Superman by Taolar (Formally: Son of Jorel) WORKPRINT AVAILABLE — Page 13

astromech said:

I like the ending but feel the footage used could be done a little more subtley - is there anything that could be done to smooth it down a bit?

What do you mean by "smooth it down"?

Also, the news reporter is sitting in a studio marked Metropolis Morning News...so why are they all watching at nightime, or is this meant to be very early morning?

Yeah, it is supposed to be in the morning just at dawn.  I'll see what I can do to make that more apparent.

Thanks for answering my comments...it's been a hard slog, but definitely a worthy edit of a classic superhero movie!

Thanks!!

-T

astromech said:

Also, Superman seemed to be flying through clouds after being in space (I think!) As I said, it just seemed to go against the work done earlier in the movie - to me in anycase. Of course, I'll shut up if it isn't the case - I do need to re-watch this in one shot rather than a few sittings...

Hmm...  I wonder if your TV's black setting is too high.  After he drops Lois off, while he contemplates what just happened, he takes a fly through the city, and over the river, and then up into the clouds.   He's not in space until the very last shots.

-T

Wow!  I couldn't have paid for a better review.  Thanks, Galen.  I'm really glad you liked it, and thanks for being vocal about it.  ;)

I was going to take January off, but you have me thinking about asking the wife for 1/2 a day to myself this weekend to see what I can crank out.

Thanks,

-T

p.s. where do I send the $50?  :)

When I first had watched this little epic movie version I was surprised that this was one the best fanedits based on the Superman movies.

But after having looked at it again I thought, and this is just a suggestion, that maybe you could put in the memory wipe of Lois at the end.

Because in Superman Returns she has no memory of ever knowing that Clark Kent is Superman.

Once again, I am excited to wait for when it is ready.

Keep up the good work.

The_RockRope said:

When I first had watched this little epic movie version I was surprised that this was one the best fanedits based on the Superman movies.

Hmmm...  you were surprised that it turned out to be one of the best, or you were surprised that others thought it was one of the best?  I'm not sure how to read that sentence.  :D

But after having looked at it again I thought, and this is just a suggestion, that maybe you could put in the memory wipe of Lois at the end.

I might include a cut of the original ending as a deleted scene, for people who want to Womble it back so they can have a fully self contained movie.  But for my project the memory erasing kiss doesn't work.  It's a new power, which I'm trying to avoid, and it appeared out of nowhere just to solve a plot problem, which is just bad filmmaking.

Because in Superman Returns she has no memory of ever knowing that Clark Kent is Superman.

This will be fixed in my edit of Superman Returns.  :)

Thanks for the feedback!

-T

Taolar, I never asked, will you be doing massive color correction on Superman Returns (like it needs)... or is it too early to even ask that.

Doctor M said:

Taolar, I never asked, will you be doing massive color correction on Superman Returns (like it needs)... or is it too early to even ask that.

I would definitely try to match the look of the two.  I'm not sure I would have the time to do the kind of job that Sepharih is doing.  Maybe I won't have to. :)  But I'm not really going to decide much of anything until the next movie comes out.  If it goes the way I'm hoping, then the two will fit together nicely.

I thought Sepharih packed it in when he got a job doing real video editing.

Doctor M said:

I thought Sepharih packed it in when he got a job doing real video editing.

Last I read he promised to work on it when he had the time, and hasn't canceled the project.

lorang said:

8.The villains arrival in the Hick Town, with Zod and Ursa looking at the arm wrestling then Bang one of the guys thrown through the wall of the bar, would work better with the inclusion of Ursa sitting down with the guy then we'll known Ursa throw him through the wall.

 

I revisited that scene last night, and tried to include the beginning of the arm wrestling sequence.  And then remembered why I took it out to begin with.  The acting is horrible.  And Zod just stands in the corner reading a menu, or something.  One hick has his cap on all screwy and really hams it up for the camera.  And it's a one shot, meaning I can't really edit it.

Although I really like the idea of showing the arm wrestling before he goes crashing through the wall, it's just not worth the crap that comes with it...

astromech said:

- Is there any way of matching SII's Brando footage with the footage in SI? He's kinda see through in the first movie but colour in the second. I do accept it would be quite hard to do though seeing as that's the footage restored for the Donner Cut.

I had an idea for how to separate Brando from the background, and it worked pretty well last night.  Now I'm having trouble re-creating the hologram look from the first film, but I think it's doable. :)

guitarfan01 said:

 I do wish that there was some way to supplement East Houston with scenes of the supervillians tearing up Washington DC, with the four-star general being there instead.

Yeah, that one editor tried that, and it looked pretty cool in low res.  But I don't think it's within my schedule for that kind of compositing to look professional at DVD resolution.

(and when it comes to SR, most of my problems with that film would be fixed with a single change; that Jason isn't Clark's son -- that was the way the novelization was, and I was suprised at how that simple change almost completely fixed the story)

I like that idea.  I just want to wait and see how big of a part he plays in the sequel.  Hopefully it's small enough to be cut...

-T

ChainsawAsh said:

Apparently, there won't be a sequel to SR.  They're going the Batman Begins route with the next one - Bryan Singer won't be involved, either.  The bad news: the studio seems to think it's a good idea to make all their future superhero movies (Superman included) "dark and brooding" like BB and TDK since those made money.  (I read all of this on a couple different news sites over the past few months, but can't find the links right now)

Well, from I read, things are still up in the air.  There are rumors going both ways.  But he's not officially out as the director... yet.  I'm keeping my fingers crossed.  I think Singer has the ability to turn this thing around.

I think Singer has the ability to turn this thing around.

Only if he adds a giant spider. They're the most vicious killers in the animal kingdom.

Sigh. I suppose if movie studios didn't suck so bad, we wouldn't have a hobby.

Doctor M said:

I think Singer has the ability to turn this thing around.

Only if he adds a giant spider. They're the most vicious killers in the animal kingdom.

:D

If you do a search on Demonoid, you'll find it.  :)

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