I was flipping channels the other night, and go ridiculously excited when I saw that Spacecamp was on. So I made Son watch his show (iCarly – I think he has a crush on Miranda Cosgrove) in another room so I could watch Spacecamp.
Now, I know as well as anyone that when they put a movie on TV, they edit for time and content. I expect it. What I didn't expect was for them to cut one of the most important scenes in the movie. Lemme say that again.
They cut one of the most important scenes in the movie!!!
At the end, as they have to re-enter the atmosphere, Kathryn (the female main character) is piloting because Andie (their instructor) got hurt. The ship goes into a flat spin, which is the situation Kathryn was unable to handle in the simulator and the multi=axis trainer during camp. Kathryn's big triumph is that she gets them out of the flat spin and gets them home, proving to herself that she can do it, and that she is meant to be a pilot (something she fights throughout the movie).
Yeah. They cut that. They cut the whole flat spin.
Hel-looooooo? Why would you do that? Why cut there? It makes no sense.
Oh, and they also cut one of my favorite lines of all time. Kelly Preston plays Tish – a be-bangled and be-jeweled poster child for 80's Valley Girl. When NASA finally responds to her Morse Code, she says, "Whip me, beat me, take away my charge card – NASA's talking!" Classic.
Geez! Thanks for ruining the ending for me!
ReplyDeleteNah, I'm kidding... really, they cut that? There is nothing wrong with that scene... it makes no sense. What, did the piloting-challenged coalition get offended or something?
I did like that movie.
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Too bad about the movie.
Just goes to show, that they shouldn't let people make scripts when they don't understand the book. ~sigh~ I feel your pain.
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What Christy said!!
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I gotta rent this movie. I haven't seen it in a looooooong time, but it was one of my favorites as a kid.
ReplyDeletethanks for stopping by - i hate when they cut movies. especially when I have lines memorized. ruins my timing.
ReplyDeletethanks for stopping by - i hate when they cut movies. especially when I have lines memorized. ruins my timing.
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