feldon29 said:
* Just as much, if not more, music is missing from season 3.
Actually, Season 3 is MUCH better with the music replacements than Season 2. But that's only because Season 3 has a lot less music than Season 2. I can only remember a couple of episodes from Season 2 that didn't have removed music, as opposed to more than half of the episodes in this season.
There are some episodes where the picture quality is sub-par. Three of which that are too dark are (that I can think of off the top of my head): "Southern Comforts," "Black On White On Fire" and "Miss Deep South."
Unaffected Episodes:
1) "The Leap Home" ─ There's an unaffected musical score and "Imagine" is kept because Scott Bakula sings it.
2) "The Boogiem@n"
3) "The Great Spontini"
4) "Future Boy"
5) "Piano Man" ─ Songs remain because they are sung.
6) "Southern Comforts" ─ Songs remain because they are sung.
7) "Glitter Rock" ─ Songs remain because they are sung.
8 ) "A Hunting We Will Go"
9) "Last Dance Before An Execution" ─ No removed songs, however, the entire audio is slightly screwed up.
10) "Nuclear Family"
11) "Shock Theater" ─ Al's "Alphabet Rap" remains because he sings/raps it.
Episodes With Removed Music Which Aren't Ruined:
1) "Heart Of a Champion" ─ I'm pretty sure nothing was removed from this one as well, but some country songs might have been taken out; either way it doesn't affect the episode.
2) "A Little Miracle" ─ A song or two might be missing, but the Christmas "feel" of the episode is not affected as almost all of the music is musical scores or sung by the characters.
3) "Miss Deep South" ─ Two songs removed, but the most humorous scenes involve Sam singing "Great Balls Of Fire" and "Cuanta La Gusta," which remain.
4) "Leap Of Faith" ─ Only one song is in the episode and it's removed, but has no emotional impact in the episode.
Butchered Episodes:
1) "Black On White On Fire" ─ Only one original song remains.
2) "Private Dancer" ─ There's some original songs left in the episode, but there is also a lot removed; fortunately the opening scene is unaffected because Al sings "Oh What a Night" and "Daybreak" still plays during Diana's dance (two of the bigger scenes in the episode).
3) "Runaway" ─ Fortunately "Runaway" remains in the episode probably because it's named after the song, but a lot of other music is removed.
4) "One Strobe Over the Line" ─ All music is removed.
5) "The Leap Home Part II── Vietnam" ─ I can't remember if one song remains or not, or if all music is removed. Either way, it's butchered.
Debatable Episodes:
"8 1/2 Months" ─ This one is probably a matter of opinion, but I don't think it's butchered either.
"Rebel Without a Clue" ─ Again, this one may be a matter of opinion.
Bottom line: At least 11 unaffected episodes and possibly more out of 22, and then some which aren't entirely "butchered" per se. Not that I'm trying to excuse the music changes because they are still unacceptable, but it turns out that it actually isn't as bad as it initially appears to be. You be the judge.
