Food!
Yes, it's my unnecesserily detailed analysis of the Food Featurette. God, I hate doing these. It involves watching the feature four times, jotting down accurate notes each time, then typing the whole thing up, with added fiddley HTML. That's why I decided to get it out of the way before I move onto the things that are actually good fun to write.
I'd like to place it on record that Mr. John Hoare had never heard of James Brown's I Got You (I Feel Good) before the DVD was released. Cuh!
Comments
I actually like this featurette. It entertained me, whereas the other two just annoyed me.
The editing was genuinely witty and creative this time, too.
Still useless, but a nice diversion.
Posted by Darrell Jones at November 4, 2003 06:49 PM
It's a nice running theme to have through all the DVD's.
Posted by Cappsy at November 4, 2003 07:42 PM
Mr. John Hoare is henchforth a twonk.
Posted by General Custer (with horse) at November 4, 2003 08:18 PM
It is amazing what John doesn't know about music.
Posted by Tanya Jones at November 4, 2003 08:23 PM
"That John sure doesn't know everything about music," that's what people will be saying from this day of revelation onwards. I think we should mark this occasion with a song.
Posted by General Custer (with horse) at November 4, 2003 09:22 PM
Ok, there's something I've been meaning to ask - Why do you guys hate these featurettes so? :-( Seriously, you should just watch them and critisise less. This, of course isn't aimed at anyone with last names Symes and Hoare! ;-)
Posted by Stephen R. Fletcher at November 4, 2003 10:29 PM
Because the first two are pretty shite. They're irrelevant, with often irrelevant clips, and irrelevant music.
This new 'Food' one is great, because the editing's really witty and well-done and they've got a good supply of clips. Still not really relevant to anything but it doesn't feel like a waste of disc space.
Ironically I've just returned from a Dr Who convention where they used exactly the same concept for the video montages before guests arriving on stage (and it was very well done there, too), so maybe I'm softening to the idea anyway.
Nothing's going to change the fact that I grinned all the way through 'Food'.
Posted by Darrell Jones at November 4, 2003 10:44 PM
"Seriously, you should just watch them and critisise less."
I hate it when people say things like this. This isn't a personal attack Stephen.
It seems that comedy forums are overwhelmed every now and then by people taking a similar stance: "What's the point in criticising comedy? If it doesn't make you laugh, then don't watch it." So why visit a forum if you're not expecting to explore the subject: to discuss it, dissect it and sometimes rip it to shreds as if it were the carcass of some poor wilderbeest? It seems daft to visit such a place if all you want is the smell of roses about the place and variously calming colour schemes adorning the walls. I'm not saying "be negative only" - positive things should abound too, naturally, to keep equilibrium.
I actually get the same feeling when people say: "The movie will be fantastic. Shut up the rest of you as you haven't seen it yet."
Posted by Waking up, the coffee, etc. at November 4, 2003 11:49 PM
Got to admit it bud - he's got a handle on you there.
As for the movie thing, our article (The Movie Will Be Good) in the Movie section is slightly like that; but it was mainly written as a reaction against the huge amounts of people saying that the movie will definitely be shit (and there's masses of people who think this - the places I hang around, it's the predominant opinion. Or, at least was - the article has persuaded some people to approach the movie with an open mind.) At least we give reasons for some optimism, anyway.
It *is* true that nobody knows whether it'll be good, bad, or mediocre until it's released, though. (Or, more correctly, what you personally think about the film.)
Posted by John Hoare at November 5, 2003 07:04 AM
Here guys, call me a genius but how's this: Series VIII - "Teeth". Think of all the great "teeth" based clips they'll be able to use. That Reservoir Dogs Dibbley sequence, that would be great for the "Teeth" featurette. And they could use the tune "I Feel Good" because Robin Williams sang "I Eat Wood" to that tune in Mrs Doubtfire, and eating frequently invites the intervention of teeth (I actually tried eating without my teeth once and it was fucking hard - PROVES MY POINT).
That DVD is SO sorted out. What about IV-VI guys, come on, let's get those featurette glands going to ensure GNP don't run out of ideas (I only suggested the VIII one to ensure the series of featurettes ends on a high note).
Posted by Pancreatic Enzyme (Beta Test Version) at November 8, 2003 08:06 PM
How about a 'People Not Saying Anything' one?
Posted by Darrell Jones at November 8, 2003 08:59 PM
I think nothing would befit series V more comfortably than a Dwayne Dibbley featurette (called "Thermos (What the Hell's Happened to my Teeth?)") containing only clips from the series VI and VIII reprise of the character.
How about one where the cast look like they're dancing to a piece of music when the selected clips are strung together? The "Dancing to the Piece of Music we Could Get Rights For Featurette" they could call it, and if they want it relevant to series VII, the Chris Barrie Munchkin could march on the spot at regular intervals. I also like the idea of Kryten footage being looped (like he does when he swallows pennies and such things) but with footage that doesn't normally have it happening. Note: Would be particularly effective if the Kryten footage used hardly featured him moving at all. Perhaps just the eyes or something.
For Series VI there HAS to be a featurette called something like: "The Cliffhanger Better than Its Resolution", and be a string of clips of the cast reacting at things off screen (loads of Polymorph shots etc), intercut with new things for them to be reacting to (so crap that they don't merit them reacting, in fact). So Lister goes cross-eyed and instead of the Polymorph mouth-on-a-stick thing coming on screen, we might see a CGI bluebottle sitting in a puddle of milkshake at a railway platform (absorbing it?), for example. Rimmer points and says: "No, you Goit!" And why not cut to a clip of a sign saying "This way to the Aquarium (No Eating or Drinking)"? And let's consider how great it would be if Holly going all weird in White Hole with her reduced IQ was *actually* because some grainy stock footage of Frank Sinatra was playing. 'twould be grande.
Posted by Acquired the Normal Way at November 9, 2003 12:28 AM
Cynicist.
Posted by Joey at November 10, 2003 08:03 AM
Acquired having a sense of proportion, there.
Posted by Tanya Jones at November 18, 2003 04:41 PM
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