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#1344443
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The <strong>Original Trilogy</strong> Radical Redux Ideas Thread
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StarkillerAG said:

Peter Pan said:

Delpheas said:

RotJ:

Luke arrives to Vader unarmed, takes Vader’s saber to attack Sheev, Vader defends with Obi-Wan’s lightsaber.

End on Luke burning Vader’s body

Why shouldn’t Luke attack with Obi Wan’s blade?
After all, Obi wan and Yoda ask him to fight Vader and Luke dropping the saber would conclude this conflict well.

On the other hand: what would be the motivation for Vader to fight with the very weapon that made him the machine he is?
Is it him holding on to the though of himself as irredeemable?

It’s because the teaser poster was really cool, and people want to make recreations of that.

Also having the hero wield a red saber and the villain blue is a good subversion of expectations.

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#1344318
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I'll never understand the attitude of people who oppose the release of the unaltered original trilogy.
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Nien Nunb said:

It has been my observation that most pro SE people who support the suppression or the original cuts are ignorant about film and video tech in general. A lot of people don’t seem to understand what “HD” or “4K” even really mean and act as if they are some sort of application that you apply to old films to make them look better.

I literally got into an argument with someone in the comments for an upload of a Star Trek Generations deleted scene on YouTube that was from a barely watchable multi generational VHS copy of a workprint, which was then uploaded to YouTube in sub SD quality. This person seemed to think that movies come out of the camera in this kind of dog shit lo-rez VHS quality and that they use some kind of magic “upscaler” to make films look the way they do when they are released.

If only that were possible. To make those shot-on-video TV shows like Doctor Who or Fresh Prince of Bel-Air look like film would be a godsend for me.

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#1343811
Topic
What stories/intellectual properties (other than Star Wars) would you like to retell/rewrite?
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A project I’ve long wanted to tackle is a reimagining of Friday the 13th. As a teen, I was a big fan of the series, particularly of the first five entries. As I grew older, I came to realize the series … wasn’t good. The original is very likely the best, and it’s still only a cynical cash-grab designed to capitalize off the success of Halloween. Still, I believe the bones of a good horror story are present beneath the putrid fat.

My reimagining of F13 would be a pentalogy, a period piece spanning the '80s. Right from the start, Jason Voorhees would be established as a supernatural being, having drowned as a child in 1957 then returned to life a year later, corrupted into a psychopathic killing machine with enhanced strength and regenerative capabilities by a dark force which lives within Crystal Lake. Jason would be the primary antagonist for the first half of the series, then he would be killed and replaced by Tommy Jarvis, who’d become possessed by the evil which inhabited Jason.

Friday the 13th: Chapter I

Set in 11-14 June, 1980. A mashup of Parts I & II, greater emphasis would be placed on characterization, particularly Alice’s, who would be revealed as a single mother who abandoned her 3-year-old daughter to the care of her parents to start her life over. The primary antagonist would be Jason, who’d wear a series of different masks to manifest different facets of his personality; his main mask would be this one:

Under this mask, he would be swift and stealthy, capable of overtaking his prey quickly and covertly. The secondary antagonist would be his mother, Pamela, who had kept him in isolation since his resurrection, trying her hardest to protect him and others from him, to diminishing returns. The film would finish with Alice setting fire to Jason and the Voorhees home, Pamela’s decapitation, and a depressing twist ending.

Friday the 13th: Chapter II

Set in/around 13 January, 1984. A loose remake of Part III, the final girl would be a fusion of Chris and Vera; Shelly would be the final boy. Jason would find/adopt his iconic goalie mask in this entry, manifesting a new personality — the brutal, lumbering Jason we’re most familiar with.

Friday the 13th: Chapter III

Set in/around 13 April, 1984. A more-or-less faithful remake of The Final Chapter. Rob would be reimagined as Alice’s brother.

Friday the 13th: Chapter IV

Set in/around 13 September, 1985. A more-or-less faithful remake of A New Beginning. Most of the patients at Pinehearst would be deaged, including Tommy, who would only be a year older than he was in the preceeding chapter. There’d be more scenes focused on Tommy, his mental deterioration, and his growing rapport with Pam. Roy wouldn’t be the killer, but rather the director of Pinehearst, Matthew, who’d be revealed at the end as a sadistic psychopath who had abused a number of kids in his care and had decided to advance to serial murder, using Tommy’s past with Jason as a cover for his crimes.

Friday the 13th: Chapter V

Set in/around 13 October, 1989. Tommy, now fully possessed by the evil he inherited from Jason, would return to Crystal Lake, renamed Forest Green in the years after the murders. Pursuing him would be his sister, Trish, who would be desperate to find him, stop him, and free him of Jason’s curse. She would meet Elias Voorhees, Jason’s very father. Elias would reveal the truth of Crystal Lake, of the evil beneath its surface which corrupted Jason and moved into Tommy following Jason’s final death. He would claim to have the key to freeing Tommy, but this would only be a half-truth. For Elias would have an ulterior motive; he would believe Jason’s spirit lives on in Tommy, ready to return to his original body, which Elias secretly saved from cremation and had buried in a secret plot…

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#1343747
Topic
PLUG YOUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL/VIDEOS!!!!!!!!!!
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DuracellEnergizer said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

Alright, here’s the link to my channel.

http://www.youtube.com/user/DuracellEnergizer?feature=mhee#p/u

Now for the links to my videos (oldest to newest)

Space Case Wars

Killer Cat: Part 1

Killer Cat: Part 2

Hi-5: Night Terrors Part 1 (Special Edition)

Hi-5: Night Terrors Part 2 (Special Edition)

Alanis Morissette - Can’t Deny

Alanis Morissette - Give What You Got

Alanis Morissette - Big Bad Love

Alanis Morissette - On My Own

Alanis Morissette - Jealous

Alanis Morissette - Human Touch

Alanis Morissette - Party Boy

Hava Nagila

Alanis Morissette - Find the Right Man

Alanis Morissette - Another Sleepless Night (Demo)

Alanis Morissette - Be There As My Friend (Demo)

Alanis Morissette - I Gotta Go (Demo)

Alanis Morissette - This Feeling (Demo)

Alanis Morissette - Toughen Up (Demo)

Newer videos:

L’eau de la Folie, Episode 0: Retro-Nouveau Gaming

L’eau de la Folie, Episode 1: The Vitruvian Richard Simmons Spins 'Round

L’eau de la Folie, Episode 2: The Wilhelm Scream of Terror

L’eau de la Folie, Epiosde 4: She Fucks Quick Machines

L’eau de la Folie, Episode 7: Run with Staccato

L’eau de la Folie, Episode 10: Treated Like a Droog

L’eau de la Folie, Episode 11: Jerry’s Flying

L’eau de la Folie, Episode 13: An Emotion Staccato

L’eau de la Folie, Episode 14: Rock It with Lightsabers!

L’eau de la Folie, Episode 16: Too Staccato 

L’eau de la Folie, Episode 17: The Tale of the Carved Gorshin

L’eau de la Folie, Episode 18: Feel Your Staccato

L’eau de la Folie, Episode 19: I Don’t Like Sand Everywhere

Space Case Wars: The Special Edition

Alanis Morissette - An Emotion Away (Reversed)

Alanis Morissette - Plastic (Reversed)

Alanis Morissette - Real World (Reversed)

Alanis Morissette - Walk Away (Reversed)

The Be Five - I Don’t Know Who You Are

The Be Five - The Touch of Your Hand

YR-27: An Ode to the Absurd

Newerer videos: