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How would you edit this?

posted 10 years ago by DeRo64
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I've seen the Director's Cut (DC) and the American Cut (AC). Both are definitely worth seeing, but each one is missing parts I wish were in a single cut. Let's see here.
I think I'd keep almost everything from the DC and everything from the American cut that doesn't interfere.
Darkness's form (except for his hand) would not be seen until he meets Lily so his conversation with Blix would be mostly from the DC, but we'd still see an unfortunate victim getting chopped up.
The cutting off and reattachment of the yellacorn (I can't remember the correct spelling) would be shown, as well as Darkness getting stabbed with it.
I need to hear both musical scores back to back to see which tune I should use for each scene. If they clashed, I'd probably just settle on Tangerine Dream's.

Does anyone know where I can hear Oona's line, "You should see your princess now!" online? I'd like to hear it for myself and see if it's better in or left out of the movie.

Okay, so how would you edit this film?
Please remember that opinions can differ widely so let's not have any flaming.

"There is no escape, John!"

[–] samhain777 10 years ago

mostly it'd be the directors cut, but with darkness' "mother night" in place of "I am the..." early in the film (the dialogue, not showing darkness til later), also add the scene from the u.s. cut where jack and gump encounter those small monsters
keep the u.s. cuts ending, show the removal and reattachment of the horn
also keep the voice of darkness' father from the thatrical cut, it sounded really goofy in the dc

as for the score, use the tangerine dream score for:darkness, the dance, the opening, the unicorns, the goblins and during the final battle
keep the goldsmith score for the rest

Come on Bancini, where the f-ck you goin' at?

[–] Totemkauf 10 years ago

I made an interesting edit of this movie cutting out all the dialoge,music and sound fx and replacing it with certain Korn songs, a lot fit into place amazingly after I initialy placed them for a certain part of the song to be at a certain part in the film. I can't think of an example except 'Falling Away From Me' for when Jack jumps into the pond and it freezes , "Freak on a Leash" when Darnkess is talking with Lily at the dark dinner table.

[–] CrunchCameron 10 years ago

I would keep the beginning from the theatrical cut (scrolling text, appearance of Darkness in the chair, the "Mother night" dialogue), everything else would be directors cut except for Darkness's father's voice (I would keep the one from theatrical) and i would also add the scene of the small creatures attacking them in Darkness's lair. And finally I would keep all of Tangerine Dream's score. Jerry Goldsmith's score is just too boring to me.

[–] Hawkins85 10 years ago

That is a very good question.

Ideal Cut = (Director's Cut (Remastered) + Missing Scenes & Effects That Are Included In US & EU Cuts + Lower Pitched Father Voice + Tangerine Dream Score + US Ending).

They could throw in Gump's original voice too.