The Expendables 2 (2012)

[Member-222782]

Originally Posted by DetroitSportsFan

In this case, it's up to Sly if there's an extended cut. Has he ever mentioned working on an extended cut of this?

No but Rambo and Expendables were both reissued with extended cuts some time after the original theatrical editions came out on home video. I suspect Sly had nothing to do with the decision to release extended cuts - Lionsgate just loves to milk everything as much as they can.

[ocielz]

Originally Posted by cine74

No but Rambo and Expendables were both reissued with extended cuts some time after the original theatrical editions came out on home video. I suspect Sly had nothing to do with the decision to release extended cuts - Lionsgate just loves to milk everything as much as they can.

I recall reading about Both Rambo and Expendables getting both directors cut from Stallone Himself. He did interviews where he mentions a future release of DC for both films. Maybe for this one he hasn't been making the rounds in the media, due to the sudden tragedy.

[Walts Ghost]

Originally Posted by cine74

No but Rambo and Expendables were both reissued with extended cuts some time after the original theatrical editions came out on home video. I suspect Sly had nothing to do with the decision to release extended cuts - Lionsgate just loves to milk everything as much as they can.

Stallone had been saying there would be director's cuts of both 'Rambo' and 'The Expendables' long before they happened. It was all Sly's doing, not Lionsgate's. But he was also the director of both of those films. If there's a director's cut of this one, it'll be up to Simon West, not Sly.

[Mandalorian]

Originally Posted by Walts Ghost

Stallone had been saying there would be director's cuts of both 'Rambo' and 'The Expendables' long before they happened. It was all Sly's doing, not Lionsgate's. But he was also the director of both of those films. If there's a director's cut of this one, it'll be up to Simon West, not Sly.

Exactly. On all counts.

[Wolverine626]

Originally Posted by RJ Smoove

Exactly. On all counts.

That's one thing that I like about Stallone is that he told his fans that a Director's Cut was coming in addition to the Theatrical Cut. Granted it took 2 years for Rambo and a year for The Expendables, but still, he delivered. Then it was up to the fans which version they liked best.

[Cliff]

Originally Posted by Daz_85

Sounds good, but shame there is no epic Inferno style making-of this time!

Understand, but as the special features producer for the original disc (and the commentary/Gods of War producer on part 2), I'll add this with regard to Inferno.

Inferno was something very rare. The behind the scenes footage was all shot by John Hertzfeld, who was a friend of Sly's and was granted INCREDIBLE access to everything Sly went through. Sly was also insanely involved in the production of that doc. He knew it might very well be his last hurrah in the action genre (at least as a director) that he intended Inferno as a window for fans to see how much of himself he put into his films. Getting things like hospital visits and Sly at home with his family is stuff you generally don't get to see in ANY documentary. It's, in my opinion, one of the greatest making-ofs ever created (and I can say that as someone who was only peripherally involved in it).

Going into Expendables 2, we knew we were never going to be able to top Inferno, so we kind of said, "let's leave that alone to be it's own thing and not try to outdo it." It just wouldn't have been possible. We just didn't have the same access that was available the first time around. Add to that a bunch of other circumstances and it created some problems for us. First... Sly didn't direct this time around, which sort of took the focus off where you had it in Inferno (and, quite frankly, where you wanted it). Second... when Sly's son died this summer it kind of created a lot of doubt as to how much we would do and we were honestly all asking ourselves what was appropriate. I certainly didn't want to burden Sly with the prospect of having to do interviews for the Blu-ray when he was going through something so horrible. To his credit (and probably because we gave him some room/time where the Blu-ray wasn't a priority) he came through like a pro and gave a great new interview for the Blu-ray.

Hope that helps/makes sense.

[Daz_85]

Sounds brilliant Cliff, thanks for the explanation

[slimdude]

Originally Posted by bleszinski

i know someone in heaven who has a 11.2 system not .1

You mean someone had a 11.2 system, while they were here on earth, not in heaven.

[Member-222782]

Wow - seems like only yesterday I saw this at the movies. Too bad Lionsgate's gonna make us wait much longer for Dredd (another great Summer popcorn flick).

[Graphic_Delusions]

My copy just arrived today, here are a couple pics:

Comes in a slipcase, the title is embossed round the letters.


Disc and slip with digital code - and yes it comes in one of those horrible eco-friendly bluray case


I'll watch this later tonight

[Ill_Be_Back]

Originally Posted by Graphic_Delusions

My copy just arrived today, here are a couple pics:

Comes in a slipcase, the title is embossed round the letters.


Disc and slip with digital code - and yes it comes in one of those horrible eco-friendly bluray case


I'll watch this later tonight

Awesome, tell us how the transfer is.

[Gieferg]

Originally Posted by Cliff

Sly talks about the fight in the Gods of War featurette. All will be explained.

Looking forward to hear, what he have to say about using exact same shot of Van Damme kicking twice. It was, in fact, ridiculous - JCVD kicks, Sly falls down, getting up, JCVD kicks again (same shot, same kick), Sly Falls down again (same shot, just shorter, we don't even see the actual fall, just hear <thud> and see him on the floor).

Also, list of extras looks very poor and I'm really worried about PQ, not to mention that the movie was not even close to the greatness of the 1st one.

[poke smot]

Originally Posted by Ill_Be_Back

Awesome, tell us how the transfer is.

yeah does it look as horrid as it did in the theater?

[Ill_Be_Back]

Originally Posted by poke smot

yeah does it look as horrid as it did in the theater?

I agree, it looked really bad in the cinema..

[wormraper]

Originally Posted by poke smot

yeah does it look as horrid as it did in the theater?

every bit as horrid unfortunately.

[xaero]

Originally Posted by wormraper

every bit as horrid unfortunately.

How about special features?

[Blu Myers]

Originally Posted by Gieferg

Looking forward to hear, what he have to say about using exact same shot of Van Damme kicking twice. It was, in fact, ridiculous - JCVD kicks, Sly falls down, getting up, JCVD kicks again (same shot, same kick), Sly Falls down again (same shot, just shorter, we don't even see the actual fall, just hear <thud> and see him on the floor).

Also, list of extras looks very poor and I'm really worried about PQ, not to mention that the movie was not even close to the greatness of the 1st one.

Although I enjoyed the first film, I thought the 2nd was much better.

[nagysaudio]

Screenshots thanks to Godfazzer: http://www.avsforum.com/t/778604/blu...#post_22574416

Yup, every bit as horrible as it was at the theater

[wormraper]

Originally Posted by leem6453

Although I enjoyed the first film, I thought the 2nd was much better.

same here, the 1st one was marred by shaky cam fight scenes and a took itself too seriously.

[ocielz]

I see nothing wrong with the image, it reminds me of the old 80'S Action films