Movies with 'alternate' versions - not prequels, sequels, remakes or reboots - General

that [I]was[/I] the theatrical version. But he removed the ending because it was meant to be sort of hopeful.

Das Boot. I have the uncut edition, which runs at nearly 5 hours. The original version released in 1981 was only 2 hours and 30 minutes. I can't really imagine being able to cut out half the movie, since all of it was great. [editline]6th November 2011[/editline] Ah, after reading up on wikipedia I see what they did. The original edition only contained the "action sequences", while the uncut version also contains all the character development. Why anyone would watch the cut edition is beyond me. [editline]6th November 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=The_Marine;33146122]Das Boot. Originally released as a 2 1/2 hour long movie... you can buy a fucking mini series version that's nearly 5 hours long today.[/QUOTE] I'm slow...

[url]http://fanedit.org/[/url] This site has a lot of amateur cuts of films which in some cases surpass the original. Well worth a look if you can tolerate their byzantine downloading system. For example, there's one which edits the Back to the Future films into chronological order. There's another which makes the Matrix sequels good.

[QUOTE=DainBramageStudios;33158423]For example, there's one which edits the Back to the Future films into chronological order. [/QUOTE] Oh god that hurts my head. Wouldn't that render the second film somewhat redundant? [editline]7th November 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=DainBramageStudios;33158423][url]http://fanedit.org/[/url] This site has a lot of amateur cuts of films which in some cases surpass the original. Well worth a look if you can tolerate their byzantine downloading system. [/QUOTE] Annoyingly, many of the links to the Star Wars fanedits are broken. Shame, [i]A New Hope Revisited[/i] looks really interesting. Chewie gets a medal!

[QUOTE=DainBramageStudios;33158423][url]http://fanedit.org/[/url] [/QUOTE] I once heard of a "Purist Edit" of one of the Lord of the Rings films, but I couldn't find it, so I gave up looking for a long time. I found it on this site. Thanks for posting this!

[QUOTE=DainBramageStudios;33158423][url]http://fanedit.org/[/url][/QUOTE] It's sad that occasionally a fan version will be the much improved version. Not to say some of these aren't good, like STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 Special Edition REVISITED. I just wish they would keep better track of some of their downloads. A lot of the fanedits i want to see are gone. Army of Darkness: Primitive Screwhead Edition (not the official dvd, the fanedit) was awesome with all of the extra footage. I wish i could talk about some of these without taking up half the page. The directors cut of Dark City was a vast improvement of the theatrical version.

[QUOTE=Ultra Violence;33132496]The only thing I can think of is Metropolis. It's a film from 1927, but there was an anime version done in Japan in 2001.[/QUOTE] A lot of the footage was lost over the years and a mostly complete version was found recently. I have one version on my shelf and there is a more complete version on netflix.

Rocky Horror Picture Show with the Ending "Superheroes" put back in. It was for some reason cut in the US version

I think there's this Woody Allen movie where he reshot THE ENTIRE MOVIE because he didn't like the actors. Must see that :v:

I am legend had an alternate ending [sp]where the alpha vamp wants his chick back and leave Neville alone, which is a bit closer to the book[/sp]

I loved I Am Legend's alternate ending, if only for the fact that it also altered the entire last part of the movie and made it closer to the books to some extent. 28 Days Later had a really neat one too [sp]Dying in that hospital made for neat book-ends to the plot[/sp], which made me slightly disappointed that Sunshine didn't have one. I really wish that there was a rewrite of the plot that didn't include Pinbacker's crazed sunburnt fanatic sidestory, at least anything beyond his last video recording. It would have been much more interesting to see the crew learn what happened to the Icarus I, while at the same time coming dangerously close to repeating the events on the Icarus II.

[QUOTE=AK'z;33164090]I think there's this Woody Allen movie where he reshot THE ENTIRE MOVIE because he didn't like the actors. Must see that :v:[/QUOTE] This is what I'm talking about! I want to hear more about these sorts of movies. Also, in some Kubrick movies, any scenes which involved a character reading (Jack Torrance's typewriter, Tom Cruise in Eyes Wide Shut reading a letter) Kubrick shot the scene with several different texts written in different languages. That's dedication.

Yeah, but that movie is said to be "lost". So things like that are unfortunate.

[QUOTE=itak365;33165546]I loved I Am Legend's alternate ending, if only for the fact that it also altered the entire last part of the movie and made it closer to the books to some extent. [/QUOTE] Everything about that film, including the title, makes absolutely [b]no sense[/b] with the theatrical ending. The original ending is far, far better suited to the film.

There's Uncut versions of each Diehard film. I think there's one of one of the Underworlds. The first one I think. I know there's 3 Versions of Aliens, There's the Original Cut, Special Edition (Which is basically the uncut version) and The Directors Cut (Basically the Special Edition, but minis a few scenes from the original cut)

[QUOTE=Goldenboy;33169061]Everything about that film, including the title, makes absolutely [b]no sense[/b] with the theatrical ending. The original ending is far, far better suited to the film.[/QUOTE] They dumped the original ending due to it being "controversial". As in American standards it seems: Have a truce with your enemy, give him what he wants get spared. Approppriate ending: BLOW THE EVERLASTING FUCK OUT OF BOTH YOU AND THEM!!!!!

seriously that's how you interpreted it? and it makes much more sense with the original ending (what you call the theatrical ending for some reason), even the bit about the name. you're more of a legend if you're dead. also he [sp]sacrificed himself[/sp], it wasn't just an AMERICA FUCK YEAH sort of thing. his life was ruined, he watched his family die and had gone half crazy. there was nobility in it, not something of a lame shallow kamikaze nature. it also had more gravity to it, he knew how much his research was important and he would do anything to protect it. even then the thing that bothers me about that ending is why he had to do what he did. he could have just gotten into the hatch, tossed the nade and shut the door. other than that i like it better than the alt version [editline]11th November 2011[/editline] also i agree with the sunshine guy. pinbacker shouldn't have appeared, they should have gone bonkers and started in-fighting. maybe it's more dramatic if you have a single big bad but still, the movie was immensely beautiful up until it turned into a slasher film in the end.

[QUOTE=FoodStuffs;33233759]seriously that's how you interpreted it? and it makes much more sense with the original ending (what you call the theatrical ending for some reason), even the bit about the name. you're more of a legend if you're dead. also he [sp]sacrificed himself[/sp], it wasn't just an AMERICA FUCK YEAH sort of thing. his life was ruined, he watched his family die and had gone half crazy. there was nobility in it, not something of a lame shallow kamikaze nature. it also had more gravity to it, he knew how much his research was important and he would do anything to protect it. even then the thing that bothers me about that ending is why he had to do what he did. he could have just gotten into the hatch, tossed the nade and shut the door. other than that i like it better than the alt version [editline]11th November 2011[/editline] also i agree with the sunshine guy. pinbacker shouldn't have appeared, they should have gone bonkers and started in-fighting. maybe it's more dramatic if you have a single big bad but still, the movie was immensely beautiful up until it turned into a slasher film in the end.[/QUOTE] The title, [i]I Am Legend[/i] refers to Neville becoming a monster of legend amongst the darkseekers; this is rendered redundant if the darkseekers cannot reason or think. Throughout the story, it becomes clear that the darkseekers are more than just savage beasts; they can think and reason as they could whilst human. The theatrical ending ignores that. It also makes the presence of the Alpha Male pointless, as his entire purpose in the film is to show a relationship with the Female. The theatrical ending presupposes that he happened to keep a HE grenade and a picture of his family inside an autopsy room. Oh, and the theatrical ending has a ridiculous cop-out explanation for the butterfly. Sorry, but the theatrical ending is just awful; it makes the film weaker as a whole, and the conclusion is far less satisfying.

[QUOTE=DainBramageStudios;33158423][url]http://fanedit.org/[/url] This site has a lot of amateur cuts of films which in some cases surpass the original. Well worth a look if you can tolerate their byzantine downloading system. For example, there's one which edits the Back to the Future films into chronological order. There's another which makes the Matrix sequels good.[/QUOTE] Are the any re-cuts here that you guys could really recommend?

[QUOTE=Goldenboy;33234322]The title, [i]I Am Legend[/i] refers to Neville becoming a monster of legend amongst the darkseekers; this is rendered redundant if the darkseekers cannot reason or think. Throughout the story, it becomes clear that the darkseekers are more than just savage beasts; they can think and reason as they could whilst human. The theatrical ending ignores that. It also makes the presence of the Alpha Male pointless, as his entire purpose in the film is to show a relationship with the Female. The theatrical ending presupposes that he happened to keep a HE grenade and a picture of his family inside an autopsy room. Oh, and the theatrical ending has a ridiculous cop-out explanation for the butterfly. Sorry, but the theatrical ending is just awful; it makes the film weaker as a whole, and the conclusion is far less satisfying.[/QUOTE] you know i'd agree with you if there was any semblance of human intelligence during the course of the movie, but there isn't. the alternative ending isn't backed up by anything that happened in the movie besides the wall of test subjects. all the infected in the movie seemed extremely primitive and not capable of advanced thought in any way. in the entire context of the movie the alternate ending is extremely unfitting.

[QUOTE=FoodStuffs;33250748]you know i'd agree with you if there was any semblance of human intelligence during the course of the movie, but there isn't. the alternative ending isn't backed up by anything that happened in the movie besides the wall of test subjects. all the infected in the movie seemed extremely primitive and not capable of advanced thought in any way. in the entire context of the movie the alternate ending is extremely unfitting.[/QUOTE] The trap scene is the moment at which we are supposed to see the darkseekers as more than just savages; they've managed to rearrange one of Neville's traps & mannequins and use it to ensnare him. Similarly, with the original ending, the intent behind the Alpha Male's repeated appearances is to show him trying to rescue his mate. However with the theatrical ending, the trap scene just makes Neville seem to loose touch even more with reality, and again, the Alpha Male has no purpose. I get that the rest of the film [b]can[/b] fit with the theatrical ending, it's just that it [b]shouldn't[/b].

[QUOTE=Takuat;33243238]Are the any re-cuts here that you guys could really recommend?[/QUOTE] [url]http://fanedit.org/13852/[/url] Removes a metric ton of the fluff in the Matrix sequels.

[QUOTE=Publius;33132378[B]Blade Runner[/B] Three major versions: The Theatrical Version The Director's Cut The Final Cut Most people are familiar with the story behind this one. Theatrical version came out with a dreadful 'happy ending' (which borrowed footage from The Shining) and a half-hearted voiceover from Harrison Ford - which he audibly did [I]not[/I] want to do. 1992 comes around and Ridley Scott releases his Director's Cut. It has the stupid voiceover removed and a much darker, ambiguous ending. There are still some problems though - namely sound issues (watch Harrison Ford's mouth move when he visits Abdul Ben Hassan - it's not in sync with what he's saying). So at last in 2007, with progress in digital technology, Scott patched these issues up. They actually got Harrison Ford's son to move his mouth in the correct manner, then digitally superimposed it over Ford. Cool huh? There is also the Workprint version which is a WIP, but that's hardly worth talking about. Obviously The Final Cut is the superior version - very few people enjoy watching the Theatrical Cut. What I find fascinating is the way a movie can change with just a few things added or removed.[/QUOTE] Which makes the various SNATCHER (a game heavily based on what Blade Runner was adapted from, Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?) versions all the more ironic. There was this one movie I watched that was a total slogfest theatrically, but the DVD director's cut added in all the complex story parts which the studio thought was fluff and it really turned the film into a piece of beauty.

[QUOTE=Ray-The-Sun;33252623]Which makes the various SNATCHER (a game heavily based on what Blade Runner was adapted from, Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?) versions all the more ironic. There was this one movie I watched that was a total slogfest theatrically, but the DVD director's cut added in all the complex story parts which the studio thought was fluff and it really turned the film into a piece of beauty.[/QUOTE] SNATCHER wasn't based on Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep nor Blade Runner. It was simply inspired from it. It also had influences from The Terminator and Akira and other stuff like that.

[QUOTE=Goldenboy;33251127]The trap scene is the moment at which we are supposed to see the darkseekers as more than just savages; they've managed to rearrange one of Neville's traps & mannequins and use it to ensnare him. Similarly, with the original ending, the intent behind the Alpha Male's repeated appearances is to show him trying to rescue his mate. However with the theatrical ending, the trap scene just makes Neville seem to loose touch even more with reality, and again, the Alpha Male has no purpose. I get that the rest of the film [b]can[/b] fit with the theatrical ending, it's just that it [b]shouldn't[/b].[/QUOTE] i never made the conclusion that the snare was made by the infected... how would the infected know he maintains a close relationship with inanimate dummies anyways? [editline]13th November 2011[/editline] in addition that's like the only thing we have that they're smart and are out to get him assuming it was set by them. if this is all so then i am legend isn't a really well made movie. i really should read the book, it's hanging around somewhere here and i have a feeling i'm going to get back into reading again.

Don't think it's been mentioned yet, but I highly recommend the Director's Cut of [i]Daredevil[/i]. Makes the film infinitely more watchable.

what's his face just annoys the shit out of me for some reason [editline]13th November 2011[/editline] ben aflac

ben aflec sucks [editline]14th November 2011[/editline] ben asslick

Pretty sure Halloween 6 has a major alternate version to it. The vast majority of the plot plays out much differently and I'm fairly certain it has an alternate ending. I've yet to watch it.

Sucker punch has a Director's cut which is slightly longer with a few extra scenes.