Re: HTF DVD Review: Planet Terror - Extended & Unrated
Minor notes as to theatrical/extended differences:
Well, the dialogue and scenes I desired to see restored for pacing and expository strength were restored. The two goriest shots in the film, which I saw last year at Comicon, were also returned. There were also an added bit with Cholo I was really happy to see, which was hinted at in the trailer and in some interviews.
Most of all, I was glad the introduction to Earl McGraw and the princt were now in the film. There are also tons of dialogue extensions throughout the film, and more involving Cherry's first leg injury. I always suspected that the scrape from the passing by military force was supposed to foreshadow later events, now I'm sure of it. I haven't sat down and watched the entire film from beginning to end yet, but I'm sure I'll catch more additions then.
Still, I'm disappointed that there was no inclusion of the additional action sequences from the base (even in deleted form), but then I'm not surprised. The movie does start to drag around that point, but it still sounded (and looked) pretty awesome from the pre-viz and discussions in the Grindhouse book. I'm also ok with the "missing reel" so long as they never clean up the "print" itself.
Btw, the aspect ratio issues are nowhere near an issue as the earlier bootleg to trailer comparisons made it to look like. I even checked the exact instances shown on this board. It's fine.
