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[MartinT]

Ive saying no to Blue ray for the past year, and then they brought out Alien last month and i gave in and bought a player

Ridley Scott rules. Blade Runner did it for me.

[colinB]

Even dodgy subject matter like Black Hawk Down becomes a great movie under his direction.
Err we wont mention Kingdom of Heaven.

[WAD62]

Even dodgy subject matter like Black Hawk Down becomes a great movie under his direction.
Err we wont mention Kingdom of Heaven.

The full 4.5 hr version is an excellent film, the original cinema release was destroyed by the enforced savage editing, in order to placate the american 'hawks' and bible bashers... IMHO

[colinB]

Interesting. I heard him say once the only directors cut worth getting is Kingdom of Heaven and he was embaressed by the original

[WAD62]

Interesting. I heard him say once the only directors cut worth getting is Kingdom of Heaven and he was embaressed by the original

All of the background has been gutted, at least an hour and a half at the beginning, all the Christian 'fundamentalist' activity has been cut, all that's left in the original is effectively the battle scenes and some stilted dialog...

A good example...Watching the original, one might be forgiven for thinking that the blacksmith Baileon gains some kind of superhuman powers out of thin air...in the full version we learn that he's an experienced technical advisor, engineer, and soldier, who was having a break to look after his missus during childbirth, smithing is bit of a backup job. When the baby dies and she subsequently commits suicide he looses it and is banged up in the local cells. The Crusaders do not just happen by, they are specifically looking for him based on reputation, his brother the priest (this is a bit skipped over in the original) tries to convince him to go with them, attempting to sell his skills to the Crusaders...etc...etc...etc.

OK it doesn't make Orlando Bloom a better actor, but you at least feel his character is somewhat more believable.

It's worth a go, just to make sense of the original, he rarely makes a poor film IMHO

[colinB]

Youve convinced me. Orlando Bloom is shite though.

[WAD62]

Youve convinced me. Orlando Bloom is shite though.

Must have been one for the ladies shall we say, not quite my idea of a warmongering Norman Crusader, more a renaissance hairdresser...still he's even worse in Troy, now there's a shite historical film!!!

[Jonboy]

Aren't mates handy, & i'm not talking about the type that are housed in a plastic packet

Me today with salt n pepper beard

My wife says she can see why your single Mark, a remark about your stuff and not you by the way

Glad to see you frequent the same barber as me then, which by he way is me, a quick up and over every fortnight or so

[Reid Malenfant]

Glad to see you frequent the same barber as me then, which by he way is me, a quick up and over every fortnight or so

Yep, that's the way I haven't paid for a haircut in over 15 years & at a minimum of £5 a shot that's a nice saving me thinks Not sure how much a haircut is these days but i could never get a reduction when using trimmers & it didn't make sense to me

Looks like i saved over £2000 Better have a to celebrate

[Jonboy]

Better have a to celebrate

well thats a fine idea