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Dear Jymn magon what was the real reason that Disney cut Home is where the heart is from the TV Syndication version of Plunder and Lighting?? and might we be geting a volume 3??

I Really love you're work on DuckTales and TaleSpin.

Jymn Magon

Thanks for your kind words.

As many of you have figured out, we usually launched our animated series with a "prime time" movie. These Premiere Movies were actually made from a mini-series (usually 4 or 5 episodes long) that was cut together. As writers, we were charged with coming up with a story line that could function both as a mini-series AND as a movie. It was hard work but a lot of fun to do. (I still love "The Treasure of the Golden Suns" series we did for Duck Tales.) Usually, there was MORE material in the mini-series than the movie could use, so things often got cut as it was turned into a "movie." However, for some reason, something from the Plunder & Lightning movie got cut - as it went back to regular episodes. I can't tell you WHY that happened after all these years, but it did.

As for questions about "Volume 3" of the DVD's - you'll have to bug the Disney Company about that. I have no control over their decisions. Sure, I co-created, story edited, wrote, and poured my soul into Tale Spin - but all the decisions, fate, fame and DVD sales money belong to Disney... cuz, after all, they know what's best.

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Steet	August 21, 2009
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I think these cuts are probably due to time constraints or mistakes, but then they should have made it into 5 parts instead of 4...What's the point of animating scenes you will cut afterwards?

Ikarita	August 21, 2009

I thought that was probably for time reasons. I remember that in PL&L Kit says "(...) Tell Papa Bear! I'm his navigator! Always....". and The syndication version "always" was cut another important phrase when kit says Uhmm....yeah! Thanks Poppa Bear. "Uhmm...yeah" Why did they cut this part? that phrase and the expression of his face said a lot of things. ¬_¬

Jymn Magon	July 28, 2009

We always write with the mini-series episodes in mind FIRST. The movie is secondary, because that's easy to put together from pieces of the mini-series. Jymn

Gregory Weagle	July 28, 2009

I actually have a full list of TaleSpin edits which includes all 125 edits of the movie to Syndication version of Plunder and Lightning (and once you read the edits they done it begs the question: Disney or 4Kids?); 4 edits from the 1995 Disney Channel version and pretty much all of the edits from the 1995 Disney Channel version for the series (I may have missed a few cuts). http://cloudkicker.50webs.com/Editorials/tsedits.htm Enjoy!

Steet	July 23, 2009
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Mmm...So you're saying that first the 4-part episodes were made, then the movie? Because in Talespin's case, it's not just "Home is where the heart is" that is missing from the syndicated version : at least 50 cuts/edits have been made! Here's a full list : http://www.talespinhq.com/General/movie.htm

Talespin 12345	July 23, 2009

Thanks Jymn Magon for you're answer!!!!

Jymn Magon	July 23, 2009

Thanks for your kind words. As many of you have figured out, we usually launched our animated series with a "prime time" movie. These Premiere Movies were actually made from a mini-series (usually 4 or 5 episodes long) that was cut together. As writers, we were charged with coming up with a story line that could function both as a mini-series AND as a movie. It was hard work but a lot of fun to do. (I still love "The Treasure of the Golden Suns" series we did for Duck Tales.) Usually, there was MORE material in the mini-series than the movie could use, so things often got cut as it was turned into a "movie." However, for some reason, something from the Plunder & Lightning movie got cut - as it went back to regular episodes. I can't tell you WHY that happened after all these years, but it did. As for questions about "Volume 3" of the DVD's - you'll have to bug the Disney Company about that. I have no control over their decisions. Sure, I co-created, story edited, wrote, and poured my soul into Tale Spin - but all the decisions, fate, fame and DVD sales money belong to Disney... cuz, after all, they know what's best.

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