《The State of Things (1982)》Storyline
As the creatures sucked away Black""s soul and also threatened Harry""s life, Harry called upon his Patronus spell for a protective shield: "Expecto Patronum!" but they were too overpowering.(According to Miramax, which released the new version, this new cut totals 197 minutes.)The vibrant film with a remastered, fuller soundtrack used original material and reintegrated scenes excised from the 1979 version (to include greater character detail for Willard, his crew, and Colonel Kurtz (in a scene where he reads from an actualTimeMagazine and shows how the American public was lied to), an expandedPlayboyPlaymates sequence after their helicopter is downed, and an additional French colonial plantation sequence).Two new young X-Men were introduced: (1) Rogue""s (Anna Paquin) mutant student boyfriend Iceman/Bobby Drake (Shawn Ashmore) (he had only a minor role in the first film), and (2) their angry young friend Pyro/John Allerdyce (Aaron Stanford).To counter him, Saruman listed the paltry evidence presented by Gandalf:the existence of a threatening Orc packthe discovery of the dagger from a "bygone age" - a riddle?a human sorcerer known as The Necromancer residing in the ruined fortressAlthough the Council did not condone the Dwarf quest, Gandalf had already dispatched them (and Bilbo) to the Misty Mountains.Meanwhile, in a South American rainforest jungle, spectacled, frumpy horticultural experimenter Dr.Pamela Isley (Uma Thurman) was attempting animal-plant crossbreedings, but couldn""t find the right dosage of Venom.