DVDs missing scenes!

[Skytteflickan88]

eddy over at whedonesque explained that his discs don't have all the scenes, and is missing dialouge here and there (that was there when the eps aired)

"The scene of Angel in caritas freaking out over Cordy at the beginning of the episode is missing from the DVD. It was on the original airing(and I have VCD copies of Season 2 to know this) but was shaved off of the DVD I imagine as a mistake to edit out the previously on sequence. There are a few other episodes where cutting out the previously on messes up the beginning of the episode too. I think A New World and Apocalypce Nowish's openings were ruined by the editing but OVER THE RAINBOW is the one that is glaringly altered. My one wish if there is ever a special edition or blu-ray of the Buffy/Angel series is for the previously-ons to be put back on the episodes so all these little glitches will be fixed.

edited to clarify which part is not on the dvd.


Cordy wakes up in the woods on Pylea.

Wesley looks around the club for Cordy, Angel is searching behind the stage curtains.
Wesley: "Cordy?"
Angel: "Cordy?"
Wesley: "Oh no. Oh my god, no. How could I've let this happen?"
Angel: "No. She's here somewhere. She's just hiding. Cordy! Cordy!"
Wesley: "Angel."
Angel: "What?"
Wesley: "She's gone. - Cordy's been sucked into the portal. She's in the host's dimension now."
Angel to Lorne: "Where's Cordelia?!"

The members discussed that this must be because the region 1 version don't have the previous on clips, thus causing sloppy editors to have edited out dialouge (this Angel scene seems to be the worse tough).

Its because you still have the previously ons. R1 buffy and angel dvds do not have the 'previously on..' section of the episode.

Yay for my Swedish region 2 DVDs. That scene was pretty important for the Cangel relationship, showing how upset Angel was over Cordy going missing.

[the whedonesque thread whedonesque.com/comments/24457#384738]

[AndrewCrossett]

That really kind of sucks. I hate having any cuts at all on DVD sets. At least they didn't have too many music rights issues, which has completely ruined a lot of TV show DVD releases.

I don't know why they edited out the "previously on" segments. For people who watch a show regularly and remember what's going on, having long recaps at the beginning of every episode can get annoying (like on "Supernatural"), but if that's the way they were filmed, that's the way they should be shown.

If they do a DVD re-release they should add that stuff back in.

[Hallow Thorn]

They are on R4 right?

[Skytteflickan88]

Jul 28, 2010 8:14:02 GMT -5 Hallow Thorn said:

They are on R4 right?

No clue. Do they have the "previous on" clips? In that case I suppose they're safe.

[Hallow Thorn]

Yes, I think most of the time it was Cordy saying "previous on Angel"...

[The Night Lord]

Yeah, they always have a previous on by one of the actors in R4

And AC, on the Supernatural discs, the recapping can be turned off

[Eric]

I've never noticed any missing scenes, but I hardly ever saw either show on TV, so...



Slightly off-topic:

I actually like the "previously on" clips on DVDs.

[Skytteflickan88]

I heard from a fan who has done some research, that the chosen collection seems to be missing nothing, which makes me very happy, since I've planned on buying it since forever. I might actually be able to do that this fall.

[Hallow Thorn]

^^^ Thats good becasue I picked up the US Chosen collection and the AUS Angel box set. :/

[Skytteflickan88]

Did you get the Chosen collection for a good price? I'm waiting until Black Friday or another sale to see if I can find it cheap, since I don't feel like paying about 150 bucks for it.

[Hallow Thorn]

I picked up the Angel one for $65AU (Second hand) and The Buffy one for about $120AU (new) late last year.

[whitecandy]

I hardly saw Buffy on the tv so have no idea if my dvds are cut I have the R2 bible book sets for Buffy and Angel, except S1 of Buffy which I have the crucifix set for.

[Josh]

The easiest way to tell if Buffy is missing some scenes is to watch End Of Days from Season 7. I know my version of it is missing it, but, again, because the previously on was cut off of them, the scene where the bomb explodes and sends the girls flying is cut off of the Region 1 DVD episode.