yoda-sama

Tyrphanax said:

I tried to get into Dr. Who and was not impressed.

Which iteration of Who you start with could drastically affect your experience. The classic series is very low budget and campy, truly an acquired taste (I’m not fully “there” yet). The reboot through series 4, covering Christopher Eccleston and David Tennant under showrunner Russell T. Davies, starts to attract a broader audience, it has increasingly frequent episodes with rich stories and decent emotional arcs, but overall still pretty campy and directionless. Series 5 of the reboot shifts to showrunner Steven Moffat and actor Matt Smith (most recently Peter Capaldi), and the show now represents what may be the best sci-fi on television. Consistently well-written stories, terrific drama and overarching plots that pay out over years not episodes or seasons.

Depending where you start, it can take longer to get into it (I understand, I was there, too), but there’s really something for everyone already into sci-fi.

And I think we’d better taper off this derail unless Frink gives us reason to continue on, as we’re about as off topic as I think it gets at this point.

Bingowings said:

I know you are very against Doctor Who references in your edits… Regardless of if you like or are indifferent to the show…

Wait, Frink seriously doesn’t appreciate Doctor Who? Even the 2005 reboot series? Even series 5 and on in the 2005 reboot series (plus Steven Moffat’s earlier episodes “The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances”, “The Girl in the Fireplace”, “Blink”, and “Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead”)? My ever-shifting opinion of Frink has taken a sudden and significant hit…

TV’s Frink said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3UTnrelJew

Beautiful.

BTW, I’m surprised no one has pointed out this elephant in the room… but how will we fit Ric Ole into the end of Revenge? I mean, he’s GOT to play some part…

Wow… well, if you ever needed any letters or numbers pronounced by JEJ, here you go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJ6WwC174Yc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaZyxCAYuoc

I’m finding all sorts of crazy JEJ stuff… there may be some fun lines for you in this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VV52m_wpgQ (totes magoats)

Unrelated to this project, I am sure, but just came across the fact that this exists… It sounds promising in many ways. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0198321/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_72

Well, it could be relevant if you ever wanted to see a Ridiculous version of Star Wars with Darth Vader saying Ebenezer Scrooge lines…

Edit: Two hundred dollars on VHS… not sure I need it that much. https://www.amazon.com/Bah-Humbug-James-Earl-Jones/dp/B000OTFK8O

TV’s Frink said:

Thanks, but no need, I can purchase my own copy. I already planned on it but hadn’t got around to it yet.

Nice find yoda-sama. I did a cursory scan of the Conan script but somehow missed that.

Now how to Vaderize the voice?

Is it not Vader enough just being from James Earl Jones (if anything, he’s still zeroing in on his voice at this point in your version)? I’m still listening to a few interviews of him to see if he drops any useful words (closest I’ve found is him saying “mock”, which could be modded into “rock” [I consider it because it is said with a little more pep than in Conan…]).

Finally, an instance of him saying “rock” @ 0:50 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCk_RSpUs_M

TV’s Frink said:

Dat_SW_Guy said:

Trilogy.

“Not…yet.”

Say trilogy one more time…

Oh, and I like the power of Vader’s rocking being what’s exploding stuff at the end, just want to suggest putting in some relevant (if muffled) sound effects for what we’re seeing, as it is, it is too… superficial? Disconnected? Distant? I don’t know how to put it… Detached? After a little bit it just doesn’t seem like the music is connected to what is happening, it feels like I’m not hearing something I should, based on what I’m seeing, and it distracts. Anyway, having some sound effects I think would ground it better, and maybe have him sing a little at his most extreme movements (like while “Do want” have him make a rising “ooooooooooooh” sound as he stands up straighter, then like a subtle off-key “aaaaaaah” or something sound while the camera’s pulling back [perhaps varying what sounds he is making to roughly go along with the tune, but never overpowering it]).

That singing bit (well, more him making musical noises, really), is just a way I could see things going down… take it or leave it, but some sound effects for the on-screen explosions I think would be important to incorporate regardless.

Note: Man… imagine if George Lucas had these kinds of creative interactions while he was making these movies, rather than surrounding himself with “yes men”… Things might have gone very differently…

TV’s Frink said:

Ok guys, need a favor. There isn’t much new here, and it’s a long clip, but it’s important because it shows the inter-cutting between the death of Padme and birth of Vader. Need to know if it’s working.

There are a few minor changes, mainly I cut down some of the Robo footage, as well as adding one joke during it. There’s also a new scene at the end for your trouble.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AM4B0mHZcUM

Right at 5:00, I don’t understand what Vader is supposed to be saying “Good. I am…”

Also, is this the same “Alter the deal” take as before?

Overall, it is coming together great.

Note: If you want to cut down Robo parts any more, you could cut out the whole wipe memory part (unless this is integral to how you play off Vader down the line), and you could snip off the “what do you think Johnson?” portion of the “He signed a release form” part (it is a bit jumbled in the transition anyway).

TV’s Frink said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7GisCK36kw

Wow, nicely done.

one69chev said:
For me, the toughest thing was deciding on which covers to use, because there are so many awesome ones to choose from.

Speaking of, I was a bit surprised you went with the Special Edition poster art, I’d have thought someone making a Despecialized set would stay as far away from Special Edition stuff as possible (unless appending a “De” in front of original “Special” text followed by an “ized”), also using an episode number or “A New Hope” on '77 theatrical Star Wars is something often argued about here. I’m of fairly extremist views on those points, so I won’t partake of any of this, but still… Overall, a very nice effort, you have a stunning set you can be proud of. Show it off frequently and bring as many people into the OOT fold as possible through it.

Tyrphanax said:

doubleofive said:

TV’s Frink said:

Yeah, I’ll take another look. “Alter the deal” is tough because we all know he says “altering the deal” and that was the best I could do without including the “ing.” Bit of a bummer because it’s such a great directive.

Anyone else having trouble with that line?

Nope, plain as day for me.

I understood it pretty well, but I also know the lines like the back of my hand.

Knowing what it is supposed to be, and that it is coming, is probably most of why it makes sense to us, I’m trying to think about someone watching this fresh, I don’t think that line would pop as well as the others do, it is just too muddled. Good effort, though.

Hmm, he says “alter” again in the very next sentence, have you tried to work that one in instead of chopping off the “ing”?

TV’s Frink said:

Yoda is so wizard.

Thanks.

TV’s Frink said:

The method I used screwed up other clips in the same video track, so I had to try something different. Let me know how it looks (and I added some bonus Vader to make it worth your while).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnR5n90YHco

I love the added Vader voice stress audio, hilarious. I’m not sure the “alter the deal” line is working, I’m having trouble discerning the word “alter” (actually, it almost sounds like he’s saying “more than a deal”, to my ear). Perhaps we should replace it with another line like “Take this mask off” (ROTJ) or “Destroy a planet” (SW) (the first being funny as him not adjusting well to his new outfit and wanting out right off the bat, the second funny because it is a legitimate long-term goal for him). There are a few others that could work, too, but those I think are short enough to not mess up the timing too badly. Or… if you could extend the scene convincingly, you could add in a bunch of other funny lines, too.

Yeah, that is a ton better.

I’d say it is effective enough.

darthrush said:

yoda-sama said:

Well, really this is more for archival and/or viewing directly from a disc in a hardware player. That said, the menus do mostly work on a PC with Kodi, though with some extreme lag (like 30 seconds) between when you click on an option and the current menu stops / the next menu comes up fully or the selected video starts. Not that it helps you any with your network media player of choice.

So on a Sony blu Ray player there should be no lag, correct?

Probably. I don’t think he would have bothered releasing this set at all if it didn’t work acceptably on decent hardware players.

There’s something from Field of Dreams that’d be funny for when Vader kills Palpatine, a bit where James Earl Jones says “Oh my God… You’re from the 60’s! Out! Back to the 60’s, back, there’s no place for you here in the future!” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oL_Wfc2yb90

When I watched that clip it struck me as funny if he just started yelling crazy, psychotic crap at Palpatine before suddenly throwing him over the railing.

(Also, his line “Who the Hell are you?” when he first opens the door in the clip is bound to be useful at some point.)

All right, I was making sure you even cared for the idea before reposting it. When I watched that clip it struck me as funny if he just started yelling crazy, psychotic crap at Palpatine before suddenly throwing him over the railing (not a massive fan of Field of Dreams, either, just mining for good out-of-context JEJ lines). That and looking at the Death Star and alluding that if they build it the Rebels will come and blow it up, I dunno, that tickles me, too…

Oh well, I’ll find something that’s comedy gold for you one of these days!

One does not need to apologize for something once it becomes comedy.

TV’s Frink said:

yoda-sama said:

If you ever make it as far as making ROTJ more ridiculous

http://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Episode-VI-Return-of-the-Ridiculousness/id/15735

So… I should repost it there?

Bingowings said:

Directive 1 : Choke People
Directive 2 : Kill Kenobi
Directive 3 : End the Rebellion
Directive 5 : Don’t speak when phoning nervous women

or
Directive 1 : Collect Underpants
Directive 2 : ?
Directive 3 : Profit

Man, I wish James Earl Jones had at any point said “If you build it, they will come”, that’d be hilarious to put in as he and the Emperor are overseeing Death Star construction at the end of the film… Maybe it’d still be funny if that is whispered while they are quietly watching the construction…

If you ever make it as far as making ROTJ more ridiculous, there’s something from Field of Dreams that’d be funny for when Vader kills Palpatine, a bit where he says “Oh my God… You’re from the 60’s! Out! Back to the 60’s, back, there’s no place for you here in the future!” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oL_Wfc2yb90 (Also, what he says when he first opens the door is bound to be useful at some point down the line).

fmalover said:

V 2.5 looks almost flawless, with all the blu-ray footage blending in perfectly with the blu-ray sources

Well, I’d certainly hope so…

So, “ooooooooooooo” “ahhhhhhhhhhhh” “oooooooooooo” “ahhhhhhhhhhh” ?