NOTE FROM GREG:

New Sci-Fi Galactic Overlord Greg Preece
here…welcome to Top Five Sci Fi…Mark II.
Recently, The Motion Picture Association of
America (MPAA) wanted to give Steven
Soderbergh’s “Solaris” an R rating based on a shot
of George Clooney’s backside, or to have him cut
the scene altogether. Soderbergh argued and won –
the scene stayed in — and the film is rated PG-13.
That got me to thinking… have they done this before
to Sci Fi movies, and if so, was it a BAD thing?

The Top 7 Cuts We’re Glad They
Made From Science Fiction Films

7> In “Spider-Man,” originally the webbing wasn’t going to shoot from his *wrists*, if you know what I mean….

6> The scene in which Frodo drops down to one knee and offers the ring to the lucky bachelorette.

5> Holodeck scene where Dr. Crusher and Deanna Troi are walking along the beach, and one says to the other, “Do you ever not feel, well, fresh?”

4> Spock soaking his hands in Palmolive after every neck pinch.

3> “Star Trek V: The Final Frontier” — That whole pesky plot thing.

2> The alternate ending of “Capricorn One” in which OJ Simpson escapes from the government agents, gets home to his wife, and kills her.

and the Number 1 Cut We’re Glad They Made From Science Fiction
Films…

1> The scene in which E.T. teaches Eliot that he can “extend” things too.

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Credits:

Selected from 30 submissions from 9 contributors.
Today’s Top 5 List authors are:

Slick Sharkey, Miami, FL — 1, 2, 6 (Hat trick!)
RW Lipp, Lenexa, KS — 3
Peter Heltzer, Wheeling, IL — 4
Dave Oberhart, Durham, NC — 5
Arthur Levesque, Laurel, MD — 7
Mary Ann McDonald, Sacramento, CA — HM, RU list names
Greg Preece, Toronto, ON — Dark Lord Of The Sith