User Profile: ChickenEater - Original Trilogy

Post: #82673
Topic: Director's Cuts?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/82673/action/topic#82673
Time: 27-Dec-2004 5:43 PM

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Originally posted by: yauming
Heck maybe one day it might be possible to digitially remove Jar-jar binks and the silly little boy actor - but would any of us complain I wonder? Heck I'd be the first one cheering them on!!!!

only because nobody here likes that particular movie. if it ain't broke, don't fix it: and the original trilogy, warts and all, are good enough to withstand the occasional weakness.

mind you, even the above suggestions wouldn't be enough to save tpm. something of a complete rewrite of the script, followed by a completely new production under the leadership of a totally different director might do for a start... or else cut out all the dull and pointless bits, which i admit leaves us with a five-minute movie!

Post: #82671
Topic: Director's Cuts?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/82671/action/topic#82671
Time: 27-Dec-2004 5:37 PM

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Originally posted by: ADigitalMan
The Blade Runner Director's Cut is a true director's cut, because he never wanted the voiceover (which I like) nor the happy ending (which I hate).

not quite true. there's much evidence to support the suggestion that scott was happy enough with the v/o when he made the film, and that the so-called "director's cut" was but his first instance of revisionism as an after thought. (at least it's been made pretty clear that the alien dc is nothing of the sort, and scott has stated very openly that it was merely an excuse to get the movie back in cinemas.)

the story as i understand it is that a slightly unfinished workprint of blade runner was doing a circuit around 1991, which scott heard about and thought was closer to his intentions (i.e. without the happy ending) than the theatrical cut. the lack of v/o was something he'd come to like since the original release, and of course the unicorn dream was something he'd wanted all along.

however, even the 1992 cut isn't a true dc, as scott's time budget was too short for him to reinstate various deleted scenes, which remain absent. i gather he's still keen on putting together a true dc for dvd, and indeed this was in the works around the time the 2-disc legend release came out, but never materialised for whatever reason.

which is a shame, as it was going to feature the theatrical cut as well.

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