Synopsis:

Most of the “Top Gun meets Melrose Place” aspects were removed and the focus of the the story was moved more on defeating the coming invasion. The climax of the film back was changed to on stopping the Kilrathi fleet and not on saving Deveroux.

Intentions:

To remove most of the “Top Gun meets Melrose Place” aspects and focus the story more on defeating the coming invation. To move the climax of the film back to on stopping the Kilrathi fleet and not on saving Deveroux.

Change List:

-Removed “tiff” between Marshall & Taggert on way to Tiger Claw -Removed hangar scene where Blair sits in dead pilot’s ship -Removed mess hall scenes where Marshall introduces them & later with argument about dead pilot, & hallway scene after -Removed “fancy flying & landing” scene with Forbes & Marshall -Removed “girl talk” scene with Forbes & Deveroux -Deveroux does not question Blair about whether the Kilrathi spotted her -Removed last half of Blair & Deveroux scene where Deveroux talks about parents -Removed bedroom scene with Marshall & Forbes -Removed Forbes & Marshall turning back to fight more, & Forbes crashing, & confrontation scene with Deveroux after -Removed celebration and “ssshh” moment in bombing scene -The hull breach is sealed much faster and Blair doesn’t almost get sucked out, & Marshall doesn’t get hurt saving him -Removed talk with Blair & Deveroux about Marshall -Removed “confidence booster” scene with Deveroux & Marshall -Removed scene where Blair turns back from mission and talks to Deveroux in escape pod -Removed Kilrathi ship chasing Blair after jump and getting sucked into pulsar (there are no pulsars in our solar system) -Re-arranged many scenes in the final battle to place emphasis on blair getting info to fleet, & fleet stopping kilrathi -Tried to put climax of movie back on the destruction of the kilrathi fleet by slowing down battle shots & splitting them up to make it seem longer, and by putting main theme music in final battle -Trimmed down “saving Deveroux” scene at end to try to make it seem less important than final battle

Additional Notes:

Cut out the Mess Hall scenes where pilots are bantering and then fighting. Remove the sideplots and badly done love story aspects. Mainly removing things that don’t contribute to the main plot of stopping the Kilrathi invasion.

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