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What Special Edition changes (if any) did people like? — Page 14

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slask said:

TV's Frink said:

People who understand the art of the written word call it a "contribution."  You're welcome.

I bet you can also write in perfect Italian without mistakes ;)

 I don't post nonsense on an Italian Star Wars site.

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You did here. Now stop being childish and let the others talk.

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CatBus said:

TV's Frink said:

I don't post nonsense on an Italian Star Wars site.

Are you sure?

 *response involving an inappropriate Italian stereotype*

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TV's Frink said:

CatBus said:

TV's Frink said:

I don't post nonsense on an Italian Star Wars site.

Are you sure?

 *response involving an inappropriate Italian stereotype*

*response involving how Google Translate produced a page of italian-looking gibberish*

 FTFY

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It really doesn't make a whole lot more sense in English.

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Leonardo said:

TV's Frink said:

CatBus said:

TV's Frink said:

I don't post nonsense on an Italian Star Wars site.

Are you sure?

 *response involving an inappropriate Italian stereotype*

*response involving how Google Translate produced a page of italian-looking gibberish*

 FTFY

What Google Translate changes (if any) did people like?

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I liked the changes to signature lines and occasionally usernames.  Your whole trilogy got Italian releases:

Episodio I: La Minaccia Ridicolo / Episodio II: L'attacco dei ridicolo / Episodio III: La vendetta dei ridicolo

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I like where they recomposited the original visual effects plates. Say what you will about puppets and models vs CGI but computers definitely helped with compositing. 

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TV's Frink said:

What?

It's a bonus feature only available in the Italian edition.

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The Italian version of The New Thread Thread?

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Right here is how I feel about this subject.

STAR WARS.

Not a bad effort for a special edition but the obvious things to leave alone was Han shooting first and god the Jabba scene was awful. Horribe comedy Jawa falling of the dinosaur.

I really dislike the take off shot of the x-wings on yavin also it should have just put the temple in the background and showed the x-wings launching in the distance bad decision and composition on that.

Deleted scenes were included although they were not terrific.

EMPIRE STRIKES BACK

Now people actually say this is the best special edition… well perhaps it is the least harmful version but it is total nonsense in most cases.

I don’t mind it but it does very little to restore anything that was actually planned, shot or written by Irwin Kershner, Kasdan, John Williams or even George Lucus himself. So I think it’s weird in that regard but it’s not awful but again it was altered away from anything that was originally intended in most cases.

The actual composition of the sound mix feels strange carried over from the original and this should have been a major factor when doing a special edition also some things were addressed but most of the terrible errors in there were glazed over. Horrible audio changes too that were not needed.

Considering it was the film that was also plagued by having to be rushed at the end of production, it’s the film of the original trilogy that most needed a special edition but with Kershner at the helm. No deleted scenes were included.

RETURN OF THE JEDI

The Most stupid changes and the most crap musical number replacement.

Oola was a good addition in the Rancor pit

Sarlac Pit got screwed over

Darth Vader got Screwed over.

Again no material was added that was planned, shot or written at the time the film was made, it was only altered away from what it was originally meant to be with no deleted scenes of any worth apart from a few snippets.

I think the moral of this story generally tends to fall into the category of. It’s fine to do an alternative cut but don’t supress the original version and if you are going to do an alternative cut it has to have something that was originally planned to be in the movie like some deleted scenes or with cuts or re-arrangements that actually improve the flow not a bunch of new ideas that generally hinder them. One or two new ideas don’t hurt if it’s subtle but they are not subtle in most cases and I think on the whole poorly executed.

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MrVess said:

To name just a few:

The stormtroopers’ animals.
All the cleanups, fixes, enhancements, remastering, restoration…
Kenobi’s hut.
Cloud City.
Tractor beams.
Blast doors.
Fight expansions.
Removal of the cardboard “audience”.
Vader’s landing.
Numerous small expansions in too many scenes to be listed.
The Further Adventures of Oola.
Fett getting definitely, certainly, indubitably killed. This dull background noncharacter annoys me extremely; frankly I’d like the 2007 edition to have a scene of him getting dissolved by stomach acids, so that no Expanded Universe garbage could ever get away with resurrecting him.
More Tatooine.
Removal of the horrid Ewok song.

You have a good taste.

真実

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Frank your Majesty said:

Where did you dig up that old fossil?

frankly I’d like the 2007 edition to have a scene of him getting dissolved by stomach acids, so that no Expanded Universe garbage could ever get away with resurrecting him.

Never noticed how old this thread was.

edit: MrVess last logged in back in 2007. I guess he got pissed that his 2007 SE never came to be.