Nonspoiler Comment on Belg

[neadods]

I'd be liveblogging BELG as it airs, but 15 minutes in, the cuts are already rubbing me the wrong way. Time to order the DVDs and be done. Anyone know if the same commentary's on the American editions as the British ones?

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[quartersawn.livejournal.com]

I ordered the British ones from Amazon UK in January, got 'em in 5 days, under $30 for both series including international shipping. You just have to have an all-region DVD player or find the unlock code for your region-1 player by searching online.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

I've only got one region free player, and of first season, most of the aired edits were restored in the DVD, except the ASBO to commmunity service line. I figure buying here is a vote to PBS to keep going. But I also want the commmentary.

[wendymr.livejournal.com]

I gave up on PBS after buying DVDs of Lewis - Inspector Lewis in the US - and finding that in the first two series 10 minutes were cut from every episode on the DVD as well as the version shown on TV. (Cuts are still made on PBS TV, but not on DVDs). The cuts, now that I've seen the complete episodes, ruined the flow, made some of the logical leaps completely illogical, and removed some lovely character moments.

What kept me from buying the later series on PBS DVD was the irritating commentary before and after by some moronic bloke pontificating for several minutes - actually giving away bits of the plot before the episode. Never again. If I want a DVD of a British TV programme, I'll order from the UK.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

Aw, *hell!* I didn't know any DVDs were cut.

The commentary is always tagged onto Mystery episodes by PBS, I guess I'm just used to it.

[quartersawn.livejournal.com]

I agree about wanting everyone who worked on the show to get their revenue. We have to support work of this quality financially. Since WGBH/Masterpiece were original co-producers (and they are credited on the British DVD box) I felt I was making sure they got their appropriate share.