We all know about the horrible changes that Lucas made to Star Wars. And they have also made changes to other movies and tv shows on dvd that have made a lot of people mad. But are there any changes to movies or shows that you really don't care about ? For me, changes that I couldn't care less about are the ones on the WKRP first season set. They changed most, if not all, of the music. At least once, this led them to necessarily cut a scene. But the changes don't really matter to me. I never watched the show because of the music. Sure, the show was set at a radio station, but the music wasn't what the show was about. The show was about the characters and the funny situations that they'd get into.

Are there any changes that don't bother you ?

I never knowingly buy a movie that isn't the same as the theatrical version. TV shows aren't as sacred (for classic TV I prefer to have shows as they originally aired including commercials, but for current TV I want them uninterrupted with no on-screen crap.)

I'm the opposite. I prefer most of the unrated and extended versions over the theatrical version. Lord of the Rings trilogy, Fantastic Four, Avatar, Sucker Punch, Scream director's cut and so many more. I prefer the longer versions of Death Proof and Planet Terror over the Grindhouse versions but I do own both versions.

I won't buy WKRP because of the missing music. I saw the reruns so many times that it's completely different without the original music. I did try watching a couple of episodes online of WKRP and I noticed it right away. I'm glad Freaks and Geeks kept the music.

I generally don't mind changes as long as the original theatrical or unedited version is available as well.

That said, there have been a few changed versions that I have really liked;


1) Major Dundee (1965) - Only the longer cut was released on DVD but it is far superior to the theatrical and goes a long way to better explaining the characters played by Richard Harris and Charlton Heston.

2) The Sign of the Cross (1932) - Again, only a longer version was released than the theatrical, but the added violence in the area really helps the film.

3) Revenge (1990) - Tony Scott's shorter cut is much better than the mess that made it to cinemas.

You really watched the show for the music ? They never played a full song. I've heard both versions of the show and, with the exception of HOT BLOODED being replaced, I couldn't care less about the changes. The songs only played for a second or two and then were turned off so that the characters could speak. Even though it was about a radio station, the show wasn't about the music. It was about the people. Looks like I'm stuck with the bootlegs that can be found online. Or the VHS tapes of the entire series that I taped off of TNN (before it became Spike) about 10 years ago. I could understand being upset about them changing the music in Wonder Years (if they ever put that out !) or the horrible theme that they put on the George Lopez dvds and the Married With Children set.

Thread title in English: DVD changes you don't mind?

WKRP was about the characters, but that doesn't mean the music wasn't an integral part of the show.

Except for very few instances, the music didn't have very much to do with the plot. The music that they used to replace the real music, for the most part, is very well done. As I said, they never played a full song. Most of the time, they started the song (which played for one or two seconds) and then turned it off or down so the characters' voices could be heard. Of all the things integral to the show, music was about 1% of it.

Lord of the Rings is the big one of course.

Music for TV shows doesn't bother me so much. I bought Mission Hill on DVD after watching it on [adult swim], and it wasn't till going through all the eps and looking on wikipedia for more info on the show did I learn that music had been changed. I guess there was nothing that really stood out for me.

I also enjoyed the director's cuts of Star Trek the Motion Picture, and The Wrath of Khan. TMP just flows better, and TWOK better matches the extended TV version that I grew up watching on a taped-from-TV VHS.

Exactly.

Most of the changes that George Lucas did to Star Wars did not affect the plot either but I would rather watch and listen to them the way I remember them.

They have changed some of the music on the Wonder Years on Netflix streaming.