The way we consume deleted scenes has changed dramatically. Once restricted to DVD "Special Features," they are now major marketing tools. Plotting vs. Prose - Peter V Brett ::
The release of deleted scenes, especially in the era of Superfan Episodes on platforms like Peacock, has blurred the lines of what is considered "canon". deleted scenes
Sometimes, a scene creates more questions than it answers. Alien (1979) famously deleted a scene where the Xenomorph killed Dallas and turned him into an egg. Ridley Scott cut it because it broke the creature's established life cycle (how did it make an egg without a Queen?). The scene was cool, but it made no sense. The way we consume deleted scenes has changed dramatically
