Of course they talk, Chewie and Rey can understand their avian language perfectly.
Thanks for the input - here’s the new version:
https://vimeo.com/238707800
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I changed the first line, and I’m pretty happy with the flow now.
“I heard you’re looking for some labor.”
“To evade this First Order?”
“I was told you can get me to the outer rim.”
“You’d be safer here.”
“Neutral Ground.”
I liked the dismissive tone in Leia’s deleted scene ‘They must take action against this First Order’, but since I changed that for a better line reading, here it’s reinstated in the pirate’s first line.
I always thought that the hangar full of troopers was part of Vader’s plan - most halls were intentionally cleared of guards so that the rebels could return to the Falcon and get away.
I had a chocolate chip waffle at a hotel yesterday. No syrup for me. It was good.
Currently eating an apple. Granny Smith. Uniquely fierce tartness, exceptionally good.
I love it.
Just as people like it, I am less than happy with it 😛
It feels a bit too technical a discussion for the normal patrons of the castle upon rewatch, and I’m actually having a hard time following it.
Here’s a version that is a bit less ambitious but hopefully better conveys the Neutral Ground aspect:
https://vimeo.com/238245573
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The subtext remains the same - an attack on the castle is a declaration of war.
The Witch
I thought this was supposed to be a terrifying horror movie, but I ended up laughing at the characters and rooting for the goat.
They can if they sit on a high enough stack of bodies.
What I thought you said.
6’1’’ as well.
I tried a bunch of different things, but this seems to work best:
“You’d leave neutral ground?
Violence here…
…would be war”
https://vimeo.com/238205548
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This gives some idea of how ‘normal’ denizens of the galaxy feel about this situation - the First Order isn’t officially at war with the Republic until this attack, and even then they don’t take action. Hopefully that is enough to show that something is very wrong with the Republic, and very right with the Resistance.
Thanks!
I think putting the 97 DTS as default is a good idea.
😃
Here’s the mockup, with significantly streamlined subtitles: https://vimeo.com/238169635
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Another even more blunt possibility is:
“I hear you’re looking for some labor.”
“Yes, but you need not fear the First Order here.”
“It’s neutral ground.”
Okay, this is something I’ve been working on for a while.
I realized while getting close to finishing the Technicolor ANH project that I wanted an original poster to go with it, and to use as DVD/Blu-ray art (if it was worthy). For these projects I like to give myself plenty of conceptual requirements to make it a creative challenge, and for this the requirement was to feature all of our heroes in a scene which occurred (or could have occurred) during the film.
There is only one scene in ANH that features all the heroes, and this is during the Death of Obi-wan. So I tried to find a way to make a dramatic composition of the scene, but the geography of the set meant that either Obi-wan or the other characters would be too far away to render in detail.
Switching gears and thinking it over, I realized that there was one other scene that could potentially work:
This meant contriving a moment before the destruction of Alderaan where R2 decides to show Chewbacca the Leia hologram. Since Han doesn’t seem to know about Leia on the Death Star, I had him turning away from the hologram, as if he’s just finished target practice and is going to hang around in the cockpit for a while.
This is just a sketch colored with Photoshop, so the details aren’t final. I’m considering making the hallway a more natural warm tone, for example. So, any thoughts on color/composition before final painting?
JEDIT 11-20-17: I’m in the middle of doing the final drawing, which is on full-size 27 by 40 inch Masonite. It’s a bit overwhelming, so in the meantime I’ve gone back and finessed the color and lighting of the sketch:
http://www.framecompare.com/image-compare/screenshotcomparison/WLLNNN8X
I tried making a warm-colored hallway but it was too distracting. Blue it is!
JEDIT 12-20-17: The final drawing is complete.
Now I just have to get to the painting!
Yeah, I was torn between making it cryptic so as to underscore the general theme of the castle (it’s a place where everyone finds a way forward) and being specific about its Casablanca-esque feel.
I have a bad feeling about this.
I’m definitely not looking forward to the porgs myself. I can see everyone raving about the movie and always just adding in "oh and if only you could get rid of the Porgs.
They’re an ugly kind of manufactured cute.
Like E. T.
OH NO YOU DONT
You are flawed. And imperfect!
And less consequential than the Ewoks.
Humans did it. Humans did it all.
And one computer.
Adding more Porgs will be the most popular fan-edit request/idea once the Last Jedi is released.
Bet.
Porgs are currently my favorite part of TLJ.
Embrace the aPorgalypse.
Thanks!
Since changing our hero’s decisions is beyond the scope of the edit (and everyone seems to like it), I cordially retract my previous suggestions 😃
Since we remain locked into the Finalizer FX for V2, I’ve been thinking again about the general lack of panic at the castle (yeah, it’s still bothering me after 30 pages). But I think I may have a solution! Perhaps something for V3 anyway…
In the original, there’s very little exposition about Maz’s Castle. In fact, it’s not much different than the Cantina. However, from background sources we know that although Maz is a pirate there’s a strict no-violence policy, and from the film we know that it’s been there for 1000 years. From this information it makes sense that there’s at least an informal agreement among all factions of the galaxy that Maz’s castle is inviolate. It may even be a place of political asylum, more like Casablanca than the Cantina. The problem is that this isn’t communicated in the film.
There are a few shots in the deleted scenes of Finn talking to the aliens who would take him to the outer rim. Combining these with the section in the film, there may be enough to subtitle. Something like:
Finn: 'I heard you’re looking for some labor.'
Alien 1: 'Ah, running from trouble.'
Alien 2: 'Tell him.'
Finn: 'I was told you can get me to the outer rim.'
Alien 1: ‘Yes, but there’s no danger here.’
Or something more cryptic:
Finn: 'I heard you’re looking for some labor.'
Alien 1: 'If there’s anything you seek…'
Alien 2: '…So they say…'
Alien 1: '…Maz provides all you need.'
Finn: ‘I was told you can get me to the outer rim.’
Did Silverwook just post a spoiler for a movie with a soon-to-be released remake?
The first movie I remember seeing in the theater was Aladdin (1992). The next one I remember was Hocus Pocus.
I was referring to this, actually: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/10/us/politics/trump-nfl-jemele-hill.html
"WASHINGTON — President Trump threatened on Tuesday to use federal tax law to penalize the National Football League over players who kneel in protest during the national anthem, but the White House later backed off, saying he was only making a point.
Escalating a political fight that has resonated with his conservative base, Mr. Trump said Congress should eliminate a law that allowed the N.F.L. central office to avoid paying taxes as a nonprofit entity. “Why is the NFL getting massive tax breaks while at the same time disrespecting our Anthem, Flag and Country?” he wrote on Twitter. “Change tax law!”"