Originally posted by: C3PX
I would suggest going with the two film idea, leaving part 1 as is, and merging 2 and 3 into one long film. You could leave 2 mostly as is with just a few minor cuts here and there to shorten it up, then tack on a severely trimmed 3 onto the end.
That's definitely what I'm leaning toward. So now I'm taking notes on 3 and deciding what can stay and what can go.
GREAT idea. I'm not sure how much needs to be altered for part one- I might do a quick pass on it for any cheesiness, but it's pretty good as is.
It would be hard to explain a few things between 2 and 3. Shadowcat is different, Nightcrawler is gone without explaination, but I guess those things are not too bad. I guess cutting out the Kitty Pride reference from 2 and adding a simple "this many months later" subtitle between the 2 and 3 footage would explain things well enough. The hardest thing will be dealing with the death of Scott, which is what I would say ruined the film the most. I think for any reasonable fanedit, the whole Scott thing would just have to be left in. Moving the scene with Charles in the body of the man at the end of the credits might be cool to move before the credits.
I would suggest going with the two film idea, leaving part 1 as is, and merging 2 and 3 into one long film. You could leave 2 mostly as is with just a few minor cuts here and there to shorten it up, then tack on a severely trimmed 3 onto the end.
That's definitely what I'm leaning toward. So now I'm taking notes on 3 and deciding what can stay and what can go.
Oh, and one minor change I would highly recommend for part one, add the Marvel Comics flipping pages logo onto it. I for one really like that logo and it would tie it in with the other marvel movies better.
GREAT idea. I'm not sure how much needs to be altered for part one- I might do a quick pass on it for any cheesiness, but it's pretty good as is.
It would be hard to explain a few things between 2 and 3. Shadowcat is different, Nightcrawler is gone without explaination, but I guess those things are not too bad. I guess cutting out the Kitty Pride reference from 2 and adding a simple "this many months later" subtitle between the 2 and 3 footage would explain things well enough. The hardest thing will be dealing with the death of Scott, which is what I would say ruined the film the most. I think for any reasonable fanedit, the whole Scott thing would just have to be left in. Moving the scene with Charles in the body of the man at the end of the credits might be cool to move before the credits.
Absolutely- Kitty doesn't need to be mentioned in 2, but I would love to solve the problem by having some shot of the actress Ellen Page inserted into 2 somewhere. And her her whole subplot with Bobby has GOT to go! As for Nightcrawler, I'm curious if the X-Men game could be of any help. I know the actors from the films did the voices, so perhaps there's a cut scenes that might fill in the gaps a bit better. I have it somewhere, so I'll have to take a peek, but if anyone knows for sure I'd love the extra help!
I know...the death of Scott is a huge annoyance. Not only was it a stupid idea, but it was executed so poorly. I'm going to see if there's a way to give it more impact- I have an idea that, if it works, would make the film 3x better. If I can get it to work, it'll be a surprise. But if I can't, I'll probably just move the Cyclops death to later in the film as a flashback or something.