by Steve <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
May 1, 2005 at 01:10 PM
innout wrote:
> The DVDs, I hate to rain on others' parades, are cut! They are the same
> silly versions used by Columbia House and other companies that put out
> the show on Video. The cut scene that I know about is a short one: 30
> seconds. It's the very last scene in THE DREAM MONSTER where Penny and
> Smith are looking for flowers and Penny holds one up to Smith and he
> sneezes. On the video and the DVD versions, both UK and US, it just
> starts with Penny talking to Smith. Well this never happens on Irwin
> Allen shows. The real start has a long shot of Penny and Smith walking
> amid rocks and there's music to reenter the show (of course) and then
> they talk. Then it picks up where the DVD and Videos have it picking
> up. Seriously disturbing. I wonder what else is cut. I also heard
> there is a part missing from RETURN FROM OUTER SPACE. Why can't Irwin
> Allen fans get their due? Don't get me started on how the other three
> shows have been slighted. Irwin had six shows but I don't always count
> SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON and CODE: RED.
>
I was particularly enraged with the Marta Kristen **** scene being cut.