Dexter could be amusing BECAUSE of the cuts. Sometimes the contortions and substitutions are downright hilarious.
'Objects In Space'
The Minearverse 5: Closer to the Earth, Further from the Ax
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Dexter could be amusing BECAUSE of the cuts.I had to watch Blade 3 on TNT or TBS, I forget which, for exactly that reason. Ryan Reynolds' character cusses up a storm in the uncut movie, so I was transfixed by all the hoops they jumped through to edit it for basic cable.
When Angel season one was aired in the UK, it made it's way on to Channel 4 here. It was given a prime time, 6pm slot to replace previous hit TFI Friday. Aka, the slot which made Buffy successful in the UK (Buffy had more viewers in the UK than it had in the US).
Unfortunately, the first episode was missing about a minute and a half. That was just during the teaser, not the whole episode.
It still happens here in the UK. SciFi UK cut Angel episodes even though they show it at an 8pm time slot. I love 'You're Welcome' and always look foward to the Angel/Lindsay fight which is beautifully choreographed. So I was raging when the channel cut the part when Lindsay stabs Angel with his sword and Angel replies "well it would have hurt it if it had been made out of wood you dumbass". I mean why bother show the episode if you're going to cut out the good parts. In other news the M.E. picket line seems to have drawn a fair number of fans.
It was packed. And surprisingly orderly and well behaved. A little windy and cold though. I ran down there on my lunch hour and dropped off some food for the food drive. For some unknown reason I actually had a box of powdered milk in my pantry.
It was unbelievable. So many people came out. It was the biggest picket line we've ever had at Fox by far.
That's pretty cool.
I was there! I even had a Buffistas.org support sign! It was cool! I heart exclamation points!