Question concerning nuBSG and its "extra scenes"

[Quinton O'Connor]

I seem to remember that, starting like... I don't know, midway through the third season? There were extra scenes after the credits, or something to that effect. I also seem to remember said scenes being important, and reviewers at the time expressing some irritation with the whole arrangement. I think this bizarre method was dropped by the time of the fourth season.

Anyway, I've been rewatching the show for the first time since it ended, and one of my close friends is watching it for the first time right alongside me. We average 3-4 episodes a week together and we've recently finished 3x01. (Man, I love the New Caprica arc.) Which means, if memory serves, we're not terribly far from when this thing starts happening, I think?

So I guess I have a couple of questions. Firstly, am I correct in remembering that these post-credits scenes are important? If so, do any of you happen to own the Blu-Rays and know if they're included after the episodes? I had to go digging around with the discs to locate the "Resistance" webisodes, for example; so it's all a touch confusing. I don't want my friend to miss content that's referenced later on, but BSG was always a bit strange about some aspects of its production.

 

[RoJoHen]

I don't remember there being post-credits scenes at all.

 

[Quinton O'Connor]

Huh. Maybe I'm crazy?

I definitely remember something to that effect, but possibly it was just a weird SyFy first-airing thing and it's just extended scenes or something. If your reply is the general reaction I get from this thread then I'll safely know my friend won't be missing much.

 

[RoJoHen]

I've also rewatched the series a few times on DVD, and I don't think there's anything missing from those episodes. If there is, it certainly isn't anything important.

 

[Quinton O'Connor]

Sweet. That's what matters most. Thanks!

 

[Christopher]

The only post-credits "scenes" I can think of were the comedic production-company vanity cards that were displayed at the end of the credits -- brief Terry Gilliam-style animations showing Ron Moore and David Eick doing various horrible things to each other.

And the only extra scenes I can think of are the ones that are exclusive to the DVDs because they contain brief nudity and language that couldn't be shown on commercial TV. But that's something added to the home video versions, not taken away.

 

[Robert Maxwell]

One thing the show did do was occasionally use cut footage in the "previously on..." segments at the beginning. It would confuse people because they had scenes that were never aired, but relevant to the upcoming episode.

There were also extended cuts of some episodes on DVD that restored some of that footage, I believe.

 

[Quinton O'Connor]

Haha, yes, well, those certainly exist.

Man, I'm going to need to look this up when I have some time later. I want to get to the bottom of this one way or the other. But if the prevailing response here is one of complete unawareness, then it's entirely possible I've got things mixed up. I'll look up a few Season 3 reviews and report back with my findings.

 

[Quinton O'Connor]

One thing the show did do was occasionally use cut footage in the "previously on..." segments at the beginning. It would confuse people because they had scenes that were never aired, but relevant to the upcoming episode.

There were also extended cuts of some episodes on DVD that restored some of that footage, I believe.

Yeah, the cut footage schtick has come up a couple of times at this point. It happened with the Baltar/Gina arc in a number of Season "2.5" episodes. It's a shame so much of that material didn't make it to the finished versions.

 

[Gepard]

SyFy (or, at the time, Sci-Fi) sometimes aired deleted scenes, or parts of deleted scenes, in the middle of commercial breaks. I remember they would advertise that fact just before cutting to ads – "stay tuned for special never-before-seen-footage!" or something to that effect. I don't recall how important they were, but that sounds the closest to what OP is describing.

 

[martok2112]

The only post-credits "scenes" I can think of were the comedic production-company vanity cards that were displayed at the end of the credits -- brief Terry Gilliam-style animations showing Ron Moore and David Eick doing various horrible things to each other.

I loved those little animations too.
Especially the one based around "The Exorcist"!

 

[The Old Mixer]

I watched the whole series first run, and don't remember anything about extra scenes after the end credits.

Could you possibly be misremembering the device where they showed a quick montage of preview scenes of the night's episode as part of the opening titles? Some people would complain that these gave too much away, and the show briefly did away with them, then brought them back again.

 

[Quinton O'Connor]

SyFy (or, at the time, Sci-Fi) sometimes aired deleted scenes, or parts of deleted scenes, in the middle of commercial breaks. I remember they would advertise that fact just before cutting to ads – "stay tuned for special never-before-seen-footage!" or something to that effect. I don't recall how important they were, but that sounds the closest to what OP is describing.

Actually, I think this is right! I clearly misremembered a great deal about the specifics, but yeah. I'm gonna go ahead and say this is what I was thinking about.

I pulled up some eight-year-old IGN reviews, and the "review complaints" I had in my mind were about deleted scenes being pinned into the "Previously On..." pieces, so that explains why I was making that connection.

Sheesh, my brain sometimes. Thanks for playing, everyone!

 

[Christopher]

The only post-credits "scenes" I can think of were the comedic production-company vanity cards that were displayed at the end of the credits -- brief Terry Gilliam-style animations showing Ron Moore and David Eick doing various horrible things to each other.

I loved those little animations too.

I didn't say I loved them. I actually didn't find them very funny for the most part.

Could you possibly be misremembering the device where they showed a quick montage of preview scenes of the night's episode as part of the opening titles? Some people would complain that these gave too much away, and the show briefly did away with them, then brought them back again.

Even though older shows like Mission: Impossible and Space: 1999 (season 1) did the same montage thing in their opening titles.

Not to mention that most TV dramas in the '60s through the '80s would actually open with "Here are some scenes from tonight's episode" trailers (in hopes of grabbing your interest so you wouldn't change to one of the two or three other channels that existed at the time). Those usually aren't on the DVD releases, I think, but MeTV includes them with reruns of some of their shows like Wonder Woman and Columbo. It's an interesting change, that one generation was used to shows opening with clips from the upcoming episode, while the current generation is used to shows opening with clips from previous episodes. Just one more reflection of the shift from standalone to serialized storytelling.

 

[sidious618]

You're right, there were. At the end of some episodes they'd show a clip from a deleted scene and tell you to go online to watch the rest of it.

 

[DWF]

The only post-credits "scenes" I can think of were the comedic production-company vanity cards that were displayed at the end of the credits -- brief Terry Gilliam-style animations showing Ron Moore and David Eick doing various horrible things to each other.

I loved those little animations too.

I didn't say I loved them. I actually didn't find them very funny for the most part.

Could you possibly be misremembering the device where they showed a quick montage of preview scenes of the night's episode as part of the opening titles? Some people would complain that these gave too much away, and the show briefly did away with them, then brought them back again.

Even though older shows like Mission: Impossible and Space: 1999 (season 1) did the same montage thing in their opening titles.

Not to mention that most TV dramas in the '60s through the '80s would actually open with "Here are some scenes from tonight's episode" trailers (in hopes of grabbing your interest so you wouldn't change to one of the two or three other channels that existed at the time). Those usually aren't on the DVD releases, I think, but MeTV includes them with reruns of some of their shows like Wonder Woman and Columbo. It's an interesting change, that one generation was used to shows opening with clips from the upcoming episode, while the current generation is used to shows opening with clips from previous episodes. Just one more reflection of the shift from standalone to serialized storytelling.

All three live action Gerry Anderson series had a "This Epidsode" montage as did of course both Mission: Impossible series. but many series had such montages before the start of the ep.

 

[Marc]

I loved those little animations too.

I didn't say I loved them. I actually didn't find them very funny for the most part.

Could you possibly be misremembering the device where they showed a quick montage of preview scenes of the night's episode as part of the opening titles? Some people would complain that these gave too much away, and the show briefly did away with them, then brought them back again.

Even though older shows like Mission: Impossible and Space: 1999 (season 1) did the same montage thing in their opening titles.

Not to mention that most TV dramas in the '60s through the '80s would actually open with "Here are some scenes from tonight's episode" trailers (in hopes of grabbing your interest so you wouldn't change to one of the two or three other channels that existed at the time). Those usually aren't on the DVD releases, I think, but MeTV includes them with reruns of some of their shows like Wonder Woman and Columbo. It's an interesting change, that one generation was used to shows opening with clips from the upcoming episode, while the current generation is used to shows opening with clips from previous episodes. Just one more reflection of the shift from standalone to serialized storytelling.

All three live action Gerry Anderson series had a "This Epidsode" montage as did of course both Mission: Impossible series. but many series had such montages before the start of the ep.

Thunderbirds had it as well (and it's carried on with Thunderbirds Are Go albeit it much quicker).

The Gil Gerard Buck Rogers series was another that has clips from the night's episode shown as teaser before the start with the narration from William Conrad given a quick summary of the episode.

 

[Harvey]

You're right, there were. At the end of some episodes they'd show a clip from a deleted scene and tell you to go online to watch the rest of it.

Exactly. As I recall, most of these scenes were insignificant, except for Helo's confession to Adama in "A Measure of Salvation." That scene is on the home video release.

 

[martok2112]

The only post-credits "scenes" I can think of were the comedic production-company vanity cards that were displayed at the end of the credits -- brief Terry Gilliam-style animations showing Ron Moore and David Eick doing various horrible things to each other.

I loved those little animations too.

I didn't say I loved them. I actually didn't find them very funny for the most part.

My apologies. I didn't mean to imply that you did.
It was meant more as a playfully indignant "dang it, I loved those little animations too." As opposed to: "I agree. I loved those little animations as well."

But I know you think little of my intellect, so my apology probably comes across as empty.

 

[Christopher]

^Huh? I have no opinion about you one way or the other. There are so many usernames floating around on this board, and I'm sorry, but yours is not one that stands out in my memory. I generally respond to what people say and don't keep that close track of who says what. There's nothing personal about it. I know that's not particularly flattering either, but it's just the way it is. There are simply too many people here for a person of limited social skills like myself to keep track of everyone.

And I didn't want an apology. I just wanted to clarify my own opinion on the subject so that I wouldn't be misunderstood.