doubleofive said:And I would change "Revisited" to something else, to avoid confusion.
Moth3r said:Also, using the "revisited" tag may give people the impression that it's an Adywan production.
The general point behind calling it ALIEN: REVISITED (even though the actual title on the screen will be ALIEN: REDUX, since I can have the five letter REDUX slowly appear below the five letter ALIEN on the top of the screen) is to indicate what will be done, which will be a little more than editing. Everyone here is familiar with what Ady has done, and since the word "revisited" isn't copyrighted everyone gets the gist.
Also, if someone else has the means of making something like this happen, by all means do so. I have a pretty good PC, though I'm sure I will have to invest in a few 1 TB hard drives and some upgrades. I am completely virgin on the After Effects and Vegas fronts, so I will have to learn... which is good, since there are no 720p versions of the original ALIEN out yet, thus I can take that time to learn how to use those programs (and maybe make some other edits just to get the practice).
The whole idea is bascially to get it "out there" for people to comment on, make suggestions and pick up where I may not. Maybe someone who sees this and has the skill will either help or create their own version. Either way would be good with me. <:)
doubleofive said:show LV-426 system entrance similar to RETURN OF THE JEDI when rebel fleet jumps to Endor - stars would slow and stop to indicate N+R slowing to sub-light, and the planet+moons in background will grow slowly in size to indicate movement,
But they don't have hyperspeed, that's the point of the sleeping pods. Or at least, that's my understanding.
in regards to "hyperspace", they do have a form of faster than light travel in that they would have to in order to cover the ground they are traveling - remember that they are a few months away from Earth and still have a good double-digit light year distance away from it. Even with faster-than-light travel, if it will still take months to go from one area of the galaxy to another, you will still need hypersleep chambers due to practicality (less food and water needs, much less toiletries).
The film takes place at the Zeta 2 Reticulae star system, which is roughly 39 light years away from Earth:
questions about Zeta Reticulae
Zeta Reticulae star system
What is interesting about these links is that apparently the system has been used by UFO buffs as the source of the Greys and other alien "visitors", so even before the movie the system was associated with the possible source of alien life.
There is also the possibility that the area the Nostromo is in is near the Magellanic Cloud just outside the Milky Way galaxy.
ChainsawAsh said:Are you considering restoring any/all of Goldsmith's original, unused cues? The isolated score track on the 20th (25th?) anniversary DVD contains his complete original score in its entirety, including all unused cues, exactly where they're supposed to go in the movie.
probably not... though I would like to listen to those tracks and see how they play in the movie. Musically I'm fine with what is in the film; I like the other temp tracks from FREUD and the like. The idea of making an alternate audio track using a TOMITA-esque soundtrack "may" make it on an alternative edit, but the main reason to do this was simply to correct a few things (like the coffee mug and the control arm lowering the Nostromo model during the landing sequence) and maybe spice some things up with the rest of the movie.
I plan on doing a pure theatrical cut edit, which will be modified with some audio and visual FX, and then see if the cocoon scene could be edited in according to the script I posted above; same with the possible Tomita score. If I can't work it in, then I will be more than happy with the theatrical edit.