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'Rogue One': Ben Mendelsohn Says an "Enormously Different" Version Exists
hollywood reporter ^ | 12/29/2016 | Ryan Parker

Posted on 12/29/2016 12:45:08 PM PST by BenLurkin

"We did have multiple, multiple ways of going at any given scenario, we had multiple readings of it," Mendelsohn told Collider. "So should they ever decide to, there would be a wealth of ways of approaching these different things. And I know from having seen sort of the crucial kind of scenes throughout it, I know there’s vastly different readings of at least four of those scenes.

He continued that there are “enormous differences within, I would’ve said 20 or 30 of the scenes. There really would be. There would be enormously different renderings.”

And that is not at all hard to believe, especially when the first trailer are compared to the final product.

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All we can hope at this point is that everything, including the galactic kitchen sink, will be thrown at the home disks.

(Excerpt) Read more at hollywoodreporter.com ...


TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: rogueone

1 posted on 12/29/2016 12:45:08 PM PST by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Here is an idea, make the blu ray of it play in a mode that picks a random story line with different scenes in it, that way you could watch a different movie each time you watch it, could be an interesting experiment~


2 posted on 12/29/2016 12:47:42 PM PST by GraceG (Only a fool works hard in an environment where hard work is not appreciated...)
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3 posted on 12/29/2016 12:48:49 PM PST by KC_Lion ("I'm a believer that you don't need a title, and you don't need an office to make a difference"~S.P.)
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To: GraceG

That is an interesting idea.

Or how about software that lets us review all the footage and edit it into our own version of the film.


4 posted on 12/29/2016 12:50:44 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin
Deleted/extra scene:


5 posted on 12/29/2016 12:50:59 PM PST by MuttTheHoople (Yes, Liberals, I question your patriotism)
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To: MuttTheHoople

Gimli versus the Dalek


6 posted on 12/29/2016 12:53:12 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin; GraceG

I would like Blu-ray with selectable ratings. It would be nice to watch without keeping the remote close at hand. Plus, the director would retain control of the editing.


7 posted on 12/29/2016 12:55:03 PM PST by antidisestablishment ( We few, we happy few, we basket of deplorables)
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To: antidisestablishment

I’ve seen enough “Director’s Cut” movies to conclude that the director should not be allowed anywhere near the editing room.


8 posted on 12/29/2016 1:08:32 PM PST by PTBAA
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To: PTBAA

Absolutely. Directors cut equals way to re-release for more money. The worst is director’s cut of Apocalypse Now which gets 4 undeserved stars and ruins a great movie.


9 posted on 12/29/2016 1:14:41 PM PST by Williams (Stop tolerating the intolerant.)
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To: BenLurkin

Here’s a short video that shows scenes from the trailers that NEVER ENDED UP IN THE MOVIE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8id3iVTrn0

This means that Disney’s claims in the summer that the re-shoots were just standard improvements and not major re-writes were a complete lie.


10 posted on 12/29/2016 1:17:12 PM PST by vladimir998 (Apparently I'm still living in your head rent free. At least now it isn't empty.)
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To: PTBAA

I guess at least edited versions that at least splice well. Lol


11 posted on 12/29/2016 1:28:42 PM PST by antidisestablishment ( We few, we happy few, we basket of deplorables)
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To: BenLurkin

Maybe a better one with a happy ending?


12 posted on 12/29/2016 2:05:15 PM PST by minnesota_bound
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To: minnesota_bound

Just a better crafted movie in general and better crafted final act in particular. What ended up being released looks like they slapped it together over a weekend.


13 posted on 12/29/2016 2:16:58 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Everybody dying is not a happy ending.
Who green lit that story!


14 posted on 12/29/2016 2:26:24 PM PST by minnesota_bound
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To: minnesota_bound

I don’t mind that they all die.

For one thing, the film didn’t give the viewer enough substance to develop an idea of who the characters were or to form attachments to them. (Sole exception being the protagonist, but even her back story could have used more fleshing out.) I say axe the attempted rescue of the father and use that time for enhanced character development, The end result would be less frenetic, and more emotionally compelling.

Beyond that though, espionage, sabotage, assassination is dangerous work. It doesn’t hurt to let an American audience see that sometimes even the good guys don’t survive those kinds of missions.


15 posted on 12/29/2016 2:40:44 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: minnesota_bound

By the end of the movie, I didn’t even care.


16 posted on 12/29/2016 3:02:25 PM PST by dangerdoc ((this space for rent))
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To: dangerdoc

The fact that they all died is the only redeeming thing about the movie. It was a suicide mission and that is what set it apart.


17 posted on 12/29/2016 4:04:29 PM PST by panzerkamphwageneinz
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To: dangerdoc

By the end of the movie, I didn’t even care.


Maybe you saw a different cut than we did in San Antonio last night.

Toward the end you could sobbing in the audience (not me. I have allergies. That’s what caused my sniffling.) and then loud applause at that certain scene at the very end.

Then when the credits rolled, there was standing applause. Not standing and leaving the theater applause, but ‘standing through the credit’s applause’, probably 3/4 of the packed theater.

Last time I saw this was Independence Day in ‘96.

My wife and I agreed that we enjoyed this one more than any other SW movie since A New Hope, or just Star Wars, as we knew it at the time.

Then out in the parking lot our son called and told us Debbie Reynolds had died. That was a real downer.


18 posted on 12/29/2016 4:12:58 PM PST by chaosagent (Remember, no matter how you slice it, forbidden fruit still tastes the sweetest!)
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To: BenLurkin

We already know this and that version was so bad Disney made the director reshoot large sections of the movie last year.


19 posted on 12/29/2016 6:35:23 PM PST by stellaluna
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To: stellaluna

It had to have been pretty bad to be worse than the one they released.


20 posted on 12/29/2016 6:47:37 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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