I still think it would have been more daring of PJ to stick with the original but I think you are right and that it might not have worked cinematically for a large number of people. In any case I have decided to go with a compromise. I’ve gone with what’s in the film (I have to really, as there isn’t enough footage for a viable alternative), but I have reduced the length of the cliff-hanging part so there isn’t another elongated moment of contrived tension that wasn’t there before! Again, that’s not me having a go at PJ, it’s just what I wanted to see… I can be quite picky sometimes, that’s why I’m editing the films!
They should be done in a couple of week’s time, I’m just unsure as to whether there would be interest from other folk in seeing them?