No doubt. My preference is for the original Manhunter. I just wish they had the "As an adult, I want to blow the sick fuck out of his shoes" line (or something like that) in ANY of the DVD releases. That's one of my favorite lines, and it only exists on the VHS.
"I've said it before. Red Dragon is a terrible excuse for a remake. Manhunter is excellent the way it is. It chose to follow the book's interest in Graham and not to follow Dollarhyde. The problem is, even if you remove all the crap from Red Dragon you will still be missing the character development and other important bits that were given to Lecter. They basically made a comedy of the movie. People only saw it to watch Hopkins as Lecter."
Wow.....for once, DanielB and I are in complete agreement!
"But MANHUNTER butchered the book. I loved Petersen's performance and that IMHO was the only good thing about MANHUNTER."
It may have butchered the ending (though I like it regardless), but the films are very similar beyond that (not exact, but similar.)
BTW, if anyone has a "Howard the Duck" LD, I'd LOVE to transfer that to DVD. Lea Thompson......mmmm, mmmmm, good!
