The Force Awakens : Fan Edit Ideas — Page 15

MrToad883 said:

Lord Haseo said:

darthrush said:
Nice crawl but the first line “Luke Skywalker has vanished” is so epic and nice.

My sentiments exactly. It draws you into the film immediately.

Agreed 100%. Personally the only thing I would change is adding in the 20th century fox to beginning, fixing the graflex lightsaber sounds to match episode V, and adding in deleted scenes if they seem necessary ( and if the timestamp and watermark can be removed of course)

I agree on Fox fanfare, so classic and needed. But even though the lightsaber clashing sounds a lot different (very different actually) I find it very unique and cool but preserving continuity would be something I still wouldn’t mind being done.

Lord Haseo said:

darthrush said:
And if I had one biggest addition for TFA it would be added musical cues throughout the entire film. I have had a problem which is that I think the acting, writing, and overall execution of Hans Death is better than the prequels but I still find the Anakin/Obi Wan confrontation and the immolation scene more emotional. It might be cause I have seen it more, the incredible score might give it that extra push but I feel with right editing TFA lack of emotion and story importance could be drastically improved. ROTS just felt more real and had stakes and was emotionally driven whereas during the Force Awakens Rey never really fails miserably unlike Anakin in episode 3 who has a shit storm thrown on him and its beautifully tragic to witness. That’s what is lacking and a fanedit can hopefully do is make the story elements and emotional connection to the story greater. TFA just felt too light but as the first film of the trilogy once episodes 8 and 9 have run their course I might look at episode 7 a lot differently.

The music in the immolation scene is absolutely beautiful, but I don’t care about Anakin at all so the scene falls a little flat for me. Whereas in TFA not only Han a great deal but I also have an emotional connection to Kylo Ren so smaller stuff like Han touching Kylo’s face after he’s stabbed hits me harder than even the “I hate you!” line in ROTS.

I sadly disagree. Even though I want to like Hans death more.

Hey guys, posting here again.

I posted my thoughts for a fan edit months ago, but with the Blu-ray just coming out, I’d like to share my ideas and what I will definitely be doing in the fan edit.

Working title: SAVING THE FORCE AWAKENS
Fan Edit by That_OT_Ruler

*MAJOR CHANGES
-Color correction (Yellow finalized tint)
—Soundtrack is completely removed and replaced with music from the previous films
-Some scenes will have a complete sound overhaul (New sound mix with TIE fighters effects, etc.)
-Removal of the Rathtar squid sequence (The whole thing is going bye-bye)
-Removal of almost all fanservice and callback moments, except for shit like Rey’s helmet and the AT-AT
-FINN IS NO LONGER AWKWARD AROUND REY (Removal of stupid lines like, “Well this is what we look like.”)
-Put back in shots that were cut from the trailers
-FINN NOW SUCKS USING A LIGHTSABER

*MINOR CHANGES
-20th Century Fox logo and theme is implemented
-Custom title crawl?
-Removal of Poe’s stupid line, “You talk first, I talk first?”
-Removal of Poe’s other stupid line, “You need a pilot?”
-Removal of Finn’s yelling street slang, “DID YOU SEE THAT?!”
-Removal of extra explosion after TIE fighter sinks into sand
-Cut down Rey’s fight in marketplace
-No gag of Finn drinking water next to giant beast
-Other miscellaneous dialogue removal (I saw the movie 4 times, but I can’t remember everything)
-Finn no longer whooping after hitting TIE fighter
-Remove entire pointless sequence of Finn talking to BB-8 and asking him to tell Rey the location of the Resistance base
-Remove line, “You got a boyfriend? Cute boyfriend?”
-Remove Rey telling Han that he did the kessel run in 14 parsecs
-Removal of entire Rathtar squid scene. It just cuts from Han talking to Lord Snoke
-Cut out Chewie being injured to keep continuity with previous cut
-Other miscellaneous dialogue cuts during scene with examining map
-Remove the reactions of the people watching the planets getting blown up (So unrealistic)
-Remove Maz’s awful line, “A good question, for another time.” (Basically, the writers acknowledging they wrote a shitty script)
-Trim down and cut out shots and parts of the raid on Maz’s castle
-Re-insert X-Wings hovering over water shot from the trailer
-Cut down Kylo chasing Rey in the forest and put in music from EA’s Battlefront
-Cut out the interrogation sequence between Rey and Kylo (There’s no point to it)
-Cut out Kylo’s thrashing around saber rage
-Cut out more jokes with Finn
-Reinsert Kylo walking in forest shot from Teaser 1
-Finn’s fight with Kylo is much shorter, and downright pathetic. Finn lasts less than 40 seconds
-Rey and Kylo’s fight sequence is put together (It doesn’t cut away to X-wings)
-Movie fades out on Luke’s face, not the awful helicopter shot

Those are basically all the edits I plan to fully implement. When you watch a movie in the theater a number of times, especially with a photographic memory, stuff sticks with you.

No deleted scenes will be put into the edit, as the Timecode problem makes it impossible.

Now, this is where I NEED YOUR HELP. I’m not sure what the 7.1 audio track will be like when the Blu-ray comes out. Will the music be present in every channel? Or will the music be in its own separate channel? Regardless, I NEED SOMEONE TO HELP ME remove the music from the film, leaving only the vocals and sound effects. It doesn’t have to be perfect, but I REALLY NEED HELP WITH THIS to make this edit work.

I also need help with creating a new title crawl, something similar to what HAL9000 did for his prequel edits.

YOU WILL BE CREDITED IN THE FILM FOR HELPING OUT.

I would like to thank you for reading, and I can’t wait to share what I’m going to put together.

He’s gonna take a piss on the film.

xD. I like that. Actually, it’s a yellow color tint that is meant to replicate the colors of A New Hope.

As for the interrogation scene, there’s no real point to it, as the force awakens inside her when she touches the lightsaber in the previous scene. You could say it further develops her ability to use the force, but I found it more interesting to see her grasp the concept of the force on her own, without having someone trigger it. The other reason is, I found it more dramatic for Kylo to only reveal his face later, when his father asks him to do it.

As for the street slang, Finn yelling, “Did you see that?! Did you see that?!” just sounded like something from a generic modern action movie, not Star Wars.

If you have any other suggestions, please feel free to comment back. Thanks!

Finn has probably never flirted with a girl in his life so him being kind of awkward is natural though it can me cut down some.

That’s true, and a lot of that is staying in, but some of the awful cringe-worthy moments are going.

towne32 said:

You mean the yellow color specifically in Harmy’s 2.5 that was later determined to be partially a mistake that I did in fact spend two months removing. Haha, interesting choice unless you’re referring to another yellow source. 😉

Lol, it is partially influenced by that, but in all honesty, some of the colors in TFA really bothered me. Way too many blues. So, I had to apply a yellow tint to get some of the colors back to how they would’ve looked in the original trilogy.

DominicCobb said:

—Soundtrack is completely removed and replaced with music from the previous films
-Some scenes will have a complete sound overhaul (New sound mix with TIE fighters effects, etc.)

Why?

Because the soundtrack disappointed me greatly. Simple as that. It’s my edit.

-FINN NOW SUCKS USING A LIGHTSABER

Already does.

But now he’s even worse than he already was.

-Removal of Finn’s yelling street slang, “DID YOU SEE THAT?!”

There is nothing about that that is “street slang” and also you’re probably a racist.

How does that make me racist? I just don’t think that kind of modern talk sounds right in a space opera that takes place “a long time ago.”

-Finn no longer whooping after hitting TIE fighter

Are you just trying to remove any sense of personality from Finn?

Just some of the dumb moments. The rest of his scenes are all intact.

-Remove Maz’s awful line, “A good question, for another time.” (Basically, the writers acknowledging they wrote a shitty script)

More like acknowledging that providing an explanation would be pointless and unnecessary and only serve to waste time.

They could’ve summed it up in a couple seconds. Bringing it up at all without answering just isn’t necessary either.

-Re-insert X-Wings hovering over water shot from the trailer

Already in the movie.

There was another shot of the X-wings that was cut.

-Cut down Kylo chasing Rey in the forest and put in music from EA’s Battlefront

This sequence has easily some of the best music in the film.

I disagree.

-Cut out the interrogation sequence between Rey and Kylo (There’s no point to it)

Except it’s the whole reason Rey was kidnapped.

Kylo doesn’t get the chance to interrogate her.

towne32 said:

Not sure why I’m discussing it since I don’t like your other changes. I guess those ones were more expected from some of the people around here.

Hey, any suggestions are appreciated. Nothing wrong with having a conversation. Thanks! I’ll see about doing a scene-by-scene color correction.

Lord Haseo said:

That_OT_Ruler said:
As for the street slang, Finn yelling, “Did you see that?! Did you see that?!” just sounded like something from a generic modern action movie, not Star Wars.

That still has nothing to do with street slang…

I think I have the wrong word, yeah.

DominicCobb said:

You’re honestly telling me “did you see that?” is a line that would have felt out of place in the OT? Luke easily could have said that instead of “I got him!” Was Han’s “Great kid, don’t get cocky!” not “street slang” too?

I’m sorry, it just sounds off to me. I don’t think it fits. That’s why I’m removing it.

They could’ve summed it up in a couple seconds. Bringing it up at all without answering just isn’t necessary either.

Literally no explanation would have satisfied people like you.

People like me? Jeez, I don’t need a grand explanation or something, but to bring it up, just to ignore it, is purposely being lazy. I’m cutting the line of Han asking and her shrugging it off, because the moment served no purpose in the long run. Bringing it up and not answering = pointless. I don’t care what the explanation is, I just want something. That’s it. No, I wouldn’t complain about what I got.

I have to admit that I find most of your changes would make me not have as enjoyable of a experience. Especially removing the entire score??? Ridiculous. Very difficult as a side note but Williams gave us great music, maybe not as great as the originals or episode 3 but the March of the resistance, I can fly anything, Kylo rens theme, Jedi Steps, Rey’s Theme!!! I advise against entirely removing a great soundtrack that people spent hours upon countless hours creating specifically for this film.