Pardon me while I channel my inner Seth Godin, but the thought struck me and I’m making any effort to give this blog more transparency than it has been in the past.

So why do DVDs use the term “deleted scenes” when they are promoting extra features on the DVD sleeve. Things that are deleted are typically errors and mistakes. The word “delete” has the connotation of trash being discarded.

While most scenes that are cut from the movie and worthy of being deleted (except anything from The Office. I swear they shoot an hour-long show and just cut out half in post production.) I would still think the marketing of the DVD would list them as “extra scenes” or “unreleased footage”.

Delete = screwup

Extra = added value