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#1581381
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GAME OF THRONES - FILMS I-X [Community Thread]
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Update(s) - Subtitles, Film VIII fixes and Film IX

Subtitles

All the films now have subtitles - in English, including Film IX. This has been requested for years and now I’ve powered through it. I hope it’s worth it.

Film VIII

  • has had some updates, including reported noise issues at certain scenes. I was not able to reproduce the issue, so it must come down to a bad render. Anyway, scenes should now be crisp and clear and it looks better than ever. I also fixed three reported “annoyances” (two harsh cuts, and actors changing posture too quickly etc) as well as a new musical cue for Euron Greyjoy. Also some new, subtle, musical weight to two key scenes I felt were too flat on a rewatch - mainly King’s Landing stuff.

Film IX

Is now released. I can’t put down in words how… complicated, these last two films are (IX and X), so I won’t even attempt a changelist. But the goal here is to conclude the series/films with a dark, satisfying, non-cringey big bang, and Film IX is the beginning of the end for just that.

The characters of Tyrion and Jon, as well as the flow of dialogue and removal of “teleportation”, has been of fundamental importance. So has the White Walker and Bran storylines.

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#1578634
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STAR WARS - EPISODE I - The Ancient Lore [V2] [IMPROVED Version]
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No, I did not. I will still have them dubbed with darker, more menacing voices, and different dialogues - although steered towards the canon plotpoints rather than the original cloning facility storyline I created.

The color grading and look of the film is step 1.
Step 2 is the cut and visual effects.
And then I will leave the audio work for last.

The project is redone from scatch.

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#1578598
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STAR WARS - EPISODE I - The Ancient Lore [V2] [IMPROVED Version]
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MAJOR UPDATE

So, the decision to make The Ancient Lore canon-friendly with a higher accuracy will remain firm, and therefore many of the old plot decisions will be gone. The “new” music is also gone. The film needs its original identity.

As for other things;

The Phantom Menace was shot on film, with high browns, dark shadows and a cyan blue. The denoised, high bitrate Disney blu-ray’s and 4k’s are an abomonation and make the CGI look like wax, and the 35mm film prints are noisy and - at certain points - lack detail.

Therefore, the middle-point for me was to use the (not-denoised-/DNR-less-) version of the film; an upscaled HDTV Rip. Then, with my own custom color grading, the next step was to carefully replace and repurpose the original colors of the film (that have been lost since cinemas, except for the mentioned 35mm film print(s)).

This was also important so that today’s children, whom are used to clean screens and firm colors, was kept in the loop when watching The Ancient Lore.

As mentioned the original palette had dark browns, dark shadows and a cyan blue, whilst the DVD and onward versions have replaced the cyan blue with purple and the dark shadows with bright shadows. Also the orange has been toned down to something more pink.

HANGAR BAY EXAMPLE:

Here is the DVD/BLURAY/4K VERSION:

Here is the original 35mm filmprint version (brightened and upscaled):

Here is my color palette:

TRADE FEDERATION INTERIOR EXAMPLE:

DVD/BLU-RAY/4K/HDTV:

35MM VERSION (Brightened and upscaled):

THE ANCIENT LORE/MY VERSION:

And then to something more fun, which would be video.

VIDEO EXAMPLE:

Here is the new The Ancient Lore version, with this new color grade.

https://streamable.com/eq9dkf

The original filmprint has surprisingly dark shadows and colors, and this was important for me to mimic. I love the vintage style of it, but with a modern twist.

I also included a slightly new but unfinished tweak, which was to extend the Nute Gunray scene to also include the Queen of Naboo’s dialogue about the Ambassadors. I find it more thrilling to the story to have them deny their presence whilst they are in the ship, unknowing of the present danger.

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#1574589
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GAME OF THRONES - A TALE OF KINGS AND HONOR (Released)
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Subtitles are being worked on.

There are now subtitles for Film I and Film II, with the rest to follow suit. It’s quite the task to create subtitles for them, and something I’ve postponed for quite a while, but I’m now doing it as my girlfriend requested it upon or recent rewatch.

As for the things you found jarring, could you send me a PM with info so I could analyze it? This way I could perfect and improve upon it for a re-release down the line.

Cheers for the kind feedback.

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#1573523
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The Rise of Skywalker: Ascendant (Released)
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So I decided to watch the first 15 minutes of Rise of Skywalker and then straight after your’s, and I would say that the opening should still be extended by like a minute or two. How? I have absolutely no idea. But the theatrical opening of the film is so bad, fast and rapid it loses all sense of importance and calm.

Just wanted to add that… i don’t recall much of what else happens in the film, but perhaps something could be added to the opening with Kylo before he attacks the forest planet / flies to Palpatine to give the film’s opening some needed breathing space and calm.

As for cutting out Kylo touching Vader’s mask in the Rey training sequence; beautiful! The original cut is so jarring and bad! This is how it should be. Perhaps add Kylo talking to the mask before the forest sequence? I don’t know how you use this scene later, but the opening of the film really stand out. It just doesn’t work!

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#1573258
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'The Mandalorian & Grogu' (Upcoming Movie) - General Discussion Thread
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This is a logical move, but I’m afraid the lack of quality and viewership in Ahsoka, Obi-Wan and Manda S3 (not to mention the films) has caused a lot of disinterest from the general moviegoing public and will cause the film to flop.

They would need a story, a budget and a reason to go watch it way beyond “Manda and Grogu will have some fun together”. As disheartening as it is to say, I think they need to bring Mark Hamill into this as a deepfaked, younger Luke. Tie Fighters, X-Wings and a random new jedi won’t engage anyone these days. It’s already been done, and it lost it’s return value after the Sequel Trilogy. Luke needs to be central to the plot and whatever mission Manda and Grogu will embark on.

They will need for the film to be of major importance to whatever future plans they have so that people feel invested from the trailer alone with Mark Hamill’s Luke carrying the film alongside Mandalorian - almost as an apology for the disservice they did him in the Sequel Trilogy, and hire 3-4 high quality writers with literally zero flops among them.

If this film is a success they will have the opportunity to drop the entire Sequel Trilogy universe if the Rey movie fails (and it srsly might do) and fall back on the rather empty void between ROTJ and TFA. If both of these films fail, and therefore both timelines, Disney Star Wars in cinema format is rather dead.

If they pull this off with emotional waves, a captivating story and a tease for what is to come; then it can be the spark to ignite the fire. But for that to happen they will need to get people back in the cinema seat, and for that, they will need Luke imo.

This might be the pathway to restore good faith and trust with the audience, and make the Sequel Trilogy more watchable and respected in the future when we got to see a Luke, Han and Leia at the height of their abilities throughout these “Prequel films”, before their inevitable deaths. “This will begin to make things right”.

If you ask me, this is their one and only shot. I might be totally wrong. I might be totally right. But this is the one, last chance for them to restore the trust and the fire to care about Disney Star Wars on the big screen again - the way I see it.

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#1573217
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GAME OF THRONES - FILMS I-X [Community Thread]
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Update

Game of Thrones - A Tale of King & Honor is now updated, with way sharper image quality, better sound mix and expanded screen time for characters and upcoming moments of importance later down the road.

As always I like to keep my changes rather quiet, but I find Film I to now be a vast improvement from what came before, mostly in terms of quality as well as important moments and fleshed out characters and foreshadowing for what is to come.

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#1573216
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GAME OF THRONES - A TALE OF KINGS AND HONOR (Released)
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Update

Game of Thrones - A Tale of King & Honor is now updated, with way sharper image quality, better sound mix and expanded screen time for characters and upcoming moments of importance later down the road.

As always I like to keep my changes rather quiet, but I find Film I to now be a vast improvement from what came before, mostly in terms of quality as well as important moments and fleshed out characters and foreshadowing for what is to come.

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#1572530
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'Rey Skywalker' (Upcoming live action motion picture) - general discussion thread
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But as for her credentials, what I think she would pull off amazingly if she made a very dark Episode X with poverty, slavery and abuse as focal points. She has the history and knowledge and experience of a strong, traumatized woman and if she crafts a compelling narrative in that sort of vain I think we could get a thrilling, dark and emotional Star Wars film that could take us on an adventure where we also could learn a thing or two about life.

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#1572517
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'Rey Skywalker' (Upcoming live action motion picture) - general discussion thread
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Seek to be beyond victimhood and you will find strength and wisdom, be a victim and you will find only pain.

In the words of Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy during these dark times in Star Wars:

I’m not a trained film maker, just an activist and we’re in 2024, and it is time we had a woman come and shape the story of Star Wars and I enjoy making men feel uncomfortable, and I enjoy that power.

Boy, it sounds like she’s about to make quite the impact on Star Wars!

Now, I hope her heart and mind is at the right place on this endevaour, because she has fire and passion! It just seems to… be… targeted at… men? That’s unfortunate, especially if you look at the suicide ratio in men. They could really need to feel included as well.

Nothing would please me more then a good Star Wars movie! Let’s hope she crafts something wonderful, with strong male and female characters. 😃

Happy new year. And must men and women rule the world together, as they should!

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#1572226
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'Rey Skywalker' (Upcoming live action motion picture) - general discussion thread
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Well, now you are going back on your initial first post that you removed, so that’s not completely true now, is it?

As for the anti-woke position, I’ve lost complete control of the word woke. Does anyone really understand the meaning of it anymore? Everyone is using it left, right and center. Does it mean racist? Anti-female? Nazi? Anti-transgender? Does it mean you’re an idiot? A smartass?

You know what I am anti? I am
Anti anti-film. And you know what I find anti-film? Political agendas overly focused on gender and diversity rather than a good story with good characters. I don’t watch Star Wars or Donald Duck to be told that women rule the world now or that we need more women in power. I watch films to watch men and women share a common goal and obstacles in a fictional world that might resemble our own.

And when a director has to tell the public that the film is in the right direction because a woman is directing it (end of sentence), rather than WOMAN’S NAME IS MAKING STAR WARS EPISODE X - a wish come true for her, then it is anti-film. It focuses on the agenda rather than the film then.

Now, how long are agendas going to be the focal point rather than the film, and tell me, how is that going for them over there?

So no bro, I’m anti anti-film.

Woke no longer has any meaning to me - Darth Vader

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#1572215
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'Rey Skywalker' (Upcoming live action motion picture) - general discussion thread
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I, as a newly-confirmed anti-female (who is together with a beautiful woman who is way smarter than me but don’t tell her that!), by the jury of Neverar and NSFBisms, I also hope the film does well. I really, really do.

And I hope the director knocks it out of the park. And I hope Rey gets great character development and is allowed to stand on her own two feet. And although Rey is a rather bland character to me, Daisy is not! But! that will not matter if the politics behind the project will be more important than the story and its characters, which Disney has made a huge thing these past few years.

I think there is hope - but it might be a fool’s hope. 😃

BedeHistory731 said:

Anjohan said:

DZ-330 has said all there is to be said about the matter much better than I ever could, with harsh facts and a sharp mind.

Stating thoughtful opinions here that doesn’t match with the current cult following in America is seemingly so bad of a deal you are branded a wifebeater and anti-woman before the keys have been pushed on your keyboard, and everything is forcefully misunderstood so you can be the victim and the other the purpetrator.

It’s better than the cult following in America that gets people like me killed for “being different” and threatens to strip away our rights.

I’m thinking, all right. Thinking about the safety of my friends.

It saddens me to hear that you fear for the life and rights of you and your friends, and although I don’t know which specific case or scenario you refer to here (when it can be a multitude), no one should have it like that. I wish you health and safety, regardless of who you think I might be as a person.

When it comes to film and tv media, my stance has been known - although heavily misunderstood by many. I’d argue it’s even been forcefully misunderstood the second time around.

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#1572198
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'Rey Skywalker' (Upcoming live action motion picture) - general discussion thread
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DZ-330 has said all there is to be said about the matter much better than I ever could, with harsh facts and a sharp mind.

Stating thoughtful opinions here that doesn’t match with the current cult following in America is seemingly so bad of a deal you are branded a wifebeater and anti-woman before the keys have been pushed on your keyboard, and everything is forcefully misunderstood so you can be the victim and the other the purpetrator.

And in good faith all I can muster from the rest of the responses here is attempted bullying and hatred rather than the use of the brain’s primary function; to think. And that’s in good faith. In really good faith. I’m not gonna bend over backwards. And that was in good faith I read that btw.

Greetings, in good faith.

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#1572181
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'Rey Skywalker' (Upcoming live action motion picture) - general discussion thread
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What? Can you guys read? My problem isn’t female involvement. Any female can make anything as good as a man can and vice versa. My problem is that that is the focal point of the article and often also Disney when it should be about the story and the characters.

Since when did America and their corporations go so off-rail that gender equality and politics in film and tv media started mattering more than the story? THAT is my point. From a European standpoint it makes Hollywood look like a bunch of madmen (and madwomen, equality).

Why so sensitive and touchy, Neverar? You didn’t even understand my point; let alone you had to argue with an attempted insult rather than something thoughtful. Why would that even matter to my criticism or to me?

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#1572164
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'Rey Skywalker' (Upcoming live action motion picture) - general discussion thread
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Mocata said:

https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1742306227143520688

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy is directing Daisy Ridley’s new #StarWars movie about Rey rebuilding the Jedi Order. She’s the first woman to direct a “Star Wars” movie and says “it’s about time.”

“I’m very thrilled about the project because I feel what we’re about to create is something very special. We’re in 2024 now, and it’s about time that we had a woman come forward to shape a story in a galaxy far, far away.”

These people never learn. When it is more important to focus on gender equality (which is mainly a leftist, media-spewed myth) than the right person with the right passion and the right knowledge, then the product is strictly f*cked up before it’s hit the ground running (or in disney’s case, just flat out hit the ground).

They just never learn. MCU is dying. Their streaming platform is dying. Their animated movies are dying. Star Wars is nearly dead.

What do they do? Keep telling us that the problem is not enough female involvement.