RD Vlogs: Gunmen of the Apocalypse
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- Опубліковано 12 жов 2024
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Kryten has to fight off a computer virus to save Starbug and the crew. But the Boys From the Dwarf stick together.
This had to be re-edited to get past the Content ID System. A better-looking version is here: vid.me/FmoR
Personally I think exclaiming "marvellous!" is a great way to finish up a bar fight. I guess I'm just too British.
Also this is one of the best episodes ever. I like how well the crew work together for a change.
one of the best episodes indeed
Agreed.
I thought he call them "Bums".
Red Smeg Redemption
you son of a smeg heres a like
Perfect
This is quite possibly the most badass episode for the cast because well they're literally kicking ass in this one.
I remember watching this episode, and the Emohawk episode, back when they were first shown, here in England, and just being overwhelmed by how good they were. I used to sometimes feel the same way when I was watching the Simpsons, back when it was still good, in the '90s.
Between the incidental music and alternate Red Dwarf theme this has to be some of the best music of the entire run of the show
Definitely the best Red Dwarf episode ever.
It certainly is.
It was my Favorite.
This episode stands out for me with The Cat showing he’s not all vain and wants to help Kryton! Of course he also does come up with two never to be seen again good ideas at the same time!
I love Season 6 Cat.
You know, Rimmer complaining about Lister's use of the AR machine for sex is kind of hypocritical coming from someone who owns at least one blow-up doll. Not that hypocrisy is anything new for Rimmer.
That’s the joke. Though I do think AR sex is probably more degrading than a sex doll, though I wouldn’t know what society’s attitude on that would be given that we don’t have total immersion AR games yet.
The AR machine isn't exactly in a private area.
Doing it on the AR machine leaves a mess for the next user (plus we know Lister never cleans!).
The Good, the Bad and the Smegy
My favourite episode too. Especially the Tarka Dahl bit. It made such a bit impact with the UK audience, that the laughing nearly drowns out Bhindi Bahji. Pub (as in beer), then curry house with more beer, was a common thing back then. This being due to UK licensing laws being so antiquated then, that all pubs, bars and off licences, closed at 11pm.! Lock-ins in cities were very rare, due to the amount of old bill around.The tongue stick out at the end of the scene, to make them look more alien like just adds to it.Then with the final flourish as Kryten needs his eyes back.Its quite refreshing to see a US take on UK pop culture.Also your insights into references that one misses, is amazing eg. the 4 horsemen of the apocalypse. Keep up the good work.!
I loved this video! I'm so glad you mentioned Chris's Ronald Reagan impersonation, I've always thought the same. I think you are so right about the comradery in this series, it definitely gives the show a lift. Great commentary 🤜🤛
I SMEGGING LOVE RED DWARF!!!! The Cat is obviously the best though😺 and I'm so happy the Red Dwarf Vlogs are a thing!!! Thanks so much for doing them Cyborcat!!!!! We're like a little Red Dwarf community 😽
I said Red Dwarf way to many times there😹
The Vindaloovians are literally the best joke in the entire series. I don't laugh at any other joke harder than I do at that.
7:13 I'm not gonna lie. Chris Barrie's American accent is spot on. Even if its only for a moment.
He used to do the voices for a comedy puppet show in the 80s called Spitting image , and one of his impersonations was Ronald Reagan.look it up on youtube its very funny.
This episode is also rather telling on how Red Dwarf is viewed by the comedy establishment within the U.K. the show has won, and been nominated a few more times, but has never even gotten a single nomination for the BAFTAs, the most prestigious British awards ceremony for film and television.
it has won a BAFTA for the new series
That's because establishments don't really treat science fiction seriously and that goes for all organisations really, drama is seen as the number one whereas science fiction is seen as some fringe interest that the people voting for these things probably don't care about also the fact Red Dwarf is science fiction and comedy can often be a double whammy in terms of being treated seriously by those who aren't automatically science fiction fans.
When I seen that for the first time when it aired on PBS while selling tote bags and mugs and asking for donations. I said wow that episode was amazing. And PBS was clever to air that whole season with pleads for donations.
Cat's 3 Amigos outfit as the Riviera Kid is just fantastic.
Great episode! Strangely enough I think this better demonstrates how things can awry with AR then every holodeck episode on Star Trek. Different technology but same idea and both shenanigan generators.
Yay! Another RD vlog from you... and Hagan just kicked off her RD videos today too! Always thrilled to see Red Dwarf getting a lot of love!
Yah, I noticed that went up. Haven't watched it myself yet, but I know she's been working on it for awhile. Should be good ^.^
I live just down the road from Laredo where they filmed the western scenes. This has always been one of my favourite episodes.
Fun fact - Chris Barrie voiced the Ronald Reagan puppet in Spitting Image that was used in Genesis' "Land of Confusion" video.
Leave it to Arnold Rimmer to press a nuke button while trying to get the nurse played mostly for laughs
I thought he did Regan in the Frankie Goes to Hollywood Two Tribes video as well?
When can i get a VR machine that looks like the VR machine in this episode?
Get an oculus rift and put some lights infront of it. This was a pretty awesome prediction of the future.. sadly not quite at the level of total immersion yet tho!
We said, "Boys from the Dwarf", at the same time. Jinx!
Well technically you said it first, but I'm going to count it anyway..
Thanks for the reviews.
I think my favourite part of this episode, which rarely gets commented on, is the way Cat decides to go all in on roleplaying his character.
I think I talk about that in the Cat video on this episode.
I never noticed that was a Reagan impression! I used to love Spitting Image, and I've seen this episode more times than I can count, so I have no idea why I never spotted that before.
Ok CC. Been on a very long marathon of this series.
One thing I have to say.
Well done
One of my favourite outtakes of the series is showing the countless takes it took for that 2 seconds of the bullets getting shot out of the air - All they have to do is drop the bullets in to frame and have them stay there and they just can't get it, as someone who did something similar for a college movie it's almost therapeutic to know even with a TV budget some simple shots are still the biggest pain in the ass imaginable - It was probably a pick-up shot but I just love to think there's about 30 people or more just standing around watching a guy dropping bullets for 20 minutes.
Easily one of my top 3 favorite episodes, bar none, and for all the reasons you listed. That Emmy was well and truly earned. Also, I didn't notice until now how the lead of Apocalypse gang looked like the head Simulant (same actor maybe?) Anyway, I enjoyed your look into this episode. Looking forward to Polymorph 2!
I was in the studio audience for this one. :D
I really liked this episode and thought it to be one of the best, as well. My favourite part was when Rimmer throws up in the hat of Bear Strangler Magee. This was also great in that, aside from Kryten, the Cat seems to be an integral part of this.
Another note to make: In the DVD set of Season 2 episodes, they have the ABC's of Red Dwarf, where they go through each letter of the alphabet and explain something to do with the show that starts with each letter. Under "L" is "Lawyers", and it cuts to Patrick Stewart (who played Captain Picard on Star Trek: TNG). He explains that he was horrified with Red Dwarf upon seeing it for the very first time, because he thought it was a rip off of Star Trek TNG. As he was picking up the phone to call his lawyers to get a law suit going, he noticed something that happened that would never happen in TNG. After this, it cuts to the trick shot scene, where Cat shoots his gun and the bullets hit everything and the sign. Patrick Stewart thought the western segment resembled the Star Trek TNG episode "A Fistful of Data's" and after watching the aforementioned scene, he laughed and realized what it was about, becoming an instant fan of the show. Ironic, isn't it?
Also apparently the guy who plays Bear Strangler MacGee is the actor who played Floor 13 inmate Baxter in Series VIII
Oh shit, I thought he looked familiar.
Cyborcat I guess you'll be making a note of that eh?
sorry but McGee was played by Stephen Marcus and Baxter was played by comic Ricky Grover
You know who he means, the big guy and he does appear in the prison scenes @@santanamauricio
Best episode of Red Dwarf and the best review of Red Dwarf I have ever seen. Keep making the videos and I'll keep on loving them.
loving your RD vids, specially all the Cat vids - thank you for all the work you do!
Thanks very much, glad you like them ^.^
Cat is a badass! He gets this episode, angels and demons, can of worms.
I've seen westerns,I understand the language,a large white wine and spritzer please lol 🤣
I just realized it - has anybody noticed the simulants have double eyebrows?
The Age of Consent in the USA varies from State to State! In MOST States it's actually 16, but because nearly all films & tv shows are made & written in California (where it's 18), many Americans believe 18 is the AoC for the nation.
It's 18 in Oregon, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, California, Florida, Virginia, Tennessee, Delaware, & North Dakota.
It's 17 in NY, Louisiana, Illinois, Missouri, Texas, New Mexico, Colorado & Wyoming
It's 16 in Washington, Alaska, Hawaii, Nevada, Montana, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Arkansas, Mississippi, Washington DC, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Maine, Vermont, Connecticut, etc. etc. etc.
(I've dug around in this issue a lot, since in High School I had a friend who was nearly prosecuted for having sex with her boyfriend when she was 18 and he was 17.)
Well damn, I honestly thought it was 18 at least in most states in the US. Oh well.
Why would she have been prosecuted? Shouldn’t her relationship with her boyfriend be protected by the Romeo and Juliet law?
In the Son of Soup book, this episode is described as a 'Roast Beef Western'! 😁
The simulator make with the bald head wasn’t the most frightening of characters was it.
TARKA DALL !!!!
with his brother ROALD
7:05 Brett Riverboat - best name ever😂😂😂
Have you noticed, Lister tries to put on a bit of a detective-ish voice at the start of the episode? He's really trying to get into the character. :P
The AR game is called Streets of Larredo named after the western themed village the episode was shot in
Happy 80th birthday 🥳🎊🍾🎂🎉 Denis Lill
I think this is the episode that got me into RD.👍
Fun fact, I'm not sure if it was this episode, but apparently Patrick Stewart who had never heard of the show first saw it on TV while he was in the UK. And immediately was outraged because he believed it was a rip-off of ST;TNG.
He was then reaching for his phone to call his lawyer when something funny happened that made him laugh, and he reconsidered, even becoming a fan of the show
i think the same happened about galaxy quest which was a comedy movie.
@@toomanyaccounts Sort of. He thought it was makeing fun of TNG. It was Jonathan Frakes who convinced him to see it.
Bear Strangler McGee was played by Stephen Marcus best known as Nick the Greek in Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels
I was also sad when you finished speaking about this episode. It is my favourite, as well?
The music score is what I think is great in that season
Fun fact. Tarka Dal, and Bhindi Bhaji, are Indian curry dishes. What else to expect from Lister.
"Have infection, will travel" YEEEEESH
That does kinda take on a different meaning with the pandemic, doesn't it? XD
@@Cyborcat I’m sure previous pandemics had similar minded people, but it certainly wasn’t broadcast to the level a modern one could, and the travel was probably less efficient
Love this episode! I think I've seen it more than any of the others.
By the way, I kept totally missing the part where the Simulant ship looks like a cow skull. Wow! Thanks for pointing that out.
There is a hilarious outtake that with some editing could have been one of the episode's best gags. After Lister and Kryten exit the VR game at the beginning, Craig after struggling to remove his VR gloves and helmet, forgot to remove the piece of hardware covering his groin. When he then tried to walk away, the cable it was attached to snagged and he fell to his knees in pain. As I said, with some editing it could have been worked in to the episode.
Oh yeah, I remember that one now. That was pretty funny.
Now I'm just picturing Lister's AR game being a virtual reality Ace Attorney spin-off where you play as Detective Gumshoe....having sex with femme fatales! That sounds so wrong.
I'm guessing you'll be addressing the Cat's brief appearance as the Vindaloovian Bhindi Bhaghi in an upcoming Cat video?
Definitely one of the best episodes. The Riviera Kid is almost on the awesomeness level of Dwayne Dibley, but not quite.
He's the anti-Dibbley =P
The andibblesis.
Alternate titles:
A Fistful of Curry
For a Few Lagers More
Smeg em High
True Smeg
Unforsmegging
The Quick and the Smeg
And last but not least
The Simulant who shot Liberty Valance. (Winner of eight BAFTAs, because simulants killed the competition that night)
Did you notice the Simulants all had double eyebrows? Took me years to notice that
I did. Tho it took a little longer to notice it on the woman, if I remember correctly, since the man has thicker eyebrows.
Fans may differ on other episodes but I don't think Ive seen a single person who doesn't like this one, the fact it won an award says it all. I only remember Craig sulking because he got stuck with knife man when he wanted to be the gun slinger.
the similarities between the VR devices in the show and the ones who are available today is kinda interesting.
actually vr devices like that using a headset were available in the 1980s and they had a resurgence in the 1990s and now once again are having another resurgence.
Hey Cyborcat,
I recently did Streams with IronLiz & Lordkat talking about TGWTG and a bunch of other stuff. I wondered if you'd like to do a stream sometime?
Thanks for the offer, but I'm gonna say no.
Another one of my favorites!
even in deep space, they had VR
Liked this one.
Yeah that story about someone at the BBC telling them to cancel the episode is pretty telling. BBC execs never really liked or 'got' the show, but the ratings were so good they could never get a chance to cancel it. Also the person who tried to nix the episode was Janet Street-Porter. A media personality who is well know for being annoying, here is yet another reason to find her annoying :D
Ok. Am I going mad? I can't remember that opening. I could've sworn this episode starts with lister playing a medieval game, where he uses a cheat code to remove the princesses chasity belt? Or is that another episode? It probably is, I just could've sworn it was the start of this episode! And I can't remember the black and white opening...
That's an episode from Season 7 that you're thinking of ... I THINK it's from "Stoke Me a Clipper".
I'll be back for Christmas.
This episode is heavily influenced by Star Trek TOS SE:3 EP:6 Spectre of the Gun. It's obvious that the writers know their sci-fi, lot's of star trek, with Blade Runner, Alien and Hitch Hiker's Guide to The Galaxy thrown into the mix (throughout the shows entire run). The thing I love about RD is that it's written by people who clearly understand science fiction. Yes it's a parody but It's an affectionate parody written by sci-fi fans, it's not sneering and condescending of the genre.
I thought you were about to say "Fistful of Datas"--I was gonna argue that that's very unlikely XD
Not familiar with "Spectre of the Gun" so I'll take your word that "Gunmen" was inspired by that.
@@Cyborcat You are correct about FoD, It's most likely it's a hybrid of both, as RD was contemporary with TNG being produced in the same years , it's obvious Kryten is playing Data. The shot at 9.05 is a copy and paste from Spectre, so essentially an Easter egg TOS scene midnitereviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Star-Trek-Spectre-of-the-Gun-4.jpg BTW you've done really good work with your vids.
I'm certain this episode is based on a John Wayne film with a very similar plot with a drunk sherrif. Can't remember its name though.
TheVargr the only I can think is True Grit.
No I think it is Rio Bravo (1959) after looking through John Wayne's IMDB page
I assumed that was supposed to be his Clint Eastwood impression.
Oh yeah, it could have been. I immediately thought of Ronald Reagan since Chris Barrie had done him before, plus Reagan was in westerns during his acting career.
Question about the intro for each of these videos, is the clips used from your favorite episodes or are they just randomly used ones??
Favorite scenes, that's why so many of them are Cat =P
@@Cyborcat Alright, thanks for letting me know, I know this a late response but either way thanks dena.
Isn’t the guy who plays Bear strangler McGee the same person who played one of the bully’s from season 8
Baxter? No, that's a different guy.
Cyborcat well in that case he certainly looks and talks very similar
Is this the episode that’s referred to here? ua-cam.com/video/HKw6Z0CCNtY/v-deo.html
Disney lemmings, lol.
‘The Matrix’ is basically a rip-off of this episode. Kryten is Neo. Think about it. There are many similarities.
As far as I'm aware the age of consent in the UK is only 16 if the other party is between ages 16 and 18. sort of like the Romeo and Juliet laws in the States. So Lister being his age would be wrong if it was real anyway.
Some strange consequences legally perhaps that if someone almost 19 had sex with someone just 16 soon they would have to wait just under 2 years to be able to legally have sex again.
No, the UK has a blanket age of consent, which is 16. The only exception is if the other person is a teacher or in some other position of authority.
A bit late, but yes, it is 16 in England actually.