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TMBTM's "The War of the Stars"; a Star Wars "grindhouse" cut (Released) — Page 2

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SilverWook said:

Ripplin said:

Why, did Jaxxon do something similar?

He's credited on Puggo Grande for providing the 16mm prints used. He might want a copy of this.

Oh, I did not know about that Jaxxon. I should add his name in the end credit I guess.

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New updates from TMBTM himself:

I will watch a new worprint tomorrow.
I did not change radicaly the last one (sorry Jorge...).
- Edit is two minutes shorter
- Some scenes have been twisted
- More R2 subtitles, and some changed (font have been reduced, but not changed)
- Few new lines from other SW movies and one from Indy 2.
- Luke's "blast it Wedge!" line back in the movie (I use the 2004 DVD for the sound, but I finaly replaced that line from the 16 mm preservation for it fits the scene better.
- Two new Vader's lines
- few more special effects
- I also added a little joke today and found out one hour later that it was kind of the same in Family Guy's Blue Harvest... :mrgreen: I usualy don't watch that show, but thought it would be fun to watch that episode. For few minutes I wanted to get that scene back to my previous workprint, but I like the way it is now, so it will stay.

I am to the point where there is rarely more than 3 or 4 minutes without a cut. I don't see what can be done more without starting to go way over the top.
I don't want to rush things, but on the other hand I don't want to spend 2 months more adding gags here and there loosing focus on what this edit is supposed to be (a cheap alternate version of Star Wars hopefuly fun for the fans who know the movie by heart). And frankely I know that even if I spend a lot more time on it, the overall edit will stay kind of the same. In short I'm to the point where there is no real radical turning back possible (and I personaly don't feel the need, so it's all good!)
If people like it, fine, if not (I can already hear "JAWS was better!") then so be it.

I will surely make some little changes more during this holiday, then work on the final render and the DVD itself.

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i watched the trailer and it looks poorly done, but i'll take ur word for it.

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I did not make a trailer.

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There is a "fake" trailer for a JAWS and STAR WARS grindhouse double feature on youtube. It has nothing to do with me (and is way older than my JAWS edit). I think it is cool.

I don't post the link here, cause I don't want people to think it is mine, but you'll find it quite easily I think. Maybe it is what rcb saw (?)

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The name is similar, but completely unrelated, as you now know. The screen shots and posters earlier in this thread (from the actual movie, not a fan film) probably should've given it away, no? If you haven't actually read this thread or the one at fanedit.org, you might want to. ;)

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Looks good so far.

You can push it more radical if you wish :)

Ca we expect effects like grindhouse(burned films in key plot scenes, commercials and shaking camera)?

 

I love the lightsaber coloring btw :D

 

-Angel

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vaderios said:

Looks good so far.

You can push it more radical if you wish :)

Ca we expect effects like grindhouse(burned films in key plot scenes, commercials and shaking camera)?

 

I love the lightsaber coloring btw :D

 

-Angel

Thanks.

There is one burned film sequence, but I did not find a really good fun moment to put it in I'm afraid; Let's say that I'm not too proud to use this kind of "dated joke" again. lol. I did not add shaky camera movements, but there are some new special effects here and there, but not too much.

The edit runs 1h37 with the end credits, and will surely be available next week.

 

 

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So no What's Up Tiger Lily? hand chasing a stray hair on the film?

"Reality leaves a lot to the imagination." – John Lennon

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Edit is released at fanedi.org: http://fanedit.org/8392/

This is a "grindhouse" version of George Lucas's Star Wars (episode 4 A New Hope)
Some of the deleted scenes, alternate takes and behind the scene footage are now back in the movie.
New music.
New special effects.
key scenes have been reorganized.

Original runtime: 124 min.
Amount of time cutted (including credits): 43 min.
Amount of time added (including some alternate takes): 16 min.
New runtime: 97 min.


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To complete a "grindhouse double feature" I needed a second movie.
(First JAWS: The Sharksploitation Edit, now The War Of The Stars: A New Hope Grindhoused)
When you talk about "grindhouse double feature" Planet Terror/Death Proof comes to mind,
and what people usualy says?... "Damn, Planete Terror was fun, but Death Proof was a bore!"

Personally I like Death Proof a lot but I can understand why people felt it was boring.
I hope this edit will not bore you too much!
I took as an advice a comment on my JAWS edit who said it was "too long for mockery"
so I made the overal lenght quite short this time.

I want to thanks Puggo for letting me use his 16mm preservation work, known as The Puggo Grande.
I just zoomed and cropped it for it to have a more "Star Warsish" aspect ratio.
(so the picture quality of the Puggo Grande is better, I wanted to point out that fact.)
Only I think that quality loss helped me a lot to blend some documentary footage back in the movie.

And THAT is one of the main purpose of this edit: to bring back a lot of deleted scenes and various footage.
Does it make it a better movie? Hell no. This is a cheap version of Star Wars. Hopefully fun for the fans to watch.

In the bonus of the DVD you'll find a little slideshow video showing some of the various shots added.
Please do NOT watch this video before the edit itself!

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Thanks Ripplin.

I guess bad reviews won't be long...! But I guess you're right, it's not for everyone.

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No one seemed to have a problem with Jaws being grindhoused, but Star Wars seems to be "sacred" to some (except to Lucas), so yeah, expect some [more] negativity. :p

I don't know why people get so up in arms over stuff like this anyway. Reminds me of some of those purists who appeared on Iron Chef, angry that the Iron Chefs were doing fusion cuisine and stuff. It's not like there aren't hundreds of chefs doing traditional Japanese cuisine anyway. Lighten up, fellas! ;)

In this case, there are tons of versions of the OOT available. And no one would ever mistake this 'grindhouse' version as an official Lucasfilm version, so who cares? It's just some dumb fun! A supplement to the "sacred" version, if you will. Haha.

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Waiting on a torrent, this looks so cool! Also, the coverart is simply SPLENDID. Other than the text, which I think should be either all red or white. Is that a pre-existing poster, or did you edit that yourself?

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That edit doesnt excist! Its so awesome that cant be real.

I had the best time watching it. I felt so many times surprised from the visuals and the new dialogue. all so seamless to look awesome and bad at teh same time.

I laughed for hours with vader... especialy when *beep* he is doing the *beep*.

I loved the bits from other fanfilms.

the subs from R2 were hilarious and was always a refresh way to see the scenes.

LOVED some of the re editing to avoid some of the original sotry but also the edit helped some shots better than the original.

The cantina scene was.... well no words :P

The music added a new feeling in this edit. And god the titles were awesome!

Address me as Lord vader!!!

The droid sounds from ROTS were super addition IMO.

The ending... lol...

Clever use of the scratches and wise choose of all the extra scenes :D

They made a true grindhouse edition.

 

I have no con to this edit! ITs enjoyable as hell and maybe one of the top SW edits out there. Really impressed and thanks for the awesome time that i had and i will have :D

I hope that feedback was spoilerless as possible! 


-Angel

PS: I beg for a vader doing the *beep* thing poster!!

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