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Fix this goofy scene in RotJ:

When everyone has gotten aboard the hover skiff as they are escaping Jabba’s barge, Lando has fallen off and Han is trying to reach out to him. A shot from the barge destabilizes the skiff and Han is thrown off balance and nearly off the skiff, in one frame clutching the rail with his hands and dangling his legs wildly in the air, and in the next, FREAKING MAGICALLY HOLDING ON BY HIS TOES. Chewbacca, on his stomach, reaches out his arm and grabs Han’s ankles, but the length of time Han’s feet are just gently touching the deck upside-down with NO LEVERAGE OR SUPPORT WHATSOEVER is ridiculous.

Also, it is entirely unclear how Han went from hanging by his hands to being upside down, he would have literally had to pull himself up and then turn around and fall back down again, which there wasn’t even time to do.

Here is a GIF of this absurd scene:

http://i.giphy.com/3o8dpbQc9KaACgiwo0.gif

Anyhow, I realized an easy and simple way to fix this.

In the original shot Han stumbles a lot as he begins to fall, and it takes quite a bit of jostling before his feet finally leave the deck; as this happens, Chewie can clearly be seen already in the act of moving toward Han.

If you waited until the very last frame that Han’s feet were still on deck, then cut to Han falling/dangling upside-down, then cut to Chewbacca completely and firmly grasping Han’s ankles, it would suggest that Han lost his grip on the railing, fell head first (instead of the original feet first), but Chewbacca, having already noticed Han was falling, got there just in time to save him - as opposed to Han CATCHING HIS ENTIRE FALLING 150+ POUND BODY WITH ONLY THE TOES OF HIS BOOTS, and Chewie helping out after the fact.

I wasn’t sure if this thread was the most useful place to post this, but anyway.

I don’t know if I got the markdown code right to display the image, but here is a screenshot of the megashares hangup:

http://img280.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=38544_megasharescaptcha_122_503lo.jpg

It loops, completing the captcha does nothing.

PM’d.

Re-up Slumberland’s and JasonN’s prequels to mega please? Slumberland’s and JasonN’s Episode 1 are up, but the 2nd and 3rd aren’t, and in any case I can’t get past the megashares captcha regardless of how I configure my browser (or whether I use a downloader) for some reason.

I’d also love Spence’s RotJ if you have it, the mega links from fanedit.org are down ;_;

I suggest Mega because it is way, way smoother, more secure, and less error-prone.