Red Dwarf: The Promised Land Trailer Analysis Features Posted by Ian Symes on 21st March 2020, 10:27 Ah, here were are again. You'll all have seen the full 40 second trailer for Red Dwarf: The Promised Land by now, and made your minds up about the jokes within. Personally, I like them, my favourite being the way Kryten, Cat and Rimmer all confirm that Lister is a nobody in slightly different and expertly timed ways. But let's face it, we always get into a bit of a tizz ahead of a new Dwarf broadcast by over-analysing the handful of gags we've seen, when deep down we know that only a certain type of quick-fire joke works in a trailer, and they're not necessarily representative of the humour of the whole show. So we're going to ignore the actual dialogue for now, and instead do what we do best - painstakingly and pointlessly analysing every single shot, pointing out both the big talking points and the little things you may have missed. Well, we say "every shot", we've not bothered doing screengrabs every time it cuts back to a similar shot within the same scene, because the tiny snippets you see in the montages are much more interesting anyway. Here we go... Read more →
The Promised Trailer has Landed News Posted by Jonathan Capps on 20th March 2020, 09:08 First thing’s first, The Promised Land will be airing on Dave on Thursday 9th April, helping you kick off what will sure to be your perfectly normal Easter weekend that will be just like any other previous Easter, definitely. Second thing’s second, we’ve got our first full trailer and pardon me for saying that it’s a good ‘un. Cats in deerstalkers! Essentially the same (but good) joke made in the space of seconds! Great CG! Even greater music! RIMMER COSTUMES. Anyway, have a chew on that and no doubt someone will be along later armed with nothing but a snipping tool and a head full of dreams.
I know, but the Blu Tack is mine News Posted by Ian Symes on 17th March 2020, 12:13 On a day when half the country is either in lockdown or preparing to go into lockdown, and we're debating whether or not meeting up to watch the Red Dwarf Special go out counts as "non-essential travel", Dave and Red Dwarf HQ have provided a much welcome distraction, in the form of this lovely big poster: Read more →
Have you seen Rimmer’s armour? News Posted by Ian Symes on 13th March 2020, 11:33 Well then, today’s TOS update has certainly given us something to talk about, despite having already had a teaser trailer and title reveal this week. It’s hard for us to say too much, having attended the recording, but for those of you who didn’t, get a load of this: As TOS points out, there’s still a lot of things to speculate about with this special. Fill your boots.
The cats are out of the bag News Posted by Ian Symes on 10th March 2020, 21:55 You know how there's a long and ignoble history of things like synopses, titles and even whole episodes of new Red Dwarf accidentally getting released before they're supposed to? Well, we'd been reliably informed that the title of the upcoming Special would be revealed on Monday March 16th, presumably with some degree of fanfare attached, and yet for some reason it's already out there online through official sources. And while none of the proper PR channels have drawn attention to it, it's pretty easy to stumble across completely accidentally, as evidenced in the comments on today's teaser article. This presents us with somewhat of a dilemma - we don't want to scupper anyone's plans, but it's not our fault it's out there, and Red Dwarf fans are already talking about it, even on this very website. We're also aware that not everyone will want to know the title in advance for fear of spoilers, so we're hiding it behind the jump. [EDIT: You're free to mention it in the comments on this post, but nowhere else on the site until there's been a proper announcement, if you'd be so kind. Dave have now tweeted the title, so it's all official now and any comment restrictions are now lifted.] So if you don't want to know the score, look away now. Read more →
IT. IS. TEASED. News Posted by Ian Symes on 10th March 2020, 11:18 Well, this has certainly given me a rod-on. <span data-mce-type="bookmark" style="display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;" class="mce_SELRES_start"></span> A twenty second teaser for the as-yet-untitled Red Dwarf Special has been released. And when teasers and trailers for new Red Dwarf get released, we like to go through them shot-by-shot in far more detail than is strictly necessary. This time we have but six proper shots to be getting on with, in a trailer that's effects-heavy and somewhat serious and dramatic in tone, hinting that the Special will have high stakes and grand scale. And lots of BIG SPACESHIPS. Read more →
It is I, Le Cleric News Posted by Ian Symes on 14th February 2020, 12:09 Initial announcement? Check. Behind the scenes pictures? Check. First proper publicity stills? Check. The journey towards the broadcast of brand new Red Dwarf is progressing nicely, and it was about time for us to hit another milestone. While we're still waiting for an episode title, today TOS has furnished us with not only an official synopsis but also a list of guest cast. Hurrah! Let's go through it bit by bit, as is the tradition. Read more →
LET’S LOOK AT SOME PICTURES News Posted by Jonathan Capps on 23rd January 2020, 11:05 Oh, it's all kicking off now. No sooner have the cameras stopped rolling on the new Special than still images harvested from said cameras have made their way online. They come courtesy of Pilot TV's latest issue and we present them here after the jump for your viewing and discussing pleasure, along with our thoughts on our first look at the Special Read more →
Red Dwarf Special – Set Report (Byte 2) Features Posted by Ian Symes on 12th January 2020, 18:57 The concluding part of a very long episode of Red Dwarf has been recorded in front of an audience for the first time this decade. Well, for the first time ever, come to think of it. G&T were there. It's a now-familiar journey to Pinewood for Red Dwarf fans lucky enough to get tickets or brave enough to risk it on a standby, but the studio seemed a lot busier than it did for the first recording. Despite the rearranged nature of this event leading to fears that attendance may be affected, the marquee was packed to the wind-swept rafters, with the security team sensibly electing to conduct their checks inside this time, away from the bitter cold that the snaking queue outside had to endure. The higher than average number of production guests included James Baxter, who brought his Dwarf character to mind when he went through the security checks and posed with his arms outstretched. Read more →
It’s Been 30 Days… News Posted by Ian Symes on 11th January 2020, 08:30 …since the first half of the Red Dwarf Special had a studio audience recording. Well, they’re finally getting round to finishing it at 6pm tonight. There hasn’t been too many sneaky previews on social media ahead of this recording; the best we’ve got to go on are a look behind-the-scenes of the behind-the-scenes from Nathan Cubitt, and Danny’s video of Craig playing the piano in Rimmer’s officers’ club. Frankly, we could do with a few more pictures to sneak out in order to illustrate our set report, so keep an eye out and please do share anything interesting in the comments below. And given that we covered quite a lot of ground in the last set report, let us know if there’s anything else in particular you’d like to know about this time round.
