10. Frank Poetry
Donnie Darko (2001)
This scene of Donnie reading Frank-inspired verse to his school class was presumably cut because it made a solid connection between the time traveller’s maybe-psychosis and the outside world - something which played with more ambiguity in the finished film.
11. Holden Out
Blade Runner (1982)
A scene cut from early in the movie, filled with an ominous technological anxiety.
Harrison Ford’s Deckard pays a visit to a fellow detective put into hospital by the replicants he’s now chasing.
"It’s a wipeout!" his colleague wheezes in terror. "They’re almost us!"
12. Bill, Killing
Kill Bill: Vol 2 (2004)
Why this was cut is a mystery – shot in brilliantly overblown Hong Kong style with wonky zooms and whipping cuts, this short fight scene shows Bill hacking into a group of would-be assassins while an impressed Beatrix Kiddo looks on.
All the effects work is complete, and David Carradine is awesome.
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joker16
Apr 21st 2009, 23:01
I could listen to Tarantino talk for hours.
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eeyore1059
Apr 21st 2009, 23:47
Now this is what Lucas should be including in the six film Star Wars boxset they say he's been working on for the past couple of years. This does add a little more depth to the story and makes a great film that much better.
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IGPNicki
Apr 22nd 2009, 9:57
Not that T-3 was a good movie, because I pretty much like to pretend it ended after 2 (even if McG does make a good movie, i'll still gladly skip 3) but I disagree, that clip really is bad. It's a little too Paul Verhoeven, which doesn't really fit the theme of the movie. I can see why they left it off. Too bad they couldn't also leave off the bad maths and Arnold doing the talk to the hand thing. http://www.igp-scifi.com
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IGPNicki
Apr 22nd 2009, 10:06
Not that I think T3 is a good movie (because I don't) but that clip is truly awful. It screams Paul Verhoeven which doesn't really fit with the movie. The Star Wars one however is definitely badly needed, unlike, say the wobbly CGI Jabba. http://www.igp-scifi.com
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timisstupid
Apr 22nd 2009, 10:06
i could listen to tarantino talk for minutes before i neck myself. nothing wrong with his films (well MOST of his films), but he would do better being seen and NOT heard
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LazyCartoonist
Apr 22nd 2009, 16:53
You picked the wrong deleted scene from "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas." The one that truly should not have been excised is the one in which Raoul Duke drives up to a small country store run by Rance Howard. He finally discovers the American Dream he's been pursuing, and then ends up p**sing it away with his cynicism. It's the lynchpin of the entire story and I'll never figure out why it ended on the cutting room floor. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f40Ye9CfgFo
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Padman
Apr 23rd 2009, 19:39
I just wanted to say; well done, this is a genuinely great little feature! Unlike some of the rather "we need to update the site, how about a feature about.. err... movie trainers?!" ones I've seen in recent months :-P
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avoidz
Apr 25th 2009, 6:05
The Kill Bill deleted scene doesn't look like all the effects are complete (the three men standing after being sliced seem to be missing spurting blood; the lead guy with an Aussie accent not yet re-dubbed). The scene is not amazing either. Easy to see why it was cut. And Vol.2 was weak as p**s.
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NDitum
Apr 26th 2009, 19:59
IGP - point taken, but surely being a bit more Verhoeven would've been a good thing? Cartoonist - the scene is strong, but tbh I don't even remember it from the book. Maybe scratched as it was too similar to the cafe scene? Avoidz - well, the effects are supposed to be super-shonky, so it's hard to tell. Think we can probably agree it's better than the rest of Vol. 2 though, right? Padman - cheers! Mostly :)
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