STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION — Page 298

Hear hear,

I would say ditto to you Darth P.  That is EXACTLY how I feel about all of this: watching ANH:R made me realize that ONE MAN and ONE PC can do the impossible, which is pretty much the feeling I got when I first watched STAR WARS at 7 in 1977.  Before, it was obvious models with wires and stop-motion critters.. and while it was all good and cool, you could still tell it wasn't quite real. 

STAR WARS blew that notion out of the water in the first 2 minutes and after that Star Destroyer went overhead there was no nitpicking or seat squirming.. it was like what everyone is saying AVATAR will do to your eyeballs over at AICN.  If my eyes could have smoked a cigarette after watching SW, they would have.

And again, you grow older and more cynical, if for no other reason than you just know what to look for - the wires, the matte lines, the zippers.  Even if it is unintentional, after you see THE WIZARD OF OZ for the first time, the next time you KNOW what's behind the curtain.

Yeah, after watching ANH:R multiple times and being on my 6th or 7th time, the magic is a little worn off.. there are still little niggles here and there, but damn if the Falcon escape and the Last Battle don't make me feel like 7 all over again no matter how many times I see it.  And one guy did that.  On one home PC.

Because of ANH:R I want to see if I can do the same to those movies that I feel could use the spicing up or had a major impact on me... and I know that it can be done.  In my house on my PC.  I may have to ask or beg others for help, I may have to spend 2 to 4 years cracking my brain to figure out what Ady already has, but the bottom line is he has proven it CAN be done, which is where the bulk of the praise comes in.

Forget that this is the definitive version of STAR WARS or whatever.. ONE MAN did this for FREE.   Jesus Christ on a tap dancing pogo stick, is there really anything to complain about, being that he did the work and provides us the movie FOR FREE?!?!

AMEN TO THAT, Monroville.

A wise man once said that only if you consider the impossible, you can achieve the impossible.

But that man is no more. Consumed by greed and wealth.

-- R.I.P. George Lucas --

These things tend to remind me of an old story. A story of rebellion. A story of children who had to fight their own father after he turned to evil and became what he swore to destroy.

Figuratively, we all are those children. We are leading the rebellion against our evil father who turned to evil and we too have the choice too either fight him or join him. We can forget what Star Wars really was about and just go with the flow. Buy crappy DVD's, laugh at Jar Jar's jokes, buy Yoda-kicking-ass-with-his-lightsaber action dolls. Or we can support what Ady's doing. The restoration and resurrection of the original Star Wars and the attempt at salvaging the horrible prequel trilogy.

Fans already had one victory. Letting George release the originals on DVD. A big joke, I know. But he did it. And he swore never to do it.

I'm pretty sure that George has heard of Revisited. Does he care? Probably not. But do we care? That's what counts. Lucas' biggest dream is to have only his versions of Star Wars remain. But that can change. And it will change. It must change. I'm not showing this crap to my kids.

"Daddy, why doesn't R2 just fly out of there?"
"Because he's tired, dear. No more tough questions for daddy."

Well... This bickering is probably pointless since everything pretty much has already been said about this.

Ady, you've done an AMAZING job. I and all the other fans owe you SO MUCH.

I'm as much an Adywan fan as I am a Star Wars fan now. And that means a lot!!

~~ Plagueis

Read the next line in his post, troll.

Let's see.

1. Complaining about irrelevant issues (fanedit.org, with whom we are not affiliated in any way). Check.

2. Being a whiny bitch (about your supposedly deleted review on fanedit.org). Check.

3. Being factually incorrect (fanedit.org didn't delete your review after all; Adywan's project, whatever you might think of it, was not a simple or easy one). Check.

I could go on and on. And I will.

4. Ignoring what others say to you (the Purist version of ANH:R lacks many of the changes about which you've been complaining, yet you continue to complain about them rather than just get the Purist edit). Check.

5. Trying to justify your complaining (your comments may come under the heading of criticism, but there is no way they are constructive in the slightest). Check.

6. Not actually reading the thread to which you're replying (most of us aren't yes-men; almost all of us could name something about Revisited that we didn't like and if you read any decent amount of the thread you would know this). Check.

7. Being sarcastic ("dares to offer a counterpoint to blind praise") and antagonistic (your vague talk of piracy, as though we're tantamount to thieves). Check.

...get the picture?

If someone's a whiny bitch, I'm going to criticise them for it.

Apology accepted. I didn't see it, but I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume it was deleted along with the rest of that fiasco.

Points 3 to 7 stand. Plenty enough to label you a troll.

Don't let Ghostface fool you. As I said, we're (mostly) not a bunch of yes-men. Have a read of the thread (if you have the time) — or ask someone about the Great Flipper Debate. There's a difference between the sort of criticisms and debates we tend to have and the unhelpful bashing and belittling we've seen of late.

As for other good edits, I liked MagnoliaFan's take on Episodes I and II, and InfoDroid has done some interesting work on Indiana Jones. I'm working on a film noir take on The Matrix, or will be when I don't have to spend the time on study and music.

The PURIST version has no music from the other movies.  That's about it, really.  It's also only a single-layer DVD with no menus.  If you did not download one of the DVDs, you may have ended up with the XVID version, which is almost a "rough draft".

And you're free to have an opinion.  The edit does have parts that people seem to split on, and that's OK!

RoccondilRinon said:

Let's see.

1. Complaining about irrelevant issues (fanedit.org, with whom we are not affiliated in any way). Check.

2. Being a whiny bitch (about your supposedly deleted review on fanedit.org). Check.

3. Being factually incorrect (fanedit.org didn't delete your review after all; Adywan's project, whatever you might think of it, was not a simple or easy one). Check.

I could go on and on. And I will.

4. Ignoring what others say to you (the Purist version of ANH:R lacks many of the changes about which you've been complaining, yet you continue to complain about them rather than just get the Purist edit). Check.

5. Trying to justify your complaining (your comments may come under the heading of criticism, but there is no way they are constructive in the slightest). Check.

6. Not actually reading the thread to which you're replying (most of us aren't yes-men; almost all of us could name something about Revisited that we didn't like and if you read any decent amount of the thread you would know this). Check.

7. Being sarcastic ("dares to offer a counterpoint to blind praise") and antagonistic (your vague talk of piracy, as though we're tantamount to thieves). Check.

...get the picture?

Number 1 all time favorite post on OT.com EVER.

Mr. Ghostface, remember what I said about the sensitivity surrounding this project? Well, the zombie hoards are coming! It'll only get worse from here. I'd consider getting my shotgun and making a stand with you (which is not to say I agree with all you have been saying), but I think I'd rather just cut and run. No matter how many you blow down, more will just keep coming. It is a hopeless battle.

It makes me sad that some people consider a hacked up and modified version to be the "definitive", but what does it really matter to me or you anyway?

I guess the whole, the GOUT has pretty colors bit is out... because peace looks a long ways off. My feelings are that this discussion has nowhere to go but down.

Darth Venal said:

Thanks for the welcome!

I'll probably keep any unenthusiastic comments to myself, because no matter how well-intended they are, you always get attacked for them.

Unfortunately true in this thread.

However, I reassure you, there are plenty of other thread where this will not be the case. For example, in Trooperman's Shroud of the Darkside thread, quite a lot of criticism has been given over the years, some constructive, some just meant to be discouraging, and in all cases, everything was handled pretty well. That thread never, that I can remember, degraded into anything unfortunate. Ady's thread has had a huge following, many people who only joined up because of his edit, and I think this is what resulted in the major sensitivity thing.

I'd like to encourage you not to remain just a background member, but of course you are free to do as you choose. But you might actually find this place to be a very enjoyable forum to post in. Over in off-topic, and the general SW discussion threads, we are pretty friendly an welcoming and are always happy to have new members join in on discussion. We are a pretty small community, so new faces are always welcome. Just please don't take what you have read in the last few pages of this forum as the norm.

Mr Ghostface said:

Well, I won't stop posting anyway, because I will be sharing some screencaps from my own edit (which is in conjunction with another forum member) and I'd like to know what the more mature members of the board think.

Glad to hear it. I am not really big on edits (most of them are just more of the same), but every now and then something strikes my fancy. I'll definitely be checking out the thread for your edit and your screencaps once you get them posted.

The best ways to show off your work is make new threads on the parent forum here.  I'm interested in what you two "new guys" have to show!

Darth Venal said:

 

Being a whiny bitch

You call someone a whiny bitch and expect to be taken seriously?

Why do you appear to be posting from the same IP as Mr Ghostface?

Moth3r said:

Darth Venal said:

Being a whiny bitch

You call someone a whiny bitch and expect to be taken seriously?

Why do you appear to be posting from the same IP as Mr Ghostface?

:-O