Scott Anderson
February 15th, 2008, 09:00 AM
Apparently, there are several shots that have been heavily modified for the US version of the trailer vs the International one. The shots modify the army officers pointing guns at Ray Winstone and Harrison Ford into the arm pointing guns "near" them (shades of the E.T. DVD, anyone?):
http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/3825/cgipants1la6.jpg
This first one is the worst. This shot, at around :57, is a HORRIBLE cut and paste job. It appears to be mainly still grabs roughly composited over the shot to make the corrections.
The shot at 1:36 was modified, as well:
http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/1336/cgipants2cj6.jpg
The interesting part, for me, is the question of "why do this?". Is there some MPAA regulation about pointing guns at people in trailers? Did the MPAA threaten to not approve the trailer in it's original form? Was this done as a one-day rush job to get the trailer out in time for Valentines Day? Who decided that this was "good enough"?
I've also heard that the international version omits the American flag, but I haven't seen it yet - anybody got a link?
Somebody should have realized that these 1080p trailers get scrutinized frame-by-frame by fanboys worldwide. The first shot, especially, is soooo bad that once you know what you're looking at, it becomes laughable. In addition to body parts floating around like crazy, a background Army guy actually appears from nowhere behind someone else's head! I find it very odd that such glaring gaffes would be released like this.
Is this political correctness run amok?
http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/3825/cgipants1la6.jpg
This first one is the worst. This shot, at around :57, is a HORRIBLE cut and paste job. It appears to be mainly still grabs roughly composited over the shot to make the corrections.
The shot at 1:36 was modified, as well:
http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/1336/cgipants2cj6.jpg
The interesting part, for me, is the question of "why do this?". Is there some MPAA regulation about pointing guns at people in trailers? Did the MPAA threaten to not approve the trailer in it's original form? Was this done as a one-day rush job to get the trailer out in time for Valentines Day? Who decided that this was "good enough"?
I've also heard that the international version omits the American flag, but I haven't seen it yet - anybody got a link?
Somebody should have realized that these 1080p trailers get scrutinized frame-by-frame by fanboys worldwide. The first shot, especially, is soooo bad that once you know what you're looking at, it becomes laughable. In addition to body parts floating around like crazy, a background Army guy actually appears from nowhere behind someone else's head! I find it very odd that such glaring gaffes would be released like this.
Is this political correctness run amok?