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Review of The War Games in Colour by Bongo50

23 December 2024

After The Daleks in Colour, my expectations were low. I am happy to say that this surpassed my expectations, although it was still far from perfect. The original serial is excellent and this version inherits a lot of that. I felt that the colourisation was really good on the whole. The music was also alright in my opinion. I am disappointed, however, by the extent to which the plot was cut down. It was always going to happen to some extent, but I feel that the cuts really removed a lot of the more interesting nuanced and mysterious elements that really made the original stand out. Moreover, some of the cut content caused bits of this version to not quite make sense, sometimes in ways that I felt were quite major. I could see a viewer who's not seen the original being rather confused at points. I feel that the original was really well paced and was the length it needed to be for the plot to be fully explored, so, other than making the colourisation financially feasible to produce, the cuts serve no positive purpose for me. I also felt that some of the new shots and sequences were really unnecessary and, at times, messed with the tone and feel of the story in negative ways. This includes much of the ending. I much prefer the mysteriousness of the original. Hence, overall, I can't see myself ever returning to this version or recommending it over the original. It's not terrible, but it just completely fails to come close to the original.