This is just an idea I’m kicking around for my next edit.

First off, I love the original movie. In my opinion, there’s very, very little wrong with it as a film. I’m also a really big fan of the original comic book. What I’d like to do with this edit is make it a bit more like the experience of reading the comic. I haven’t totally thought it out, but I think this might be a fun thing to try.

Some of my ideas:

I’d like to make the whole film black and white, maybe even with a sort of sketch effect added to it to make it feel more comic book-esque. The flashbacks I think I’ll leave bright and technicolor-y to contrast the present black and white.
Begin the film at a different point. Start with the knife fight with Tin-Tin. In the comic book, Eric attacks someone off the bat and the reader is left curious as to what his story is. The structure would become a little more complex, revealing elements of Eric’s backstory as the film goes on.
Eric does not have to figure out why he is there. He knows his purpose when he is resurrected.
The little girl is nothing more than a little side character. She didn’t know Eric and Shelly before they died.
Any of the Skull Cowboy scenes that I can find I will put into the film. I know they exist somewhere.
Perhaps add some of the quotes and song lyrics that are included in the comic as like static screens.
As much as I like the soundtrack, I’d like to replace some of the rock songs with scoring. I realized upon a recent viewing just how good the score for this film is.

This could end up being a cool mix of the film and the comic, an interesting way of looking at the movie. I’d love to take some ideas. this project probably won’t get started for a week or two, but I think I’ll do it next.