Simpsons fans unite! Stop Fox from distributing cut episodes on DVD!!
JG
>Fox has released The Simpsons łThe Complete Second Season˛ DVD. This DVD
>is by no means complete. It is missing footage from originally aired
>episodes.
>
>For example, in Bart the Daredevil (episode 7F06 on disc 2) at the end
>of the episode, the footage where Homer falls down Springfield Gorge a
>second time after his ambulance hits a tree is missing. The sound
>appears to be there, but a still image of the children looking down the
>gorge has replaced all of the animated footage. Oddly the directorąs
>commentary mentions the action of the missing footage but does not
>address why it was missing.
>
>This footage remains on the syndicated reruns of the show meaning people
>watching it in reruns on TV see a more complete episode than those
>dedicated fans who paid for the DVD!
>
>These cuts are baffling and certainly not appropriate for a collection
>entitled łThe Complete Second Season.˛
>
>If you care at all about the Simpsons, you should let Fox know that you
>donąt deserve to be treated this way by signing the petition at:
>http://www.petitiononline.com/aric1/petition.html
>
>Thanks,
> Aric
>
>PS
>I posted this information to Slashdot.org, but I guess they didnąt feel
>this was important news as it never appeared on their site :-(
>
>PPS
>The version of the DVD I'm referring to is Region 1, but Iąm guessing it
>will be the same for all other countries as well.
This sounds like a fault somewhere along the line rather than an editorial
decision.
JG