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geKKo

Artist name or real name: geKKo

Gender: male
Year Of Birth: 1977

Where from: California, USA

Hobbies: cycling, running, snowboarding, golf, hiking, sailing

Interests: Texas Hold ‘em, travel, cooking, Apple
Your favorite quote: “Play to win, or don’t bother. Check friendship at the door. A ‘friendly’ game is a misnomer. If what you are looking for is recreation or entertainment, there is the theater. If what you want is camaraderie, there is the bar. If it is companionship you seek, there are any number of likely whores.” – Doc Holliday

Your personal favorites: pre-CGI Yoda, HDTV, Stewie Griffin, first rule of fight club, iPhone, Gordon Ramsay, thepiratebay, soft baked cookies, Banana Republic, YouTube, Steve Jobs, second rule of fight club, vanilla shakes, Bill Maher, Daring Fireball, amazon.com, South Park, Brit rock, wine country, Arrested Development, UFC, Gizmodo, Bear Grylls

Your personal dislikes: Hallmark holidays, murphy’s law, Star Wars prequels, nu metal bands, people who are intolerant of other people’s cultures, the Dutch, eBay, Zune, the RIAA, DVD region coding, the MPAA, AOL, professional wrestling, spoilers, health insurance companies, HD-DVD vs BluRay, studios multi-dipping DVD releases (e.g. special editions, collector’s edition, ultimate edition, limited edition, deluxe edition, commemorative edition, platinum edition, director’s cut, extended cut, unrated cut, etc.)

Your favorite movies: Star Wars, Fight Club, The Untouchables, Boogie Nights, Pulp Fiction, Swimming with Sharks, Aliens, Heat, X2, Brick, Gattaca, Batman Begins, Gladiator, Minority Report, Braveheart, Primer, Amelie, True Lies, Swingers, Top Gun, The Professional, The Incredibles, Sneakers, The Contender, Mumford, The Spanish Prisoner, Kingpin, Lethal Weapon, Die Hard, Trainspotting, Kill Bill, L.A. Confidential, Seabiscuit, The Princess Bride, The Usual Suspects, Fear of a Black Hat, Good Will Hunting, Crimson Tide, About a Boy, The Thomas Crown Affair, Young Guns, Goodfellas, The Aviator, 300, City Slickers, Ocean’s 11, Quiz Show, The Matrix, Reservoir Dogs, Seven, The Natural, The Breakfast Club, The Empire Strikes Back, Forrest Gump, Back to the Future, Runaway Jury, Searching for Bobby Fischer, Clerks, Trading Places, Saving Private Ryan, Hulk, Contact, Superman, The Hunt for Red October, Jerry Maguire, Tommy Boy, Grosse Point Blank, When Harry Met Sally, Broadcast News, The Color of Money, Singles, The Shawshank Redemption, Signs, Major League, Dark City, La Femme Nikita, Rounders, October Sky, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, So I Married An Axe Murderer, Terminator 2, The American President, The Departed, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade…

Your favorite director: David Fincher, Doug Liman, Martin Scorcese, James Cameron, Paul Thomas Anderson, Chris Nolan

How have you started making fanedits and why are you making them?
Mainly for my own personal amusement, but I also wanted to see how well I could do it. It’s also a great way to learn how to use NLE software if you don’t know already.

Is there a specific kind of fanedits you want to make?
Not really, but I’m open to suggestions.

Do you have a faneditor idol?
Mike Nichols – the fact that he re-edited The Phantom Menace on a 400 MHz G3 Mac with 128MB RAM is impressive enough.

Will you continue making fanedits?
Probably, but not often. Takes too much time and effort to do it right.

What are your favorite fanedits, which you didn’t create yourself?
I liked the Phantom Edit of Star Wars Episodes 1 and 2, especially listening to the commentary tracks by Nichols.
I also enjoyed the Matrix Squared by Spence. Considering how much fluff there was in the sequels, I thought he did a good job re-cutting footage from 4 different sources into a tighter, single cohesive movie.

Gekko’s Fanedits

Watchmen Legacy
This is a shorter cut of Watchmen edited down from the director’s cut. While the overall story and the key plot points are still there, some of the minor character arcs have been abbreviated and some redundant exposition have been cut. This is a much faster paced cut of this epic movie

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War Of The Worlds: Independence Day
 This is a re-edit of Independence Day with War of the Worlds footage mixed into it.

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Casino – Destoned
 This is Casino without the Ginger/Lester storyline. The focus is kept on Ace and his casino; Nicky and his gangster antics.

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Troy – The Age Of Achilles
This is an extensive reworking of Troy that makes Achilles the main protagonist, not Hector and Paris. The romance between Paris and Helen is merely the instrument that brings Achilles to Troy.
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Mission Impossible 2: Disavowed
With over 140 edits and 38 minutes cut, what’s left is a well-paced, action packed spy/espionage thriller. Though still not as intriguing as the first MI, nor as dramatic as MI:3, this edit hopefully brings MI:2 closer in feel to them.
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Tears Of The Sun – Prime Objective
This is a faster cut that focuses on the Navy SEALs doing their mission. Much of the priest/nuns screentime have been cut. Some redundant exposition involving the ethnic cleansing have been minimized. I tried to make this edit less preachy and simply about the SEALs doing their job.
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Meet Joe Black (Condensed Cut)
This is just a faster cut of Meet Joe Black. A lot of the redundancy and minor plot points were removed. Some of the slow dialogue scenes were also re-edited to flow a little quicker.
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The Island (Custom Built Edition)
The Island had the potential of being so much more than what it was. It had hints of The Matrix, Blade Runner, and Logan’s Run. But ultimately it relies on cliched action movie devices and the ending doesn’t quite payoff from the setup. Hopefully this edit at least tightens up the story and improves the overall pace.
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Armageddon (Deep Impact Edition)
This is a hybrid cut of Armageddon and Deep Impact. Most of of the NASA and action sequences are from Armageddon. Deep Impact footage is used to show the government secrecy and response.
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Lord Of War (Strictly Business)
This is just an alternate cut that leaves out the Ava Fontaine (Bridget Moynahan) character. With Ava out of the picture, the relationship between Yuri and Vitali carries more weight. Yuri’s narration carries this movie from beginning to end, so it’s pretty simple to follow even with the jumps in time.
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Ladder 49 (Fast Attack)
This edit of Ladder 49 shows the movie in sequential order without the flashbacks which seemed to deflate the present time suspense.
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Cinderella Man Vintage Edition
This edit keeps the focus on Jim Braddock and his struggle to keep his family afloat.
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Miami Vice (Go Fast Edition)
Most of the romantic stuff between Crockett and Isabella have been minimized. You can still see something developing between them, but we don’t see them sharing their life stories over mojitos in Cuba.
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The Spirits Within Heroes Departed
FFTSW has some interesting concepts, but the flat attempts at humor and cliched romance made the movie drag. All the mumbo-jumbo about spirits and phantoms didn’t help either. This edit trims some of the subplots so the main story progresses at a quicker pace. Less dream sequences, cheesy one-liners, and convoluted dialogue makes it a more straight-forward, action-oriented sci-fi movie.
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Heat – A Los Angeles Crime Saga
Only the scenes involving crimes and police work are intact. However, scenes inolving minor characters and personal lives have been cut. This removes a lot of the depth for the characters that Michael Mann developed so well, but it also speeds up the movie and makes it a more straight-forward, cat-and-mouse game between the cops and the criminals.
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We Were Soldiers (Broken Arrow Edition)
This is a radical re-edit in that there is very little exposition and character setup. Similar to Saving Private Ryan, the majority of the movie takes place in Col. Moore’s memories. This was done to make this a more action-oriented war movie.
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Pearl Harbor (Vintage Edition)
 This re-edit of Pearl Harbor simply minimizes all the minor characters and distracting sub-plots. What’s left is the principle storyline of two best friends, the woman they both love, and how their lives are affected by the onset of WWII. With a new runtime of just under 2 hours, the movie feels more focused and poignant.
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King Kong (Vintage Edition)
 This gives CG Kong a classic look while improving the overall pace of the movie. The plot focuses now on the three D’s (Denham, Darrow, Driscoll).

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