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#257671
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The Fellowship of the Ring (again) Grading Project 2006
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/257671/action/topic#257671
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Ok guys, I know, I know... 4 book-cuts of LOTR are quite enough, but I just can't get rid of my urge to keep editing The Lord of The Rings! It's just too fun!

I present to you a new almost-going-to-start project called the "FOTR Grading Project"... my goal here (because I really do not like the filmmaker's flat coloring choices) is to create a great and NATURAL looking FOTR movie that sticks to the original film material as closely as possible.

Recently I was watching the old FOTR trailers, in wich the scenes weren't properly graded yet... and holy mackerel... those shots look ALOT more: cinematic, sharp, LOTR-ish, and rich! I thought Andrew Lesnie was a "meh" cinematographer because of all those flat colors and glows digitally added to the film, but when I saw the original ungraded footage, wow, that's alot more natural and textured! So, without further delay I'm starting to try to restore most of the film's colors as it used to be (and altering things to my liking) for this version...

http://img112.imageshack.us/img112/7687/lotrtrailerfilmcompare1lf5.png

it's not confirmed wether this should be a new book-cut... but I strongly think so because my older FOTR book-cut is full of glitches and stuff of that nature.

Anyone happy about this?
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#257669
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PS3 or Wii?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/257669/action/topic#257669
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Wii (terrible name) is the winner here...

PS3 is RIDICULOUSLY EXPENSIVE and I'm hating them for that... so I'll get my PS3 around late next year or whenever
the price drops to a worthy number.

Wii I will get much sooner than the PS3 because of it's freshness, and great price... what kinds of morons work at Sony to
overprice it's machines like that!?
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#257668
Topic
Chronicles of Narnia (The movie) striking similarities with The Lord of the Rings (the movie)(s)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/257668/action/topic#257668
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I thought the visual style of the species in Narnia was distinct enough anyway. It's not like they had hordes of Urukhai.


they almost did.

And also... I think the visual style (framing, various shots, cinematography, grading, props, costumes, places, set pieces) mimicked LOTR to
an obvious extent... and on top of that, the script, acting, and directing were lacking drama, pace, and an overall sense of "wonder" to the film. It felt
like your typical disney-channel adventure movie... Narnia is worth more than that.

that's why I say this film is not very well made. and what the crap is up with that american-yank wolf!?
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#256825
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The Spider-Man 3 thread
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/256825/action/topic#256825
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yep saw that...

with what they did with Gobbie in S1 and Dock Oc in S2 I was thinking of a more slick and "realistic" venom.
It's very weird how venom looks like (maybe not his finished form) in Spidey3.. he looks a bit TOO comic-like...

I hope Spidey3 will be good... but as I said before... there's this thin line these guys are walking on considering all these
new story elements added (and there's A LOT... Peter/Gwen Stacy, Venom, Sandman, Harry, Peter/MJ, Peter/Life)...

either Spidey3 is gonna be an epic, or it's going to be very bad.
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#256823
Topic
Chronicles of Narnia (The movie) striking similarities with The Lord of the Rings (the movie)(s)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/256823/action/topic#256823
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Alll right everybody... I just watched the oddly similarly titled "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe" (who's logo and title bare a resemblance to "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" for example)... and I'm here to, in my quriousities, talk to you (and more importantly, SHOW YOU) some similarities that these two films have in common.

please, bare in mind that I am NOT talking about the books. Both Tolkien's and Lewis's books are some of my all-time favorites... great imagination, great writing, great storytelling, etc., ect. (although Tolkien had a much deeper and more whole world... a legendarium... love that word.) So similarities with stories, characters, settings or other things originally coming from the books are not the issue here.

Please go out yonder and click THIS CAPITALIZED BUNCH OF WORDS and look for the Narnia comparison to check out a little edit I did comparing a few of the many shots that look, are visually composed, and feel like it's coming from the same film.

Yes, I truly believe the Walden Media/Disney/Andrew Adamson Narnia flick is not a very good, or original interpretation of the source material. This film feels like it belongs to the other multitudes of cheesy-disney-movie-for-kids flicks that have been made. The changing of a few focus-points in the story to make it more "average" (at least to me) and "family movie-ish" such as instead of having the triumph over good and evil (Aslan defeating the white witch) be the climax, they shift it to this very useful sub-plot (but they made it be the PRIMARY PLOT) of the kids being a family again... wich, to me, took away from the drama... and made it too modern-kiddish... i don't know... that's how it feels to me anyway... it feels like a mere kid film.

Narnia I think has much more potential. The film itself looked, was graded, was shot, and had the fights strikingly similar to that of a far better and more elaborate and original book-to-film adaption called "The Lord of the Rings"... I know WETA designed the props, and costumes and whatnot, but couldn't they make this film LOOK visually far apart from LOTR?

One more thing... I know I haven't covered alot, but I don't feel like typing anymore. I would like to hear from many more users on this board for their opinions... and I'd love to hear that I'm not the only one who things Narnia (THE FILM) is a Lord of the Rings for Kids (visually and screenplay/directing-wise)... they could have done SO MUCH MORE to make Narnia a more dynamic, artistic, and original piece of work everyone can enjoy.

and I close with this great quote: "Narnia is one part Shrek, one part Harry Potter, one part Lord of the Rings, one part New Testament, and all parts unoriginal."

I also think this current trend of kids-books-to-movies and hiring special effects artists as directors of such films is another terrible idea from stupid corporate film-studios and their lust for money...

thanks... I just had to let this all out, thanks for baring with me.
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#256820
Topic
"March of the Supergeeks" (cosplayers on parade)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/256820/action/topic#256820
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woah! Before coming here I saw that video on Youtube jsut a few hours ago... and to my surprise you are a memeber here too! Amazing!

dude, that documentary... pretty pretty funny!

now seriously... was it really Morgan Freeman? I don't know but if it wasn't... freaking good imitation of the narration... or if it was... how in the living daylights did you catch him? And if that narration was from a movie with Freeman that I have never watched... then aww crap, whatever...

but seriously... I'm really interested.
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#256570
Topic
NON-Star Wars Fan Edit and Alternate DVD Covers SHOWCASE
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/256570/action/topic#256570
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hey guys... as you do not know... I made a mildly humorous fan-edit from X-Men: The Last Stand called "Extended Radiation".. it features different little tweaks and some funny actions (because X3 was a poor x-men movie anyways...) the ending is obviously taken from the deleted scenes and will have you laughing at the credits... but in any case... here is the cover design I created for the fan-edit...

http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/1391/x3dvd3dsk4.jpg
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#251164
Topic
The Lord of the Rings (Films vs. the Books)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/251164/action/topic#251164
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ok it's a little absurd to be talking on what is better... the books or the films... come on let's face it...

the films, as well made and as great as they are, are the shadow, the copy, the hollow part, whatever you want, compared to the books.
I'm not dissing the films in any way! It's the way I see the characters (for the most part) when I read the books now. (But that's probably because I saw the movie in 2001 before I read the books) The films are awesome... but I believe that because of that awesomeness is because of the books...
But the true form, the most epic of the two, is the original source. It's vast, it's big, no matter what you think, it's more epic than the films.

Sure the director and writers obviously had to slim the vast amounts of rich information the books contain to make the films, well, films. I understand the changes made for smooth-story and dramatic film-rule purposes, but many things could have been left intact and excecuted in a way that probably DOES break book-to-film rules but could be pulled off very dramatically and probably better.

For example, it would have been more of a risk, and if done properly, alot better, to have had the Shelob sequence (I really didn't like the lighting on that scene... blargh) be the actual climax of The Two Towers, and have the siege of the Deep be a middle-part of the story. Sure, that would be a hard nut to crack, but I feel that it would be able to have been pulled off, and to a much more accurate and greater effect dramatically. Leaving the 'tension/suspence' thing for ROTK's Siege of Gondor. I understand it would be a big risk and that they were trying to get Two Towers to be as 'whole' of a movie as possible.

If there were a 'Shelob Climax' then obviously the scene would be a bit different to the existing one in ROTK... including all the rest of the hobbit's journey from Faramir. Speaking of Faramir, his role would have to be squished back into his normal 'book form'... so there won't be an osgiliath scene, and Faramir would act as he does in the books.

also I think inserting the Elves into Helm's Deep is an unessecary addition. I understand as well that the filmmakers felt that we needed to be reminded of the elves and of their presence in the movies so they won't be forgotten for a long time, but we saw quite a few elves in 'The Two Towers' film already. Recall the Arwen subplot... Arwen's an elf, and Elrond's an elf, so is galadriel.... enough elves to be reminded of... Also, if using the 'Shelob scene climax' method, it would give more of a hopeless mood for the defenders of Helm's Deep with no elves coming to help out (Hey! That means Haldir stays alive!). Also, in the ROTK book, we do get help from, I think it was elves, and the swann knights of Dol Amroth before the siege takes place... instead of having elves in Helm's Deep.

Ok these were a few examples of what they could have left and re-structured and it would have also worked as well. Ok back to the topic....

I think the movies are good movie-versions of LOTR (could have left some things in), but the real version always beats the films, games, fanfics, etc, etc... that is the books!
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#250997
Topic
A New Indie No-Budget Movie by ... Me
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/250997/action/topic#250997
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Hey guys,
this isn't in my normal nature to be posting about every new thing I do, but for the sake of striving to get this movie recognized (in one form or another)... I'd appreciate it if you'd check out this "article" about this new no-budget, non-profit, short film I am working on (mostly by myself... I edited, produced, directed, wrote, shot, lit, designed posters, and advertised it)

so it would be widely appreciated by all to check out the Wikipedia entry for the film here.

and there will be a few links to check out a trailer for it...

Thanks for your support I hope I'll be getting some replies on this... and in advance, please forgive the choppy editing on the trailer (my PC is a piece of crap and can almost not edit movies anymore... I'm waiting for a new one)

thanks again... hope you'll be awaiting the film
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#250596
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Idea: an X 3 edit...
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/250596/action/topic#250596
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X3 was pretty lousy... no offence to anyone but I think X1 and X2 were alot better.. it had more story, and it was focused on the characters alot more.

and by the way... why couldn't Cyclops just be the main character? Since he didn't do alot in X1 and X2 it would be
such a more creative decision to have him be the guy who at the end gets Jean back or something... It's just sooo
cliche that it becomes the supposed money-making Wolverine/Hugh Jackman... the film is very short and is on my list
of the all-time modern bad sequels/prequels/midquels/spin-offs that were made by money-hungry corporations that
want your founding fathers... up there with Scorpion King, and AVP...

not that it was bad or anything, but it's just one of those average cash-cow movies... like Transporter 2, Electra, and Fantastic
Four.

but I like those deleted scenes and had this EXACT same idea to do a fan-edit of it... and imagine my startled face when
I saw that there's already talk of doing a fan-edit.

... when my stupid late computer comes from the mail....

I will do it as well... I'll try to incorporate all kinds of elements into it... from this board and other sources...

especially add John Ottman's great theme for X2...
...as good as John Powell was for "Ice Age 2" wich I like the music from, X3's music was like "Huh? There was music in the movie?"
it had those kinds of average unmemorizable themes...

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#250573
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The Spider-Man 3 thread
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/250573/action/topic#250573
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A big budget does not a movie make...


but in any case... either SM3 will be a really great movie, or it will be a really crappy piece of junk! The line is that thin...
There are alot of new characters and new storylines (for each character) that can only fit within a minimum of 2:40 hours to make it solid enough (with so much story and characters to introduce properly). In any case, I'm thinking it's going to be a sloppy sequel... but I hope I'll be surprised.