And here it is!

A return to THE form if not a return TO form.

This Part 1 of 3 arrives at 171 minutes...

...Half an hour longer than 2001: A Space Odyssey, Kubrick's epic science-fictional advocacy for Ludditism.

...An hour longer than Sunset Boulevard, Wilder's chilling admonition against the unrestrained ambition of womanhood.

...A mere fifty minutes shorter than the director's cut of Lawrence of Arabia, which is just too long.

Will the insights and opinions of the FF lads prove half as interesting as these contributions?

No.

I don't think they'd have the gall to claim otherwise. But they've done it. And now it here is.