Originally posted by: Laserschwert

Originally posted by: Uncanny Antman
The blood in the unrated version seems to be a mix of alternate takes in some instances, and composited blood in others. Thankfully, the "added" blood is done a lot better than it was for AvP.

According to the "Schnittbericht" the blood was originally shot, and only digitally erased for the theatrical cut. So I assume most of the time it's the original versions of the shots.

I've been noodling with the two versions, seeing if I can be bothered merging them, and the unrated cut really is a hodge-podge of originally shot stuff coupled with new CG tinkery.

For instance, when Mai kills the technician on duty at the power plant, the shot of him slumped in his chair was shot with blood on him, and CG'd for the PG-13. (They erased the blood on his forehead and coat, and for some odd reason, moved his ear slightly.) A moment later, Mai wipes blood off the console, which is obviously shot live. But then in the very next shot, when she opens the case, the consoles are clean, but have had blood composited into the shot. It's almost as though they shot for coverage, but misplaced the 'bloody' take of the case opening.

Same with the swearing. Some of it seems to be putting back what was supposed to be there, but most of it is looped after the fact, especially McClane's line as he prepares to jump from the speeding squad car, and his "Fuck being a hero" when driving to West Virginia. The 'hero' looping is also terrible because they've had to trim a shot of McClane very short to hide the fact that his mouth wasn't moving. So it cuts from Matt, to McClane's profile for a microsecond, then right to a C.U. on McClane's face.

I almost wanna edit it just to see if I can straighten it all out.