ALF (1986)

Bemerkungen:

Lauflänge: 616min
Ton: Englisch 2.0
Extras: ALF Trivia Facts, Outtakes/Gag Reel u.a.


Nachtrag (Scat):

Wie aus einigen Quellen hervorgeht ist das Set mit der ersten Season geschnitten. So fehlen bereits bei Folge 1 die ersten 2 Minuten. Die Folge fängt gleich mit ALF's Landung an.


Hier die Stellungnahme von Lion's Gate:

When fans of ALF purchased their DVD sets and brought them home, they were upset to find that many of the episodes were syndication versions missing a few minutes from the original episode. We received a number of angry emails, so we contacted Lions Gate to see what happened. Here's their response:

We released this version because the masters that were available to us were cleaned up and in so much better shape to be released on DVD, and also happened to be the ones that were re-done for syndication.

Lions Gate doesn't own ALF, so they can only release what they are supplied with. It sounds like they would be faced with high costs to clean up the original broadcast versions, so they decided to go with the cleaner syndication episodes. Obviously fans would disagree, and would probably prefer uncut episodes over cleaner episodes.

Studios need to include certain information on the back of the package for sets that contain changes. If there are syndication episodes on the set then it should be listed along with any music changes. It's only fair to let the consumer know what they're buying, or be prepared to refund them when they're unhappy. Lions Gate can learn from this situation and make better decisions in the future. We'll offer to lend them a hand if they need it.

Quelle: tvshowsondvd.com