Eyepainter

To give Empire more representation to marginalized groups, change the infamous “No. I am your father.” to “No. I am your gay lover.”

Had some technical difficulties with the submission process, and going to try submitting it again. Sorry for the inconvenience. But hopefully, the second time’s the charm.

I think the edit is ready! I will most likely have the edit sent for submission tomorrow.

Just finished the second test. Everything looks good now! I’m gonna add a chapter selection I forgot to include, tag ArtisDead’s uncensored poster to the file, look for any finishing touches I forgot to add, and prepare to export the file for submission.

fmalover said:

Eyepainter said:

fmalover said:

Seriously, I don’t get why everyone is so dismissive of The Lost World: Jurassic Park. It’s my personal favourite.

I could write a whole novel explaining everything that’s wrong with it, but that would turn this into the popular opinions thread.

Feel free to DM me, then.

Okay, then. Give me a few weeks to write it. It’s that long.

fmalover said:

Seriously, I don’t get why everyone is so dismissive of The Lost World: Jurassic Park. It’s my personal favourite.

I could write a whole novel explaining everything that’s wrong with it, but that would turn this into the popular opinions thread.

CourtlyHades296 said:

Jurassic Park III is the second best film in the franchise, behind only the first one. This film is aware that it’s meant to not be taken as seriously, and is a fun ride from start to finish.

I don’t consider III as one of the best movies in the franchise (I’ve only seen the first four, so that’s where my knowledge lies), but I still thought it was a lot of fun, and of the original three JP films, I thought it was the better sequel. III wasn’t boring to watch, it had a good sense of self-awareness, and it tried to capture the magic and wonder of the first movie, which was one of the biggest mistakes The Lost World made.

CaptainFaraday said:

I’ve decided I want this thing finished. I’m going to rewatch my current cut of TLJ:SE, tidy anything that needs to be tidied, and then just damn well pay someone to do the remaining VFX work. Does anyone have any suggestions for somebody good? It’s one insert shot of the plomme bloom on DJ’s jacket, and the opening crawl.

I’m afraid I don’t. But it’s always good to see something new on this thread, so I’m not complaining.

Just gave the edit a test. I found some inconsistent brightness changes between the many different film overlays, so I’m correcting those issues now. The audio commentary turned out just fine. Gonna give the edit a second test over the weekend.

Ladies and gentlemen, the commentary track is now 100% complete! 🥳

It’s taken an inhumanely long time to work on, but it’s finished, and that means we should be looking at this edit finally getting a release soon! I will now begin work on the special thanks for everyone who assisted or helped out, and prepare for the export stage, all of which should be much faster than the commentary track.

I will be submitting my edit through fanedit.org for approval. Once the edit is given the green light, I will be happy to send PM’s.

Vultural said:

Has anyone moved to Win 11? Thoughts?

I built my PC with Windows 10, and it had 11 compatibility, so I upgraded it. My general impression is that it isn’t a huge leap. Most of what’s changed are that the boot up screen has fancier animation now, which isn’t saying a whole lot. It’s 10 with prettier effects.

JackNapier said:

The film Guardians of the Galaxy 3 is a fantastic ending to a heart warming trilogy. It’s a must see and a masterpiece. Thanks James Gunn for all the fun and heart.

I completely agree. I just watched 3 yesterday, and honestly, I think it might be the best movie in the trilogy! I respect that they went to the dark side with this (and not just in some sugar-coated way that I expected from a Disney-owned property), and the change in tone made me appreciate the sillier moments when they showed up as well. The villain was unlikable in the best way possible. And Rocket’s backstory got me shedding a few tears too. In a sea of lackluster post-Endgame MCU efforts, this is arguably the best Marvel movie we’ve had in a while (unless you want to count Spider-Man: No Way Home). I highly recommend this one, and I hope we get more movies like this from the MCU (although admittedly, I doubt we will).

fmalover said:

Eyepainter said:

I hope Part Two lives up to my high expectations for it! I’ve read the book, and if Part Two is as faithful to the book as Part One, it’s gonna be quite a masterpiece.

Gender-swapped Kynes still irritates the shit out of me.

Honestly if the word “Jihad” isn’t uttered it will only confirm Denis Villeneuve is a coward.

Wow. Somebody’s bitter.

And for the record, if all it takes for you to call a director cowardly is the use of a controversial post-9/11 word in a movie about giant worms and hallucinogenic spice, maybe you should go on Twitter instead.

I hope Part Two lives up to my high expectations for it! I’ve read the book, and if Part Two is as faithful to the book as Part One, it’s gonna be quite a masterpiece.

Yeah, can’t really call myself a hardcore fan of anime here either, although I’ve tried in the past. I find that my favorite anime is usually the kind that dares to differentiate from the norm (the norm either being a bunch of boys trying to fight to become the ultimate warrior or attempts to be so cute and adorable it leaves you feeling uncomfortable. Also something about friendship, I guess). Most of Studio Ghibli’s stuff is an example of going for different, as well as Akira and Grave of the Fireflies (although I’m gonna need a strong stomach to watch the latter again). I’ll also give a shout-out to Cowboy Bebop, which definitely went all the way for different as well. Lastly, and I’m not sure this counts, but I also enjoy the Shin Megami Tensei video games, more specifically the Persona franchise. Those games keep me wanting to know what happens next.

I’ve currently been interested in the period of Romanticism lately, and I decided to read Rafael Sabatini’s “Scaramouche.” I’m about 100 pages in, but it’s been a great read, and one that’s left me highly entertained so far.

CourtlyHades296 said:

The Birds (1963) is a seriously overrated film. There are many other classic Hitchcock pictures from both before and after this film that are better than this film.

Glad I’m not the only one who felt this way. I can understand how the concept of a bunch of our feathered friends going rogue could be intense, but for me, the characters kept the movie from ever taking off. I don’t remember liking any of them except for maybe the old lady who lost her husband. And I’m about to commit blasphemy for saying this, but Tippi Hedren’s character was way too much of a goody-two-shoes character for me to care about her. In fact, when she got ambushed near the end of the movie, I was rooting for those birds to peck her to death.

So, no. I’ll just stick to rewatching Vertigo for the hundredth time, thank you very much.

I got diagnosed with severe sleep apnea back in February, and I had been freaking out over it due to my fear of going to doctor’s offices mixed with my fears of dealing with health insurance. I went through a titration study a couple weeks ago where I got to sleep with a CPAP machine for the first time. The result was a sleep so good, that I was disappointed when I had to wake up. The study went very well, and I saw a lot of improvements with my sleeping patterns afterwards. I will be getting my own personal CPAP machine within the next 10 days, and if I use the machine for more than 90 days (which seems likely due to my diagnosis being labelled as severe), insurance will pay, and I won’t have to spend a single penny on the machine.

Currently at the podrace on the subtitles.

CloakedDragon97 said:

Fantasia is the better than any movie from the Disney Renaissance.

I’ll take it even further and say that it’s the best Disney movie ever made.

StarkillerAG said:

Night of the Living Dead. I tried watching it a couple days ago, but it has aged horribly. The protagonist is a “helpless screaming blonde” of the type that was unfortunately common in old Hollywood…

I’m pretty sure the protagonist was the black guy, Ben, which was a big deal in the 1960s due to the racial tensions that were going on at the time of its release.

First 25 minutes of subtitles are done.

Just a small announcement for some of you out there. I’m working on the English subtitle track. Just completed the first 15 minutes as a matter of fact. Hopefully, uploading the actual track isn’t gonna be too challenging, as it usually is just a tiny file I can upload with relative ease.

Make this the official ending to Episode IV:

https://youtu.be/bfVcqRH5Swk

Doing one last hurrah on the film grain, and if this doesn’t work, I’ll just stop fidgeting around with it altogether. On my version of Resolve, there is an offset setting that, when adjusted to the lowest settings, makes the grain visible only in the bright (or white) levels of the image and almost completely invisible in the dark (or black) levels of the image. This adds more realism to the grain, as it’s never really noticed in the darkest parts of the image. I’ve decided to demonstrate how it looks by testing out two scenes. The first test is the same one as the last three: The decoy assassination scene. However, because this scene is mostly bright, I decided to throw in a more dimly-lit scene as well to show just how close to grain-free the darker scenes are. Hence test 2 is the scene where Anakin and Obi-Wan are acting as bodyguards while Padme sleeps. As usual, I recommend watching both tests in 1080p for best results:

Film grain test part 4:
https://vimeo.com/809649643

Film grain test part 5:
https://vimeo.com/809652165

Feel free to let me know your thoughts.