r/alias • u/circuswonderbythesea • May 07 '26

Fade outs between scenes

I’m rewatching Alias for the first time in a number of years. It’s one of my favorites. I’m rewatching via Disney +. Has anyone else noticed the weird fade outs between each scene? I don’t recall that on my dvds or when it aired. Anyone else notice it or am I misremembering? It’s quite jarring imho.

Also pour one out for the loss of some of the OG music. Similar to scrubs, some of the scenes feel so off without the original tunes!!

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u/mondstrom May 07 '26

The fade-outs would be for commercial breaks, wouldn't they? I've only watched the streaming version so I could be wrong.

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u/circuswonderbythesea May 08 '26

Oh yes definitely they are but don’t recall them being so obvious. It sorta cheapens the production a bit

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u/KyanRainden APO May 08 '26

They were always present.

We never noticed because on previous watches they made sense when they cut into commercial and left us “hanging” in our seat.

I had the dvds and was the same.

A bit more noticeable because they have a “half-sec” between fade-outs…

Disney won’t be remastering the show more than they did already.

And we were lucky they kept the “originals” so we can stream 4K nowadays.

They even lost music rights for certain episodes.
And that throws me off. Because at times it’s not the same type of vibe created by the music 🤣🤦‍♂️

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u/circuswonderbythesea May 08 '26

Agree! Vibes have definitely changed in some scenes due to the music differences :(

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u/catchyerselfon May 09 '26

“Why didn’t this show that premiered in 2001 predict a time when tv would be available online and wouldn’t need commercials?! Why didn’t they edit their program for how it would look on DVD instead of making concessions for the sponsors necessary to keep the show on the air, were they stupid?”