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MalàStrana

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#1082728
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The Force Awakens: Official Review Thread - ** SPOILERS **
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Jeebus said:

MalàStrana said:

Jeebus said:
And for changing the script, what about The Blackened Mantle?

It’s called writing new subtitles that don’t translate what’s being said…

Oh okay. So it doesn’t count because… reasons, I suppose.

Oh you went back to your post a few days later to add a real comment besides the - not quite properly used - pic ?

Ok then, so just tell me : japanese is a real language, isn’t it ? Not something created for an edit, right ? So if you edit a movie (or 3 movies) with untouched dialogues in japanese and just add subtitles that don’t translate them but tell another story, is it fanediting or something else ? (such as “fanwriting”, what Durathislol does I guess). Can a japanese watch The Blackened Mantle and say “oh, the script is changed, this is cool” or is he going to think “what the fuck is going on here ? Why are 3 movies mixed up with no sense at all ?”. So “it doesn’t count because… reason” I just gave you. You’re very much welcome 😄

Anyway, you were however right about the fact that script can be - slightly - changed through editing. But sometimes it requires a little bit more (Hal9000 Episode 7 restructure requires new sfx shots and even a new dialogue - “they have found us” - to work, so it goes beyond editing).

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#1082725
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When Did The Star Wars Prequels Become Cool?
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By the way there is still something quite weird about the “take the high ground” joke and meme, because it means “to be better” (I saw it in French back in 2005, “j’ai le dessus Anakin”, which means exactly that) and seems to have been taken litterally as “I stand on a higher ground as you do so I win”. As if to mock the PT dialogues there was a need to even make fun of something that is not that ridiculous.

Not related to that but to the topic there is something very cool about the PT, and it’s called Clone Wars (and some parts of The Clone Wars as well).

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#1082563
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When Did The Star Wars Prequels Become Cool?
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SilverWook said:

If you like the prequels, that’s cool. It can be a little awkward on a site devoted to the original films

Why ? Without the OT there can be no PT (and most PT fans I know are just SW fans, they love every single movie… but they still think the OT to be superior 😃).

(and the most interesting subforum of this site is the one devoted to fanedits, especially PT fanedits)

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#1081094
Topic
The Force Awakens: Official Review Thread - ** SPOILERS **
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Jeebus said:

MalàStrana said:

Don’t know, I’ve only seen one fanedit from Adywan and there was no new scene (except a few more shots during the DS assault)

Does that not count as shooting new scenes, or at least proof that new scenes can be shot?

Yeah but like I said it’s no longer editing 😃 it becomes filmmaking.

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#1081053
Topic
The Force Awakens: Official Review Thread - ** SPOILERS **
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Don’t know, I’ve only seen one fanedit from Adywan and there was no new scene (except a few more shots during the DS assault) and the only script changing idea was to edit a scene the way it was written which proved the theatrical cut was vastly superior. But I’m talking about “editing”; if someone shoots new scene it’s not just editing anymore.

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#1080474
Topic
Clone Wars Movie Series - Episodes (Seasons) I to V released...
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Since Smudger9 is taking a break away from fanediting after the release of Episode IV, I can answer a few questions:

chyron8472 said:
First, what is the difference between the 1080p m4vs versions and the bluray versions available on info?

The brd version has bonus material (trailer and deleted scenes) and a better compression rate (i.e. video and audio qualities are higher).

Why is there no bluray for Episode 4?

There is but he removed the link because of an audio exporting issue.

Second, are you making any more of these?

He explained it was a 9 movies project.

Would you consider making an Ahsoka season 5 or a Fives season 6 movie?

He already said his Episode VIII is going to deal with the end of the Ahsoka story arc (and, I wish, with the Tarkin arc at the Citadelle - the Separatist prison which will later be used by the Empire as the Death Star facility in Rogue One if I’m not mistaken) and Episode IX is planned to be dealing with Order 66 and Voices. I guess that Episode V is going to be about Darth Maul, Episode VI about the Mandalore events and the Dark Sun, ending with Darth Sidious engaging against Maul and his bro. Don’t know much about Episode VII.

I really hope Smudger9 will find the time to finish his ambitious project (as well as making a 2.0 version to correct a few issues in the first 4 episodes).

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#1079970
Topic
Han - Solo Movie ** Spoilers **
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I’m pretty sure the movie can be a nice little comedy (à la Jump Street) with the main issue - for me - being the younger versions of main OT characters. Could have been fun to deal with a bunch of new faces with caméos of the “Empire underworld” such as Jabba, Fett, Bossk and cie (Hondo ?). Han’s introduction in ANH and Lando’s in ESB are so perfect I’m afraid this movie might ruin it.

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#1078750
Topic
Clone Wars Movie Series - Episodes (Seasons) I to V released...
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Episode IV, A Galaxy Divided, full nitpicking mode 😄

Opening Crawl: very good crawl, not much is feasible to improve it (except maybe the title which is not very well chosen I think).

Audio glitches (2):

  • around 01:32:20 (just after “where are you ?”)
  • around 01:40:44

Useless/repetitive/cheesy dialogues : “Senate Spy” is the weak part of your cut. The idea of intercutting it with “Duchesse of Mandalore” is great and it leads to the very fun second battle of Geonosis, but I think it can be trimmed a little bit more. So here are a few suggestions of things that could be removed without damaging the plot.

  • from 00:37:30 ("what does it mean Senator?) to 00:37:45 (“friendship with him?”) : unnecessary Jedi Counsel dialogues with Padmé.
    The Clovis/Padmé past is already implied in other dialogues, there is no use to emphasize that much the situation. Your cut would greatly benefit from removing it. I would even suggest to completely remove the entire scene. All the info contained in this scene is already given in the previous scenes.
  • from 0:39:04 (“are you inviting me for”) to 0:39:16 (“your friendship interests me more than your politics”) : cheesy and useless lines that stress the obvious. We already understand the guy still loves Padmé.
  • from 0:39:24 to 0:39:28 (“I hope it’s gonna be better than old times”) : again, cheesy and useless lines. It’s very embarrassing to see someone so bad at seducing…
  • two unecessary lines : 0:53:29 (“what do you mean ? - She could die !”): you could direclty cut to the following line (“get a hold of yourself, she’s a republic spy”).
  • unecessary lines during Obi-Wan/Satine comlink exchange when she’s on the run, from 0:53:56 (“Mas Amedda wants you to turn yourself in”) to 0:53:59 (“I know”) (how would she know ?)
  • line at 0:55:41 (“she must be saved because I love her”: it’s very cheesy and he already knows that; the previous line “it’s for her life I worry about” is far enough to understand his feelings)
  • around 02:00:00, I would suggest to trim a little bit of the encounter with the queen, in order to at least remove the “nose or ears ?” weird humor.

Plot issues:

  • there might be some kind of a plot issue about Padmé being at the Mandalore Senate session whereas she was just getting the medecine to cure her poisoning a few minutes ago.
    Here is what I suggest: cut the mention of Padmé at 0:58:46 : “which is why you must take the disc [to Padmé]” (maybe replace “to Padmé” with “to the Senate” if possible ?). Then, when the Senate session occurs, directly cut to the complete recording with no mention of Padmé showing this proof
    (one shot of Padmé should also be replaced by one with only Obi-Wan), so cut from 01:00:43 to 01:01:01. That way it’s implied that Obi-Wan is the one showing the complete recording.
    Then, at Palpatine office, cut directly to Satine entering the room (Padmé’s presence is not an issue since she’s now back from her mission with Anakin, she could be here to give
    the intel she got from Clovis, besides the background shows the meeting is occuring the morning after): so cut from 01:02:10 (“thankfully”) to 01:02:24 (“I require no thanks”).
    When Padmé talks to Satine, she basically tells again what Palpatine just told the audience a few seconds ago. That’s way you also get rid of repetitive information. Better for the pace of your edit.

  • About the two Dooku scenes with the Death Watch leader: you should change a few lines on both scenes to make it work better. Here is my suggestion:
    Scene 1:
    “Unacceptable! I will order my men to attack !”
    “And if you do, you’ll hold the planet for perhaps a day. I have other ways to accomplish our goals. I will send you reinforcement.”
    (not sure if “I will send you reinforcement.” Is necessary since we know a few minutes later from the geonosian general that Dooku is expecting droids to invade Mandalore)
    Scene 2:
    “You promised us we would reclaim Mandalore from these weak-willed cowards !”
    Without the backing of my forces or your people, your revolution will be over before it begins. A neophyte such as you wouldn’t know these things, but I do.”
    (and cut back to the geonosian arc before the reused close up of the Death Watch Leader)

Things to reinsert:

  • at 01:11:00 : maybe you should reinsert Anakin’s lines about Obi-Wan, the fact that he worries about him as well.