Darn shame that thread was lost - I was just beginning to enjoy the replies...
The long and short of it was as a film editor I often think of how I could improve some of the blockbuster films with some judicious editing to make them more watchable.
For example, if all the trash were removed from Pearl Harbour it would make a very good 12 minute film... Likewise Titanic - apart from the shots of it sinking - not the dramatised pieces, but the 3-D part - the rest is completely unnecessary.
Think of the time savings - not to mention the smaller budgets needed - which could be redirected into restoring more MVs and aircraft. I'm onto something here
Other movies like the Perfect Storm or Twister could be cut to less than a minute, while some of the classic movies like the Back of Beyond could be recut to replace the Leyland Badger with another CMP and feature extended scenes of the cab 12 doing more sandhill work. We could include the segment where Tom Kruse rebuilds the Ford's engine, doing a valve grind upside down under the suspended engine.