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Beavis & Butthead: The Mike Judge Collection - Edited

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Just a quick warning for those planning on getting this - there's a big chunk of stuff cut out of the "Director's Cut" episodes.

http://forum.dvdtalk.com/showthread....5&page=7&pp=25

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I was curious about the "Director's Cut" episodes... so I started doing comparisons to the Time Life discs.

* 1-900-BEAVIS - On the Time Life disc, when the boys first make the phone call, they laugh and Butthead says "She said something" and they continue to laugh. On the Paramount disc, this line is omitted.

During the call the lady asks if they're there, and on the Time Life disc Butthead says "I think I just innoculated" (which is kinda funny actually). This line is removed in the Director's Cut.

Then at the end, the last line in the Time Life version is "Hey, maybe we'll hear some butt wind." This is removed from the Director's Cut.

So, after checking one episode, the Director's Cut removes three lines of dialogue and adds nothing.

* Late Night with Butthead - The new Director's Cut removes the first minute and a half of this episode, starting instead where B&B pitch the idea for their talk show. It removes Letterman's cameo voice appearance. Later, the director's cut removes B&B celebrating with some air guitar after successfully pitching their show.

So again, the only thing the Director's Cut does is remove stuff.

* Figure Drawing - The DC removes a line where their teacher says he's about to teach a class on Aroma Therapy. Three or four lines are then cut after B&B rearrange the letters on the sign. Several other dialogue cuts throughout. No additions.

* Held Back - The DC removes the lines "This desk is giving me a stiffy" and "I don't even have room for a stiffy".

* Tainted Meat - The DC removes a bit from the middle of a news broadcast talking about "a fierce new parasite" in regards to Beavis making everyone sick at Burger World.
I would've cancelled my order if it hadn't been delivered already.
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Well that's lame.
post #3 of 5
Maybe the director thought it played better without these lines?
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Originally Posted by Andrew Clarke
Maybe the director thought it played better without these lines?
Maybe, but I can't see why considering these were the episodes he says he is most proud of and feels hold up the best.

Trimming a line or two that he didn't like is one thing, but when he's cutting 1-2 minutes out of already only 5 minute episodes, it makes me wonder why he bothered releasing them at all.
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So Judge is going Lucas and Spielberg on B&B now that he's legitimate and embarassed by certain things. Sad, especially as the one comment I wanted to make about B&B after seeing it for the first time in ages recently on MTV2 was that when it originally aired in the early 90s, I felt that the show already had a weird sense of charming nostalgia about it, with the crude drawings, the understated musical cues, and (especially) the usually obscure and frequently ancient music videos. Watching it now, that feeling is even stronger, given that (1) there actually IS some real nostalgia to be had viewing B&B all these years later, and (2) MTV doesn't really even show music videos of any sort anymore outside of the early morning hours. I suppose it's fitting that since B&B were essentially the beginning of the end for music videos on MTV (as the show represented an attempt to net higher ratings on old videos), they're now taking up airtime on the MTV2 schedule.
Anyway, it's sad that Judge feels the show needs to be improved, as the simplicity and crudeness of it was part of what made it interesting in the first place. Don't take away those memories, Mike.
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