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Hal 9000

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#1147628
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TFA: A Gentle Restructure (Released)
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Fair enough, and that explanation makes sense. I’m not expecting to get my two other submissions until sometime next week. If we haven’t already gotten something in the bag by the time you’d have access to good equipment, perhaps you could record again at that time?

I didn’t have these problems with LABYRINTH OF EVIL because my voice was just coming out of a little robot.

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#1147551
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TFA: A Gentle Restructure (Released)
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AbramPT said:

Just PM’d Hal eight new takes for “weapon fully recharged…” I had to do them super quickly, but hopefully one of them is up to snuff for you guys as Christmas is just around the corner and I won’t really have time to record anything more for a week and a half.

Here’s the best one, according to me, baked into the scene. It seems less fullbodied than the original line, so I wonder if a better recording setup would improve it. It doesn’t sound like it was recorded the same way as the rest of the movie. Good voice, but it sounds hollow when put in place.

https://vimeo.com/248542914
password: voice

And unfortunately, I cannot advise about authoring to disc. Compressor gives me BR streams and I use mkvtoolkit to mux.

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#1147388
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TFA: A Gentle Restructure (Released)
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Thanks for taking the time to do another set of recordings, as I think that’s going to work well. We may just decide to let the others know not to bother!
I’d suggest delivering the line a few times so I can have a few options.

And V2.1 should be available as a large BR-compliant mkv with PCM audio (I’ll try to use ChainsawAsh’s method to make it work; worst case the lossless audio will be available separately), a 720p mp4, a DVD5, and a less than 1GB version for those who’d need it.

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#1147309
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TFA: A Gentle Restructure (Released)
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^ I won’t be doing that. I think TFA reads perfectly reasonably with that (lack of) revelation in mind. Going by TFA alone, I think the logical conclusion is that she is, at the very least, not related to any of the other important characters. All Han would have told Maz is just that she joined up with them and is wanting to stay on Jakku because of her family.
I do feel that TLJ is deeply incongruous with TFA, but oddly enough the Rey thing isn’t really why.

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#1147257
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TFA: A Gentle Restructure (Released)
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Perfect, thanks! Rendering video streams now while waiting for the vocal clips to come in and be vetted.

I got a submission via PM, so unless the source wishes to reveal himself, here is a candidate. He says he can re-record the line, so consider this a test of the voice rather than the specific performance here.

https://vimeo.com/248477067
password: voice

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#1147119
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The Last Jedi: Official Review and Opinions Thread ** SPOILERS **
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KILLOFFPOE said:

The Scrip Shadow review states what I thought pretty well

I really wanted her and Kylo to make sweaty space love but alas, no happen.

http://scriptshadow.net/movie-review-the-last-jedi-and-maybe-the-last-star-wars-movie/

Good article, and I consider it a good articulation of what the part of me feels that didn’t like TLJ. (Because I’m divided, myself.)

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#1146720
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The Last Jedi : a Fan Edit <strong>Ideas</strong> thread
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The only saber ignition sound that I noticed was Luke’s on Crait and I was okay with it because it wasn’t even real.

For TFA, the sound was usually different from the other films, though consistent with itself. Odd. I just saw TLJ a third time and I just don’t remember the saber stuff well enough. I would recommend editing out ignition sounds that are distinct from how that saber sounded in. ROTS, ANH, ESB, or TFA. Especially sounds that are closely associated with other sabers. Exception being Crait, since if all other cases are correct, it’d just be another clue about what’s is going on.

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#1146574
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Detention Block AA-23 : The OT.com's Banned Members...
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Well, I’m hopeful for a Frink more similar to the good ol’ days. We ought to be able to let one another know if we have a problem with something another party has said in gentle, civil manner, at least as a first response. Frink has a reputation for gunning it from 0 to 60 and stifles discussion. To be honest, I’ve often refrained from posting in threads, usually posted by the uninitiated, about topics outside of his liking, just to avoid having more BS to put up with.
He’s a fun, endearing gatekeeper, and I like having him around. But he shouldn’t have such free reign to crap all over differing opinions.

If I had the mad scientist capabilities he himself possesses, I’d probably set the Frink-o-meter to about 33%.