TV Mistakes Uncovered Uncut
Good old Channel 5. This programme is very, very cheap. It consists of existing footage (some of which is clearly ripped from commercial videos) and links that are shot behind-the-non-existant-scenes in a TV studio. That said, it's actually not that bad. It's pedantry, on prime-time terrestrial television. OK, so most of research is done by looking through sites like this, this and this, and the presenter, Rob Deering, can be a sneery cunt, but the mistakes featured are amusing. Personally, I'm in the pro-pedantry camp, as long as it's just for fun. See this article, which was written by John, but we have identical personalities anyway.
Where was I? Oh yes, TV Mistakes Uncovered Uncut. The 7th December 2003 edition featured a mistake from Confidence and Paranoia, which according to their caption was made in 1992. Isn't in ironic, don't you think? The mistake was presented thusly:
DEERING: (from an editing suite) Actors, eh? They get their lines wrong. They surreally mouth the lines of other actors. This is a clip from Red Dwarf, the kitchen sink comedy, which accurately depicts the realities of life on a deserted spaceship. With a hologram. And a robot. And a cat who's a human.
RIMMER: You will not... you will not be better until they're gone. They know that, and now they've stopped you from getting any treatment.
DEERING: (voice-over) See how Lister mouths someone else's line.
RIMMER: Where's Paranoia?
CONFIDENCE: I dunno, is it some place near Uruguay?
[As he says this, LISTER mouths along with the line. This is highlighted by an eliptical shape being drawn around his mouth. We cpin back to the beginning of the line, this time the picture is enhanced so that LISTER and CONFIDENCE fill the screen.]
DEERING: (voice-over) Once more...
CONFIDENCE: I dunno, is it some place near Uruguay?
DEERING: (voice-over) What are you playing at, Scouse Boy?
I'm sorry, but "Scouse Boy" made me laugh. I'm a sucker for rubbish insults. Interesting to hear the Dwarf referred to as "observational"; it's usually billed as 'zany' or 'madcap', or something similarly ridiculous. I approve of this, as it emphasises the character-based comedy, and nobody comes away with the false impression that the show is a spoof or a suchlike.
The show went on to feature production errors from South Park and The Simpsons; two shows that are utterly realistic in every way, and would never intentionally show characters surviving from falling down a canyon or being dying and being resurrected every week. But I do love the show. Someone pointing out that Anthony Head's glasses keep coming on and off, or that a crew member can be seen on the restaurant set of Fawlty Towers, or even that a newspaper switches hands while Mackensie Cunting Crook hits someone over the head with it, is a marvellous thing. If only the presenter stopped referring to 'nerds', 'geeks' and 'computer programmers', it would be perfect.
Comments
"Scouse boy" was indeed amusing.
Craig mouths other people's lines far more blatantly in other episodes, though...
Posted by John Hoare at December 8, 2003 08:37 PM
I had a brainwave that the video of Red Dwarf I might have been released in 92 - but having just checked, it was released on 5th July 93. So they haven't even got that excuse.
Posted by John Hoare at December 9, 2003 08:01 AM
"Craig mouths other people's lines far more blatantly in other episodes, though..."
Bodyswap, for instance.
Posted by Being as of the Youth of Today at December 9, 2003 10:00 AM
Not on-topic but I thought I'd mention it here anyway...
A mate of mine claims to have seen Robert Llewellyn as a guest on "Today with Des and Mel." He is sure that it was shown very recently, although he only caught the early-hour (morning) repeat himself. I've checked on the ITV site(s) and can't find any info there. Apparently Robert spoke of his previous work, but more importantly, future projects. Annoyingly my mate can't remember if anything was said regarding "Red Dwarf: The Movie," as he was more interested in the "Hollywood Science" bits. Bastard.
Posted by Blake at December 9, 2003 04:47 PM
He was, and he said nothing about the Red Dwarf movie we don't know already.
He says more in the interview at my site.
Posted by Cappsy at December 9, 2003 06:14 PM
It will end up being a TV movie between an hour and an hour and a half long. It will only be shown on the TV, not the cinema, just like the 1995 Doctor Who movie. Mark my words.
Posted by Rankly Bason at December 9, 2003 07:09 PM
Cappsy - thanks for clearing that up.
I read your interview a while back - great work, mate.
Posted by Blake at December 9, 2003 09:07 PM
Cheers Blake. I'm trying to get more but not everyone is as co-operative as Rob and Norm.
Posted by Cappsy at December 9, 2003 10:17 PM
SFX ran some rumours a few months ago that the Movie would end up being straight-to-video...
Frankly, I don't see the point in doing a TV movie - you might as well just do another series. I'm still convinced it'll all go ahead as planned, though; just incredibly late.
Posted by John Hoare at December 10, 2003 07:58 AM
with the proposed budget and location, I can't see them making a TV Movie out of it...
Posted by Cpt-D at December 10, 2003 10:28 AM
Well, presumably the idea is that the proposed budget and possibly location would change if it turned into a TV movie.
I'm pretty sure that won't happen, though. As I said, what would be the point? It's been told for TV already...
Posted by John Hoare at December 10, 2003 10:44 AM
I'm really glad, You;re as optimistic as me, I have a feeling we're not too far away now and I think May is the crunch time still....
Posted by Cpt-D at December 10, 2003 01:43 PM
"what would be the point? It's been told for TV already..."
To get people interested in it again (as with the Dr Who mid-nineties movie)? To give it a new, replacement tangent in order to restore credibility? To see what would happen if Red Dwarf had a single long episode to work with? To explore more cinematic moods than they have managed in the past?
Any others?
Posted by Not me though at December 12, 2003 01:38 PM
Fair enough, I suppose.
But I still can't see them doing it. History will prove one of us right, anyway...
Posted by John Hoare at December 12, 2003 01:43 PM
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