Directors cut on Dave

[Jonsmad]

Showing the directors cut of Back To Earth, tommorrow (saturday) at 9pm.

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[ori-STUDFARM]

I’m interested to see how the ad-breaks interrupt the flow

[Ben Paddon]

Considering there are still allocated places for the ad breaks on the DVD/Bluray version (the abrupt cuts to black) I imagine they won’t impede things all that much. Not unless they insert extra ones.

[si]

Well, the 69 minute Director’s Cut has been allocated a 95 minute timeslot. That’ll include a couple of minutes of ads at the beginning and end, so there’ll be probably be between four and six ad breaks during the show. Meh, whatever.

[Stephen R. Fletcher]

I saw it on Saturday and ended up watching the DVD again through the rest of the weekend. I do wish there was a list somewhere of all the different edits and what-not in the Director’s Cut. I just know there’s probably quite a lot I’m still missing – no matter how many times I’ve seen both versions.

[pfm]

I’m not sure…I remember the pacing being a little tighter in the odd place, and obviously the episodes joined together, but not much else…

[clem]

There’s a very good Rimmer reaction shot in part 1 that’s missing from the director’s cut. It’s when the Cat’s telling him about being attacked by the squid.

[Turk Thrust]

I think that scene with the Cat talking about being attacked is the only one with any serious edits. Many cuts were very wisely made and it probably could have done with being trimmed still further.

[Ben Paddon]

I think the “I already am packed!” joke should have gone, but it would have been difficult to chop. I forget why.

[Pete Part Three]

Hang on, that was a joke?

[pfm]

Some of those scenes definitely would have benefitted from being performed in front of an audience.

[srmcd1]

Wasn’t that scene written without Kryten orginally. I think it was said somewhere Kryten was orginally not going to turn up until the diving bell scene because Robert was supposed to be busy. Then when his schedule cleared up, they wrote him in at the last minute. Might explain the off-ness of his dialogue.

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