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Posted by Invid Fan on 10/05/03 11:30
In article <W5g8f.26758$E17.14984@fe03.lga>, Derek Janssen
<djanss@nospam.charter.net> wrote:
> The Man With No Name wrote:
> >
> >>>After putting up with all the unecessary crap on a
> >>>dvd,spanish,french,languages,why can't the deleted scenes be placed in
> >>>the movie? Stripes did this,& it was brilliant.While I like the Blues
> >>>Brothers,their deleted scenes were slipped in,I forget where?.
> >>
> >>Often scenes are deleted for a reason, and the movie works best without
> >>them.
> >
> > Depends what the reason is.
> >
> > In a lot 2+ hour movies, they're deleted because the movie is already too
> > long to sit through in a theatre. But, on DVD, movies can be much longer
> > without frustrating the viewer (just look at how quickly most people get
> > through entire seasons of TV shows and miniseries on DVD.)
>
> While in others, entire extraneous characters are deleted completely
> from the storyline, and restoring their scenes would mean one more actor
> who'd have to be paid...
>
They're paid anyways if the scenes are included in the 'Extras' section
I'd assume (and they don't take salery away from actors if their scenes
are cut).
--
Chris Mack "Refugee, total shit. That's how I've always seen us.
'Invid Fan' Not a help, you'll admit, to agreement between us."
-'Deal/No Deal', CHESS
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