The ANH:SE Redux Ideas thread (Radical Ideas Welcome). — Page 20

Darth Venal said:

I agree with your points about cutting the droids. Seeing as the plot follows them until Luke meets them, it'd be dramatically inept to remove them.

I'm very OT interested in what you didn't like about Blade Runner: The Final Cut.

The bits that really stuck out for me were the toning down of Roy's meeting with Tyrell.

I was glad to see the full skull crush (eeek) but changing the line to (or was it reinstating?) "I want more life father" and having him apologise to JF felt like Greedo shooting first.

The sharpness of **expletive deleted** underlined he meant business and the added line turned JF's death into a more calculated and pointess act rather than an act of rage.

If killing JF was a decision he regrets while he is carrying it out, why is he carrying it out?

He now knows he and Pris are going to die so it doesn't buy them any time and the only person who could possibly cover their tracks for a few more days or hours is JF (if they can calm him down after what he's seen).

It just made more sense to me that he used JF's empathy and compassion for Pris to get him into the room and now he has no hope he smashes him like a child throwing a tantrum (all be it with some cause). It could be argued that he is just trying to calm JF down so he can kill him with more ease but I don't buy that either. JF doesn't stand a chance against Roy so why continue to pretend?

It's only when he's facing his own death and has the chance to allow a little more life for Deckard (something his God couldn't do for himself) that he learns compassion.

I'd more ok about him letting JF live than to kill him while saying sorry about it.

Any road up that my big beef and I can see why other people might like those changes, the rest of it looks and sounds amazing.

EyeShotFirst said:

Garindan the Kubaz needs more apperances too.

Holy crap, my entire life I always thought that this guy had an elephant trunk on his face, but now that I see the detailed version I can see that the character is actually meant to be a humanoid who wears a mask with a cloth trunk! My childhood is ruined!

Wee-o-wip-bop-bop-weoo

As well as undoing the red, would turning up Threepio's eye lights be a good idea?

He seems to be a bit dim at times in ANH.

Here's an idea: steal this ion cannon shot from Command and Conquer 3, re-color it green, and then insert it for Alderaan's destruction scene.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-3VC1XGmfA&feature=related

Now there's a destruction shot for ya! After this shot, there could be a cut to the more traditional "KABOOM!" shot.

Hehehe, nice. And I love how "Lando" gives his 2¢ at the end. :D

Bingowings said:

 

adywan said:

Backstroke said:

-  Why use our system of numbers in the movie when all lettering have been replaced with aurabesh?

It's just a consideration that so much time goes in to converting all references to english writting and replacing it with aurabesh (which is extremely effectfull) but when we get to the Death Star coming in on Yavin there is a, sorry to say it, generic timer counting down? This is by the way the only thing I reacted to. Sure I wish there'd been even more ships in the Death Star battle but I can fully understand how heavy such a effect sequence might be.

Sometimes we need a visual reference that we recognise  to enhance the dramatic element of a scene. Changing the number system to Aurabesh for the countdown clock just didn't work. You need that "our world" visual reference for the clock. I did try changing the numbering to Aurabesh but, when watching it back, it lost something. This is the problem with some SCI-FI in that they change everything to look other worldly and it fails. Any lettering wasn't the focus in a scene but the numbering was and this needed to stay recognisable.

I'm not sure.

We see the graphic representing Yavin 4 moving into the crosshairs and we have the onscreen announcements.

An Aurebesh clock might still work because on a subconscious level we know it's a countdown even if we don't recognise the numbers (in fact that might add tension for the non-Aurebesh reading public because they don't know for sure how much time our heroes have left other than the look of desperation on their faces).

I think I'll post this on the after Ady thread because someone might be tempted to try it.

And so I did...

Biggs, not ^Biggs or Bigg's or Brigg's!

Honestly.

If you don't have anything to add, don't bump a three-week-old thread.  Thanks.

Seeing as this has already come up on the ESB:R thread it may as well come here as well.

Adding some animation to the glass looking tactical display screens during the Death Star battle (as seen in the latest Star Trek film) would make sense seeing as all the objects they would be monitoring would be in motion.

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I think it looks great with the planet in it (let's face it it would be hard to avoid such a huge thing in the sky).

Aye, 'tis true. I always felt the planet was a tad close to the Moon in the movie, but it doesn't matter really. At that distance Yavin IV should look like Io hehe. Makes you wonder how close Yavin I, II and III are!

It's a big planet so the other moons could be even closer and still be far away from the thing, I wouldn't like to set up a Rebel base on such a place though look at poor Io.

There are a lot of missing images on this thread now.

It's a short thread compared to a monster like the ESB/ROTJ Wishlist thread and it would be handy if some of the ideas that were illustrated here were restored.

If you have found your illustrations wandering off for some reason could you try and reinstate them please (interested eyes may be looking for them).