Comments | zafra: Oh, SyFy you wound us

zafra

Oh, SyFy you wound us

Jul 03, 2010 00:10

Let me add to the cacophony of voices that went off earlier tonight saying "OH HELL NO THEY DIDN'T?!?!"

Yes, yes, they did. lightstarangel I hope you weren't watching so that you weren't mortally wounded when Sifee COMPLETELY CUT OUT THE PART WITH YOUR FAVORITE QUOTE!!! Yeah, that whole scene with Merlin getting Arthur ready to fight the Dragon, with the manly ( Read more... )

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Comments 15

magog_83 July 3 2010, 08:08:24 UTC

They cut it?? But why? I thought the show was alreedy tailored to the overseas market length-wise so they WOULDN'T need to cut when they added ad breaks?

How much shorter are they making the episodes??!

zafra July 3 2010, 14:00:38 UTC

The sad part about it is, I was gratefully watching it up to this point *because* I hadn't noticed them cutting anything! I was afraid of that but I hadn't seen it thus far. Which makes this just that much more revolting, given it was the series finale!

moonilicious July 3 2010, 08:44:58 UTC

What the?! That is outrageous! Damn you, Syfy!

zafra July 3 2010, 13:59:29 UTC

I know. I'm still in shock this morning, frankly. I mean, they didn't just edit part of it, at least but the show cut from Arthur gathering the Knights in the council chamber to them riding out. NOTHING IN BETWEEN.
It's just - IDEK. I have no words for their, from a fan perspective - EPIC FAIL.

sabriel75 July 3 2010, 12:48:29 UTC

Are you serious?!

Why the heck would they take that line out?

Grrr.... sorry we didn't watch the finale on SyFy (looked at more houses) but that's really ridiculous! I'm sorry darling. What a let-down.

zafra July 3 2010, 14:03:29 UTC

Oh, they didn't cut the line. They cut the WHOLE SCENE. No, 'no man is worth your tears - you're certainly not!', no respect-look from Arthur when he realizes Merlin is coming with, etc. Nothing. It's like they just expect by now Merlin will tag-along so the fact he's there w/ Arthur is a given and there's no need for actual CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT. *whimper* Not much upsets me with shows, honestly. But this just feels like a cheap excuse to get more ad time and when it's done at the expense of the characters I fucking watch the show for - I can't abide that.

archaeologist_d July 3 2010, 13:24:27 UTC

I was yelling at my screen when I realized they'd done that. They must have wanted more ad time. :(

zafra July 3 2010, 14:05:41 UTC

Yeah, and see my reply above in-thread. Don't take your ad-time at the expense of the fucking characters! Maybe it wasn't essentially to the overall plot, but damn. Some of us care more about the actual characters than fighting the slash dragon. :D
Then again, this is SyFy - home of the god-awful original movies. Leave it to them to want to reduce a show like this to match.

alba17 July 3 2010, 14:47:36 UTC

I can't believe that! That's maddening. I guess they decided it wasn't essential to the plot. No Arthur/Merlin shippers at Syfy, clearly. I'm really glad I've already seen it and have the DVDs. I started to watch during 2.12 but I couldn't take the commercials. Plus I just recently watched The Last Dragonlord and really didn't need to see it again so soon.