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In some Green Lantern: The Animated Series forums (okay, namely at the one over at Toonzone.net) some astute viewers have noticed missing scenes when comparing the episode that aired on 11-11-11 versus the version screened at NY comic con.
Here's my side of the story:
The version we screened at NY comic con was meant to be the final version of the show. What we didn't realize was that in order to fit the DC nation format, we'd have to cut additional time from both episodes. So, back to the editing room we went to make some tough calls.
Yes, M'ten's hand used to writhe in pain before cutting away to his "death scene". And yes, Hal used to foreshadow his ring running out of energy by admitting to Carol he always forgets to charge his cell phone. I was bummed to lose these shots, but as I said before, something had to go. In fact, a lot of people didn't notice that we sped up some of the action scenes to make them more punchy and frantic (specifically the Interceptor-Red Lantern Probe chase at the top of episode two).
Incidentally, both episodes also had to be re-scored and re-mixed to match the new edits. It was tedious work for everyone, but I hope Freddie our composer and sound engineers Rob and John got some extra Christmas spending money out of it.
One sequence that got cut very, very early (during the animatic stage of production) occurred at the end of the episode. It's at night, and Carol is shown waiting in her office, stood up by Hal. She checks her clock (or watch, I can't remember), then gets up in frustration, shuts off the lights and leaves the room. I thought it was a cool Hal-Carol relationship moment, but alas, the episode (even at the time) was way long and it never made it to animation.
Hopefully the cut scenes will end up at the very least on the DVD release, although I seriously doubt we'd take time to "finish" the lost Carol scene. Maybe I'll post the storyboards if I can find them.
Giancarlo
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