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Info Wanted: How many Lord of the Rings fan edits have there been?

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I’ve re-edited the Two Towers and am about to start on ROTK. I get the idea that there are quite a few of these LOTR edits around (?).

Are there?

Has anyone seen one?

I want to see your re-edit! Whatever it is!
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There's definitely one that I'm aware of (to the extent that I have it !) called The Entulesse Edit.

It sounds a little similar whereby - to my understanding - the fan editor has brought it more into line with the books.

There's also Lord Phillock's release as well - you can find a thread on it a few pages down.

However certainly don't let that put you off doing ROTK - the more the merrier
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Originally posted by: meedermow
There's definitely one that I'm aware of (to the extent that I have it !) called The Entulesse Edit.

It sounds a little similar whereby - to my understanding - the fan editor has brought it more into line with the books.

There's also Lord Phillock's release as well - you can find a thread on it a few pages down.

However certainly don't let that put you off doing ROTK - the more the merrier Lord Phillock

Thanks for the encouragement. While I've been a professional editor for over 10 years, I'm new to the world of shared fan edits. How do you get to see other fan edits as well as present your own work without being scraped over the coals by the movie indutsry?

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I'd like to defer that question to "DarkFox"...

Just kidding

In terms of getting your edit out there for other fans - it will kinda happen itself. There are various avenues to persue such as torrents or by the pay-it-forward system that indirectly operates on various boards - send it to a few key people and the news will spread quicker than you can imagine !

Hollywood will never have an issue, imho, if the tenure of the edit is very much encouraged to be a re-envisioning of the original piece (flattering as opposed to plagiaristic). Similarly an overt message that this is intended as an experimental edit and that it should be expected that all that watch it should own the original work - whilst hardly a legal testament to the suits, will at least show goodwill on your behalf - see GreenCapt's Batman & Robin Edit, CrappyLogo's Wizard of Oz, CBB's edits and just about anything by the "big hitters" of the board: OCPMovie, ADigitalMan etc.

It should be noted that MagnoliaFan was even invited to Lucas' ranch ! So I hardly think there will be much coal-scraping if you enter into the spirit of these forums !

Good luck with the project and be sure to let us know how it's coming along
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Oh and btw, if you want to see any of the aforementioned edits - just ask via the PM system, you'll need to switch it on in your preferences.
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Originally posted by: meedermow
I'd like to defer that question to "DarkFox"...

Just kidding

In terms of getting your edit out there for other fans - it will kinda happen itself. There are various avenues to persue such as torrents or by the pay-it-forward system that indirectly operates on various boards - send it to a few key people and the news will spread quicker than you can imagine !

Hollywood will never have an issue, imho, if the tenure of the edit is very much encouraged to be a re-envisioning of the original piece (flattering as opposed to plagiaristic). Similarly an overt message that this is intended as an experimental edit and that it should be expected that all that watch it should own the original work - whilst hardly a legal testament to the suits, will at least show goodwill on your behalf - see GreenCapt's Batman & Robin Edit, CrappyLogo's Wizard of Oz, CBB's edits and just about anything by the "big hitters" of the board: OCPMovie, ADigitalMan etc.

It should be noted that MagnoliaFan was even invited to Lucas' ranch ! So I hardly think there will be much coal-scraping if you enter into the spirit of these forums !

Good luck with the project and be sure to let us know how it's coming along

So if I upload an edit via torrent, do I just go on these boards and say "look what I did!" or is that too brazen?

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Originally posted by: meedermow
Oh and btw, if you want to see any of the aforementioned edits - just ask via the PM system, you'll need to switch it on in your preferences.

Okay, I turned my PM on. If anyone out there can tell me where to see ay LOTR edits (or Dune or anything else really), send me a message! Thanks.

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Sent you a PM vivsavage

And yep: "look what I did!" - will do it
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I would definitely encourage people to do their own edits of movies even if there are other edits available.

I personally am editing TTT and ROTK for my own personal use and don't intend to share them at all.

As far as getting it out, just start a thread, describe your edit and the changes you made to the film, and info on how to get it.
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Originally posted by: ShiftyEyes
I would definitely encourage people to do their own edits of movies even if there are other edits available.

I personally am editing TTT and ROTK for my own personal use and don't intend to share them at all.

I gotta ask... what changes are you making? What software are you using?

For myself, I'm making two versions of each film: a "book" version that follows Tolkien as closely as possible, and a mildly edited version that retains 99.9% of the original films but deletes small annoyances like Gimli's buffoonery.

I'm using Final Cut Pro 5, DVD Studio Pro, Cinematize, and Mac the Ripper.

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>> the "big hitters" of the board: OCPMovie


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I've been trying to get a hold of some of these fan edits of LOTR as well, so if anyone has any information for me, my PMs are on.

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Who says I'm not ocp !?
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Originally posted by: vivsavageI gotta ask... what changes are you making? What software are you using?

For myself, I'm making two versions of each film: a "book" version that follows Tolkien as closely as possible, and a mildly edited version that retains 99.9% of the original films but deletes small annoyances like Gimli's buffoonery.

I'm using Final Cut Pro 5, DVD Studio Pro, Cinematize, and Mac the Ripper.
I'm simply using Womble as per ADigitalMan's tutorial. I'm sure other programs have more features, but it suits me fine.

I'm actually doing something similar to your plan. More or less a hybrid of the theatrical and extended editions. Getting rid of some of the annoying bits and some of the superfluous extended edition scenes. As it stands, my edited version of The Two Towers runs about three hours and four minutes. Here are some of the changes I made (using the theatrical as a comparison):
- Gollum's origin is back where it should've been in the first place (after Frodo calls him "Smeagol")
- Faramir's dream and flashback (from the extended) are back in
- I cut most of Gimli's comic relief stuff
- Elves at Helm's Deep are cut down. No reference to them though they're in the background. Just assume they're an elite Rohan arhery unit. As a result, the Lorien theme is still there.
- I think I cut one of the Merry/Pippin/Treebeard scenes and replaced it with one of the extended edition ones.
- I cut down the Warg battle. I wanted it out of there completely, but I couldn't think of a way witthout introducing some big continuity errors
- Brego scene is in
- I cut the Arwen/Aragorn flashbacks. Arwen's vision is still in but, I figured when Eowyn asks Aragorn about the necklace was good enough.
- I added the last scene between Faramir & Frodo, etc. back in. The other end stuff from the extended edition isn't in this cut though.

I also did Book type edits of each and also a shorter version of ROTK, but I'm too lazy to post about them now.
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there was an edit of fellowship of the ring right on these boards but seems to have dissapeared. I think It was called " The Return of the Hobbit" or "THe Return of the Hobbits".

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Originally posted by: skyjedi2005
there was an edit of fellowship of the ring right on these boards but seems to have dissapeared. I think It was called " The Return of the Hobbit" or "THe Return of the Hobbits".

Do you know what was different about this version? There isn't much (if anything) about Fellowship that merits changing IMO.
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It should be noted that MagnoliaFan was even invited to Lucas' ranch ! So I hardly think there will be much coal-scraping if you enter into the spirit of these forums !


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