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Director's Cut Scene Reaction (Patreon)

Published:
2026-05-20 17:59:00
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2026-05

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Sorry for reacting to the wrong version of Close Encounters of the Third Kind! This scene from the Director's Cut was shared with me, so here's my reaction to it!

Here is the link to the YouTube video I watched if you would like to check it out for yourselves: https://youtu.be/MgueNiK3fh0?si=BmAsRfe1dWW11XYs&t=2m51s

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Mark Messer

Oh gosh I hope people didnt make you feel bad for watching the wrong one. Mistakes happen.

Sean Moser

I’m glad you were able to take some time to see this - imagine you have a lot going on between the two channels, Patreon and YouTube, and socials - trying to get content out basically daily… not to mention your family. Hope you felt like it was worth it. Between this scene and knowing it was in the 70’s (the role of a father and lack of attention to mental health) does give me more context into the toll Roy’s “calling” takes on both Roy and his wife - really breaking them.

Sean Moser

I love the final version of this movie and have seen it many times, but after watching this with you it makes me realize Spielberg was making a mental health movie back in 1977. Ahead of his time. Again.

John A

No need for saying "Sorry" you saw how it was first released. Just some history, The theatrical version was a bit rushed out due to the film company having financial problems. Spielberg was dissatisfied with the film and said he needed another 6 months. but the film company rushed to have this film, save them. It was a success of course. Spielberg wanted to do a director cut, but the company agreed with the condition that he would show the inside of the mothership, so they can market it on that for a re-release. That became the Special Edition version. Spielberg said he should have never agreed on that and so he did the Director Cut, removing the inside of the mothership. Which is the best edition of the movie. Original Theatrical Version (1977) which was 135 mins Special Edition (1980) 132 mins Director's Cut (1998) 137 mins If you want to see the inside of the mothership then watch the end of the 1980 Special Edition. You should be able to find it on youtube

Digital Droo

I can understand how it might seem like a mistake if it was requested that you react to the Director's Cut, but it is absolutely not something to apologize for missing. I watched the theatrical version right alongside with your reaction to it, and it was fully enjoyable, just as all your reactions are. I hope no one is giving you grief about it.

Ari

This was a tragic scene with Roy's suffering and his family's turmoil, but I have to say that Teri Garr had some set of pipes. I mean that woman could SCREAM.

Larry Darrell

Thank you for watching this, when you didn’t have to. My thoughts on whether or not Roy was the one that abandoned the Family has been given already, so I won’t speak much on that, other than to say there is another scene with Ronnie from the Director’s Cut that when combined with this one and others that were in the Theatrical, convince me more that Ronnie was worried about herself and her image most of the time, and gave less thought for the well being of her kids, of which I don’t see much evidence of. But, enough on that. I do agree with you that their marriage was never going to last whether Aliens interfered or not. They were not compatible with each other… At All, and their separation in the long run was going to be better for the kids. It does suck though that the kids will grow up without their Father. That’s a definite. I’ve always wanted to see a sequel to this film, that has Roy returning years later, un-aged, when his oldest son is now at the same age that Roy is, and they reconnect. Man I’d love to see that. I say all this because Roy, Ronnie and their Family resemble mine so much growing up, and having also lost my Father too soon, that watching this film is a bit of a cathartic experience. This is not the only Spielberg film that has that effect. Poltergeist (1982) and War of the Worlds (2005) as well, make me turn into a frightened blubbering 9 year old.

Larry Darrell

I want to bring one more thing up, about the relation between Close Encounters of the Third Kind and a 1678 piece of literature written by a nonconformist preacher named John Bunyan. A Christian allegory titled… The Pilgrim’s Progress from This World, to That Which Is to Come I’m going to let another Patron from another reactor tell it, because he summed it up so well. Shout out to… Stick Figure Studios. Go check out his YouTube channel. https://youtube.com/@stickfigurestudios?si=-TmV2dLI409mhMHa “…As I said before, [Close Encounters] is one of the most spiritual films I’ve ever seen. Essentially I look at this story as a metaphor for salvation. It is like a modern-day PILGRIMS PROGRESS: the book written in 1678 by the Puritan author John Bunyan as an allegory for man's journey toward redemption. In that story, the protagonist (aptly named "Christian") is an Everyman who is burdened/unsatisfied in his life and is given a vision of "the Celestial City" (i.e.Heaven) which he is compelled to pursue. As he cannot see the city to which he is bound, he is told to simply run towards the "shining light." He tries to persuade his wife and children to join him, but they cannot see what he sees and so they think him mad. Christian eventually leaves them to try to attain deliverance on his own. Roy Neary is like Christian. He knows there is more to life than mortgage payments and soccer games. He is unhappy but cannot articulate why. Yet he is still filled with wonder and imagination, open to mystery and beauty, so he (along with other people like him) is given a vision of something greater, a vision that he cannot shake, like a splinter in his brain driving him mad. He tries to return to his ordinary life, but he can't. He also tries to convince his family of what he saw/felt but they can't see it and don't believe him... eventually he must chase his dream alone because, ultimately, salvation is individual. The film is loaded with religious imagery. The UFOs are like Angels of light (accompanied by John Williams' choral music), the Wyoming monument Devil's Tower is like a 20th Century Mt. Sinai where Moses went to "meet God" and receive the Law (it is no coincidence that the movie THE TEN COMMANDMENTS is playing on the TV in the background of the early scenes). The whole thing plays like an existential journey of one man's quest for fulfillment and enlightenment. As Pauline Kael wrote in her original review, "God is up there in a crystal-chandelier spaceship, and He likes us."” — Stick Figure Studios

William Canizales

Since becoming a father, Spielberg admitted that if he made the movie again, Roy would not have left with the extra terrestrials

Larry Darrell

And that makes me so glad that he made this film before having kids.

William Canizales

Hearing him say that makes me wonder how many movies are (not) made or different because of the (lack of) presence of children I think I worded that correctly