Yeah, you don't actually have to render anything. You just import via dynamic link. SpeedGrade project directly in Premiere.

You know, Creative Cloud is *really* good now, but if you're using old methods, such as not using media encoder(:P), I can see your pain.
You actually used AE as your NLE, for fuck's sake.
Read up on what's new and what's great, and you'll improve your workflow, and speed things up, as well as save loads of hard drive space

What do you mean, Brother!? Owen drools enough as it is.

I'm not entirely sure how I feel about that.

sí.

You need to go deeper.

I'm steadily watching The Hobbit: The Tolkien Edit, which is a 4:21h long super cut of all the movies.
I haven't watched The Battle of the Five Armies yet either, so I'll watch this now, and then maybe later watch all the extended editions and see for myself, but for now, I just want the story, not the bloated exposition and side-plots that are too mushy and pointless, even for a season of One Tree Hill.

But yeah, my point is, there are actually several fan edits out there. This one in particular has gotten some great reviews as well.

Watched the first episode of Powers, and couldn't stand it. Too much exposition, too bad acting, and the VFX were pretty damn bad.

...And as of tomorrow, the entire planet will be engulfed in Battlefront.

Lighting definitely brings cinematic feel, yeah.

If lit correctly, you could easily bring a DSLR to a film set and have the film-feel on the footage.
And if lit largely incorrect, a cinema camera could produce pretty bad images.

Watched the pilot. Loved every second of it. Such an homage all b-productions out there!

This badboy passed 1000 views a couple of weeks ago. If you want to spread the word more and make it double that, it'd be awesome!