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#182336
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Idea: a 2005 King Kong edit...
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I really don't care for making Kong scary. Despite the classification of Kong as a monster movie, I never really thought of him as one in the scary sense.

The 1933 Kong was simply a big horny ape. He wanted Ann and that was basically it. The 2005 film aimed to bring a greater depth to the relationship of Kong and Ann. Here, they're two lost souls that meet one another and as strange as it may be, they truly understand one another. Most will probably agree that their relationship is the strongest aspect of the film. It's the movie's heart. Without, it'd just be reduced to any other bombastic and brainless movie.
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#179980
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Help Wanted: for my Blade Runner edit...
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Still having a spot of trouble uploading. Megaupload unfortunately does the same thing. The clip is 200 mb. Maybe i'll edit it a bit more since it has some in between stuff that you probably don't need.

EDIT: I've removed two segments from the clip that don't seem to be necessary. The file size in now 86 MB. The first is Deckerd talking to some guy about him buying snakes (done in closeups of the two actors) and the second is Deckerd calling Rachel. If you need them, tell me.

I'm trying Rapidshare right now. It says it'll take 90 minutes, but since it's pretty late I think I'll try it in the morning.
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#179790
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Info: the 2005 E.T. DVD...
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I rented this new version of ET a few weeks ago and was surprised by it. I originally thought it would simply be the the first disc from the 2-disc set they released a while back, but it actually has different content (all of which was included in the gift set). This disc features the special edition version, John William's live score track, the reunion featurette, the behind the scenes music featurette with John Williams (not included on the 2-disc set), the space tour, still galleries, and quite ironically, the original 1982 theatrical trailer (also not included on the 2-disc set).

And digitalfreaknyc, I'm be looking forward to your ET laserdisc documentary disc.
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#179683
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Info Wanted: How many Lord of the Rings fan edits have there been?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/179683/action/topic#179683
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Originally posted by: vivsavageI gotta ask... what changes are you making? What software are you using?

For myself, I'm making two versions of each film: a "book" version that follows Tolkien as closely as possible, and a mildly edited version that retains 99.9% of the original films but deletes small annoyances like Gimli's buffoonery.

I'm using Final Cut Pro 5, DVD Studio Pro, Cinematize, and Mac the Ripper.
I'm simply using Womble as per ADigitalMan's tutorial. I'm sure other programs have more features, but it suits me fine.

I'm actually doing something similar to your plan. More or less a hybrid of the theatrical and extended editions. Getting rid of some of the annoying bits and some of the superfluous extended edition scenes. As it stands, my edited version of The Two Towers runs about three hours and four minutes. Here are some of the changes I made (using the theatrical as a comparison):
- Gollum's origin is back where it should've been in the first place (after Frodo calls him "Smeagol")
- Faramir's dream and flashback (from the extended) are back in
- I cut most of Gimli's comic relief stuff
- Elves at Helm's Deep are cut down. No reference to them though they're in the background. Just assume they're an elite Rohan arhery unit. As a result, the Lorien theme is still there.
- I think I cut one of the Merry/Pippin/Treebeard scenes and replaced it with one of the extended edition ones.
- I cut down the Warg battle. I wanted it out of there completely, but I couldn't think of a way witthout introducing some big continuity errors
- Brego scene is in
- I cut the Arwen/Aragorn flashbacks. Arwen's vision is still in but, I figured when Eowyn asks Aragorn about the necklace was good enough.
- I added the last scene between Faramir & Frodo, etc. back in. The other end stuff from the extended edition isn't in this cut though.

I also did Book type edits of each and also a shorter version of ROTK, but I'm too lazy to post about them now.
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#178859
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Info Wanted: How many Lord of the Rings fan edits have there been?
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I would definitely encourage people to do their own edits of movies even if there are other edits available.

I personally am editing TTT and ROTK for my own personal use and don't intend to share them at all.

As far as getting it out, just start a thread, describe your edit and the changes you made to the film, and info on how to get it.