Post by lostmedia1975 on Mar 29, 2024 17:44:52 GMT
Basically what the title says. What is anything from your favorite piece of media (Movies, TV Shows, Literature, Video Games, Etc) in which you consider certain pieces of cut content “canon”.
This can count from anything like an idea from very early on to some unfilmed scene, to something that was cut last minute.
And this raises what I think to be one of the most interesting questions in film: Can deleted, extended or alternate scenes be considered canon?
(And obviously, feel free to mention if anyone did actually confirm if a certain deleted scene is canon. You can also count unfinished/cancelled TV Show episodes and scrapped films).
Post by forlornjackalope on Mar 29, 2024 21:51:11 GMT
And this raises what I think to be one of the most interesting questions in film: Can deleted, extended or alternate scenes be considered canon?
Ah, the age old fandom question.
Personally, I would say yes*. I say that with an asterisk because, like all people, I'm partial to personal bias, which is to say that I'm inclined to believe that some scenes to be canon within the lore of that universe depending on how much I agree to it and others not so much. I extend this to certain movies in a series for similar reasons, much like how some horror fans don't consider anything after Halloween II to be canon in the lore of Laurie and Michael's storyline.
A good example to this for scenes to be more specific would be the validity to who is and isn't alive in the Final Destination universe. Some will say that deaths in deleted or alternate scenes (like the Choose Their Fate feature on the DVD for Final Destination 3) aren't canon. However, people will say that they are or aren't alive due to the events of the novelizations.
And this raises what I think to be one of the most interesting questions in film: Can deleted, extended or alternate scenes be considered canon?
Ah, the age old fandom question.
Personally, I would say yes*. I say that with an asterisk because, like all people, I'm partial to personal bias, which is to say that I'm inclined to believe that some scenes to be canon within the lore of that universe depending on how much I agree to it and others not so much. I extend this to certain movies in a series for similar reasons, much like how some horror fans don't consider anything after Halloween II to be canon in the lore of Laurie and Michael's storyline.
A good example to this for scenes to be more specific would be the validity to who is and isn't alive in the Final Destination universe. Some will say that deaths in deleted or alternate scenes (like the Choose Their Fate feature on the DVD for Final Destination 3) aren't canon. However, people will say that they are or aren't alive due to the events of the novelizations.
In the case of the “final destination” films (none of which I ever saw), I’d say these deleted/alternate deaths can be canon if say, the director wanted to kill them off, but executive meddling occurred and forced them to keep them alive.