War Of The Worlds – The Extinctive Cut

“Its not enough to survive... One has to be worthy of survival. “ Commander William Adama.

Sadly, such a notion is not universal. That might explain the survival of repellent lead characters. After two hours of the original, viewers will likely root for the alien raiders to capture, consume and silence our ordinary fellow humans.
Boon is biting off a lot here, trying to paint lipstick on a cancerous pig, attempting to carve the crap without leaving behind a corpse.

Video: MPEG 720 X 480p. Let’s get this out of the way. Once you hit PLAY and have to choose which version of CBB’s edit, Extinctive is transposed to Extincitve. Oversight that should have been caught long ago.

In both Extinctive and Purist cuts, once past Chapter 10, resolution is poorer. This seems more noticeable in Extinctive, especially with blacks and deep shadows.

Audio: 2 Channel AC3. Subtitles - yes! Sound is really good here, with a nice dynamic range.

Narrative: I watched both versions, and both are cohesive and logical. Extinctive ending held an unexpected surprise. Can’t say that I bought it from a logical point of view. Questions about how long a future time frame are we looking at? Food supplies? Water? Politicians? Still, it might be taken as a Hollywood 70s ending. The Purist was OK and I had no problem with omitting the microbial aspect.

Enjoyment: Did someone say extras? Man, Boon is generous with the goodies! Trailer, Deleted Scenes, the shack with and without Robbins, a chunk of CBB edits to boot.

If one means “enjoying the actual film” - I disliked the original and my dislike for the edit is only marginally less. Problem is with source material. Characters you can’t wait to get killed. Blame script or directing. And Spielberg has a curious history of terrorizing children into screaming. Not judging, just saying. There is less of that in this edit, and CBB reimagines Robbie’s path well.

Recommended to fans of the original. Naysayers will still be displeased.

June 14, 2010 @ 10:39 pm

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May 2, 2010 @ 7:45 am

I watched the extinctive cut avi tonight and really enjoyed it

The story was really good i enjoyed the whole thing.

Well done!

However the movie is not perfect by removing lots of the bad stuff there are a few moments that dont move smoothly …. but thats not a problem for me, it didnt ruin anything, i was into the story and if there are a few too many fades im a forgiving viewer and im enjoying the ride im on. That also goes for the new ending … as a viewer i know the ending is majorly altered but i go with the flow and i think it works. Its not perfect but its good and its entertaining and thats what i want from a movie.

Excellent 9/10!

April 12, 2010 @ 4:23 pm

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Review by 20Emp05 — February 4, 2010 @ 10:44 am

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