Wednesday, 27 May 2009

Toecutter....you have ruined me!

Last night I was bare witness to a almighty travesty.
Mad Max has always been one of my favourites. Since I was 13 it has. Up until now I have owned the whole series on video. A recent trip to a second hand music/video shop changed that when I came across the original film on DVD for less than two sterlings. Well there are no fancy extras but it was about time I brought my apocalyptic love of australian cinema into the digital realm. So purchased, it has sat on my shelf for a good month until I had time to enjoy it. Last night was that chance.
Credits as usual, stirring, orchestral score sweeps in, opening montage of Halls Of Justice and the sub-title "a few years from now", cut to Roop and Charlie parked up, perving on a young couple fornicating. Its all going swimmingly. Then the radio chatter is suddenly clearer than I remember, you can make out the dispatch voice. Hang on....NO! Un marked on the DVD case, I have been suckered into the original US home video release version. They dubbed there voices. I had heard about this and my friend had fallen prey to this trap many years prior. Now I had to.
Why did they have to ruin it. I could barely make it past the opening pursuit of the Nightrider.
This was, as I learned a few years prior, due to the American Distributors fear that audiences would not take kindly to heroes with Aussie accents. It ruined my night in more ways than one. Avoid this version at all costs. It removes a lot of the grit found in the original dialogue, replaces the slang words with more "american-isms" and spoils your fun.
On a much better note, I started work on my speaker cabinet today. Yes, I am building my own housing for the Cuntstack.

P.S. If anyone knows where I can obtain the Mad Max OST then holler. I have been searching for years.

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