Peculiar Review

[Andrew]

Series I to III (it seems) under scrutiny:

RED DWARF (SEASONS 1-3) AND A CIGAR(And frankly, some beer during the editing process): A JOURNAL

What’s weird about this piece is that it’s really disagreeable or plain wrong about some things – “the British have submitted totally to American supremacy”? – yet kinda interesting about others. Probably more the former than the latter…but…

But it’s very, very much a self-made outsider’s view of the show, and for that reason alone some of it’s awfully interesting – not so much for what it says as why, you wonder, the writer thinks and says these things. It is, if nothing else, a perspective we don’t see so much – not in this kind of detail – and for that reason, I thought, worthy of comment.

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[Seb Patrick]

I’m intrigued, but I’m honestly not sure I want to read past the sentence Thanks to socialized TV, the production values are, of course, at about the “Small Wonder” level.

[Seb Patrick]

Hmm. You’re right, it’s interesting, though. Although the part that piques the most is wondering what the heck DVD he’s watching… where is Kryten “episode five” of series two? And I’m guessing from screenshots and the Holly gag from C&P that he’s got Remastered?

[Jo]

Wait… I’ve never seen Jackie Brown. What are fried chicken and waffles?

[Andrew]

> Although the part that piques the most is wondering what the heck DVD he’s watching… where is Kryten “episode five” of series two?

There’s definitely something messed up. I was totally thrown when the whole backwards reality discussion started long before Series III was mentioned.

It’s possible they’re all in the wrong order from being downloaded (can’t be DVD, can it? Not unless he imported Bodysnatcher)…but it’s equally weird not to not the change in production values and design aesthetic after the first 12 eps.

> And I’m guessing from screenshots and the Holly gag from C&P that he’s got Remastered?

Indeed. That’s part of what interest me, actually – that he’s apparently unaware that it’s remastered, and that there are digs at the production values…but not specifically the effects. (When even the models usually take the traditional – and wholly unfair – kicking of being called “wobbly” of whatever when those eps are retrospectively reviewed.)

[Nakrophile]

Their 80s Action section has long been a favourite of mine… I noticed the Dwarf article and thought about posting it here; on a related note, my computer has been dead for some time but I have returned neverthless. Glad to see the number of headlines on the front page hasn’t increased by a number more than two. :)

[Wilbur]

How do Americans pronounce condom? Are the vowels silent? Or is this just a lack of familiarisation with a slobby scouse accent?

[redhead85]

They say it ‘condem’ so the double syllable isn’t quite as pronounced.

[redhead85]

This has to go down as weirdest discussion of my week anyways…. ^__^

[Andrew]

Both ‘O’ sounds are very different – the first one, too. It’s almost an ‘Ah’ sound. “Cahndahm”.

[Seb Patrick]

Although the second vowel sound isn’t as pronounced as the first – it’s more like “Cahnd’m”.

[Danny Stephenson]

Like “camden” but not… :)

[peas_and_corn]

I thought they said ‘rubber’.

[ChrisM]

They say both. ‘Rubber’ is slang. (I met an American woman who found it amusing we refer to what they call, ‘erasers’ that way.)

[hummingbird]

Yeah, but some people are amused by anything.

[genericnerdyusername]

Haha you have a waffle in your pic!

[ChrisM]

That rabbit actually looks scary though…

[Danny Stephenson]

Tha’s no ordinary rabbit. Tha’s the most foul, cruel and bad-tempered rodent you e’er set eyes on!

[redhead85]

Look at its teeth!! Look at the bones!!

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