"no one wants to watch a movie with a nazi fairy!"

^from the commentary.

@ smellygoat... I have both the original 1986 VHS copy of the theatrical version as well as the Director's Cut DVD which also included the theatrical version on a second disc, and while it was nice to see some scenes that were cut from the theatrical release, notably the whole Fairy Dance sequence halfway through the movie, I loathed the "original" Jerry Goldsmith score. Obviously nostalgia plays a big part in my liking of the theatrical cut, but after seeing both when I'm in my 20's, I can honestly say I prefer the theatrical version over the "Director's Cut".

But again, it's just my opinion... and I also felt the same way about Blade Runner too, where as just about everyone raves about the Director's Cut version (or is it the Final Cut version now? there's like 4 versions of the film out there!). So perhaps you might enjoy the Director's Cut version of Legend, but I highly recommend watching the theatrical version first if you haven't seen it yet, that way you can judge which one is better. The DVD comes with both anyway and it's pretty cheap nowadays, prolly like $5 in most stores.

I found the sexual tension between the fairy and Jack a little bit strange, I must admit. Why is she so intent on him having his way with her? Is this something we might end up seeing in a Zelda game?

Whoops, looks like this thread was already made a while back:

http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=19983

There seems to be some confusion over whether the influence is genuine. Googling "Legend of Zelda" and "Ridley Scott" certainly brings up a lot of hits saying that there was at least some connexion though... I'll leave it up to you.

Maybe someone could ask Miyamoto again. I reckon the film helped him decide on parts of the aesthetic of a gaming genre which he'd already been formulating based on his childhood experiences.

Huh you serious? Do you really mean The Two Towers and The Return of the King?

errr this is kinda old, and before LoTR came out, it was pretty much that and willow for fantasy movies :p Now there's tons.

@NightDragon83 I agree with the theatrical cut being better than the Directors cut. The score is better but yes nostalgia must play a part in our opinions. I bought the directors cut on DVD however on impulse and the day later i saw the two disc......bummer

Interesting note is that they built the whole forest set themselves. Nowadays they would have just used CGI but CGI is still just a little too uncanny for me.

^^^ I too was amazed when I watched the behind the scenes feature to find out that the entire "forest" was just one massive set built from scratch. It looked extremely convincing, especially at the beginning of the movie during the daylight scenes. Some of the other locales were obviously set pieces like The Great Tree, but the main forest area looked as real as real can be.

And I feel the same way about modern CGI effects and how movie studios have an over-reliance on them. The biggest and most blatant example is the Star Wars "prequels", where like 98% of the entire movies are CGI and the "actors" all play out their scenes in sound stages surrounded by blue and green screens. It completely ruins the feel of the movie and makes the viewers' "suspension of disbelief" come crashing down to Earth. Give me the classic trilogy with its mini-scale models and stop-motion animation any day... at least it makes the films look much more believable and realistic.