matrixgrindhouse
Well-known member
- Messages
- 2,388
- Reaction score
- 111
- Trophy Points
- 73
I absolutely loved TMBTM's Grindhouse edit of the original Star Wars - so much so that it's inspired me to make my first very fan edit, one of a similar nature. My intent is to take The Matrix (and its sequels, eventually), and diminish it to the level of a shot-on-video endeavor, with the use of video filters, behind the scenes footage, new music, and plenty of editing. I'm still very early into this, but I should have a half hour or so's worth of a workprint available in the near future. I look forward to all the help and advice the FE community has for me.
That's how the project began in 2010. Since then, it's been rebooted, restarted, retooled and refined. It was finally released in October 2013. It went on to win the Favorite Fan Edit award for that month!
To celebrate the third anniversary of the release of the edit, I have released a new version, The Analog Demaster. Based on a preservation of a 35mm print of The Matrix - a rather damaged one - it is presented in (mostly) 720p HD. It also features some new alternate shots from behind the scenes footage that I neglected to include the first time through. It is currently available as both a high quality MKV (featuring the audio commentary and isolated score as alternate audio tracks), as well as a FAT32 / Playstation 3 friendly MP4. A Blu-Ray is in the works, which will retain all of the old extras from the DVD release, some remastered in HD. It will also include the new Making of Robots vs Kung Fu Mocumentary. A two-disc DVD5 version will follow, eventually.
a TRUE FANEDIT by MatrixGrindhouse, aka Starschwar
Thomas Anderson was living the high life. Drugs, women, cash - all for the taking. But when The Man gives him a raw deal, he's on the run for his life. The militant Morpheus transports him to the future world of 1999, and trains him in the savage killing techniques of Kung Fu. Assuming the slasher alias Neo, he then embarks on a deadly game... of death. Trapped in a world of violence, addiction, and perversion, he is pursued by electronic monstrosities, twisted organ thieves, and the telepathic Federal Agent Smith. Now he must make a choice: kill them all... or die trying!
TRAILER
Original film name: The Matrix
Film studio name : Warner Brothers
Film release date: March 31, 1999
Original run time: 136 minutes
New run time: 95.5 minutes
EDIT DETAILS:
I sought out to completely alter the movie as we know it. The presentation is now that of a mid-1980s exploitation film. The famous green tint has been removed and replaced with thick grain and print damage. The plot, character motivations, personalities, and sequence of events have been changed to tell the story in a new manner. Wherever possible, characters are made to be worse people. Everything depicted is - wherever possible - changed to be cheaper (via extensive use of behind-the-scenes footage), sleazier, darker, or simply different from the original version. The soundtrack has been almost completely replaced in favor of new music, with the emphasis on 70's synth to better suit the style and supposed time period. Continuity errors have been created where none had existed. New subplots have been added. Dialogue has been altered. I have changed everything that I possibly can change, while keeping within the context of the purpose of this project.
DVD EXTRAS
Disc 1
Fan Editor's Audio Commentary
Isolated Soundtrack
Disc 2
The original 30 minute long workprint from 2010
Over ten minutes of Deleted, Alternate, and Extended scenes, including an Alternate Ending
Soundtrack Listing
Two trailers for this edit
Two trailers for fan edits from other editors
Film Sources Used:
That's how the project began in 2010. Since then, it's been rebooted, restarted, retooled and refined. It was finally released in October 2013. It went on to win the Favorite Fan Edit award for that month!
To celebrate the third anniversary of the release of the edit, I have released a new version, The Analog Demaster. Based on a preservation of a 35mm print of The Matrix - a rather damaged one - it is presented in (mostly) 720p HD. It also features some new alternate shots from behind the scenes footage that I neglected to include the first time through. It is currently available as both a high quality MKV (featuring the audio commentary and isolated score as alternate audio tracks), as well as a FAT32 / Playstation 3 friendly MP4. A Blu-Ray is in the works, which will retain all of the old extras from the DVD release, some remastered in HD. It will also include the new Making of Robots vs Kung Fu Mocumentary. A two-disc DVD5 version will follow, eventually.
a TRUE FANEDIT by MatrixGrindhouse, aka Starschwar
Thomas Anderson was living the high life. Drugs, women, cash - all for the taking. But when The Man gives him a raw deal, he's on the run for his life. The militant Morpheus transports him to the future world of 1999, and trains him in the savage killing techniques of Kung Fu. Assuming the slasher alias Neo, he then embarks on a deadly game... of death. Trapped in a world of violence, addiction, and perversion, he is pursued by electronic monstrosities, twisted organ thieves, and the telepathic Federal Agent Smith. Now he must make a choice: kill them all... or die trying!
TRAILER
Original film name: The Matrix
Film studio name : Warner Brothers
Film release date: March 31, 1999
Original run time: 136 minutes
New run time: 95.5 minutes
EDIT DETAILS:
I sought out to completely alter the movie as we know it. The presentation is now that of a mid-1980s exploitation film. The famous green tint has been removed and replaced with thick grain and print damage. The plot, character motivations, personalities, and sequence of events have been changed to tell the story in a new manner. Wherever possible, characters are made to be worse people. Everything depicted is - wherever possible - changed to be cheaper (via extensive use of behind-the-scenes footage), sleazier, darker, or simply different from the original version. The soundtrack has been almost completely replaced in favor of new music, with the emphasis on 70's synth to better suit the style and supposed time period. Continuity errors have been created where none had existed. New subplots have been added. Dialogue has been altered. I have changed everything that I possibly can change, while keeping within the context of the purpose of this project.
DVD EXTRAS
Disc 1
Fan Editor's Audio Commentary
Isolated Soundtrack
Disc 2
The original 30 minute long workprint from 2010
Over ten minutes of Deleted, Alternate, and Extended scenes, including an Alternate Ending
Soundtrack Listing
Two trailers for this edit
Two trailers for fan edits from other editors
Film Sources Used:
The Matrix
The Matrix Revisited
The Matrix Reloaded
The Matrix Revolutions
The Animatrix
Johnny Mnemonic
Dark City
Highlander 2
Grindhouse
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie
Game of Death
Game of Death 2
Rush Hour
The Dynamite Brothers Trailer
Hitman (2007)
The Hit Man (1972) Trailer
Resident Evil (2002)
The Astro Zombies Trailer
Highlander Trailer
Captain America: The First Avenger
Overdrawn at the Memory Bank
Drunken Fist Boxing
The Matrix Revisited
The Matrix Reloaded
The Matrix Revolutions
The Animatrix
Johnny Mnemonic
Dark City
Highlander 2
Grindhouse
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie
Game of Death
Game of Death 2
Rush Hour
The Dynamite Brothers Trailer
Hitman (2007)
The Hit Man (1972) Trailer
Resident Evil (2002)
The Astro Zombies Trailer
Highlander Trailer
Captain America: The First Avenger
Overdrawn at the Memory Bank
Drunken Fist Boxing