Albert Pyun's Director's Cut version of Cyborg
Well having now seen Mr. Pyun's last cut of the film I can say I am kind of torn. There are things about his last cut that I prefer and things about the theatrically released cut I prefer. First off Mr. Pyun's last cut made a little more sense as far as storyline goes. The cut we all saw before and loved or hated always felt a little disjointed and vague. The Director's Cut has more dialog and feels a little more whole. Though to be honest it still seems a little vague. The music in the Director's Cut is progressive rock from the late '80s. Either you like that or you hate it. Personally I am as torn about the music as I am about the movie. I prefer the music in the Director's cut at times, in places, certain tunes. But honestly it was a bit overdone at other times and actually a bit annoying. Yet with the Theatrical version the synth style music I liked some of it and thought it worked well but also found some of it annoying as well. I suppose in the end I prefer the theatrical music simply because I didn't find it overdone at any point as I did with the Director's cut. OK moving on from the music and the extra dialog revealing a bit more story. The Director's cut was shot with a few more flashback moments (But not new scenes we haven't seen) making more sense to the story at times. Ultimately though I'm not sure I like this any more then the theatrically released version. Personally if they find this in studio archives and can put it on bluray I would wish to have both theatrical and director's cut versions for the bluray.
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