Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (Cracker of Justice Edit) — Page 2

liamnotneeson said:
I’ll definitely do that for AOTC and ROTS, but I don’t want to re-edit this movie for a 3rd time with another source.

Yeah I learned the hard way with Jumper, it makes things a serious pain in the ass.

liamnotneeson said:
The new opening is now up. Check the main post

I’m sorry to say but I think your new version turned out for the worse. I liked that you had Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon talking about the Invasion army and watching it through the window, I may not have been clear enough in my earlier comment. What I meant was that you should keep that sequence except go directly from this shot: (https://www.google.ca/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiR0_XEoMbLAhVC0WMKHXryBgUQjRwIBw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fstarwars.wikia.com%2Fwiki%2FFile%3ATrade_Federation_Invasion.png&bvm=bv.117218890,d.cGc&psig=AFQjCNE9lqaAjud6ioE_gbGyMxX4LgoZTA&ust=1458253631320579) to this one: (https://www.google.ca/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwi05JPioMbLAhUE52MKHVpsCHoQjRwIBw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fstarwars.wikia.com%2Fwiki%2FInvasion_of_Naboo&bvm=bv.117218890,d.cGc&psig=AFQjCNE9lqaAjud6ioE_gbGyMxX4LgoZTA&ust=145825363132057 But save the forest part for later. I also think that the meeting scene on Naboo would play better if the last shot was the Queen giving a concerned look.

Smithers said:

I’m sorry to say but I think your new version turned out for the worse. I liked that you had Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon talking about the Invasion army and watching it through the window, I may not have been clear enough in my earlier comment. What I meant was that you should keep that sequence except go directly from this shot: (https://www.google.ca/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiR0_XEoMbLAhVC0WMKHXryBgUQjRwIBw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fstarwars.wikia.com%2Fwiki%2FFile%3ATrade_Federation_Invasion.png&bvm=bv.117218890,d.cGc&psig=AFQjCNE9lqaAjud6ioE_gbGyMxX4LgoZTA&ust=1458253631320579) to this one: (https://www.google.ca/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwi05JPioMbLAhUE52MKHVpsCHoQjRwIBw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fstarwars.wikia.com%2Fwiki%2FInvasion_of_Naboo&bvm=bv.117218890,d.cGc&psig=AFQjCNE9lqaAjud6ioE_gbGyMxX4LgoZTA&ust=145825363132057 But save the forest part for later. I also think that the meeting scene on Naboo would play better if the last shot was the Queen giving a concerned look.

I agree, I liked that Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan would watch the invasion army come in, but then if I had it like you said where the army immediately invades Theed, the next shot of Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan would have to start with them sitting down at the table, which must be for a considerable amount time given the army has already landed on the planet and invaded the capital city. Like MalàStrana said, it makes both of them look like idiots for not doing anything as the planet is literally being invaded.

liamnotneeson said:
I agree, I liked that Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan would watch the invasion army come in, but then if I had it like you said where the army immediately invades Theed, the next shot of Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan would have to start with them sitting down at the table, which must be for a considerable amount time given the army has already landed on the planet and invaded the capital city. Like TV’s Frink said, it makes both of them look like idiots for not doing anything as the planet is literally being invaded.

I didn’t see Frink say that and I can’t seem to find it but that’s a pretty good point which is kind of a bummer. Another thing I noticed in your latest clip is that several shots will suddenly zoom in at the last second, it’s really jarring.

Smithers said:

I didn’t see Frink say that and I can’t seem to find it but that’s a pretty good point which is kind of a bummer. Another thing I noticed in your latest clip is that several shots will suddenly zoom in at the last second, it’s really jarring.

My bad, it was MalàStrana that said it. And the thing about the clips zooming in is a problem with Final Cut Pro that I can’t seem to fix- it doesn’t save the video presets and I have to change the video animations back to what I want every single time, and I miss some of them

EDIT: Okay, looking at that video all the way through, that video is jacked and I will most likely replace it tomorrow with a better version. FCP is giving me a really bad time rn

liamnotneeson said:
EDIT: Okay, looking at that video all the way through, that video is jacked and I will most likely replace it tomorrow with a better version. FCP is giving me a really bad time rn

I’m sad to hear that, hopefully you figure it out, and once again I’m looking forward to it!

Could you somehow remove Jar Jar from Tattoine entirely? (lets say that he never left the ship as since he is useless he has no purpose fallowing them along.) And remove little Anakin from the final battle? (lets say that he stayed at the Jedi Temple. Because why would they bring a child along to the war zone?)

That would make the movie much much better I think. (I tried to do just that in my edit but I no longer have the time)

sansuni said:

Could you somehow remove Jar Jar from Tattoine entirely? (lets say that he never left the ship as since he is useless he has no purpose fallowing them along.) And remove little Anakin from the final battle? (lets say that he stayed at the Jedi Temple. Because why would they bring a child along to the war zone?)

That would make the movie much much better I think. (I tried to do just that in my edit but I no longer have the time)

One of the intentions of this edit is to make Anakin the main character of the movie, which I’m not sure if it’s possible now, but still I want to make him a very prominent character. Removing Jar Jar entirely from Tatooine will be very difficult, and I’ve already re-dubbed Jar Jar to be somewhat humorous now, so it’s not exactly necessary

TV’s Frink said:

I’ve never ripped mine so I don’t know

I was just looking at the old posts and noticed this. How do you get the sources for your edits then if it’s not from the Blu-Ray?

liamnotneeson said:

TV’s Frink said:

I’ve never ripped mine so I don’t know

I was just looking at the old posts and noticed this. How do you get the sources for your edits then if it’s not from the Blu-Ray?

The DVD? Digital copy?

I’m back m-f’ers, and I’ve learned that torrenting is bad. Read the main thread for details. Not much has changed

Restarting again with a legal source? Cool

Added lots of new planned edits. Czech original post