darthrush

That’s gotta be from 2.7 right? I remember his technicolor grade to be a bit warmer.

DominicCobb said:

darthrush said:

No maybe that all the lead characters are still white (Rey, Kylo Ren, Luke, Jyn Urso). The racially diverse characters are pushed to side characters. And I should include the directors who have all been white men.

I agree to an extent, although “side characters” is unfair to Finn, Poe, and even Cassian. Yes the leads are all white but Star Wars movies always have more than one main character.

darthrush said:

Sure, it’s an improvement but I just find it frustrating that they haven’t had the balls yet to have a person of color as the lead character.

I’d say though that they were essentially positioning John Boyega as the lead of TFA during the marketing of that film (or at least as much the lead as Daisy Ridley).

Yep, but I quite clearly remember how I felt a little misled by the marketing after I saw the movie since Finn was not the lead. And it got worse in the Last Jedi. Finn I feel has kind of gotten not treated with enough respect as a character. He was soooo interesting and in all honesty, one of my favorite things about TFA.

DominicCobb said:

darthrush said:

No maybe that all the lead characters are still white (Rey, Kylo Ren, Luke, Jyn Urso). The racially diverse characters are pushed to side characters. And I should include the directors who have all been white men.

I agree to an extent, although “side characters” is unfair to Finn, Poe, and even Cassian. Yes the leads are all white but Star Wars movies always have more than one main character.

I agree on Cassian but The Last Jedi took Finn from a main character to more of a side character in my opinion. I bet he will get more spotlight in Ep. 9 though.

Sure, it’s an improvement but I just find it frustrating that they haven’t had the balls yet to have a person of color as the lead character.

I love your grading Dre! These all look fantastic. And I love how you handled the skin tones. A little pink on the cheeks ain’t nothing wrong. Feels a lot less sterile.

No maybe that all the lead characters are still white (Rey, Kylo Ren, Luke, Jyn Urso). The racially diverse characters are pushed to side characters. And I should include the directors who have all been white men.

And cause Disney isn’t even close to pushing a propaganda. Correction, they only act like they stand for diverse casting.

I can’t believe someone thinks that Baze is a good character. Chirrut though? I can get behind that. He is a cool side character that is given enough depth.

But Baze? Seriously? All I know about him is he is the cool guy with the big gun…literally that is all we are given.

Same. Some things like Ackbar just won’t work but I actually have a lot of faith in the saber fight.

My personal plan is to take just a few bits and pieces of his new fight and combine them with all other original footage of the fight. So it would feel more real and less odd to watch a long fight from one angle. Doing that, along with some new epic music, would go a long way to helping the scene IMO.

Chyron, most of us will agree with you that if it is not in the movie, then it is pretty much useless pandering. All I’m saying is if it is in the movie, then I would have no qualms about it.

Question for everyone:

In my revamped scene of Finn’s speeder getting shot out of the way, do ya’ll prefer the music cutting out right as he is shot or having the music extend afterwards? The two preview clips are below.

Music Cuts Out Earlier: https://vimeo.com/264181374
Music Fades Out Later: https://vimeo.com/271413864

I agree with Mala. Near perfection! Making the fade out seamless is the last step.

The quality of Rogue One has only gone down for me. The lifeless characters and boring story direction they took sours the experience of an otherwise visually impressive film.

There were not any obvious things in the movies to call out Lando being pansexual. Neither are there blatant things in the movies that scream out “This character is straight!”. All that matters to me, is that it makes sense for Lando to be pansexual given how he acts in the other movies.

I agree. I asked why so many people loved his new saber toss and didn’t get much of a response. It is a good idea in theory but does not work with the given footage.

It’s just a fun alternate version that I am putting out alongside the regular version of the edit. Who knows, episode 9 might be terrible and this could be retconned in my head as the conclusion of the saga, or maybe ep. 9 can be edited to accommodate Luke living.

Really, it is just a fun alternative to the regular release of the edit.

I think he mentioned it in one of his livestreams. It’s some company that produces TV shows I recall.

I present the ending to one of the alternate versions of the release…the “Skywalker Lives” edition!

https://vimeo.com/271409293

It’s absolutely lazy and ties into my last post about how I think Disney has not really committed fully to diversity. Which makes it funnier to me when people complain about the SJW agenda of Lucasfilm. Literally look at most of their casting and creative assignments and then it becomes apparent that they like to just barely add in some diversity, while not getting too crazy.

Sorry for any misunderstandings I am having with the clips.

I do notice that you made Luke’s blade thinner in the flashback comparison, it’s just in the second youtube video, the examples shown look thicker than I remember. I am most likely completely wrong but some basic still screen shot comparisons might help.

Again, my apologies for my crappy memory, I didn’t mean to act like I was ripping on anything. I am a big fan of your past work!

Fun fact: Movie studios aren’t as progressive as we think. They are corporations who want to sell toys. Notice how all the lead characters in the new movies are still white (Rey, Luke, Kylo Ren, Jyn) and usually it is the people of color who slowly are pushed to become side characters (Finn, Rose, the rest of the Rogue One team).

Not to mention that still every director has been a white man.

“Let’s show that we are progressive…but not TOO progressive!”

And by the way, Lando being pansexual makes perfect sense to me.

But hey, I’m not surprised. It’s something a snarky, cynical, and jaded highschooler like myself would say. Not like I’m some sweetheart.

DominicCobb said:

I wouldn’t say it’s a shitty thing to say (it is mostly true after all), but it’s a silly reason to not watch a movie that has basically nothing to do with that.

Also it is a pretty massive generalization too I guess.

Yeah, generalizing ain’t very nice.

Ziggy, regarding your preview for Paige kicking the ladder…

I realllyyyy like it. I originally had just cut out her very first kick but I like removing the extra few right at the end. The only thing I would keep is the remote falling past her. By taking the drama out of the kicks, it can now be focused on when the remote is nearly missed.

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SilverWook said:

suspiciouscoffee said:

I almost watched Flash Gordon once. Found out the title character was a football player, and decided against it.

He was a polo player in the Buster Crabbe version and in the comics. 😉

Football players are shitty people.

What a shitty thing to say.

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