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Custodian
MemberOvomorphAugust 06, 20121398 Views27 RepliesRidley Scott is very happy with the theatrical cut i.e. he won't be releasing the ORIGINAL CUT, the 27 minutes longer cut that might have held more 'relevant content' to the many unanswered questions in the film, like PROMETHEUS HAS LANDED and I DIDN'T SEE NO BIG HEAD EXPLANATION, on dvd...
Anyway, wah wah wah, tears of a clown, I'll have to scroll through a friggin' DVD (orrery?) interface to see how the first cut should have been.
Will they name it THE RE-BUTCHERED EDITION?
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August 08, 2012
@FreePlanet:
[i]"There was a specific scene when Fifield-zombie stomped down on some grunt's head with his hands, CUT"[/i]
I'm not sure which scene you're referring to, but the theatrical release that I saw had the Fifield-zombie stomping down on some grunt's head with his hands, and a load of blood spurting out as a consequence.
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August 08, 2012
@ZZ. I wish the version i saw would have been as Graphic, i didn't see that in the scene. I saw Fifield stick someone with an Axe and then get shot and torched! Mine was the England Version, what country was you watchin in ZZP?
The poster was good though!
August 06, 2012
It amazes me 'cause Sir Ridley always wants to have Director's Cut as a final word on the matter... wonder what happened that made him change his mind?
*thinking of him waiting to anounce the DC after all sequels have been released and DVD/BR ready*
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August 06, 2012
... I am crying too, FreePlanet... but I cry at any injustice... yet I was looking towards some new additions... hope they are in fact on the DVD...
August 06, 2012
@David1,
Exactly, he's done it LOADS of times, Director's Cut, Artist re-Cut, MASTER.
But not this time.
This time, you can chew on the choppy scraps we left in the ORIGINAL CUT, geddit? And scroll through [i]hors de context[/i] the Extras, ffs.
Yeah.
@Patch,
I adore your military reading cat. Looks like an interesting war plan.
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August 06, 2012
I think we will see it eventually so that Fox can make more cash from us.
I do think Ridley wanted to cut some parts out, here are those changes to my knowledge and reasons for them being cut.
1) Full Sacrificial Engineer scene; This scene had Elder Engineers and other Engineers and about 8 in total on screen. There was a dialog between Elder Engineer and Sacrificial one.
I feel this was taken out as Ridley wanted to keep the Elders and other Engineers and reason for the Sacrifice left a mystery until Prometheus 2.
2) Alien looking Fifield; seems they had about 3-4 different ideas for Fifield and we know one extra one was shot with longer limbs.
I feel Ridley felt that scene and other Fifield concepts had too much Alien DNA in them, and Ridley wanted to savour the Alien DNA until the Trilobite vs Engineer and Deacon Chest Buster Scenes.
3) Davids conversation with Engineer; there apparently was a two way dialog between the Engineer and David, that went back and forth. In the movie we only got to see David speak Engineer to the Engineer and see the Engineer just go berserk.
I feel that this was cut down, because either Ridley felt the Engineers should not be heard talking until Prometheus 2 and that the conversation once answered may had given some answers that Ridley wanted left unanswered.
4) Engineer attack on crew inc Ford; This one is speculation by me, but they did CGI Fords head and she did say her Character gets killed in a Horrific way. Well being pushed across the floor is far from Horrific.
Ridley did say some cuts was made so the movie would pass for a under 18s and so some Gore had to be cut.
5) Engineer vs Shaw; there was a longer scene in which the Engineer enters the lifeboat looking for Shaw and then he grabs her by the throat and lifts her up, while she has the Axe, this is why she was holding the Axe she was preparing to defend herself after David warns her the Engineer is on his way to her. This also is the scene where Shaw fends off the Engineer and falls to the floor and the Engineer walks over above her (seen in trailers) and then picks her up off the floor.
Ridley said it was cut because it made the Engineer look less awe inspiring as Shaw puts up a good fight.
There may be more but those are the scenes that look to had been cut, edits or alternatives shot but not shown.
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August 06, 2012
BigDave:
I agree... smells like money.
As for the deleted scenes... awwwwww... I wanted MORE GORE AND DEATH!!!!!!
Alas...
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August 06, 2012
Yeah, MORE GORE AND DEATH and political relevance of a Slave Nation under a Corporate Despot like Weyland.
Anyway, I gonna go cry now, Scott's original promise of a "I wanna scare the shit out of you" film got shat on.
Official.
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August 06, 2012
FreePlanet:
hmmmm... politics... Slave Nation... Corporate Despotism... sounds like revolution to me. ME LIKES!
but yes, MORE GORE AND DEATH!!! would be nicer to see.
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August 06, 2012
David 1
bang on! There was a specific scene when Fifield-zombie stomped down on some grunt's head with his hands, CUT.
Totally edited away from at the moment of attack from an 18-cert film - yet they still left the wine bottle crushing the nose scene and the sewing up the face with a needle and thread scene in the 15-cert film PAN'S LABYRINTH from Guillermo del Toro.
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August 06, 2012
Big Dave is absolutely right about that - we won't have a full cut until later. Don't forget, as great as the film is (I love Prometheus despite its flaws and can't wait for the sequel), there were highly cynical reasons for making it. Money.
It won't make business sense for Scott to start talking up a DC yet. This version needs to be fully milked first. And milk it they will.
August 06, 2012
Sounds to me like Weyland Industries has already begun to control Sir Ridley's comments!
August 06, 2012
Hmm - balls - well there could be another situation - It might have been worse with the extra bits cut! Who knows - they deffo should redesign the elders so thats good to be out - not sure what the other stuff would be apart from the axe in the face bit with shaw...all the more importance for part 2 to save it now :( ...
I for one will be holding back my money till I see something worth buying in the DVD - maybe Ill even edit the bits together myself :P ...
August 06, 2012
Crabfart: "maybe I'll even edit the bits together myself.." I was thinking the same thing. I have some editing experience but my brother is a pro. Sounds like a fun night. Or maybe not...
August 06, 2012
and why not. Dune was re-edited by a fan in youtube.
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August 06, 2012
I was wondering if it is possible, that what we might believe to be deleted scenes, are scenes that are intended for Paradise. After all no one has any previous knowledge on how Ridley would go about planning films back to back. Why have a directors cut when you can pan out the story your really after over the duration of a couple of films.
August 06, 2012
@Batchpool
[i]Why have a directors cut when you can pan out the story your really after over the duration of a couple of films?[/i]
Because by editing the first film [u]badly[/u] you fundamentally jeopardize the entire future of the franchise. If the first film does not make as much sense as it can (should), it will get bad reviews and damming word of mouth buzz and that will destroy your chance to do ANYTHING with it in the future because it won't make enough money to justify that. Ideally there should be no NEED for a Director’s Cut, but if a "Director’s Cut" can prove to an audience what you're actually capable of, then you may get more viewers of the sequel.
August 06, 2012
When did he say this? Link?
I mean, he said this around the 4 or 5th of June, then later on, around the 12th or so, he stated [url=http://www.metro.co.uk/film/901860-ridley-scott-prometheus-dvd-has-30-minutes-of-deleted-scenes]otherwise[/url] (probably due to fan pressure or studio pressure).
So are you saying he changed his mind...again? Recently? After announcing an extended edition for blue ray?
August 06, 2012
Really? Shit I was really pumped for the directors cut... I'm really pissed now. I shall cry as well FreePlanet...
August 07, 2012
@sukkal, well put.
@maiafay, he did say, specifically, "The film was originally set at 02:27:00 but I edited out 20 minutes." he then went on to say, "I'm very happy with it the way it is and all that other stuff, and deleted scenes that didn't make it into the original first cut, will go onto the Menu of the DVD/BluRay."
Remember, [url=http://collider.com/ridley-scott-prometheus-deleted-scenes-interview/172202/]that Collider video interview[/url]?
Additional Garbage: And not wanting to 'soil the rep of Sir Ridders' but he did say that he'd be working on a Blade Runner PREQUEL which then turned into a sequel. So, it's open season on truth, perchance to dream.
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