The Walking Dead Seasons 1 & 2

[tommyh84]

Simply put what is the best version to get? I hear the UK version is cut as oppose to the US release?

Links and or pics of which sets I should buy would be helpful

[chip75]

Originally Posted by tommyh84

Simply put what is the best version to get? I hear the UK version is cut as oppose to the US release?

Links and or pics of which sets I should buy would be helpful

The UK season one is indeed cut. The US releases are locked though. There is a season one limited edition as well in the US but it's OOP as far as I know.

[nekromantik]

Yes for Season one US release is one to go for.
Season two is identical in the UK.

I got the US SE set and will go for Season 2 in US too as I dont want to mix UK and US sets lol

[insomniac013]

Originally Posted by nekromantik

Yes for Season one US release is one to go for.
Season two is identical in the UK.

I got the US SE set and will go for Season 2 in US too as I dont want to mix UK and US sets lol

The UK is missing the commentary tracks.

Also, it's on 3 BDs instead of 4.

[Sithlord75]

Originally Posted by nekromantik

Yes for Season one US release is one to go for.
Season two is identical in the UK.

I got the US SE set and will go for Season 2 in US too as I dont want to mix UK and US sets lol

Far from identical. The Uk version loses the 7.1 track, webisodes, and like insomniac said the commentary tracks for each episode.

[nekromantik]

Ah sorry my bad!

[Rick Grimes]

TWD Season 2 came on 2 BD-50 discs in Australia on June 20 (an early release; sort of a way to placate our country for having a very late release for TWD S1). I bought it, but then purchased the US Limited Edition, to get all the extras and the webisodes. found only on the Region A BD.

The Australian release has no extras at all. I also noticed that at the end of Ep9 (Triggerfinger), the music over the credits is different to the Region A US release.
In the US BD version, TWD intro music is played over the credits.
In the Australian BD version, a gritty, forboding, techno metal type song, is played as we watch a shot of Rick looking just off to the left of the camera.
From an artistic standpoint, I can see why the change may have occurred. The gritty music changes how we may view our protagonists thoughts...

Here is a link to Movie-Censorship.com which catalogues the cuts to gore for any Season 1 release that is not Region A BD or Region 1 DVD.
http://www.movie-censorship.com/series.php?TID=5087
Spoiler Alert: If you go to track the changes in Ep 4, you will see changes to a death scene of major character. Which is a pity because Ep 4 is an example of the worst censorship of any S1 episode.
Other Season 1 changes, that are not listed in the link include changes to music content.
S1 Ep1 - Music plays 30 seconds before the credits roll. There is a shot that pans out directly above the landscape below. Just before the fade to black into the credits. Inexplicably, the music begins again, just before the "funky" song kicks into the chorus! And it plays over the credits, never getting any closure to the music...
S1, Ep2 - Again, changes to music over the credits. As the music begins to play while we watch the end of Ep 2, sometime before the fade to black that precedes the credits, instead of going into the chorus of the song that is playing as the picture fades to black: The title music is heard!
S1, Ep3 - As above, the music that starts to plays at the end of the episode, as we watch the story unfold, is cut short and doesn't play over the fade to black... Replaced my the title music.
S1, Ep6 - Once again, Bear McCreary's fine music choice (Dylan, I think) is cut short and we are left with the TWD title music. Leaving the viewer without the Dylanesque music to recap the events of the episode and ponder, where to now for our characters.

I hope one day that Hopscotch entertainment & Entertainment One release an Uncut version for Region B - that will be the Region A: Anchor Bay transfer or at least a transfer from that master. While it wouldn't probably be a financial success, I think that they owe it to the loyal viewers of the show to fix up their huge mistake (which I can only imagine it was).