Monster Zero x SciFi Japan - Archive Only

^Hmmm.... the aicn article says there are still 50+ minutes of footage missing (and says that originally the movie was really freaking long), but I checked the wiki page and it says that there are only about 8 minutes missing.

....soooo, I dunno.

The first time I watched Metropolis it was in one of those cheap movie packs. I had always wanted to see it, and it came packaged with "The Lost World" and "Things to Come", which were two other classics I was always curious about.

The cut of Metropolis I watched had horrid picture quality and I knew the music track wasn't quite right, but I was still enthralled. It was like walking through an art museum, and its amazing that something of this quality was made so long ago. So I eagerly picked up the Kino version which to my knowledge is the most complete version available until the new version hits stores. I adored the cleaned up picture and the soundtrack was perfect. Problem is that the movie was too long. The first version I watched was a much tighter movie. The restored scenes didn't really add all that much to the story that you couldn't already figure out on your own.

I'll still pick up the new "even more complete" release. This is a movie that really needs to be seen at least once so that you can see everything that its influenced since.

Btw, I do recommend seeing "Things to Come" and "The Lost World" if you have the opportunity. "The Lost World" is usually mentioned when people talk about what influenced King Kong. It's a silent movie like Metropolis. "Things to Come" is surprisingly grim at parts.

is his nemesis the man in the yellow hat?

This is a blu ray I'll definitely have to get.

The psuedo colorized, 80's rock infused version was actually my first exposure to Metropolis (when my 6th grade English teacher of all people showed it in class one day). I loved it! I'd actually really like to have a copy of it, but I think it's kind of difficult to find & a little pricey, though I've never really looked that hard for it.

Anyone else watch it?

Amazing. I'd never watched the film before, and there are some visually astounding moments.