About Jaws 2 and 4 ...

akiratubo · September 21, 2003, 09:28:34 PM

I rented Jaws 2 on tape once back in the late 80s, and it had a scene of a helicopter pilot being attacked by the shark after his chopper was overturned. Likewise when I saw it on TV. It's just about my favorite scene. However, the DVD I just bought doesn't have that scene!

Now, I remember the Jaws 4 VHS being very different from the TV version. On the VHS, scenes were edited in out of sequence, and the shark blew up instead being impaled. On TV, all scenes were in proper order and the shark was impaled. However, the DVD features the bad continuity/explode edit of the movie.

Are the TV edits of these commercially available on VHS or DVD?

Scott · September 21, 2003, 09:40:53 PM

I remember seeing the 3-D Jaws at the theater. All I remember is that it was bad in the boring sense of the word. It was either number 3 or 4.

Neville · September 22, 2003, 09:49:07 AM

Looks like that helicopter attack scene was deleted in some TV passes and / or VHS versions. Ken Begg mentions something about it in his "Jaws II" review at Jabootu.

Ken Begg · September 22, 2003, 10:35:38 AM

Actually, the attack on the pilot was trimmed for the theatrical prints, so that the film could get a PG rating. On TV, the footage was reinserted.

The footage is included on the DVD under 'Deleted Scenes.'

I'm currently reviewing Jaws: The Revenge, and for the first time have seen the blowing up ending, which I had been unaware of. (I knew there was an ending where Mario Van Peebles somehow survives; that's on the DVD too.) It's pretty hilarious, because the shark literally explodes for no reason, and also because the special effects are atrocious.

The Jaws 3 & TR discs are bareboned, so the deleted footage isn't included. Also, under "Recommendations", it lists the other Jaws films, rather than that more relevant "Don't watch this movie."

Alice Keymer · January 11, 2009, 11:53:05 AM

Quote from: Wolfgang on September 21, 2003, 09:40:53 PM
I remember seeing the 3-D Jaws at the theater. All I remember is that it was bad in the boring sense of the word. It was either number 3 or 4.

Don't you realize that loads of people out there think the original "classic" Jaws also sucks. There's no difference between Jaws 3 and theoriginal. They are both equal in every way.

Psycho Circus · January 11, 2009, 12:00:45 PM

Quote from: Alice Keymer on January 11, 2009, 11:53:05 AM
There's no difference between Jaws 3 and the original. They are both equal in every way.

Wow, most shocking comment in the history of the universe! I need some whiskey...

When I watched Jaws 2 a few weeks back, the chopper just overturns and that's it. In 4, when I last saw it on TV, the shark just explodes after she shoots it once!?

HappyGilmore · January 11, 2009, 09:06:22 PM

Quote from: Circus_Circus on January 11, 2009, 12:00:45 PM
Quote from: Alice Keymer on January 11, 2009, 11:53:05 AM
There's no difference between Jaws 3 and the original. They are both equal in every way.

Wow, most shocking comment in the history of the universe! I need some whiskey...

Aside from this statement: I don't like Jaws.

zombie no.one · January 13, 2009, 01:41:07 AM

Quote from: akiratubo on September 21, 2003, 09:28:34 PM
I rented Jaws 2 on tape once back in the late 80s, and it had a scene of a helicopter pilot being attacked by the shark after his chopper was overturned. Likewise when I saw it on TV. It's just about my favorite scene. However, the DVD I just bought doesn't have that scene!

blasphemy

, thats a a good scene (I think so anyway)

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Don't you realize that loads of people out there think the original "classic" Jaws also sucks. There's no difference between Jaws 3 and theoriginal. They are both equal in every way.

OMG WTF r u talking about lol, 1 is classic film making, 3 is horrible. you may disagree but "loads of people" don't...

Quote from: Wolfgang on September 21, 2003, 09:40:53 PM
I remember seeing the 3-D Jaws at the theater. All I remember is that it was bad in the boring sense of the word. It was either number 3 or 4.

clue in the title...Jaws 3. (originally scheduled to be called 'Jaws 3, Humans 0' and directed by Joe Dante but that was scrapped I think)

zombie no.one · January 13, 2009, 01:43:53 AM

wow the first 4 posts in this are from 2003...didnt realise.

akiratubo · January 13, 2009, 04:05:34 AM

What the crap? "Five years and several months later ..."

Skull · January 14, 2009, 12:12:54 PM

Quote from: HappyGilmore on January 11, 2009, 09:06:22 PM
Quote from: Circus_Circus on January 11, 2009, 12:00:45 PM
Quote from: Alice Keymer on January 11, 2009, 11:53:05 AM
There's no difference between Jaws 3 and the original. They are both equal in every way.

Wow, most shocking comment in the history of the universe! I need some whiskey...

Aside from this statement: I don't like Jaws.

I found myself not being a fan to the 1975 classic... And I also think Jaws shouldn't be classified as a Horror film... :)

akiratubo · January 15, 2009, 12:53:12 PM

Quote from: Skull on January 14, 2009, 12:12:54 PMI found myself not being a fan to the 1975 classic... And I also think Jaws shouldn't be classified as a Horror film... :)

Why not? A giant shark eating people is pretty well within the horror genre.

While I don't have as high an opinion of Jaws as some people, I think it's a good movie. It's long, but I think everything in it is something that needed to be there.