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Red Dwarf: Voyage to Earth
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white43 said:
I've got no idea about Series IX. I suppose it must of been about all that stuff on the bus. After it got rejected by the BBC he probably just used the main arc from Season 9 as a back story for BTE. So from Doug Naylor's point of view Serie IX is kinda redundant, but I'm guessing.
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I wasn't able to see the first airing of each episode so I sat down and watched all 3 back to back on Monday, and I wasn't very impressed.
Was it classic Red Dwarf (i.e. series 1-6) ?
Hell No
Was it as Good as series 7 + 8?
Probably not, it might have been better than the worst episodes of those series but it certainly wasn't as good as the better episodes.
Do I want them to make more Red Dwarf?
No, please God No. I now know why the Movie never got made, there just wasn't a good enough script, it has left me with the same feeling as Indy 4, you have 10+ years to come up with something and this is the best you can do?
There were a few good jokes but mostly it was just embarrassing, I think it shows that the script was originally for only 2 episodes, it felt really slow, maybe if it was cut down to 40-45 min, removing the coronation street stuff, some blade runner stuff and some of the other crap it might be watchable, but I wont be adding it to my DVD collection.
Was it classic Red Dwarf (i.e. series 1-6) ?
Hell No
Was it as Good as series 7 + 8?
Probably not, it might have been better than the worst episodes of those series but it certainly wasn't as good as the better episodes.
Do I want them to make more Red Dwarf?
No, please God No. I now know why the Movie never got made, there just wasn't a good enough script, it has left me with the same feeling as Indy 4, you have 10+ years to come up with something and this is the best you can do?
There were a few good jokes but mostly it was just embarrassing, I think it shows that the script was originally for only 2 episodes, it felt really slow, maybe if it was cut down to 40-45 min, removing the coronation street stuff, some blade runner stuff and some of the other crap it might be watchable, but I wont be adding it to my DVD collection.
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I watched it back to back for the 1st time yesterday & there are some redundant scenes. The 1st scene for example can be cut completely, making the opening the scene the Tomb Stone Scene. The other one is Lister's Toilet Story scene, no need for that what so ever in terms of plot.
It would of been better as a 2 parter. But this has been a problem with Red Dwarf ever since Rob Grant left, Doug Naylor just writes too big a script with too much flab. He just can't help himself, you've only got to look at the 1st three episodes of Series 8, that was another 3 parter. I think he still has illusions of making a movie and so uses every chance he gets to make an extended episodes to practice on.
An edit is obvioulsy on the cards. Personally I didn't like the Comic Store Scene, that was painfully slow & the kids bus scene wasn't very good either.
Overall I think there was as many laughs in it as there was in an average Red Dwarf episode, it's just for every good joke there's a lame one that cancels it out.
I would like a new series but it has to be on the BBC & Doug Naylor has to stop writing mini epics & just go back to short & snappy 30mins episodes. There was some goods jokes in BTE so I don't think the show is finished just yet.
It would of been better as a 2 parter. But this has been a problem with Red Dwarf ever since Rob Grant left, Doug Naylor just writes too big a script with too much flab. He just can't help himself, you've only got to look at the 1st three episodes of Series 8, that was another 3 parter. I think he still has illusions of making a movie and so uses every chance he gets to make an extended episodes to practice on.
An edit is obvioulsy on the cards. Personally I didn't like the Comic Store Scene, that was painfully slow & the kids bus scene wasn't very good either.
Overall I think there was as many laughs in it as there was in an average Red Dwarf episode, it's just for every good joke there's a lame one that cancels it out.
I would like a new series but it has to be on the BBC & Doug Naylor has to stop writing mini epics & just go back to short & snappy 30mins episodes. There was some goods jokes in BTE so I don't think the show is finished just yet.