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Daredevil - an alternative cut out there? (Released)

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Ok, so let me start out saying I know most people think this movie wasnt very good (to put it mildly) but I have some questions and a possible request.

Does an alternate cut of this exist?

The reason I ask is that I was flipping through the channels and nothing was really on that interested me, so I left Daredevil on in the background (it was playing on FX, they were doing their dvd on tv thing). Anyway, besides some of their behind the scenes extras they showed, it seemed to be a different cut.

I first noticed that the playground fight scene seemed different. The ending where they are introduced was different, some stuff about a bodyguard for Electra. Also, it then went to a scene with King Pin that seemed to be extended. There was an extra scene with bullseye in the airport. I think the rooftop rain scene was also slightly different. And a major change was that it seems they added some scenes with Murtock taking a murder suspect client and some trial/research stuff involved with that.

Anyway, as I was typing this, I seem to remember someone mentioning this in off topic at one point.

Is this an alternate cut? and is it available on the official dvd (seeing as this is FX’s dvd on tv, i figure they are showing stuff from the dvd) or is it an FX exclusive cut? Since its on FX it was full screen (maybe there is an HD FX channel or a widescreen broadcast).

But i guess my real question is, if this is available on dvd (officially or unofficilly) or if maybe it can be reconstructed from the official dvd, which would require a full list of the differences though.

edit one other thing, on a sidebar…one of the extras they showed was the special fx guys talking about how important it was that they got the cg elements absolutly perfect so it was believable.

-Darth Simon

Why Anakin really turned to the dark side:
"Anakin, You're father I am" - Yoda
"No. No. That's not true! That's impossible!" - Anakin

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They released a director's cut of the movie a while back, this may have been what they was showing. But as I have not seen this edtition of the film I don't really know.


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thanks, ill have to check it out (check into it)...from what ive seen/remember from the original it seems they've added(changed) quite a bit.

I'd definatly be interested to compare the two.

-Darth Simon
Why Anakin really turned to the dark side:
"Anakin, You're father I am" - Yoda
"No. No. That's not true! That's impossible!" - Anakin

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Yeah, it's the director's cut. I watched it a couple weeks ago. The Coolio murder case is kind of a weird subplot, but the extra 30 minutes--the movie was expanded from 103 minutes to 133 minutes--definitely improves the movie.

However, I think your memory deceives you. I don't think they did the sort of subtle editing that you believe you noticed, but rather, inserted several completely new scenes, and expanded existing ones.
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yes i like this movie too,I have both versions of the DVD,theatrical and the extended bloodier DC cut,just cant get enough of Jeniffer Garner.
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Originally posted by: dark_jedi
...just cant get enough of Jeniffer Garner.
DJ


Garner in the white outfit (the playground scene), and the black workout outfit towards the end = Bonkbonkbonkbonkbonk.

(If that made any sense, you might wanna get your head checked )
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Originally posted by: tweaker
Yeah, it's the director's cut. I watched it a couple weeks ago. The Coolio murder case is kind of a weird subplot, but the extra 30 minutes--the movie was expanded from 103 minutes to 133 minutes--definitely improves the movie.

However, I think your memory deceives you. I don't think they did the sort of subtle editing that you believe you noticed, but rather, inserted several completely new scenes, and expanded existing ones.


I dunno, im pretty sure that the playground scene wrapped up differently when I saw it on TV. And im pretty sure they even showed a clip of the original at one point. I mean, the whole introduction of her (well her giving her name) was different, and then it went into an extended (at least i think it was extended) scene with the King Pin. In the theatrical was there any talk of her having to go cause her body guard was here, and she thought she had lost them at the coffee shop?

-Darth Simon
Why Anakin really turned to the dark side:
"Anakin, You're father I am" - Yoda
"No. No. That's not true! That's impossible!" - Anakin

0100111001101001011011100110101001100001

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I dunno, im pretty sure that the playground scene wrapped up differently when I saw it on TV. And im pretty sure they even showed a clip of the original at one point. I mean, the whole introduction of her (well her giving her name) was different, and then it went into an extended (at least i think it was extended) scene with the King Pin. In the theatrical was there any talk of her having to go cause her body guard was here, and she thought she had lost them at the coffee shop?
I'll check my theatrical cut DVD right now....

...and you are correct. The theatrical scene simply cuts to the Kingpin after she says "My name's Elektra Natchios. Hmm." The DC has the additions that you mentioned and ends with Matt looking at his watch and noticing that he's late.

As far as the DVDs go, the DC only has a commentary and a featurette. Everything else, including the stuff you saw on FX is only avaliable on the theatrical cut.
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Also f1209, you can watch the fan edit over at this link:

http://sequentialarts.typepad.com/sequential_arts/sequential_arts_presents/

Scroll to the bottom, and you have the links to Quicktime files. They play in a rather small window in your browser, but if you go into the source code, you can find the direct links to the files and download them. Once downloaded, they appear a little bigger.
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Originally posted by: ShiftyEyes
Also f1209, you can watch the fan edit over at this link:

http://sequentialarts.typepad.com/sequential_arts/sequential_arts_presents/

Scroll to the bottom, and you have the links to Quicktime files. They play in a rather small window in your browser, but if you go into the source code, you can find the direct links to the files and download them. Once downloaded, they appear a little bigger.


Yayyyy Thanks ShiftyEyes. I really appreciate that. I'm grabbing the raw files. Wish they were VOBs
where have i been all this time ?
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How do you find the source code?


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Originally posted by: Marvolo
How do you find the source code?
Once you've clicked the link to the movie, and the Quicktime is playing on the page:

Right-click on the page (not on the movie clip)
Select : View Page Source (Firefox) or View Source (IE)
The window shows you the source code for the page
Use CTRL-F to do a find - look for .mov
You will find a file name: issue1.mov
Copy the whole link from the http://
Use your downloading client to grab the file (I use Net Transport)

There is also an issue2, issue3, issue4, issue5 and issue6

Hope that's clearer than mud
where have i been all this time ?