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Post by Anarchist86ed on Aug 20, 2016 14:04:36 GMT -6
Yeah, I don't know what to call it, but I've taken it on myself to remake the cut of this movie. Below are a list of changes so far.
Cut: All of the MTV and pop culture crap from the beginning. This completely ruined the point of the first movie by outright telling you that wasn't real, but this was based on real events. Frak you, Artisan, have fun in extinction.
Cut: Artisan entertainment, replaced with lionsgate intro.
Cut: Book of shadows. No book of shadows was ever mentioned in this movie. It is now just Blair Witch 2.
Cut: All but ONE mention of Kim being a psychic... or some sh^&! This made no sense whatsoever. Yeah, she's a goth, goody. But she's not some product of advanced Human evolution. The one insignificant reference is a joke when Tristen asks "how did you know" And Kim hmmmphs and walks away. Never again do we mention her being a psychic.
Cut: Marilyn Manson over the opening credits. Replaced with Mercyful Fate-Witche's Dance. Let's be honest, Frank Sinatra doesn't work for this movie in any way. And that song just doesn't work for me.
Replaced: The gore scenes over credits. Replaced with scenes of the black out insanity. Why? Because we start off meeting the characters and everything seems fine, but these shots tells us everything goes wrong in some way.
Cut: The big tree in the foundation.
Swapped: Scenes during Parr foundation and Erica's witch crap. Some of it seemed out of continuity and badly edited.
Attempting to remove: Hidden messages. They don't matter, no one cares.
Attempted to improve: Color. The film is horribly dated, and is only in standard def DVD. The least I can do is make it a little more colorful.
Removed: All references of Jeff being insane. I wanted to show him and the others GOING insane, not having already been so.
Composited jokes: A whopperito makes an appearance even though it wouldn't exist for another 17 years. Time is meaningless in the black hills anyway.
Cut: The owl. What was even the point of that thing? Was it some attempt to tie it in with Blair witch volume 1 and that ridiculous hecachexmix nonsense?
That's all for now.
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Post by Tweek on Aug 20, 2016 14:07:37 GMT -6
Well the Whopperito changes everything. Now there is TRUE evil in those woods. It's a whole new movie now. It's like adding More Cowbell! I like it
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Post by Anarchist86ed on Aug 20, 2016 14:18:26 GMT -6
Well the Whopperito changes everything. Now there is TRUE evil in those woods. It's a whole new movie now. It's like adding More Cowbell! I like it Yep. if only one of them did a commercial for whopperito I'd change the villain to a whopperito. Also gone are those "files" on them. Another thing that had no point whatsoever.
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Post by Sticks•n•Stones on Aug 20, 2016 14:21:28 GMT -6
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Post by Anarchist86ed on Aug 20, 2016 14:25:43 GMT -6
Dude. Seriously. Don't do that edit. Too late. Brought it back with me.
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Post by Tweek on Aug 20, 2016 14:26:25 GMT -6
I've made that face before. That's my "praying I don't crap my pants after eating this" face.
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Post by Anarchist86ed on Aug 20, 2016 14:33:46 GMT -6
I've made that face before. That's my "praying I don't crap my pants after eating this" face. Indeed.
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Post by Sticks•n•Stones on Aug 20, 2016 14:41:45 GMT -6
"You brought it back with you!"
"Something IS wrong"
-- Eileen Treacle's warnings
Please make it to where Kim and Erica get naughty on the rug while comparing their marks. And then the possessed Tristen walks into the room and leads them.
That would be nifty.
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Post by Anarchist86ed on Aug 20, 2016 14:47:31 GMT -6
Sure. You got $30,000 for CGI?
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Post by Sticks•n•Stones on Aug 20, 2016 17:58:26 GMT -6
Below are my (newly edited) points of observation:
Cut: All the pop culture crap from the beginning.
That's what I've always said. The whole intro sucks.
But it's a spin-off so it should be called BoS. You should only be cutting out the "BW2". Watch SHADOW OF THE BW to find out why the movie has that title.
DO NOT include any Coffin Rock massacre crap into the film at all.
Delete the scene 'Craven on the TV at Coffin Rock'
Leave the foundation tree alone. It's a reference to the tree they hung Elly from.
Removing Esrever images is unnecessary.
Leave the owl alone when Kim sees it above her.
I hope you were only joking about adding in a pooperrito somehow.
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Post by Anarchist86ed on Aug 20, 2016 19:24:26 GMT -6
Below are my points of observation: Cut: All of the MTV and pop culture crap from the beginning. That's what I've always said. The whole intro sucks. But it's a spin-off so it should be called BoS. You should only be cutting out the "BW2". Watch SHADOW OF THE BW to find out why the movie has that title. You should use music from The Cellar for the opening title/forest sequence. DO NOT place any Coffin Rock massacre crap into the opening title/forest sequence. In fact, don't include any of it in the film at all. Delete the scene 'Craven on the TV at Coffin Rock' Leave the foundation tree alone. It's a reference to the tree they hung Elly from. Removing Esrever images is unnecessary and dumb. Leave the owl alone. It signifies being watched by the evil in the woods. And later crashes thru the window to signify their final doom. I hope you were only joking about adding in a pooperrito somehow. All the MTV is crap is gone. No shadows. BW2 or bust. I do use that music. None of it is there. Haven't gotten that far yet. Tree had to go. Too much of the massacre scene, and can't replace the music. Besides, I wanted no hint of weird of creepy things until the next morning. Esrever is already gone. The owl's gotta go. The wild pooperito appears. So mote it be.
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Post by Sticks•n•Stones on Aug 20, 2016 19:40:32 GMT -6
Well it doesn't sound too bad as long as there is no pooperrito in there.
But don't know why you'd wanna call it BW2. Seems like a bit of an insult to tBWp ..
Don't leave the shallow gene pool people in there either.
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Post by Anarchist86ed on Aug 20, 2016 19:41:23 GMT -6
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Post by Sticks•n•Stones on Aug 20, 2016 20:00:30 GMT -6
did I make a funny ?
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Post by Anarchist86ed on Aug 20, 2016 20:02:27 GMT -6
Yes.
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Post by Sticks•n•Stones on Aug 20, 2016 20:06:34 GMT -6
when will you be done? I want the extended copy of tBWp.
If your program can pretty-up a video file somehow then maybe you should try with the workprint? Just a suggestion.
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Post by Anarchist86ed on Aug 20, 2016 20:13:48 GMT -6
when will you be done? I want the extended copy of tBWp. If your program can pretty-up a video file somehow then maybe you should try with the workprint? Just a suggestion. Nothing can fix it.
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Post by Sticks•n•Stones on Aug 20, 2016 20:22:09 GMT -6
maybe a little color tuning ?
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Post by Anarchist86ed on Aug 20, 2016 20:23:39 GMT -6
Yeah, that'll do it.
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Post by bw.asylum on Aug 21, 2016 6:59:09 GMT -6
I like the changes. Given how divisive this movie is on this sub, I'm anxious to see how a cut like this turns out. Props for putting the effort in.
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Post by cropsy on Aug 21, 2016 8:53:43 GMT -6
I like the Artisan logo, didn't like that it was replaced on the bluray
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Post by Tweek on Aug 21, 2016 8:58:29 GMT -6
I agree on getting rid of the owl bits. It looked fake and cheesy and served no real purpose.
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Post by cropsy on Aug 21, 2016 9:19:55 GMT -6
What you call "the MTV and pop culture crap from the beginning" I always thought was necessary to show the viewer the hysteria surrounding Blair Witch Project and that it led to people flocking to Burkittsville, setting up the sequel.
You can't just cut that out.
oh you did?...
=)
It will be interesting watching this since it now might play more true to the idea that bw2 is just a recreation of events that was covered in Shadows of the Blair Witch, something someone on the board here have mention.
I think that bw2 was recut to fit with the promotion material (Shadows) and now when Berlinger's original vision can't stand alone why not make it interconnect more with the other stuff? This way it will be more true to what we are told in Shadows that Artisan only wanted to capitalize of the tragedy of others, just like with BWP. This edit might be perfect for people having Blair With marathons.
I expect to see a post from you soon claiming that you are, "Finally Finished", and a download-link for the edit.
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Post by Anarchist86ed on Aug 21, 2016 9:28:25 GMT -6
I'm not quite finally finished.
Cut: abortion in river.
Cut: most of the hospital stuff.
Cut: the files Jeff had. That was absolutely pointless.
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Post by Tweek on Aug 21, 2016 10:36:36 GMT -6
You'll have to let me know how it turns out, as I still don't care enough to watch it.
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