John's Roundup - 3/7/04
Wank all happening at the moment, isn't there? Even TOS doesn't have much to say this week. Firstly, Talkie Toaster is on holiday. What a shame. But will be back soon. What a shame. Secondly, theres some more info on the VII repeats, the main news being that VIII is likely to be shown directly after. Hooray! We're told that, what with the double bills continuing (apart from one week, to even things up), "how Back in the Red will be split is yet to be decided". How ironic. Can I put my request in now for the VIII DVD to carry an hour version of BITR as per the original plan?
So, a couple of other things then. Firstly: an origami Kryten. Secondly, in keeping with the current trend of Dwarf sites, Big Blake has relaunched. The Red Dwarf section not only has some excellent news we missed, but has also grown some new bits, including a planned Articles section. Excellent. As for our relaunch - expect something shortly, my friends.
Of course, what we're all waiting with baited breath for is more news about the movie, after Doug's statement. Please be good news. Please...
Comments
"Can I put my request in now for the VIII DVD to carry an hour version of BITR as per the original plan?"
15 minutes oughta do it.
Posted by Pete Martin at July 3, 2004 06:47 PM
For your information re: Big Blake's news, Intro2 are now called Kanuba. Bloody good video though I would have intercut more Craig/Norm scenes with the live footage and added closeups of Craig on guitar (because it took me a while to realise it was him). I sound like I know alot there, but I don't :/
Posted by Joey at July 3, 2004 07:27 PM
The only reason Back In The Red was split up in such a stupid way is they needed the 52 episode total. I would have much prefered an hour episode (although, I also wish they'd kept the film effect over the series so...).
Series VIII could have been so much better... The episodes should have been BITR (1 hour), Cassandra, Krytie TV, Only The Good (1 hour, including the proper ending). You're not telling me the money they would have saved on NOT doing the dinosaur in Pete wouldn't have been enough to make a great job of the last episode (possibly the last EVER Dwarf). They should have kept the film effect but still filmed in front of the audience.
Posted by overmydeadbody at July 3, 2004 08:03 PM
I missed this as well. And this looks intriguing...
(I'm saving my VII/VIII arguments for some reviews I'm writing...)
Posted by John Hoare at July 4, 2004 08:21 AM
Yep, BITR should have been a one-hour special. Not much we can do about it now, though.
Posted by some_unnamed_guy at July 4, 2004 10:19 AM
I can't read Doug Naylor's statement - can anybody post the gist of it?
Posted by AW at July 4, 2004 01:09 PM
https://www.ganymede-titan.info/news/2004/june/ians_newsround_180604.html contains the gist of Doug's email.
Posted by Tanya Jones at July 4, 2004 04:07 PM
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