Home › Forums › Ganymede & Titan Forum › New Dwarf DVDs Search for: This topic has 106 replies, 28 voices, and was last updated 13 years, 8 months ago by Ben Paddon. Scroll to bottom Viewing 50 posts - 51 through 100 (of 107 total) 1 2 3 Author Posts January 13, 2011 at 10:34 am #111355 Pete Part ThreeParticipant I think “gay” is the one with the bumming. January 13, 2011 at 10:52 pm #111356 DanodinParticipant Loads of men getting hot and sweaty, not sure watching Fight Club says you’re straight…:P btw Tyler Durden is really Benjamin Button, who woulda thought that??? January 15, 2011 at 8:18 am #111366 peas_and_cornParticipant >>I think my first DVD was Fight Club. Or Moulin Rouge, I can’t remember. >You can’t remember if you’re gay or straight? Depends on whether that was a proposition January 21, 2011 at 3:44 pm #111391 Fluffy WokParticipant I don’t understand vinyl. Not been enough of a music buff to “get it” as a format. So don’t own any or have bought any. First cassette was I think the abridged audio version of “Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers” as read by the broad vocal talents of Mr. Barrie (I especially used to do his Petersen impression all the time at school). Either that or a Lenny Henry stand up recording. First CDs (bought at the same time) was at a second hand music place in Cambridge and from the bargain bin (starting as I mean to go on…) and was Lenny Kravitz Greatest Hits and Crossroads by Mr Jon Bon Jovi (including both Always and Livin on a Prayer) First DVD may actually have been South Park: Bigger Longer and Uncut which I would watch on a PC until we bought an Asda dvd player in our 2nd year of university. It’s double sided meaning you have the film on one side and you flip it for special features. I get far too many DVDs from 2nd hand/formerly rental dvd places and among the gems found therein have included a version of Starship Troopers where you have to change the sides on the dvd: after they’ve completed training and get their lasered on unit tattoos halfway through the film you get a message saying “Please insert Side 2”. First Bluray has been Alice in Wonderland within one of the combo boxes you get with a DVD in the box. As we haven’t got an HD TV yet (damn university!) we haven’t started the whole bluray upgrade. And Fight Club is manly, cannon gay: Edward Norton’s character is genuinely jealous of Helena Bonham Carter’s as she gets to fuck the sweaty, marigold-wearing, washboard-abbed Brad Pitt. Moulin Rogue is soft gentle gay with singing and Tuberculosis. I enjoyed both for different reasons which I will not comment on. January 21, 2011 at 4:49 pm #111392 Pete Part ThreeParticipant >It’s double sided meaning you have the film on one side and you flip it for special features. Ah, flippers. What a pile of wank they were. Even worse were the ones where the movie would be spread over both sides. January 21, 2011 at 10:35 pm #111394 hummingbirdParticipant > I don’t understand vinyl. Not been enough of a music buff to “get it” as a format. So don’t own any or have bought any It’s not about being a music buff, it’s about spending most of your teenage years with vinyl or cassette being the only option (CD players were prohibitively expensive for a teenager in the ’80s). ^_^ January 21, 2011 at 10:53 pm #111395 siParticipant First cassette single: Vanilla Ice – Satisfaction (1991) First 7” single: The Kinks – Come Dancing (early 80s) First vinyl album: Kylie Minogue – Kylie (1988) First cassette album: Can’t remember. I remember getting Up by Right Said Fred in around 1993, but I must’ve had others by then. First CD single: Ace of Base – (can’t remember what – my sister got it for me) First CD album: Not too sure. I remember getting a few rock CDs all at the same time – Leppard, that kind of thing. First DVD: Red Dwarf I. Again, didn’t have a DVD player. Had to wait til Christmas) First Blu-Ray: Back To The Future Trilogy (Tinned Set). Still don’t have a Blu-Ray player, but really wanted the goodies it came with. First kiss: A mate of mine called Paul, 1997. First hangover: The morning after I kissed Paul. March 2, 2011 at 5:16 pm #111490 JamesTCParticipant Images have gone up for the 4 releases and it confirms that they are another re-release without any extras, “Just The Show” [Edit by Seb: put the images in for you] March 2, 2011 at 6:04 pm #111491 Seb PatrickKeymaster I just… don’t understand who is supposed to be interested in buying these things. The extras-laden releases can already be got for under a tenner without too much searching… who are these going to appeal to? March 2, 2011 at 6:06 pm #111492 Seb PatrickKeymaster Also, if those are the covers… I’m sorry, but that’s little short of pathetic. March 2, 2011 at 6:08 pm #111493 Ian SymesKeymaster The original releases are all on Play for THE SAME PRICE as the new releases. March 2, 2011 at 7:43 pm #111494 Danny StephensonKeymaster They look like Father Jack’s colour cards. “Dougal quick, give me the new Red Dwarf DVD’s..” “Which one, Ted?” “Gimme Series 2, quick!”… March 2, 2011 at 8:12 pm #111495 JamesTCParticipant They wouldn’t be releasing them if the previous releases weren’t big sellers. It is nice to know actually, that Dwarf makes such big business. Chimes well for the new series among other things. Also I guess these new releases keep new Dwarf releases on the shelves till the new series (With the next 4 releases coming along soon I assume). Still, bit surprised they don’t do either a best of collection or an entire collection with the versions with extras. March 2, 2011 at 9:40 pm #111496 RidleyParticipant I like the colours… but if it’s Just The Show why are they a 12 when the VHSes were PG? March 2, 2011 at 11:04 pm #111497 hummingbirdParticipant > The original releases are all on Play for THE SAME PRICE as the new releases. So, you’d effectively be paying the SAME money for LESS content. And how exactly does that make sense? Maybe they’re just counting on the completists wanting to own every single version. March 2, 2011 at 11:05 pm #111498 JamesTCParticipant >I like the colours… but if it’s Just The Show why are they a 12 when the VHSes were PG? I expect that is just a place holder until the actual rating is confirmed. Series III, VI, VII and VIII are the only ones that should be 12, at least according to the BBFC. March 2, 2011 at 11:44 pm #111500 Ben PaddonParticipant Well. This is a bit shit. I thought the BBC release model was “put out shit DVDs, charge through the nose for them, wait eight years, put out exceptional re-releases with more content, charge same price as the original sets.” This is very much in the wrong direction. March 3, 2011 at 7:52 am #111501 Seb PatrickKeymaster Yeah, exactly. These look like the crappy, no-thought-put-into-them releases we might have expected to get around ten years ago, before the proper ones came along. March 3, 2011 at 11:51 am #111502 PhilParticipant I for one applaud their decision to employ the mentally ill as cover designers. March 3, 2011 at 10:40 pm #111504 Pete Part ThreeParticipant Just remember that someone got paid for coming up with these. And would it be too much to ask for a Red Dwarf logo in the proper colours? Y’know; with red ds? It was the one thing I didn’t like about the original covers, whereas it’s just one of many things I don’t like about these. These actually make the VHS releases look like masterpieces…even the shockingly bad series V covers. March 4, 2011 at 12:32 am #111505 Danny StephensonKeymaster I didn’t mind the Silver Logos on the covers, you still got the proper logo on the spines. Special logos for special editions. Which frankly is what they were first. March 4, 2011 at 4:21 pm #111506 p2p_productionsParticipant I’m usually charitable with my praise of new artwork… Still, at least the weather’s nice, I suppose. March 4, 2011 at 4:33 pm #111507 John HoareParticipant Anyone up for an old-style G&T DVD review, then? My new Series 1 should hopefully arrive next week. March 5, 2011 at 5:12 am #111508 Ben PaddonParticipant Hey, P2P – fancy coming up with some alternate-universe early-days BBC Video DVD release covers for Red Dwarf? Y’know, the sort that those first releases of Blackadder and “The Five Doctors” came in, with the rubbish silver bit taking up most of the cover? Because even though they’d likely use the VHS artwork as the basis for the non-silvery-bandy bit they’d still look less shit than these “new” covers. Bloody Hell. March 5, 2011 at 2:34 pm #111509 Ian SymesKeymaster http://www.ganymede.tv/indepth/you-jammy-goits March 5, 2011 at 7:33 pm #111510 p2p_productionsParticipant March 5, 2011 at 10:12 pm #111511 PhilParticipant *claps* March 6, 2011 at 1:34 am #111512 Mr-StabbyParticipant Hmm.. Amazon Price for Series 2 FULL Release – £4.49 Amazon Price for new ‘Just the Shows’ Series 2 DVD – £4.99 Well….. Most of the full series DVDs are cheaper too….. Though I will say Series 1 is 1p cheaper for the ‘Just the Shows’ version. Are the extras worth 1p??? ARE THEY? I have to say, i’m a big fan of RD, but even i have to say just how many times can you re-release the same stuff??? Including the Re-mastered, how many times has this stuff been re-released? March 6, 2011 at 3:30 am #111513 Ben PaddonParticipant Five. No, six. March 6, 2011 at 4:43 am #111514 Danny StephensonKeymaster All derelict. March 6, 2011 at 6:04 am #111515 Ben PaddonParticipant Thirty-two. March 6, 2011 at 11:43 am #111517 Seb PatrickKeymaster I’m sure someone has mocked up an early-BBC-style RD DVD cover before now, you know (based on the Young Ones/NTNOCN etc. covers). I’ll see if I can find it…. March 6, 2011 at 1:35 pm #111520 Ian SymesKeymaster You could start by looking at my post in this thread from yesterday afternoon. March 6, 2011 at 2:02 pm #111521 Pete Part ThreeParticipant *holds handbag to chest* oooh March 6, 2011 at 2:35 pm #111519 p2p_productionsParticipant My entry for the cover design comp from a while back… March 6, 2011 at 3:28 pm #111522 Pete Part ThreeParticipant Very, very nice. March 6, 2011 at 4:07 pm #111523 p2p_productionsParticipant Cheers, Pete. Appreciate it. March 6, 2011 at 5:37 pm #111524 Seb PatrickKeymaster >You could start by looking at my post in this thread from yesterday afternoon. Nah. p2p, what competition was that? And why didn’t you win it? And why aren’t you working at 2entertain instead of whoever’s crapping out those lazy pastel covers? March 6, 2011 at 7:23 pm #111525 p2p_productionsParticipant Bless you, Seb. :) The comp was actually for that Red Dwarf Network site that appeared/disappeared mysteriously. For my hard work, I did actually get a consolation prize – a DVD, if I recall. Speaking of which, if anyone needs any graphic design stuff doing, let me know. I’m reasonably priced and can do paint by numbers and everything. :D March 6, 2011 at 8:19 pm #111526 Seb PatrickKeymaster Was it you who did the really cool in-the-style-of-the-other-series cover for BtE? I keep meaning to print that and replace the real one with it. March 6, 2011 at 9:19 pm #111527 p2p_productionsParticipant This one..? …No, that’s not mine – but if I recall, I did map it onto the Amaray case to show what it’d look like printed. Very nice concept, overall. Personally, I would’ve stayed with the light grey colour scheme of the original photo, just for continuity’s sake with the rest of the set. Also, if placed next to the other cases in sequence, it’ll offset the segmented spine logo slightly, but that’s just nitpicky, I guess. Actually, they probably could’ve done something similar with this new budget set – presumably, four/eight new spines is enough space to include a cast photo/panorama or something. I remember doing this quick, slightly jokey front cover below ages ago. Took me about ten minutes. March 7, 2011 at 6:30 pm #111532 hummingbirdParticipant Took me about ten minutes. Now you’re just showing off. :P March 7, 2011 at 9:14 pm #111534 p2p_productionsParticipant Ha! I do recall that particular image not taking very long to put together… honest! Generally, a quick cover at that resolution takes hardly any time at all. The higher res you go, the longer it takes to finish. :) March 7, 2011 at 9:38 pm #111535 Seb PatrickKeymaster Yeah, that’s the one. Nice bit of work all round – and yeah, it mucks up the spines a bit, but it still does a really good job of fitting in style-wise. Wonder who did it originally, then? I’m fairly sure it was on here that I saw it. I’ve still got the high-res, flat one saved on my hard drive somewhere. As for yours, Christ, I’d bloody love a wallpaper-sized pic of the London/Tyrell skyline with Dwarf photoshopped into it. *cough* March 7, 2011 at 11:15 pm #111536 p2p_productionsParticipant I’ll see what I can do. :) In the meantime, here’s another one of mine… Is this what you’re after, Seb..? March 9, 2011 at 12:08 am #111537 DaveParticipant >Wonder who did it originally, then? I’m fairly sure it was on here that I saw it I posted the link from one the many many Doctor Who DVD cover sites, but I can’t remember which one. I’ll have a look when I get home. March 9, 2011 at 11:26 am #111538 DaveParticipant Here it is: http://gmaskew.com/art/peterm/main March 18, 2011 at 12:41 am #111555 JamesTCParticipant Oh not another one, http://www.bbcshop.com/science-fiction/red-dwarf-series-1-4-set/invt/reddwarfbundle/ The whole point was that these releases are separate versions of the Just The Show collections, bungling the new versions together makes no sense at all when the original collections are out there. March 18, 2011 at 8:44 am #111556 Ian SymesKeymaster Jesus Christ. This is becoming increasingly difficult to turn a blind eye to. March 18, 2011 at 9:37 am #111557 Jonathan CappsKeymaster Isn’t that just a bundle of all the individual releases rather than a separate box set release? Author Posts Viewing 50 posts - 51 through 100 (of 107 total) 1 2 3 Scroll to top • Scroll to Recent Forum Posts You must be logged in to reply to this topic. Log In Username: Password: Keep me signed in Log In