FINAL WARS: CyHunter's Cut (It's for real this time!)

[CyHunter]

Just thought some of you might be interested: One may recall my labors in planning an extensive fan edit of Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla a few years back that aimed to signifigantly improve a lot of the "little things" that plagued that movie. My efforts were mostly hampered by my inability to obtain a subtitled, DVD-level copy of the film and a lack of experience with the process of the DVD rip. But, a few days ago, I finally figured out what to do, and with my Final Wars disc within easy reach, began cutting away.

Now, editing Final Wars is an entirely different process than editing SpaceGodzilla. GFW does not aim to be a serious sci-fi outing. This is a movie that, though it has a script roughly equivalent to if one were to adapt the infamous "All Your Base" Zero Wing opening sequence into a feature film by chucking the Toho monsters in there for name recognition, knows all about style. Kitamura knows how to fill a frame, and how to utilize all the elements within the frame to make a badass cinematic moment. Just watch his MGS work. And for me, watching GFW is not a bad viewing experience. It's just that there seemed to be a lot more effort put into the polishing of the martial arts fights than of the monster fights, and the soundtrack blows. I like the sort of progressive rock/ambient electronic style - it certainly fits the movie - but it's way too low-key in places, especially the third act, in ways that just end up sucking the energy and tension of the moment out of the scene.

In short, what I am doing is taking the unexpected stylistic elements of the movie - Kitamura's agressive manipulation of the color palette and the unusually-non-orchestral soundtrack, for example, and merely pushing them even farther.

In several key action sequences where previously the soundtrack didn't even seem to respond to what is occuring on-screen, I've altered the music to include songs from the group MUSE ("Map of the Problematique", "Take a Bow", and "Exo-Politics" - beats Sum 41, that's for sure) or tracks the "OC-Remix" of the DOOM soundtrack, which fit in quite nicely with the electronic music of the movie but are, I think, of a generally higher quality and really amp up their scenes.

Also, a lot of the nighttime color palette has been enhanced to more realistically pass for night, and the scenes in the south pole have had blizzard-like interference added to the frame. I've brightened up a lot of the daytime scenes as well to help pass off the Toho stage as the outdoors and improve the realism of the minitaures/monsters.

Maybe I'll put together a little trailer or something soon.

[neo godzilla jr]

[Bijou]

Oh God, you've given up on GODZILLA VS. SPACEGODZILLA? It's the sign of the apocalypse because well all know how much you adore the film. A real fan of this movie would import a copy of the Japanese R2 DVD and buy a used hack-free/region-free DVD player no matter what the cost would be.

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[Psycho Soldier]

[CyHunter]

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