#and most releases of it are the theatrical version because wide-screen is the default now
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After doing a little bit of research (comparing the two different dvd boxes and playing with settings), it seems like the reason the better (extended) version of Muppet Christmas Carol isn't widely available compared to the lesser (theatrical cut) version is because it seems that the song cut is only available in full screen. There doesn't seem to be a wide-screen version of the extended cut available. So that's likely why the easiest to watch version is the theatrical cut, because Wide screen has become the default format.
And that's also likely why I didn't know there WAS a theatrical cut until after we lost and replaced the disk. The DVD we had was so old it only had full screen as an option, and the full screen version is the extended version of the movie.
Anyways, this is all just an educated guess. I didn't google the actual reason I just presume this based on what the boxes say, personal experience, and the fact that on the DVD that allows you to choose, full screen is the extended cut and wide screen is the theatrical cut.
#simon says#yeah so on my old ass dvd case it says that the runtime is 89 minutes and it is only a full screen movie#but on my parent's recent blu-ray it is a 86 minute movie and only available in widescreen#and the replacement disk we got after we mysteriously lost the old ass dvd allows you to choose#so wide screen is theatrical and full screen is extended#and most releases of it are the theatrical version because wide-screen is the default now#and I haven't seen a full screen version of the cut scene#so it's very likely that full screen releases got the song and they marketed it as a special treat#and once everything became wide screen they just stopped doing that#once again I did not fact check this I just looked at 3 dvds and used my personal knowledge of this movie#also I still dont know how we lost our first dvd#that was probably the first and only time we ever lost a disk and we tore up the house looking for it#couldn't find it so we just got a replacement and put it in the old case because we like the old case more#i remember being SO upset because that had never happened before and the one time it did was with fucking MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL??#it wasn't like. Bolt or some other movie we don't care much about it was fucking Muppet Christmas Carol#that dvd was probably almost as old as I was#that dvd was probably the first dvd release of the muppet christmas carol#at least we still have the case and the little paper slide in with the scene selection#I wish movies still did those#i miss the little papers with the scene selection or special little art or information about bonus features#like they still have the spot where you would put one but they dont make them anymore :(
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