Fans Come Together To Complete Star Wars Uncut

eldavojohn writes "Star Wars Uncut has taken a novel approach to remaking Star Wars IV: A New Hope. You merely sign up for a 15 second clip, film it and submit it. The trailer is now complete and I will suspect you might enjoy the high quality (and low quality) of some of the already accepted scenes. 251 scenes remain in need of claiming with 688 claimed and 291 finished. Do your part to remake one of the greatest movies by filming fifteen seconds of yourself and your friends!"

Comments

Agh! It's on slashdot

[Anonymous Coward]

Now all scenes will be gone in a heartbeat.
When geeks strike back.

Luckily I already got my scene completed

It will be worst than the original...

[Anonymous Coward]

My non-existent karma poins will be destroyed by the dark forces.

Re:It will be worst than the original...

[Jeremiah Cornelius]

Wow.

Tattooine IS West Covina. I knew it, all along.

Problems!

[Anonymous Coward]

I'd love to join, but I don't live in my parents basement so I'm not eligible.

WOW!!

[Anonymous Coward]

We now have a front-runner for "Largest Waste of Time In the Universe"!!!!

Re:WOW!!

[Philip K Dickhead]

Well. Second largest.

Right after the fan re-write of the "New Hope" script as haiku. I hear there's a Klingon translation in the works. Difficult at the outset. It is rumored that there's no Klingon word for "hope", other than the phrase "Your fear which I did not bring about." Some fans suggested coining a new word, but this was considered a violation of the received Klingon - they don't want to just "make stuff up."

Re:WOW!!

[Tanktalus]

What are you talking about? There is nothing like New Hope in its original Klingon!

Of course, Episode VI really was called "Revenge of the Jedi" in its original Klingon release, and merely toned down for us humans to "Return".

Re:WOW!!

[Greyfox]

"Hope" in Klingon is the English word "Hope" surrounded by "Dickish Air Quotes". This can also be accompanied by rolling of the eyes at such a soft and weak concept.

Re:WOW!!

[Anonymous Coward]

"Making stuff up" is where it's at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03E68F6599Q

Re:WOW!!

[natehoy]

Somehow, the image of a Klingon doing "Dickish Air Quotes" has just made my morning. Takes my mind off the back pain for a few seconds. Thank you.

Re:wookie sex

[Anonymous Coward]

taker of course.

Cool

[MBGMorden]

You know, I have no doubt that the end result of this will mostly suck if viewed on it's own merits, but I have to give them credit for one of the most interesting and creative ideas in fan-fiction I've seen in a long time. Hopefully the Lucas hammer of wrath won't destroy this.

Re:Cool

[NoYob]

You know, I have no doubt that the end result of this will mostly suck if viewed on it's own merits, but I have to give them credit for one of the most interesting and creative ideas in fan-fiction I've seen in a long time. Hopefully the Lucas hammer of wrath won't destroy this.

No. He'll remaster it and digitize it and release a "Special Edition" version.

Re:Cool

[Idiomatick]

I think passing this off to a team of really good video editors and special effects people when its completed would be a neat idea. But people already did their own special effects in the clips which doesn't help. I suppose they could try asking for the raw clips but people won't all have them.

Re:Cool

[jfengel]

Having seen the trailer, I've probably seen as much of this project as I really want. But the concept is amusing enough that I'm glad they're doing it.

Re:Cool

[dedazo]

Right after he adds a whiny child and an annoyingly stereotyped rastafarian caricature as the sidekick.

Re:Cool

[Kynde]

>> You know, I have no doubt that the end result of this will mostly suck if viewed on it's own merits, but I have to give them credit for one of the most interesting and creative ideas in fan-fiction I've seen in a long time. Hopefully the Lucas hammer of wrath won't destroy this.

> No. He'll remaster it and digitize it and release a "Special Edition" version.

And lemme guess, Credo shoots first?

Re:Cool

[Anonymous Coward]

you mean Greedo?

Re:Cool

[Binestar]

You show your ignorance when you say "Lucas hammer of wrath"

George Lucas is a huge supporter of projects like this.

Re:Cool

[ubrgeek]

Episode V - Epic Fail.

Re:Cool

[MBGMorden]

Yet he's gone after any replica props that don't even bear the Star Wars name like the KGB. Yeah, HUGE supporter of the fan community . . .

Re:Cool

[Gabrill]

. . . which would completely destroy the whole concept. It's already awsome BECAUSE it's so disjointed.

Re:Cool

[Anonymous Coward]

You donÂt get it.

Re:Cool

[dzfoo]

Right, because crap is the new cool.

        -dZ.

Re:Cool

[Fred_A]

Having seen the trailer, I've probably seen as much of this project as I really want. But the concept is amusing enough that I'm glad they're doing it.

I too am not really convinced anybody could sit through 1 1/2 hours (or whatever the duration of that film was) of such a disjointed mishmash. I find the idea creative, wacky and fun, but I really wonder if it'll work for anything beyond 15 or 20 minutes (if that).

Good luck to them anyway, at least they're probably having fun doing it. That's the main thing after all.

Re:Cool

[natehoy]

The OP never claimed he was a huge supporter of the fan community.

He said Lucas is a huge supporter of "projects like this", which is true. Anything that feeds StarWarsMania is a good thing for continuing sales of DVDs and plastic crap, so it's in Lucas' best interest to support such projects.

However, direct infringements on things which do not increase sales, such as replicas, are not in Lucas' best interest, therefore he goes after them.

Lucas is a businessman, who has a franchise that is making him shedloads of money. He also happens to be a very accomplished businessman. Anything that increases interest in his franchise in a way that might increase sales of DVDs and PlastiCrap, whether it uses LucasArts materials or not, is a good thing and gets the "Lucas Thumbs Up". Anything that does not increase that while using LucasArts materials gets the "Lucas Lawyer Lightsaber up your Ass".

Re:Cool

[mcvos]

Right, because crap is the new cool.

It's been for some time now.

You're probably new to this internet thing, aren't you?

Re:Cool

[agentgonzo]

Hopefully the Lucas hammer of wrath won't destroy this.

Actually, Lucas has a pretty good history of letting fans make and distribute fanfilms on the net, as long as they're not for profit. More so than any other directory/owner.

Re:wookie sex

[Anonymous Coward]

your mom does

Trolls

[conureman]

A higher than average concentration at the start of the thread? This doesn't bode well.

The Jedi Abides

[fearanddread]

1:41 Big Lebowski meets SW. Brilliant!

Re:The Jedi Abides

[Da_Biz]

The dark side? They're NIHILISTS!

Re:The Jedi Abides

[Radical Moderate]

I noticed the bowling alley on the first view, but didn't catch the BL reference til I saw your post and reviewed it. Awesome!

No Flash

[Anonymous Coward]

If you don't have/want flash/javascript, get the trailer here.

Payment and Residuals?

[Auroch]

If this is the big-box hit that the first 3 star wars were ... do I get some sort of cut for my 15 seconds of fame? I mean, that'll still be tonnes!

Re:Payment and Residuals?

[NSN A392-99-964-5927]

If this is the big-box hit that the first 3 star wars were ... do I get some sort of cut for my 15 seconds of fame? I mean, that'll still be tonnes!

You cannot be serious. Why would you want money when you can make a complete fool of yourself on X-Factor or America has got talent instead or one of those other pathetic reality TV shows which people get hooked on. Now if you just sit there, I will cut off your head with my light sabre to put you out of your misery. In the meantime, I am going to hump Natalie Portman and buy Father Anakin an S10 Gas Mask. We will then find a "worm hole" and end up on the Farscape set, Do a few Star Gates, meet Dr Who and the crew from the Tomorrow People and Blakes 7, hitch a ride on a Vogon ship from hitch hikers guide to the galaxy, get dropped on the set of Battlestar Galactica, have a few wars, then get beamed up by the Star Ship Enterprise just in time to save William Shatner's wife from drowning in a swimming pool. There will be an anomoly in the space time continum, when Q arrives and transports us back to earth where Serenity appears and saves all our arses, whilst half of the crew jerk of to Sigourney Weaver in Alien only to find out Predator is on the case, but not before BladeRunner makes a debut and Arnie is the Terminator, before moving from Austria to California pinching a woman's butt and declaring himself the govenor. I could go on, but I am tired of all this time travel. Cocoon *wink* I need to get back to reality and watch Weird Science and ask other slash doters, could we really make a girl as long as we wear Bra's on our heads. Damn Kelly le Brock is sexy! The mind boggles.

Re:Payment and Residuals?

[Anonymous Coward]

wear Bra's on our heads

"bras".

Re:Payment and Residuals?

[NSN A392-99-964-5927]

wear Bra's on our heads

"bras".

I would mod you up more for being funny. The question is whos bra would you prefer to have on your head?

Re:wookie sex

[Anonymous Coward]

Fantasize? I'm living the dream, buddy.

Re:wookie sex

[K. S. Kyosuke]

You obviously haven't noticed the issue of Playalien Darth Vader was reading in The Empire Strikes Back when General Veers inadvertently interrupted him

Is this a viral hunt for new filmmakers?

[tiedyejeremy]

some of these submissions will likely be much better than the original.

Anybody know how to reach...

[swanzilla]

Star Wars Kid
I, for one, would absolutely love to see him flail around with a lightsaber...

Re:Anybody know how to reach...

[Idiomatick]

The kid's a pussy, apparently he/parents sued everything and anyone that had anything to do with that video and he's been scarred by the horrific experience. I'd cut in the original star wars kid clip but again... sued into oblivion seems risky for a non profit joke movie.

Re:Anybody know how to reach...

[Anonymous Coward]

Well, what did you expect? He was both French and Canadian.

Re:Anybody know how to reach...

[Idiomatick]

And I thought suing anything dead or alive was a solely American tradition...

Re:Anybody know how to reach...

[Anonymous Coward]

Actually his parents only ever brought suit against four kids at his school when he became a walking punchline and subject to a torrent of face-to-face day-to-day abuse. It's arguably a bit excessive but if I turned your hilariously asymmetric visage into an internet meme, and you became the office joke and punching bag, you'd probably sympathise.

Re:Anybody know how to reach...

[Anonymous Coward]

And I thought suing anything dead or alive was a solely American tradition...

Actually that's mostly a California tradition.

Re:Anybody know how to reach...

[ikedasquid]

... sued into oblivion seems risky for a non profit joke movie

These guys are already going to be sued into oblivion by Lucas, so what's one more lawsuit going to matter....throw the clip in.

Re:Anybody know how to reach...

[Strange Ranger]

"if I turned your hilariously asymmetric visage into an internet meme, and you became the office joke and punching bag, you'd probably sympathise."

I call BS. You don't lash out and sue. You teach your kid to take lemons and make lemonade out of them.
He probably could have gone on Letterman, ran for class president, and started his own highly successful blog, if his parents wouldn't have been total morons and instead had helped him the right way.

Millions of people of all ages would give their left foot for the kind of spotlight he had on him. He took beautiful lemons and made poison out of them.

Re:Anybody know how to reach...

[wiredlogic]

Lucas has a good track record of allowing non-parody derivative works that aren't made for profit. Remember he is a film nerd who once was a part of the group of young Turks who rose up against the corporate mediocrity of the big studios in the 70's. I'm sure he will be amused by it more than anything else.

Re:Anybody know how to reach...

[ImYourVirus]

It's been done, I've seen about 15 or so of these (his) videos remade by other people, and yes one of them does have a cgi (of sorts) lightsaber.

Re:Anybody know how to reach...

[ImYourVirus]

Yeah and failed big time, once it's on the net you can never take it back.

Re:Anybody know how to reach...

[lawpoop]

He probably could have gone on Letterman, ran for class president, and started his own highly successful blog, if his parents wouldn't have been total morons and instead had helped him the right way.

Sheesus. The proper thing to do in response to this is go on Letterman? Haven't we seen time and time again that fame makes people go crazy, especially the younger they are when they become famous?

How about a proper response being going about a normal life, not trying to sue people, become a Highly Successful Bloggist, or get on David Letterman?

Re:Anybody know how to reach...

[Xin Jing]

Letterman's the new John The Baptist.

Re:Anybody know how to reach...

[natehoy]

Because a quick stint around the Hot Air Circuit could have made him some fast bucks. If the parents had managed the interviews and money correctly for the kid, there would probably have been enough for a personal trainer for a year or so (weight loss and confidence gain) and enough left over for a nice deposit into the kid's college fund.

Plus, if the kid had managed to compose himself well while on-air (flailing around with a stick really doesn't tell us much about his personality), he might have leveraged that later for a small side career acting, or whatever.

The parents' reaction was protective, understandable, and unfortunate.

Re:Anybody know how to reach...

[drclaw007]

You teach your kid to take lemons and make lemonade out of them.

If god gives you lemons you FIND A NEW GOD.

Re:Anybody know how to reach...

[Anonymous Coward]

Expecting every kid(!) to be an entrepreneur just waiting to come out of his shell is ridiculous, and believing that anyone given the chance should be expected to enjoy fame or recognition is stupid.

Think about the actions you're condoning. "Let's continue the unyielding psychological pressure until he turns into a diamond or we grind him into a fine powder."

Insightful. Right.

Re:Anybody know how to reach...

[atamido]

He took beautiful lemons and made poison out of them.

Nah, he just squirted the juice in everyone's eyes.

Re:Anybody know how to reach...

[Anonymous Coward]

You either make the best of your situation or you don't. How would you make the best of the situation in his case?

If 4chan made Star Wars, only beter

[SuperBanana]

Someone was definitely feeling their wheaties when they edited/timed the first face-paced segment. Some of the stuff is brilliant, though they should have allowed multiple submissions per segment; I saw some really, really bad stuff. As in, "hey, let's grab my point-and-shoot and spend 5 minutes on this." Somehow, the SVX seems strangely appropriate as a Millenium Falcon...ugly, cranky, and very weird. Nevermind it's absolutely hilarious when the driver shifts it into park to 'punch it'...

Re:If 4chan made Star Wars, only beter

[interkin3tic]

Some of the stuff is brilliant, though they should have allowed multiple submissions per segment

I disagree. They'd then end up with 400 submissions for "I'm Luke Skywalker: I'm here to save you," and big gaps elsewhere, like that critical 15 seconds early in the movie with Leia just sneaking around.

(They'd also probably end up with 800 takes of "That's no moon" in which there WAS a "moon." And they probably don't want to subject anyone to that.)

It also seems very interesting to me to see a frankenmovie of 15 second stretches of wildly varying quality. That's far more interesting to me than a frankenmovie of entirely medium to high quality 15 second clips.

Anyway, once they get the whole movie covered, then they can start accepting submissions for redoing scenes, then have a rating system for each segment. They'll then be able to make a -complete- movie of all the best scenes, emphasis on complete (the aforementioned Leia sneaking around might be pretty poor quality in the "best of" but at least it would be there).

And, again more interesting to me, they could then have a "worst of" where all the worst clips were strung together. And maybe they could then throw in some of the actual movie, like Mark Hamill's original "I'm here to save you!"

Re:If 4chan made Star Wars, only beter

[chrisG23]

They did allow multiple submissions per scene, and say they plan to have some sort of rating system to see which makes the final cut, and to keep the alternates so people can watch it differently. Its in the FAQ on their site, which has more text than all of the rest of the site as far as I could see.

Re:If 4chan made Star Wars, only beter

[Idiomatick]

I think this will actually result in an interesting curve in the quality levels. The boring pointless parts will be at a glance boring and pointless. With the cool parts that would suck to see badly done all... done well. A "worst of" version sounds like it could end up kind of painful. I think multiple ratings for funny or well done, high quality... could produce a variety of movies though.

Re:If 4chan made Star Wars, only beter

[Anonymous Coward]

Some people would work on the boring parts just so their parts would make the final cut. I'd be more likely to contribute to the scenes that are less in demand so that they have a better chance of getting used.

Re:If 4chan made Star Wars, only beter

[cabjf]

You make this sound like American Idol: Star Wars Edition.

Re:If 4chan made Star Wars, only beter

[sxedog]

It also seems very interesting to me to see a frankenmovie of 15 second stretches of wildly varying quality. That's far more interesting to me than anything George Lucas has done since Return of the Jedi.

There. fixed that for you.

Re:If 4chan made Star Wars, only beter

[kungfugleek]

the aforementioned Leia sneaking around might be pretty poor quality in the "best of"

Only for very low values of "Leia".

Re:If 4chan made Star Wars, only beter

[Anonymous Coward]

Oh, oh, I know!! You could set up a web site with all the clips collected together, but with a user-moderation system for each clip. Then you could view the whole movie at +5 or -1 and depending upon whether you want Funny, Insightful, or Troll, etc. (some people have strange tastes).

Re:If 4chan made Star Wars, only beter

[Anonymous Coward]

hubba hubba

This is fantastic

[NYMeatball]

Maybe we'll actually see Mark Hamill in a motion picture again, after all these years! He was pretty fantastic in robot chicken, though.

Re:This is fantastic

[Wraithlyn]

His voice work as Joker in the new Batman Arkham Asylum is absolutely fantastic.

Re:This is fantastic

[bckrispi]

He also does voice work on Metalocalypse.

U don't read?

[poptones]

There is no cut. It's uncut. There is no cut for you to get.

Penis.

Boobs ... there, I said it

[abbynormal brain]

She Said: "Aren't you a little short to be a stormtrooper?"

He Should Have Replied: "Aren't you a little young to have them sagging like that?"

Re:Boobs ... there, I said it

[BlackSnake112]

Well, she did have quite a large cup size. I didn't really notice until I was older. If given the chance I hook up with her today. Last time I saw a picture of her she was still looking good.

Re:Boobs ... there, I said it

[Anonymous Coward]

not so much recently. here's a review in the NYT from just a few days ago of the one-woman theater version of her recent memoir. check out the clip (you'll need flash).
http://theater2.nytimes.com/2009/10/05/theater/reviews/05brantley.html?scp=1&sq=carrie%20fisher&st=cse&pagewanted=all

that said, if the opportunity arose....

Re:Boobs ... there, I said it

[Anonymous Coward]

She shows up on Craig Ferguson's show semi-regularly. She's huge nowadays.

I love Star Wars...

[spidercoz]

parodies can be amusing, but this looks fucking stupid.

As if...

[Linker3000]

...as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror...and in completely uncoordinated voices, scenes, style, gender, costumes, visual effects, height, weight, gestures, inflection, lighting, weather conditions, technology, continuity, tone, background, accent, mood, passion, interpretation, make-up, age, production techniques, storyboarding, stock types, DV formats, exposure, sound levels...

Re:As if...

[Anonymous Coward]

I can't wait to see the Goofs page for this on IMDB.

Implications

[Idiomatick]

If they let people do any part they wanted.... They could with a little bit of programming have it pick a random 15second clip of what is available for the time slot. It would be a bit different each time. Or people could vote on the best rendition for each time slot to improve the thing.

In any case it is a pretty cool project. And the first 'Open Source' over the internet fan made movie I've heard of. I've been in fan made anime dubs before but that was mostly to horrify anyone that downloaded it to the point of tears.

Re:Implications

[PRMan]

I actually thought it would be cool to have people do this with the Bible. It will be interesting to see how this turns out, quality-wise.

Re:Implications

[Idiomatick]

Not cool to reply to myself and all but. Going to the site it appears you can do w/e part you want, I'm not sure how they'll pick which one to use for the final product. Totally not how I read the summary or the other comments. Since it is open I bet people will remix their own or indeed make it random. Yay~

Re:Implications

[Anonymous Coward]

I actually thought it would be cool to have people do this with the Bible. It will be interesting to see how this turns out, quality-wise.

That depends. If you can get Chris Rock to show up and shout "Yo man, Jesus was black"... It would be pretty ownage.

(kevin smith's dogma reference)

Re:Implications

[Haxzaw]

That's actually a pretty good idea, kind of like the human clock. (humanclock.com)

Re:Implications

[Anonymous Coward]

Haven't they already done that?

No, seriously: much of the OT comes from oral tradition. It's not like they kept a single book they called "The Bible." There were also a bunch of writings, but there was no single source for these - they came out of oral tradition.

When it was finally compiled together, you sometimes had competing versions of the same account. For example, the accounts of Moses. There are something like three different accounts, roughly the same, but telling slightly different viewpoints. Rather than reconcile them to a single text, they were all compiled together into a single text. So you get three redundant sentences with the same event, but with slightly different takes.

Once the Catholic Church had then compiled together the "official" version of the Bible ("canon"), it sort of forced the hand of Jewish scholars to put together an official version of their own. Not all the "Old Testament" books made the cut in this version. That's the "original source" that Martin Luther went back to, which explains why Protestant and Catholic Bibles contain different texts.

Think of it as a sort of "Han shot first" debate.

Re:Implications

[ignavus]

If they let people do any part they wanted....

I want to play the part of a wolf dressed in sheep's clothing. I will call this character "Baa Baa Jinx"

Ooops. Wrong episode. That should be Episode One : The Bantam Menace.

(When we users get finished with Star Wars, Lucas won't recognise it. Perhaps that's a good thing.)

Re:Implications

[waferbuster]

Um, that's probably not a good idea, at least not if the movie follows the book too closely. The level of violence and sex in the bible would result in ratings of at least R, with portions being XXX. For examples, check out http://www.nobeliefs.com/DarkBible/DarkBibleContents.htm

Re:Implications

[PhilHibbs]

...the first 'Open Source' over the internet fan made movie...

Second

Re:Implications

[Ryunosuke]

Wasn't this covered in the first few minutes of "history of the world Part 1" ?

Re:Implications

[eison]

Have you seen http://www.lolcatbible.com/ ? I'd be scared if they added video cameras to the mix.

Re:Implications

[dotancohen]

It is pretty much established that Jesus was closer to what Westerners think of as "black" today that was Westerners think of as "White" today. The image of scrawny white Jesus is a European invention as Jesus in their own image. Look at modern Yeminis for an idea of what Jesus probably looked like.

Re:wookie sex

[NoYob]

No. But I have fantasized seeing Wookies raping Ewoks. And then afterwards, giving it hard to Jar Jar.

Me soo sore!

BE KIND

[Philip K Dickhead]

Rewind.

Hello, I'm from the MPAA and I'm here to help you

[bzzfzz]

Sounds like a copyright violation to me. After all, it's not a parody, it's a remake.

It could be worse....

[Anonymous Coward]

The article could have been:

Brucie Smith, president of the local PRIDE chapter, has made a Star Wars fan film on his Mac. He was quoted as saying, "The Mac is the only platform that I could have done it on!"

Now that would have been Troll heaven!

Okay...

[Anonymous Coward]

And these were the scenes they accepted? The "Night of the Living Dead" made this way was much more fun.

Re:Hello, I'm from the MPAA and I'm here to help y

[snl2587]

Clearly you haven't seen most of the scenes...

Wait..what?

[Adustust]

"That's the cue for a changeover. He flips the projectors, the movie keeps right on going, and nobody in the audience has any idea."

Re:wookie sex

[navygeek]

You have sex with Ron Jeremy? Ewwww

Re:Hello, I'm from the MPAA and I'm here to help y

[Anonymous Coward]

Clearly you haven't seen most of the scenes...

Looks just like the original!!!

Tardis Wormhole...... Hyperspace....

[jameskojiro]

I love that part!

Re:Hello, I'm from the MPAA and I'm here to help y

[Rude Turnip]

George Lucas is usually supportive of fan-made material as long as they aren't going into for commercial purposes.

Is there a reason why the site doesn't work?

[Anonymous Coward]

I click on the white "248 free" link and nothing happens. The "finished" and "taken" links work just fine. Maybe I'm just dumb and this is just a quirky Web2.0 UX thing that I just don't get.

Then again, when I tried to sign up for this the last time they called out for people it was all filled up. Looks like there are a lot of flakes involved.

At any rate, you'd think that getting people involved would be the most important thing at this point, but as it stands it's just a playback site for already-completed snippets. Big whoop, I can do that at Vimeo itself.

Re:Is there a reason why the site doesn't work?

[GiMP]

It is pretty confusing. The "free" link lists all scenes that haven't yet been "claimed" or "finished". Currently, there are no scenes that are neither. However, each scene may be claimed/finished up to three times, so you can select a scene that has only 1-2 claims against it, or if you see a "finished" scene which you feel could be done better, you can put a claim against it.

Currently, finished scenes are marked in blue and claims are marked in red. Any scene that has less than a total of three claims, finished or not (if red+blue 3), may be claimed.

Re:Hello, I'm from the MPAA and I'm here to help y

[zippthorne]

The original films were, according to Lucas, destroyed in the process of making the remastered editions where Greedo apparently is so terrible a shot that Han was never in any real danger followed by Han cold-bloodedly murdering the handicapped lizard-man.

So... can you claim copyright on something you also claim doesn't even exist? It the point of copyright was to promote science and the useful arts by encouraging people to...distribute...copies...

Spock in this movie ?!!!! :D

[Anonymous Coward]

WTF at 1:13 ?!! ^^

==> http://yfrog.com/5nspockp

It's the music.

[mortonda]

This is just proof that you can put any sort of crap to great music such as John Williams and make it look interesting. How many movies has he saved, anyway?

Re:It's the music.

[Tetsujin]

This is just proof that you can put any sort of crap to great music such as John Williams and make it look interesting. How many movies has he saved, anyway?

He did pretty well with "Daddy-O"...

Re:It's the music.

[gv250]

Let me google that for you.

More than 70.

Re:It's the music.

[camperdave]

John Willaims has done music for pretty much every blockbuster of the past 30+ years:

Fiddler on the Roof
The Poseidon Adventure
Earthquake
The Towering Inferno
Jaws
Star Wars
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Superman
The Empire Strikes Back
Raiders of the Lost Ark
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Return of the Jedi
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Empire of the Sun
The Witches of Eastwick
Born on the Fourth of July
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Home Alone
Hook
JFK
Jurassic Park
Schindler's List
Seven Years in Tibet
Amistad
Saving Private Ryan
The Phantom Menace
The Patriot
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Star Wars: Attack of the Clones
Minority Report
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
The Terminal
Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith
Memoirs of a Geisha
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

If I were ever to make a movie, I'd get John Williams to do the soundtrack.

Re:It's the music.

[CannonballHead]

You could also use some Gustav Holst. Would probably fool a lot of people. ;)

Re:It's the music.

[nelsonal]

I suspect you're right.

Re:It's the music.

[Idiomatick]

Parts of Uranus the Magician are quoted in star wars epVI. As well I heard that Star Wars originally hoped to use gustav holst's the planets but it was changed for some reason. I do know that they used some of the planets music early on before john williams made the track.

Re:It's the music.

[mrjb]

John Williams has done music for pretty much every blockbuster of the past 30+ years

Although I appreciate John W's work (especially Schindlers list, Seven years in Tibet), he's not the only composer on the block. It seems somehow you've missed Hans Zimmer then. With well over 100 soundtracks under his belt, I'm surprised you managed to overlook him. Some block busters that carry his name are:

- Rain Man
- Gladiator
- The Davinci Code
- The Lion King
- Backdraft
- Pearl Harbor
- Pirates of the Carribean
- Simpsons - the movie
- Thunderbirds
- Batman Begins
- The Dark Knight
- Madagscar
- Kung Fu Panda
- Black Hawk Down
- Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron

Difficult to ignore, I'd say.

Re:It's the music.

[liquidsin]

the segment on the dark knight extras where they talk to zimmer about the sound of the joker is one of the most intriguing things i've seen on a dvd extra. that alone made it worth the buy.

Re:It's the music.

[camperdave]

I'll have to look into Hans Zimmer's work then. Although, to be honest apart from Pirates of the Caribbean, Thunderbirds, and Hakuna Matata (two of which were not Zimmer's work), I can't remember the title tracks to any of these movies. With a lot of the John Williams stuff, you're still humming it in the shower three days after seeing the movie.

Re:It's the music.

[Pollardito]

some of those are a lot more blockbustery than others, Thunderbirds?

Re:It's the music.

[Anonymous Coward]

No like seriously turn off the music and the quality goes->0.

Re:It's the music.

[Torodung]

We could have World War III, and if it had a John Williams soundtrack, it'd be awesome.

--
Toro

Re:It's the music.

[rossdee]

"The Lion King "

I thought that was Elton John.

Re:It's the music.

[jggimi]

Songs != Score

Re:It's the music.

[Anonymous Coward]

Not really. Except for PotC and Lion King, I wouldn't recognize note one of any of those. And I'd think the Batman ones were still Danny Elfman.

Re:It's the music.

[Acer500]

John Williams has done music for pretty much every blockbuster of the past 30+ years

Although I appreciate John W's work (especially Schindlers list, Seven years in Tibet), he's not the only composer on the block. It seems somehow you've missed Hans Zimmer then.

Oddly enough, I haven't seen most of those, and can't recall any of those soundtracks (understandably), but even for those I did see. OTOH I do recall most of John William's work :) . Anecdotal, but there you have it :)

Re:It's the music.

[mrjb]

Elton John, Lebo M, Tim Rice and Hans Zimmer worked on The Lion King together. Unfortunately, it's the pop artists that often get all the credit, and the soundtrack itself is overlooked. Likewise with 'Spirit'- everyone remembers "Here I am' by Bryan Adams. That doesn't mean he wrote B.A. wrote the score.

Ugh...

[KWolfe81]

Anyone else just feel compelled to turn it off a mere 10 seconds after hitting play? "George Lucas must be rolling in his grave"

Re:Ugh...

[Jeian]

I certainly hope not, because he's not dead yet.

Re:Ugh...

[KWolfe81]

It was a bad attempt at a Simpson's reference...

15 seconds?

[Anonymous Coward]

Absolutely not enough time for anything decent IMO.
30-60 seconds would have been much better.

I think i know why they chose 15 seconds, but it might not be to everyone's tastes.

I'll get my camera right away!

[bazorg]

What a great idea! I'll get my camera and get started right away!

-- Mr. Goatse

Re:I'll get my camera right away!

[Anonymous Coward]

What a great idea! I'll get my camera and get started right away!

-- Mr. Goatse

You can do the "that's no Moon!" scene... No wait, that might be a bad plan.

Re:I'll get my camera right away!

[Elky Elk]

That's no moon!

You suspected most wrongly.

[Anonymous Coward]

I will suspect you might enjoy the high quality (and low quality) of some of the already accepted scenes

No I did not.

World of Warcraft?

[2obvious4u]

I'm amazed there isn't a scene made from inside world of warcraft for this yet...

maybe a scene using flying mounts to simulate star ships?
maybe one of the lightsaber duels?

Re:World of Warcraft?

[Wraithlyn]

Fuck that, let's fire up some Tie Fighter / X-Wing :)

Re:World of Warcraft?

[Blakey Rat]

How do you know there isn't? The trailer is just a ... trailer.

Re:World of Warcraft?

[2obvious4u]

Went to the site and viewed the submitted works.

Who shoots first...?

[RyuuzakiTetsuya]

Big question, who has to shoot first in this one? Han or Greedo?

IMHO, Greedo shot first, I have video evidence.

Re:Who shoots first...?

[maxwell demon]

Simple solution: Let both shoot at exactly the same time!

Re:Who shoots first...?

[RyuuzakiTetsuya]

George Lucas...? is that you?

And you posted here

[SnarfQuest]

Now that the slashdot group has been advised of this offering, how many scenes of Nalilie Portman pouring hot grits down someones pants do we actually need?

Re:wookie sex

[Yvan256]

What do you mean? African or european wookies?

Forget about that

[Anonymous Coward]

What I'd like to see is a complete remake of Spaceballs by the Robot Chicken team!

Re:wookie sex

[Anonymous Coward]

http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2005/2/11/

now I know why hollywood is so successful

[Anonymous Coward]

cause every movie they make has people that look 100x better.

A super idea. Very forward thinking, but just looking at the trailer with clips of bad lighting, close ups of average looking people makes me want to barf. Now, bad.

Carrie Fisher in a skimpy outfit under great lighting >>>> anything on youtube that hints of StarWars. And that's an area were John Williams can't save.

Epileptic Warning

[iYk6]

A warning to those with epilepsy, a history of nausea, or good sense. Do not watch the trailer!

Re:Epileptic Warning

[Tanktalus]

A warning to those with [...] or good sense. Do not watch the trailer!

At least that doesn't eliminate anyone here.

Re:Hello, I'm from the MPAA and I'm here to help y

[Wraithlyn]

Buh? How did they release the original theatrical versions on the latest trilogy release then? I have it at home.

Re:Hello, I'm from the MPAA and I'm here to help y

[Cowclops]

They didn't rescan the film to do that release, they simply used the betacam SP tapes originally used to make the laserdisc.

Wouldn't it be wiser to remake Ep I, II or III?

[theendlessnow]

Why remake the good Star Wars IV movie? I'm all for redoing the stupid ones: I, II and III.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it!

Re:Wouldn't it be wiser to remake Ep I, II or III?

[natehoy]

Because someone would have to redo JarJar. And that's just wrong, no matter what.

Re:Hello, I'm from the MPAA and I'm here to help y

[interkin3tic]

Han cold-bloodedly murdering the handicapped lizard-man.

Well he couldn't very well murder the LIZARD man in WARM blood, now could he?

Re:Hello, I'm from the MPAA and I'm here to help y

[91degrees]

Well, each 15 second piece is probably fair use on the basis of this being a non-profit use of so small a segment as to have no discernable effect on the original work. Collecting them all together is quite possibly a copyright violation though.

Let me guess

[mhajicek]

This is because of the entropy thing, right?

Seriously the most unoriginal idea ever conceived.

[xmousex]

30 years worth of everyone on earth redoing star wars badly over and over and somehow this one more effort is worth reading about? I saw the first ten seconds of it and pushed stop. There isnt a single joke you can put in there that hasnt already been covered again and again and again. What a waste. Why not someone take a script for something they WISH was a movie and divvy that up for filming in pieces across a community.

Re:wookie sex

[kramulous]

your mom does

*did*

All I have to say is...

[VGPowerlord]

You underestimate the power of the Dork Side!

Star Wars Asciimation

[Anonymous Coward]

As the author of the great, unfinished masterpiece that is Star Wars Asciimation I can say I have had people ask me why I don't open it up to others to finish. I am reluctant though since 1, it will be hell to manage and 2, it would end up looking like crap. Different people with different skills all thinking their bit is the greatest thing ever isn't going to make for a good finished product.

Re:Apple quicktime?!?!

[Toonol]

I'm not boycotting quicktime... but tend to shy away from it. Since RealVideo has died, Quicktime has inherited the mantle of most obnoxious video format. Still, though... you can do everything in a better format until the very end, when you convert it and send it in.

You expect law to make sense?

[Anonymous Coward]

> So... can you claim copyright on something you also claim doesn't even exist?

I see you haven't had much exposure to the legal system, given that you expect it to be somehow logical. And then you ask how it fulfills the original purpose? Ha!

Just FYI: laws aren't required to make sense. Judges figure out whatever they believe to be the most reasonable way to settle the case (which may not, in fact, be reasonable), then look to precedent to justify it. Or sometimes they just don't care and copy the arguments of whichever lawyer they found more convincing.

scene not included in the original

[EspressoFreak]

according to eddie izzard .

As long as...

[tkokesh]

As long as Han shoots first, I'm looking forward to the final cut.

We should do this for The Thief and the Cobbler

[kriston]

We should do this for The Thief and the Cobbler.

I call the toilet flushing scene!!

Re:wookie sex

[Anonymous Coward]

like in wookielove.net?

OMG it's YOUwars.com!

[MindPrison]

You know, one of the worst things that made YOUtube so great, is what makes this fan-movie.

As much as I love Star-Wars (and I do LOVE the Star-Wars universe), I don't think I could stand to watch much more
than it's trailer, and do you know why? YOUtube!

Anyone of you guys who have ever browsed YOUtube videos, knows that it consists of ENDLESS drivel and "look-ma-I'm-on-TV" teenagers who can't get enough attention, and you've got to fight like insane for hours to get 1 % actually COOL footage.

One hour of the same attention seeking blobs of teenage pimples and whining voices, nooooooooooooooooooo thank you. ;)

This Was The Best One...

[Xin Jing]

I think the Star Wars Kid Drunken Jedi has the highest production value, captures the essence of the novelty and still keeps it somewhat complimentary.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GJOVPjhXMY&feature=related

Over 7.4 million views can't be wrong. It's a shame that it's so rife with copyright infringement and defamation of character, and yet so well made that it could never exist outside of it's bubble of it's own inappropriateness.

Re:wookie sex

[Anonymous Coward]

Warning: goatse

Re:wookie sex

[GameboyRMH]

Meesa soo sore!

FTFY.

No continuity

[Anonymous Coward]

Nobody else is bothered that every 15 seconds the actors, the scene, quality, angles, light, colors would be completely and randomly different? Quite some freak show.

I reckon it would be a pain to watch even 2 minutes of such contraption, not hours.

I guess the effort to create it may be fun, but under no circumnstance let anyone watch it or they will suffer a seisure.

CASTING COUCH!

[Anonymous Coward]

What a great excuse for me to hold auditions!

Did you know the storm troopers were played by women in IV?

Re:wookie sex

[LordAndrewSama]

Thank you. my curiousity was battling with my self preservation instincts when I saw that link, but your warning tipped the balance in favour of self preservation.

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