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| Lothar Hex | Apr 13 2009, 07:25 PM Post #51 |
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Illogical
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It was a joke about the geeky nature of the guy they had to get the info from. By the same logic, you could say the fact that Tim mentioned Babylon 5 in Spaced was a plug, even though they were making a joke that it was shit.
Well, it was a plug for Dave...because that's the station that made it. The reason they had Coronation Street in is because that's where Craig Charles works now. I've already covered the Warhammer thing and nobody has made any Red Dwarf merchandise for ages and there hasn't been any for sale in the shops even now.
I'm kind of confused...you hated Series 7-8 yet mad that they kind of quietly ignored it? Thing is, I kind of like the fact they didn't answer all the questions, though they did mention why Holly wasn't working, the 2 million year bath leak. OK yes it's a cheap joke to explain basically they couldn't get the actors for him/her.
You realise that there's no plans for any more episodes at this current point in time. Though that could change and if this is the end it wasn't that bad, certainly better than the ending for season 8.
Personally I though the reusing of the Despair Squid was rather clever, but eh, to each his own. I kept things very Dwarfy. |
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| Korvaz | Apr 13 2009, 07:31 PM Post #52 |
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Overwatch
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And wouldn't the episode be more of, you know, a shameless plug of blade runner by that logic, since they dropped it's name in there, as well? Not to mention parts of the plot. |
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| LGHunter | Apr 13 2009, 07:58 PM Post #53 |
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Lost and tired...
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Why would they leave series 8 on a cliff-hanger and then completely ignore it? I wanted to know what happened after that rather than what they came up with for this "special". I guess my personal bottom line was "It sucked", and I'm moving on. Hopefully they won't make another. I don't want to be disappointed again. Ah well, each to their own. *shrug* You liked it, I loathed it, let's leave it at that shall we? |
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| Jeffk38uk | Apr 13 2009, 08:31 PM Post #54 |
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Everything's great at your Junes.
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Ahh but this is the internet, not a smart discussion site. We must adhere to the rules and raeg on each other till someone gets banned. |
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| Hercule Pyro | Apr 13 2009, 08:33 PM Post #55 |
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You've done some terrible things, Mister Harry
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Jeff, do be quiet. |
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| Jeffk38uk | Apr 13 2009, 08:38 PM Post #56 |
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Everything's great at your Junes.
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:( |
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| LGHunter | Apr 13 2009, 08:50 PM Post #57 |
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Lost and tired...
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Maybe the reason why I hated it so much was because I've never seen "Blade Runner". I might have appreciated the humour more then. |
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| Feldoon | Apr 13 2009, 10:02 PM Post #58 |
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DYEL
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Nor have I. I still loved it. |
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| The Virus | Apr 13 2009, 10:39 PM Post #59 |
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Keepin it odd like a motherfucking gastropod
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Coincidentally enough, I saw Blade Runner for the first time fairly recently. The homage sequences were way overblown, even to the point of name-dropping it? A pastiche should speak for itself, it was just lame to state early on: "And now we're gonna do a Blade Runner parody" and then do a massive Blade Runner parody. Blade-running it into the ground. I liked the Coronation Street bits, though. The overall plot... was disappointing. Not epic at all, just another one of many alternate reality episodes. Which would be fine if it was an episode within a series, but I was expecting something bigger. It was Back To Reality crossed with Better Than Life - the novel version, where the BTL game hides itself from your mind so you don't remember entering, while fulfilling your fantasies so you have no desire to leave. In fact, stop me if this sounds familiar, but at the end of the first novel, Dave discovers he's in a dreamworld, but as he's about to exit, he stops to think about his pathetic life outside in the real world, and decides to stay with Kochanski, because even though he knows it's all in his imagination, it's better than cold lonely reality. It's not until the start of book two that he changes his mind and rejects it. There were some good lines and some good character interaction, which was nice to see after so long. The image enhancement sequence was hilarious. And pushing Kremlin Kate into traffic... Oh gods. But there were plenty of scenes that were supposed to be funny but fell flat, or were funny at the start, but then they span the joke out too long til it overstayed its welcome. It probably could've been a half hour ep to be honest, and might have been more snappy and streamlined because of it. A solid 'Meh' from me. |
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| Feldoon | Apr 13 2009, 11:03 PM Post #60 |
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DYEL
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Yeah, I think that might be the problem. I was just expecting Red Dwarf. Nothing special. Just plain ol' vanilla Red Dwarf. And I was truly satisfied. |
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| The Virus | Apr 15 2009, 11:17 PM Post #61 |
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Keepin it odd like a motherfucking gastropod
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For being the first new material for ten years, and for being an hour and a half 'special', something actually special would have been nice, wouldn't it? Even taken as an ordinary episode it was a derivative and unimaginative one. One of the things that bothered me was how quickly they accepted themselves as fictional characters. They've experienced alternate realities before, they should be wise to it by now. None of them wanted to believe their first squid-induced hallucination at first. Why fall for this one so readily? |
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