Narsil will be reforged. The only question at this point is when Aragorn will receive Anduril. Two popular theories abound: one is that Arwen will deliver it to him at Helm's Deep, and the other is that she'll give it to him before the Paths of the Dead.
There's also some infomation here about PJ's rumored "dream cut", running 4 hours 45 minutes.
Go to the third page and look for a post by Fangface called "Inside Goss".
"The Abyss" - When Cameron was told to cut the film for time, he was so angry that he chopped out 20 minutes from the CLIMAX of the movie, which not only removed the most expensive footage from the whole film, but wiped out the explanation as to why the aliens were there in the first place.
Actually, I don't think "angry" describes Cameron's intent at all. By all accounts, including his own on the liner notes of the laserdisc Special Edition, Cameron was happier was with the longer version but agreed with Fox that it needed to be trimmed -- the argument being that this was before Dances With Wolves and an action/adventure film shouldn't be longer than 2:15 or so. Cameron has always said he doesn't like calling the Special Edition a "director's cut" because he felt the theatrical version was the director's cut as well, and he in no way bitched about the studio ruining the movie.
Also, since the FX for the climax hadn't even been done yet, it was hardly the most expensive footage.:)
It's all important, but certain stuff is going to have to be cut in order to fit the whole thing into 3 movies, 2+ hours each.
The first things to go are ones that don't have an immediate impact in furthering the plot, and Bombadil is one of these.
(Plus, I think he's almost impossible to portray without seeming silly, goofy, or worse. Who would you cast as ole Tom Bombadillo?)
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Narsil will be reforged. The only question at this point is when Aragorn will receive Anduril. Two popular theories abound: one is that Arwen will deliver it to him at Helm's Deep, and the other is that she'll give it to him before the Paths of the Dead.
There's also some infomation here about PJ's rumored "dream cut", running 4 hours 45 minutes. Go to the third page and look for a post by Fangface called "Inside Goss".
"The Abyss" - When Cameron was told to cut the film for time, he was so angry that he chopped out 20 minutes from the CLIMAX of the movie, which not only removed the most expensive footage from the whole film, but wiped out the explanation as to why the aliens were there in the first place.
:)
Actually, I don't think "angry" describes Cameron's intent at all. By all accounts, including his own on the liner notes of the laserdisc Special Edition, Cameron was happier was with the longer version but agreed with Fox that it needed to be trimmed -- the argument being that this was before Dances With Wolves and an action/adventure film shouldn't be longer than 2:15 or so. Cameron has always said he doesn't like calling the Special Edition a "director's cut" because he felt the theatrical version was the director's cut as well, and he in no way bitched about the studio ruining the movie.
Also, since the FX for the climax hadn't even been done yet, it was hardly the most expensive footage.
It's all important, but certain stuff is going to have to be cut in order to fit the whole thing into 3 movies, 2+ hours each. The first things to go are ones that don't have an immediate impact in furthering the plot, and Bombadil is one of these. (Plus, I think he's almost impossible to portray without seeming silly, goofy, or worse. Who would you cast as ole Tom Bombadillo?)