LostInSpace Posted April 24, 2005 Report Posted April 24, 2005 Star Wars Nerds Rejoice. I know I am. I came across this one quite by accident. It's great. Much better than the Star Trek fan made movies. This film was also sanctioned by Lucas. Get it here: Star Wars: Revelation 'Star Wars Revelations' a sophisticated fan film By Tish Wells Knight Ridder Newspapers WASHINGTON - In the original "Star Wars," the Imperial military leader Grand Moff Tarkin tells head baddie Darth Vader, "The Jedi are extinct; their fire has gone out of the universe." Not for the makers of "Star Wars Revelations," an amateur fan film to be released Monday over the Internet. It's part of a growing video genre produced by devoted viewers and made possible by affordable cameras, computer graphics and editing technologies. All are labors of love, and viewable free since they're based on intellectual property that belongs to the copyright owners, in this case "Star Wars" creator George Lucas and Lucasfilm. "Star Wars Revelations," a 40-minute feature that's sophisticated by fan-film standards, is based on the "Star Wars" universe. Thanks to a solid plot, interesting characters, superb special effects and an unexpected ending, it's accessible even to viewers who can't tell a lightsaber from a flashlight. "Revelations" is a provocative prelude to the May 19 release of the sixth Lucasfilm in the "Star Wars" series, "Episode III: Revenge of the Sith." The fan film picks up on the expectation that the Jedi, the good guys, will fall to their enemies, the Sith, epitomized by black-helmeted Darth Vader. In "Revelations," Vader's Imperial Forces are hunting down escaping Jedi. A former Jedi turned Imperial agent, Zhanna, is pursing an artifact that will help her find and destroy her former comrades. Opposing her is a fugitive Jedi heroine, Taryn Anwar, working through an old friend and smuggler, Declan, and another ex-Jedi, Cade, who has control of the artifact. Taryn and Zhanna vie for the artifact in a series of starship chases and lightsaber battles. "Revelations" lacks the mega-bucks polish of a Lucasfilm production, but it catches the otherworldly excitement of a summer science-fiction blockbuster. Director-actor Shane Felux as Cade, Frank Hernandez as Declan and Gina Hernandez as Taryn deliver smooth performances. The complicated plot moves along briskly despite uneven dialogue and an occasional clunky line. The computer-graphics special effects are retina-blasters. They include a chase through space-based starship construction yards and a night on the town in Corellia city, whose Central Park, minus the orange tint, looks much like New York's. Felux, who maxed out his credit cards and took a home equity loan to make "Revelations," acknowledges that the film "got bigger than even I thought it would. We just never really tried to limit ourselves." It shows.
LostInSpace Posted April 30, 2005 Author Report Posted April 30, 2005 Did anybody download and watch the movie?
Ben Zwycky Posted April 30, 2005 Report Posted April 30, 2005 yep, not bad for amateurs, I must say. I thought the fight scenes were a little unconvincing, though, but what can you expect. Let's hope George gets as much film quality per unit budget as they did (a forlorn hope, I fear)
ShoHashi Posted April 30, 2005 Report Posted April 30, 2005 I saw it last night on IFilms.com by streaming it. I agree with Ben in it's not too bad for amateurs.
Ben Zwycky Posted April 30, 2005 Report Posted April 30, 2005 I downloaded it (took a good few hours on my connection) Ah. Unlimited data. Gotta love it
ShoHashi Posted May 1, 2005 Report Posted May 1, 2005 By downloading the Bitorrent version, I was able to get it in about an hour and a half.
Charles Lindsey Posted May 1, 2005 Report Posted May 1, 2005 Yeah it's ridiculous. For the most part I had 70 seeds but towards the end it went up to 120. The download speed was awesome. But to share with others and get your share ratio up it took forever. Yeah it was cheesy. Decent enough though. I love the most of the space ship scenes and backgrounds.
jamotto Posted May 1, 2005 Report Posted May 1, 2005 Not bad, it has decent acting. The "vision's" gimmick, although lifted straight out of "Unbreakable", gives this an interesting twist.
LostInSpace Posted May 1, 2005 Author Report Posted May 1, 2005 quote:Originally posted by ShoHashi: By downloading the Bitorrent version, I was able to get it in about an hour and a half. I cheated and used the htp link downloaded in 10 min. Yeah the acting is not half bad. You gotta take into consideration that they probably did very few retakes (which cost money) and some of the cast members were eh. Like the Emperors hand and the Emperor. The space sequences were kick s$$ however. But overall very enjoyable and good.
Wolferz Posted May 1, 2005 Report Posted May 1, 2005 Not bad for unpolished amateurs. The Special FX were "impressive"
Cruis.In Posted May 1, 2005 Report Posted May 1, 2005 downloading now. also can someone post the link for the star trek fan made movies which were bumping around here before?
Charles Lindsey Posted May 1, 2005 Report Posted May 1, 2005 http://www.3000ad.com/ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cg...c;f=33;t=000290 Will the thread do?
Guest $iLk Posted May 4, 2005 Report Posted May 4, 2005 I thought it was a pretty good movie. hey Chavik, have you heard anything about the Rave in Hoover near the Galleria screening Ep III?
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