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What got you into fan editing?

You should check out Dr. M's ending to Matrix Hacked Revolutions. It's up for debate how effective it is, but it's definitely different.
 
tranzor said:
. Once there I saw many edits of films I like and what was done to them (such as Cbb's War of the Worlds and Nomach's Big Trouble in Little China). The rest is history. Never heard of the phantom edit or all the hooplah about it until I joined this site.
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Thanks for the name check! Big Trouble is nearly my favourite edit that I've done.
 
My introduction to fan-editing didn't come from the prequel trilogy like some did, but it still had a tie to Star Wars. I've been disappointed several times by movies for things ranging from plot inconsistencies, unnecessary divergence from source material, or just overly blatant mistakes. The idea of fan-editing however never occurred to me. I had seen several movies and wished I could make them better, but couldn't think of the means to do so.

One day while doing my regular browse of movie and game news, I came across an article about Star Wars: Revisited. I read the article and was greatly intrigued by the idea. I went to the site linked to as soon as I finished the article, and freaked out of the shear awesomeness of the idea. I immediately downloaded and watched it, and was not disappointed at all. After seeing that, I had to know if there were more things like this. Doing a browse on google under several search terms, I stumbled upon this website. I almost immediately made an account, and began searching for fan-edits.

After being a member for a short time, I decided I would try and tackle a fan-edit of my own. I had always thought that the "flashback" portions of RvB season's 9 and 10 could function well as their own story, so I began with that. After a lot of research and a short break, I was able to complete my edit with satisfactory results. I then began to wonder what other movies I might want to tackle. My current plans are for another RvB edit, and two different edits of Kick-Ass.

Anyway, that's the story of how I got into fan-editing. I'm very glad I got into this wonderful concept, and I'm very glad to be a part of such an incredible community.
 
i got into fanediting for the chicks.

and the drugs.
 
thedoctor518 said:
My introduction to fan-editing didn't come from the prequel trilogy like some did, but it still had a tie to Star Wars. I've been disappointed several times by movies for things ranging from plot inconsistencies, unnecessary divergence from source material, or just overly blatant mistakes. The idea of fan-editing however never occurred to me. I had seen several movies and wished I could make them better, but couldn't think of the means to do so.

One day while doing my regular browse of movie and game news, I came across an article about Star Wars: Revisited. I read the article and was greatly intrigued by the idea. I went to the site linked to as soon as I finished the article, and freaked out of the shear awesomeness of the idea. I immediately downloaded and watched it, and was not disappointed at all. After seeing that, I had to know if there were more things like this. Doing a browse on google under several search terms, I stumbled upon this website. I almost immediately made an account, and began searching for fan-edits.

After being a member for a short time, I decided I would try and tackle a fan-edit of my own. I had always thought that the "flashback" portions of RvB season's 9 and 10 could function well as their own story, so I began with that. After a lot of research and a short break, I was able to complete my edit with satisfactory results. I then began to wonder what other movies I might want to tackle. My current plans are for another RvB edit, and two different edits of Kick-Ass.

Anyway, that's the story of how I got into fan-editing. I'm very glad I got into this wonderful concept, and I'm very glad to be a part of such an incredible community.
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Same for me, if it wasn't for SW:R, I wouldn't have ever discovered fanediting.
 
Watching movies, I had always thought to myself things like "AOTC would be better without those horrible romance scenes" and "Sharon Stone ruins Casino - it would be a lot better without her" and left it at that. I have no idea how, but I stumbled across fe.org some 4 years ago. Browsing through the listings, I was in awe - How are these people doing the things they say they're doing? How can they alter a film like that? I was shocked. Three in particular caught my eye: X-Files - Exordium, Fight Club - I am Jack's Laryngitis and Twilight Zone - Planet of the Apes Collective. I figured out how to get my grubby hands on them and watched in amazement that a) this was a thing, b) it was a thing that your average Joe did on his home computer and, c) it was done so damn well.

I watched a bunch more, but it wasn't until I saw Depths of Darkness on the Batman Consecution collection that I was inspired to do one myself, expanding the concept to feature length. It didn't turn out nearly as well as I had hoped, but I got the bug and kept making them. 4+ years, 3 shorts, 14 full length fanedits (with 15 on the way) and I'm still at it and having a blast.
 
gonna party with frink.

at frink's house.

neg, reave, and blueyoda will be my samoan lawyers.
 
Great to see this fun thread revived! I love reading everyone's stories.

DeQuosaek and Adabisi: Thanks for sharing!

HenzINNIT: Glad to know I'm not the only one who re-orders albums! The later Monkees albums in particular needed some restructing by me. If you ever finish that Dollhouse edit, I'd love to see it.

TheDoctor518: Can I take it from that screenname that you're a Doctor Who fan? If so, you should come over to our Doctor Who thread?
 
@TomH1138: Yes, I am a huge Doctor Who fan. I think I've poked my head in the doctor who thread a couple of times.I'll definitely check it out again :)
 
I had a vision for how matrix 2 & 3 should be. None of the existing edits were what I wanted. Eventually I gave up waiting for somebody else to do it and realized that I had to take the initiative and make it myself.
 
Eventually I gave up waiting for somebody else to do it and realized that I had to take the initiative and make it myself.

That, honestly, is one of the best possible reasons right there. :)
 
Actually it was the Avengers. I remember planning an Avengers movie marathon in anticipation of the movie release and getting confused as to the viewing order of the movies. After some research I found the marvel movie timeline showing how all the stories intertwine and decided "hey, I've had some experience in editing programs. I can do this." The end result was an almost ten hour edit with terrible transitions and no audio transitions, but it got the job done. We all had fun viewing the edit and then going to see the movie the next day. I then edited several other movies that I thought needed fixing; The Golden Compass among others. It wasn't until one fateful google search that I realized I wasn't the only person out there doing this, and then I joined fanedit.org :)
 
CalMusquez said:
Actually it was the Avengers. I remember planning an Avengers movie marathon in anticipation of the movie release and getting confused as to the viewing order of the movies. After some research I found the marvel movie timeline showing how all the stories intertwine and decided "hey, I've had some experience in editing programs. I can do this." The end result was an almost ten hour edit with terrible transitions and no audio transitions, but it got the job done. We all had fun viewing the edit and then going to see the movie the next day. I then edited several other movies that I thought needed fixing; The Golden Compass among others. It wasn't until one fateful google search that I realized I wasn't the only person out there doing this, and then I joined fanedit.org :)
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Was that you submitted the 10-hour Avengers edit last year?

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I'm glad you had fun making that Avengers edit, Cal! From the sound of it, I'm also glad you didn't submit it. :)

It's good to be honest with ourselves when things don't work out the first time. It's also good to just get in there and do it. My silent / subtitled / black-and-white with tinted colors / needlessly over-complicated Revenge of the Sith will likely never see the light of day, but I'm glad I stuck my hands into the metaphoric clay and started messing around. With each new thing I attempt, I'm getting a little bit better, and maybe someday soon I'll really have something of value to show people.
 
Neglify said:
lmao, I like that honesty.
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Yeah, that attitude would save The Academy a lot of work. :)
 
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