as i understand it, the dvd rips were only available for episodes 1-3 because they were pre-releases to
get people into the show before it began airing. there are only minor changes between the pre-release
episodes and the aired episodes. i had heard rumours that a notable change was that nudity was taken
out, but even that hasn't been the case as far as i'm aware.
in short, don't expect to see any more dvd rips, only aired hd cuts, at least until the series ends and they
begin selling it.
i've not watched the hdtv cuts for #1-3, but there surely is much nudity in the
first three dvd rips. and come to think of it, there's not as much nudity in #4
as i recall; so the removal of some nudity is a definite possibility.
why on earth would you want the dvdrip anyway? the video res is smaller on the
dvd releases, not to mention the picture quality is worse. so i'm glad we are
getting hdtv captures.
considering that showtime has run many series with plenty of
nudity, i
seriously doubt that they are censoring themselves. consider debbie does
dallas again (too bad ez isn't capping that) it boarders on porn, not to
mention the l word, and queer as folk. and they run soft core porn just like
cinemax does late into the night.
this is definitely true. penn and teller's bullshit manages to incorporate
tits, if not full frontal nudity in literally every episode they do. not to
mention they show nudity on commercials for shows. there are multiple topless
shots in the commercial for the new david duchovny series
called "californication" coming in august.
yeah, showtime is really laid back in regards to nudity where it seems like hbo
is moving away from it these days. in the early days of sopranos there was tons
of nudity while now there is very little, and entourage never has nudity
anymore, which is pretty disappointing considering the core audience is young
males. i heard that they actually do two takes of some scenes sometimes, one
with nudity and one without and from season 2 on they've never used the nudity
version. pretty disappointing..