darthrush

IP55 said:

darthrush said:

It’s nice to know that the reshoots added more Vader stuff and that the updated version of Rogue One didn’t cut out Vader possibly fighting on Scarif or anything. If they filmed him kicking ass on Scarif but cut it from the final version, I would be livid.

The re-shoots speak volumes, the original cut must have been even less coherent!

I actually kinda wanted to see Jyn and Cassian running from AT-ACT’s. I love the third act as is, but there is always that lingering curiosity of seeing those cut beach scenes.

That clip is nothing short of incredible! Fantastic work 😃

GlastoEls said:

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I thought of doing this order but It wouldn’t work for me because at the end of Rogue One you see the scene of Vader that we all know about. By seeing this and then jumping into his redemption movie it’s a little jarring. I find that one of the strengths of machete order originally is lost if you add rogue one after revenge of the sith. Why, might you ask? I shall explain…

Vader is an absolute badass in ESB but it is a little odd to see him act so much more subordiante and emotional in ROTJ. Machete Order orignally dimished the effect of this because before ROTJ you get to see his fall and you feel the tradegy and sadness so then once ROTJ comes around, you kind of are more accustomend to seeing Vader being more emotional and on the light side after seeing such a tragic fall of a good guy. Of course this only works with fanedited prequels 😉

So my new solution would be the following order:

Rogue One, SW, ESB, AOTC (fanedited), ROTS (fanedited), ROTJ

RogueLeader said:

NeverarGreat said:

It would be pretty wizard if the whole battle looked like this:

Probably outside the scope of this edit though 😃

I know this is a gentle restructure, but this would be a nice to shot to have reinserted into someone’s edit too.

Agreed.

xfinity is driving me insane. We are on the 1 TB a month data plan. I swear to god that they’re way of measuring how much data we use is off.

Just check out this screengrab I took of me testing out this xfinity tool of estimating data usage. It measures how much data you would use in a month with your per-day stats you plug in. I put in 24 hours of web streaming per day, 24 hours of social media per day, 24 hours of streaming music per day, and 1000 emails checked a day, 0 hours for video games cause we got no video games in the household whether it be on a console or PC. With these absurd numbers I threw at the estimator, it only went up to 857 gb in a month. This is ridiculous. I have read a lot of online complaints about xinfity having an inaccurate data meter. I guess you could say I’m pretty pissed.

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Funcha said:

Adywan, you seriously should send some resumes to special effects shops in the UK. I can’t imagine anyone who wouldn’t hire you based on your work on Empire Revisited. From what I’ve seen, there is NOTHING you can’t do. Seriously.

+1

natedeug said:

darthrush said:

ForceGhostRecon said:

Maybe a different angle would work better? I think having the ship pointed directly at the planet is more intimidating… possibly breaking through the clouds with TIEs coming towards them.

The effect you did is very convincing and well done but I quite prefer the other angle.

I agree. At no other point in the series are ships that are that close to planets at a perpendicular angle to the planet’s surface. This kind of establishes the ships, while that close, are affected by the planet’s gravity in such a way that they have to remain parallel.

+1

Hal 9000 said:

Sounds great! I’d also be interested in his reaction to ESB, if he’s really into his sister as you say. 😛

Sorry for the misleading choice of words there LOL 😃

ForceGhostRecon said:

Maybe a different angle would work better? I think having the ship pointed directly at the planet is more intimidating… possibly breaking through the clouds with TIEs coming towards them.

The effect you did is very convincing and well done but I quite prefer the other angle.

imperialscum said:

DominicCobb said:

imperialscum said:

Sougouk said:

imperialscum said:

Sougouk said:

However, I really hated the CG Tarkin. The scenes with CG Tarkin, threw me out of the movie experience.
Unfortunately, he’s an important character and needed to be in the movie.
It sorta felt like a “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” Meets “Star Wars”, mixing Animation/CG with Live Action.

For me, Tarkin was one of the highlights of the film.

In all honesty, the CG of Tarkin is a good effort, but I just wish they didn’t go the CG route.
If there was a way to superimpose old Tarkin footage from Star Wars to match up with the scene.
I know that wouldn’t be perfect either, but they might’ve been able to pull that off a little better.
As long as they kept the scenes short.

Anyways, to each their own.

One this is for sure, CGI is way better than having a new actor (in terms of visual appearance). That never works, especially when it comes to well-established characters. I am pretty sure it will not work for Han Solo.

Well, if by “work” you mean he will not look or sound like Harrison Ford, then you are right. That doesn’t mean it won’t be good though. The worst thing they could have done for that film would have been to have the lead performance be a CGI Han Solo with an HF impersonator. I shiver at the thought of it.

I mean some things are difficult to make. Obviously they cannot do the same for the lead character as they did for Tarkin. But new actor is horrible choice for a character that is basically personified by one particular actor (i.e. Ford). In this case I prefer they do not do it at all (the film I mean).

Agreed. There could have been so many other options. Rogue One was a great pick for an anthology movie but a Han Solo one sounds like a train wreck. And the Boba Fett idea sounds even worse. I’d much rather wanna see an Obi Wan standalone or a Vader standalone. Or they could do an Old Republic trilogy once the sequel trilogy is finished.

imperialscum said:

Sougouk said:

imperialscum said:

Sougouk said:

However, I really hated the CG Tarkin. The scenes with CG Tarkin, threw me out of the movie experience.
Unfortunately, he’s an important character and needed to be in the movie.
It sorta felt like a “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” Meets “Star Wars”, mixing Animation/CG with Live Action.

For me, Tarkin was one of the highlights of the film.

In all honesty, the CG of Tarkin is a good effort, but I just wish they didn’t go the CG route.
If there was a way to superimpose old Tarkin footage from Star Wars to match up with the scene.
I know that wouldn’t be perfect either, but they might’ve been able to pull that off a little better.
As long as they kept the scenes short.

Anyways, to each their own.

One this is for sure, CGI is way better than having a new actor (in terms of visual appearance). That never works, especially when it comes to well-established characters. I am pretty sure it will not work for Han Solo.

Agreed. I’m ridiculously nervous for that movie in general. It’s success hinges on if we believe that the new actor on screen is truly Han Solo. I’ll wait for the trailer to actually get a good grasp on what the movie will be about though before I start getting too worked up 😉

DominicCobb said:

jedimasterobiwan said:

is there anything i can do to make it up to you

Honestly? stop posting in this thread.

(and I mean this in the nicest way possible, not messing with you)

+1. In all seriousness jedimasterobiwan I believe following DominicCobb’s advice, waiting for the projects completion (perhaps sending in a donation too?) would be the best course of action.

Molly said:

darthrush said:

So happy you said this. It’s infuriating to read the tweets of my high school peers. It’s just a blob of thoughts with zero puncation and awful grammar.

Sounds like comparing the Failbook comments of my first two exes. The first writes in complete, coherent and mostly correctly spelled sentences, while the second writes all in lowercase, with tons of mistakes, and is a pain in the neck to read.

(The first also turns out to be a much nicer person, given the other subjected me to gaslighting some time ago. Sorry about the OT, had to rant.)

No problem with the ranting, we all need to get stuff out of our system 😉

Spuffure said:

Dat_SW_Guy said:

If you change the perspective a bit, Anakin became good again. After throwing the Emperor to save his son, that’s quite a good deed. Even though he may be 100% Dark side, he still has good in him. So the random guy smiling and creeping us out is Hayden Christensen and the OUT-perspective force ghost in Lucas’ “original idea” (which then was replaced with a peverted force ghost, Good job Lucasfilm.) is Sebastian Shaw.

Now i like 1997 special edition best. Sebastian shaw now is the ghost of anakin to me. (screams YEAH at top of lungs)

Very nice to hear this! It’s also my favorite version of the ending. Q2 recreated this ending in HD for his hybrid edit of Return of the Jedi. You should check it out. I used his ending (the 1997 ending) in my edit. Sebastian Shaw as Anakin and Victory Celebration music 😃

I’ll be showing this to a friend of mine who is really into Star Wars and his sister. He is pretty excited to check it out and I am anticipating his reaction. He is hesitant about some of the changes I’ve mentioned since he has always watched the original but he is very open minded. He is most excited about all the deleted scenes that are being put back in 😃

Thanks Hal for this amazing fanedit! I’ll make sure to leave here what his thoughts were.

IP55 said:

Lord Haseo said:

You are on the trolly side. Do you remember me attacking you prior to this when you were just giving your opinion? Do you remember me personally attacking Anchorhead for his opinions regarding Kylo Ren? The answer to both of those questions is no so shut that shit up.

You were quick to assume I was targeting you haha

Your being a nonsensical smart ass. Leave Haseo alone.

doubleofive said:

I was asked to talk about my Top 10 Movies of 2016 on my friend’s podcast, so I had to watch some more movies from 2016 before I recorded so I wouldn’t have to have X-Men: Apocalypse or Deadpool in my list.

Green Room

Super-intense, like a season of Breaking Bad condensed into 90 minutes except that you actually want the main character to win.

Sing Street

A story of a boy who makes a band to impress a girl, with great original music and 80’s classics.

So happy to hear you saw Sing Street. Very awesome movie.

towne32 said:

jedimasterobiwan said:

Maul.Oldmaster said:

jedimasterobiwan said:

buck up adywan things will work out in the end

PLEASE learn english or how to use proper grammar for the love of God

Come on what errors did i make?

In your defense, I think it was one of your more comprehensible posts (in terms of grammar). Missing periods and capitalization, but I’ve of course seen worse. Better than 99% of the tweets in existence.

So happy you said this. It’s infuriating to read the tweets of my high school peers. It’s just a blob of thoughts with zero puncation and awful grammar.

HKseriesDroid said:

Congratulations, Darth Rush: your edit seems flawless, and the battle with the ewoks is perfect! Now it’s clear that they’re no match for the stormtroopers and now the rebels win the battle on the moon, not those cute teddy-bears! Well done, your edit is now my official rotj version. Thanks for your efforts!

Thank you so much! I’m glad you enjoyed the edit 😃

MalàStrana said:

darthrush said:
The Force Awakens just has fun lines of dialogue that throw back to things like the Kessel run.

The bad guy being a Skywalker who turned to the dark side aka Anakin 2.0 ?

You mean a bad guy who aspires to match the greatness of his grandfather yet is dissapointed in his father and actually isn’t as bad as he wants people to think. He is so unique and different to Anakin. Just cause they are related and both have turned to the dark side is a ridiculous complaint. Anakin turned for completely different reasons than Ren and Vader is very different than Kylo.

The Death Star 3.0 ?

Completely agree here. This is one of my biggest problems with The Force Awakens.

The Emperor 2.0 ?

No problem here cause we haven’t gotten enough info. It really depends on how they flesh him out and his motivations. I think in the novel it says that he has been lurking in the galaxy since the Jedi Order was strong. He has seen their fall and the birth of the Empire. This is interesting and if it turns out he is someone like Plagueis who survived the attempt on his life by Palps then I would be very intrigued. Who knows though, he could just be a random baddie and then I would be a little dissapointed. All in all, too early to judge the character of Snoke. How much did we know about the Emperor in episode 4 or 5?

The Empire 2.0 ?
The Rebellion 2.0 ?

Definitely feel ya here. Though it works and sets the stage effectively for the story I would have liked to see something a little new here.

R2.0-D2.0 ?

Oh hell nah! BB-8 is wonderful! R2 is snarky and a smart-ass. BB-8 is really damn cute and charming. They are also very different in the aesthetic department. I thought BB-8 was actually one of the best new things that the Force Awakens brought us.

etc.

Overall I do agree that the Force Awakens relied on a few things too much. But it’s script, characters and execution was fantastic and that’s why I still really enjoy episode 7. But I consider almost all of the OT references in the PT to be distracting and illogical.

DominicCobb said:

Even if we’re talking which is the least bad counting old changes ported over, I don’t know. I kind of feel like in some ways it’s all or nothing with the SEs. Like if you’re going to have extra added garbage and CGI to better match the PT, better go all the way with it. So I’d say 04 because (for better or for worse) there’s at least a point to it, with an attempt to link the films with the PT better, rather than the 97 SE which is just plain vandalism without a purpose. 11 gets pluses for fixing fucked up lightsabers but minuses for “no’s” and other necessary antics.

JEDIT: Just realized joefavs made the exact same argument but put it much better than me a few months ago…

joefavs said:

You know what? I’m going to go out on a limb and say 2004, because of the prequelisms. The argument that the 1997 cut is superior because it doesn’t have the PT references doesn’t really work for me, because if you’re trying to ignore the PT, you should just watch the OUT, because they’re just better movies. The only thing the SE can really claim to bring to the table is smoother visual continuity with the subsequent installments of the saga, and in that regard the 1997 version is kind of obsolete.

I guess the 97 SE isn’t the best…from a certain point of view… 😉

DominicCobb said:

There’s a legitamate argument to be made that the 97 version is the worst of the bunch. I’d say the majority of the bad changes were there from the start. Dozens of garbage changes that shit all over the films. The fact that someone could say not fixing a couple lightsaber shots is the ONE issue with the 97 SE is just so ridiculous as to be totally incomprehensible, honestly.

It is absolutely insane to suggest that the lightsabers are the worst part of the 97 SE. I’d definitely say Luke screaming as he falls is the biggest issue. Not only is it an utterly terrible change but it is exclusive to the 97 SE. But I would take the 97 SE over the 2004 DVD’s or the 2011 blu-rays any day. It’s easily the best SE. The best colors, sound mix, and least amount of awful changes. Think of it this way…the 97 SE’s don’t have Hayden or Vaders “noooo”. That’s gotta count for something 😉

As I have thought about this more, I’d like to take a quick stab at the whole “fan service” complaint that is often thrown at the Force Awakens.

When re-watching the Prequel trilogy, it made me realize how awful all the shoe-horned fan service moments that were in those films. Like the following:

-why in the hell does Anakin construct 3PO?
-why in the hell does R2 have to be the droid that saves the ship?
-why in the hell do we need child boba fett?
-why in the hell do all the clones have to be cloned from Boba Fett?
-why in the hell is Chewie there with Yoda?

I could go on all day. But the fanservice in the PT shrinks the universe and makes everything feel so implausible. The Force Awakens just has fun lines of dialogue that throw back to things like the Kessel run. Not to mention the well executed reveal of the falcon which was fan-servicey but will last as a genuinely joyful and charming moment.

Completely agree on the emperor hologram. The original is far superior in my opinion. I used to think the SE version was better just because it was the same actor but it doesn’t really matter because he still looks so much different from his ROTJ look. So I’d rather have the Emperor with the more hidden face.

I’m interested if Smithers is still considering his project of creating a music-less audio track for force awakens. It would be invaluable to this project.