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IFDB Review: Elysium: The Bone Saw Cut:

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Watched the fanedit and it is definitely the superior version. The framerate seemed off, don't know if that is from shaky cam but movement and camera pans didn't feel smooth; walking scene at 38 minutes is one example. Didn't explain code to reboot Elysium or the betrayal plot, but then again leaving it in would make it worse. Other than that it brings it closer to what it should have been, Battle Angel Alita. A parasitic space city, annoying droids, crazy cyborg bounty hunters that want to pull out katanas. Sound familiar? The film works better as a weird wasteland with black comedy moments, "I've always wanted a wife". Quote from the Manga: "The public security system is nothing more than a debugging routine to ensure the smooth operation of the factories. The factories operate entirely for the sake of Tiphares and are not concerned with the daily lives of the residents of the scrapyard." The problem is Alita fleshes out a lot more backstory and history. It is more a case of programmed auto pilot from previous wars that have become legend, the space citizens are kept just as drugged and pacified. Instead of evil rich people hoarding technology that wouldn't cost them anything to share. This edit brings it more inline with such a more coherent setting. Other recommended ideas: 1. Take out the cause of overpopulation and disease. It would still be a lot easier to build gated communities on Earth than a space station, and basic technology solves both of these things in the real world. They were added to try to boost the heavy handed political message that doesn't work. Instead have an unknown past war reduce the population to a handful of mega cities in the few habitable zones, and no one even knows what year it is. 2. State that all unauthorized technology is illegal, especially spacecraft. The original film had it so once all the rich people leave no one can solve any problems on Earth. The criminals in the film acted more like underground resistance than criminals, crimelords don't normally want to reboot the system to help everyone. 3. It would be cool to throw in scenes from Rollerball as part of the bread and circus to keep people entertained. Or even wasteland scenes from the Road Warrior or Mad Max into the opening to set the tone as over the top weird wasteland. Kruger acts more like a wasteland barbarian from Mad Max then real military, maybe add back more of his scenes except the missile launcher one.

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