Planet of Giants was meant to be four episodes however
episodes three and four were merged into one. With the release of the DVD we
are treated to what they should have been like according to the script. With
the help of some special effects, specially recorded dialogue and some new
sound effects we get an idea. The first thing that strikes me about this is how
odd it seems at first. When they have reconstructed episodes three and four I
was expecting a mix between special effects and the actual footage instead what
they have done is chopped some clips from the episodes and have some of the
specially recorded dialogue to fit over the words that the actors are saying in
some other scenes. It reminds me of an episode of The Simpsons were Milhouse is
playing Radioactive Man’s sidekick but does a runner and they try and finish it
by putting different scenes together and its blatantly not the same.
The animation was quite well done. It’s impressive for what
must have been a quite cheap budget. Some of it worked more than others but I
think that it bridged some nice gaps in the story.
So have we learnt anything from these reconstructed
episodes? No is the simple answer and it obvious even to a blind spielsnake why
this is a totally pointless and unnecessary thing. The ‘third’ episode is
basically Forrester and Smithers arguing and Hilda and Bert doing the same. I
cant say that its terrible but its not something that I will watch everytime I
stick the DVD in the machine.
Rating - 2/10
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