Darth Stewie said:
I just wish every time I come to Ady's thread people were being wonderful to each other. Some of you guys could take a page out of Imp Fighter's book. He's always the nicest and most respectful guy here.
*blushes* Well thanks for the vote of confidence Stewie, but I can't be having you impuning my bad name like that...'cos believe me, although I may be a fan of Star Wars, I don't necessarily like all Star Wars fans! ;)
But seriously, I'm sure there'll always be a little 'discourse' around here every now and then to do with certain things (no matter how trivial) to do with these 'Revisited' edits. I guess that's only natural, given the sky-high hopes for adywan's possible 'creative choices' on these, amongst those interested.
There's plenty around here that have differing opinions on certain aspects, and that's to be expected...but the over-riding fact is that these edits are primarily meant for adywan's *own* satisfaction at the end of the day, although everyone else is welcome to share a look a his unique preferences too, if we want to. For free.
Strongly-held individual ideas on what could or shouldn't be done on these particular edits have sometimes thrown up stuff of interest for everyone to consider, along the way...but hopefully, most of us on the sidelines will try to disagree on certain things in a way that doesn't piss off adywan and others too much in the process. :)
(by the way, that was the best-looking 'R2D2' I've ever seen Stewie)
Loconut said:
I like most of the 16-min sneak peek changes, but I just know I've missed a few. Does anybody have the intention of creating one of those delightful picture comparison sets?
If someone ends up doing that at this point Loconut, then great, but it's a lot of work, as there's so much packed into just those 16 mins. alone! At some point though, I'm hoping there'll be a comprehensive shot comparison done of the changes, after the edit is fully completed...similar to the one done for 'ANH:R'. (click on my 'signature' link for further details)
In the meantime, here's a list of the differences that I know of in that clip, for you to see if there's any you weren't aware of -
Probe Droids dispatched have enhanced rocket glows / starfield rotates as single Probe Droid recedes away / starfield and Hoth planet rotate as Probe Droid approaches, and 'atmosphere haze' is uniform around planet / Probe Droid has enhanced fiery trail as it enters atmosphere and crashes / crater added (with no flames) as Probe Droid flies off / 2nd shot of Probe Droid crashing is 'flipped' into reverse to match previous shot of it crashing / Luke's macrobinoculars display is enhanced to match later rebel trooper's one / enhanced backdrop as Han's Taun-Taun runs in distance / Luke's Taun-Taun blinks / 'filming boom' reflection in Luke's goggles removed / horns added to Wampa (but this is just a temporary version, anyway) / close-up of Wampa's arm swipe is 'flipped' upside-down, with 'thumb'-claw at top, so it doesn't look like a 'backwards'-swipe anymore / bit of puppeteer's arm showing in Wampa's arm as it grabs Taun-Taun, removed / as Han's Taun-Taun enters base - exterior of ice cave and groundsnow enhanced...shape of cave opening altered...interior of cave angled to show more detail inside, and enhanced doorway added...equipment box and cabling beside gunturret, and extra rebel trooper activity added too / inconsistent X-wing engines showing as Han dismounts, removed / Millennium Falcon's guns lowered behind Chewbacca welding / bit of actor's neck showing through C3PO's mask before Han covers his mouth, removed / Luke's legs closer together as he hangs, to match close-up of trapped feet / lightsaber more consistently embedded in the snow / lightsaber glow enhanced / Millennium Falcon moved further back in the rebel base as R2D2 monitors for Luke and Han at the entrance / rebel base doorway just moves once to shut / 'Force'-glow added to Luke's vision of Ben / close-up of Han about to cut Taun-Taun with lightsaber 'flipped' into reverse / lightsaber glow enhanced / close-up of lightsaber cutting Taun-Taun's belly 'flipped' into reverse, and flames removed from cut straps / enhanced display controls in Snowspeeder cockpit / transparent Snowspeeder made solid / enhanced clouds in sky backdrop behind Snowspeeder / an additional Snowspeeder flies into rebel base at end of mission / and although not seen in the clip, it's also now been confirmed that the 'bacta tank' will be coloured a little redder when Luke is inside it.
Bingowings said:
I really find it difficult to actually suggest anything new when I see a fresh clip or if something pops into my head at this point because it is so close to being complete.
Anything I suggest could only serve to annoy or (in the unlikely case of my suggesting something Ady hadn't already considered and he liked) set back the completion of the thing by prompting further adjustments.
Well it's certainly closer Bingo, but since it's tentatively scheduled for the end of this year, or so, there's still quite a ways to go yet. I'm always keen to hear anything someone's got in mind concerning further ideas to do with 'EMPIRE:R'. And judging by this previous mission statement of his, I'm sure that adywan would still encourage any additional thoughts from anyone here that have any, including yourself, until the point he says otherwise -
adywan said:
But i don't care how long this takes me to do. If an idea comes up that i think would benefit the edit then i will try to do it, even if it delays the release by an extra year or so. The last thing i want to do is rush the edit just to get it out there and look back thinking "god i really wish i had done that" and not be happy with the finished product.
...of course, this was from way back on page 479 in mid 2009 (!), so things may have changed since then. ;)
