Re: Event Horizon

^^^^THE POSSESSION.

Weird movie.

Re: Event Horizon

braedan51 wrote:
Xtroid wrote:

I so want to see the uncut version....

If I'm remembering correctly this film was BUTCHERED by the MPAA. There original cut of the film is approximately 45 minutes longer, but due to the poor reception the film received the uncut version has never seen the light of day. I remember Fangoria did a fairly extensive run down of the missing material, I think in the long cut we saw much more of the original crew's journey into and back from hell.

That quick montage of gruesome cuts was significantly longer, possibly not even a montage.

These days they'd save the longer cut for the DVD/Blu-Ray as there seems to be weaker MPAA standards for home video, but Event Horizon was released just before the DVD format took off and special bonus features became a thing. And it's not a big enough classic (like some lost David Lean footage) to warrant spending millions on restorations, etc.

not long to go now...

Thumbs up Thumbs down

Re: Event Horizon

avatar wrote:

These days they'd save the longer cut for the DVD/Blu-Ray as there seems to be weaker MPAA standards for home video, but Event Horizon was released just before the DVD format took off and special bonus features became a thing. And it's not a big enough classic (like some lost David Lean footage) to warrant spending millions on restorations, etc.

Fun fact: the MPAA actually has no legal power at all, anyone could technically release a movie without a rating and suffer no repercussions. Except that theater owners aren't willing to do it, because the rating basically screens them against having to deal with Americans clutching their pearls because they weren't warned that they might be exposed to TEH SECKS and/or naughty language. But they can happily ignore the MPAA entirely when it comes to the home video release, and just slap a big UNRATED on the box, which is often a selling point.

Thumbs up Thumbs down

Re: Event Horizon

Dorkman wrote:
avatar wrote:

These days they'd save the longer cut for the DVD/Blu-Ray as there seems to be weaker MPAA standards for home video, but Event Horizon was released just before the DVD format took off and special bonus features became a thing. And it's not a big enough classic (like some lost David Lean footage) to warrant spending millions on restorations, etc.

Fun fact: the MPAA actually has no legal power at all, anyone could technically release a movie without a rating and suffer no repercussions. Except that theater owners aren't willing to do it, because the rating basically screens them against having to deal with Americans clutching their pearls because they weren't warned that they might be exposed to TEH SECKS and/or naughty language. But they can happily ignore the MPAA entirely when it comes to the home video release, and just slap a big UNRATED on the box, which is often a selling point.

Thanks. Yeah, it is a weird dichotomy - if unrated DVDs are more appealing to target demographics (often teens), then one would assume that unrated movies would have the same appeal, and therefore generate more box office. For example, if one cinema chain only screened the bowdlerized version of the movie while the competing cinema chain showed the pure uncut stuff, no prizes for guessing which one us nerds would go to.

I find it weird that you see these cinema ads about how it's a better experience at 'The Movies', but actually the blu-ray often has more hard core nudity/violence/language than the sanitized theatrical release. You'd think cinemas would be lobbying hard to either scrap the MPAA or at least to ignore it so they have a level playing field with home video.

not long to go now...

Thumbs up Thumbs down

Re: Event Horizon

Well, there's a reason you don't see many porn theaters around anymore...

I write stories! With words!
http://www.asstr.org/~Invid_Fan/

Thumbs up Thumbs down