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Saul David on
the Nursery set
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In this new opening Logan 7 is looking in
on a baby being cared for by machines. The sequence starts
with a closeup on the crystal in the baby's palm which is
white. This was a dissolve from the deleted opening where
the crystal in the runner's hand is revealed. This sequence
would have been a lot more interesting had it been kept just
after the death of the runner in the residence pool. Still
it shows that Logan is a human, perhaps more so than his
partner Francis. This sequence was also cut somewhat to
remove dialogue about the earlier sequence. The sequence was
when first written had them looking in on Francis 8! I think
it was showing the more human side of Francis. I assume
changed it to make Logan more sympathetic.
More dialogue was also cut at the end
about going and getting a 'crazy lift' to which Logan says
"I'm with you Francis." at the end of the scene. There were
a lot of drug references in the scripts which were cleaned
up.
At the end of the sequence the two board
a Maze Car ( a shot used in several of the TV commericals
and one trialer but cut from the movie) and travel to
Arcade
This opening really weakened the film
from a costume standpoint. Seeing the colorful costumes
before the stark black of the Sandmen would have added to
their 'evil' nature. Then the nursery scene would have
better shown Logan's human side.
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