NeverarGreat

Just when I think I’ve heard everything about remixing the prequels, someone comes along with a brilliant idea.

The Mace angle would be very cool to see in action. I doubt it could be pulled off in the films, but one thing that could change is that Mace would have a red lightsaber (or very close to red) which differentiates him from the other Jedi. After all, there’s nothing in the films that states that only Sith must wield red. This makes his association with Darth Vader even stronger.

I am imagining the Saturday Morning Episode III except that we don’t see Mace’s defenestration. Palpatine shouts ‘UNLIMITED POWERRRR’ and then cut to the next scene. The implication upon watching ANH is that Mace was so suborned by Palpatines’s power that he had no choice but to serve the Emperor.

The problem with this interpretation is that Mace is clearly older than Obi-wan, and Obi-wan said that Vader was a young Jedi and his pupil. So either Mace would have to be dramatically de-aged (possible, but it undercuts his authority in the council and is less believable in the OT) or Obi-wan must be quite a bit older. I think both things would have to happen. Mace would have to be in his 30’s, and Obi-wan would need to be in his 50’s. This actually makes more sense than the continuity of the prequels, since we are supposed to believe that Obi-wan ages from 35 to 75 in the span of 19 years. If Obi-wan was aged appropriately, he could genuinely be a father figure to Anakin.

So I tried the ‘all groups’ approach:
https://vimeo.com/223226894
Password: groups

Center Channel audio:
https://mega.nz/#!KFVgnaKD!iKfRqU5IwSOdR8t5jj6QNk4_X-fkVbntWxTItliE81c
Final audio:
https://mega.nz/#!SAsxgRRQ!zB-HmMR9odtIccBmJPjqwDqZWyhIw1HnPPgZCcedg4g

It is more understandable, but there’s a lot of engine noise in the background that I wasn’t able to filter out completely.

The combination of ‘all’ and ‘fighters’ doesn’t work at all.

I think that some introductory dialogue from Ackbar is necessary here, since otherwise there is only a radio effect to imply that he’s speaking to the fighters. There are some other options for introductory dialogue such as ‘all groups’, or you could combine ‘all’ with ‘ships’ which he says during the TFA briefing.

It was part of V1. The attack on the Oscillator in V1 occurs where it did in the original movie - in the middle of the lightsaber battle. It probably needs to stay there because of the environmental destruction that happens as a result.

This scene juggling really highlights how there are tradeoffs and islands of stability in fanediting. There simply is no one best place to put this ‘damaged but still functional’ scene, since you’re breaking up the musical continuity of the film one way or another.

It’s really good!

The only issue I sense is with the music cutting from the space battle to Finn and Rey, since there are two similar chords right next to each other. Even though the music overlaying the distant shot of the Oscillator is correct, it feels off in this short scene and the transition just makes it worse. Would it work to use the music from the Ackbar shot and simply extend that through the rest of the scene? The ‘weapon will fire in 2 minutes’ dialogue is of similar length to what replaces it.

Here is the original line taken from the central channel of Despecialized, and also the final version which has been slowed down and filtered to remove most of the music and give it a radio sound:
https://mega.nz/#F!qAMwSDhS!OzuT_qoynTS0j3fH_e7UbQ

The reason I removed the whole thing was that I still felt the absence of the first half of his line. But I think it works equally well with the whole, half, or absent line, so I’ll leave it to someone with stronger feelings to decide 😉

A real attempt at bringing ‘all craft’ in line with the rest of the dialogue:
https://vimeo.com/223086082
Password: kraft

I figured taking out all the dialogue of the other pilot helps to simplify the scene, and if we can make the Snoke scene fit after the Oscillator breach this scene will fit right back in where it used to be.

suspiciouscoffee said:

ADDED

Children of Dune by Frank Herbert

Good addition.

dahmage said:

NeverarGreat said:

The Last Unicorn (1982)

Wonderful fantasy. I didn’t care for most of the songs - they didn’t fit the tone of the movie very well - but the dialogue is exceptionally well written and the visuals are often beautiful.

One out of one unicorn.

I have been told, on two wholly separate occasions, that I remind people of Prince Lir.

I try to not be insulted by this.

At least you don’t remind them of King Haggard 😉

The Last Unicorn (1982)

Wonderful fantasy. I didn’t care for most of the songs - they didn’t fit the tone of the movie very well - but the dialogue is exceptionally well written and the visuals are often beautiful.

One out of one unicorn.

I never knew that.
(searches internet)

Fascinating.

Looks very promising. The Death Star walls still vary in color, but that is expected since my regrade didn’t go for strict adherence to a standard color, opting for a location-by-location color shift instead. The only other significant change I see is that the bot has less saturated skin tones, which makes sense since the bot probably doesn’t prioritize skin tones.

I should note that 5 or 6 of the test frames are from shots that I altered with color from another source, so the bot probably wouldn’t have been able to replicate that look anyway (see the R2 and 3PO shot and the trash compactor shot).

From here

TV’s Frink said:

http://originaltrilogy.com/user/obiwankenobi69/id/32662

This got worse the longer I looked at it.

“R2, stay and watch over the camp.”
(nervous beep)

Astonishing difference.

Glad to hear it! I enjoy reading your Star Wars scripts but original concepts are a more exciting proposition.

Could anyone post some of these frames from the Amazon version?

One does not simply re-post the top rated comment of the BirthMoviesDeath article reporting this news.

I really like the filmic contrast, and most of the shots look wonderful in terms of color. There’s only one real issue for me, and that is in the blues. The holograms and Obi-wan’s saber have too little luminosity, leading to strange gradients with the surrounding colors. The Federation ship interior also takes on a strange blueish green tint. Here’s an example of a shot that doesn’t benefit from this grading in my opinion:

It also seems like the reds are unnaturally dark.

Some shots look phenomenal though, such as this one:

The soft pinkish gray walls with blue panels really works.

LHSmarchingredcoat said:

Here’s a comparison shot, to hold over until this video preview finishes rendering.
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/213242

Tangential, but it’s amazing how much detail went into a set that was only seen in a few shots.

AntcuFaalb said:

Guys, we have a new winner for The Sword in the Stone!

The Amazon WEB-DL is 1080p, has no logo, and fewer artifacts than the best HDTVrips around; better bitrate too.

And, of course… no terrible DNR like the BD.

WEB-DL: https://i.imgbox.com/98T7RJPa.png
HDTV: https://i.imgbox.com/VtAhDHRS.png

WEB-DL: https://i.imgbox.com/dCUK2Hza.png
HDTV: https://i.imgbox.com/1MDlTE0O.png

Excellent!
I don’t know how the color looks on 35mm, but I have my suspicions about both of these transfers. To my eyes there is a lot of hue shifting, resulting in unnatural colors. I looked at some lobby cards to get an idea of what this could have looked like, and came up with a single correction for both images:
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/213210/picture:0


This one is rather red, but at least the chair and the bone aren’t green.

I like the sky blue and olive green look of the lightsabers. The warmer tones truly sell it.