Quote from: SM on Aug 25, 2017, 01:06:37 PM
I don't see any disrespect.
Quote from: SM on Aug 12, 2017, 05:19:01 AM
Quote from: Elmazalman on Aug 12, 2017, 05:10:47 AM
Quote from: SM on Aug 12, 2017, 05:05:41 AM
Can't imagine any fan edit that's going to improve it.
Mind you can't imagine ever watching a fan edit of anything...
Why not?
Cause I wouldn't trust most fans to recut a movie. And I find it a bit disrespectful. And every trailer I've watched for a fan edit has left me scratching my head (to be generous) instead of really wanting to watch it.
Well if you just want to double down and say that no, you don't actually find it disrespectful like you originally said, then I won't argue because that was my main point of contention. However, I do still take umbrage with this:
Quote from: SM on Aug 12, 2017, 05:19:01 AM
Can't imagine any fan edit that's going to improve it.
This is completely dismissive for no reason other than you refuse to accept something. If you're so sure about it, why don't you go watch it and see for yourself? Do you really think that Ridley Scott's version of Prometheus is so unbelievably good (100% perfect) that no one could
possibly improve upon it in the least? Or do you think that works of art like Prometheus ought never to be touched by another person? Do you even know what the fan edit does? It adds about 45-50 minutes of deleted scenes, remastered to fit the quality of the rest of the film, put in logical places for further explanation of what's going on so it's not such a catastrophic mess that fails to explain most of what's happening. It's not like someone took a hatchet to the film and made it a post-modern pastiche, or interspersed the film with home-made footage of a half-naked middle-age obese man in his backyard dancing with a flotation device in a kiddie pool...although given the train-wreck that is the original Prometheus, that might actually have made the film more watchable.
What ability do you have making any remarks about a film you refuse to watch, and why should anyone care about what you can or can't imagine if you're just going to avoid seeing the work and judging its improvements and flaws for yourself? It's as petty as judging a film you haven't seen...because that's exactly what you're doing. I've seen both the original and the fan edit of Prometheus and I can tell you that from the pacing, narrative, character development, action,
and dramatic standpoints, the fan edit far and away excels over the original. But I guess my and others' opinions are wrong for no reason other than, uh, I guess the authenticity of the original work is disrespected. When what we're talking about is
Prometheus (7.0/10 IMDB).
I get that you're saying I can watch the fan edit if I prefer, and you can stick to your original. That's fine, but don't try to also pass off your snide comment that you can't imagine the fan edit being possibly better than or preferable to the original. You're talking to someone who thinks that the original Prometheus is literally unwatchable yet found the fan edit to be actually a good movie. The bigger picture of this is that by saying you can't imagine the fan edit being better, and even worse by refusing to watch it or any fan edit, you've essentially denigrated the entire fanbase of the AvP community as well as I guess fan editing/remastering communities across the board. It's been shown again and again that Ridley Scott is no smarter than the community's fans, unless you'd like a little reminding by having me pull up one of his recent quotes, and saying that you'll only watch
his works while disregarding any attempts to make his films remotely watchable. You've built this pedestal for Ridley Scott, which is just insulting. And I'm sorry for giving a little bit more credit to the AvP community than you. But fans do whatever work they do for their love of the series, not for a paycheck. There's more honesty, genuineness, and love for the series in a lot of the fan content than the official "canonical" bullshit. And I refuse to accept that there's no value in fan works, be they re-cuts or re-edits. They won't replace your precious originals, so you don't have to be such a prick to dismiss them. Take them for what they are, an alternative.