Nine?
Firstly, Cappsy's juicy ring has updated, with a Red Dwarf and Me by BBC Worldwide's Ross McGinley ("VII and VIII are bottom of my list" - how's that for selective and inaccurate quoting?), and an article by Gavin Hodgson on why he likes Red Dwarf Re-Mastered. For the record, here's my list of things I like about RDRM: the re-editing of Rimmer kneeing Hollister in the balls in Stasis Leak (the original version being slightly dodgily edited so the actual impact isn't shown); the backwards text in the end credits of Backwards; and the extra footage of Danny acting the fool at the end of Bodyswap. Things I don't like: the mistakes in the end credits, on the released video version at least: "ROBERT BATHHURST" in The End, "Andriod Actor" in Kryten, and "Lisa Yates" in Thanks For The Memory (it should be Lise). Oh, and everything else about them.
Secondly, it's the obligatory Prop Store mention. The first niceity is Cat's Nurse Costume from Only The Good... at £395; I actually quite like that sequence, perhaps against my better judgement. VIII can be a lot of fun when it's doing what it's doing well, even if it isn't YER FATHER'S DWARF; and I quite like the 70s sitcom VIBE. And the second is another prop from VIII; the C Deck Schematics (going for £95), which is really quite interesting. Not that detailed in any way, but it would be nice for the wall.
Thirdly, thanks to Daniel Pendleton for sending me some excellent news on a Junkyard Wars 2-hour special (specifically, Junkyard Mega-Wars: At the Movies), which I've been sitting on now for over a week. Ouch. An episode co-presented by Robert Llewellyn (first shown in the States on TLC on February 22nd), it featured teams from SFX groups ILM, KNB, and Jim Henson battling it out. No news on a UK airdate as yet (where it shows as Scrapheap Challenge, of course) - we'll keep you posted. If only Robert kept his site more updated...
Fourthly, here's an article on a new red dwarf star that has been discovered. I keep getting irritating alerts about this through Google News, so I think you should all do your fair share of suffering too. Bastards.
Fifthly, continuing G&T's exploration into the big wide world beyond wanking and Red Dwarf DVDs, we have news (posted by Kajmanm of www.rdwallpapers.kgb.cz fame) of a Red Dwarf convention in Prague: Trpaslicon 2004 - Dimension Jump in Czech. Nice. Reading the translation reveals absolutely nothing, but is a good laugh. Anyway, it's on between the 5th-7th March; have fun, anyone who's going. The photos from the 2003 convention look great fun. I'd go myself, but I'd get LYNCHED.
Sixthly, a couple of nice snippets from Austin Ross; a R1 Series III DVD Review, and also some nice piccies from Dragon*Con 2003; one of Hattie and Norman, and some just of Hattie (you'll have to scroll down quite a bit). Lovely. There were hints a while ago that Dragon*Con were trying to get some Dwarf people for the 2004 convention, so here's hoping.
Seventhly, feast your eyes on what I would confidently term a very bad caricature of the Dwarf crew, missing all their essential characteristics. On a more general eBay note: describing your manky old copy of The End as "the pilot" does not make it something worth buying. You fannies, as Ian would probably say.
Eighthly, don't forget that The Hunt for Darwin's Beagle is on BBC TWO today (Saturday 28th) at 8:10pm; this includes some model work shot by Peter Tyler and Mike Tucker at the BBC Model Unit. If they get a shot of Starbug somewhere in the background... well, I'd think it was rather unprofessional actually.
And ninthly, I'm eating a 450g box of Mingles. And I feel sick.
Comments
Nice to see that caricature revealing that Lister has been recast as Paul Putner.
Posted by Darrell Jones at February 28, 2004 02:15 PM
Of course, it's the worry balls and time paddle that above all else made Rimmer and Kryten who they were. And all those times Cat did the "rabbit ears" behind Rimmer's head! Classic! They've really captured the essence of the show there. If ever I needed to show my kids what Red Dwarf was in its prime, I'd just show them that picture and say "here".
Posted by jesley carrion at February 28, 2004 03:03 PM
I think it would be very, very, very difficult to caricature the Red Dwarf crew in any way whatsover. There's nothing really to exaggerate; it's all there on screen anyway, larger than life, as it were.
Posted by John Hoare at February 28, 2004 03:19 PM
*Is* it the worry balls, or has Rimmer just wanked into his hand and is proudly showing us the results?
Posted by Darrell Jones at February 28, 2004 03:31 PM
Howard Goodall News;
http://www.artsworld.com/tv/This%20week%27s%20schedule%20-%20Afternoon.html
and
http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/H/howard_goodall/
Posted by Tanya Jones at February 28, 2004 04:01 PM
Excellent!
He was shooting a new C4 series a few months ago; hopefully it'll be on soon...
Posted by John Hoare at February 28, 2004 04:09 PM
In other words, it's finished. Sob.
I was listening to I Hate The French just now actually. You might want that too, Cappsy.
Posted by Darrell Jones at February 28, 2004 04:31 PM
Bah. I thought it was being repeated this week, but Artsworld is a subscription channel in any case, I think.
Posted by Tanya Jones at February 28, 2004 06:21 PM
The best part of that Czech translation:
"suck pension 'Chodov'"
Whichever elderly man Chodov is, I'm sure he's having a good time.
Posted by Joey at February 28, 2004 08:20 PM
Filth.
Posted by John Hoare at February 28, 2004 08:25 PM
"I was listening to I Hate The French just now actually. You might want that too, Cappsy."
Top banana!
Posted by Cappsy at February 28, 2004 09:51 PM
>>Filth.
Bet you smiled at it though :D
Posted by Drzymala at February 28, 2004 10:19 PM
How does Hattie manage to look the same always? She just looks the same as in series III. If she isn't in the film I'll complain (Holly could have a mid-movie sex change op. It could make for a good gag..)
Posted by Overmydeadbody at February 28, 2004 11:40 PM
And an old gag, at that.
Posted by Cappsy at February 28, 2004 11:43 PM
"How does Hattie manage to look the same always? She just looks the same as in series III."
Take a look at Sigourney Weaver over the period from the 1979 Alien and 1991 Alien 3 for a similar stasis of appearance. I think it's quite common. Then all of a sudden, say in their mid-forties but I'm not sure, people suddenly age quite a lot.
Posted by jesley carrion at March 2, 2004 02:36 PM
You reach that age, 44, 45...
Posted by John Hoare at March 2, 2004 05:06 PM
She looks a bit older in Alien Resurrection, though. Mind you, she was a clone in that. And the bonus footage on the DVD includes her rubbing her tits while the director says "that's beautiful" in his pervy Parisian voice.
Posted by Ian Symes at March 3, 2004 08:27 AM
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