Super 8: Extended

This film was originally a highly entertaining period piece. Once more Wraith with extreme attention to detail has lovingly restored all of the deleted scenes back into this film seamlessly. Great work!, and my future version to share with family and friends. One can see where the inspiration for the tv show Stranger Things came from.

I always loved this film, sadly enough in my bubble people dont seem to consider this rewatchable.
But i do, its like a classic Spielberg got to Movie on a lazy Sunday.
So i was keen to see what this edit does to an otherwise already good film.

It expanded it in a very good way. No cuts and changes are interrupting or missplaced, all is in one flow.
There is more depths now and the characterization of the people is better.
I felt like it allows more air ion, if you get what i mean.
There is more of what i loved to begin with and it still is paced with the right speed, no hurrys no boredom.

I feel that the kids are evenbetter now...but that can just be me feeling chjildish watching it.
After this i watched my all time Fav E.T because thats the flavour it leaves in my head.

Loved this one, thanks for this great treat which is my Go to Version from now on.

This extended version of Super 8 expands the depth of characterisation and makes the characters increasingly more developed. The extended scenes also add a visual quality to the movie in the sense that they allow the narrative to flow more easily without the sudden jump-cuts that existed in the original cinema cut.

In essence, this version of Super 8 allows the audience to gain a greater 'feel' of the late 1970s (the movie was set in 1979/80) and the era when Close Encounters/Star Wars was all the rage - and in many respects, J.J. Abrams and Wraith [combined] have created a movie that brings back the nostalgia of that period of American history, albeit, with a storyline that has a considerably darker tone.

Another feather in the cap of Wraith...

great stuff, good work to the original!

I was hoping to get to this one sooner, but Covid blew me over! It had been a few years since I saw Super 8, which makes it both a perfect and terrible time to watch a fanedit. Perfect, because I'm not bored with the movie and watching analytically, and terrible because I'm less likely to catch seamless transitions (although that is a testament to the skill of the faneditor).

In this case, I only recognized two moments as new to this viewing: a scene where the kids are trying on different costumes, and a scene involving Officer Lamb investigating the gas station attack.

The costume-change scene didn't add much value to the story, but it was nice to see more of the movie. The gas station attack investigation scene, however, brought in a continuity blip, and it's the only reason I even noticed that it had been added.

Shortly after the attack, Officer Lamb is on scene at the gas station to investigate. And then, the next morning, he's back to investigate it again. Some of the dialog is recycled, which is why I even noticed. During the daylight investigation, Lamb is given a tip that leads him to the next scene. It makes sense for him to want to get a jump on things, after witnessing the vicious aftermath of the attack, rather than waiting until the morning, so I can see why the filmmaker's went with that version in the final cut.

Both scenes were added so naturally that I barely noticed their addition. If there were more additions, I flat out missed them. The movie was still as good as I remember it, in either case. The faneditor did an excellent job adding everything. If there were cuts, I didn't notice them.

One note, and the only reason I gave the overall audio/video quality a knock (8/10): so much of this movie takes place at night that, with a 4K or greater setup, any diminishment of the overall picture suffers greatly. I watched an HD copy, but missed the 4K resolution of my store-bought copy. Still, I'm very glad I watched. It may not be my go-to version of the film, but I'll certainly keep it on hand.