Hello,
Just wanted to let everyone know that I don’t want to be connected to this project, or really mentioned in this thread at all if possible. And that’s because I feel like EddieDean is being kind of a douche for the reasons I’ve listed below.
EddieDean said:
“There’s no real need for movie-length episodes of this series.”
“Ultimately these challenges are going to appear and need solving for any TV-to-movie attempt.”
“There’s a difference between establishing credibility (which is non competitive) and looking to boost appeal or to put down others (which is).”
“But there’s no competition in this space - every time any fan edit gets released, the community as a whole benefits.”
You correctly say that fanediting isn’t a competition, but your behavior suggests otherwise. You’re constantly trying to prove that your edit is “the best way to watch the series” while claiming that other attempts don’t work and are unnecessary. That’s not necessary to “establish credibility”.
EddieDean said:
“But I need to be critical here, with the intention of releasing (in my subjective opinion) the best experience.
You don’t need to criticize other fanedits or make yours out to be the best. You could’ve simply said that you’re taking a different approach and left it at that.
You should just talk about your own ideas and edits without trying to drag everyone else’s down. I’m sure you’ll deny that being your intention as you did before, but it’s pretty obvious that is what’s happening here.
EddieDean said:
“Smudger9’s second movie, while unquestionably brilliant, illustrates those two main issues with forcing yourself to adhere to the two hour approach.”
I also feel like you are misunderstanding the point of film edits. No one is editing the series for the sole reason of adhering to a film-like runtime, or “forcing themselves” as you say. Many editors (myself included) simply feel that the story of The Clone Wars series works better when condensed into a film format, since it’s a pretty cinematic series that tells a story on par with the movies. I realize that you disagree with that opinion, but opinions obviously aren’t facts.
Also, another goal of film-length edits is to make the series more accessible to casual viewers who wouldn’t watch the amazing stories told in it otherwise. That was one of the main goals of my edits, and I feel like I succeeded in that respect. Yes I simply “aggregated” episodes together and added a crawl, but that was my main intention since I feel the series is already great without altering things too much.
I’m sure my response to your post will get a bad response, but you did say that other users should feel free to challenge the things you said in this thread. I have no intention of engaging in an argument, but I just wanted to let you know that I also feel your wording of things is kind of disrespectful, as other users have pointed out.
EddieDean said:
IMPORTANTLY THOUGH: GUYS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CHALLENGE ME ON ANYTHING I’VE MENTIONED IN THIS THREAD.