Thanks for the heads up, i'll be watching this now.

It's a great movie.

"ITS A RIP OFF NOT A HOMAGE "

-the random Nintendian watching 3-D Dot Hero's trailer

interesting, i've always liked that movie, but never made the connection until now.

Love this movie... used to watch it religiously when I was a kid... definitely one of Tom Cruise's and Tim Curry's best movies! Although beware the so-called "Director's Cut" version of the film... some scenes are changed or removed, and the awesome Tangerine Dream soundtrack was entirely replaced with total crap.

And yes it is very Zelda-esque...especially the whole light/dark concept, just like ALTTP's Light and Dark world themes.

Man, I saw that shit the day it came out. Great movie. Really great. Tim Curry plays the best devil ever in a movie, and that's no bullshit right there.

It really doesn't suck.

You know what does suck.

Every LotR movie after the first one.

Hollywood overlong garbage only watchable thanks to Lord Ian.

Popcorn moviegoers might not see the difference between that and a good film, but I'll say this. Go enjoy Transformers 2. They made it just for you.

It's on youtube if anyone's interested:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zgx2u0kgY-A

Hmm I had never heard of this move. I will definately watc it. Thanks for sharing.

@ NightDragon83

I read some user reviews on IMDB and found an interesting one pertaining to your comment:
"There's the original version, released in 1986 and on videotape, and the 2002 Director's Cut, available on DVD. The latter version is one of my all-time favorite movies. It compares quite favorably with Peter Jackson's "Lord of the Rings" and is a modern classic.

The theatrical release of 1986, shamefully butchered (chopped up and badly re-edited) by the mindless suits at Warner, and with its original Jerry Goldsmith score replaced by the rather trite Tangerine Dream soundtrack, is the version most people have seen. It was released on videotape as a children's movie. What it is, and was intended to be, is a fairy tale for adults. In fact, it's too intense for really young children.

It's hard to say that the '86 version deserves any more than the "6" it's rated at on its IMDb main page. It is a disappointment, primarily because it's now impossible to watch without think how much better it could be. The feeling and tone of the film were ruined by its treatment.

The Ridley Scott Director's Cut, released in 2002, is a completely different movie. If you haven't seen this version, you haven't seen the movie. It deserves a score of 9 or 10. "

Are you sure oyu dont perfer the original due to nostalgia? Anyways I'll watch the dirctors cut. The only directors cut that I'ver ever seent hat was worse than the original was Donnie Darko.

LOL best post of the thread!!!

The haterz can have their Michael Bay Explosion Fest / Megan Fox 2 and their Lord of the Overused Slowmotion Shots and Multiple Endings movies any day of the week.

And for good measure... here's Randal's epic scene on the LotR movies from Clerks II!