Trooperman, how do THX's stormie voices sounding? Are you using both his and mine?
I am using both of you for the clone war. There will actually be a third voice in the background as well, because hairy_hen recorded some alternate dialogue during the Mas Amedda recording "session".
As for Jango, I used your recordings. For Uncle Owen, I used Sluggo's recordings.
Understand that the other ADR people that got the lines to me didn't do a bad job at all. Far from it. I made the decision based solely on who sounded most like Jason Wingreen, and who sounded most like Phil Brown. Looking at it from that perspective, the choices were easy.
If anyone's confused, I can definitely post clip comparisons so you can hear the difference in the voices and understand how I came to my decision.
But regardless, thank you to all of you who recorded voices for this thing- I really appreciate it and I couldn't have done it without you.
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I think it was Magfan or you, Trooperman, who said there are just some things that are so wrong, no amount of editing will fix them and that's what I think this is. ie: all jedi must wear tatooine farmer garb.
That was me- I think I was referring to Ep. III. Editing that movie is a depressing prospect because so many basic plot points were butchered and are irreversible. I thought it was a good movie when I first saw it, but on later viewings I realized what had gone wrong.
The really neat thing about Ep. II is that I actually believe that the finished film will be good. Not complete greatness (which would require a different plot/production design), but a very good movie, not a piece of garbage. Something that isn't just watchable but is actually really good. As I've said before, one of my really strong suits is synchronizing music with film to create impact, and there's a lot of that. Obviously the weaker scenes are the ones with Anakin and Padme- they slow things down and Portman does an awful job. However, I think people might buy these scenes with the new voice and personality for Anakin. He basically doesn't put up with a lot of garbage in this movie (contrary to the PC original cut), and he gets really angry in three scenes- the rejection scene by the fireplace, the garage scene, and the argument with Obi-Wan after Padme falls.
Regarding the arena sequences, I think I am leaning on the side of not explaining the handcuffs. Also, the fact that this issue wasn't caught until you looked for it is also worth considering. Personally, with the new cutting, colors and music, I get so caught up in it that I don't even notice that stuff anymore. The opening of the scene really has the tone of the Rancor scene in ROTJ now, and I think it's very, very exciting now.
I think (or hope) that when this comes out, it will make you excited about Star Wars all over again. There is action, great music, a lack of overdone CGI, some humour (especially with 3po and Owen)- but not over the top, there's a great villain in Christopher Lee and a great moment at the end of the film when Dooku realizes he's in over his head....
I mean, the voices are very exciting of course, but I think the biggest thing this has going for it is the general change in tone and design of the movie. A more muted color palette and great music really leaves you with a whole different taste in your mouth.
I'm just as excited as all of you are to watch this all the way through for the first time. I really can't wait
