Whoa! Christian Sparborth of CSIFiles.com dropped a bombshell on us with
his report this past Saturday. He was writing up information taken from the cover story in the February 27th
TV Guide (which we haven't seen for ourselves yet), talking about how
C.S.I. would be moving toward more personal stories about the characters, and not just show the cases they investigate. Here's Christian's write-up, which mentions an upcoming re-release of the first season of the original show:
While fans may not recall the first season as being very character-focused, (the February 27 edition of) TV Guide revealed the producers had originally planned to introduce an office romance as early as in the original "Pilot" for the show. In a scene that was filmed but never shown, Catherine (Willows) was apparently making out with Nick Stokes. This lost plot line will likely never be picked up again, but fans will finally be able to watch this deleted scene later this year. The magazine reported Paramount is currently planning to release a new version of the first-season DVD box set that will come with all-new bonus features not included on the original release.
Dave's Editorial:
Wow, what a cool revelation! "Special Edition" upgrades to TV-on-DVD sets seem to be popping up everywhere. Why, just a few days ago we were
reporting about a "premium edition" of HBO's
Sex and the City. In fact, TVShowsOnDVD owner Gord Lacey editorialized about that (and I chipped in), condemning the idea because we didn't feel it added much to many of the fans. In that opinion piece, though, it was pointed out that there *are* upgrades that *do* add something for the fans, and we named both
Star Trek: TOS and
The Twilight Zone as examples of these.
C.S.I. - Season 1 could also be an example of a TV-DVD upgrade that could reap benefits for the consumers. Readers with good memories may recall
our January 2003 story - prior to the original first season release - which noted that fans were upset that the DVDs would have the episodes presented in Full Screen video. All subsequent season sets have been in Anamorphic Widescreen, which greatly pleased fans. Still, there was always the contigent among them who wanted Paramount and CBS to go back and revisit the first season, and release it in widescreen as well.
This is the opportunity for Paramount/CBS to do just that. The
TV Guide story doesn't seem to mention the aspect ratio of this release, and we hate to presume that we're going to get this release in widescreen. But now's a good time for us to bring it up, and we hope the studio is listening. Stay tuned, and we'll let you know about developments as they occur.
