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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Martinus on December 20, 2008, 09:47:52 am

Title: So... The Phantom Edit.
Post by: Martinus on December 20, 2008, 09:47:52 am
I picked up a copy of this quite a while back; for the uninitiated it's a re-edit of the pretty god-damn poor Phantom Menace by 'some dude'. The result is surprisingly tight, it has good pacing, no ****ty jokes (no, literally. Jar Jar does not step in the animal faecal matter) and Anakin's part is more akin to his size; short.

I can actually recommend it.

He's also given Episode 2 an unsucking too, I cannot vouch for it yet but I'm in the process of acquiring a copy.

Last but not least, if you want to see a surprisingly solid fan-film (in Italian albeit, get the subs) look up Dark Resurrection (http://www.darkresurrection.com/index_eng.html).
Title: Re: So... The Phantom Edit.
Post by: Galemp on December 20, 2008, 10:29:21 am
I've never been able to find it, myself.
Title: Re: So... The Phantom Edit.
Post by: Martinus on December 24, 2008, 04:58:01 am
I just watched the edited version of Attack of the Clones. I'm almost speechless.

The editor has done a remarkable job. Gone is the needless meandering (for visual effect and nothing more) and most importantly, the really crappy romance. He actually managed to pull a believable love-affair out of the hat. I guess there are one or two minor inconsistencies in the film; Obi-wan lands on genosis with blasts on his fighter's hull but the editor cut out the dogfight through the meteors with Jango; the scene where Anakin jumps out of the speeder and onto the bounty-hunter's is gone so he reworked it to show both of them landing in the speeder and entering the bar only issue here is that Anakin seems to come from a strange direction and Obi-Wan hands him his lightsaber.

Ignoring that and accounting for the pretty clever edits I thought it was fantastic and genuinely impressed the hell out of me. I'm obviously not going to distribute the files myself or tell you where to get them on a public forum but I can say that I found torrents for both. :)
Title: Re: So... The Phantom Edit.
Post by: peterv on December 24, 2008, 06:00:16 am
I hate you Martinus. Now i have to find the time to watch this.  :)
Title: Re: So... The Phantom Edit.
Post by: Martinus on December 24, 2008, 06:27:23 am
I would apologise profusely good sir but I'm sure you'll be too busy enjoying the movies to notice. ;)
Title: Re: So... The Phantom Edit.
Post by: NGTM-1R on December 24, 2008, 11:40:01 am
Darths and Droids. That is all.
Title: Re: So... The Phantom Edit.
Post by: Fenrir on December 24, 2008, 01:04:24 pm
I finally found this a few weeks back and watched about half of it. It's good stuff so far.
Title: Re: So... The Phantom Edit.
Post by: Stormkeeper on December 24, 2008, 08:10:52 pm
Where did you find this? This intrests me.
Title: Re: So... The Phantom Edit.
Post by: KappaWing on December 24, 2008, 09:03:22 pm
Where did you find this? This intrests me.

ITS A TWAP!

 :headz:
Title: Re: So... The Phantom Edit.
Post by: Stormkeeper on December 24, 2008, 10:31:12 pm
=.= Whats with the :snipe: in my nick?
Title: Re: So... The Phantom Edit.
Post by: KappaWing on December 24, 2008, 11:04:01 pm
Hah! I was going to use that smile and I wondered where it went!

Anyways, search "torrent" on google. Thats about as much as I can tell you around these parts.  :nervous:
Title: Re: So... The Phantom Edit.
Post by: Martinus on December 28, 2008, 12:10:49 pm
On a completely unrelated note: Is anyone else impressed by the sheer convenience of the private messaging system on HLP?
Title: Re: So... The Phantom Edit.
Post by: Mars on December 28, 2008, 01:33:45 pm
Yes  :yes:
Title: Re: So... The Phantom Edit.
Post by: KappaWing on December 28, 2008, 10:20:45 pm
On a completely unrelated note: Is anyone else impressed by the sheer convenience of the private messaging system on HLP?

Theyre watching you everywhere. :nervous:

I don't say anything "privately" that I woulden't blast thru a loudspeaker anymore.
Title: Re: So... The Phantom Edit.
Post by: Black Wolf on December 28, 2008, 10:32:19 pm
Hmm, from a purely legal standpoint, if you already own the Phantom Menace, and this editor is giving away his cut of the movie free, I think it's actually OK to DL it. It's like FS. This cut is a SCP builde(free, public domain) while all the music, video and sounds that make up the movie are the files you need to buy from GoG.
Title: Re: So... The Phantom Edit.
Post by: KappaWing on December 28, 2008, 10:34:59 pm
I personally have no respect for the law and go out of my way to grotesquely violate ones that I disagree with at every opportunity, but if the (legal) hammer of justice should fall I would feel terrible if it fell on anyone else but me.