Hal 9000

Vidmaster said:

Hal 9000 said:

This probably isn’t helped by having all the chatter on a single channel, but that’s how comm chatter has to be.

I’ll reduce the overall volume of content here before tossing the whole idea, even if severely.

I think the real goal here is something like StarTrek: First Contact did, an inaudible undertone with, small clearly understandable “vignettes” in one of my favorite scenes of the movie:

https://youtu.be/piMRgm9Ga6o?t=97

Yes, that’s a helpful example.

For Star Wars I do.

Lol yeah, I remember thinking in the theater in 2005 at 1:30AM “lol wut, Anakin’s playing GBA?”

How far we’ve come since seeing that obviously fake screenshot on Ain’t It Cool News in 2004.

Octorox said:

doubleofive said:

Telion said:

Telion said:

Idk how this was done, but I gotta say it looks like the best of both worlds when it comes to the force Ghost issue. This one is obviously a bit over done, he looks like 90 rather than 45 (also wow why did they have Sebastian Shaw playing him, I know that the prequels we got were very different to how they were imagined based on what we hear and see in the OG trilogy but still, he was even older than Alec Guinness) but toned down a bit I think this would work as both Anakin being the man how died on the DSII and link back to the prequels as Shaw just doesn’t resemble him at all.
https://youtu.be/z-oL4rEjcfQ?t=12

Did either of you actually read my comment? This fixes both issues and makes for a very pleasant compromise.

Its not like Shaw even looked like himself under Vader makeup so either way you’re asking the audience to draw a connection based on context rather than what the guy looks like.

Someone who was 1 when they were filming should not be in the movie.

I mean, to be fair, Ady is adding new pilots to the movie, some of whom I’m sure were pretty young when the movie came out. I’m personally fine with Shaw though, despite the weird age difference.

I loved seeing that in the theater. I called out, “It looks like shit!” 😀

Sure, it was said more as a snide whisper.

Hmmm, good feedback all around. Maybe less is more here. I brought the volume down a little as the chatter comes in, but raised the center channel back to zero when Poe speaks, so it’s less noisy.

I can apply the sort of ‘telephone line’ filter to more of them, also.

I figured in a fleet with thousands of ships they wouldn’t be calling in formally or in an order, but just chattering and announcing themselves haphazardly, with no one really keeping tabs.

And yes, the second rounds of “For Skywalker”s probably has too much going on.

This probably isn’t helped by having all the chatter on a single channel, but that’s how comm chatter has to be.

I’ll reduce the overall volume of content here before tossing the whole idea, even if severely.

Axlanian, if you’d like to give it a shot feel free. When I can I’ll PM you the raw material.

I agree, I’ll see about boosting the volume for a couple at the start. And I don’t want to distort all of them, but some could go further. Lando’s voice sounds super clear so I think the voices don’t need to be so modulated that it’s harder to hear them. But yeah I’ll keep tinkering with this.

Fixed the link. It’s a call to make about how prominent to make the voices. If they’re mostly loud and clear it does sound cheesy, but if there’s a lot of chatter with just a few standing out I think it works a lot better. None of us are professional voice actors, after all.

But he spent years living on Tatooine, which makes you age in dog years. 🦮

Here’s the civilian fleet! There’s still gonna be room for more submissions until I render out the final edit at some point.

https://vimeo.com/422455215

Lol I remember telling my niece as Rey left Ach-to in TLJ, “Don’t risk your life going off with a dangerous guy because you think you can change him.”

Poppasketti, that looks great to me!

I wouldn’t feel great about reusing fighter pilot shots from TFA, but who knows, we’ll see.

It made me smile editing the arrival of the civilian fleet, using y’all’s audio clips. I’ve still got some tweaking to do before sharing a clip. It’s tough to balance because the score comes on loud and proud so the actual voices will be pretty quiet, with some poking through to make sure you notice that there are voices.

One thing that feels like it’s missing is a good female cry of “For Skywalker!” If anyone wants to send one in that’s decent, it would help.

And there’s definitely gonna be room for submissions right up until the final cut, so keep ‘em coming. I recorded one myself to throw in.

Yeah that’s why I don’t really like Snap. Glad to have removed his cheering at the end of TFA. He shouldn’t have been in TROS if you ask me because where was he in TLJ?

(I know there’s a canon answer, but come on.)

Movies Remastered said:

Hal,

I’m gonna be working on some new tutorial videos over the next few days and probably goto my other house to upload them. Are there any early scenes you’d like to see of my cuts? I’ll try to do them at the sane time.

Not that I can think of, but thank you for offering!

We’ll see how things go. I imagine an alternate audio track should be easy enough.

wakeupkeo, that’s an interesting idea. If one could buy that Palpatine is engaged in what he’s doing, maybe firing lightning all over, it could work. Seems like it’d be in exchange of the Jedi speaking and showing up, though, and we’ve got that covered.

I’m leaning away from adding music to the duel. The movie is so busy, maybe they were right not to add any. Or if there’s a killer track maybe I can do an alternate audio track. But in the context of the whole movie maybe it’s nice to kind of take a breath and just see them fight.

Movies Remastered, I’ve been burned out for a while. Thing is, I’m stubborn and have OCD-like tendencies in some areas. We’ll get this thing complete one baby step at a time. I’ve been thankful for the help over the years being able to complete projects and have them get to actually exist, so we’ll get there for this last one, too.

Episode IX
THE RISE OF SKYWALKER

Flames of rebellion burn across the galaxy. The tyrannical First Order has retaliated by attacking any planetary system that supports their enemy.

As Rey, sole heir to the Jedi, continues her training, General Leia Organa sends her brave agents across the stars to unite the disparate worlds in the name of Resistance.

Meanwhile, Supreme Leader Kylo Ren has traveled to Mustafar, chasing whispers of a hidden power that would allow him to destroy any threat to his rule…

Here’s a couple thoughts based on this wonderful clip LILLIAN02330 posted earlier: https://vimeo.com/421944019

Picture this:

Crawl

Pan down to TIEs approaching a destroyer (with some tiny specks beneath, subtly moving toward the planet

Aerial shot of a patterned lava flow, with a few troop carriers flying by, either above camera or very closeby underneath, overtaking the camera (could use the forest shot instead)

Troop carriers land, and troops emerge, heading into battle

Distant shot of a lava eruption with trees in the foreground

Kylo Ren is seen on a rampage, and scene goes on from there

Yes, very interesting…

LILIAN02230 said:

TLJ - BATTLE OF MUSTAFAR (SFX ONLY)
https://vimeo.com/421944019

Extremely nice.

Thank you! I knew someone nailed it, thanks for that.

I can’t seem to find the post of a video someone did of moving Rey’s line “nothings impossible” to after Leia hands her the saber.

Anyone have that?

Life is just kicking my ass. I think next time I can sit down (or kneel 🙄) to edit, I’ll work on the civilian fleet arrival since that should be fun.