h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I'm pleased and honoured that my first entry made it into the edited guide, that's a motivation for me to continue ...

The "Director's Cut" of my entry is available at

http://www.h2g2.com/A378885

I've often found 'Director's Cut' movies to be a lot of hype and rarely worth checking out.

I think it is often a positive to have an editor that trims away some extra footage that gets in the way of telling the story clearly. A good tight job by a good editor only enhances the final version of the film...

Spoken by a true sub-editor.

LOL!

Watch the director's cut to Blade Runner. Much better than the studio version. The only people doing the editing are the bean counters - with no artistic ability/ integrity.

Jimi X,

as far as movies are concerned, you may be right (or wrong). It's not my intention to depreciate the work the editors do. But: What I described in my entry is MY experience (not the editor's). It's MY opinion (not the editor's).

As the editor is the last person to have her/his hands on the entry, it will be published in the "Editor' Cut". This work is absolutely necessary to maintain a certain level of quality within the guide.

But: I like my original version of the entry more, as it say exactly what I intended to say. I leave it up to you to decide for yourself.