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05-28-2018, 06:39 PM
I was (re)watching Aliens the other day for the first time in a long while, a film I literally saw 100+ times as a kid/teenager. (They don`t make`em like that anymore unfortunately.) Anyway, as great as this film is, perhaps the coolest scene filmed was actually skipped from the original cut. It`s a scene right between when the marines and Ripley etc. seek refuge in the colony base, barricading the facility, and the Aliens finding a way in, setting up the finale of this masterpiece by James Cameron. To bad it was skipped as it really adds to the excitement even though it`s a short sequence, and would have made a great film even greater.
What other scenes should have been kept in the original versions of classic/great films?
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05-29-2018, 11:14 PM
I was thinking of the sentry guns scene when I read the thread title. Aliens extended is better than the theatrical cut for sure, although the theatrical is great as it is.
I also liked the extra bits in Avatar as they helped plug some ambiguity/plot-holes and it's a shame the extended cut isn't available in blu-ray 3D after all this time.
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07-30-2018, 07:33 PM
Forgot this one, really great scene.
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07-30-2018, 08:11 PM
Star Trek Nemesis wasn't a good movie, and this deleted scene would've at least added some additional character development, making the movie better overall.
I like the dialogue here, the ruminations of an old man I guess.
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07-30-2018, 08:48 PM
Quote: (07-30-2018 08:11 PM)spokepoker Wrote:
Star Trek Nemesis wasn't a good movie, and this deleted scene would've at least added some additional character development, making the movie better overall.
I like the dialogue here, the ruminations of an old man I guess.
Not at all, this is why I started the thread. Weird that they couldn`t solve Picard`s male pattern baldness btw, when they had teleportation, holodecks and light speed space flight.
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07-30-2018, 08:53 PM
I've heard Stanley Kubrick always had hours and hours of outtakes and footage on the cutting room floor for all his movies.
I'd LOVE to be able to see that for Eyes Wide Shut, Clockwork, etc
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07-30-2018, 11:24 PM
The outtakes from Spinal Tap. There's one which I think was not in the film because it involved smoking marijuana. That was my favourite and maybe the funniest scene in the whole film. If anyone's interested I'll link to it on youtube.
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07-31-2018, 11:31 AM
Not from a movie. This deleted scene from the UK TV series "Green Wing" always cracks me up. It is like an assault on the professionalism of the actress in the scene. The other actor is trying to crack her up, and the director is refusing to say 'cut,' so she is left out hanging in the wind, trying, failing, not to laugh. A kind of comedy torture/frame war. You can see her slowly lose control of her emotions.
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07-31-2018, 12:01 PM
The Directors cut ending of The Butterfly Effect is right up there for mine, fits the whole theme of the movie so much better and makes the movie a lot better in general than the Hollywood ending.
All the scenes added to the extended versions of the LotR trilogy also gets my tick as they're just better.
All the original Star Wars cuts as opposed to the morphed versions to try and fit in the later prequel also probably qualify for this, although not sure technically as they were the original scenes that got cut from future versions!
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08-02-2018, 09:47 PM
I liked most of King Arthur with Clive Owen until the queer sappy wedding. This alternative ending makes it so much better for me.
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08-02-2018, 10:34 PM
In T2, the dream sequence with Kyle Reese.
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08-02-2018, 11:40 PM
Yeah, in the case of T1, I feel it was prudent that those scenes didn't make it, even as good as they are, seeing as the pacing of the finished film strikes me as ideal. See, in the final version, you can see, just by Traxler's demeanor, that he might be taking Reese's story seriously. He intently listens, but the blatant disclosure of his acknowledgement of the truth does not emerge.
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08-03-2018, 01:24 PM
Quote: (08-02-2018 11:40 PM)Mess O. Wrote:
Yeah, in the case of T1, I feel it was prudent that those scenes didn't make it, even as good as they are, seeing as the pacing of the finished film strikes me as ideal. See, in the final version, you can see, just by Traxler's demeanor, that he might be taking Reese's story seriously. He intently listens, but the blatant disclosure of his acknowledgement of the truth does not emerge.
I agree that the film is perfect as it is with the original cut. Also it`s worth noting that the whole police station sequence, that could otherwise have been somewhat boring, stands out mostly due to great acting (casting) by Lance Henriksen and Paul Winfield. Something that film-makers today should take a lesson from. James Cameron of course is a perfectionist to the extreme, and doesn`s cut any corners. He knows the value of strong characters, even in supporting roles.
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