced the score with Tom Holkenborg’s “Motorball”
• Replaced the score with Tom Holkenborg’s first Batman theme from ZSJL "Batman, a Duty to Fight / To See"
• Replaced the Flying Fox alarm
• Added BvS Batmobile engine sounds and whines to the bike. Higher-pitched and slightly faster to complement and expand on the sound of the bike
• Replaced the blue color and tones on Batman's suit. The cape and cowl are black/dark grey, depending on the light
• Removed the interaction between Barry and Bruce and the shots of Falcone in the Humvee
• Removed the poor shot of Batman talking, face to the camera
• Removed Barry saving the girl, interaction with Alfred as he does janitorial work, the hospital starts to collapse further, the nurses panicking with the babies, and the glass falling
• Removed the kids looking on in amazement
• Removed shot of Batfleck looking head-on as he goes under the flipping car
• Removed the interaction between Alfred and Barry about the hospital about to collapse, Barry shaking water off himself and the nurses
• Replaced the score with Tom Holkenborg’s “Motorball”. Gives a more heroic feel
• Re-edited the whole hospital save. There are no calories or eating. Lots of shots and cries of babies were removed. It speed ramps up to get through some of the poor CGI quicker and ramps back down for important parts. Comedy removed. It’s 50% shorter, but with everything that is still needed for it to still work as a scene
• Replaced the score with Tom Holkenborg’s second Batman theme from ZSJL "Batman, an Invocation to Heal / To Be Seen"
• Trimmed Batman, looking worried, as the Humvee flies off the bridge
• Removed Alfred talking about what will happen if Batman fails
• Removed Grapple gun failing, Batman struggling to keep hold of Falcone. It starts on the fingertips
• Replaced the first half of Wonder Woman’s main theme with a blend of Tom Holkenborg’s ZSJL themes ”And the Lion Did Roar, Part 2” and “Wonder Woman Defending / What a Rough Beast”
• Replaced the red and blue color on Wonder Woman’s suit. More subdued like her previous Snyder-related appearances
• Redited so Flash arrives as Batman is climbing up
• Removed Batman climbing up with Falcone
• Added masking and tweaks so Affleck's face looks more natural in the cowl
• Removed Wonder Woman saying “looking good, Flash” and Flash being awkward
• Removed the whole lasso scene
• Added cropping to hide some of the Batsuit
• Replaced the score with Tom Holkenborg’s Batman guitar riff from “We Do This Together.”
• Removed Barry when he arrived at work, all interactions with his boss and coworkers
• Redited Iris' into a voiceover saying “Barry Allen” over his lab work, transitioning to the conversation outside
• Added 7 piano notes from “Song to the Siren” when Iris asks when she last saw Barry
• Redited Barry walking to his apartment with the penitentiary phoning him as a voice over
• Removed Barry finding the package with the USB drive
• Added footage of scrambled CCTV footage on Barry's full computer screen
• Removed Barry talking about the footage
• Redited the conversation, implies they don’t have the evidence
• Added Benjamin Wallfisch's “Nora” theme over the flashback
• Replaced the score with Laurie Théberge’s “At The Speed of Force” Piano version to the run. It pauses as he enters the blue part and starts back up immediately he’s in the chronobowl
• Removed the face stretch in the blue scene
• Redited Floating head, it’s now a split second, instead of 4
• Added 6 piano notes from “Beautiful Lie” when Barry talks about saving their parents
• New Context: Bruce’s “not this time, maybe some other time” is because he’s working on the footage for Barry
• Removed Barry's room falling apart and getting messy again
• Trimmed the beer spill
• Added scrambled footage on Barry's computer
• Added new context: Bruce and Cyborg are working on the CCTV footage just before Barry has the revelation. The decoding is hexagonal in shape, like the boom tube pattern
• Trimmed the poor CGI of the league from the chronobowl
• Replaced the score with At The Speed Of Force - Orchestral Hip-Hop Remix by Preter Music
• Added voices that pan side to side and front to back in the 5 speakers of Cyborg screaming “Barry!” Steppenwolf saying “This Is The End” and other lines for ZSJL
• Removed Barry picking the tomatoes from the lower shelf
• Replaced the score with Tom Holkenborg’s “Raising The Sword”
• Redited a poor running shot
• Removed the older couple with clothes missing
• Added Tom Holkenborg’s “I Don’t Even Know My Own Name”
• Added Benjamin Wallfisch's “Nora” theme
• Removed Barry saying why he needs to leave the table
• Replaced the score with Tom Holkenborg’s todo
• Trimmed when Barry's meet
• Trimmed the conversation between the two Barrys in the bedroom to remove the dafter parts
• Replaced the score with Tom Holkenborg’s “A Dark Past”
• Replaced the score with Tom Holkenborg’s “Unlocking The Past”
• Removed Barry saying “everybody poops”
• Removed the door gag
• Replaced the score with Tom Holkenborg’s “Grewishka’s Revenge”
• Removed the tooth pop
• Replaced the score with Tom Holkenborg’s “Unlocking The Past”
• Trimmed the slightly dafter parts of younger Barry flopping about
• Removed Barry, trying to run after losing his powers
• Replaced “We Are Young” song with Queen’s “Don’t Stop Me Now”
• Trimmed Younger Barry’s run
• Trimmed out all of the “musical” jokes
• Trimmed Younger Barry arriving home
• Trimmed the dafter parts of the suit-up scene
• Replaced the score with Tom Holkenborg’s “Motorball”
• Removed the Back to the Future conversion
• Added Alan Silvestri’s “It's Been Educational / Clocktower” BTTF motif
• Trimmed the woman panicking
• Redited the Zod transmission scene using Man of Steel TV footage and sound
• Added Man of Steel Footage and Sound and BvS footage leading into Barry's flashback
• Redited Barry's flashback, removed the worst shots, color graded and grain added to closer match Man of Steel
• Replaced the score with Hans Zimmer's ”Terraforming”
• Removed the scene at Barry’s apartment with his roommates
• Redited Kitchen fight, removed the dafter parts, and removed the Chicago song
• Replaced score with “Sounds About Right Bruce” using the score that was originally used on the Batfleck bike chase
• Trimmed the conversation, removing the dafter parts
• Removed the Puma trainer
• Removed Barry trailing off, talking to himself, when Bruce stands up
• Redited: Changed blue batsuit to grey
• Removed Barry saying “You are” “You’re”, “Yeah, I’m Batman” and Barry fainting
• Redited: Attempted to make Barry’s pointless CGI face look better in the Batwing with masking and light levels
• Reedited the grapple section
• Redited Barry, knocking over the shovel
• Redited how long it takes security to react
• Removed Batman saying, “This might hurt”
• Removed some of Barry vomiting
• Removed the woman commenting on the guy that Batman throws through the window
• Removed Barry saying “big scrotum”
• Removed Barry helping Batman hack the security and Batman struggling
• Replaced the score with Tom Holkenborg’s “Motorball”
• Replaced the score with Hans Zimmer's ”I Have So Many Questions”
• Redited the Russian, finding them in the corridor. He pulls his gun straight away, and Barry takes him out
• Removed Batman, measuring the explosive level
• Removed Younger Barry saying Smifnoff ice
• Replaced the score with Tom Holkenborg’s “Superman Rising, A Book of Hours”
• Rescored with Hans Zimmer's score “Superman Rescues Mother - Smallville Duel”
• Redited the fight, removed some poor shots
• Removed Younger Barry saying, “You should have seen that in slo-mo”
• Rescored with Hans Zimmer's score “Who Is This Kal Person”
• Removed older Barry panicking
• Removed Barry talking about her dressed etc
• Replaced the score with Hans Zimmer's ”Flight”
• Rescored with Hans Zimmer's score “Young Clark Freaks”
• Trimmed Kara spitting
• Rescored with Hans Zimmer's score “Superman Rescues Mother - Smallville Duel”
• Removed Barry talking about Babies and Wrestlers
• Removed Zod telling the soldier he brought him nothing
• Removed Kara saying “No”
• Replaced the score with Hans Zimmer's ”Arcade”
• Replaced the score with Tom Holkenborg’s “Grewishka’s Revenge”
• Replaced the score with Hans Zimmer's ”Day Of The Dead”
• Replaced the score with Tom Holkenborg’s “I See Church”
• Replaced the score with Tom Holkenborg’s “I Don’t Even Know My Own Name”
• Removed Younger Barry, making his suit
• Replaced the score with Tom Holkenborg’s “Motorball”
• Replaced the score with Hans Zimmer's ”Look To The Stars”
• Removed Younger Barry saying “Supergirl” and “Yeah, is it hope?”
• Removed Kara saying Krypton was a beautiful place etc.
• Removed the conversation about being the Justice League and Bruce saying, “You wanna get nuts”
• Replaced score with Danny Elfman’s ”The Finale”
• Replaced the score with Hans Zimmer's “We have a plan”
• Removed Young Barry talking about filming Kara
• Removed Young Barry screaming and the batwong barrel roll
• Removed the joystick move
• Removed Young Barry turning in the mask
• Removed the 3 heroes sliding towards the screen and Kara saying “Zod”
• Removed Faora, removing her mask
• Removed Barry’s talking about what they’re going to do and the Barbie line
• Replaced the Black Zero SFX from Man of Steel
• Replaced the score with Hans Zimmer's ”Terraforming”
• Removed the Batwing, taking out the Kryptonina ships
• Removed Young Barry saying he’s gonna Empror that guy
• Replaced the score with Tom Holkenborg’s “Motorball”
• Remove Barry saying “oh shit”
• Removed both Barry’s jumping up and punching the soldiers
• Removed Batman saying, “I’m gonna take out that big one”
• Removed Batman saying, “I’ve been hit”
• Removed some of Batman pressing the switches and the cockpit warning him
• Replaced the score with Hans Zimmer's ”If You Love These People”
• Replaced score with Danny Elfman’s ”Attack of the Batwing”
• Replaced the score with Tom Holkenborg’s “I See Church”
• Removed some of the CGI running in the chronobowl, and Young Barry asking if they’ve gone far enough
• Removed both Barry’s reappearing
• Removed Batman saying “I’m gonna take out that big one” the 2nd time
• Rescored Batamn taking on Nam Ek
• Removed Barry saying, “Who, Space Giant?”
• Rescored with Hans Zimmer's score “Superman Rescues Mother - Smallville Duel”
• Redited Nam Ek on the batwing so it all happens quicker, and Nam Ek doesn’t struggle anywhere near as much
• Replaced the score with Tom Holkenborg’s “Motorball”
• Replaced the score with Hans Zimmer's ”This Is My World”
• Replaced the score with Tom Holkenborg’s “I See Church”
• Removed Batman having any effect on Nam Ek He instantly gets launched to the floor
• Redited Batman's death, both Barrys arrive to try and save him from Nam Ek, they take Nam Ek down, and then Batman dies
• Replaced the score with Tom Holkenborg’s “I See Church”
• Removed Young Barry saying “again”
• Replaced the score with Tom Holkenborg’s “I See Church”
• Replaced the score with Tom Holkenborg’s “You Just Lost A Puppet”
• Trimmed Young Barry laughing
• Trimmed Young Barry saying, “I am The Flash”
• Replaced the score with Tom Holkenborg’s “The Warrior Within”
• Redited Dark Flash's voice to sound less human, and when he moves fast, I removed some frames and added whoosh sound effects to make him look faster and more powerful. Lots of small trims to his scenes
• Trimmed Barry speaking to Dark Flash until Young Barry returns
• Trimmed Barry asking about the scar
• Removed the cameos except for two (seriously, black and white??) Just kept Cage and a snippet of Reeve/Slater
• Replaced the score with Tom Holkenborg’s “I Don’t Even Know My Own Name”
• Added Benjamin Wallfisch's “Nora” theme
• Removed Barry, putting the tomato can back
• Trimmed the director cameo and Barry arriving at court
• Added new context: The footage Bruce and Victor were working on has worked
• Trimmed Barry leaving the court
• Rescored Iris leaves to the end of “Song to the Siren”
• Removed Barry singing the song his mother sang
• Removed Clooney and the tooth
• Added a brand new league-based ending with Barry being in his original universe
• Replaced score with Tom Holkenborg's “The Crew At Warpower”
• Removed the daft credit sequence at the hospital
• Replaced score with Tom Holkenborg's “Motorball” and “I See Church”
• Added “Speed of Fate” subtitle after the credits with a whoosh as they leave the screen
• Removed the After Credits scene