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Idea: Family Friendly version of Family Guy's 'Blue Harvest'?

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(Not sure if this belongs in the SW forum or here. Mods, feel free to move.)

Has anyone ever seen anything about a version of Family Guy’s Blue Harvest that has all the obscenities cut out? I know, you’re all thinking “What’s the point?” and “Won’t that have a running time of like 8 minutes?”.

My 5-year-old son saw this when it came on TV (perhaps not a good decision in retrospect). I bought the DVD version, which is even WORSE in terms of language, and I can’t let him watch that. But he sees it sitting on the DVD shelf and always asks if he can watch it.

He doesn’t get a lot of the innuendo (which would be harder to cut), so I’m really just looking to trim off several bits with bad language. Ultimately, I want to be able to sit down and watch this with him without having to hit mute every two minutes.

I know I can hunker down and do this myself, after I get over the learning curve, and maybe I will have to. But if it’s already out there somewhere, it sure would save me some time.

If I have to do this myself, does anyone have any recommendations of how I can EASILY and QUICKLY create a watchable version? Can I directly edit the VOB files without having to convert to AVI? Can I easily go in and cover bad langauge with some “bleeps”?

Thanks!

You know of the rebellion against the Empire?

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I would just pop it into womble, find a bleep noise, and add one everywhere you deemed fit. Or you could add a wookie roar/laser blast/etc. for every obscenity.

If you follow the basic editing guide by ADM, this should be a very easy edit.

FE<3OT

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I don't really like the show, but I might watch a family friendly version.
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Artoo's bleeps and boops would also work for this. ;)
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Where were you in '77?

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Knightmessenger said:

What exactly was different from the tv and dvd versions?


I can't find a definitive list, but there were several extended scenes (mouse droid, conversation before alderaan is destroyed) and a couple of new scenes (stormtrooper wedding, imperial news, and the appearance of Biggs). The DVD also features more explicit profanity.

Looks like I might be doing this project myself. GULP

You know of the rebellion against the Empire?

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It shouldn't be that hard. Just export the ac3 audio into an editor and paste in the bleeps.
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Hey ErikStormtrooper!

I actually did this for much the same reason - so I could watch it with my 8 yr. old.
I also created a new crawl (in iMovie - so it's all center justified - rats) so I wouldn't have to explain the Angelina Jolie line.

I'll post or PM you a more extensive list of edits (busy weekend for me) , but just a few things I cut were:
- I cut the entire pre & post Star Wars 'family' scenes. They were just completely unnecessary imho
- all expletives
- all OMGs (personal preference)
- ALL hints of pedophilia with the Ben character - in my opinion this is just never funny - ever
- R2's nastier lines. He now says "that's the way we do it in my neighborhood."
- Luke and Leia on 1st meeting:
"Aren't you a little fat for a Stormtrooper?"
"Well, stay here and rot."
"Wait, who are you?"

Admittedly the duel is less than exciting, but I'd rather have that than the flaccid joke that existed. (pun fully intended)

I also added SFX from the original series when /where appropriate to alter the less than savory lines... things like R2's beeps and I threw in some Jawa SFX to make the Grey Poupon joke funnier

The fact that it's animated helped immensely to cut nastier stuff.

Anyway, let me know and I can send you a copy. This is not an Adywan or ADM skilled edit, but my son doesn't even notice the cuts, and we can both have a good laugh.

Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness - Chinese proverb

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OBtwosy,

PM sent!

Thanks!!!!!

You know of the rebellion against the Empire?

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EDIT: problem fixed

Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness - Chinese proverb