I have been rewatching some franchise media that got bad receptions (new star trek movies, matrix reloaded, The Phantom Menace) and I have been feeling a lot more charitable to these works than I was the first time.

In this spirit I watched The Hobbit again and it is truly awful.

[–] corvi@lemm.ee 41 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I seem to recall there being a pretty good fan edit that condensed it down into one long movie and cut out all the unnecessary love triangle stuff.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 48 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

It's called The Tolkien Edit

https://tolkieneditor.wordpress.com/

[–] Darrell_Winfield@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

I enjoyed watching that when it was first created! Any word of a 1080p for that one? I'd even take a release of the timestamps so that I could make the edit to my 1080p versions.

[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 21 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

There's a few. I watched the M4 book edit recently and it's pretty great.

Certainly cut out a few scenes I liked, but its goal was to be book accurate and it does a great job IMO.

https://m4-studios.github.io/hobbitbookedit/

The list of changes is remarkable.

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 16 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

http://www.maple-films.com/downloads.html

[–] illi@lemm.ee 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I can wouch for this one. Very well done. I wish they cut out more Alfrid time though.

Alfrid makes me understand why people hate Jar Jar so much.

[–] criitz@reddthat.com 1 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

You like Jar Jar?

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

I like Darth Jar Jar. I want video genAI to execute what it was really built for and replace Dooku with DarthJar.

[–] illi@lemm.ee 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Like is a strong word I think. I don't mind him. But I was a kid when Phantom Menace came out, I didn't really fully experience the original trilogy before I saw it. So that's why - for a kid it's a fun goofy comic relief. So might have liked him back then, which moved my tolerance for him in adulthood. Didn't see the movie in years though.

LotR is sacred to me on a similar level like the SW original trilogy was sacred to the die hard SW fans back then, probably. I can't say I hated the Hobbit movies (though they are clearly inferior - the edit really saved them), but I hate Alfrid with everlasting passion.

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Is this the same edit made by Tolkien Editor or is it another cut?

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It's a different cut. Tolkien Editor wrote he edited over a weekend, the maple edit took 2 years.

Another edit is https://m4-studios.github.io/hobbitbookedit

Which is closer to the book, whereas maple is a bit more action/cinematic and hints at LOTR plot.

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 2 points 3 weeks ago

Thanks.

[–] Telodzrum@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

Reloaded was well liked. Revolutions was widely panned. I also rewatched them both recently (all four plus the Animatrix in order, actually) and I found that I liked them more on rewatch, a couple decades later, than I did initially.

[–] K4mpfie@feddit.org 4 points 3 weeks ago

I recommend giving the X Man Series another try. I recently did and it gave me a warm fuzzy feeling. The original timeline just feel like perfect cheap action movies from the 2000s. Brought me back to my childhood. Same with the "Unbreakable Trilogy"

[–] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 2 points 3 weeks ago

On the other hand, rewatching any season of True Detective is doable.