TCM: The Beginning Unrated - 1/16/07
01-15-07 | 10:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Sabrett
I can't wait to see what this flesh-like cover is going to look/feel like..
Same goes on my end... Im intruiged about the flesh cover
01-16-07 | 07:55 AM
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Originally Posted by xage
Same goes on my end... Im intruiged about the flesh cover
I'm leaving in about 45 minutes to go get it, so we'll find out then!
01-16-07 | 10:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Sabrett
I'm leaving in about 45 minutes to go get it, so we'll find out then!
Went to get it, and absolutely nothing special about it. I didn't buy it.
01-16-07 | 10:48 AM
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Well I'm buying the Unrated for the content, not for the fleshy-ish cover. Can't wait to see this movie again. I know most people hate these TCM remakes but I actually dig them.
01-16-07 | 01:24 PM
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I actually quite enjoyed the brutality of this movie and was very entertained, I actually went to a showing with nobody else besides my friend and I in the theatre. I think I am going to pass on the dvd because I'm not sure how much replay it'd get.
01-16-07 | 01:32 PM
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Originally Posted by mzupeman2
Well I'm buying the Unrated for the content, not for the fleshy-ish cover. Can't wait to see this movie again. I know most people hate these TCM remakes but I actually dig them.
I wasn't buying it for the cover either. I usually hold off on a DVD until it drops to $10 unless it has something special that I don't want to disappear over time (i.e. flesh slipcover). There was nothing special that I have to worry about, so I passed until it goes on sale.
01-16-07 | 03:22 PM
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Originally Posted by marcellusk
Just picked it up from best buy...i was expecting the cover to feel something like the book of the dead dvds or something.....
Yeah, that's how I was expecting it to feel also. Well, I passed on it today and opted to pick up Employee of the Month w/ the bonus disc instead, but now I'm sitting here thinking about TCM too much, so I'll probably just go get it...
01-16-07 | 06:01 PM
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Snowed in today, so wasn't able to get out. But reading here, I'm getting the impression that the "fleshy" slipcover that was promoted when this was announced isn't what was hyped. What is it, just standard cardboard? Nothing unique about it at all?
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01-16-07 | 06:02 PM
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So, what DID it feel like? 
01-16-07 | 06:08 PM
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Originally Posted by TomOpus
So, what DID it feel like?
It's...smoother. Like....as if you're rubbing half-dried clay.
I'm sorry...it's really hard to explain. At first it didn't feel fleshy at all, but the more I was playing with it, the more I realized they really were trying to make it feel like skin.
01-16-07 | 06:17 PM
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Hmmmmm. Thanks, Sabrett. I never saw the movie (but read a lot of opinions) and have been debating a blind buy.
01-16-07 | 06:24 PM
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Originally Posted by TomOpus
Hmmmmm. Thanks, Sabrett. I never saw the movie (but read a lot of opinions) and have been debating a blind buy.
It wasn't bad, but it wasn't amazing, either. I saw it in the theater, and there was a lot of gore. The story itself was pretty good...but I know I bought it mostly because I'm a completist and it went with my TCM collection.
01-16-07 | 07:10 PM
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I did watch the unrated version, and I can honestly say it was one of the goriest mainstream horror movies I've ever seen.
Spoiler:
01-16-07 | 08:23 PM
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Well, let me chime in by agreeing that the "flesh-like" packaging for TCM: TB is the non-event of the year (yes, yes, we're only two weeks into the year; work with me, people 
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01-16-07 | 09:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Seantn
I feel that the Hills Have Eyes remake went farther, or at least portayed it's violence with more impact. With TCM: The Beginning it just left me with an uninterested feeling. Sure they're showing a lot of violence, but so what? Maybe i'm becoming desensetized to it all. Nothing in the film, violence wise, really shocked me or made me think "wow, that's the most violent thing ever!" It didn't help that I really didn't care for the movie. If you're hesitating buying this, just know this: It's basically an exact retelling of the 2003 remake, right down to where the lead character ends up at the films conclusion.
Spoiler:
personally, my reaction to the violence was more of a 'wow, that got passed the MPAA' notably
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from what I have read, there is even more gore and a overhead shot restored for the unrated cut of the film.
01-16-07 | 09:23 PM
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picked this one up at wal-mart today the unrated version's cover is alright but nothing special (it was kind of disapointing).
i still think the blood from the remake of the hills have eyes dvd is the best slipcover.
going to watch this movie on friday nite.
i still think the blood from the remake of the hills have eyes dvd is the best slipcover.
going to watch this movie on friday nite.
01-17-07 | 01:47 AM
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I bought it yesterday. I'm a big fan of the 1974 original and not such a fan of the 2003 remake, but this film impressed me. Any horror movie that leaves me tense is a good horror film.
01-17-07 | 11:38 AM
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I will say this for it though the DTS mix rocked!! Too bad the rest of the movie didn't. Small nit pick here, if you are going to say that it is 1969, at least play the right music from that era, they blasted Free's All Right Now that song came out in the mid 70's. Also the guy who got his foot caught in the bear trap, come on he just sits there? Ummm those traps do open back up again when you release the lever.
I thought the remake was better, but did notice that they were basically trying to be the begining for the remake.
I thought the remake was better, but did notice that they were basically trying to be the begining for the remake.
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