Brimley

I'm all for a Tron fan edit of some kind.  When I was in film school a buddy of mine and I skipped class to get the DVD when it came out, and after watching it we discovered that its a pretty slow moving film in spots.  There are full stretches without ANY tension.  I think the effects and music serve it well, but maybe someone can think of a way to bring in some actual drama to this film.

(Note: I say this as a HUGE "Tronverse" fanboy, but I'm also a realist.)

Gorgeous.  Amazing work!  I can't wait til next year, I need this now! LOL!

I can't wait for the public release!  I was unable to donate this time around (just bought a house, so funds are a little short), but let me send out the good vibes!  I can't wait!!!!

Tobar said:

adywan said:

oh yeh. i've also added the "jedi ghost" glow to the scene where Obi-Wan appears to Luke on Hoth.

 

 

Hmm, I dunno. I always thought that his first appearance was more like a vision than an actual manifestation. It leaves the viewer wondering if Luke was hallucinating or not.

I actually sort of agree with this, but its not a deal breaker by any means.  But technically this is the first force ghost we've seen, so it will be creepy and weird to the viewer no matter how it looks.

adywan said:

doubleofive said:

adywan said:

well i can't see why selling some hand built stuff would be illegal. There is no way i could possibly think of selling the sets though. The canyon alone is going to be 13ft & 3ft and the hangar is going to be huge also so no possible way to ship these things in one piece. I may, however, be selling the Wampa and some of the smaller things that i wouldn't be needing for any of the other films in the saga. But its getting the money together to get the things done in the first place that's the problem. lol

That's really big.  I mean, wow.  Are you actually going to fly the Falcon through it, to scale?!  That's impressive.

no, the falcon & TIEs will be added later. it just needs to be pretty large to get the feeling of scale and long enough for the flight path for 4 shots. any smaller and it won't look too good. I'll be including all the filming and creating in the making of doc for the DVD

 

 

You're so mad, I love it!  Next thing you know, you'll be building an eight foot tall sculpture of Devil's Tower in your living room! ;-)

vaderios said:

Something I always bothering me was the the scene when vader puts his helmet.

We see Piett enter the room and from the outside we see officers walking around and same set from different angle

Maybe vader's chamber suits a place more silent and deep to executor, not in a place when he can be visible.

So,

-Angel

That's interesting you think that, because I always liked how Vader positioned his chamber.  I think it shows how he wants to be close to the action.

Ok, since I kicked off this whole animated prequel thing, let me throw in some of my thoughts here:

1) I agree with those who say this needs to be 100% original.  Not even a wink or a nod to the Lucas prequels. 

2) IMO the biggest difference you'll see in a our version VS. the Lucas one is the character of Anakin.  Look at James Earl Jones' performance as Darth Vader.  His Vader is drastically different from Christensen's.  Jones portrays him as cool, collected, and calm.  He has a very distinct way of speaking; a sophisticated manner that I don't think just a voice changing box would be capable of.  Our Anakin must speak and come off in the same way.  Not gentlemanly, but with a cocky chivalry.  He's a brash character who has one fatal flaw: pride.

3) The first film should almost be a stand alone adventure.  If Vader didn't escape, ANH could work as its own movie without any of the sequels.  I think our Episode 1 should be very similar.  Like all good first chapters, it serves to introduce you to the world and the characters.  That's probably one of the things I dislike the most about TPM.  The viewer is expected to have seen the OT in order to understand who Jedi are- they even make a joking reference to the Jedi Mind Trick without even explaining what it is!  That would NOT be the case with these films.

4) Artoo and Threepio MUST be a part of this saga.  Period.

5) While I certainly dislike the Lucas prequels, I don't think all of his ideas should be thrown out the window.  There are plenty of story elements that can be borrowed from the Annotated Screenplays and tons of unused designs in the Art of Star Wars books, etc. that should be utilized to make this seem like it was designed back in the 1977-1983 era.

6) As far as animation style goes, I don't think CGI is very practical.  However, if we can come up with base character designs, we could easy create at least a short film or trailer using Flash animation.  Creating some sort of trailer should probably be the first goal, as a proof of concept.  In fact, I've always envisioned this as a sort of "open source" project with lots of alternate elements floating around the internet for anyone to mashup and use.  Think of how many new computer arts students are looking for a good project idea?  How many of them would love to have their names on a cool, well respected fan project?

For a long time I've thought about spearheading a animated fan made project of an alernate series of prequels.  I know NOTHING about animation, but I just love the concept.

I just wanted to bump this in a gesture of support for this project.  While I'm certainly not a hater of the theatrical cut of this film, it is clearly disconnected in MANY ways from the original trilogy.  Much can and SHOULD be done to alter this film to be in keeping with the first three films, and I commend the efforts of everyone in this group for their passion and dedication.

I can't wait to see this become a reality!

I think the sabers look good.  Can you post a vid of them when you get a chance?  Seeing them in motion might help illicit more responses.

Ady, just gorgeous!  I wish I could watch the whole thing right now!!

adywan said:

i can't see me keeping the SE additons at all

 

Please don't bother.  They're hideous.

Shadowman99 said:

 

Here's a few fixes for consideration:

See, I always liked the arrangement of the Star Destroyers in this shot.  Firstly, its more visually pleasing than a uniformed group.  Also it serves as subtext to the situation constantly on display in ESB- the empire is almost at odds with itself!  They all keep making mistakes, pissing off Vader left and right.  Of course it makes sense they would all have their own direction in which their ship is going.