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Hal 9000

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#1106657
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TFA: A Gentle Restructure (Released)
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We could pipe in audio from Neil deGrasse Tyson over the First Order’s or Resistance’s intercoms explaining that one star has the power to destroy ten thousand planets.
But yes, the idea is that, apparently, one star does not equal one firing. And as far as this edit goes, there’s nothing to say that it wasn’t built for a single-use against Capital Planet.

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#1103784
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STAR WARS: EP VI -RETURN OF THE JEDI &quot;REVISITED EDITION&quot;<strong>ADYWAN</strong> - ** PRODUCTION HAS NOW RESTARTED **
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I join the rest of us in mourning the loss of the PT:R, as nothing seemed beyond your reach to us. I can’t fathom throwing myself into this sort of thing as you have, and I wish you contentment and joy with your OT:R final products once you reach that happy day. At least now it’s in your sights, and you’ve cut your work out for yourself.

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#1095654
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TFA: A Gentle Restructure (Released)
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I agree. Thanks for stepping in to answer Mala. I’d like for V2 to be theoretically “final,” unless something new emerges later, be it in the form of additional fan work or something from Ep8. In other words, not leaving something unfinished that could be finished at this time.

You covered what’s in the works, but here’s my list of what I’m waiting on:

Sir Ridley’s TFA:R crawl

Sir Ridley’s Maz’s Castle sequence (Star Destroyer)

Kylo Ren’s mask during second Snoke scene, and Snoke inexplicably standing (wish list; not going to hold anything up)

‘Leia and the Resistance’ deleted scene

NeverarGreat’s Snoke scene idea (and reinstating Hux’s “prepare to fire” line; may not be possible until a V3 after Ep8 comes out)

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#1092179
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Episode VIII : The Last Jedi - Discussion * <strong><em>SPOILER THREAD</em></strong> *
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I would dislike it the way I disliked Alien 3: While the plot technically did not contradict Aliens, it felt like a betrayal of what that film implied and meant.
The redemption of Vader in a ‘melt the heart of tyrants’ way is what I love about ROTJ. If we get Anakin’s ghost in TLJ, I’d hope it would be in a role of wisdom or guidance rather than unresolved tensions.
It was never about whether Vader tipped the moral scales by counterweighing evil deeds with one good deed, but about his own change of heart. He repented, if you will, and that’s what ROTJ cares about, not a moral equation.

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#1088430
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Automated color grading and color matching with a Machine Learning Algorithm
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JawsTDS said:

DrDre said:

towne32 said:

Well those shots look great. Has there been any shot you’ve tried so far, where things go really wrong?

Not really…they’re all clear improvements over the bluray, even if some might require a little tweaking. These were created with just eight of Neverar’s regrade examples. The great thing is, that depending on your tastes you can create a HarmyBot, kk650-Bot, DreamasterBot, SwazzyBot, or perhaps even a Towne32Bot 😉. Alternatively, you could take some Technicolor print scans, or another official color grading, and train the algorithm to reproduce those colors.

I eagerly await the day we can create a GOUTbot.

Could this be attempted, for kicks? Might be fun to see how it’d look.
And, Kexiklus, please don’t post any comparison pics of AOTC; it’ll only tempt me to revisit it! 😛