The Energon Pub

Okay, we have enough threads going one way or another to fill a few dozen Long Hauls. However, something I haven't seen so far is the following. Director Cuts are released all the time for movies that are panned or so chopped up when released to theater that there's no other choice BUT to release a new cut. And after watching the movie, thinking on it for a long time, I have to say, I think ROTF can actually be made into a coherent movie without cutting any of the action. I know, crazy. I've been replaying it in my head and I can actually see where certain moments can be cut and swapped and shortened to make things run way more smoothly while also cutting a lot of the fat and in turn trimming down the run time. And I gotta say, I am definitely planning on doing this when it's released on disc. However not only for me, but for my parents as well. What can I say? They're old, easily offended and need some semblance of plot to actually watch a movie. In that aspect, I think it's become sort of a mission for me.

So, curious.... Anyone else thought of doing this? And in that regard, what would you modify (in the context of what is actually available on film for you to work with) to make your perfect cut of Revenge of the Fallen?

Personally.... The Pretender can be completely skipped in my book. His mother going crazy from a pot brownie is another example. Heck, a lot of the college crap aside from what actually pertained to the story (him writing the symbols) can be cut out. Just removing that keeps the story much more focused on the main plot, removes a useless robot and cuts about 10 minutes off the run time.

The only problem i see you having is cutting the pretender.

When they get abducted by Gridor they are fleeing from the Pretender in a damaged car, so unless theres another way to expalin that then you might be stuck

Interesting notion though - i'd definately dub the twins voices for sure

Yes, I thought of this. While I liked the movie, I think there are some changes that could have made other people more happy with the movie. For example, instead of Sam's seeing the other primes while he was unconscious, he could have just had a flashback of Prime telling him about fate (you know, "Fate rarely calls upon us at a moment of our choosing."). Which would have been less corny. I think the matrix also should have remained solid so it didn't seem so mystical. Also the dorky side of me would have added the song "The "Touch to when Sam takes the Matrix and revives Prime, but not the dorky new version of that song.