An American Tail (1986) Watching this film I sort of had higher expectations, it's a film I know was infamous for it's message about immigration and it's Jewish undertones for the mice, and I think th... Why do you post the exact same message across multiple forums, where 99.9% of the time no one responds? Why do you do it? Why not pick one instead of spamming multiple? It feels disingenuous, especially with most people not saying anything. Why not go edit a film? If I saw you double, triple, posting I'd make you stop and choose, or leave. The forums aren't meant to be your dumping grounds.

An American Tail (1986) Watching this film I sort of had higher expectations, it's a film I know was infamous for it's message about immigration and it's Jewish undertones for the mice, and I think that is a really cool aspect. I like when kids films have deeper meanings or important details, and this has that. Otherwise though, it's sub-par. The film basically lives on inconveniences of Fivel and his family missing each other every time they are close to one another and it feels too episodic. It also didn't feel idk as grand or as big as Nimh which isn't exactly bad, but that film is like an 11/10 and this at worst is like a 6-8 for me out of 10. Even the darker moments and message felt underdeveloped, like this film was too kiddish for it's own good. I didn't love it or hate it, it was just fine, a bit boring in some parts honestly. ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ /⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

I think it's that sense of family that was brought up a few weeks ago. As you watch it, you are there with them. Yeah it's really interesting, them being the pioneers. finding undiscovered things. That's Star Trek to a tee.

I will think about it haha. Maybe I'll watch all of it, maybe nothing. I'm not sure if I still want to watch tv series in the first place. That said, I'm now watching the second episode of Enterprise and I think it's better than the first! I love how primitive it all is and how the humans are treated as inferior to the Vulcans. It's now like the humans are one of those random species that the TNG crew would encounter if you know what I mean.

I think that would be a mistake but if you think you wouldn't watch them if it meant having to watch all of them... well that is a necessary sacrifice. My reasoning is though, these lists do not know you personally and they may advise you to watch episodes they like but you don't , and they may tell you to skip episodes that you might really like. My primary example is The Inner Light, one of the most celebrated TNG episodes, my brother didn't really like it, but he really like some episodes that I really don't like. It is up to you though. edit: I mean... seriously... they recommend skipping Jetrel??? That episode is incredibly good character development for Neelix. I just can't fathom that.

I watched the pilot of Enterprise today. I kinda liked it. I think I might watch a simplified watchlist of ENT and VOY. https://www.letswatchstartrek.com/ent-episode-guide/ https://www.letswatchstartrek.com/voy-episode-guide/

The Secret Of Nimh (1982) is one of the best animated movies ever made, I would also state it is the best Don Bluth movie ever made. This film is exactly what Don Bluth wanted it to be, no interference, no execs, just pure Bluth and it's cinematic gold. Every frame of animation is so gorgeous and meticulously hand-drawn with such elegance and care. Every moment builds character depth, every beat has a purpose, the score in this film composed by Jerry Goldsmith is a lullaby to the ears. Oh my gosh I love this movie, this film also has ONE OF the BEST sword fights I have ever seen in an animated film, it's drawback is how short, but it's intensity it's musical score, it's visuals, it's pure bliss! I think this is certainly a wake up call for what modern animation needs to be. The film gets dark, it gets intense, but it makes the climax SOO rewarding, that moment when the score comes in, you just feel different, you feel like a wash of joy has poured over you. Maybe the film could use some slight extensions but if we're talking about the film we have it's dang near perfect if not PERFECT. 10/10

PrismsFanEdits wrote:This is an excellent movie! I really enjoyed this film, it is such a bizarre and dumb concept yet it works excellently, Keanu Reeves feels so odd to see so young, but truly this f... that was bill and teds excellent adventure, my bad!

Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure. I have another movie recommendation for you, Prism. Trolljegeren / Trollhunter from 2010.

Interesting that you liked Shaw that much! He did have a lot of integrity... kind of. I decided to rate it 8, the writing is just not good enough for it to be a 9 imo! Not sure what to do with myself ... well you have options! voyager is worth watching. I've watched voyager more than enterprise. it's easier to watch. enterprise is good and i love it, but it's a bit harder to watch. not sure why. Strange New Worlds s worth it too. There are some terrible episodes, but there are also some really good ones.

This is an excellent movie! I really enjoyed this film, it is such a bizarre and dumb concept yet it works excellently, Keanu Reeves feels so odd to see so young, but truly this film is a masterpiece.... What movie are you talking about?

Fascinating. I don't have much hope left for Star Wars though. I'm sure they'll make something somewhat cohesive out of it, but not in the right manner. We'll have to wait for AI movies before we can have good Star Wars again. Same with Star Trek.

Interesting that you liked Shaw that much! He did have a lot of integrity... kind of. I decided to rate it 8, the writing is just not good enough for it to be a 9 imo! Not sure what to do with myself now haha. Am watching the pilot of Enterprise.

Filoni and Lyynwen are taking over Lucasfilm, Kathleen is out! and I am so excited, but should we be fearful? After all Book Of Boba Fett exists with Faverau's fingerprints and so does Mando S3, tho are these artifacts of the Bob Jpeg era? Will Hunt For Ben Solo return? https://www.starwars.com/news/lucasfilm-leadership https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/star-wars-kathleen-kennedy-steps-down-dave-filoni-1236465012/ Any thoughts?

This is an excellent movie! I really enjoyed this film, it is such a bizarre and dumb concept yet it works excellently, Keanu Reeves feels so odd to see so young, but truly this film is a masterpiece. A film that could only work in the 80s, I love it, the music, the time travel, the humor! It works! 5/5 stars! 9.5/10

I rated it really high when I first watched it too. Shaw (spoiler hidden) Agreed on the shaky cam, it really was so atrocious, even when I tried stabilising it, the visuals actually warped, it was that bad. Like the rolling shutter was effected by it. It certainly was very nice to see them all home again, and very iconic. The writing throughout, it certainly is the best fanfiction they could have gotten. Although they really could have done with a bible. They really did get so many aspects of the characters wrong.

Just finished the show! What a great ending. Just seeing the crew back together was pure bliss. Never did I think a show about a frail old man could be this enjoyable, but Patrick Stewart is simply irreplaceable. I think I would have had an even better experience, had I watched Voyager first, as this closes the Borg storyline that is continued in Voyager. Despite that the writing could have been better, the original cast just has so much class that they lift the show up a level. I do like that there was a progression in the plot from season to season, with Picard having to resolve his inner conflicts. He accepts having family in season 2 and then he gets a son. Did Q know he was about to face his son, and is that why he made him go through the season 2 journey? To flesh these themes out more, I think the show could have been written in a more cohesive manner. There are questions unanswered and the plot got a bit convoluted. Is Picard still "himself" as a robot? What was going on with Q? What was the energy burst at the end of season 2? Also, some of the writing was lazy. Why the heckies are planetary shields based on a space station?? Why not from INSIDE the shields, on Earth? I also didn't like unnecessary shaky cam. and what does Q want with Picard's son? Jeri Ryan turned down "Captain Seven" spin-off. Bummer because I think it could have been good! I would've watched it if it was available now. Not sure if I should rate it an 8 or a 9. I'd say season 1: 8, season 2: 7, season 3: 8 or 9. That would come down to an average of 8, but the nostalgia of it all, the classiness of the original cast, and the way it resolves plots from TNG maybe do lift it up to a 9.

Okay so I have begun work on this edit again, and I think it's pretty close to perfected, I've got a few grinding issues that need fixing but I now also need previewers. If anyone is interested please dm me on fe.org with the source of course acquired, and I'll happily reply. For now here's the changes! The second workprint / final edit is nearing completion though there's 3 glaring issues that need major fixing and I could use insight. 1. The aspect ratio changes twice: The scene where Benji briefs the team on the plan using Spence's edit and the scene of Tom getting out of the ice and the tub scene, using Spence's edit. Not his fault, I think what happened is he maybe ripped the IMAX file? and now I am forced to try and work with it? The music during the house fight to the next scene: I thought way, why don't I rearrange the plot a bit? so I moved the brief interlude with the President and her agents being upset to right after the house fight so we go to the sledding scene perfectly, but now it's weird because the big loud music does not sync to the lower mood of music at the start of the President scene, so now I've gotta figure that out, suggestions are welcome. I'll upload images of my problems too when I get the chance. Here's all the changes. For the edit, this is more-or-less the final cut. 0:00 Opening Logos 0:20 Entity visuals with dialogue from different places to bring us into this flashback / dream Ethan's having of the entity 0:49 Ethan wakes up, Gabriel scene with many trims - all of this was mainly done by Dandy98 who I know is no longer allowed here, but he was friendly to me at first and together we constructed this cool opening, I'd feel off removing it and unsure what to do, so I've left it with credit. 5:16 Into credits! 6:09 Transition into Ethan running down the street to Luthor. Following scene of Ethan & Luthor has very slight trims, need to fix audio or remove (unsure ATM) Everything stays the same till the briefing with Benji and the team at around 27:19 I full-on used Spence's edit of the scene which he was gracious enough to provide, it really helped. 28:58 back to Ethan he's waking up, then just dives to go to the actual watercraft so he meets sub-team and such 29:50 No longer she President sad about her son just cut from map to Ethan talking with the captain about needing a sub. 32:36 Go from the Captain to the team landing on St. Matthew Island 35:51 go from team to the craft then back to team when appropriate 45:22 Grace and the wife of the guy in the dog feeding house to Ethan has been removed, we stay with them, with a few frames trimmed to smoothen so we go from seeing the guy in gear, to the wife beating head with shovel House fight with all the trims back to Ethan removed! 47:48 I have moved the scene of the President being challenged by her advisors to here, so she's talking and blah blah blah, basically we go from Donlow being told we gotta go, to her in order to get us out of the fight and move on, otherwise we go from house to randomly sledding, it felt off. 49:09 transition to the said sledding scene 1:11:28 We have the scene of Ethan leaving from under the ice, the framing gets weird, we go from wide to Imax ratio?? I need to talk with Spence about a way to fix or some1 who knows how to. Used his ice tub scene to remove Grace, it was just akward. 1:59:00 The entire scene with Luthor and Ethan needs to be reworked and scored, I am gonna move around dialogue I decided against killing Ethan, I'm gonna still trim the ending though it's too long. and then credits and that's about it!! Overall the film clocks with credits 2 hours and 10 minutes, it's way shorter, removing a ton of fluff and instead creating for a faster paced adventure. I might still trim some rough edges but PLEASE! :) I need viewers if your interested send me a PM please own the film on Blue-Ray and I'll send a copy of the workprint!! It's not perfected but it's watchable PS: I might trim out all the president stuff near the end apart from the countdown, Pertex Productions on YT made his own edit and suggested it should be cut because it distracts from Ethan and the conflict, and I agree, I've not decided though, It's easy enough just haven't chopped it yet.

Discussion for this fanedit.

Hm... That's certainly true. I still think they should make every aspect as good as possible though! But I suspect they deliberately went for a different style, maybe to step away from Kirk's "masculine" 60s vibes. They told Paul Wesley to not try to copy William Shatner's mannerisms too much.

Thank you! Someone told me it looks a bit too "bleak", so maybe I'm re-adding some blues since I de-saturated the blues. I think there's something to it because it looks better when I remove the de-saturation. (image) (image) Maybe it's a little oversaturated now, but overall I think it looks decent. (image) (image)

It's a really good balance!

Actually now that I think about it, if they had cast a really good Kirk, he may well have overshadowed the other characters. They definitely wouldn't want that, as Kirk is only a bit part.

Working on the Death Star lightsaber battle now... This is what I got so far. (image) (image)

Haha thank you! Yea right! I wonder what happened! But when I watch Picard I see so many similarities! He has the same look in his eyes, the same kind of "dark" energy about him. Maybe they just decided to change Kirk's character a bit, or maybe just to go for a more established actor. I like Paul Wesley but he is not really doing it for me in Strange New Worlds. If they had cast Ed Speleers I might have decided to watch SNW but now I probably won't, even though I heard it's not bad.