When it was reported yesterday that Disney+ had seemingly made minor cuts to The Falcon and the Winter Soldier to remove some violent scenes, it was widely believed that there could be some work in progress by Disney to “clean up” some of their continue. Given their past history of making subtle changes to older content when added to the platform, this was not too much of a stretch of the imagination. However, it seems that there was another innocent explanation for the sudden appearance of the changes, which comes down to an attempt to alter an error in the credits.
It was noticed by eagle-eyed Marvel fans that two very short scenes in the third episode of the MCU’s second TV series had been changed from those originally seen just under a year ago when the series debuted. These scenes involved some disappearing blood splatters and closing of the eyes of former Hydra scientist Wilfred Nagel when he was shot by Helmut Zemo, and a moment when Bucky Barnes is seen skewering the arm of an assailant by throwing a steel pipe at them, which was changed to show it bouncing off instead.
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Now EW has reported that a source at Disney has explained that the changes have been made accidentally. The report states that the edits appeared in an alternative cut of the episode, which has recently been uploaded to the platform to correct a mistake in the episode’s credits. In light of this, the original episode is being restored soon, which explains why these were the only moments that seemed to have been hit by the bizarre censoring and will come as a relief to fans who believed this could be the start of some widespread changes.
Disney+ Recently Welcomed on Board Marvel’s Netflix Shows, Which Also Brought Some Parental Controls
While many international locations have been using parental controls on Disney+ since the introduction of the Star brand, which contains many Fox properties that were acquired by Disney and also runs with the more mature content that Hulu carries in the U.S., it seems that work is underway to consolidate all of Disney’s babies in one place. That means parental controls have been introduced to make sure the family-friendly section remains available for those that don’t want little eyes seeing anything they shouldn’t.
Many of Marvel’s Netflix shows, such as Daredevil and Jessica Jones carry TV-MA ratings due to their violence, sexual content and other mature themes explored. Now that these have finally joined the line-up of Disney’s Marvel offerings, which seems to be all-encompassing with the exception of Sony’s Spider-Man universe, it appears that the need for parental controls was unavoidable but in the long run should lead to more freedom around what Disney feel they can add to the platform to cater for everyone.
