This edit desperately deserves a glowing review! I’m finally picking this up and only two movies in, but absolutely loving it so far. Common consensus of the show, especially through season three, seems to be that the decision to deviate from the source books has borne out. And I certainly enjoyed season one in its original form for what it was, though found it extremely disjointed, with a lot of character revelations (especially their motivations) often being revealed after their actions. For me, the two movies I’ve seen so far completely remedy this, allowing the available content to be enjoyed in the most digestible manner. It’s a great effort and really well executed, and definitely the way I’d propose a first-time viewer watch this show.
Thank you so much for this! Your praise means a lot, especially coming from someone as skilled and experienced at fanediting as you are. Thanks, buddy!
One minor nitpick is that in the first two movies at least, some of the on-screen text (‘X years ago’ and planet names) is inconsistently sized/positioned relative to each other, and in one instance in the first movie some of that text is actually cut off by the new black bars at the bottom of the screen. This didn’t hamper my enjoyment of the content, though.
Yup, I’ve spotted those errors as well. I’ve always thought about revisiting and refining minor details like these, as well as resolving some audio issues, but I’ve never had the chance. I hope they will be fixed in time for the release of Volume III, which I am currently working on.
And one other question: Does season two jump around in time in the same way as season one, or is the original content told in chronological order?
The narrative of the next seasons is definitely less disjointed than that of the first, and the timeline is fairly linear. There are some flashbacks throughout the episodes, but they do not disrupt the main narrative.
I guess my process for Season 2 and 3 was to regroup the several plotlines, rather than restructure the whole story as I did for the first season.