Originally Posted by
The Batman
I haven't rewatched the entire series on DVD yet, so I can't say for sure, but it looks like all the episodes that pick up directly where the previous episode left off (i.e. the exact moment) will probably suffer from this. Fortunately, not every episode of THE BUND ended on a cliffhanger, so there will likely be a number of episodes where the opening sequences remain intact if only because the episodes didn't always directly pick up from the last scene of the previous episode. The beginning of Episode 5, for example, was a really clean break from the end of Episode 4. Clearly, time had gone by between the two episodes, so it was a fresh start on a new plotline.
But if there's a cliffhanger ending, then..."sigh."
Yeah, the majesty of the series is still intact, even if its considerable subtleties have been compromised a bit. That's way better than the VCD, which was simply an abomination.