Yeah, I definitely see it as less an issue of Rimmer being horrible and more an issue of him going crazy after finally FEELING things again -- and then becoming addicted to the rush of sensations. Though he definitely goes above and beyond owing to the fact that he's not ruining his own body...
In the season 7 DVD there is an unfilmed episode shown on disc 2 through the concept art for which Chris Barry voiced all the characters, and he Aced it.
I'm pretty sure that's exactly why they dubbed the voices over because Craig Charles' Liverpool accent was just too thick for him to plausibly impersonate Chris Barrie's more neutral received pronunciation and as you say Barrie had already made a career out of impressions not only did he do the original Red Dwarf radio play (which is why he was considered for the TV show in the first place) but he worked on a show called Spitting Image before Red Dwarf where he had to voice rubber puppet caricatures of topical 80's figures including Ronald Regan. You can actually still hear his Regan impersonation on the Frankie Goes to Hollywood music video of their song Two Tribes which was about the cold war.
The reason they slipped up and called Blue Midget "White Midget" is actually a left over scrap of script from when they were first planning out series three as White Midget was the original name for Starbug before it was repainted green.
Optimistic Whovian yep. But then the design started to become a bit bug like when they were building it and when they started working on Marooned they decided to make the Planet snowy. Naturally a white ship buried in the snow would look a bit odd so they just decided to paint it green and rename it starbug
A body switch episode. Seems often like when the conception of such an episode goes about, it's just a matter of... does it make sense for this to happen in our show? And if it does.... DO IT!
I can't believe, as a huge fan of Red Dwarf and Rocky Horror I've never noticed that Lister has a picture of Frank N Furter pinned up on his wall. That's also kind of interesting considering Low Rimmer's attire in Demons and Angels.
It is quite hard to spot though normally I have a very good radar for that particular image :) I just got a little bit exited seeing something I'm a fan of referenced by something else I'm a fan of. I had the same thing when Holly sang "Goodbye to Love" in Queeg.
I've only just realised this but this episode is the last time Blue Midget appears until Back in the Red. And this is also technically the last appearance of the original blue Midget design. Well I'm glad it got to go out on a high note with an epic chase scene
In case you didn’t know, Lister did say that they should use White Midget, but Cat suggested Blue Midget instead, mainly because a White Midget model wasn’t made at the time.
Fantastic! Proper reviews of my favourite series. I had no idea you'd been doing this. Thank you! And speaking of Blue / White Midget, I love the old model sequences so much more than the CGI in series 8.
Highlight of my week seeing these. Glad you kept doing these after the break you took. Though I'm guessing that break was you simply figuring out how to do things more regularly. Which I appreciate. Thank you.
Charles is a Scouser (from Liverpool) and Chris Barrie is ... Well, technically, German. But he sounds as if he grew up in the mid Shires (Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire etc)
Okay, so we’ve got the deleted scene of Chris Barrie and Craig Charles imitating each other’s characters, Chris Barrie imitating *_EVERYONE_* in the Identity Within reading he did, everyone becoming mechanoids and doing Kryten impressions… Can someone *_PLEASE_* let us know if there’s some way to hear what Danny John-Jules’ impression of Rimmer sounds like?! *_PLEASE?!_*
I know you did this a few years ago now, but I've just discovered them. I'm loving your RD Vlogs and love the titles. RD has the best titles, ever! "This can be boiled down to how much of an arse hole Rimmer is....." Isn't that 80% of Red Dwarf? 😅🤣😂
My head cannon is that this is all Rimmer deliberately trolling Lister. Not that I think he's morally above the crap he pulls, and I can certainly buy him losing the plot, but he's just so extra about it in ways that don't line up. He makes little to no effort to hide his indulgences and even standing in front of them with nothing but a girdle he barely seems embarrassed. Even if you can pass that off as him being too far gone to care, WHY would he cut off the dreads then leave them where Lister could easily see them, BEFORE he's even seen food, never mind tasted it. The end was the thing that really rang false to me though. That is NOT how Rimmer acts when his plans are foiled - he'll sulk, he'll fake ignorance, he'll play damsel in distress, he'll make excuses, he'll shift blame, but play a prank? He nearly died, has to go back to BEING dead, and has once again failed - that should leave him defeated and depressed, not cheerful and cheeky.
A person has to look at one more aspect of Rimmer in this one. He is a hologram, which is basically an electronic ghost. How is he supposed to have a needle jammed in his head like Kryten did to Lister, if Rimmer is composed entirely of light. Nobody sees that, but it is something to think about when watching this. I didn't care for it much, but the whole scene where Lister is in the chair and his mind is turned into that of a woman's was hilarious. I give Bodyswap partial credit for that, but still, I didn't find it as interesting or as funny as the rest.
Yeah, I definitely see it as less an issue of Rimmer being horrible and more an issue of him going crazy after finally FEELING things again -- and then becoming addicted to the rush of sensations. Though he definitely goes above and beyond owing to the fact that he's not ruining his own body...
Except as shown several times, holograms _can_ eat, drink, taste, feel, so long as its either another hologram or something supplied by Holly.
ReddwarfIV 1) He's the only holgram on the ship (for the most part anyway) and 2) It's just not the same, mate.
This episode did an awesome job of displaying just how awesome of an actor Chris Barrie is. Seriously. Criminally underrated!
In the season 7 DVD there is an unfilmed episode shown on disc 2 through the concept art for which Chris Barry voiced all the characters, and he Aced it.
I'm pretty sure that's exactly why they dubbed the voices over because Craig Charles' Liverpool accent was just too thick for him to plausibly impersonate Chris Barrie's more neutral received pronunciation and as you say Barrie had already made a career out of impressions not only did he do the original Red Dwarf radio play (which is why he was considered for the TV show in the first place) but he worked on a show called Spitting Image before Red Dwarf where he had to voice rubber puppet caricatures of topical 80's figures including Ronald Regan. You can actually still hear his Regan impersonation on the Frankie Goes to Hollywood music video of their song Two Tribes which was about the cold war.
The reason they slipped up and called Blue Midget "White Midget" is actually a left over scrap of script from when they were first planning out series three as White Midget was the original name for Starbug before it was repainted green.
Interesting.
and also the first episode shot
So Starbug was originally white then?
Optimistic Whovian yep. But then the design started to become a bit bug like when they were building it and when they started working on Marooned they decided to make the Planet snowy. Naturally a white ship buried in the snow would look a bit odd so they just decided to paint it green and rename it starbug
Putting Lister's brain on a mini cassette is nothing compared to Optimus Prime's brain on a 3 1/2 inch floppy disc!
A body switch episode. Seems often like when the conception of such an episode goes about, it's just a matter of... does it make sense for this to happen in our show? And if it does.... DO IT!
3:54 for my fellow metric friends, it is 12,7 kg.
I can't believe, as a huge fan of Red Dwarf and Rocky Horror
I've never noticed that Lister has a picture of Frank N Furter pinned up on his wall. That's also kind of interesting considering Low Rimmer's attire in Demons and Angels.
Huh, I never noticed either. To be fair, it's really hard to spot. I guess the creators must be fans.
It is quite hard to spot though normally I have a very good radar for that particular image :) I just got a little bit exited seeing something I'm a fan of referenced by something else I'm a fan of. I had the same thing when Holly sang "Goodbye to Love" in Queeg.
Where in the video do you see Frank n furter poster??
It's at around the 2.44 Mark behind Lister's hand.
I've only just realised this but this episode is the last time Blue Midget appears until Back in the Red. And this is also technically the last appearance of the original blue Midget design. Well I'm glad it got to go out on a high note with an epic chase scene
0:56 Hahaha, Cat's ultra casualness with his delivery. :P
In case you didn’t know, Lister did say that they should use White Midget, but Cat suggested Blue Midget instead, mainly because a White Midget model wasn’t made at the time.
Fantastic! Proper reviews of my favourite series. I had no idea you'd been doing this. Thank you! And speaking of Blue / White Midget, I love the old model sequences so much more than the CGI in series 8.
I want my body Bach now
Highlight of my week seeing these. Glad you kept doing these after the break you took. Though I'm guessing that break was you simply figuring out how to do things more regularly. Which I appreciate. Thank you.
Im going to hell, but... Chris looks good in Lister's clothes.
3:13 wait was that a captain scarlet reference? If so that’s kind of awesome.
Afther "the four horsemen", my favorite episode.!
I feel like this episode was a missed opportunity to just... not have dubbing. i would've loved to see them try to imitate each other more.
I know this is minor but Robert Llewellyn is on YT with an electric car show. And he once replied to my YT comment. Squee!
*02:17** Oh my God! I used to get those Milk Shakes at Lunch time in school.*
I´m sure that´s the last time Starbug crashes XD
How about Jenna Russell's vocal chords though? She's the end credits singer.
I do think it is a shame that Chris Barrie never did his own show based around his impressions
Charles is a Scouser (from Liverpool) and Chris Barrie is ... Well, technically, German. But he sounds as if he grew up in the mid Shires (Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire etc)
Okay, so we’ve got the deleted scene of Chris Barrie and Craig Charles imitating each other’s characters, Chris Barrie imitating *_EVERYONE_* in the Identity Within reading he did, everyone becoming mechanoids and doing Kryten impressions… Can someone *_PLEASE_* let us know if there’s some way to hear what Danny John-Jules’ impression of Rimmer sounds like?! *_PLEASE?!_*
No idea, I didn't know he did one.
@@Cyborcat
Not sure if he actually did, just really curious what it sounded like before the dubbing.
@@awesomeproductions7755 I see what you mean, now. Sorry, I wasn't paying attention to what episode you were commenting on XD
I know you did this a few years ago now, but I've just discovered them. I'm loving your RD Vlogs and love the titles. RD has the best titles, ever!
"This can be boiled down to how much of an arse hole Rimmer is....." Isn't that 80% of Red Dwarf? 😅🤣😂
Thanks, glad you like 'em ^.^
Is it weird that Rimmer and Lister’s voices suit each other?
My head cannon is that this is all Rimmer deliberately trolling Lister. Not that I think he's morally above the crap he pulls, and I can certainly buy him losing the plot, but he's just so extra about it in ways that don't line up. He makes little to no effort to hide his indulgences and even standing in front of them with nothing but a girdle he barely seems embarrassed. Even if you can pass that off as him being too far gone to care, WHY would he cut off the dreads then leave them where Lister could easily see them, BEFORE he's even seen food, never mind tasted it. The end was the thing that really rang false to me though. That is NOT how Rimmer acts when his plans are foiled - he'll sulk, he'll fake ignorance, he'll play damsel in distress, he'll make excuses, he'll shift blame, but play a prank? He nearly died, has to go back to BEING dead, and has once again failed - that should leave him defeated and depressed, not cheerful and cheeky.
This was actually the first episode I saw.
"I'm PROGRAMMED to obey a direct order, sir, no matter how insane!"
How dose one trade body's with a hologram
Minidisc.
Craig smiles as the tape falls in the Cats cup of tea but you don't see in this edit.
Does he? I'll have to keep an eye out for that if I watch it again.
@@Cyborcat one or two frames before it cuts away. You have to be quick to see.
Apparently Craig Charles got really pissed off with Chris barrie over his impression of him.
a bit of the same in star trek voyager where the holographic doctor swap bodies with 6 of 9, lol.
A person has to look at one more aspect of Rimmer in this one. He is a hologram, which is basically an electronic ghost. How is he supposed to have a needle jammed in his head like Kryten did to Lister, if Rimmer is composed entirely of light. Nobody sees that, but it is something to think about when watching this. I didn't care for it much, but the whole scene where Lister is in the chair and his mind is turned into that of a woman's was hilarious. I give Bodyswap partial credit for that, but still, I didn't find it as interesting or as funny as the rest.
Light bee is probably how