Lost Girl DVDs - Footage not seen on SyFy

Lord Vader III

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Dec 26, 2012, 8:36:57 AM12/26/12

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I saw the Lost Girl DVDs in the store the other day and both season 1
and season 2 have stickers on them that say "Featuring Uncut Footage
Never Seen On SyFy". I'm assuming they aired complete in Canada?
Anyone know why they had to cut them for Syfy? US censorship? Length
of episodes?

LVIIII

Hunter

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Dec 26, 2012, 12:03:02 PM12/26/12

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I don't know for a fact but it is probably because of violence and/or
nudity/sex. Syfy is a basic cable channel so "Lost Girl" probably has
stuff in its uncut" version that could be shown on the prenium
channels HBO, Starz or Showtime.

------>Hunter

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a fellow that's in the right and keeps on acomin'."

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Ian J. Ball

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Dec 26, 2012, 12:11:29 PM12/26/12

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In article <kbeuhp$572$1...@speranza.aioe.org>,

Lord Vader III <lord.va...@gmail.com> wrote:

I'd guess nudity from (esp.) season #1 of the series, when it was just a
"Canadian cable show".

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Episode #1.1, "Wipeout".
Wait a minute... "Of course"?! "*Of course*"?!! Did I miss a step here??!!

icebreaker

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Dec 26, 2012, 12:27:03 PM12/26/12

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"Ian J. Ball" <ijball-...@mac.invalid> wrote in message
news:ijball-NO_SPAM-C6E...@news.eternal-september.org...

> In article <kbeuhp$572$1...@speranza.aioe.org>,
> Lord Vader III <lord.va...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I saw the Lost Girl DVDs in the store the other day and both season 1
>> and season 2 have stickers on them that say "Featuring Uncut Footage
>> Never Seen On SyFy". I'm assuming they aired complete in Canada?
>> Anyone know why they had to cut them for Syfy? US censorship? Length
>> of episodes?
>
> I'd guess nudity from (esp.) season #1 of the series, when it was just a
> "Canadian cable show".

I think they edited/redubbed some language and maybe some lesbian scenes.
Here's a link to a syfy forum where this stuff is discussed:

http://forums.syfy.com/index.php?s=d86cab271032551148260c7d3f9259d5&showtopic=2359657&st=0

I've seen both versions and I don't recall any major differences that
affected storylines. That said, I was watching the final 9 of S2 on or
before the US started S1, so I might not recall some of the original
Canadian stuff and details nor am I willing to go back and make comparisons.
:).

shawn

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Dec 26, 2012, 12:48:09 PM12/26/12

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On Wed, 26 Dec 2012 09:11:29 -0800, "Ian J. Ball"
<ijball-...@mac.invalid> wrote:

>In article <kbeuhp$572$1...@speranza.aioe.org>,
> Lord Vader III <lord.va...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I saw the Lost Girl DVDs in the store the other day and both season 1
>> and season 2 have stickers on them that say "Featuring Uncut Footage
>> Never Seen On SyFy". I'm assuming they aired complete in Canada?
>> Anyone know why they had to cut them for Syfy? US censorship? Length
>> of episodes?
>
>I'd guess nudity from (esp.) season #1 of the series, when it was just a
>"Canadian cable show".

Not that I saw. I watched the episodes that aired in Canada and
compared a few episodes to what aired on SyFy. I didn't notice any
differences. Any cuts they made were so minimal that it didn't stand
out and since there was no nudity in the Candian version there wasn't
any of that to cut out.

mutt...@gmail.com

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Dec 26, 2012, 1:23:49 PM12/26/12

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On Dec 26, 12:03 pm, Hunter <buffhun...@my-deja.com> (Hunter) wrote:
> On Wed, 26 Dec 2012 07:36:57 -0600, Lord Vader III
>

It's because SyFy runs 20 minutes of commercials every hour :(

I remember one episode where the scene they showed in the preview was
edited out of the episode, and it certainly was not for nudity. In
reading episode recaps online, I noticed a MAJOR scene cut from one of
the episodes, where I remember wondering what the heck had happened,
and the missing scene explained it.

SyFy SUCKS. My advice - watch a Canadian torrent or wait for the DVD's.

anim8rFSK

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Dec 26, 2012, 1:28:43 PM12/26/12

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In article
<ijball-NO_SPAM-C6E...@news.eternal-september.org>,

"Ian J. Ball" <ijball-...@mac.invalid> wrote:

> In article <kbeuhp$572$1...@speranza.aioe.org>,
> Lord Vader III <lord.va...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I saw the Lost Girl DVDs in the store the other day and both season 1
> > and season 2 have stickers on them that say "Featuring Uncut Footage
> > Never Seen On SyFy". I'm assuming they aired complete in Canada?
> > Anyone know why they had to cut them for Syfy? US censorship? Length
> > of episodes?
>
> I'd guess nudity from (esp.) season #1 of the series, when it was just a
> "Canadian cable show".

I watch the Canadian Lost Girl and don't recall any nudity, at least not
any naughty bits.

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"Every time a Kardashian gets a TV show, an angel dies."

BTR1701

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Dec 26, 2012, 3:29:47 PM12/26/12

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Hunter <buffh...@my-deja.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 26 Dec 2012 07:36:57 -0600, Lord Vader III
> <lord.va...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I saw the Lost Girl DVDs in the store the other day and both season 1
>> and season 2 have stickers on them that say "Featuring Uncut Footage
>> Never Seen On SyFy". I'm assuming they aired complete in Canada?
>> Anyone know why they had to cut them for Syfy? US censorship? Length
>> of episodes?
>>
>> LVIIII
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> I don't know for a fact but it is probably because of violence and/or
> nudity/sex. Syfy is a basic cable channel so "Lost Girl" probably has
> stuff in its uncut" version that could be shown on the prenium
> channels HBO, Starz or Showtime.

It could also be shown on basic cable. If SyFy is censoring it, they're
doing it voluntarily.

The only place such things can't be shown is on broadcast channels that use
the public airwaves.

Barry Margolin

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Dec 26, 2012, 6:50:43 PM12/26/12

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In article
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BTR1701 <atr...@mac.com> wrote:

> Hunter <buffh...@my-deja.com> wrote:
> > On Wed, 26 Dec 2012 07:36:57 -0600, Lord Vader III
> > <lord.va...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I saw the Lost Girl DVDs in the store the other day and both season 1
> >> and season 2 have stickers on them that say "Featuring Uncut Footage
> >> Never Seen On SyFy". I'm assuming they aired complete in Canada?
> >> Anyone know why they had to cut them for Syfy? US censorship? Length
> >> of episodes?
> >>
> >> LVIIII
> > -----
> > I don't know for a fact but it is probably because of violence and/or
> > nudity/sex. Syfy is a basic cable channel so "Lost Girl" probably has
> > stuff in its uncut" version that could be shown on the prenium
> > channels HBO, Starz or Showtime.
>
> It could also be shown on basic cable. If SyFy is censoring it, they're
> doing it voluntarily.

While there's nothing *legally* stopping basic cable from showing as
much nudity as premium cable, customer expectations and standard
industry practices preclude it.

--
Barry Margolin
Arlington, MA

BTR1701

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Dec 26, 2012, 8:41:15 PM12/26/12

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In article <barmar-703DCA....@news.eternal-september.org>,

As I said, voluntarily.

Hunter

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Dec 27, 2012, 4:34:32 AM12/27/12

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Technically that is true but, IIRC, technically if a show has nudity
it can be shown on broadcast TV after 10pm but as a "gentleman's
agreement" with the public such things won't be shown unless under
special circumstances on Basic cable and broadcast. But I have to
double check that.