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QUANTUM OF SOLACE: BOND'S REVENGE by Last Survivor

Hey topaz420. I will be uploading my edits again soon, by way of USENET newsgroup. It's the only way forward for me now as my mediafire account was suspended :(
 
LastSurvivor said:
Hey topaz420. I will be uploading my edits again soon, by way of USENET newsgroup. It's the only way forward for me now as my mediafire account was suspended :(
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I guess I'm in the minority but I'm one of the dudes that's had a usenet account for years so that's wonderful news to me! Thanks QC!
 
topaz420 said:
I guess I'm in the minority but I'm one of the dudes that's had a usenet account for years so that's wonderful news to me! Thanks QC!
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And thanks of course to you too Last Survivor for doing all the work on this edit - i look forward to seeing it
 
No need to quote yourself. :p
 
What if I don't have a USENET account, and I really want to watch it?
 
Editroid said:
What if I don't have a USENET account, and I really want to watch it?
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Well, what you do is pretty simple. You send a polite PM to the editor asking him if it's uploaded anywhere else. If it is, you're in luck. If not, you can either politely ask via private message if it can be uploaded elsewhere. Or you research Usenet and get yourself an account.
 
There are multiple free usenet services. Some don't even require registration.
 
Update for anybody whose interested in seeing the edit, I've finished uploading this to Rapidshare. PM for links, and the DLC should be on info soon.
 
Thanks to reaper for his review of QOS:Bond's Revenge. I looked at it again the other day and it's amazing what hindsight does... i.e. - I would now change some things which I attempted in this edit. But hey, it is what it is, so I'm glad you had fun with it.
 
The DVD5 for this edit has been reuploaded to Mega, links submitted to Info. That is all.
 
Hey there @"chyron8472", as ThrowgnCpr said in the other thread, send a PM, do not discuss in the forums.
 
My sincere thanks to thomsthinema for taking the time to write a review for what was my 2nd fanedit all those years ago ;)  Nice to hear you enjoyed the flashbacks.  I kinda have second thoughts on those when I look back on the edit, so it's good to hear you thought they worked.   Thanks again :)
 
A shout out to kaede5108, for your review on QOS: Bond's Revenge.  It's funny, whenever I receive praise for the slow-motion scenes in this edit, it does make me smile, as in retrospect I think I might have pulled that trick one too many a time in this edit.  But, I'm very happy to hear you enjoyed it and I appreciate you taking the time to write a review.
 
@Racerx1969 Really appreciate you taking the time to submit a review. Thanks for that. Glad you enjoyed it overall, and to be honest I basically agree with most of your criticisms... if I did the edit now, I would tone back some of the flashback stuff etc.
 
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Original title: Quantum Of Solace

Fanedit title: QUANTUM OF SOLACE: BOND'S REVENGE

Studio: MGM, Columbia, Eon Productions
Faneditor: Last Survivor
Originally Released: October 2008
Fanedit released: May 2011
Original running time: 102 minutes approx
New running time: 103 minutes approx
Cut time: 6 minutes cut, 5 minutes added
Started Edit: February 2011
Completed Edit: May 2011

Purpose of Edit:

From what many consider to be the the worst Bond title song ever, to the frenetic action sequences which have come straight from a Jason Bourne movie, Marc Forster's take on James Bond struggled to maintain that special identity which separates 007 from the rest of the crowd. For this fanedit, I wanted to try and achieve a few things which I hope may inject the movie with more personal emotion and drum home the feeling that Bond's trail of vengeance, not to forget Camille's too, is very much what the film is about.

Plus, most of all, I hope that the climatic fight has now taken on a more thought provoking aspect, the kind of which is rarely seen in a Bond film (and yet definitely is felt in Fleming's work) . Oh, and make sure you watch it with a classy drink or two at hand (or in my case a pint of ale and a packet of crisps... shame on me!)

Started Edit: February 2011

Completed: May 2011

Cutlist:
- Inserted gun-barrel sequence to the beginning of the movie (accompanied by Michael Kamanâs âgun-barrel opening themeâ from Licence To Kill)

- New extended pre-credits sequence: now begins with a shortened and slowed down version of the opening car chase, intercut with a recap of the events from Casino Royale. Sound effects and music added.

- Foot Chase through the sewers and along the rooftops in Sienna between Bond and Mitchell, now trimmed slightly and again slowed down. Some crowd shots cut.

- Title sequence now starts after the fight between Bond and Mitchell, with new theme song.

- Boat chase is trimmed

- Opera sequence altered. During the shoot-out between Bond and Greeneâs men, instead of the opera scenes being shown I have intercut memories of Vesper in an attempt to make it more personal. Also, replaced music with âVesperâs Themeâ from Casino Royale. Sound effects added, action from the shoot out is trimmed and slowed down.

- Bond confronting the bodyguard on the roof is trimmed and moved to the scene where Tanner and M are discussing the identities of the Quantum group from the pictures Bond took. It now appears that Bond did actually shoot and push the guard off the roof. We do not see Greeneâs men shoot the guard after the fall.

- Bondâs arrival to meet Mathis is trimmed. The boat and aerial shots are removed.

- Aerial battle and parachute scenes trimmed

- One long shot of Agent Fieldsâ oil-covered dead body is cut (we had already seen the body twice), and then slowed down image of Bond being disarmed.

- Hotel in the desert. The conversation between Medrano and the chief of police about the hotelâs unstable fuel cells has been cut. It makes it far too obvious that the whole hotel is like a bomb waiting to explode.

- Desert inferno⦠when Bond jumps down onto the Chief of Policeâs car, the line he speaks before firing his gun is cut, instead shooting straight away â just seemed more real to me.

- Desert inferno II⦠the duel confrontation involving Camille vs. Medrano and Bond vs. Greene is considerably slowed down â Picture has been drained of colour and music has been changed in an attempt to add more emotional weight to the sequence. Scenes are also trimmed from both fights.

- Aftermath... Bondâs line to Camille, âstay hereâ, is cut, as is Bond driving Greene out further into the desert. Instead, the scene just goes from the desert with Greene hobbling away into Camille and Bond saying their goodbyes.

- M telling Bond that Greeneâs body was found in the desert has been trimmed. She no longer says that motor oil was found in his stomach, just that 2 bullets were found in the back of his skull. The intention here is to really leave it up to the viewer as to whether Bond killed Greene or somebody else did.

- Bond theme has been removed from end credits. After the gentle ending of Bond dropping Vesperâs necklace in the snow, it just didnât seem to fit for me. The End Crawl music by Four Tet has been retained, along with a replay of the new title song.

Technical Details:

16:9 Anamorphic. NTSC Single Layer DVD and AVI.PCM Stereo.
Software used: Sony Vegas Pro 9.0, DVD Architect Pro 5.0, PgC Dmux, VirtualDub, Xara Photo and Graphic Designer 6

Special Thanks:

Thanks to my lovely girlfriend, Sophie, as always. You gave me the idea for this edit in the first place and chose the title song, so this one really is for you.

Also thanks to L8wrtr for his continued patience and support and to everyone here at fanedit.org for taking an interest.

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any change i could get a link to this please?
 
I've always had a softer spot for QoS than most but some of the (original) editing descisions are confounding. Sometimes it's so hard to follow what's going on. The opening car chase probably the worst offeneder - imagine ebing one of the stunt drivers who had risked their life only to their shot reduced to a hand full of frames. I wonder if editors get so familiar with the scenes they forget that the audience need for info and time to properly follow what's happening.
Anyway, would be interesting to see how this is cleaned up....
 
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