Comments on: Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones – The Spence Edit http://fanedit.org/8648/ The wonderful world of movies - edited by fans for fans Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:31:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: ctorbaoglu http://fanedit.org/8648/comment-page-1/#comment-12319 ctorbaoglu Sun, 11 Dec 2011 23:22:04 +0000 http://fanedit.org/?p=8648#comment-12319 Downloading now hope that this one is the another top one from Spence Downloading now hope that this one is the another top one from Spence

]]> By: z-vap http://fanedit.org/8648/comment-page-1/#comment-11648 z-vap Mon, 11 Apr 2011 01:09:02 +0000 http://fanedit.org/?p=8648#comment-11648 Well I wish I could re-edit my post above. (EDIT: post removed by admin TMBTM) I decided to take the vob's, extracted the elementary streams, then recreated a new dvd structure. Now there is no "dizzying" affect on the screen. What can I say? Wonderful. Audio and Video is crisp and clear. There were a few minor mistakes with either wipes or transitions, but over all things were great. Your handling of the romance was good; not overdone. The conveyor belt scene in the factory was really good. However I disliked all the clicking that the insects were making in the hallway before hand. I also did not even miss the Yoda fight at the end. I am hard pressed to pick between this one and The Phantom Editor's. Overall 9/10. Well done indeed. Well I wish I could re-edit my post above. (EDIT: post removed by admin TMBTM) I decided to take the vob’s, extracted the elementary streams, then recreated a new dvd structure. Now there is no “dizzying” affect on the screen.

What can I say? Wonderful. Audio and Video is crisp and clear. There were a few minor mistakes with either wipes or transitions, but over all things were great. Your handling of the romance was good; not overdone. The conveyor belt scene in the factory was really good. However I disliked all the clicking that the insects were making in the hallway before hand. I also did not even miss the Yoda fight at the end.

I am hard pressed to pick between this one and The Phantom Editor’s. Overall 9/10.

Well done indeed.

]]> By: buddythegoon http://fanedit.org/8648/comment-page-1/#comment-11499 buddythegoon Fri, 28 Jan 2011 06:18:52 +0000 http://fanedit.org/?p=8648#comment-11499 I'm on a renewed prequel fan edit kick (burned out on them in 2009 I think). I'll first admit to being shallow. I was meandering through all of these pieces of art by all of these very talented people, saw Spence's Episode II and Kerr's Episode III, and thought, "hey, those are the shortest ones." And there's the selection criteria. I have no problem with short. In this case, in particular, I freaking love short. This is a much more elegant take on the previously bloated and beleaguered Ep. II. Spence achieves his purpose well especially with regard to Anakin. In the scenes with Padme, he actually seems like a somewhat charming kid. Since a lot of expository and ridiculous dialogue is removed, we get to see Padme and Anakin doing things together and actually bonding. The reinserted scenes with Padme's home and family certainly convey the message that these two kids are going to hook up way better than whatever goofy garbage was in there before. You know what I mean - flaming hearth, dominatrix outfit, dialogue delivery not worthy of a 4th grade Christmas pageant. It has been evicted. These kids are really falling in love now. No more Anakin as whiny baby creepo. No more wondering what kind of horrible treatment Padme was subjected to as a child to make her fall for this maladjusted turd of a person that Lucas made Anakin in the original. He's a nice kid, maybe a little confused. She digs him. Simple. Elegant. Well done. I wonder though if it would have been even better had Anakin not told his future wife that he slaughtered an entire colony of Tuskens. "I love you sweetie and I want to be with you. I don't care what the Jedi say. Also, I slaughtered a bunch of innocent women and children with my lightsaber. Marry me!" It's just a thought. I still really like the way Spence did it. I know a few other editors have excised Yoda fighting with a lightsaber. It works here just as well. I didn't miss it. In fact, I wasn't even thinking about it as all the action moved along. I remember seeing Episode II in a theater on opening night and laughing my arse off when Yoda starts to fight. I know that it's not supposed to be funny, but it's an utterly ridiculous scene the most serious point in the movie. Dude just got an arm chopped off, two Jedi heroes lying in a heap, and here comes an 81-year-old man battling a cartoon character? No. I would like it if there were a way to keep the force battle in and just remove the lightsaber portion, but I'm not sure that's plausible. Regardless, removing the entire Yoda sequence holds true to the more logical flow of the movie for which Spence is aiming. I really believe that Lucas tried for some kind of profundity in all of the prequels. Unfortunately, he attempted to convey the weight of various moments through unnecessary or repetitive expository dialogue and a bunch of "look-what-I-do-mom!" action sequences. Spence cures this issue as best he can. We're left mostly with dialogue and happenings that move the plot and elegantly, without beating us over the head with the obvious, convey the weight of what's going on. I didn't hear any wonky audio edits and the video cuts were smooth for the most part. I gave it a 9/10. I’m on a renewed prequel fan edit kick (burned out on them in 2009 I think).
I’ll first admit to being shallow. I was meandering through all of these pieces of art by all of these very talented people, saw Spence’s Episode II and Kerr’s Episode III, and thought, “hey, those are the shortest ones.”
And there’s the selection criteria.
I have no problem with short. In this case, in particular, I freaking love short.
This is a much more elegant take on the previously bloated and beleaguered Ep. II. Spence achieves his purpose well especially with regard to Anakin. In the scenes with Padme, he actually seems like a somewhat charming kid. Since a lot of expository and ridiculous dialogue is removed, we get to see Padme and Anakin doing things together and actually bonding. The reinserted scenes with Padme’s home and family certainly convey the message that these two kids are going to hook up way better than whatever goofy garbage was in there before. You know what I mean – flaming hearth, dominatrix outfit, dialogue delivery not worthy of a 4th grade Christmas pageant. It has been evicted. These kids are really falling in love now. No more Anakin as whiny baby creepo. No more wondering what kind of horrible treatment Padme was subjected to as a child to make her fall for this maladjusted turd of a person that Lucas made Anakin in the original. He’s a nice kid, maybe a little confused. She digs him. Simple. Elegant. Well done.
I wonder though if it would have been even better had Anakin not told his future wife that he slaughtered an entire colony of Tuskens. “I love you sweetie and I want to be with you. I don’t care what the Jedi say. Also, I slaughtered a bunch of innocent women and children with my lightsaber. Marry me!”
It’s just a thought. I still really like the way Spence did it.
I know a few other editors have excised Yoda fighting with a lightsaber. It works here just as well. I didn’t miss it. In fact, I wasn’t even thinking about it as all the action moved along. I remember seeing Episode II in a theater on opening night and laughing my arse off when Yoda starts to fight. I know that it’s not supposed to be funny, but it’s an utterly ridiculous scene the most serious point in the movie. Dude just got an arm chopped off, two Jedi heroes lying in a heap, and here comes an 81-year-old man battling a cartoon character? No. I would like it if there were a way to keep the force battle in and just remove the lightsaber portion, but I’m not sure that’s plausible. Regardless, removing the entire Yoda sequence holds true to the more logical flow of the movie for which Spence is aiming.
I really believe that Lucas tried for some kind of profundity in all of the prequels. Unfortunately, he attempted to convey the weight of various moments through unnecessary or repetitive expository dialogue and a bunch of “look-what-I-do-mom!” action sequences. Spence cures this issue as best he can. We’re left mostly with dialogue and happenings that move the plot and elegantly, without beating us over the head with the obvious, convey the weight of what’s going on.
I didn’t hear any wonky audio edits and the video cuts were smooth for the most part.
I gave it a 9/10.

]]> By: spence101287 http://fanedit.org/8648/comment-page-1/#comment-11465 spence101287 Mon, 10 Jan 2011 07:16:55 +0000 http://fanedit.org/?p=8648#comment-11465 Hey! Thank you for the nice review. I'm glad you enjoyed it. Hey! Thank you for the nice review. I’m glad you enjoyed it.

]]> By: pauvre http://fanedit.org/8648/comment-page-1/#comment-11457 pauvre Fri, 07 Jan 2011 06:12:23 +0000 http://fanedit.org/?p=8648#comment-11457 This may be a little late, but this edit is awesome! The whole movie flows much better now. There is a seriousness to the film now that was lacking before. And the most amazing part of this edit is that the romance between Anakin and Padme is actually believable! Anakin does not come off as creepy, is not annoying or childish... very well done! My biggest problem in the original was that there was no way she would like him. He was just weird and annoying. They never showed me any reason why they would be together. In the Spence edit, suddenly it all seems to make sense. You took a stinker and turned it into a good movie! This is my definitive version. Thanks bro. This may be a little late, but this edit is awesome! The whole movie flows much better now. There is a seriousness to the film now that was lacking before. And the most amazing part of this edit is that the romance between Anakin and Padme is actually believable! Anakin does not come off as creepy, is not annoying or childish… very well done! My biggest problem in the original was that there was no way she would like him. He was just weird and annoying. They never showed me any reason why they would be together. In the Spence edit, suddenly it all seems to make sense. You took a stinker and turned it into a good movie! This is my definitive version. Thanks bro.

]]> By: pokemonkey http://fanedit.org/8648/comment-page-1/#comment-10758 pokemonkey Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:06:33 +0000 http://fanedit.org/?p=8648#comment-10758 Whow! Nice, I Got excited when i saw there is a spence edit on the attack of the clones. I read the description and i thought to myself "At last no dex scenes and no yoda fight edit" BUT(!). . . only thing that i thought to myself "well maybe it's not a perfect edit" was the cut of the space fight with obi-wan and jango. i loved that scene, even if obi looks stupid, it's a space fight ! :) well, didn't watched it yet i need to see how it works out, but THANKS FOR THE EDIT I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR. Till now my favorite edit was "sithlord remix" edit but it wasn't a really a professional edit. hope you top it up :) Whow! Nice, I Got excited when i saw there is a spence edit on the attack of the clones.
I read the description and i thought to myself “At last no dex scenes and no yoda fight edit”
BUT(!). . . only thing that i thought to myself “well maybe it’s not a perfect edit” was the cut of the space fight with obi-wan and jango. i loved that scene, even if obi looks stupid, it’s a space fight ! :)
well, didn’t watched it yet i need to see how it works out, but THANKS FOR THE EDIT I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR.
Till now my favorite edit was “sithlord remix” edit but it wasn’t a really a professional edit. hope you top it up :)

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