Originally posted by: boon23
We just finished the picture edit for our War of the worlds edition and for the first time, we will include material from 4 other movies into this one. The movie length will be 92 minutes. For those interested here is a short cut list, it is of course a major spoiler:
DON'T READ THIS IF YOU INTEND TO BE SURPRISED!
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War of the worlds extinctive cut - changes
- removed intro sequence and Morgan Freeman speech - we love MF but his speech was pathetic and to much 50s style. We want our movie to have a today feeling, no fairytale stuff and no envious aliens. Of course they want our planet, but they haven't been waiting and watching. We were just next on the list.
- Added "approaching earth" scene from Independence Day - it looks just better than the earth scene in Wotw.
- removed Ray racing through the streets when he is heading home - Tom Cruise showing off. No one would drive that way and risk his license like that. The scene was meant to introduce Ray's character, but we do not want him like that. He is an a-hole anyway.
- removed Harlon completely from the movie - sorry Tim Robbins, you did not fit into our edition, we couldn't believe your madness and we definetly did not want Ray to kill you.
- removed Ray arriving in Boston scene - there will be no Boston only as a dream of Ray.
- removed soldiers fighting the tripods scenes - soldiers will never be able to battle the tripods and win.
- removed people leaving the tunnel - the tunnel is not Greenbrier bunker facility in White Sulphur Springs but it's the ARK in Missouri and has just one exit
- added the ark scenes from Deep Impact - that is where Ray goes, that is where everybody goes who does not want to die.
- added Nuclear War from Terminator 2 and Terminator 3 - our grande finale, making the earth unusable for anyone, even aliens removed Morgan Freeman speech from the ending and played the final destruction shots vice versa - the first green seed is our first sign of life that is about to spread anew. Maybe some people are still alive.
- moved Boston from the end to after the credits - it is a dream of Ray, once to be a hero.
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Now all that is missing is: the sound, the extras, the subtitles, the menus, the DVD cover and the trailer for this edit.
(It obviously takes several weeks)
Any update on when we might see this one? I for one can't wait.
