Director's Cut DVD??? ***spoilers***
POSTED BY: Angeldove
UPDATED: Saturday, October 8, 2005 23:44
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I'm sorry but, how can there be any conflict between the original Donnie Darko and the Director's Cut. The Director's Cut explained so much and was A MILLION TIMES SUPERIOR. I don't think they even mentioned the phrase tangent universe in the original and that is VERY KEY as much of the movie takes place inside the tangent universe.
I ended up buying Donnie Darko: The Director's Cut, because on the whole, you're right, it is superior. However, parts of it are just slightly bothersome to me. The excerpts from Philosophy of Time Travel, while helpful for the narrative, were visually distracting to me. They didn't feel like pages out of book so much as pictures on a computer. It was just the aesthetic that bothered me. Also, I think the "Dreams" section right before "Mad World" starts playing just explains the obvious, and is kind of annoying.
I think they definitely add to the film, and are probably vital for people who don't feel like reading the pages seperately as a feature on the DVD or online, but, personally, I liked that experience of slowly uncovering those bits as I read about the film later.
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How does one navigate a "seamless branch"? I've also never encountered one of these before. Can it only be navigated if watched on a computer?
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Nope, no fancy equipment required. Just your DVD player and a set of eyes and ears.
My only experience with seamless branching is the Alien DVDs, but in those cases it prompts you at the beginning to pick which version of the film you want. If you pick the theatrical cut, the deleted scenes are available to view seperately under their own section of the menu.
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