Legend (1985) (Ultimate Edition)

[Roy Batty]

Originally Posted by PlisskenReplicant

well tank you for writting about ladyhawke. i have never seen this one, and when i read about rudger hauer playing in it, i had to go watch the trailer on youtube. i love these type of movies and im going to order this on blu

Talk about mismatched scores...

[PlisskenReplicant]

to be honest with you i preffer classical scores with fantasy movies BUT i have a thing for the keyboards one, like labyrinth.i dont know if it comes from nostalgia or whatever, but i do agree its missmatched and i still like it

[KarmaNL]

Originally Posted by GC Riot

I'm a bit ashamed to admit that I've hade the Ultimate Edition DVD with both versions for some years now, and I've seen the Director's Cut a couple of times, but I've never popped in the US Theatrical Cut disc even once, it's untouched... Should I even bother seeing it?

Same here! Can't wait to own this.

[RipleyLV426]

France's is gonna be a blu ray/DVD combo edition released May 25.

[Dubstar]

so wait, is the France 'Fox' release the third (international) cut - I'd buy that!

[Blu-Runner]

For me, for soundtrack preferences, I think mine has to do with nostalgia. I remember recording Legend off TBS on our VCR when I was kid, and of course it had the Tangerine Dream soundtrack. That's the version I grew up with, so I think naturally I prefer it.

Especially this track:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8mre...eature=related

Plus, I do think movies like this benefit from a more "fantasy" score. I also enjoyed the soundtrack (themes) to The Neverending Story.

[BouCoupDinkyDau]

Cool news. This film is in my top 25 wants!

I am really surprised there has been no news on Conan the Barbarian yet.

[RipleyLV426]

Originally Posted by Blu-Runner

For me, for soundtrack preferences, I think mine has to do with nostalgia. I remember recording Legend off TBS on our VCR when I was kid, and of course it had the Tangerine Dream soundtrack. That's the version I grew up with, so I think naturally I prefer it.

Especially this track:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8mre...eature=related

Plus, I do think movies like this benefit from a more "fantasy" score. I also enjoyed the soundtrack (themes) to The Neverending Story.

I do have to agree about the intro track. And I also kinda liked the Unicorn cue. I grew up with hearing the TD music. Then when the collector's edition DVD was released with Jerry's score, it was so thematically and just musically different in approach and style. It kinda posits the question: Would we feel different if Goldsmith's score was released first and then we were told years later that the TD soundtrack was the originally intended music?

And after having grown up with one soundtrack over the other, I think it's ultimately just a matter of personal taste in music. I have always loved Goldsmith, and I'm a film score nut (having probably 100 movie scores in my collection from my fav composers) so it was a treat to have his score put back in and I came to love it easily.

[jw]

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[EricJ]

Originally Posted by RipleyLV426

I do have to agree about the intro track. And I also kinda liked the Unicorn cue. I grew up with hearing the TD music. Then when the collector's edition DVD was released with Jerry's score, it was so thematically and just musically different in approach and style. It kinda posits the question: Would we feel different if Goldsmith's score was released first and then we were told years later that the TD soundtrack was the originally intended music?

TD works better as not a "real" fantasy score, since, IMO, Legend...wasn't really a "real" fantasy:
Ridley Scott was "playing" with the genre (and a few attempts at copycatting "Dark Crystal", when he first thought of hiring Brian Froud to design the creature effects), and the result was pretty much the kind of fantasy you get from a first-time poseur: Pile one of every variety of classic fantasy creatures in the same forest, and have our hero disjointedly wander from one encounter to the next like a shopping list, until he finally gets to the videogame boss-baddie by using his One Sword.
Jerry Goldsmith's was too generic, but belonged with a "real" environment, TD's was a slick 80's imitation for a slick 80's imitation.

To avoid the appearance of thread-crapping however, I will just say:
Oona =

[KarmaNL]

Originally Posted by jw

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sheesh you gotta be kidding me with that coverart?!

[KarmaNL]

Originally Posted by BouCoupDinkyDau

Cool news. This film is in my top 25 wants!

I am really surprised there has been no news on Conan the Barbarian yet.

Movies from the 80s are sooo much better!

[Jim Purcell]

Originally Posted by jw

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[KarmaNL]

Originally Posted by Jim Purcell

Please be a place holder. Please be a place holder. Please be a place holder. Please be a place holder.

exactly!

[Ite]

Originally Posted by Jim Purcell

Please be a place holder. Please be a place holder. Please be a place holder. Please be a place holder.

You said you never even saw the movie before, why would you have a issue with the cover art?

[tridon]

Originally Posted by Ite

You said you never even saw the movie before, why would you have a issue with the cover art?

Whether someone has seen it or not, it doesn't change the fact that the cover art chosen is absolute shite. They should've went with the Ultimate Edition DVD cover that I own...



Or even better, the ORIGINAL cover art...

[Daikichi Kawachi (河地大吉)]

The cover art is bad but that doesn't surprise me. There has been a lot of uninspired cover art choices in the BD format. I preordered it anyway.

[P@t_Mtl]

I am more concern with the PQ then the covert art myself

[Blu-Runner]

Horrible cover art.

[IndefinentBlu]

Originally Posted by Blu-Runner

Horrible cover art.

I doubt that will be the final artwork.