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Post by booshman on May 11, 2020 2:04:44 GMT -5
That's a shame. I have a few Neca figs but I always end up tikering with them. I have the 1/4 alien and predator, both of which I repainted and upgraded bits on. Here's how my Reeve is displayed right now. I got a wooden base and added a clear rod support. The logo I 3D printed. I also did a custom 7 inch Clark. And here are some of my Hot Toys. Reeve has a new head and custom suit and boots.
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Post by booshman on May 10, 2020 11:55:05 GMT -5
I've no idea how you found that, nice one! I'd love to have access to all WB's footage.
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Post by booshman on May 9, 2020 22:25:43 GMT -5
That was very cool. I saw someone request this on another vid and hoped he'd do it. Watching the clip made me feel really sad, hopefully there's an alternate universe out there where a very old Reeve is still kicking it and enjoying the comic book movie boom were in.
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Post by booshman on May 9, 2020 10:00:36 GMT -5
Hot toys Reeve when he came out was in the $115-130 range. I got one at each of those prices. I also got the evil Superman for $130. Looking now the regular version is about $180-$200, but I think if I looked properly I could find cheaper. I got Batman 89 for about $155, Robocop around $190 and Marty McFly $160. I saw Nicholon Joker in a shop for under $100 and didn't pick him up should have grabbed him at that price.
I have't got anything new for a while. There's the space concern and the stuff coming out is just too mainstream. I have no interest in starting a Star Wars or Marvel collection. There was Back to the Future 2 but the likenesses weren't great. Most stuff I have now are customs. TO be honest the price of these things, even being cheaper than outside Asia, has gone up to a point that puts me off. I'd rather get things by Neca now, they're doing great figures and the price point is much more acceptable.
Looking at the new Hot Toys stuff out the price for Vader is around $250.
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Post by booshman on May 7, 2020 21:31:38 GMT -5
The price of Hot Toys outside of China is crazy.
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Post by booshman on May 6, 2020 0:28:03 GMT -5
The villains like the Superman he made previously are private commissions not made for Hot Toys. It's a shame as these are bloody good sculpts. I'd prefer them 1/6 scale though.
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Post by booshman on May 2, 2020 23:59:35 GMT -5
I don’t know if it’s actually finished yet. I thought a lot of this was promotional. I've no idea what this is but there is a torrent file for an earlier version in the description of the video.
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Post by booshman on May 1, 2020 4:05:11 GMT -5
The kick always looked janky to me, I'm surprised they left it in the Donner Cut.
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Post by booshman on Apr 30, 2020 4:42:26 GMT -5
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Post by booshman on Apr 29, 2020 9:15:44 GMT -5
Mia Sarah was so cute back in the day, but a bit young looking I think. Black Canary and Green Arrow?
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Post by booshman on Apr 28, 2020 11:27:54 GMT -5
Here's a quick list of the top of my head. I imagine this being released 85/86.
* Superman - Reeve * Batman/Bruce Wayne - Alec Baldwin * Flash - Eddie Murphy or Emilio Estevez * Green Lantern - Rob Lowe * Green Arrow - Tom Selec or Don Johnson * Black Canary - Daryl Hannah * Hawkman - Dolph Lundgren * Atom - Michael Douglas * Wonder Woman - Kelly Le Brock
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Post by booshman on Apr 23, 2020 8:53:16 GMT -5
Thanks Booshman! Your work inspired me to try out another experiment... hope the amount of clips coming out means that your cut is 'full throttle' to getting finished! Got some big hurdles out the way but there is still so much to do. No idea when it might be done.
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Post by booshman on Apr 22, 2020 0:28:38 GMT -5
Here's a full list just so you know what was done.
Track motion of the shot and apply to a null layer. stablize motion of shot. Roto Superman from and remove from shot, patch for a clean background plate. Add Superman back in and correct flight motion. Pre-compose everything and parent to null to restore the original motion.
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Post by booshman on Apr 21, 2020 12:37:04 GMT -5
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Post by booshman on Apr 20, 2020 13:59:21 GMT -5
I'm not trying to follow any particular version, I just want the characters to be consistent nomatter which version you choose. I think to have Lois say "Don't ever forget" ouside the fortress contradicts how she talks the next morning pre mind wipe, and it's pretty cruel that she says that and he makes her forget.
So option 1 Lois says she gets it, and accepts why they can't be together. She's dropped of and they say a final goodbye while establishing how they will go forward with their relationsip from now on. Finally we see them at work and get a glimpse of the new status quo.
Option 2, we don't really see anything after the fortress but we know from Lois's face when she's dropped off she cut up, she has her back to Superman before he flies away. The next morning we se she's distraught and she gets wiped.
I think as ATP pointed out,and as we see in the RIC, if you start intermixing these scenes there is a contradiction in to Lois's motivations.
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Post by booshman on Apr 20, 2020 13:00:30 GMT -5
Here's another revision. A small change to the middle due to how I've had it on my timeline for a whole not matching the chart. This was flows better and the music transitions work. I also changed the end so it's a clear choice of amicable breakup with Lois remembers, or Lois is very upset and gets memory wiped.
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Post by booshman on Apr 20, 2020 4:05:15 GMT -5
Nice clip, they defiitely missed a trick or 2 when originally creating this scene.
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Post by booshman on Apr 20, 2020 4:03:19 GMT -5
I quite like the idea of it ending with Lois knowing and having some playful banter. That would carry over nicely to S3 as well. The few Lois/Clark scenes in S3 still work with Lois knowing. Do you think the balcony farewell and the memory kiss should be mutually exclusive? It feels like three breakup scenes (Arctic, Balcony, Office) might be too many. Your pizza scene: how do you handle Lois feeling confused about her missing memory? I assume there is no turning back the world in your S2, so she would clearly remember the events of the previous day. It's a fair point on the break-up scenes, I'll have to have a think. The pizza scene doesn't have the North Pole bit, Lois acts less confused. Lois says she feels like she's sitting on a great story but can't remember it. The implication being she knows everything that happened and will never reveal his secret or the details of the last few days. He says knowing her it must be about Superman, and she replies that he has no need to be jealous. As he leaves for the pizza she says he's really super, as a last in-joke and he leaves. It's not perfect since the scene wasn't shot with this intention, but it works well enough and is better than using another option or skipping it entirely.
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Post by booshman on Apr 20, 2020 3:18:06 GMT -5
]Does your pizza scene imply that Lois knows the truth? And what version of Superman returning do you have? Please say it is "General, would you care to step outside" from the theatrical. And what happens at the fortress fight? Is it the theatrical version with the cellophane S? Or the Donner version? For the fortress fight see above. The pizza scene implies Lois knows and they ar having some playful banter. Of course the version of Superma Returning is the theatrical, but with Donner Lois for her "Superman!" close-up. There's a bunch of Donner stuff in there but with the street sounds from the theatrical added in.
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Post by booshman on Apr 20, 2020 2:48:50 GMT -5
The whole project is brilliant! Not to add to the complexity of the chart, but curious... what are your plans for the Fortress confrontation at this point? Much along the lines of my last edit. Starting with Lester and moving into Donner. So heat beams instead of finger beams, no plastic S, no teleport games, some extra Hackman dialogue, thatrical score as the villains are defeated with Donner reaction from Non. I've updated the chart, I also rearranged the White House scene order so you still get that great transition from the Diner if you choose the theatrical repowering.
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Post by booshman on Apr 19, 2020 10:49:14 GMT -5
That chart hasn't been updated, but yeah since you mentioned it a few days ago I plan to replace the option for Clark on the floor with the theatrical finding the crystal.
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Post by booshman on Apr 19, 2020 9:33:03 GMT -5
As techically impressive as it is (and I am honestly blown away), I don't think it works having both Lara and Jor El. I think it has to be one or the other. Related: Lara stepping out of the crystal has the same emotional weight as full-length Jor-El appearing and putting his hand on Clark. So I feel it needs to be one or the other. Having both makes it less special. (This is also why I agreed with removing the deleted scene in STM where Jor El talks to Superman after he is revealed to the world. It's a great scene, but it's just too much.) Your concept of Lara being an extension of the Jor El AI is very interesting. And pretty scary too. It feels a bit like the ending of Contact (1997) with Jody Foster and David Morse. Makes me wish Robert Zemeckis had directed MoS. I also prefer the thearical cut over the 2001 version. There's nothing in it that miss when rewatching. I'm glad the footage is out there, but the pacing is better in the first cut. I go back and forth on what I prefer in the depowering, and in a lot of the movie for that matter. That's why after changing my scene list time and again I decided to just edit all of it. I think I have a pretty solid "choose your own adventure" style scene order, that whatever options you pick the movie will still make narrative sense. So Paris scene or XK-101 release, 3 versions of the depowering scene, etc. Here's a chart so you can see exactly what I mean. If the line is black follow to the next box making choices as you go down, if the line is red or blue you need to follow that colour until you're back to black again.
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Post by booshman on Apr 19, 2020 4:44:03 GMT -5
We join the home movies just as the footage finishes, so there really is no room for the elder. Here's a new clip: SSSSOOOO GOOD!!!!!! Part of me is totally resistant to the idea of changing a word of Mank's script or concepts--- but you made this flow so well, that it feels seamless! Some thoughts: I am curious though--- did you attempt any experiments to try to get the 'finger pointing' 'Father- I love her.' by Supes integrated into the conversation after mom seems to approve? (If so- how did that come off performance-wise?) Another note: I thought it interesting that you chose to have Jor-el fade before the crystals exploded. I could see it matching Lara's also disappearing- but playing the devil's advocate, having the crystals explode first- then Jorel fading gives the impression "oh crap- there's a direct connection- no crystals, no more talking to dad"- Good point on the elder- it would be jarring to have the elder appear, then have a few seconds of the parents playing with Kal-el. Anyhow---- so nice to see all these clips- it's a great escape from all the craziness in the world now...! Having to add the suit to any shot from the Donner Cut in the shirt, I used them sparingly. I use the shot in the Jor-El only version but with the "I love her" fromthe theatrical cut. The thing with the combo version is that once Lara starts to talk the score in the background continues uninterrupted until the depowering begins, so there is nowhere to swich back to Brando. The more I watch the clip I don't even think it's really Lara, more of an extension of the Jor-El AI. He seems to have a very clear mission for Kal-El, and in the repowering he says he has forseen this happening. It's like he gives Superman this one mulligan to get the idea of living as a human out of his system, then sacrifices himself to make sure he lives the life he chose for him. Pretty dark when you think about it. Here's a new clip
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Post by booshman on Apr 18, 2020 12:20:36 GMT -5
Interesting point on the elders--- though, maybe this was an educator or assistant to the keeper of the archives, if not an avatar... many options. On another note- an OCD side of me wondered- if the avatar is the choice, would it be overkill or a good idea to have this avatar appear briefly in the beginning of 'home movies'? We join the home movies just as the footage finishes, so there really is no room for the elder. Here's a new clip:
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Post by booshman on Apr 17, 2020 14:55:42 GMT -5
Wonder if there’s a way to utilize Brando reading Trees or another reading while utilizing an outtake of Brando’s disembodied head from the Superman Returns documentaries. Perhaps the crystal display could have images of trees on display. Just thinking of ideas since I’m not too keen on Jor-El having Elders encoded in his teachings since they all sided against him. I don't see it as an elder programmed into Jor-El's teachings, he is just part of the knowledge of Krypton, which is stated to be the accumulation of all literature and scientific fact from across the 28 known galaxies. I don't think the elder sat and recorded all the poems, he is just an avatar to deliver information. I would assume this was already available to those on Krypton. Agreed. Full-body Jor-El should ONLY appear once, and that is when he appears and gives Clark his power back. You're darn right.
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