Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

[Squared]

drops

runs without looking back

Can I just delete JJ Abrams from the timeline? Is that allowed?

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[Bedrockgames]

This discussion brings up an interesting question.

Director's Cuts that are worse that the theatrical cut.

To head off one issue- I will put discussion of Snyder and JLA off-limits. I think that the "Snyder Cut" was a better experience, but it also had a lot of new footage and runtime that could never be widely released in theaters.

Also? Let's not discuss Blade Runner.

Okay, here's my top three-

Apocalypse Now. Don't get me wrong. I love some of the extra footage in the various extended cuts. But as a movie, the theatrical release is the best one.

Donnie Darko. Nope. The director's cut is just not great.

And finally? Anything revisited later by Lucas and Spielberg. Star Wars and ET? Yep. It's not even that all the changes are that bad, it's more that there is a reason that people stop messing with a text when it's done.

Generally I am not a fan of directors cuts

But if I have to pick one: Amadeus. I don't mind the directors cut, but vastly prefer the original theatrical. And it is hard to find the theatrical version now

 

[billd91]

I love film noir but prefer the non-voice over version of Bladerunner. But I am one of those people who thinks it's one of the maybe 10-15 perfect films ever made.

There are some notable edit/continuity issues (considering there were 6 replicants going rogue and one is completely unaccounted for), but the fact that people judge it so highly even with that out there says volumes about how well it captures the imagination and emotion of the viewers. And it absolutely is one of my top 10 favorite movies as well.

 

[Squared]

In fairness, I'm pretty sure that the one lesson Peter Jackson learned from the LoTR trilogy is that you can never have too much ... ESPECIALLY ENDINGS!

But yeah, that trilogy already suffered from taking a single book and turning it into a trilogy, and then taking the movies in the trilogy (that were already overstuffed and had pacing issues) and just adding more stuff? No thank you.

There are a number of cuts around on the internet that take all three movies and cut it down to around 2 hours. It is a much better movie. Not really a director’s cut though. Kind of the opposite.
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[el-remmen]

Whenever I hear someone complain about Return of the King's so-called "multiple endings" I know I am dealing with an unserious person whose opinions I don't need to ever consider.

 

[Ryujin]

Whenever I hear someone complain about Return of the King's so-called "multiple endings" I know I am dealing with an unserious person whose opinions I don't need to ever consider.

I would have liked the actual book ending, in a director's cut.

 

[CleverNickName]

Whenever I hear someone complain about Return of the King's so-called "multiple endings" I know I am dealing with an unserious person whose opinions I don't need to ever consider.

That complaint always sounded weird to me. Major events in my own life always have multiple endings, if they even have endings at all (getting married, starting a new job, buying a house, etc.) But sure, destroying an ancient evil and ending a multi-national war should be the exception, with a single, simple resolution that everyone can agree on.

 

[DrunkonDuty]

Personally, I like the version without the voiceover, but I also have seen people get very confused without it. As for happy endings? I dislike happy endings almost as much as bards.

I'm pretty sure bards love happy endings.

Out of curiosity, if somebody wanted to be able to experience and/or convert any media into any other media, is there an economical relatively-easy-to-understand entry-level technology for, say, reel-to-reel or 8-track, or is it definitely the domain of specialists and professionals?

It's doable if you're a dedicated enthusiast. But it getting set up isn't cheap or easy.

The hardest thing might be finding a player you can play your media on. As I type I am sitting in a room surrounded by VHS, Umatic, MiniDV, Digibeta, Beta SP and even a J-format machines. But this collection took time and money to put together. It also takes engineers to maintain. So if you have a varied bunch of media types I cannot imagine it would be cheap or easy to put together the players you need.

But the basic process is:

You get yourself a working player.
Then you need an analogue to digital converter. You can get stand alone hardware that does this. (That's what I work with.) But there are more than a few cards available that you can plug into your computer. Not personally familiar with any, but my reading on the subject suggests there are plenty of good ones available.
You will need cables to connect your old-timey player to your Analogue-Digital converter.
You will need encoding software.
You may want some sort of mastering software to then tidy up the files you make. Unless you're happy with the quality of the capture.

Hope that helps.

 

[overgeeked]

That complaint always sounded weird to me. Major events in my own life always have multiple endings, if they even have endings at all (getting married, starting a new job, buying a house, etc.) But sure, destroying an ancient evil and ending a multi-national war should be the exception, with a single, simple resolution that everyone can agree on.

One of the many, many ways stories do not mirror real life.

 

[CleverNickName]

One of the many, many ways stories do not mirror real life.

And with respect to "multiple endings," shame on Tolkien for even making the attempt, amirite?