War of the Stars: A New Hope Grindhoused

November 8, 2010 @ 12:56 pm

Simply incredible!

There probably isn’t much that I could say that hasn’t been said about this.

So I’ll just chime in that IMO this is the first SW “spoof” to equal Hardware Wars 30 years ago.

Simply incredible!!!

September 29, 2010 @ 10:23 pm

WOW!!!

AMAZING!!!

FRACKING BRILLIANT!!!

INCREDIBLE!!!!!!!!

Just watched this last night and it is the most FUN I have had in a long time! My wife said I had a crazy goofy grin on my face through the whole thing.

When it was over, it left me wanting for more!
More Blood!!! More Jive Talking Darth! More R2D2 Zinger Subtitles! More, more MORE!!!

AUDIO: Hilarious and awesome! I notice no significant issues. 9/10
VIDEO: Absolutely horrible! I loved it!!!! 9/10
VISUAL: Did I mention, MORE BLOOD please! 9/10
ENTERTAINMENT: Oh yeah baby, it was good time! 10/10

Grindhouse edits may not be to everyone’s taste, but I LOVED this! It was just silly fun.
It took a movie I have seen a zillion times, and made it fresh, funny and entertaining again!

Favorite scenes…..
The new twist ending of Darth’s use of the dark side on Luke,
the new RED EYE effects whenever Darth uses the force (totally inspired!!!)
and most of all,
R2D2′s comment about Obiwan not remembering him…. I nearly fell out of my seat from laughing so hard!

THANK YOU for such an entertaining experience!

September 6, 2010 @ 3:54 pm

What else can I say here? Only that the man behind the mask is a absolute genius, loved it, fell about laughing at some of the scenes, the blood was an
excellent touch, and adding a scene from the fan movie troops with jawas was hilarious. This is a fan editing masterpiece.
10/10 from me.

July 9, 2010 @ 12:35 am

For me this was a masterpiece of fanediting. This edit stands alone in the vast warehouse of Star Wars fanedits. It is entirely original, consistently surprising, and 100% rewarding.

Technical Evaluation
Audio Quality
The sound worked well. The levels were consistent and I was never forced to turn it up or down. The new musical sources blended well with original audio elements and I felt that all of the musical choices were fantastic.
10 out of 10

Video Quality
The beauty of this edit is in the thrashing of the quality. this is one of the driving forces behind the feel of the edit which also allowed TMBTM to incorporate many elements that otherwise would never work in a ‘traditional’ edit. Looking beyond the grain and scratch filters (and original source quality) there is no obvious pixelation, no un-intended quality drop-offs. The integration of the lost/deleted footage is particularly impressive given the quality of the original source.Top notch.
10 out of 10

Visual Edits
As a person who has the ANH permanently etched in memory, every new shot, every new angle popped, and the manner in which this was all combined is truly impressive, mixing and matching so many sources so that it feels intentional and by design. There were perhaps 2 cuts that felt hard where the transition from totally original sequences (Cantina for instance) back to the more traditional footage. The transition was so abrupt it was like waking from a really wonderful dream. These were far and few between.
9 out of 10

Overall Entertainment
For me, the best term to describe this edit is; Relentlessly original. This fanedit injected a sense of joy into a movie that I have seen easily over a hundred times, there was a sense of newness that I never expected to feel in a Star Wars film again.
At the conclusion of every sequence I found myself thinking “Well, that was a good run, but really, from here on out there is NOTHING else that can be done to make this feel as new or fresh as what I just saw” And each time I was wrong. The Man Behind The Mask delivers originality throughout the entire film.
10 out of 10. The shining moments for me had to be the Cantina sequence (simply amazing and original) and the Death Star Trench run. I did not see that bit coming, and I just about spit soda out my nose when it happened.

This edit may not be for everyone, but for me this was as perfect as an edit can get; Well executed, 100% original, and 100% entertaining. Thanks TMBTM!!
Overall Score: 10 out of 10

May 13, 2010 @ 1:58 am

Incredible. The best fan edit I’ve seen, or at least the most fun. I had a big smile on my face the whole time. Wonderful, genius work.

If I have any complaint, and it’s a real tiny one (that’s what she said), it’s that I expected to see garbage mattes around the ships in the DS battle. But that’s such a minor nit, I can’t believe I even bothered to mention it.