Chase Adams

Not sure if this has been created yet, but might as well bring it to life anyway…

This is the ultimate thread for all of the film, TV, music, art, books, comics, games, & technology opinions you guys have that you feel nobody else shares!

RULES!

1. Must be an unpopular opinion. NOT something like: “I sort of like The Last Jedi.”
2. No politics.
3. No making fun of, or criticising others for their opinion.
4. No argueing about anything, if you don’t agree with something, don’t bring it up! Internalise the pain!
5. Long-winded rants are OK, but don’t go off topic and ramble.
6. LET THE HATE FLOW THROUGH YOU!!!

I’ll start:

I actually kind of love all the absurd, physics defying, gravity-bending action sequences in the Hobbit trilogy. I know everybody hates them, but I don’t care, I get a serious kick out of those scenes. I think it’s because they make me feel like a kid again, when I thought fighting like that was possible! I’t probably because I don’t hold the franchise as close to my heart as I do Star Wars.

Quick question for the experts out there…
The three Padme ‘formation of the rebellion’ deleted scenes are some of my favourite, but I would be curious to know if all the effects are 100% complete and movie ready? 😕

DuracellEnergizer said:

CatBus said:

ions of the 97 freaks

Well people who like the '97 SE are kind of freaks, so…

krausfadr said:

It’s a slippery gray

Don’t try to visualise this…

NeverarGreat said:

AROUND HERE I’LL PROBABLY GET SEVERAL INCHES

Hal 9000 said:

I’d suggest avoiding Jar Jar in particular, even if you use him to depict someone else.

I know I’m a little late in my reply, but I couldn’t help but say that I am certainly keen to see gungans make a return in TROS. Whether it be visually or through audio.
I know this sounds weird but I’m a grown adult who UNIRONICALLY enjoys the presence of Jar Jar. I mean come on guys, you’re just mean! 😄 He’s genuinely a nice guy who just wants to be helpful. As strange as it sounds, he possesses no character qualities that I find annoying in people.

Edit:

Lesser said:

If you can pull it off I’ll take a bullet for you.

+1

Hal, what’s the status with Poe’s “relics” line?
I feel like it’s inclusion is an absolute MUST! It immensely helps explain the completely convoluted plot point of thousands of Destroyers coming out of absolutely nowhere.

Nice ideas, very well thought out.
But why does the audio sound like it was recorded on a potato?

RogueLeader said:

Colors look great, man! It would be cool to get a LUT of this.

Interesting, glad you like it, but I’m not 100% familiar with what you’re asking for. Is it like the specifications for the grading of each scene?

Now that the mods have moved this to the preservation section, I’m probably going to have to take it a lot more seriously!

So, now that I have finally gotten a hold of the Reddit Solo - A Star Wars Story regrade project, ‘The Bold One’ by user 12ParsecsRoundedDown, progress on this has sped up significantly. I own a legitimately purchased copy of the original film, so don’t even go down that rabbit hole.

This is intended to be a much subtler regrade using ‘The Bold One’ as a base.

Broom Kid explains it best:

Broom Kid said:

If the Bold One’s… boldness, LOL… could be tamed just a smidge, it’d be perfect. I think as a guideline for what Chase is trying to do, it’s a good one. It serves as a good example of just how much color information is still there under all that low-contrast imagery, and how much the movie can pop with a few solid adjustments. It also serves as an example of what going just a bit too far can look like.

Honestly, someone could probably do a general full-movie adjustment of Bold One that reduces some of the blue and green, pulls the contrast down just a smidgen, maybe ups the brightness just a touch, and turns down the saturation mildly, and it would fit RIGHT in next to Empire Strikes Back, Rogue One, or The Last Jedi in terms of visual appearance.

Frame Comparisons:

COMING SOON!

Hey Hal,
It’s been a while since I’ve contributed here, but I just noticed that you updated your cutlist to add Leia’s voice saying “always” at the end of Luke’s line. I had forgotten to mention this earlier but I had tried to do the same thing and realised that adding Leia’s line on top of Luke’s “always”, (so that they say “always” together) works surprisingly well. Maybe you could experiment with that?

Ed Slushie said:
What made you think that?

In an early draft of ANH, the emperor’s name was ‘Cos Dashit’
because he causes the shit to happen.
No, I’m NOT joking, look it up.

idir_hh said:

Even worse, its actually “goals”.

Excuse me, WTF? Is JJ just writing scripts with a random word generator? There is no way in hell that that’s true.

DuracellEnergizer said:
A minor gripe in the grand scheme of things. Still, I wanted it off my chest.

It makes me happy knowing that you trust the rest of us enough that you feel comfortable to share such things.
Sorry, but I just thought you would feel better if you knew that your openness improved someone else’s day.

Dominic Monaghan is the only thing ‘merry’ about this film… Am I right?!

Sorry, I had to.

poppasketti said:

I tried my hand at recording my own voice and processing it to sound like a helmeted Kylo-Ren to try and tackle this one. Let me know what you think:

https://vimeo.com/409663975
PW: fanedit

So exciting that poppasketti is getting into this film!
That audio sounds pretty good! It’s a great first start, things can only get better from here!
Quick suggestion, it sort of sounds like he’s pronouncing the words as “You were rate” instead of “You were right” Maybe I’m going deaf just like my dad, but that’s the way I’m hearing it. 😉

Super pumped to see what else you have waiting for us poppasketti!

skenera said:

Leia with a purple lightsaber: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1kFbUO3dgxNT1ESg3dzj2SUGcaic8ptqr

Absolutely fucking perfect in every way… Now we need the rest of the film! 😄

Edit:

jonh said:

Hello, I am perfecting my version of the force ghost, I need to find good shoots of obi wan and anakin…
https://vimeo.com/409435967
password:jedi

I LOVE how you used deleted footage of Luke!

MaestroDavros said:

Make the entire saga a bad dream that Jar Jar had.

This isn’t the BEST edit ideas thread.

Hal 9000 said:

The first 1/3 of ANH. Luke was killed by the Tuskens. Vicious, mindless monsters.

Lol! Did you get that idea from me?

Worst Edit Ideas Thread:

Chase Adams said:

Make the Tusken Raiders kill Luke in ANH, then have Ben Kenobi force-heal him back to life.

DuracellEnergizer said:

NeverarGreat said:

The great thing about the fireplace scene is Padme’s dominatrix dress.

FTFM

Lol. +1

I both love and hate the way Rogue 2 says “lifeform”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_PUDSMHwd4
It sounds like he says “life, form.”
Idk maybe it’s just me but I laugh everytime. 😄
Regardless, ESB is my favourite film of all time.

idir_hh said:

https://vimeo.com/407756306

My boy Palpy becoming Michael Rosen.

Hal 9000 said:
chase is good enough for me.

I’m flattered Hal but I don’t feel the same way.

As requested Hal, here is Version 1.0 of the Force ghosts embodying Rey.
I am NOT fully satisfied with this yet so I will likely revise it later on.

There are two versions:
One has both the spirits circling Rey behind and in front of her, before passing through her as she subtlely glows like a force ghost. (She even becomes a little transparent)

The other verison is NO GHOSTS, just the glow effect.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1T3CFXw5mms4y19fbde2c4yQuPw7yT-wV

krausfadr said:

Hux is uneasy because he is the spy, Ren just guesses the wrong reason why.

You’re a poet and you don’t know it. 😉