DVD Edits

[milquetoast]

Are there any edits on netflix?

 

[SPCTRE]

In emissary, Spike edits out the whole O'Brien goodbye on the Enterprise.

That's terrible.

 

[MacLeod]

UK censorship is really odd then. I rememeber how shocked I was at the second episode of (Spooks in the UK/MI-5 in the US) when the bad guy forced a women's face into a deep fat fryer to get her to talk. I had never seen something so in-your-face nasty before on TV. And this was made for the BBC so it must have passed the the censor.

Material shown on the telly is not passed before a censor - there are editorial guidelines and the relevant authorities will take action if people complain about what they have seen but pre-reviewing of material is done internally.

Wow - that's SO weird as because I started reading the above post,


:UK censorship is really odd then. I rememeber how shocked I was at the second episode of (Spooks in the UK/MI-5 in the US) when .......?

And my mind INSTANTLY went to the scene of the woman's face being put into a deep fryer.

I must've seen that YEARS ago and it STILL stayed with as being HORRIBLE.

Yes - English censorship is incredibly weird when you hear things like TMNT cannot have nun-chuks but women can have their heads thrust into deep fryers.

That REALLY affected me and was AWFUL!!!!

There are two seperate bodies that regulate what can and can not be seen, the BBFC for Movies, DVD and BR releases and some games. In essences it's the British version of the MPAA.

Ofcom handles TV and certain guidlines are laid down as to what you can show and when you can show it.

But as for UK censorship ebing weired the same is true of the US as well, wasn't there some controversy regarding "The King's Speech" being given a R rating due to profanity, whilst in the UK it eventually got a 12A rating. 12A basically means anyone under the age of 12 can see it if accompined by and adult, whilst R in the US means 17 and under if accompined.

It comes down to different sensibilites.

 

[Trek Survivor]

To the original poster: I own the very same slimline season 1 set, and that scene IS there.

"Emissary" has never been edited for VHS or DVD release in the UK.

I've heard Justice was also passed on during the first broadcast

"Justice" was shown (unedited) in the Wednesday 6pm slot that BBC2 premiered the series in. The only TNG episodes edited by the BBC during seasons 1-3 are:

"Conspiracy" (the head exploding scene)
"Hide And Q" (spear through Wesley's chest)
"Icarus Factor" (Worf having the pain sticks pushed into him)

Both "Hide And Q" and "Icarus Factor" were later shown unedited as the censors became more relaxed.

On the back of all the re-issue slimline DVDs it says something along the lines of 'Episodes may differ from original broadcast versions'
Is this just some sort of legal requirement for DVDs?

Yep.

Wait, wait. Swords are okay but nunchucks are not?

...WTF?

The "nunchucks" ban dates back to the late 1980s/early 1990s in the UK. There is no such ban now.

Interestingly, when Thundercats was first shown in the UK in 1987, Panthro's nunchucks were present and correct. When the series was repeated in 1990 (and Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles had started) the nunchucks scenes were edited out, as they were in TMHT.

My understanding was the Siege of AR558, was never aired. Can that be confirmed?

You mean in the UK? No, this episode was definitely shown - first on Sky One, and then on BBC2 in the regular Wed/Thursday 6pm slot.

 

[The Laughing Vulcan]

The TNG episode The High Ground was omitted in its entirety from the first run broadcast on the BBC. This was during the Troubles, and Data's line about the IRA winning was not on with the British establishment. After the Good Friday Agreement, all of that was by the by, and the show was restored to the run on repeat showings on the BBC. (I think Sky might have shown the episode, but with that line edited).

 

[Kinggodzillak]

The two scenes mentioned here as being missing from Emissary (O'Brien leaving the Enterprise and Odo helping Bashir on the promenade) were cut from the two-part version, not the feature length pilot. Maybe that's what you saw?

 

[Trekker4747]

In emissary, Spike edits out the whole O'Brien goodbye on the Enterprise.

That's terrible.

It's a common syndication edit, also for breaking a two-hour episode into two one-hour episodes something has to get cut not just for the extra ad space in syndication but for another set of credits, opening titles and for the 2nd part a "previously on."

 

[StalwartUK]

The TNG episode The High Ground was omitted in its entirety from the first run broadcast on the BBC. This was during the Troubles, and Data's line about the IRA winning was not on with the British establishment. After the Good Friday Agreement, all of that was by the by, and the show was restored to the run on repeat showings on the BBC. (I think Sky might have shown the episode, but with that line edited).

"The High Ground" got released on VHS/DVD in the UK intact.

 

[The Laughing Vulcan]

The TNG episode The High Ground was omitted in its entirety from the first run broadcast on the BBC. This was during the Troubles, and Data's line about the IRA winning was not on with the British establishment. After the Good Friday Agreement, all of that was by the by, and the show was restored to the run on repeat showings on the BBC. (I think Sky might have shown the episode, but with that line edited).

"The High Ground" got released on VHS/DVD in the UK intact.

I know, the first time I saw it was on purchased VHS, which was a bit of a shock as I'd been taping them off the beeb as first broadcast. But like I said, the BBC refused to broadcast it at first.

 

[tomswift2002]

In emissary, Spike edits out the whole O'Brien goodbye on the Enterprise.

That's not a Spike edit. That was the one scene edited out by Paramount for syndication in the 90's, since in syndication Part one concludes with the commercial break just before that scene, and then Part 2 starts with the Cardassians showing up just after the Enterprise left.. It's just like with TNG's "Encounter At Farpoint" where Picard leaves the bridge to talk to Dr. Crusher, in the feature version the scene's there, but in the split-up version it's been removed.

But I have heard as well that some episodes of Pokemon have been edited in the UK due to scenes that feature strobing light (such as when Pikachu does it's thunder attack) because there were kids that got seizures from watching the shows. So some of the episodes of Trek could also be edited in Europe if there were any strobe effects used.

But I know that here in Canada/the US, the TOS episode "City On The Edge Of Forever" has only been available in an edited form on home video due to music rights. Paramount did. Not make it shorter, but there is one music cue that they were not able to get the rights to