# Meet Jack Torrance **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 30, 2005, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-jack-torrance/324138 "2005-09-30T02:22:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-jack-torrance/324138/1 "2005-09-30T02:22:56Z")
Someone online edited a [new trailer for _The Shining_](http://www.ps260.com/molly/SHINING%20FINAL.mov) with new music and snippets from the movie. It’s brilliant. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-jack-torrance/324138/2 "2005-09-30T03:05:14Z")
Oh, that’s fuckin’ awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-jack-torrance/324138/3 "2005-09-30T03:12:02Z")
That Rules!!! ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-jack-torrance/324138/4 "2005-09-30T03:24:32Z")
Brilliant. ---
**Author:** ![sciguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@sciguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciguy)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-jack-torrance/324138/5 "2005-09-30T03:37:33Z")
Bravo! I never figured that a change in music was all Kubrick needed to make an upbeat, feel-good film. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-jack-torrance/324138/6 "2005-09-30T03:37:57Z")
That’s the first time I’ve been whooshed by a movie trailer. I’m not sure I get it, but it’d ruin the joke if someone explained it to me, so I won’t ask. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-jack-torrance/324138/7 "2005-09-30T03:39:43Z")
Oh. Okay. Now I get it. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-jack-torrance/324138/8 "2005-09-30T04:26:08Z")
**SolGrundy.** That was simply teriffic. Seriously. I’m still laughing. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-jack-torrance/324138/9 "2005-09-30T16:46:43Z")
Bumping. And if a mod could close [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=337618), that’d be cool. (Thanks Miller) ---
**Author:** ![Orual](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/779978/32.png) [@Orual](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orual)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-jack-torrance/324138/10 "2005-09-30T17:45:28Z")
Best laugh I’ve had all week! Oh, the wacky hijinks… ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-jack-torrance/324138/11 "2005-09-30T18:10:40Z")
That was crazy-good. I’d love to see the faces of the people when they leave the theater. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![shelbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@shelbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shelbo)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-jack-torrance/324138/12 "2005-09-30T18:12:51Z")
That’s how they should make all trailers. The possibilities! Schindler’s List as a wacky buddy picture; Jaws as a funny romantic comedy; Dumb and Dumber as a . . . well, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-jack-torrance/324138/13 "2005-09-30T18:18:02Z")
[hijack]I really enjoy fake movie trailers for some odd reason --usually these are for movies that will never be made of fan releases of trailers of upcoming movies. The idea of editing a movie to come up with a trailer to reflect an entirely genre than one the movie’s actually in is hellaciously clever to me. It’s like taking excerpts from Lord of The Rings to make a road trip sexcapade comedy trailer or Animal House and making it seem like a serious academic drama or editing the Freddy Krueger movies until you make it seem like it’s a Matrix sequel or something. A similar trailer I saw once edited an episode of Voyager using Tuvok as a rapper.[/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-jack-torrance/324138/14 "2005-09-30T18:41:03Z")
It’s the Feel Good Movie of the year! ---
**Author:** ![monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monster)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-jack-torrance/324138/15 "2005-09-30T18:42:44Z")
How in the world did you find that? That was just fantastic! ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-jack-torrance/324138/16 "2005-09-30T19:46:06Z")
In my stupid duplicate thread, posted before I saw this one, I said: > [@](#): > > …this is also evidence for the proposition that “filmmaking **is** editing.” The more you know about how movies are produced, the more you realize that they’re actually **made** in the editing room. All the acting and filming and costume design and stuff is just a means of building a large pile of raw material out of which the actual film is carved. Worth thinking about, certainly. This trailer is an excellent demonstration. ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-jack-torrance/324138/17 "2005-09-30T20:15:18Z")
What kinds of equipment do you need to re-edit something like this? I assumed the person responsible had a DVD of The Shining, a few sound files, including a sound file of Peter Gabriel’s “Salisbury Hill”, and the new narration. What kind of program do you use to edit this? ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-jack-torrance/324138/18 "2005-09-30T20:51:31Z")
Here’s [West Side Story](http://www.ps260.com/Trailer/westsidestorytrailer_small.mov) as a horror movie (with just a little bit of digital tweaking). Very funny. ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-jack-torrance/324138/19 "2005-09-30T21:23:01Z")
Absolutely brilliant. ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-jack-torrance/324138/20 "2005-09-30T21:34:27Z")
From yesterday’s [New York Times](http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/30/movies/30shin.html): > [@](#): > > LOS ANGELES, Sept. 29 — Robert Ryang, 25, a film editor’s assistant in Manhattan, graduated from Columbia three years ago with a double major in film studies and psychology. This week, he got an eye-opening lesson in both. > > … > > A few weeks back, he said, he entered a contest for editors’ assistants sponsored by the New York chapter of the Association of Independent Creative Editors. The challenge? Take any movie and cut a new trailer for it — but in an entirely different genre. Only the sound and dialogue could be modified, not the visuals, he said. > > … > > On Wednesday, Mr. Ryang said, his secret site got 12,000 hits. By Thursday the numbers were even higher, his film was being downloaded and linked to on countless other sites, it had cracked the top 10 most popular spoofs on [www.ifilm.com](http://www.ifilm.com), and a vice president at a major Hollywood studio had called up his office, scouting for new talent. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-jack-torrance/324138.md?page=2)