Max Originals, Schumer, Bloodline, Panther
A Digest of my latest Posts (October 2023)
Dear readers, this is the eleventh issue of an ongoing monthly-ish series that I like to call Mikhail’s Textual Variations Digest or MTVD, for short. Here you will find links to posts published over the course of October 2023 on Textual Variations.
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October 6 Why Erased HBO Max Originals Return in Other Formats
An in-depth article on streaming originals, which delves into what they are, why they can be removed, and why they are often reissued. Multiple Tables illustrate the availability of Removed HBO Max Original Series and Films.
October 13Amy Schumer Now Streaming on Amazon Paramount+ Channel
This article covers a whole bunch of streaming-related things that don’t fit neatly into one topic, including the availability of 'Inside Amy Schumer' on Amazon, the reissuing of removed Paramount Plus originals in other formats, and weird things I’ve noticed about the international distribution of Streaming Originals.
October 20Revisio-News #3: The Overpriced Hellraiser 4 Workprint
Some critical thoughts on the release of the 'Hellraiser: Bloodline' workprint cut as part of a new box set by Arrow Video.
October 27Black Panther Would Be Great if it Hadn’t Cut This Scene
'Black Panther' (2018) is a good movie that comes tantalizingly close to being great. But it never manages to achieve that high bar because of one glaring editorial error: the omission of a key scene crucial to selling audiences on the turn taken by W’Kabi (Daniel Kaluyya).