Hacking a Christmas Classic
I really want to know who are the geniuses at the networks who think they can get away with hacking "White Christmas". The other night it was on Lifetime. My youngest son had never seen it, so I recorded it so he could watch it on Sunday. I was cooking at the same time and it got to the scene when the foursome is on the trains singing "Snow" and suddenly we went right from the train to the Vermont Inn. What happened?
I thought it was just me or maybe I missed it, but they also felt compelled to cut out at least two big dance numbers and I told my son he is seriously missing out on some of the best parts in the movie.
Shaving down a classic like that is a travesty and just goes to proove sometiems it is better to cave and buy the darn thing on DVD so that you have the complete and unedited version.
Drinky_McGee : RE: Hacking a Christmas Classic More..
That does stink. The same thing is done with lots of old television shows that are in syndication. There are more commercials per half hour now than there used to be, so those old sitcoms tend to get sliced up for the sake of selling another bottle of Palmolive. Movies are treated in a similar fashion. A commercial network will cut whatever they have to cut to cram the thing into a two hour chunk. DVDs or non-commercial channels are definitely the way to go.
joe.shearer : RE: Hacking a Christmas Classic More..
It's an outrage what networks (both broadcast and cable) to do movies.
I just saw some of "The 40 Year-Old Virgin" on USA. My first thought was "what in the world are they doing trying to show this on cable?" It's insane, and it's a disservice to the film and the viewer, unless you want to play the ridiculous swear-word substitution game.
....and this pretty much sums up why I don't watch movies on network television.
This is why I love TCM! It is the best place to watch or record the classics and they have their schedule online so that you can see what’s on for the next month. No commercials and no editing.
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