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#174095
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NON-Star Wars Fan Edit and Alternate DVD Covers SHOWCASE
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/174095/action/topic#174095
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I don't understand this "trying too hard, fooling someone" rubbish. And I'm far from the only person putting barcodes on fan edits. As I said before, film posters, dvd covers, etc, etc, are graphic art, are ads first, fan created or no, commercial art. The dvd covers made by most fans here are created with promotional photographs, film posters , fonts, logos, etc, a barcode is simply a futherence to that, a preference.

I stand by the artwork, take it or leave it. If you want to nitpick because there's a barcode in it, be my guest.
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#174000
Topic
NON-Star Wars Fan Edit and Alternate DVD Covers SHOWCASE
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/174000/action/topic#174000
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I'm sorry but I think that's nonsense, or at the very least hyperbolic. Film posters, dvd covers, etc, etc, are graphic art, are ads first, fan created or no, commercial art. The dvd covers made by most fans here are created with promotional photographs, film posters , fonts, logos, etc, a barcode is simply a futherence to that, a preference.

If a dvd design I do is either for a professional job I've worked on or for a fan release that's done in my spare time, I'm still going to have it look professional, barcode included. And lastly, adding a barcode does not make or brake a work.

p.s. I'm not the first person to use a barcode in a fan edit and I won't be the least.
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#173987
Topic
NON-Star Wars Fan Edit and Alternate DVD Covers SHOWCASE
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/173987/action/topic#173987
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Thank you.

I don't agree, I think the artwork either works or it doesn't. The only thing that makes an asian bootleg look like an asian bootleg is bad artwork and bad placement. Granted these discs are not for sale, but professional cover art should always leave room for the barcode. Doesn't mean that you can't make the barcode itself work within the design.
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#172892
Topic
Idea & Info: a Dune Fan Edit thread...
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/172892/action/topic#172892
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In my opinion, I don't think all the new deleted scenes should be added to a fan edit. The new reverend mother scene for example basicly gives the same information that the normal intro gives. Some of these scenes where basiclly scenes that were replaced in lue of a shorter "second half" for dune, The water of life scene for example was to be very different and much longer.

The problem with DUNE as a film (at least in it's current form) is getting around all the exposition. The Fellowship of the Ring, solved the very same problem by creating the back story intro that we have, with out that intro, you would be further bogged down in ring history, etc. While the Prologue for Dune gives us a nice back history, it comes off as little more then a collection of narrated paintings.

If I were to do a fan edit "prologue" I would created a title scroll usuing that back story, but presenting it better.

Adding the Irulan extended intro would add a little more strength do the begining, but it would be nice to have more.
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#172193
Topic
Idea & Info: a Dune Fan Edit thread...
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/172193/action/topic#172193
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Yes they are, there's an extended intro, and an extended end scenes (and a couple other scenes). During the intro for the deleted scenes, you see snippits and clips from other out take or deleted scenes that you do not see in full, so there is clearly a lot more Dune footage (regarless of how complete it is) that is out there, at least one gets that impression.
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#172178
Topic
Idea & Info: a Dune Fan Edit thread...
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/172178/action/topic#172178
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I have received the new dvd, if anyone has any questions or wishes me to post screen captures let me know. Right now just a few quick comments.

Firstly, both prints ARE in fact in 2.35:1. They both look great, the colors are rich and the pictures are sharp, the sound mix sounds great. However, the production painting prologue IS matted (but not in 1.85:1, matted in 2.25:1). Also the "blue within blue eyes" have not been added in the added scenes. I haven't actually watched either film yet so I can't get more detailed then that for now.

I have seen 2 of the featurettes, very cool and in depth, intervies while showing cool production drawing and effects tests and production outtakes. Haven't seen the deleted scenes yet.