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TheProgtologist
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Topic: Red Dwarf Posted: March 07 2006 at 21:26 |
I am a huge fan of this great BBC show and watch it incessantly.For fans of this show on the forum,what is your favorite season?
They are all good,imo.It's between Season 3 and Season 5 for me because they each contain a classic RD episode(Polymorph in 3 and Back to Reality in 5).
I want to pick 3 because it was a turning point in the shows development and look,but I gotta go with Season 5.
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TheProgtologist
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Posted: March 08 2006 at 11:37 |
I didn't expect a huge response but am I the only person here that watches this show?
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Posted: March 08 2006 at 12:33 |
TheProgtologist wrote:
I didn't expect a huge response but am I the only person here that watches this show? |
maybe
sorry ... i dont even know that show
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TheProgtologist
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Posted: March 08 2006 at 12:35 |
I expected some of our UK members to chime in,at least.
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Posted: March 08 2006 at 12:51 |
I'm still trying to get Red Dwarf DVDs on Ebay, but they are rare ...
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Posted: March 08 2006 at 13:08 |
All of seasons II to VI were brilliant for me,but seeing as I have to choose Season VI would just win my vote,for classic episodes like "Rimmerworld", "Gunmen Of The Apocalypse" and "Psirens".
In general I would say that Season VII was fine until Chris Barrie baled (and unlikely that "our" Rimmer could take over as Ace) and Kochansky took his place.The whole dynamic was ruined and although the rest of the episodes weren't disasters they were never quite as good.Season VII was poor....
Kryten is my favourite character.
Cat: "Forget red - let's go all the way up to brown alert!" Kryten: "There's no such thing as a brown alert sir." Cat: "You won't be saying that in a minute!"
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TheProgtologist
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Posted: March 08 2006 at 13:26 |
Tony R wrote:
All of seasons II to VI were brilliant for me,but seeing as I have to choose Season VI would just win my vote,for classic episodes like "Rimmerworld", "Gunmen Of The Apocalypse" and "Psirens".
In general I would say that Season VII was fine until Chris Barrie baled (and unlikely that "our" Rimmer could take over as Ace) and Kochansky took his place.The whole dynamic was ruined and although the rest of the episodes weren't disasters they were never quite as good.Season VII was poor....
Kryten is my favourite character.
Cat: "Forget red - let's go all the way up to brown alert!" Kryten: "There's no such thing as a brown alert sir." Cat: "You won't be saying that in a minute!"
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I agree with you that some of the luster was gone after Barrie left during Season 7(and very improbable that he could become Ace Rimmer).Season 7 also didn't seem to be thought out that well and the cast seemed to be going through the motions.
I like Season 6 alot,some great episodes there(especially Rimmerworld and Gunmen...)but no Holly was sort of a bummer.
Did you notice how much bigger Starbug became after they lost Red Dwarf and had to actually live in it?
Favorite character:Arnold Judas Rimmer(Barrie is great!!!!)
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Posted: March 08 2006 at 15:38 |
Tony R wrote:
All of seasons II to VI were brilliant for me,but seeing as I have to choose Season VI would just win my vote,for classic episodes like "Rimmerworld", "Gunmen Of The Apocalypse" and "Psirens".
In general I would say that Season VII was fine until Chris Barrie
baled (and unlikely that "our" Rimmer could take over as Ace) and
Kochansky took his place.The whole dynamic was ruined and although the
rest of the episodes weren't disasters they were never quite as
good.Season VII was poor.... |
I agree about seasons II to VI and I'm gonna choose season III because I like the episodes Backwards, Timeslides and Polymorph.
Does anyone remember which episode featured Listers band who do the 'Ohm song'??
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Posted: March 08 2006 at 15:54 |
krusty wrote:
Tony R wrote:
All of seasons II to VI were brilliant for me,but seeing as I have to choose Season VI would just win my vote,for classic episodes like "Rimmerworld", "Gunmen Of The Apocalypse" and "Psirens".
In general I would say that Season VII was fine until Chris Barrie baled (and unlikely that "our" Rimmer could take over as Ace) and Kochansky took his place.The whole dynamic was ruined and although the rest of the episodes weren't disasters they were never quite as good.Season VII was poor....
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I agree about seasons II to VI and I'm gonna choose season III because I like the episodes Backwards, Timeslides and Polymorph.
Does anyone remember which episode featured Listers band who do the 'Ohm song'??
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That was Timeslides!
Lister's band:Smeg and The Heads (played by Napalm Death) Craig also 'wrote' (if that's the right word) the Om song.
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Posted: March 08 2006 at 19:34 |
Tony R wrote:
krusty wrote:
Tony R wrote:
All of seasons II to VI were brilliant for me,but seeing as I have to choose Season VI would just win my vote,for classic episodes like "Rimmerworld", "Gunmen Of The Apocalypse" and "Psirens".
In general I would say that Season VII was fine until Chris Barrie baled (and unlikely that "our" Rimmer could take over as Ace) and Kochansky took his place.The whole dynamic was ruined and although the rest of the episodes weren't disasters they were never quite as good.Season VII was poor....
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I agree about seasons II to VI and I'm gonna choose season III because I like the episodes Backwards, Timeslides and Polymorph.
Does anyone remember which episode featured Listers band who do the 'Ohm song'??
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That was Timeslides!
Lister's band:Smeg and The Heads (played by Napalm Death) Craig also 'wrote' (if that's the right word) the Om song.
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Great episode.
Wasn't "young Lister" in that episode actually played by Craig Charles' younger brother?
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Posted: March 08 2006 at 19:50 |
I've never heard of it Jody
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Posted: March 08 2006 at 19:54 |
Drew wrote:
I've never heard of it Jody |
It's a British sci-fi/comedy series.
I have been addicted to it for about a decade.
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Posted: March 08 2006 at 22:55 |
I'm blown away by this thread! I thought I was the only one who watched this little gem. I can not however narrow my viewing pleasure for this show. The roughness of the earlier seasons are so camp. One thing is for sure, the original Holly is the best. The later series with the added characters like Kachanski really filled out the Dwarf. I really love this show.
Cat: "Forget red - let's go all the way up to brown alert!" Kryten: "There's no such thing as a brown alert sir." Cat: "You won't be saying that in a minute!"
Yes! one of my favourite moments.
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Posted: March 09 2006 at 14:39 |
In order of preference: Series 6, 8, 3, 5, 4, 2, 1, 7.
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Posted: March 09 2006 at 15:14 |
Politician wrote:
In order of preference: Series 6, 8, 3, 5, 4, 2, 1, 7. |
Episide 8, second favourite? That's surprising......and interesting.
I always thought the series worked better when the main cast ie Lister,Rimmer,Cat,Kryten and Holly were unencumbered by having to interact with too many human characters. I felt that the final series,with the whole of Red Dwarf and its crew rebuilt by the nanobots was a series too far.
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Posted: March 09 2006 at 15:28 |
Tony R wrote:
Politician wrote:
In order of preference: Series 6, 8, 3, 5, 4, 2, 1, 7. |
Episide 8, second favourite? That's surprising......and interesting.
I always thought the series worked better when the main cast ie Lister,Rimmer,Cat,Kryten and Holly were unencumbered by having to interact with too many human characters. I felt that the final series,with the whole of Red Dwarf and its crew rebuilt by the nanobots was a series too far.
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I thought the whole premise of Season 8,with the nanobots resurrecting the crew,spoiled the whole dynamic of the show.
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Posted: March 09 2006 at 15:30 |
TheProgtologist wrote:
I thought the whole premise of Season 8,with the nanoboys resurrecting the crew,spoiled the whole dynamic of the show.
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nanoboys ??? Are they like android ladyboys?
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Posted: March 09 2006 at 15:31 |
Fave episodes per season?
1.Confidence and Paranoia
2.Queeg
3.Polymorph
4.Dimension Jump (What a guy!!)
5.Back to Reality
6.Rimmerworld
7.Blue
8.Krytie TV
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Posted: March 09 2006 at 15:33 |
Tony R wrote:
TheProgtologist wrote:
I thought the whole premise of Season 8,with the nanoboys resurrecting the crew,spoiled the whole dynamic of the show.
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nanoboys ??? Are they like android ladyboys?
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You quoted me before I could correct it,Tony.
Nanobots!!!!!!!
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Posted: March 09 2006 at 15:51 |
TheProgtologist wrote:
Fave episodes per season?
1.Waiting For God
2.Parallel Universe
3.Timeslides
4.Meltdown
5.Quarantine
6.Rimmerworld - ditto. An all-time classic!!!
7.Stoke Me A Clipper
8.Krytie TV ditto- easily the best episode of the series.
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Mind you there's dozens of excellent episodes!
Anyone thinking of getting into Dwarf should start as near to the beginning as possible otherwise you might just not get it...
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