Why Ridley? Rico's podcast on the movie Legend, reminded me of how much I loved that movie growing up, and how it influenced me as an artist, songwriter and whathaveyou. After the podcast episode, I immediately queued it up on netflix. What followed was the ultimate pile-up. The only version available from netflix was the Ridley Scott directors cut; orchestral score, additional scenes and lines, etc. This version of the movie was a wipe in my opinion. I grew up totally in love with the tangerine dream score, and the over-the-top artistic construction of the movie. The colors, sounds and grittiness of the film epitomized high fantasy to my young mind. Without them, it just wasn't the same story. :(
What are your thoughts?
I recall some additional lines from the scene with 'Meg' & Jack in the swamp that seemed to get dropped from the streaming version I saw on Netflix. I'll have to check out this version through Netflix.
It is hard to watch a different version of something when you are very used to a previous version. I feel the same way for many of the changes to the "Star Wars" movies. Easiest thing is to pick up the Blu-Ray (it's cheap) - I think it has both versions of "Legend" on it (I do like the Tangerine Dream score too).