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Nexus 6 · 02-14-2002, 11:34 AM

Okay,

I don't want to spread any false rumors here , but according to the Digital Bits' Rumor Mill, Universal's Legend Ultimate Edition may finally be coming in May. Nothing's official yet, but I guess I'll just try to enjoy this news while I can before they delay it again.

"Let this serve to remind you! The creature is crowned with a single spiral reaching like an antenna straight to Heaven!"

Prancer · 02-14-2002, 12:45 PM

"Nooo! Never! Never! I do NOTHING FOR YOUR PLEASURE!!!!"

Cool!!! I hope its true.

Damian · 02-14-2002, 02:27 PM

I thought we were getting a bare-bones like next month, then the super-duper-special-edition later in the summer?

sivart22 · 02-14-2002, 02:38 PM

ABOUT TIME!

Remember when the release date for this was like Nov. 2000!!!

smurdleman2000 · 02-14-2002, 03:02 PM

Europe is getting a barebones release a little bit before we get the suped-up version. The best part about the director's cut is that they found a complete negative for it, so they didn't have to attempt to find the deleted scenes and cut them back in less-than-seemlessly. Just some restoration work, I'd imagine, and it'd be ready to go. Structurally this thing is gonna be completely different than the theatrical version we all have seen. Its more than just 30 minutes of additional footage, its a difference in shot legnth and arrangment of shots/scenes, which will reflect in Jerry Goldsmith's (YES!!!) nearly complete score (I say nearly complete because he scored the 125 minute cut of it, which Ridley cut down to 113).

Personally, I'm really really excited. And I do, for the most part, believe the May 21st date given at Digital Bits. Don't ask why.

kimfair · 02-14-2002, 06:59 PM

So is this going to be the multi-version disc we've been drooling over for some time? I have a Japanese laserdisc with a different running time, and the Goldsmith score (which if you haven't seen the film with the Goldsmith score-you haven't seen it-it blows the crappy Tangerine Dream score away!)
I'm just trying to figure out if I should dump my laserdisc on eBay before the DVD comes out while it's still worth something or not!

Nexus 6 · 02-14-2002, 08:00 PM

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originally posted by kimfair:

I'm just trying to figure out if I should dump my laserdisc on eBay before the DVD comes out while it's still worth something or not!

You might hang on to it, or sell it as soon as possible, depending on which way you look at it. As smurdleman said, the DVD will feature a never-before-released director's cut. The only time this was ever seen by anyone but the filmmakers was at a 1985 test screening in LA.

I agree that the Goldsmith score is superior and much more appropriate. Unfortunately, even in the European version (on the Japanese LD) is hacked to pieces, along with the score.

At any rate, this is why this DVD release is being anticipated so much.

synapse · 02-14-2002, 08:23 PM

It's about time. This disc was supposed to release the same day as Gladiator.

I do indeed hope the rumor is true.

Little_Dragon · 02-14-2002, 08:37 PM

Drat. I'd entered this thread hoping it had something to do with the TV series, Legend, starring Richard Dean Anderson.

Well, the movie is good too ... Tim Curry made a great "Big D."

smurdleman2000 · 02-15-2002, 12:03 AM

this disc will include the original cut of the film, though it is so different than the director's cut I don't know if seemless branching would work. it WILL be on there, though. count on it. and count on a crap load of features, including what will be a VERY interesting commentary by Ridley Scott, and all the stuff they could find of the lost fairy dance sequence, sans any footage (it was lost for good, unfortunatly).

pdjennings · 02-22-2002, 07:39 PM

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Posted @ DVDShrine today:

Black as midnight, black as pitch, blacker than the foulest witch.

Universal is releasing an Ultimate Edition of the never-before-seen director's cut of Legend on May 21, 2002 at $24.98 (MSRP).

DVD Special Features:

Never-Before-Seen Director's Cut, restored version with Jerry Goldsmith's score in 5.1 Dolby and DTS.

Original U.S. Theatrical Version with Tangerine Dream score

"Creating a Myth: The Making of Legend"

Feature Commentary with Director Ridley Scott

Storyboards - the Director's Guide in Production Planning

"The Faerie Dance" - Music and Storyboards Depicting the Lost Scene

The Original Screenplay

Theatrical Trailer

Production Notes

Cast and Filmmaker Bios

DVD-ROM Special Features, including Script-to-Scene Comparison

Prancer · 02-22-2002, 08:09 PM

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Originally posted by pdjennings
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Moi aosi

feldon23 · 02-23-2002, 09:52 AM

aussi

UFO · 02-24-2002, 12:02 AM

I've been waiting for this dics for a LONG time (like everyone else) and am tired of getting yanked around. I believe it when I'm holding it in my hands.

02-14-2002, 11:34 AM	#1 (permalink)
Nexus 6 Actor Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Anaheim, CA	Legend!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Okay, I don't want to spread any false rumors here , but according to the Digital Bits' Rumor Mill, Universal's Legend Ultimate Edition may finally be coming in May. Nothing's official yet, but I guess I'll just try to enjoy this news while I can before they delay it again. "Let this serve to remind you! The creature is crowned with a single spiral reaching like an antenna straight to Heaven!" __________________ --"It's a condition of mental divergence. I find myself on the planet Ogo, part of an intellectual elite, preparing to subjugate the barbarian hordes on Pluto."

02-14-2002, 12:45 PM	#2 (permalink)
Prancer Actor Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Baltimore, MD-USA	"Nooo! Never! Never! I do NOTHING FOR YOUR PLEASURE!!!!" Cool!!! I hope its true. __________________ "I hope that when the world ends, I can breathe a sigh of relief because there will be so much to look forward to…”

02-14-2002, 03:02 PM	#5 (permalink)
smurdleman2000 Actor Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Allendale, MI	Europe is getting a barebones release a little bit before we get the suped-up version. The best part about the director's cut is that they found a complete negative for it, so they didn't have to attempt to find the deleted scenes and cut them back in less-than-seemlessly. Just some restoration work, I'd imagine, and it'd be ready to go. Structurally this thing is gonna be completely different than the theatrical version we all have seen. Its more than just 30 minutes of additional footage, its a difference in shot legnth and arrangment of shots/scenes, which will reflect in Jerry Goldsmith's (YES!!!) nearly complete score (I say nearly complete because he scored the 125 minute cut of it, which Ridley cut down to 113). Personally, I'm really really excited. And I do, for the most part, believe the May 21st date given at Digital Bits. Don't ask why. __________________ I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those... moments... will be lost in time, like tears... in rain. Time to die.

02-14-2002, 06:59 PM	#6 (permalink)
kimfair No World Series Ring Since... Last night! Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Boston,MA USA	So is this going to be the multi-version disc we've been drooling over for some time? I have a Japanese laserdisc with a different running time, and the Goldsmith score (which if you haven't seen the film with the Goldsmith score-you haven't seen it-it blows the crappy Tangerine Dream score away!) I'm just trying to figure out if I should dump my laserdisc on eBay before the DVD comes out while it's still worth something or not! __________________ Pray, v. To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled in behalf of a single petitioner, confessedly unworthy. -Ambrose Bierce Kimfair's CD List

02-14-2002, 08:23 PM	#8 (permalink)
synapse Actor Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: San Jose, CA (Next to Milpitas)	It's about time. This disc was supposed to release the same day as Gladiator. I do indeed hope the rumor is true. __________________ Dammit woman! You've impeded my work since the day I came out of your wretched womb!

02-14-2002, 02:27 PM	#3 (permalink)
Damian My dad can beat up your dad. Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Mississippi	I thought we were getting a bare-bones like next month, then the super-duper-special-edition later in the summer?

02-14-2002, 02:38 PM	#4 (permalink)
sivart22 Actor Join Date: Jun 2000	ABOUT TIME! Remember when the release date for this was like Nov. 2000!!!

02-14-2002, 08:37 PM	#9 (permalink)
Little_Dragon Actor Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Cave in the woods	Drat. I'd entered this thread hoping it had something to do with the TV series, Legend, starring Richard Dean Anderson. Well, the movie is good too ... Tim Curry made a great "Big D."

02-15-2002, 12:03 AM	#10 (permalink)
smurdleman2000 Actor Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Allendale, MI	this disc will include the original cut of the film, though it is so different than the director's cut I don't know if seemless branching would work. it WILL be on there, though. count on it. and count on a crap load of features, including what will be a VERY interesting commentary by Ridley Scott, and all the stuff they could find of the lost fairy dance sequence, sans any footage (it was lost for good, unfortunatly). __________________ I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those... moments... will be lost in time, like tears... in rain. Time to die.

02-23-2002, 09:52 AM	#13 (permalink)
feldon23 Actor Join Date: Oct 2000	aussi

02-24-2002, 12:02 AM	#14 (permalink)
UFO Actor Join Date: Feb 2002	I've been waiting for this dics for a LONG time (like everyone else) and am tired of getting yanked around. I believe it when I'm holding it in my hands.

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