Vimeo isn't co-perating.... this is why I hate the internet sometimes. It hasn't explained why the video won't play.
Have a look:
arrghh trying torrent. not going well. will keep trying. Ryan
1st Vimeo clip uploading
I consider myself pretty techno literate (building my own pcs etc) but I do have a mental block when it comes to complicated Internet things... I usually just shout at my PC things like "Why aren't you connecting!". Uploading a torrent is a mystery to me but will give it a go somehow.
Thanks for all the responses. I'm uploading some Vimeo stuff soon.
Ryan
Yes chyron8472 I've finished them already,
(I've also nearly finished my prefered cuts of the OT. Pretty modest reworkings based on the BR special edition prints with all the W**T THE F**K!!! moments restored back to the original way they went e.g. Han v Greedo atrocity, Wampa scene, Jabba Palace disco, Boba Fett redub and Vader yelling NOOOOOOOOO!!! cut but alot of the nice new CGI FX shots retained).
Uploading them in someway is my goal so others can actually ENJOY the PT. I'm set, I can enjoy my versions (til Adywan betters them!) but others are still cursed with having to hate these miss-edited films.
Ryan
What is Vimeo like for automatically taking down videos that have even the merest whiff of copyprotected material? Would be nice to stream a few scenes for people to watch. As I said, I deleted all my YouTube clips as I don't want my account wiped :-(
Ryan
Oooh, ooh! Aalenfae, heard your Grievous redub. Love it.
One of my unrealised ideas was making Grievous a resurected Darth Maul. Inspired by the fact that Maul's eyes are used for the Grevious animatic on the Blu-Ray. With your redub and a skilled Ewan-channeling-Alec impersonator I could pull that off lol. I always tought it would add real motivation for Obi tracking Grievous.
By the way. Another unused idea was making Dooku a more ambiguous figure and not a sith in AOTC. If you remove his "Dark side I sense in you" reveal at the end he becomes the fore-runner/father of the rebellion and interestingly places the Jedi on the wrong side of the conflict. Problem is that I knew I couldn't make it work in ROTS.
Ryan
Thx for your responses guys/gals. The MySpleen invite would be great.
"Just when you think you're out... they pull you back in!" => Just spotted I've missed the removal of Jar-Jar catching his foot in the stirup during the finale of TPM.
Reading about your colour-correction aalenfae. This is something I haven't done due to time, skill, patience etc...god knows I tried. Seemed that unless I did it shot-by-shot/frame-by-frame I was making it worse.
I have tweaked a few of the worst offenders e.g. Palps v Yoda / Anakin Padme picnic / Anakin & Palps at the opera / end of democracy senate scene / ROTS final Tatooine scene
But even in those scenes I'd love to go right in there picking out individual elements. For example when Yoda fights Palpatine: I'd make his office dark metallic grey, carpet red, cc yoda, Palpatines skin dry yellow not boiled pink, palpatines robes blue/grey not purple. I have succeded in making it alot darker and moodier ala ROTJ throne room though.
Would love to make the city chase in AOTC actually look like Blade Runner (Like they clearly intended). That scene is like a colourful disco held on a rollercoaster!
Ryan
Yes I've just been looking through that. I was posting YouTube videos of rough edits of scenes but the YouTube/Fox N*zis got upset. So not sure how to share it with people.
Hi all, this is my first post on this superb looking forum.
I’ve just yesterday finished re-editing Episodes I-III featuring hundreds of changes and fixes to each film making them the best they can be (Before Adywan gets round to his promised complete sound and CGI reworking that is).
I’ve begun burning them off onto Blu-Rays for my own personnal enjoyment but I was wondering how I went about opening these projects up to the Star Wars community.
Here’s just a few of my changes:
ROTJ Fox and Lucasfilm logos used in all 3 films.
Jar-Jar is no longer annoying! There’s less of him, he has a new voice, new character, new subtitles and he’s now a Gungan Warrior Prince and Boss Nass is his father!
Young Anakin is also no longer annoying! He’s brave, he’s an amazing pilot, he never says “Oops” and he takes part in the battle of Theed on purpose (Not by Accident!).
No mention of “Medicloreans” or uses of the phrase “Younglings” at any point!
Almost all deleted scenes are fully or partially re-instated.
All Lightsaber Duels are tighter, closer and faster in-line with the OT.
Anakin is no longer a complete d**k in AOTC. He’s heroic yet vulnerable. You actually like him!
Padme and Anakin slowly fall in love in AOTC (Instead of spending the whole film spitting venom at each other).
All dialogue has been trimmed line-by-line for god-awful-misjudge-ness e.g. “You’re the kindest boy in the galaxy” and “This Parties over”
Any terrible Digi-Doubles have been kept to a minimum.
Young Boba is surly and doesn’t speak.
No pointless and over long CGI shots e.g. the full 360 of Obi on that Lizard thing.
Less clowning around yet more humour.
A few OT hero-music stings (“Dah da da da daaah”)
Yoda v Palpatine and Obi v Anakin are largely seperated in ROTS.
Padme does not die from a bl**dy broken heart! She dies because Anakin actually does fatal damage to her in his jealous rage.
And most importantly, Anakin is never named as Vader or shown in the suit to save that surprise for ESB.
There are hundreds more little trims to tighten pacing and change emphasis to both the visuals and the soundtrack.
So anybody interested in seeing them? And how do I get them out there?
Looking forward to your responses,
Ryan
My cuts are created from:
PT DVD deleted scenes / PT Blu-Ray deleted scenes / PT Blu-Rays / Various OT soundtrack elements / OT Theatrical DVDs
The running times (Including credits) are as follows:
TPM My cut = 2.00.51 / Original Cut = 2.16.10
AOTC My cut = 2.01.32 / Original Cut = 2.22.28
ROTS My cut = 2.16.09 / Original Cut = 2.20.05