Personally I prefer the original version. I don't think it needed to be re-edited.
I just wish they'd re-mastered the original as well, on the R2 UK 2-disc set.
Ah, peas! I'll 'ave some of them buggers!
Haven't seen the Director's Son's Cut, so i prefer the extended version (running time 100 minutes.) What exactly have they changed with the new cut of the film?
The intro's shorter, some lines of dialogue are missing (i.e. 'how deep is the ocean, anyway?'), Sven's bezerk frenzy is missing the frothing at the mouth, the Hy-Brasilians song has additional 'music'.
I haven't watched it properly all the way through.
Ah, peas! I'll 'ave some of them buggers!
Do you read Viz?
shareI used to, but what does that have to do with anything?
Ah, peas! I'll 'ave some of them buggers!
I was reading it the other day and they had one of their fake competitions in it and were giving away the "Director's son's cut". I thought they were joking, so I looked it up on here and found you talking about the same edition and thought you were taking the mick! Clearly not.
Viz rocks. Captain Birdseye vs Captain Kirk. Genius
Absolutely prefer the original edit. This new edit, the directors sons cut, is horrible! It moves way too fast and is clumsy. Bad editing. In fact it looks like it wasn't edited from the original footage. Looks like the just hacked away and removed bits and piece from the original film edit.
I hope at some point this movie will be rereleased in it's original format Unedited in it's original form from 89. I was so disappointed in the DSC DVD, Erik the Viking is one of my favorite movies.
The UK 2-disc DVD has BOTH versions - DSC and Original.
If a film is a hit, they praise the star - but if it fails, the blame the Director!