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Rough Cut Update From The Gremlins Museum
Ian from The Gremlins Museum has pulled back the curtain a bit on the legendary Gremlins Assembly Cut and Deleted Scenes tapes that were sent to him by Joe Dante.
Check a look at the full article here:
https://www.gremlns.com/gremlins-rough-cut/
Personally speaking, I cannot believe we finally after all these years are getting shots of the legendary Bavarian Snowman scene and what seems to be much more to come down the line. Seeing Billy saving Mrs. Deagle’s cat from the police cruiser scratches a 30+ year old itch I have had since reading the novelization and the illustrated adaptions. I cannot wait to see it in action.
Similarly, the alternate opening scene mentioned fills a few minor plot gaps that we mentioned many years ago over on the Deleted Scenes page.
The rough cut and the Assembly Cut are two very different things, though many people have conflated the two.
The Assembly Cut refers to the 2h 35m VHS tape that was the first assembly of the film before being edited down to the 106 minutes we know and love.
The Rough Cut is the Gremlins Museum project which will be a rough cut of the film with many of the deleted and alternate scenes included, and Ian is planning to share it with Joe Dante once it is done. This is a long-term project so we will likely not hear a whole lot between now and then as he hides in the editing room obsessing over every frame. (I know I would)
The assembly cut and deleted scenes tapes have not been made public yet, and this is due to the legality of sharing this kind of footage without the proper dotted i’s by the rights owners. We are all hoping they will be released someday, but for the moment we can all live vicariously through updates from Ian over at The Gremlins Museum.
There have been many people who feel entitled to see this footage NOW, but let’s face it, screenshots and confirmation of the longer cut is more than we have gotten in literal decades for us ravenous gremlins fans! I hope that this project gets us the long cut we have been dreaming about, and maybe even a Gremlins 2 edit in the future if this one goes well.
Spoiler-Free Review: Prometheus (2012)
Prometheus Spoiler-Free Review:
You can try forgetting this isn’t really an Alien film, but it kinda is, but it isn’t. Ridley Scott keeps dropping hints that we are in the same Universe as Alien but wants us to forget about Alien. go figure. This is first 3d movie I have seen that blew me away with the quality of the presentation. The 3D effect (seen in IMAX) was used to enhance the scenery rather than take focus. The massive alien structures seemed truly to extend deeper than the window of the movie screen, while CGI elements felt you could reach out and touch them. This is 3D done right. 
Prometheus is definitely the best movie I have seen this year, including Avengers, Men In Black 3 and Hunger Games. This movie was more intense and horrifying than I expected, without being full of Cheap scares. It returns us to older cerebral sci-fi where the idea of what is occurring and the unknown factor is more terrifying than anything else. We don’t have all the pieces to the puzzle and that just makes things a bit creepier.
Prometheus is not without its flaws, but they are specific to characters and scenes, so it can be difficult to analyze without spoiling plot points. Suffice to say a few characters make typical slasher movie style decisions, when they are supposed to be scientists that takes you out of the film for a moment to say “uhhhh ok…that was REALLY dumb.”
The cast was a bit forgettable at points, but Noomi Rapace did a great job in her first major english-speaking main character role. Michael Fassbender steals his scenes as David, someone who’s agenda is never quite clear, which makes him by far the most fleshed-out character in the film. Idris Elba, who plays Janek, Prometheus’ pilot, is probably one of the most realistic “average working guy” characters in sci fi since Yaphet Koto and Harry Dean Stanton brought Parker & Brett to life in 1979’s Alien. (there go those Alien comparisons again…)
Sci-Fi fans: See prometheus, leave your Alien expectations at the door and just enjoy the film. Bring some friends because you will want to discuss this one for a long while to come.
Everyone Else: Get ready for one unique ride that should be seen on the big screen to be appreciated.
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