- Vakal
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Did anyone else turn off The Boys because it was trying to be as unpleasant as possible with no likeable characters? poo poo was just too real for a supes show for me, it made me actively sadder and a bit disturbed.
The show is downright cheery compared to the original comics.
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- Vakal
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the admiral who holds a gun is called Holdo
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Jan 2, 2021 23:17
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- Vakal
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Lucky bastard.
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Jan 3, 2021 17:03
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- Vakal
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Rich looks tired as gently caress, good lord.
Quarantine has really put a damper on his party animal lifestyle.
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Jan 31, 2021 06:46
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- Vakal
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This was especially surprising as it was made by Clint Eastwood. He leveraged the meta "Dirty Harry" mystique to really double down on the subversion. The whole time I was just waiting for him to blow them away, for that 5 or 6 shots moment.
He also made the good Flags of our Fathers and the excellent Letters from Iwo Jima. Flags is a subversion. Letters is more straight human examination of the "Bad guys". It was bizarre as the Republican party had already went down the racist route but everyone ignored it phase where Eastwood was talking to an empty chair. The films were so human that there was no way a right-winger could have made it. It was an indication how far they have slid rightward already.
That Richard Jewell movie that Eastwood made in 2019 was pretty good.
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Feb 2, 2021 04:30
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- Vakal
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Mel Gibson's Edge of Darkness is my favorite revenge movie just for this first scene alone.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ae6_Bcg-Sog
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Feb 2, 2021 06:55
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- Vakal
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My main issues with Synder's version is that there are multiple scenes of Darkseid standing around but his arms are hanging to his sides like a gorilla and never in the classic behind the back pose.
It's really weird.
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Mar 22, 2021 16:48
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- Vakal
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The William Petersen's Manhunter is better than Silence of the Lambs.
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May 21, 2021 22:58
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- Vakal
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Also, on my most recent rewatch I noticed that Chris Elliot is one of the investigators.
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May 21, 2021 23:25
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- Vakal
- May 11, 2008
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I'll use this as an opportunity to remind everyone that if you haven't watched at least the first 3 seasons of Miami Vice (or if it's been a while) you should definitely do so.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAFpRHqK28Q
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May 21, 2021 23:51
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- Vakal
- May 11, 2008
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Speaking of Russell Crowe...
The Quick and the Dead is a movie that I always forget exists until I catch it on tv or something. I end up watching it all and loving every minute of it, especially with the sheer amount of talented actors on display in it.
Then shortly after it's over I forget all about it again. It's an odd cycle.
Vakal fucked around with this message at 05:36 on Jun 5, 2021
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Jun 5, 2021 05:30
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- Vakal
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I only just found out that Bram Stokers Dracula was the first appearance of Dracula. Im pretty drat surprised since that was the late 1890s and it feels like Dracula shouldve been around much longer than that.
I imagine prior to 1850 that if you wanted to see an old weird dude living in a castle and eating peasants all you had to do was just look out of the none-window of your hovel.
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Jun 12, 2021 03:21
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- Vakal
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I like the guy working in the oil room whose prayers are answered when the ship explodes.
His name is Rich Evans.
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Jun 12, 2021 04:31
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- Vakal
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One of the fun things about watching old media from different decades is seeing what the "worst movie ever" was at that particular time.
I remember when Last Action Hero was the current low water mark.
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Jun 12, 2021 20:40
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- Vakal
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Burt Ward runs a dog sanctuary these days and as of a few years ago owned possibly the oldest living dog.
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Jun 15, 2021 05:10
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- Vakal
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Jun 26, 2021 02:41
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- Vakal
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alien 3 was still pretty entertaining yeah, but if you're marathoning the alien movies it's definitely the first obvious dip
It's very dark here, Ripley. I'm not what I used to be.
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Jun 27, 2021 22:01
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- Vakal
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The Censor review was bugging me as I was sure I has seen the lead actress before.
It finally clicked that she was in Raised by Wolves. I don't know how I managed to forget such an impressive jawbone.
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Jun 28, 2021 16:01
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- Vakal
- May 11, 2008
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Video Nasties sounds like the name of a program(me) that airs after thursdays midnights and shows softcore porn clips
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGOxlzEqC20
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Jun 28, 2021 18:42
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- Vakal
- May 11, 2008
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This was the only animated mecha show ever worth watching.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNoHg2JTKSc
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Jul 1, 2021 03:07
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- Vakal
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Don't all of the original Netflix animated shows look like this too? I hate it
We need to go back to the days of claymation.
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Jul 9, 2021 01:24
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- Vakal
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Wookieepedia has a page on Star Wars references in media and they missed one from The PJs which scares me that I know it.
Thurgood is in some bind and has to think of a lie fast and he blurts out something like "Phantom Menace is the best Star Wars yet!"
Tubi has the whole series and I started watching through them for the first time since the original Fox airings.
And actually it still holds up. It's always surprising to see stuff from the days when Eddie Murphy actually gave a poo poo.
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Jul 9, 2021 03:12
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- Vakal
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Wookieepedia has a page on Star Wars references in media and they missed one from The PJs which scares me that I know it.
Thurgood is in some bind and has to think of a lie fast and he blurts out something like "Phantom Menace is the best Star Wars yet!"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcE-zCg9ck8&t=847s
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Jul 10, 2021 16:27
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- Vakal
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watched it again last night and Star Trek Trivia might be the best content the boys have ever produced. just a bunch of guys, being dudes, making each other laugh. top tier content.
I still feel they should do a Drunk Trek show which is like Drunk History where Mike gets tanked and recites Star Trek episodes from memory while the boys act the scenes out.
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Jul 10, 2021 18:55
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- Vakal
- May 11, 2008
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I was flipping through channels and landed on a movie called Wolves from 2014.
It's the typical teenage-angst supernatural trash from that era, but then an uncredited Jason Momoa shows up as a head werewolf and suddenly I can't stop watching.
Then I checked the IDM and find out it's written and directed by David loving Hayter.
Edit: Oh man, Stephen McHattie is in it as well. That man's a Canadian treasure.
Vakal fucked around with this message at 04:33 on Jul 11, 2021
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Jul 11, 2021 04:23
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- Vakal
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Has there ever been a good Prequel to anything?
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Jul 18, 2021 05:41
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- Vakal
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Lego Movie and Lego Batman good.
Lego 2 objectively sucks.
Don't forget Lego Ninjago!
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Jul 18, 2021 17:27
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- Vakal
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I feel like a broken record here, but god drat do I love the Jack Kirby cosmos. They've been teasing it so hard with Dr. Strange and Guardians (and now I guess Loki). Gimme my over the top spacemans.
The Marvel Cosmic pantheon is insane.
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Jul 23, 2021 06:33
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- Vakal
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And yes I realize making GBS threads on Shyamalan in tyool 2021 is basically rolling around bare-assed in the lowest hanging fruit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_moQstENxc
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Jul 24, 2021 01:16
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- Vakal
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If that video was untitled you could have put a gun to my head and I would never have guessed it had anything to do with Blade Runner.
I probably would have went with Mirror's Edge or something.
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Jul 24, 2021 02:36
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- Vakal
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Also I agree that sex in LoTR feels wrong. I think the best way I can describe is that it feels out of character for that series.
If they want to go down that route they should have adapted Piers Anthony's Xanth series.
Or hell, go for broke and do his Apprentice Adept series where 90% of the cast would be completely naked for the entire thing.
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Aug 3, 2021 16:01
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- Vakal
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From Cats to Sonic 2, only the wildest rides for Mr Elba
In a better universe, Idris Elba would be too busy with like seasons 6-8 of a HBO Dark Tower tv series to be in either of those movies.
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Aug 10, 2021 21:02
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- Vakal
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remember how people used to have to use those paper TV guides, lmao
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idYuFv0VZB8
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Aug 30, 2021 17:21
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- Vakal
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Not RLM, but I can't believe I've never heard of this movie before now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f48thoQ0EeY
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Sep 2, 2021 16:46
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- Vakal
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Temple of Doom is ok, but it's no Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
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Sep 5, 2021 01:35
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- Vakal
- May 11, 2008
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Its really uncanny how for as long as theyve been trying to remake Godzilla, producers and screenwriters remain affixed to the patently false notion that what the audience wants out of Kaiju battle movies is human characters we can relate to.
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Sep 7, 2021 15:04
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- Vakal
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Twister 2: But Godzilla
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Sep 7, 2021 16:19
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- Vakal
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My new view is that only video games are allowed to do prequels. gently caress off with them movies
Speaking of prequels, looks like a fan edit of Revenge of the Sith came out today. Let's see how they fixed it!
quote:H9000 Notes
Editing Details:
The following three goals are held in balance.
1) Bend the prequels to the story continuity of the original trilogy and the impressions it gives.
2) Improve the prequels in and of themselves, as films, through conventional 'FanFix' methodology. The pacing is improved, dialogue trimmed, and characters are developed better. This is the most readily apparent of these three goals that can be seen in The Phantom Edit, for example. The edits should be viable as films on their own.
3) They ought to be functional as replacements for the original versions. This means leaving the film's thoroughly "prequel" nature unaltered, respecting the broad strokes of Star Wars orthodoxy, and avoiding making changes that would betray to the audience that they're watching a fan edit. In other words, none of the other two listed goals should put undue stress on the goal of producing something that would have been suitable to have been released in 2005.
Cuts and Additions:
Cuts and Additions (An asterisk, *, signifies a change for V6):
New title crawl, courtesy of Sir Ridley.
Trimmed unhelpful dialogue during the opening battle.
Trimmed the buzz droid sequence. This and other trims serve to downplay Obi-Wan's familiarity with R2 somewhat.
Removed Obi-Wan leaping from his cockpit, and his little jump during the fight with the battle droids.
Lovingly borrowed audio from L8wrtr's edit in a few spots to remove battle droid voices.
Dooku is not mentioned until he arrives to confront the Jedi.
Obi-Wan never refers to R2 by name. It's not much, but it's a small way to gloss over the tension between the continuity of the PT and OT.
*Partially reinstated confrontation with destroyer and battle droids while boarding the elevator.
A match cut removes bad dialogue before the duel.
Removed sound effects in the rear audio channels that were lifted straight from The Empire Strikes Back.
Cut away as the railing starts to land on Obi-Wan. The original made it look like his legs were crushed.
*Anakin quickly decapitates Dooku with no influence from Palpatine. However, he still questions his actions afterward. (V6 reinstates Palpatine instructing Anakin to kill Dooku, whereas V5 and prior removed this completely.)
*Trimmed dialogue and tightened up the action sequence leading up to the bridge fight, including removing R2 slapstick humor. (V6 goes further to remove R2 striking the super battle droid with electricity, thanks for Siliconmaster and Adam Burrows.)
Corrected two inaccurate lightsaber ignition sounds during the opening sequence. Obi-Wan and Anakin's sabers must match their ANH and ESB sounds.
Removed as much silliness as possible during the fight on the bridge of the Invisible Hand.
Grievous says, "Time to abandon ship" as he breaks the hull and escapes.
*Reinstated snippet in which Grievous mans the escape pod and launches, addressing an abrupt musical transition introduced in prior versions of the fan edit. Used dialogue from The Clone Wars to replace line that was moved to earlier.
Lightly trimmed dialogue during the crash landing on Coruscant.
Trimmed Anakin and Obi-Wan's dialogue recounting past adventures we never get to see.
Removed Jar Jar's one line.
In this version, we see Anakin's political motivations for turning to the dark side and tensions with Padme before he develops concerns about her impending doom. He is only shown to have one nightmare about her, and the order of scenes implies it was planted by Palpatine.
Anakin never tells Padme about his nightmare, another conflict within him.
*Replaced scene with Windu hearing that Obi-Wan has engaged Grievous with deleted scene "A Plot to Destroy the Jedi€ earlier in the film. (V6 repositions this scene immediately prior to Anakin missing the briefing, up from right before Anakin€™s appointment to the Council as in prior versions of this fan edit.)
Dialogue trimmed in most scenes, especially during Anakin's appointment to the Jedi Council.
*Borrowed audio work from Mal Strana to incorporate an eerie rendition of the Imperial March as Windu denies Anakin the rank of Master.
Reinstated the deleted scene in Bail Organa's apartment, gently color correcting it to appear to be a bit later in the day, in order to give Padme something worthwhile to do in the film and contribute to a sense of tension between her and Anakin.
*Reinstated a brief reference to the Jedi Code.
Moved Grievous' arrival on Utupau to after Anakin and Padme's tense political discussion.
Placed Anakin's sole nightmare after this, with the opera scene right afterward.
During the opera scene, removed reference to midichlorians. Also removed Palpatine calling Anakin out on spying on him. It is more effective to let Anakin carry that tension inwardly only, and provide no relief.
*Reinstated reference to Plagueis having learned to €œcreate life€ and an ability to cheat death.
*Chewbacca€™s onscreen appearances have been altered to either remove him or disguise him by recoloring his fur and adding alternate clothing. (Thanks to Poppasketti)
Reinstated the sunset meeting between the loyalists and Palpatine, further elaborating on the tension between Anakin and Padme.
Anakin is depicted as being in his right mind up until he formally joins the dark side. The scene where he seems to have paranoia about Obi-Wan being as Padme's apartment is gone. I guess we can interpret his crazed psyche at the end of the film as being caused by using the dark side. Your guess is as good as mine, but it's better than having his personality fluctuate throughout the film.
Along with other dialogue trims, removed Obi-Wan telling the corduroy man to summon warriors.
*Reinstated Boga€™s introduction, though trimmed her very slightly later on.
Removed the first half of Grievous' line, "It is a volcanic planet. You will be safe there." Volcanic equals safe?
Trimmed Grievous' lunge that Obi-Wan does not react to. It betrays the chasm between the CGI and live elements.
Grievous retreats as soon as the clone troops arrive, in keeping with what little characterization about him we have seen so far, rather than gloating a bit and then running away.
Removed the now redundant scene in the war room talking about a plot to destroy the Jedi.
Trimmed dialogue as Palpatine reveals his true nature to Anakin in order to slightly downplay Padme as Anakin's only real motive for joining the dark side.
Removed Palpatine's voiceover as Anakin waits in the Council room, talking about Padme again.
Trimmed dialogue as Windu and his gang confront Palpatine. It reads, "Are you threatening me, Master Jedi?" "Not yet."
Trimmed the lightsaber fight, including Palpatine's bizarre serpentine jump.
As Anakin enters the scene, Windu is already going to kill Palpatine, who defends himself with force lightning and sends Windu falling to his death. I made use of an idea from Kerr's fan edit that L8wrtr also used to imply that the wrinkly face was Palpatine's true appearance all along. Palpatine uses lightning only once instead of twice. He's human-looking at the start, then the lights go out, and he has a monster face when they come back on. Trust me, it's better than it sounds.
Anakin and Palpatine don't mention Padme during the knighting of Vader scene. Other dialogue is trimmed a little for effectiveness. The idea is that saving Padme's life is the spark that ignites a myriad of other factors for Anakin's turn toward evil.
*Reinstated Palpatine referencing Plagueis€™ ability to cheat death.
*Added a short scene in which Jedi are being slaughtered in the Temple while Anakin oversees.
After Yoda's brief and only use of his lightsaber in the whole trilogy, removed the scene where Anakin ignites his saber on a roomful of children. By cutting this, Anakin's slip toward depravity can be seen as a little more gradual. Plus my version of the trilogy does away with the idea that Jedi are harvested as infants and raised in a cult environment. The term "youngling" doesn't appear in these edits.
Removed Yoda's interactions with the Wookiees after Order 66.
Removed R2 popping out of Anakin's fighter.
Removed Obi-Wan and Yoda's fight to enter the Temple. The line of dialogue about everyone being preoccupied about the Senate session is good enough.
Because I removed the duel between Yoda and Palpatine, I also removed discussion about said duel after Obi-Wan sees the security hologram. Also removed Yoda's line that sees Anakin and Vader as separate people; it sounds like something he would have said in Return of the Jedi, rather than immediately after Anakin turned.
Padme is never informed about Anakin killing children, for the same reason as in my edit of Episode II. It is out of character for her to take it with anything other that indignation. Trimmed other dialogue during this scene for effectiveness.
*Though no changes have been made for V6 to the contents of the scene between Padme and Obi-Wan, the audio has been reworked to avoid breaking up the musical score, allowing it to play out in a more aesthetically pleasing way.
Removed Obi-Wan sneaking into the bathroom on Padme's ship. If you missed him during the wide shot, it'll be a surprise when he shows up later.
*Reinstated Palpatine spitting a bit of propaganda at Anakin about having restored peace and justice to the galaxy.
Removed most asinine dialogue as Padme arrives and confronts Anakin, including "I saw your ship." No reference to younglings. Tension ratchets between the two as Anakin finds out Padme told Obi-Wan about their relationship. No discussion about Anakin trying to save Padme; she never knew about Anakin's fears about that. Anakin doesn't seem focused on it himself anymore.
*Reinstated line: €œThe Jedi turned against me. Don€™t you turn against me.€ While not necessarily a rational thought, it tracks with his character by this point. (Anakin would make a strong candidate for borderline personality disorder.)
The duel on Mustafar plays out in full without cutting away to other plot threads. There is no duel between Yoda and Sidious. Not that the EU has bearing on my decisions, but I rather like Timothy Zahn's description in Spectre Of The Past: "If Luke's own current level of knowledge was any indication, Yoda could surely have defeated the Emperor all by himself. Yet he'd chosen instead to leave that task to Luke and the Rebel Alliance."
Removed dialogue about the €˜high ground€™ at the end of the duel.
*Reinstated Obi-Wan bemoaning the fall of the Chosen One. (Formerly removed in prior versions of this fan edit, originally due to having removed the Chosen One concept altogether, then liking how it came to be anyway.)
The ending of the film was great fun to work on. You'll hear my own voice replacing that of the medical droid. His prognosis is not that she's dying, but rather that she will survive without ever fully recovering.
*Thanks to Snooker and Sir Ridley, removed R2 and 3PO from the birth of the twins. This eases continuity tensions with the original trilogy, avoiding awkward questions like, €œShouldn€™t R2 have recognized Yoda on Dagobah?€
Replaced Vader€™s scream with the Russian dub, arguably making it a little less cheesy.
Courtesy of Hundsdorfex, replaced shot of Taintive IV descending toward Naboo with the ship streaking through space.
Trimmed dialogue aboard the Taintive IV to accommodate the idea that Padmé survives to travel to Alderaan with Leia.
Replaced Padme's funeral with the deleted scene of Yoda arriving on Dagobah.
Padme is seen cradling an infant Leia on Alderaan, using footage from The Other Boleyn Girl, with her eye color corrected by Hundsdorfex. (Idea by 'The Cutter,' also used in Q2's edit.)
Added credits for myself, workprint viewers, contributors, and acknowledgements of all other ROTS "FanFix" fan edits to date.
Encoded By - Will1869
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0121766/
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- Vakal
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Trimmed Anakin and Obi-Wan's dialogue recounting past adventures we never get to see.
Removed Jar Jar's one line.
Experienced writers always say you have to kill your darlings.
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You ever hear a recording of Teddy Roosevelts voice? Aint no one gonna play it how it actually was, so you might as well go nuts with your casting choices.
Wow, looked it up and he sounds like one of the scientists from Half-Life 1.
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