darthrush

NeverarGreat said:

My cutlist for FOTR is light, and removes extraneous Aragorn scenes, as it really should be Frodo’s story. In particular:
-Remove the Midgewater Marshes scene and Aragorn’s song, since it doesn’t move the story along and is one of the rare places where the exposition seems forced.
-Remove Gilraen’s Memorial, since it focuses unnecessarily on Aragorn. Also, a nitpick: his hair makes him look like Medieval Jesus.
-Return the Pass of Caradhras to the Theatrical version, since the added shots are unnecessary and look out of place.
-Remove The Great River, with Boromir and Aragorn arguing. The story should be rushing towards a conclusion, not stopping for a nap.

Other than that, perhaps there are a few scenes with only an added shot or two that would benefit from a cut.

I agree about Midgewater Marshes being cut. I was planning on not using it. And I also am planning on cutting the memorial scene. The pass of Caradhras will be theatrical as far as I know and I was also planning on not including the night rest. Does not add much and slows down story like you said.

How do you feel about Two Towers? I am keeping a good half of FOTR extended scenes but as for Two towers, I am thinking of not using too much of the extended at all. And I will soon have to sit down and give the extended ROTK a watch and grasp my feelings. I have a feeling I will like most of the extended ROTK footage.

I cannot seem to find any good source for the theatrical lord of the rings trilogy other than the blu ray. Anybody have some suggestions?

If you guys can, please check out what I’m planning for Lord of the Rings in the Other Fanedits forum category. I’m currently looking for the best possible source of the theatrical Lord of the Rings and am wanting people’s opinions on what should be cut from the extended editions.

Quick Question also on sources:

For extended scenes I will use the official extended Blu-Rays of Two Towers and Return of the King. I will also use the fellowship of the ring Blu-Ray but make sure it is color corrected to remove the green tint.

The theatricals are tough though because I have heard that the official theatrical Blu-Rays are not all that good. If there is any other superior source for the theatricals such as an HDTV broadcast, that would be awesome to know.

Thanks again!

ALL OF THESE CAN BE FOUND ON MYSPLEEN!

THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING

Purpose and Philosophy Behind this Edit:

No one would think that Peter Jackson would have been able to bring to life such an amazing adaption of the Lord of the Rings, but Fellowship of the Ring put all worries aside. It revolutionzed the fantasy genre and it has never been the same since. It’s groundbreaking special effects and scale of wonder was beyond what anyone could have expected. The theatrical version holds up very well in this way. While the extended edition does add scenes that are fun to watch, they ultimately slow down the story too much and the quality of the film suffers. So the overall purpose of this fanedit is to maintain the superior pacing and streamlined storyline of the theatrical version, while including a few of the more essential scenes from the extended edition. I found that these were the two extended scenes I wanted to include:

1. The first is the extended opening in the Shire with Bilbo writing his “Concerning Hobbits” introduction. It better sets up the peace and prosperity of the Shire than the theatrical and I think gives a more proper beginning to the story. Since the beauty of the Shire plays an essential part of the series, I thought this scene to be a necessity.
   
   

2. The second would be the fellowship departing Rivendell. This gives the film some much needed breathing room and helps to just smooth out the pacing in general. It also is quite charming and prepares you for the rest of the adventure to come now that Frodo has taken on the responsiblity of the ring.

Cut List:

-Inserted Extended/Deleted scene of “Concerning Hobbits” in the beginning of the film.
-Inserted Extended/Deleted scene of the Fellowship departing Rivendell.

Specs:

-1080p Video
-5.1 Surround Sound

And for everyone’s information…

The Fellowship of the Ring video quality is not quite as sharp as The Two Towers and Return of the King simply because of how the commercial blu ray transfers were. If you look at the blu-ray.com review of the theatrical trilogy on blu ray, they also point out that Fellowship’s video quality isn’t quite as good as the other two. It’s still far better quality than the DVD though, with accurate and pleasing colors (no green tint like the extended blu ray).

I just wanted to clear this up so that you understand that I couldn’t really do all that much to increase the video quality of the blu ray for Fellowship. But rest assured, it’s still Full HD and looks absolutely beautiful on my tv.

THE TWO TOWERS

Purpose and Philosophy Behind this Edit:

I consider The Two Towers to be a fantastic action adventure film that left a monumental mark on fantasy cinema. It moves at a breakneck pace which leads up perfectly to the climax of the film at Helms Deep. After watching the extended edition, I found that the pacing was ruined and what we’re left with is a story which feels so dragged on and aimless with all the un-necessary scenes added in. The main goal of this edit is to maintain the superior pacing of the theatrical version while including any scenes that are essential from the extended edition.

I found the flashback scene that Faramir has with Boromir and Denethor in Gondor was absolutely essential. It changes how we view the actions of characters through the rest of the trilogy and deeply enhances the plot.

Cut List:

-Inserted the deleted/extended scene of Faramir’s flashback with Boromir and Denethor in Gondor.

Specs:

-1080p Video
-5.1 Surround Sound

RETURN OF THE KING

Purpose and Philosophy Behind the Edit:

Return of the King ended the epic Lord of the Rings trilogy in spectacular fashion, winning 11 Oscars at the Academy Awards. The film wrapped up all plot lines and character arcs expertly, for maximum emotional impact. By and far, I believe that Return of the King is the best extended edition. It adds many valuable scenes to the overall narrative so I feel as if it is possible to add more extended scenes to this film than I did to the other two, while still maintaining the superior pacing of the theatrical. My explanations for all inclusions of each extended scene are listed below:

1. I first chose to add, the scene of Gandalf explaining the decline of Gondor to Pippin after they meet Denethor. In the theatrical cut, it does not explore the history of Gondor well enough. With this scene left intact, it allows the redemption of Gondor and the return of its king that much more meaningful.

2. There is also another charming scene I put back in that involves Frodo and Sam seeing the head of the statue of the King of Gondor.)

3. The second scene follows in line with what Faramir’s flashback in The Two Towers did, which is enhancing the characters of Denethor, Boromir, and Faramir. In this deleted scene of Denethor yelling at Faramir for not bringing the ring back, it shows Faramir’s change of character, illustrates Faramir’s faith in his brother, and further shows the obsession that Denethor has with the ring.

4. The deleted scene I added of Pippin and Faramir talking to eachother, also makes Faramir a more relatable character, as more of his childhood is revealed.

5. Faramirs line of “I would gladly sacrifice my life for this city” (something like that) better establishes the sadness and despair in the scene.

6. The Deleted scene of Eowyn and Merry talking while the Rohirrrim are resting is very nice. It shows developing maturity in Pippin. He knows his limits, but will never stop at helping his friends (as he tells Eowyn in the scene).

7. The extra footage of Denethor/Servants carrying Faramir out to be burned is nice cause it shows a closeup of a flower beginning to blossom on the tree of Gondor when all hope seems lost.

8. I inserted some of the extended footage of Eowyn and Merry kicking ass at the battle of the Pelennor Fields. It also has Eowyn fighting the orc general, with Aragorn finsihing him off.

9. Lastly, I inserted the “Houses of Healing” scene. This lets Aragorn give one last gift of service to Eowyn before he leaves for Mordor AND it shows Faramir smiling at her as they both begin to recover. This sets up why they are together in the end.

Cut List:
-Inserted Extended/Deleted Scene of Gandalf explaining to Pippin the decline of Gondor.
-Inserted Extended/Deleted Scene of Denethor yelling at Faramir for not bringing back the ring.
-Inserted Extended/Deleted Scene of Pippin and Faramir’s conversation about when Faramir was a young boy.
-Add Faramir’s line of “I would gladly sacrifice myself for this city” (something along those lines).

Specs:

-1080p Video
-5.1 Surround Sound

THE ENTIRE TRILOGY OF MY EDITS SHOULD ALL FIT ON ONE BD50 DISC.

A couple weeks ago I watched the theatrical version of “The Two Towers” with my sister and her boyfriend… Needless to say, It was glorious! I was enthralled with constant tension the entire runtime and by the end, was VERY satisfied with the film. But then I thought I should try out the extended edition of Two Towers a couple nights ago. I have heard nothing but praise for the extended editions and was very excited. But to be brutally honest, it pains me to say that I thought the extended edition was awful. I felt it compeletly ruined the pacing, constantly boring you further into what feels like a aimless drag of a movie. It loses the tight focused storytelling of the theatrical cut. I then turned towards the extended edition of fellowship and same experience to a lesser extent. Nevertheless, I felt it’s pacing suffered and was a worse film overall than the theatrical. I have not watched the extended edition of ROTK in all yet.

I do have a couple scenes that I think should have stayed in the theatrical cut. Them departing rivendell and Frodo asking what way to turn just after he was told to lead the way is truly a gem. In Two Towers, the flashback to Gondor with Farmarir and Boromir is some essential stuff!

I’m curious if a custom version of the theatrical versions with a few extended scenes would be the best experience.

What are your thoughts on the extended editions? Do you find them superior to the theatricals? Do you watch them a certain way to help get through the long run times?

Possessed said:

Was just in a head on collision at about 35 mph. Cars totalled. I’m banged up but alright

Doesn’t sound too good but it is good news that your fine. Wish you well

Awesome news! Congrats

Just ordered Year One. Very pumped to dive in once it arrives.

Jetrell Fo said:

darthrush said:

moviefreakedmind said:

darthrush said:

darth_ender said:

darthrush said:

I have to make the decision to go on a Mormon mission or not at the end of high school. Not fun

Do it, darth. Is it hard? Of course. Was it worth it? More than you’ll ever know… Unless you go. I’m so grateful I did.

Sorry but I don’t believe in any of it at all. I find many of our beliefs sexist and inherently wrong. I have now become agnostic. The stress of the decision to go on a mission is entirely because of the emotional pain and humiliation I will go through my community and my family. My father has been a bishop and just got called as Stake President. It’s not the inner turmoil of whether it’s true, it’s the inner turmoil of what consequences I want. I’m extremely jealous of those born into good hearted agnostic homes with a supportive family who won’t force you to believe something that they think is crucial to if you can live with them forever again.

I’d urge you not to do it. Don’t sell out your principals.

That’s what keeps me leaning towards that decision. In the end I have to take a stand for what I believe and if that means them hating me and seeing me as a dissapointment then I’ll have to deal with that pain. Thanks for the kind words everyone.

My parents exposed me to religion but they did not impose it on me. I am agnostic and I’m okay with it as are they. The only person that can tell you what is right for you, is you, and in making that choice you are showing your responsibility to care for yourself. I know I don’t know you personally but I understand what you’ve said about how you feel. The only advice I can offer is to never stop loving your family even if you feel they don’t love you. THAT is what makes the difference.

😃

Thank you for your advice! It’s nice to hear how your parents handled religion and I hope mine will deal with my decision well. About 2 more years until it goes down so might as well enjoy rogue one, episode 8, comic books, tv, friends, fantasy football etc.

ray_afraid said:

Ha! I got ya. Well, as you can see, not all of us are angry and complainy about the time this has taken. ; )
I’m still beyond excited to see this when it’s finished, but I’m still enjoying the ride there as well.

Very much so. The wait will make it better once it comes out. It’s like the anticipation of a new Star Wars movie practically

adywan said:

Sevb32 said:

I read there was only 25 seconds left to do on ESB REVISITED, but that was about a month ago.

25 seconds left of screentime does not equal a short amount of work left.

Plus i decided to build some more models 😉

Sounds great!

K people, I’d like to delve into comics…(big inhale)

(Big exhale)

I’m nervous and I know that the hardest part isn’t knowing where to start. I have decided the first superhero I’d like to read is Batman for various complicated reasons. I know there are MANY writers who have done Batman and many storylines. Iv heard Hush, TDKR, Year one, Killing Joke and specifically Long Halloween are good (very intrigued by Long Halloween).

But I also watched a video explaining how the new 52 Batman series (Death in the family, Endgame etc.) is the definitive entry point for new readers of Batman. Many opinions and my only prefence is that I like trade paperbacks with many comics collected in one. Any suggestions from comic book buffs here would be fantastic! Thanks

Ferris Buellers Day Off

Grade: A-

Omg, it’s been YEARS since I last saw this and I remember thinking it was alright, but damn, this movie kicks so much fucking ass. It’s hilarious, witty, relatable and just a good fun hour or two to uplift your spirits in general. Now when Marvel says they want Homecoming to have a John Hughes tone, it excites me a ton! Overall this was just fantastic. So many great moments.

suspiciouscoffee said:

Apparently my order for Transformers the Movie got stuck in processing, and Walmart customer service says it’ll never arrive and should just be cancelled. Wonderful.

Shit bro. Iv never seen Transformers the Movie, but your situation sounds pretty fucking annoying. Best of luck

Dek Rollins said:

Zootopia (2016) – C+/B-

This film was much more enjoyable than I had expected; I really had no interest in it at all in the first place, but someone put it on, so I watched it.

There were a lot of fun parts, humorous parts, and it generally was okay. The main problem with it is the ever present and overly blatant use of dumb jokes, puns and references that just aren’t funny, and ultimately get in the way of my enjoyment of the film. The most glaring example of this is probably Mr. Big, who is a blatant The Godfather reference. Similar to the ESB reference in Toy Story 2, only a lot worse. And a much lesser “nitpick” problem I had with him was how predictable and unfunny they made the “Mr. Big is actually super tiny” joke. I also didn’t find the bunny breeding jokes very funny. I noticed them, I may have cringed at a couple of them, but it was never funny.

The secondary problem I had with it, isn’t actually that big; it isn’t really a problem at all. I thought the main theme kind of just stuck out too much. Now, the thing that’s actually a problem, is the “bunnies can call other bunnies cute…” line, which made no sense and didn’t have anything to do with the film as a whole. It was just a one off dialogue exchange that didn’t do anything but confuse me. Is that supposed to be like the “black people can call other black people niggers” thing?

I just can’t decide on whether or not it deserves to be on the “B” spectrum or not. Definitely not worth a re-watch for me.

I absolutely agree with you here. Zootopia was very dissapointing to me for how much it was hyped up. The same praise was given to Inside Out and I freaking LOVED it but Zootopia was incredibly underwhelming. It’s theme already stuck out too much, but sometimes I found the message blatantly wrong like the “cute bunnies line”. Zootopia overall was frustrating and I would rather think of things like Big Hero 6 and Inside out to mention some of the recent animated films I adored.

Hey, I thought it would be a fun topic to start on your latest blu ray buys. I have seen many topics on listing your entire collection, but I thought it would be fun to post when you pick up new ones and say what you think of them. My recent buys were…

Captain America Civil War (SteelBook):

2nd favorite marvel movie yet. Picture quality is top notch with a decent surround track. The features were fine. A couple featurettes, deleted scenes, and my favorite one of them all, the audio commentary track. And the steelbook art is so fucking majestic.

E.T The Extra Terrestial

Great nostalgic film from my childhood. Featurettes were nice and I’m very happy to have the theatrical version remastered on blu ray.

Blackout said:

Finally, here’s a comparison video of ROTJ: https://youtu.be/a60HAK0qW00?list=PLLBHkXheKF361XLqOoxXbtQNAMcdFghT8

I’ve created a new separate channel solely for the purpose of these comparisons, as I plan to upload some more of these. Feel free to make requests of which scene comparisons you’d like to see.

For SW, I would say SSE 1.6 has best colors.

For ESB, DE wins out slightly.

And DE EASILY is my favorite color grade for return of the Jedi.

Dat_SW_Guy said:

Hmm. I tried.

Your fine. It’s better than any of the shit I could put out.

NeverarGreat said:

The destiny of this shot lies along a different path than Despecialized. Nevertheless, it deserves to look its best:

Gorgeous!

Dat_SW_Guy said:

So to be different from all the Mos Eisley cc’s, I decided to do the sandcrawler scene, removed the blobs of yellow,
and:

Its a bit green.

Ew.

Tyrphanax said:

Tobar said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

LuckyGungan2001 said:

I really should watch season 2, because season 3 looks pretty awesome.

Just watch the season finale. It’s the only episode worth the effort.

Well that’s a big load of bunk. There’s definitely some filler in there but the majority of it is solid.

Yeah, there are a lot of great episodes in there.

The episode with Kallus and Zeb trapped together is one of my personal favorites. Very well done and spoke a lot about the differences between the empire and the rebels.

Compeletly agree about Jedi. It’s like I have grown accustomed to the fact that it’s pretty decent movie so each time I watch it, I focus more and more on the missed opportunitys. Though Jedi is a better film IMO than the prequels, I would honestly say it’s more dissapointing.

Tyrphanax said:

That’s a shitty thing for her to do no matter what beliefs are held or whether they are correct or not.

I’m sorry you’re going through this, man. I can’t even imagine how hard it is to be on the inside and want out.

Just do what you gotta do until you’re in a position where you can free yourself. Don’t do anything you don’t want to, obviously, but I’d also try not to paint too big a target on myself at the same time. That’s my only advice.

That and don’t go too nuts once you’re on the outside. 😉 The secular world is a big place.

Thanks for the kind words!

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