I've seen that mirror on the left many times and wondered what the heck it was!


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So, I was delighted when I saw that it had been removed from the most recent DVD.  These screen grabs were taken about a half second apart.


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The mirror is gone.

In the original scene, the right edge of the sphere is suddenly cut off at the last instant, and the mirror quickly comes into view on the left.   It looks like they moved the image to the left to leave out the mirror, and then stuck in a digital FX on the right to fill the gap.


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I wasn't surprised when I checked Mr. Weaver's commentary and heard no mention of the missing mirror. 

And while I was doing that, I put on my headphones and discovered they had fixed that unfortunate problem with the reversed stereo: the blazing ball of sparks travels from right to left on the screen -- and the sound effect moves from right to left too, as it should. 

You can watch the original version (with the mirror) in the trailer on this YouTube video.




Bud     smiley: pimp




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Last Edited By: Bud Brewster Jul 15 15 8:10 PM. Edited 2 times.