MalàStrana

Sir Ridley said:

Hal 9000 said:

Haha, gorgeous. Yes, I would love to have you render out yours, even after tinkering with mine for so long. When someone with power tools offers to help, put down your hand tools. I would, however, request using the same font for the title as the theatrical version of TFA.

No problem! 😃 I’m changing it back to the theatrical font now, it’s probably for the best.

I watched a presentation by the guy in charge of graphics and holograms on TFA and he mentioned how they carefully mimicked the original crawls by replicating lens distortion, film gate weave and other things digitally.

Pretty interesting if you’re into that kind of stuff:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsFvSgg2-Yo

But of course it’s even cooler how they did it originally, by filming actual back lit text.
http://gagarin.tm/statics/images/post/gallery-1432667442-ep4-bts-13904866909.jpg

Anyway, I’ll tweak it just a bit more and then I guess I’ll try a render.

Isn’t it possible to use 3PO to deliver the line in a way he would say “The Republic won’t send reenforcement/ships/fleet ? We are doomed !” ? (note that Daniels made 3PO voice in TCW, I wonder if someone familiar enough with the show would know if there is a line to be taken from an episode)

TV’s Frink said:

doubleofive said:

I forgot to mention every Presidential Approval Poll

That’s amazing, especially when looking at the disapproval numbers.

With the media and the establishment against him, the numbers are hardly surprising. I’m amazed he even got 45% of truly great americans to support their President (the best US President since… ever ?) with lefties all over the place punching in the face everyone who doesn’t agree with them (you want to punch someone in the face in the US and get away with it ? It’s easy: call the guy you target a “nazi” - no proof needed - and go for it !).

Even better then.

Ntsc so 23.997 fps I guess.

I must say it’s funny and it has become very rare here that someone makes a joke without trying to laugh at someone. Good spirit !

No, but german subs are very likely.

Yeah, for the time being I would be very interested to archive the most completed and polished TFA fanedits in their highest quality, yours including of course. Many changes you’ve made definitely interest me. Besides it seems very well done based on the various clips I’ve watched so far. So a 25G file would be great !

DigMod said:
These are fanatics who admire the Empire but are definitely different. They existed before during and after the Empire. They just never made their move until the Empire crumbled. So yes, they are very much like the Nazis.

I don’t agree at all and JJ Abrams is terrible in european (and latin america) history. FO = Nazis is obvious in his mind, and it’s a very bad (and dumb) idea, but it doesn’t support real historic parallels; the OT was far more subtle about that, making the Empire a powerful aggregate of various dictatorship systems. It’s the big difference between a myth (the OT) and something which relates too much on actual Earth history (the PT, TFA… TLJ ?). The same goes with the Resistance depicted like soviet/communits fighters in a few shots…

But this is not the place to argue about that.

(by the way I’m totally 150% fine with the last crawl)

Now that’s you’re rewritting it, I wonder if “in secret” is necessary, since the FO is quite known by everyone in the movie (people of Jakku, Han, the NR, Maz, various bounty hunters and smugglers).

Luke Skywalker has vanished. In his absence, the sinister FIRST ORDER has risen from the burning ashes of the fallen Empire, plotting their return to power.

(yep, burning ashes… sorry about that 😄 to imply it was a fast recovery after their defeat. It sounds cool but it might not be necessary at all)

nitpicking level: + 150 XP

Hal 9000 said:
Luke Skywalker has vanished. In his absence, the sinister FIRST ORDER has risen in secret from the ashes of the fallen Empire, plotting its return to power.

I think this is as perfect as it can be. It gives the “mcguffin”, some political info, and a clue that there is more going on.

About the third paragraph, a question: why is Poe’s mission so daring ? Is Jakku supposed to be under FO juridiction since the “fake” peace signed with the NR ?

DigMod said:
I suppose they are akin to the Nazis of post WW1 Germany.

No. Not at all.

Jackpumpkinhead said:

I personally feel that ending on leia and watching the falcon leave is a better ending. i would rather just not see luke until TLJ

Besides that way you could have the ending with 3PO and R2. Love the idea !

NeverarGreat said:

MalàStrana said:

(as far as I’m concerned the ending “helicopter shot” is absolutely hideous. So cheap, so weird - looks like Luke is played by a dummy -, so out of place, so… dumb… I would completely remove it)

I don’t think it’s entirely out of place, but it doesn’t work well at the end. I made a mockup of how this scene might end differently, but it’s definitely outside the scope of this edit:
https://mega.nz/#!HN9U0DbA!Rf6CCKIlVMGYasEtMUv2MDXHRZitSEqaHQMRmjSrqEQ

Well, I don’t like it either. This helicopter movement does not belong here at all. It should have been a static shot (like in your edit - except I would suggest to finish on Luke, not Rey -, but without the helicopter shot), not that (I’m talking about the theatrical cut, not your effort to make it right). There are several ugly shots in this movie but this one deserves an award both for ugliness and silliness. IMHO of course 😄

(as far as I’m concerned the ending “helicopter shot” is absolutely hideous. So cheap, so weird - looks like Luke is played by a dummy -, so out of place, so… dumb… I would completely remove it)

Lord Haseo said:

TV’s Frink said:

doubleofive said:

And IGNORING war, noise, and poverty does not make the country have peace, quiet, and prosperity.

I guess it might for you if you aren’t Muslim. Or gay. Or a woman. Or poor. Or black. Or Latino. Or [insert non-oppressed person here].

THIS

What “this” ? Are people oppressed or do they just feel that way ? Reality vs perception…

Jackpumpkinhead said:
also where are we with the “Its the first order THEY’VE FOUND US…” vid/audio??

The audio is finished I believe (last version I’ve heard was perfect); the video was still discussed about what SFX shot to use for the FO Destroyer and Ren’s shuttle.

Jetrell Fo said:

MalàStrana said:

generalfrevious said:
He’s been in office only a week, and he is already eclipsing the worst dictatorships of the previous century.

Stalin and Hitler are laughing so hard right now…

fixed

😃

Not in France 😦

(we should call him Иосиф Сталин to avoid translation issues)

Hal 9000 said:

All in all, it wouldn’t make sense to output a version higher than what will fit onto a BD25.

Ok ! I’m asking 'cause I don’t use BD25 but a Kodi system, so I haven’t really thought about that. I also forgot that you used dvd sound sources for II and III (to be quite frank I’m not eve sure I could tell the difference between 448 or 640 kbps 😄).

generalfrevious said:
He’s been in office only a week, and he is already eclipsing the worst dictatorships of the previous century.

Staline and Hitler are laughing so hard right now…

Puggo - Jar Jar’s Yoda said:

generalfrevious said:
We will not survive this.

If you want to persuade people on THIS forum, you shouldn’t use a line from the prequels. 😃

You must trust him to do the right thing. That is why he’s here. Donald is doing what must be done. He does not hesitate, he shows no mercy.

I don’t think the “will secure their return” sounds that great. I would also keep “fallen Empire” (why ? Because it’s cool, it’s kinda “the fall of the roman empire”, I just like the way it sounds). Also, capitalize NEW REPUBLIC since FIRST ORDER is capitalized (and I assume the remain of the NEW REPUBLIC is going to be quite important in VIII-TLF).

Luke Skywalker has vanished. In his absence, the sinister FIRST ORDER has risen from the ashes of the fallen Empire.

Failing to convince the NEW REPUBLIC of this threat, General Leia Organa gathered allies for a brave RESISTANCE while the First Order secretly completes a dreadful new weapon.

No suggestion for the third paragraph.

Hal 9000 said:

I’ll be releasing a balls to the wall version encoded at maximum settings with uncompressed audio output.

Since you mention it and that they are now 1000% finished, would you also do the same with your PT ? (by the way the new crawls really look nice; new texts are also an improvement, it’s subtle yet better; good call about the colors that aren’t the same, I don’t remember if it was the case for the theatrical versions).

topic error

The Amazing Malà. I like that. But stay on topic dude.

TV’s Frink said:

MalàStrana said:

“Ridiculous Wars” for the PT