darth_ender said:
I think the closest thing to this right now is The Lost Workprint by Ryan MacAvoy
Agreed, waiting patiently for that to be released :D
Hal 9000 said:
I'd suggest myspleen.
Agreed, maybe just post them there anyway?
Thank you very much! I hope this may inspire me with other ideas :)
RicOlie_2 said:
Bourbon said:
In my opinion, the prequels did not suck. I enjoyed them as much as the OT and my favorite of the 6 is ROTS, but I love them all. However, a number of people did not enjoy the PT for various reasons, so I accept that they are not for everybody.
That's pretty much exactly what I thought until I was about 12. :P
That's exactly the same for me, actually no... I always hated AOTC :P
hairy_hen said:
If the '97 wampa had been digital, it would have been '97 CGI Jabba level of bad.
Instead, it's merely 'meh'. It doesn't need to be there, and it also looks nothing like the one from the original version, which creates an irritating visual discontinuity; but overall it's more of a nuisance than something that actually ruins the film.
Of greater concern is the fact that the sound editing done to accommodate the change was very sloppy, resulting in the sound effects going out of synch with the picture. You can hear Luke cutting himself out of the ice before he is actually seen to do so, and his lightsaber is heard to deactivate even while it obviously remains lit onscreen.
I completely agree, I grew up with only the 2004 dvds and always had problems with the visual difference and audio errors. Is it possible that only the theatrical re-release of the SE had this and not the laserdisc/vhs versions?
That's too bad. I thought it would be cool to look back on a digital wampa in retrospect and laugh at George's silly changes even more. That's a really odd mistake to make for a book that went out of it's way to say that in the fun fact bubble though.
So for Christmas, my brother got me a huge book called "Star Wars in 100 scenes" and the book is okay, it pretty much just narrows the saga down to 100 memorable scenes (special edition changes included sadly) and gives some cool fun facts/behind the scenes information along the way. In the book I found a confusing quote at the wampa scene that reads:
"1997's special edition (theatrical version) replaced the original wampa with a digital version of the beast."
Can anyone explain this to me? Was the added wampa that we know totay digital at some point? Is this just some mistake? Why does it say "(theatrical)" if it's in the special editions? I just though this was an odd quote and I'd bet that there is some screen-cap or reconstruction somewhere.
That's completely true. I've already been testing which cameras I have and what software I should use to get this to look good. Although I may be able to pull a george lucas and just slap his head on the original body for some scenes. Also a lot of the scenes with Anakin are close up shots so I may be able to pull it off a lot easier (note that I am only replacing the kid anakin).
EDIT: nope, it will indeed not be working as planned, you called it ;-)
Alright, I've got my first draft of the script for the phantom menace. I am (so far) re-writing these characters:
In this series I wish to:
SilverWook said:
m_s0 said:
CatBus said:
Maybe he's hoping George will bid on it so that he can burn it.
Nah, he's way too busy ensuring Disney gets Ep VII right to bother with this sort of stuff.
SilverWook said:
Well, someone paid an obscene amount of money for an obscure Kenner Droids prototype action figure last summer, so that kind of insanity tends to creep into related items.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1985-Kenner-Star-Wars-Droids-AFA-85-moc-Kleb-Zellock-salesmans-sample-1-of-1-/291167250870
Mother. Of. God.
That's what the winning bidder's spouse probably said! :D
I don't think that person has a spouse ;)
Aalenfae is also doing this btw, sadly it is heavily delayed :(
Oops, wonder what went wrong there, I think I fixed it...
This project is a very radical re-edit of the PT, here are a few of the overall changes.
The Goal:
To not only make the prequels more watchable, but to make them feel somewhat fresh, new, and creative. I want my audience to watch my edits as new versions of the prequel trilogy, rather than as just simple edits that take out the annoying bits. In order to reach this goal, the movies have been drastically reordered, they have many new special effects, voices, all new color grading, and entire plot threads have been removed, repurposed, or tweaked to fit a new narrative. I want to create very different films while still maintaining a clear and concise narrative that still follows a three-act structure but has an alternate pace, tone, score, antagonist(s), new subplots, and misses many crucial moments from the PT. This is not only the minimalist version of the PT, this at some parts may feel like a completely different beast as compared to the other edits of these films that came beforehand.
Here are some of the general changes in the edit, I can’t create a normal cutlist since the entire thing is edited in literally every scene, and all rearranged but this should give you a general idea of what to expect or not to expect:
TPM:
-100% remove Jar Jar and the Gungans
-100% remove Yoda
-no “decoy” subplot
-the clone wars start at the end of TPM, the clones are introduced as a solution to the invasion of naboo
-re-dub young Anakin
-re-dub Neimodians
-re-dub Darth Maul
-remove Darth Sidious, replace sidious holograms with count dooku
-C3PO lines replaced and deleted scenes reinstated
-Anakin doesn’t go to war
-no space battle at the end
AOTC/ROTS:
-no forbidden love
-no kamino
-no jango fett
-no death star references
-no tatooine (no shmi, owem, beru, watto, etc.)
-darth maul is brought back as general grievous
-obi wan does not fight count dooku at all
-new anakin dream sequences
-no kashyyk
-no order 66
-no child slaughtering
-padme does not die
-again, no yoda
Here are some test videos I’ve uploaded over the course of the edit (in order of upload date):
This is not cancelled, just quietly, slowly, and meticulously worked on.
Please also release an unaltered/extended version of the films, just have the color correction because some people may want to just see the effects and (possibly) get your permission to use yours to make their own edits
you could use these: http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Star-Wars-OT-1997-Special-Edition-Info/topic/10550/
ok I'm just coming up with random ideas left and right here, but i think it would be pretty funny if palpatines voice changed along with his face, i saw a video somewhere where his voice was the joker's...
EDIT: found it; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agcc7w8YmHo
also please replace chewbacca's face and voice with lumpy's (if you can), that would be awesome
EDIT: oh and also you could make all of the holograms shown on kashyyk the "whip stir song" and/or the "tutorial on how to make a communicator"
"he" being yoda (although it would also work either way) and palpatine doesnt hit the wall but he gets thrown into his chair/desk i beleive
The idea is that you could mask the middle of the shot so the guards go flying before yoda comes in (change the timing for a third of it), then cut to palpatine getting thrown at his chair. Yoda then walks in and starts doing super acrobatic flips with his lightaber on for no reason. You could have fade-ins and fade-outs of palpaatine cackling like a madman while yoda acts like an idot
If you guys are still taking suggestions, I think it would be funny if palpatine and his guards flew and hit the wall before Yoda even enters the room, he would be all confused and then pull out his lightsaber and start jumping around for no reason
emanswfan said:
Still unfinished (mostly stuff to do with skin tones and still trying to retain fine detail), but does THIS look more OT to you?
Looks awesome, couldn't see what was so special about some of the others but this looks great