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But.....what is it??
We need to hit them hard and fast with a major - and i mean major - leaflet campaign.
I think you've got 5 in the wrong row there. Quarantine, Back to Reality...?!
Whoops, you're right I'd forgotten the improvement before the fall...
Season's 1 and 2 = Near perfect
Season's 3 and 4 = Pretty good
Season 5 = Very good
Season 6 = OK
Season's 7 to 9 = Meh
Season 10 = Not bad, maybe close to 3 & 4's level...
Love the first 2 books too, they fleshed out the background well.
Hmm, might watch this.
Or instead I might be watching Tales of the riverbank: the next generation.
when Grant naylor stopped writing it kinda went downhill. you could see this in the books too.
+1 for falling off the perch when Grant & Naylor parted ways.
Some of the earlier episodes were genius, obviously inspired by Dark Star but they made the most out of being limited by budget, limited character interaction sans Dwarf and the constraint of avoiding being anything at all like Star Trek - parody excepted. Series X was a return to form, I really enjoyed it but they sored missed Holly.
Scotch pancake?
when Grant naylor stopped writing it kinda went downhill
Grant Naylor are two people. It's Rob Grant you're thinking of.
Just watched it on Sky catch up thing...went to Dave and a load of RD stuff is on show as well as the new series. Was ok...
Just watched XI...
"Pythagoras wasn't much of a pilot!"
Worth 30 mins of your time....
Since about the time Kochanski came on the scene in an earlier series, they made the cat really stupid. He was never stupid before that.
-"My tooth! My tooth! I think I broke my tooth!"
Not sure I totally agree... 🙂
Watched it, is it canned laughter? That was the only thing I disliked but yes enjoyable
A chap I know got tickets to be in the audience last year so at least some of the laugh track is live. Don't know if it all is though.
Cougar - ModeratorGrant Naylor are two people. It's Rob Grant you're thinking of.
Grant Naylor is a gestalt entity and no I'm not thinking of Rob Grant I'm thinking of Grant Naylor as that's who wrote the earlier seasons. Think of the episode Legion 😉
I watched it last night.
It wasn't that good.
It was chock full of cliches that were referenced as cliches until it all got a bit meta.
It used to be smart and original. It really isn't now.
It wasn't great but I'm not writing the new series off yet! The first couple of series will always be my favourite as the limited budget forced the writers to be inventive & focus on the interaction between the crew, rather than extensive sets or supporting casts. It's a shame this ethos got lost somewhere (although episodes like Gunmen proved that on-location episodes could work!)
I also hate the CGI, the model shots & slightly shoddy practical effects used to be brilliant & fit the character of the show perfectly! I think if they went back to these and knocked a zero off the budget they'd go a long way to recapturing the old charm. (I seem to recall they did a kind of "special edition" of some of the original episodes which was just awful. Low budget sci-fi [i]needs[/i] wobbly sets, etc, like original Star Trek/Dr Who, etc)
rOcKeTdOg - Member
Watched it, is it canned laughter? That was the only thing I disliked but yes enjoyable
Generally no. Same as with series X, a lot claimed it was laugh track. As someone in the audience for first episode of X I can assure it definitely wasn't and XI & XII are studio audiences also (X was shot at Shepperton and XI/XII at Pinewood, all with audience).
However they do take the audience reactions and tweak it. Also some scenes are shot on location or separate to the audience stuff. Usually they play that back to an audience. I recall the one I saw, there were separate scenes which had audience reaction from the following week. We also had some previous filmed inserts. Kind of weird to react to. You get a warm up act to build it up though.
Anyway, watching the first episode, seems a bit like series 4 to 6 style. Personally I prefer 1 to 3, and series X was a bit more like that. Still, not too bad but not amazing.
Kryten is getting a bit chubby though 😉
Love the first 2 books too, they fleshed out the background well.
Backwards was good as well, just a shame Last Human was utter drivel next to it.
Kryten is getting a bit chubby though
😯 😡
Pistols at Dawn?
7 minutes to go... smeeeeegheeeed!
You know it's been available on demand for almost a week?! Plus it's not on Dave until tomorrow 😀
Watched one and distinctly meh.
The early ones were superb for the mix of scifi and heavily packed in jokes. Quite a fan of Queeg if anyone remembers that one and unrelated lines below..
"I'm Holly the ship's computer with an IQ of 6000, the same IQ as 6000 PE teachers"
"Hook, line, sinker, rod and copy of Angling Times"
Big fan here - looking forward to watching the first episode.
Agree with Verses revised idea of which seasons were best and yes, you can tell when the writing partnership stopped. Was only talking about that on way back from cycling on Sunday.
same IQ as 6000 PE teachers.
Genius!
Betty Rubble ? Well, I would go with Betty.....but I'd be thinking of Wilma.