lorang said:
8.The villains arrival in the Hick Town, with Zod and Ursa looking at the arm wrestling then Bang one of the guys thrown through the wall of the bar, would work better with the inclusion of Ursa sitting down with the guy then we'll known Ursa throw him through the wall.

I revisited that scene last night, and tried to include the beginning of the arm wrestling sequence. And then remembered why I took it out to begin with. The acting is horrible. And Zod just stands in the corner reading a menu, or something. One hick has his cap on all screwy and really hams it up for the camera. And it's a one shot, meaning I can't really edit it.

Although I really like the idea of showing the arm wrestling before he goes crashing through the wall, it's just not worth the crap that comes with it...

astromech said:
- Is there any way of matching SII's Brando footage with the footage in SI? He's kinda see through in the first movie but colour in the second. I do accept it would be quite hard to do though seeing as that's the footage restored for the Donner Cut.

I had an idea for how to separate Brando from the background, and it worked pretty well last night. Now I'm having trouble re-creating the hologram look from the first film, but I think it's doable. :)

guitarfan01 said:

I do wish that there was some way to supplement East Houston with scenes of the supervillians tearing up Washington DC, with the four-star general being there instead.

Yeah, that one editor tried that, and it looked pretty cool in low res. But I don't think it's within my schedule for that kind of compositing to look professional at DVD resolution.

(and when it comes to SR, most of my problems with that film would be fixed with a single change; that Jason isn't Clark's son -- that was the way the novelization was, and I was suprised at how that simple change almost completely fixed the story)

I like that idea. I just want to wait and see how big of a part he plays in the sequel. Hopefully it's small enough to be cut...

-T