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  • June 17, 2014 at 2:15 am #210292
    srmcd1
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    Yeah, I’m doing this again. Sometimes, I just can’t stop myself.

    Made another version of the Series VIII premiere, this time with the intention of completely trimming out the padding. Things to look out for in this version:

    * New recap for ‘Nanarchy’
    * Removal of the air duct scenes
    * Removal of the ‘French Movie Star’ gag
    * Removal of Dr Lucas McClaren (mostly) and his damn chair
    * Removal of Kryten’s physical
    * Original version of Rimmer’s meeting with Hollister with minor trims
    * Xtended Inquiry scene
    * Removal of Rimmer’s betrayal – he just helps Lister escape with the Luck Virus
    * Removal of the Data Doctor
    * Removal of Rimmer being taken roughly in the cupboard
    * Duane Dibbley is whittled down to one scene
    * Removal of Blue Midget dance sequence
    * Rimmer breaks the others out of AR instead of framing them
    * Editing to the scene in the lift
    * Replacing Rimmer getting raped with a scene from Pete Part One

    I really surprised myself with this one. Didn’t expect it to be so short. Hope you enjoy it.

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  • June 18, 2014 at 5:38 pm #210293
    MANI506
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    I’ll look forward to watching this later but I wonder if another 8 minutes could be lost to make a super tight half hour?

    June 18, 2014 at 11:30 pm #210294
    Stilianides
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    Despite all of the cuts, this still seems overlong. Things like the lemonade gag and Yes, Mr Shouty should have been cut if possible. And the Cat`s examination should also have been left out.

    June 18, 2014 at 11:38 pm #210295
    Stilianides
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    Plus scenes like Kryten`s conversation with Kochanski could have gone. Any scene not containing either Rimmer or Lister basically should be omitted.

    Kochanski`s crying scene is painful.

    June 19, 2014 at 3:40 am #210296
    srmcd1
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    I suppose the ultimate fan edit would be to replace the entirety of Series VIII with something better. Perhaps a better premiere would be for the crew to go on a quest to find the original hologram Rimmer, “Search for Spock” style…

    June 22, 2014 at 2:58 pm #210303
    Moonlight
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    Or they could’ve twisted the crew resurrection angle into doing a series of effectively pre-accident Dwarf, albeit with Cat and Kryten present. That at least would have been an interesting retool.

    July 11, 2014 at 11:46 pm #210327
    srmcd1
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    Today, I completed an edit wherein I condensed the entirety of Series 8 down from four hours to ninety minutes. All five stories compressed and whittled down until that’s all that’s left. And I could probably make it shorter if I gave it another go.

    Somehow, the prison scenario works better as one long obstacle for them to get around, and with the original ending, it simply acts as a temporary problem before they get the ship back to themselves.

    I don’t think I’ll post it, but I wanted you all to know – it IS possible.

    July 18, 2014 at 10:09 am #210363
    Jonathan Capps
    Keymaster

    > I don’t think I’ll post it

    DO IT.

    July 18, 2014 at 6:54 pm #210364
    srmcd1
    Participant

    Well, since you’re in admin, I suppose I could…

    I did the edit over again, so I will post a new thread later on entitled, “Series VIII ~ the 73 minute edit”

    July 18, 2014 at 10:31 pm #210365
    Jonathan Capps
    Keymaster

    Excellent. It’s a slightly insane prospect so I’m very interested to see how it flows.

    July 19, 2014 at 4:17 am #210366
    srmcd1
    Participant

    Okay, I’m still trying to find a place to host the file – so far Dailymotion doesn’t like videos that are over an hour in length and I don’t trust YouTube with something like this – so for now, I’ll just give you a general idea of how the story goes….

    BITR part 1: 11 minutes
    BITR part 2: 12 minutes
    BITR part 3: 5 minutes
    Cassandra: 13 minutes
    Krytie TV: 9 minutes
    Pete Part 1: 10 minutes
    Pete Part 2: 4 minutes
    Only the Good: 7 minutes (including credits)

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