Have you ever re-edited a movie or tv show into your ideal version ?

Have you ever watched a film or tv show and thought something along the lines of "great show, but if only it didn't have that bit" ?

I've never seriously considered doing this myself but it got me thinking about the more techy folk on here. With the amount of editing software available for a home PC it would probably be fairly easy to make your own version of a "Directors Cut". Perhaps removing something you don't like, or editing in a deleted scene.

So have any of you ever did this ? I'm aiming this question more at the home PC users, not professional editors.

Is it sacrilege to re edit someone else's work, even if it's only for your own entertainment ?

I once thought about putting pulp fiction in chronological order.

I wish I knew how. I'd love to do fan edits (for my own enjoyment). If it's just for you, it's no sacrilege at all. Somewhere I have a list, with time codes, of stuff I'd cut from the PT.

Yep, did it for TPM and AOTC.

Check out Fan Edits where there's hundreds of top quality edits. Mainly by shortening bad movies. Or by reorganizing scenes, like Pulp Fiction.

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steveo said:

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Yep, did it for TPM and AOTC.

How? I'd love to tinker with them.

I've considered re-editing the following so that they have happier endings:

Old Yeller- In my version, the dog had received a recent rabies vaccination and turns out to be fine.

The Mist- While in the car, the radio is on and they hear about the mist going away. As the military goes by killing off the last of the creatures, they get out of the car and begin to party. It ends with a montage like Animal House where we find out what happened to all the characters in a few years.

Titanic- In this version ship makes it safely to New York… Leo still gets killed, but it happens when they get to New York and lights up a cigarette when he gets off the boat. He is then beaten to death by Mayor Bloomberg, who says he will not allow smoking in his city.

Pay it Forward- Haley Joel Osment engages a group of bullies… but is packing heat. He shoots each of the bullies in the knee caps, ensuring that he does not kill them, but they’ll walk funny for the rest of their lives. He then grows up to be an awkward looking teenager that is never heard from again.

Hannibal- In this version, Hannibal Lecter and Clarice Starling fall in love and run off to Argentina, where they live happily ever after.

I did for Gattaca and then loaned out the DVD and never saw it again and I want to edit Transformers to get rid of the crap but then I'd have about a 30 minute movie, and that's estimating high.

I edit some movies so my kids can enjoy them, my son loves transformers, but he hates the bit when the decepticon goes up sams nose, so I have edited that out.

Funny enough I did this for "The Hunted" (the one with the ninjas ).


Basically I rearranged the ending so it looks like Takeda chops Kinjo's head off before succumbing to his own wounds.


I hated the original ending.


Kevin

familyman said:

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I edit some movies so my kids can enjoy them, my son loves transformers, but he hates the bit when the decepticon goes up sams nose, so I have edited that out.

Truly, you are a family man.

I have wished I had the software to re-edit a movie sometimes.
I saw "The Green Hornet" at the movies and wished the editing had been tightened up. I would love to edit out out some of the lamer moments of Seth Rogen and some of the lapses of logic.
I would like to edit some of the elements from the original American cut of "Highlander" and parts of the director's cut.

Russ257, I've had that same thought. The movie would still have a solid ending with Bruce and his girlfriend roaring off on the chopper after Bruce says "Zed's dead...etc

One that comes to mind because I just watched it this weekend is Adywan's fan edit of Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back... To read his list of tweaks, additions, subtractions and just plain editing that he put into his cuts is simply amazing for a fan edit... Even though I don't agree with many of his edits, it's still a show of amazing dedication...

So...what does one use to do this?!

I thought Adywan's edit of ESB isn't out yet?

cayman shen said:

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So...what does one use to do this?!

For me- two VCRs hooked up with AV jacks.


Kevin

I put all the extra TV scenes into the theatrical Fast Times at Ridgemont High. It was a gift for a friend--his favorite movie.

cayman shen said:

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So...what does one use to do this?!

DVD ripping software, the movie/TV show you wish to edit on DVD and Editing software.

In some cases, people actually take it up a notch by using 3-D modeling software for older TV shows that used model effects. An example can be seen in this clip from the original "Battlestar Galactica", where we see a shot of the Vipers and Shuttle landing on Kobol (which previously was not included). Some even use Adobe After Effects to enhance scenes that they feel should have used some sort of effect.

xmr1 said:

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I thought Adywan's edit of ESB isn't out yet?

It was his quickie color corrected version of ESB, not the full edit he has been working on for years...

ok, I thought I missed that :-)