Bully Wee Villa Posted November 11, 2017 Share Posted November 11, 2017 The last couple were pretty good but the last one was mildly irritating in that it seemed to erase history. It's a bit patronising to have a good section of the programme given up to Kryten explaining the concept of alternative realities when we've already seen this loads of times. And the crew were acting as if they'd never heard of Ace Rimmer. Has there been some sort of time reset/reboot that explains why this doesn't get mentioned or is it just lazy writing? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Burton Posted November 11, 2017 Share Posted November 11, 2017 I was fully expecting Ace Rimmer to show up but guessing they didn't as they brought back Holly and Captain Hollister. Holly was decent and would be happy to see him back permanently if they make more. The Captain Hollister seen was pointless though. I was a bit disappointed with Skipper as it had been bigged up as a great episode and I don't think it is. Lister getting the Cat to do things for him was a laugh. The different realities weren't all that great but I did like the one with the rat. It was plain silly but that has been a feature of Red Dwarf at times.M Corp was better, I thought, was a new idea and was fairly clever in places with the invisible objects. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red_Dwarf_Posse Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 Rimmer recreating the first scene where Lister comes out of Statis was very good and nostaligic. Holly: Everyone is alive Arnold, Rimmer: What even Petersen? Was waiting for Ace Rimmer and Clare Grogan. Would have been amazing to have given Mark Williams and Paul Bradley have walk on cameos as Petersen and Chen. I suppose there is still time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trackdaybob Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 Best episode of the series for me 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Homer Thompson Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 I loved the early Red Dwarf but kind of gave up on it after season 7 - which I absolutely hated. I've watched 8, although I dont really remember it, so I was going to go back and watch it with the intention of watching the new series (I also watched the one off specials which were a bit meh) Am I wasting my time? Am I going to hate the new series? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 Series 7 is mostly shit. Series 8 was such shit I stopped watching and have never bothered with since. Series 9 ("Back To Earth") was astoundingly shit. Series 10, 11 and 12 are mostly okay. Not anywhere near the golden age, but certainly watchable. I will watch 13. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Thompson Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 32 minutes ago, Bully Wee Villa said: Series 7 is mostly shit. Series 8 was such shit I stopped watching and have never bothered with since. Series 9 ("Back To Earth") was astoundingly shit. Series 10, 11 and 12 are mostly okay. Not anywhere near the golden age, but certainly watchable. I will watch 13. I might just skip 8 and try the new ones then Cheers 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 I think they just ignore 8 from 9 onwards anyway... for instance Rimmer is a hologram who lived through series 1-6 again, with no explanation. So you're definitely not missing anything by skipping 8. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Burton Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 Series 7 is mostly shit. Series 8 was such shit I stopped watching and have never bothered with since. Series 9 ("Back To Earth") was astoundingly shit. Series 10, 11 and 12 are mostly okay. Not anywhere near the golden age, but certainly watchable. I will watch 13.Yeah agree with this. I'm a massive fan of the earlier stuff but the new ones aren't as good. They all largely despised each other or got on each others nerve in the early seasons while now they are best mates and it doesn't work as well. A lot of the new episodes are either poor or meh with only a few coming close to series 1 to 6. Series 7 does actually have one of my favourite episodes where they go back in time so that Lister can order a curry and end up finding who was the gun man on the grassy knoll when JFK was killed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 Yeah, when I do my rewatches I watch all of the first six series, JFK episode, Arnie becomes Ace episode then... I'm out. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIVIFOREVER Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 Only seen 8 seasons, and agree the 8th one was absolute shite. Didn't know there were any more filmed, but going by what I saw in the 8th series i'm not holding out much hope for them being up to much. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 1-6. That's it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meanmistermustard Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 Thought 8 was better than seven (excluding the opening two episodes of 7) but 1 to 6 are the classic years. It gets worse as it goes on. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumswall Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 9th of April for the new 90 minute special, 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trackdaybob Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 Quarantine on Dave right now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajwffc Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 spin my nipple nuts and send me to Alaska 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 (edited) I thought that was okay. There were some missteps, like the interminable "sex change" skit that bore no relevance to the plot and was never mentioned again, and not all the jokes worked. There was also plenty we've seen before. But I never got bored, I enjoyed seeing where it was going and Norman Lovett's performance once we got "our" Holly back was excellent, with a couple of lines matching anything you'd find in the "classic" era. Overall, C+. Certainly a lot better than the previous time they attempted to go feature length. I wouldn't mind if we got an episode like this every two or three years rather than another series of six half-hours. It would give time to allow to go slightly higher concept like they did in the books. Edited April 9, 2020 by Bully Wee Villa 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Burton Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 Enjoyed that.It will never hit the heights of the first 6 seasons and some of the jokes were poor but there was still plenty of scenes between the original cast which made it more than worthwhile. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajwffc Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 5 hours ago, Bully Wee Villa said: I thought that was okay. There were some missteps, like the interminable "sex change" skit that bore no relevance to the plot and was never mentioned again, and not all the jokes worked. There was also plenty we've seen before. But I never got bored, I enjoyed seeing where it was going and Norman Lovett's performance once we got "our" Holly back was excellent, with a couple of lines matching anything you'd find in the "classic" era. Overall, C+. Certainly a lot better than the previous time they attempted to go feature length. I wouldn't mind if we got an episode like this every two or three years rather than another series of six half-hours. It would give time to allow to go slightly higher concept like they did in the books. Watching them film the "sex change" bit and the fact it took about 6 attempts to film due to at least one the 3 struggling to deliver their lines due to laughter. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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