KNIGHTQUEST

i wasn't trying to put down the movie or anything, i loved it, i thought it was great. i was just saying it would be a lot more original if it had original music, even if it was synth music, made with a midi keyboard. some composers would do it for free, just to get there name out there...

 

Just wanted to add my voice. KQ team, you guys are real professionals. To anyone who derides the quality of this film: how many non-A grade films have you seen lately?
This was Star Wars, and better than any B-grade movie. More importantly, it captured the spirit of the SW films.
I hope you feel it was all worth it, guys. I dreaded that the hype would make it a big letdown, but I wasn't disappointed in the least.

I also hope the PTH guys are encouraged by this.

 

Stand by for an original score composed and conducted by Rich Johnson, coming soon on Broken Allegiance!

 

Jedi Finney -

I don't think they really cared about originality when it came to the music. I know whenever I think about my film, I can't wait to see how well it will flow with Williams' score backing it up.

That's sort of my beef on things these days...a lot of people are focusing more on originality and trying to come up with something new. I've heard many AWESOME ideas from many aspiring filmmakers, only to end up scrapping the idea simply because it wasn't original. I say embrace whatever idea you have and not worry if someone else has tried it...unless it's copyrighted and you want to make money off of it.

just my two cents....still downloading. :T

 

All I can say is holy smokes.

I think we have a new winner.

I bet you all are going to have the same hoopla that Duality got. It was worth the wait, and now for the 64k question, when/is a sequel coming?

That defintely felt like Star Wars.

--Joey

 

10 hours and counting... still can't get past 20% before my 56K cuts out and then it's back to 0%...
I know you guys at TF.N we're trying to improve stats analysis and what not, but this whole "Server Does Not Support Resuming" thing puts us poor sods on 56K out of the picture entirely...
I guess I'll have to wait until some bootlegger has it on VHS or DVD...
A shame really...

 

I know its too early too tell will there be a sequal to KQ?

 

I waited for this flick since the beginning and after watching it, I had sort of an "Episode 1" feeling about it. I downloaded every trailer, all the interviews, followed the hype, but the final product fell short of my expectations. I'm not saying it was terrible, no, but I feel that episode 1 and this fan film suffered from the same lack of storyline and general enjoyment.

In terms of effort, I can't deny that a lot of good work went in to this. The CG was outstanding as well as the general editing and transitions. It was a beautiful film to watch, and I was impressed the entire time.

But the bottom line is the quality of the sum of its parts did not equate to an enjoyable experience. I just couldn't get in to it. I'm sorry. Hate me if you must, but I have to be honest.

 

Spoiler Alert











Anyone else get the feeling that Vader begins to doubt that Karina is alive dead even before he leaves the planet? And I'm pretty sure he knows for sure right after she shouts the "I'm coming for you!" line. Perhaps the reason he let her go is because he knew she had already turned to the Dark Side...

 

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I guess I'll have to wait until some bootlegger has it on VHS or DVD...

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You realize this is illegal and could get the entire hobby shut down, right?

 

Ok! I am having a hell of a time trying to downloading KQ in the wmv file. It gets to about 43 megs and it quits and tells me error. I don't know what to do.

Kev

 

One thing that I found a bit strange though (engage nit picking mode) I thought tie fighters were either atmosphere or space and not both, in that they are not capable of doing re-entry through the atmosphere?

Does anyone else think that? Or is it me talking rubbish?

If that were true, how would they get from the atmosphere to space?

PS: TIEs can be seen flying from high atmosphere (But in a life zone) to high orbit in ESB.

 

Blast it! Now I can't download it at all. Once I click on it it just reloads the webpage. AHHHHHH!

Kev

 

MAXVEERS: You realize this is illegal and could get the entire hobby shut down, right?
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That was my bitter, twisted and sarcastic point...

If we can't get access to the films the legit way, what other choice is there...

Now before all the children jump up and down and flame me... I've been coming to TF.N for about 4 years now... and I've been patient and waited before downloading the popular films... I'm usually a reasonable kinda guy - but with the new download system, unless you've got a direct neuro-jack to the TF.N server you're out of luck (I am, of course, exagerating - but you get the point)...

I've been downloading since about 5:00am (my time) and it's now 2:40pm - and I still got no freakin' Knight Quest 1, 2 or 3...

It's a little frustrating...

Once again... Time to up my medication...













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As for TIE-Fighters in the atmosphere...

TESB - Right near the end... Luke falls to the Millenium Falcon... and lookit thar... what's them thar zippy thangs coming up a from behind those clouds, shootin' all them thar green thangies... They have to come from somewhere... and sure as hell ain't no ISD doing no dang re-entry (no VSD either)...

 

I haven't been able to download this all day! The cgi server doesn't support resuming & everytime I loose my connection or if it stalls it has to start back at 0% all over again!!!!!!! If it would support resuming I would have all three by now but instead I don't even have 1 part
Please go back to the old way so I can download with comfert knowing that I'll get it even if the connection shuts off without wasting my time redownloading the whole thing all over again just because it shut off with only 5% left to go & restarted with 100% left to go!!

 

Need Help

ok heres the question

you know how you said you encoded from the wmv to quicktime, how do you do that, i am very eagerly wanting to put KQ on VCD and watch it on my dvd and surround sound, and make the upstairs neighbors go nuts, can someone help, ???

 

Well, here we go. Brace yourselves, people.

As was commented in another thread on the board, I like to consider myself one of the "oldbies", having been here for a couple of years like so many others, and yet upon the time of my arrival, Knightquest had already become the stuff of legends.

As such, I had almost become accustomed to the idea that it wasn't a real project, but a myth, a beautiful dream to which we would all aspire (I recall someone had similar feelings about Duality once and in posting such sparked one of the biggest meltdowns that film ever saw--which is one heck of a thing to be said).

Now that it's actually been released, after years of waiting, it's an absolutely surreal feeling. It's like the end of an era, seriously.

It's a marvelous credit to Joe that, even given everywhere that we've gone in the two years since the inception of KQ, it is still a film that tops the previous releases--perhaps not as much as it would have pre-Duality, but still a step up, and in a fan film that was conceived in the early days of fan filmmaking.

This could have gone two ways: sucked and been practically an insult to the legend, or become and instant classic. It achieved the latter--was, in fact, a classic before it was even released.

Is it perfect? No, not in my opinion at least. All the great parts have been commented upon, so I'm going to begin with the negatives. I'm going to nit where no one else did--not because I disliked the film by any estimation. Good God no. This is something I plan to strive for (and in that we'll be in touch, Joe). But in this film I see the small things that, if fixed in their own way in the next Banshee production, would take it from "awesome" to "godly."

I'm a total whore for lightsabers, so I know what they should look like and I pay very close attention to the way fights go. The fight choreography, as has been said elsewhere, could use some work if to be used again in subsequent productions. The fights looked pretty good a lot of the time--on many occasions the Vader mannerisms were spot-on--but a few times there were some awkward moments. Vader going nuts over Padme didn't sit too well, his fighting style got way more mobile than a more-machine-than-man could accomplish.

The distance scene, behind the two younger Jedi, was totally lightsaber pattycake, with the strikes accomplishing nothing whatever.

Dannick's rushing in to take on Vader was very nicely done, good fighting. The two on Vader was very well done, though there were a few instances where I found myself screaming at the Jedi (especially Danny) "TAKE HIM YOU FOOL! HE'S TOTALLY OPEN!"

Karina and the double...whoo. She could certainly have used more training with that weapon. I found it slightly distracting that after "I'm going to kill you!" the entire subsequent shot is of her DEFENDING herself awkwardly, making few attempts at strikes and mostly just switching the saber end over end.

The sound effects were sometimes distracting in that they repeated a lot, especially the saber effects. One sound recurred many many times (high pitch then an echo sound of a lower pitch, a ricochet).

The compositing was seamless in that there was absolutely no glow or edge, and all the fine detail was there. The lighting of the composited elements sometimes did not match, most noticeably in the bridge of the smuggler ship. But the integration otherwise? Flawless.

The music. I have no problems with re-using Williams, but the transitions were sometimes rather rough. However, besides that (and that only on occasion), the cues were immensely effective and well chosen.

Ooh, the revolving cameras...Steadicamming like mad...my ONLY gripe with the directing. Besides that it was wonderful.

The acting was sketchy. It didn't feel to me as though the characters were really relating to--or even truly TALKING to--each other most of the time.

Ben Fletcher; THE voice of Vader in the fan film world. Even so, there are a few things that could be worked on. Frequently (such as when speaking to the off

 

An EA Omega destroyer in the opening?! That is awesome! Now if only i could dl it and watch it!

And a big boo to TFN for cgi downloadin'...really alienates a lot of us slow pokes.

Thank the Maker TFN is not the ONLY source of Knightquest...now I am finally dl' WITH a resume function!

 

Hey Joe,
Job well done! Vader was very convincing as was the overall acting. I felt like I was watching a professional work. You have created one heck of a motivating masterpiece. I look forward to downloading a high res version. Is there a sequel in the works?

 

Whats an "EA Omega" Star Destroyer?

-tm

 

"I also hope the PTH guys are encouraged by this."

Uhm... we are...

-PTH guys

 

Earth Alliance Omega Class Destroyer - from Babylon 5...

As for OTHER sources for KQ... come one... spill... who's got it on a server with resume?