Originally posted by: tweaker
It's the sort of think that separates the amatures from the pros in many cases.
But yeah, as far as Williams himself goes, it's necessary to tread much more carefully.
Garrett, perhaps you could try getting the word out to Williams' son (and some of the animators out there that have seen/heard of the edit) that there is some interest in a purist edit that Williams himself would enjoy, but that the quality of the materials available isn't good enough for such an edit...maybe some kind soul would be willing to supply material of sufficient quality to make such an edit possible.
Until then, for the scholars, there is the workprint. For the rest of the people, the public, who are the ones that will actually keep the memory of this film alive, and make it matter, there is the recobbled version.
Originally posted by: DaveHolmes
It would ensure that viewers of the Recobbled Cut only see things pertaining to the Williams-supervised cut of the film (Photo Gallery, Warner's trailer, commentary tracks, etc.).
This is a moot point, considering that the film itself contains non-Williams elements.
I do think that Garrett made the right choices in creating this edit, when it comes to 95% of the people out there. It's easy to say, "Well hell, the storyboards are better than the crappy finished animation that was made after Williams got the boot." But when you see that only available version of the storyboards looks like hell, and is hard to make out, and the argument falls apart. You have to be able to make sense of what's going on, and it should be accessible. Most people aren't scholars, and they want to be entertained. For the purists, well...they can take a copy of the workprint and slap it on a disc, and be happy with it. That'll work for the other 5%.
It would ensure that viewers of the Recobbled Cut only see things pertaining to the Williams-supervised cut of the film (Photo Gallery, Warner's trailer, commentary tracks, etc.).
This is a moot point, considering that the film itself contains non-Williams elements.
I do think that Garrett made the right choices in creating this edit, when it comes to 95% of the people out there. It's easy to say, "Well hell, the storyboards are better than the crappy finished animation that was made after Williams got the boot." But when you see that only available version of the storyboards looks like hell, and is hard to make out, and the argument falls apart. You have to be able to make sense of what's going on, and it should be accessible. Most people aren't scholars, and they want to be entertained. For the purists, well...they can take a copy of the workprint and slap it on a disc, and be happy with it. That'll work for the other 5%.
It's the sort of think that separates the amatures from the pros in many cases.
But yeah, as far as Williams himself goes, it's necessary to tread much more carefully.
Garrett, perhaps you could try getting the word out to Williams' son (and some of the animators out there that have seen/heard of the edit) that there is some interest in a purist edit that Williams himself would enjoy, but that the quality of the materials available isn't good enough for such an edit...maybe some kind soul would be willing to supply material of sufficient quality to make such an edit possible.
Until then, for the scholars, there is the workprint. For the rest of the people, the public, who are the ones that will actually keep the memory of this film alive, and make it matter, there is the recobbled version.
'nuff said!
