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John V	AMC's WAR OF THE COLOSSAL BEAST	Lead	[-]
Oct 17 12 1:54 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Yesterday at 5:45 AM EST A severely edited 10 minute version of the film was broadcast on AMC, complete with color ending. Anybody know what is going on with this, and more importantly why?
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Jay Maggio		#1	[-]
Oct 17 12 10:20 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I have never seen a colorized version as you mention, nor a 10 min. edited one...I am curious myself.
CucamongaDan		#2	[-]
Oct 17 12 10:23 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	The original ending was in color. Did they put it in a 90 minute time slot with 80 minutes of commercials? The victim was buried upright in a hollow tree trunk.
Jay Maggio		#3	[-]
Oct 17 12 10:28 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	CucamongaDan wrote: The original ending was in color. Did they put it in a 90 minute time slot with 80 minutes of commercials? oh, I take that back, yes, I recall,the last few minutes, but I have always, seen the entire film or should I say, the commercials interrupted by the movie, geezzz..
CucamongaDan		#4	[-]
Oct 17 12 10:39 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I just checked AMC's website (which is as crappy and overrun with ads as their channel), & according to the schedule "War of The Colossal Beast" is playing in a 15 minute time slot on Saturday Oct 20 and in relatively generous 60 minute time slots Sunday the 21st and Sunday the 28th. I also see a notice that Dish Network has dropped them, and what loyal AMC viewers should do about it. It almost tempts me to get Dish Network back, but I enjoy AMC-free TV by not having any pay TV service, so I'm good on that. The victim was buried upright in a hollow tree trunk.
Rick		#5	[-]
Oct 17 12 10:51 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	AMC has done this before, presenting severely edited "tab" versions of various movies. I guess it's just a gimmick, or a way to pad the schedule.
horrorfilmx		#6	[-]
Oct 18 12 10:11 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	They do it a lot with the Stooges, cutting them down to a minute or two as filler. It pisses me off when I make a point of getting up at 4:00 a.m. to catch some old AIP movie only to find I'm watching the Reader's Digest (are they still around?) version.
starhawk60.movieserialmess...		#7	[-]
Oct 18 12 10:26 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I get that AMC is trying to appeal to a younger demographic, but I miss the days when they would show American Pop, with movies like INVASION OF THE SAUCER MEN, DESTINATION INNER SPACE and I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF intersperced with movie trailers and music videos from the show Hullabaloo.
clore103051		#8	[-]
Oct 18 12 11:02 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Someone was on the TCM Message Boards complaining about last Saturday's airing of CORRIDORS OF BLOOD in a 15-minute edition. Why he was there and not on AMC boards was curious to me, but I could swear that somewhere about six months ago I was reading about a similar complaint over some other movie being ridiculously edited. I haven't watched AMC in five years and that one occasion was the first time for about four years prior. They could air a "This is Your Life" in my honor and I wouldn't watch it.
Jay Maggio		#9	[-]
Oct 19 12 5:05 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I remember when AMC was 'commercial free' like TCM and played the good old stuff.. with hosts like Robert 0sborne on TCM.when I called and complained,I was told they wanted to appeal to a 'younger' crowd. I only go there if there is something I really want 2 C..otherwise I stick to TCM,they are running some great classics on Weds this month...complete,uncut.. As I mentioned, I saw WOTCB on TCM it was complete.
CucamongaDan		#10	[-]
Oct 19 12 8:09 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	My copies of War of the Colossal beast and The Amazing Colossal man are both from AMC or Sci-Fi Channel (before it was SyFy) from quite a few years back. If there were commercials in my original recording i left them behind when i transfwerred it to DVD+R The victim was buried upright in a hollow tree trunk.
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horrorfilmx		#11	[-]
Oct 20 12 9:18 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	AMC used to be TCM. What TCM is now AMC was back in the day. It's nearly unwatchable now.
Wich2		#12	[-]
Oct 20 12 9:40 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Hey - sounds like AMC is creating new Castle film versions!
Mora		#13	[-]
Oct 20 12 10:19 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Just gonna say the same thing, Craig. They've also done cutdowns of CORRIDORS OF BLOOD and HOW TO MAKE A MONSTER.
Wich2		#14	[-]
Oct 20 12 11:17 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Here's your jewel case art:
CucamongaDan		#15	[-]
Oct 20 12 11:43 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I've enjoyed making my own cutdown versions of several movies and showing them in the front yard on Halloween as the trick-or-treaters are coming. I've done A&C Meet Frankenstein, The Brain from Planet Arous, The Blob, Bride of the Monster, Bucket of Blood, Daughter of Horror, From Hell It Came, House of frankenstein, House of Usher, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, island of Lost Souls, March of the Wooden Soldiers, Mesa of Lost Women, Mummy's Tomb, Plan 9 From Outer Space, Robot Monster, Sh! The Octopus, Thing with To Heads, and X from Outer Space. The victim was buried upright in a hollow tree trunk.
Cody Himes		#16	[-]
Oct 20 12 12:52 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	AMC bills it as "15 Minute Movie". I taped a few when they first started doing it about 2 or 3 years ago. There was a commercial that promoted it as "a full movie in 15 minutes!", like it's something you'd want to see. Pathetic.
CucamongaDan		#17	[-]
Oct 20 12 1:00 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Kind of the same idea as Children's Illustrated Classics. I've enjoyed reading a few of those but they often seem like a list of random occurences. The victim was buried upright in a hollow tree trunk.
Mora		#18	[-]
Oct 20 12 1:05 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Hey Craig -- Wasn`t that 8MM box cover one of the most intriguing pieces of design. C`mon, as a kid you just hadda have that one! Thankee Ken Films.
DonM435		#19	[-]
Oct 21 12 11:32 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	The 8mm versions didn't have "bugs" in the corner of the screen, and certainly not animated commercials at the bottom while the film is running. They were better.
DonM435		#20	[-]
Oct 21 12 11:34 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	About a year ago, TCM interrupted a film in progress with promos for their other films. I absolutely freaked out. I thought we'd lost the last good station in the world. Turned out it was a mistake in the scheduling. It didn't happen again.
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