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UFO on ITV4 Right Now! UK

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--- In [hidden email], "mick" <michael-ufo@l...> wrote:

> UFO on ITV4 Right Now! UK


I recorded it. Wasn't the best print again - lots of scratches etc.

The scene with Jackson and Foster on the executive jet was edited
where they are viewing the film from the XV-104, from where Foster
says "What have you done?" for the first time, right through to
Jackson sitting back in his chair saying - "now, tell me all about
it".

The first part of the edit I could understand, for it led into an
(unnecessary) commercial break, but they also chopped out Foster
threatening Jackson and being throttled by the trolley dolly.

If they think this is inappropriate viewing between 7-8pm, it doesn't
bode well for forthcoming episodes does it? :-( Maybe they won't
be showing them all, or they'll move some to after the "watershed" ?

Interestingly they left in the scene of Foster being beaten up by the
heavies, so maybe it wasn't edited for violence after all! It can't
be for time, as it has a whole hour....?

I do like this ep, good suspenseful story that keeps you guessing
until the end, when you're viewing it for the first time that is :-)  
For hardware fans there's not alot going on, but as a story to
develop the characters it hits the mark.

In the scene where Straker is "apologising" for his outfit (gets my
approval actually) I always smile at the sight of Ed Bishop
straightening the knot of his non-existent tie, which is almost
edited out, but not quite ;-)

Bye for now,

Sarah (UK)




 

I think that all the ITC shows on ITV4 have been edited purely for length.
Certainly a couple of episodes have had shortened end credits and there was
a particularly clumsy edit (in an uncontroversial scene) in the first
"Randall and Hopkirk" episode which made a later line sound strange in the
new context.
There were fewer minutes in the hour devoted to adverts when these series
were made and there is now an obsession, on non-BBC channels, with making
sure that programme changes are on the hour or, at worse, half hour.
It's also happening with US shows - the "60 minutes" programme used to be
jokingly known in the business as "48 minutes 30". Now a US show screened on
the BBC without adverts, like Monk or Diagnosis Murder, comfortably fits
into a 45 minute slot.
Sadly it's all part of the growing trend to cheapen the programmes and
patronise the viewers - along with logos, intrusive banners advertising
what's on next and cutting or squeezing credits.

Regards
John

Sounds like they were editing for time for more commercial avails. That's what the SciFi channel did with a number of series including Night Stalker, Star Trek, etc. They can sell :15 spots for a good chunk of change. Of course, I always laughed when they started showing "Star Trek" UNEDITED and UNCUT! LOL!


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