Editing Director's cut (section)

== Expanded usage in pop culture ==
As the trend became more widely recognized, the term ''director's cut'' became increasingly used as a [[colloquialism]] to refer to an expanded version of other things, including video games, music, and comic books. This confusing usage only served to further reduce the artistic value of a director's cut, and it is currently rarely used in those ways.

=== Video games ===
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For video games, these expanded versions, also referred as "complete editions", will have additions to the gameplay or additional game modes and features outside the main portion of the game.

As is the case with certain high-profile Japanese-produced games, the game designers may take the liberty to revise their product for the overseas market with additional features during the [[software localization|localization]] process. These features are later added back to the native market in a re-release of a game in what is often referred as the international version of the game. This was the case with the overseas versions of ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'', ''[[Metal Gear Solid (1998 video game)|Metal Gear Solid]]'' and ''[[Rogue Galaxy]]'', which contained additional features (such as new difficulty settings for ''Metal Gear Solid''), resulting in re-released versions of those respective games in Japan (''[[Final Fantasy VII#Development|Final Fantasy VII International]]'', ''[[Metal Gear Solid: Integral]]'' and ''[[Rogue Galaxy#Localization Improvements|Rogue Galaxy: Director's Cut]]''). In the case of ''[[Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty]]'' and ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]'', the American versions were released first, followed by the Japanese versions and then the European versions, with each regional release offering new content not found in the previous one. All of the added content from the Japanese and European versions of those games were included in the expanded editions titled ''[[Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty#Substance|Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance]]'' and ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater#Subsistence|Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence]]''.

They also, similar to movies, will occasionally include extra, uncensored or alternate versions of cutscenes, as was the case with ''[[Resident Evil: Code Veronica X]]''. In markets with strict censorship, a later relaxing of those laws occasional will result in the game being rereleased with the "Special/Uncut Edition" tag added to differentiate between the originally released censored version and the current uncensored edition.

Several of the ''Pokémon'' games have also received director's cuts and have used the term "extension", though "remake" and "third version" are also often used by many fans. These include ''[[Pocket Monsters: Blue]]'' (Japan only), ''[[Pokémon Yellow]]'' (for ''Pokémon Red'' and ''Green''/''Blue''), ''[[Pokémon Crystal]]'' (for [[Pokémon Gold and Silver|''Pokémon Gold'' and ''Silver'']]), ''[[Pokémon Emerald]]'' (for [[Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire|''Pokémon Ruby'' and ''Sapphire'']]), ''[[Pokémon Platinum]]'' (for ''[[Pokémon Diamond and Pearl|''Pokémon Diamond'' and ''Pearl'']]'') and [[Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon|''Pokémon Ultra Sun'' and ''Ultra Moon'']].

For their [[PlayStation 5]] "Director's Cut" releases of the [[PlayStation 4]] games ''[[Ghost of Tsushima]]''<ref>{{Cite news |last=Parkin |first=Simon |date=2021-09-04 |title=Ghost of Tsushima: Directors' Cut review – rich treasures on a new island |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/games/2021/sep/04/ghost-of-tsushima-directors-cut-review |access-date=2023-07-29 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> and ''[[Death Stranding]]''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tristan |first=Ogilvie |date=2021-09-23 |title=Death Stranding Director's Cut Review |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/death-stranding-directors-cut-ps5-review |access-date=2023-07-29 |website=IGN |language=en}}</ref> both received expanded features on both games.

=== Music ===
"Director's cuts" in music are rarely released. A few exceptions include [[Guided by Voices]]' 1994 album ''[[Bee Thousand]]'', which was [[re-released]] as a three disc [[vinyl LP]] director's cut in 2004, and [[Fall Out Boy]]'s 2003 album ''[[Take This to Your Grave]]'', which was re-released as a Director's cut in 2005 with two extra [[song|tracks]].

In 2011 British singer [[Kate Bush]] released the album titled ''[[Director's Cut (Kate Bush album)|Director's Cut]]''. It is made up of songs from her earlier albums ''[[The Sensual World]]'' and ''[[The Red Shoes (album)|The Red Shoes]]'' which have been remixed and restructured, three of which were re-recorded completely.