Parenthetical subtitles that are sound effects/audio descriptions from Red Dwarf

[Nick R]

The End

Topic

[Nick R]

Future Echoes

[Dave]

[Nick R]

Balance of Power

[Ian Symes]

[Nick R]

Waiting for God

[Nick R]

That’s all for today!

[International Debris]

“Ships horn blares” is a bit of a strange reading of that sound. Surely it’s just a Holly notification sound?

“Rap beat”. Is there actually rap on that music? I dislike the idea in general that rap is a genre – any more than sing or instrumental are – and especially given that rapping appears on all kinds of music, not just hip-hop. So if there’s no actual rapping then this is definitely bollocks put there by one of those old people who think all that rubbish people listen to these days* is that rap nonsense that doesn’t even have a tune and you certainly can’t dance to it.

*1988

[Future Producer of Series IX – aaaaany day now]

They could’ve labelled that better. What they were actually doing was beatboxing. Sort of.

[International Debris]

Ohhhhh, I thought it was in reference to the background music. I kind of get what the caption is going for, it’s the beat behind them rapping. Although calling what they do in that scene rapping is being incredibly generous.

[Author]

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