Board Thread:Off-topic/@comment-27050097-20151011115016

Hello readers and fellow Steven Universe watchers.

I would like to announce a sad reality about the show. I live in Belgium, and here Cartoon Network as well as some other TV channels aren't quite as up to speed or as qualitative. There is certainly an issue with the management of the CN channel outside the US as is for many other companies, however this regards the interference with the core creative direction of the animated series Steven Universe. In this page I will talk about the flaws the Belgian version of the Cartoon Network channel, its adverse effects on the show and close with the changes that were made to it.

I am watching Steven Universe episodes online, since the schedule here is never published and the series entered into the first Stevenbomb only a week ago calling it "the new episodes" where as it is far from being what it claims (this is true for most hte shows in CN). It is quite appalling that a series with new episodes airing for the first time are not shown, thus unavailable. We are talking about having a series release a new episode without it being screened; it's like, what's the point of creating it if you're not going to show it? Do the creators just make it and hoard it for themselves? I know that the creators (Rebecca Sugar etc) do not have anything to do with this travesty and I realise that there is a dubbing to be made (here at least, into French) so there is  some  delay, but we are talking about not having any means to watch new episodes of an airing show. IN 2015! I am getting to the censorship part soon. I was simply explaining the ridicule of having to watch a show online; it's really counter-profitable if you will. To close off this segment I think it is time to give us Steven Universe season 1 in DVD and not some lame 8 random episode set that needlessly includes the pilot since you cannot even see the actual aired episodes.

Today, I watched 2 of the three last episodes of the first StevenBomb on TV (Political Power and The Return) not followed by the finale; cause why would they go for consistency in any way and close the season in coherence? There is already a problem in that there is no clear schedule for the airing of Steven U here that I am aware of. I STRONGLY  believe it should be available on the official CN website for each respective region. The problem is that people are not up to speed with the episodes. They are usually shown mixed-up, some aren't  EVER  shown and you end up not knowing what is happening; just like yesterday's Ben 10 Omniverse 10 episode "finale" where the previous episodes were not shown before at least not in the near past or the right order.

All bitching aside, this is the part that is the most interesting for everyone. The episodes are altered! Firstly there is the lack of the end credits, which is a crucial flaw on its own. The end credits aren't just  there , they are very though-through and bring a perfect close the the episode's events, especially when they are shocking as they can be sometimes. I believe they have no right to meddle in the artists' creative choices and the integrity of their works. However, the major stinker is the removal of a  portion  of the episode. (Spoilers forward) In "The Return" Garnet gets "zapped" by Jasper's Gem Destabiliser. She quite shockingly gets split in many pieces and her gems fall to the ground. It is a jaw-dropping scene that leaves you wandering what has happened. ''' There is a complete removal of the split up sequence. ''' it just cuts to when she poofs. The episode normally ends without you knowing what has happened to Garnet. You are left in awe. The altered version just removes the "destruction" of Garnet, it destroys the episode and the finale where we understand what happens succeeding the event. (end spoilers)

'''It is a blatant censor! '''  It is unbelievable that this occurrence would happen a this age if at all. I'm not trying to live in a dream word, but I seem obligated to report this event and I would like the creators of the show to be aware of it.

Thanks for reading,

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