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Originally posted by: ChainsawAsh
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I'll make a fan-edit of it as a short film where the "dummy" he set out at the pier was actually him - just end it with the POV shot of the vampires/zombies lunging at him, and cut to credits, no music or sound. Depressing, yeah, but I think it would be intense. Dunno if it would make it better, but I'd like it more.


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That would be a pretty pointless short film, not so much depressing as extremely lame. But then again I have never seen a fan edit I liked and have considered them all lame other than extended editions and the earlier fan edits of the prequels.

As far as the religious theme, it wasn't exactly tacked on, it was kind of a minor underlying thing through out. Throughout the whole thing with Nevil's family and their prayer on the helicopter you get the idea that they were a fairly religious family and that Nevil lost his faith after the loss of his family and all that happened. The fact of the matter is that the majority of the movie takes place with Nevil alone with his dog, if you were to take all the scenes with Nevil interacting with other people you can see that the religious bit didn't just pop out of nowhere at the end. Later he says that God didn't cause this, man did. And that if God did exist something like this wouldn't have happened. Later he sees the tatoo and remebers what his daughter said and realizes that he was wrong and that God was saving mankind after all.

That said, the whole "Signs"esque tatoo thing I felt was unessesary and kind of dumb. I would have liked it better if the girl would have had a good reason for believeing that there was a survivor's colony other than just a feeling and if Nevil did what he did not because he saw the "sign from God" but because it was the obvious thing to do, he saw that the cure had worked and that he needed to save the girl and her son. That would be very easy to accomplish with a fan edit and would effectively remove the unessesary religious ending.

"Every time Warb sighs, an angel falls into a vat of mapel syrup." - Gaffer Tape

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Apparently, the 2-disc Special Edition DVD release will feature a second disc with the original "controversial" ending. (Although, why they couldn't put it on the standard release via seamless branching is beyond me.)

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Why couldn't they put it on the standard release? Because they wanted to charge more for it, and people don't want to pay more for a set that contains the same amount of disc as the cheaper edition. Also it keeps them from having to master a special edition disc with the theatrical and bonus versions, and a non special disc containing the theatrical. All about money Moth3r, is that really beyond you?

"Every time Warb sighs, an angel falls into a vat of mapel syrup." - Gaffer Tape

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LOL....you better smile when you say that.

<span class=“Italics”>MeBeJedi: Sadly, I believe the prequels are beyond repair.
<span class=“Bold”>JediRandy: They’re certainly beyond any repair you’re capable of making.</span></span>

<span class=“Italics”>MeBeJedi: You aren’t one of us.
<span class=“Bold”>Go-Mer-Tonic: I can’t say I find that very disappointing.</span></span>

<span class=“Italics”>JediRandy: I won’t suck as much as a fan edit.</span>

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I saw an ad for the DVD release in a popular London newspaper yesterday - it only came out in the cinema on December 26th!! Why so quick? I remember the days when you had to wait six months for a film to come out as a rental, and then wait some more before you could buy it.

War does not make one great.

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There's more money to be made in DVD sales, especially with multiple versions. There's been plenty of movies that failed theatrically, only to have a second, more profitable life in home video sales.

For many films, the theatrical release is more of an advertisement for the eventual DVD. WOW them in the theater, so they'll spend more money on it later. Why watch it once, when you can own it forever.

<span class=“Italics”>MeBeJedi: Sadly, I believe the prequels are beyond repair.
<span class=“Bold”>JediRandy: They’re certainly beyond any repair you’re capable of making.</span></span>

<span class=“Italics”>MeBeJedi: You aren’t one of us.
<span class=“Bold”>Go-Mer-Tonic: I can’t say I find that very disappointing.</span></span>

<span class=“Italics”>JediRandy: I won’t suck as much as a fan edit.</span>