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Huh, I read read the uniform thing very differently. I always perceived it as using the vinyl texture and the alien rib-like structure of it (think Giger) to underline her synthetic nature
I've thought of that before, and it could be both. I just really like the idea of Red Dwarf poking fun at Star Trek's habit of making female uniforms tighter and/or more revealing by being really obvious about it.
Lister has said "God damn" before. In the episode Bodyswap, he says to Rimmer, "You're never borrowing my body again, that's for God damn sure!" Approximately how nerdy am I for remembering that?
Something that struck me about Rimmer's apparent cowardice was less about him simply having a big yellow streak up his spine, and more the tragedy of him not having anybody in his life that he cared about enough, nobody he would stick his neck out for. In seasons 6-8 however, we see both the original and his nanobot-restored counterpart become somebody who does indeed care enough about people around him. It's quite relatable, and I think we all find people we feel that way about eventually. His brother turning out the same way over the course of this episode was an interesting microcosm of that.
That's because both his parents treated him with contempt and his brothers bullied him, not exactly conducive to creating a loving caring person is it?
Yes, I discovered Red Dwarf when it was first on Netflix in 2012/2013 (Can't remember) and while X wasn't on it, I watched in on the internet and I thought it was magnificent
I started watching Red Dwarf half way through season 3 and was immediately hooked. As soon as i'd here the theme tune at 9pm on BBC 2 i would be so excited and no episode ever disappointed back then. I thought season 10 was a marked improvement on the previous series but seasons 3-6 will never be matched again #DwarferForever
I totally saw that betrayal coming, I mean come on the boys from the dwarf don’t exactly have the best track record for befriending those crazy cyborgs do they.
That photo at 12:34. When this episode aired, they ran a competition to get a signed photo - that one - signed by all 4 of the main cast. Amazingly, I won and Richard Naylor sent it to me a few days later. Since then, I have always loved this season. It has 1 of my favourite ever episodes in it. And that signed photo still makes me smile!
I know some people who thought the overload face was a bit too tryhard but I personally didn't mind it. And the thing I noticed in this episode is that the hold music Lister gets stuck with is the exact same music used in the lift ride Lister and Rimmer take in one of the early episodes (forget which now and I'm too lazy to check) Also we never see exactly what becomes of the defunct simulant, she wasn't dead exactly they could've reprogrammed her to be friendly but we never see her again.
The part where they trick the simulant into thinking they'd changed coursed by leaning in unison was great - only Red Dwarf could even usr a joke like that.
Trojan is a really underrated episode. I think it's the best since Gunmen. A lot of the series X-XII episodes are underrated because the passage of time has elevated the Grant Naylor episodes to classic status in people's minds (and I'm also guilty of this) to the point where nothing they could do would ever compare favourably. But, I think if series X scripts had been shot in the 90s in place of series VII or VIII, these episodes would be as classic as any.
Series 10 is actually my favourite of all time and I grew up with the originals. Also, absolutely love that scene with Lister & Hitler when they jam in Series 12.
I think rimmer is obviously more of a practical vocational person not a exam person. It seems odd that in the future they don't have different exam types for different learner types
Man I remember laughing til I almost puked at the payoff for that moose joke, as usual with red dwarf it was the friggin' delivery that makes it amazing.
Considering the big revilation we're going to find out about Rimmer in the last episode of this season. This episode makes me wonder if the same goes for Howard Rimmer since he's just as bad as Rimmer.
Putting this out there. I think Rimmer's reaction to his brothers death was reasonable, considering what we know about how the older Rimmer boys treated him and how Howard treated Arnold for almost the entire time he was on the Trojan. Also, just a fan theory...perhaps this Howard was from a different dimension.
Series X truly was a 'return to form' for the Dwarfers. The bigger budget isn't even important, because it is the writing and spot-on acting that makes the show great. I was also glad they got rid of Kochanski. Chloe Annett is a fantastic actress, but she was completely wasted and should have been a different character, since people instinctively kept comparing her to Clare Grogan. Her character became a throw-away that went nowhere, plus the whole retcon of her and Dave having an actual relationship was just dumb. I think the writers realised this, hence why they went back to the basics, essentially hitting the 'reset' button. Albeit, I would have liked to see Holly return (either Norm or Hattie).
I'm just going to put this out there now...I think in the very end, very last episode - no more Red Dwarf episode ever, Rimmer will more than redeem himself. There will be tears & cheers from all the fans. We shall see in the (hopefully very distant) future how this plays out.
The original Rimmer already did that in Stoke Me a Klipper though when he became Ace. I think every other Rimmer including the one after 9 is a different iteration
Usually the episode titles have some meaning. Not sure what the hidden meaning here was (maybe it’s Crawford being an insurgent but that’s a bit of a stretch...) Also I loved the “utter ****” line. It’s the delivery that really does it for me.
Also a bit of an editing fluff when Sim Crawford walks away to use the teleporter and they cut away a second too soon in the previous shot that in the shot after Crawford uses the teleporter you can still see a glimpse of her still walking towards the teleporter...
I'm surprised that you didn't mention that during Howard's death scene you can hear a slowed down version of the Munchkin Song (A.K.A The Rimmer Experience song)
I love it when the simulant goes cross eyed for a second during Lister's rant. Its amazing how just one tiny gesture can give a very minor character so much more flavor, its the kind of reaction you'd expect a psychotic deranged android to have to Lister's behavior. I also like how it was a women, script writers don't allow women to do goofy things that might make them "conventionally" unattractive for a joke enough.
SfDebris just made a review of this episode just a few days ago so I was able to compare both review/vlog. Honestly, you win for the comparison from another episode and from not making any Rocky and Bullwinkle jokes.
9:41 usb drives, werent they called "computer slugs" in series 5? I rewwtched this episode. Series 10 is easily the best since 6, if not somewhat better.
Possibly because he’s gotten older and his voice has changed. At least that’s the most likely reason. Plus, I think he thickened up his accent for Red Dwarf and isn’t able to do that anymore due to age. That’s my two cents on the matter.
I remember disliking this episode immensely at the time. It felt like they were nervous and the energy felt jittery. However, the rest of series 10 worked for me so maybe I should revisit this one.
I think my only complaint about season 10 was how absurdly flamboyant Cat's wardrobe became. He's been outlandishly stylish before, but this season took it to a "Little Richard Meets Liberace" level that I found distracting.
YES. I think maybe it wouldn't have been so jarring if they'd kept his hair recognizable, instead of looking like a whole new lifeform had grown onto his head.
@@Cyborcat Hi. You might not know this, but Danny John-Jules is now bald. He lost most of his hair in the hiatus between Season 8 and the 2009 Easter specials. So the production team insisted that he wore a wig. Hope this clears up why his hair looks weird?
@@johnking5174 No, because wigs vary in quality. He's likely been wearing a wig since Season 5, except that one was much more convincing and the only way you can tell is because he suddenly had a widow's peak and the texture was more like Caucasian hair, but it still looked good.
Well, I assumed the antenna was added because there's a hole where the cord would have been, so it didn't look like it started out as a cordless phone. Unless your corded phones also had an antenna, which seems kind of excessive =P
@@Cyborcat You know I'd have to ask my parents? Maybe it was for a charger. But what I remember was that phone with the huge antenna and it was cordless. Some of the stuff we had in the late 90s when it came to electronics looked awful :p
@@Cyborcat We have that exact same phone I believe in the late 80s or early 90s. It was definitely a cordless phone with a big antenna. The big antennas were great because that meant you could take the phone All over the house.
Found a artist whose redesigned the Red Dwarf cast if they where ever rebooted as movie . www.artstation.com/artwork/nqGbE Which could work, if half why through they crossed over the originals. The Krytens could postulate its a meeting of reality's. As a way to kind of a poke at the new Star Trek film series without being to on the nose or mean spirited. They are the same people. Just with some differences in appearances and minor life events. (Just like if it was a movie adaptation)
I feel like I'm the only one who enjoyed beyond a joke, the only thing is disliked about it was how the audience totally killed the mood after Able's death
The name Gerald Hampton came from 1 of the Producers...where they were debating over it and 1 said "You have to call him Gerald Hampton or something like that" and it just stuck... :) As for the 3 new series 10,11 and 12 I thought 10 was superb not a single bad episode everything felt great from the writing to the camera movement to even the graphics (on usual red dwarf standards for budget and such) ...11 and 12 had some good episodes but i felt they were just far to rushed give and take was not a good episode in my opinion. (just my opinion if you like the episode thats fine) But 10 is a brilliant return to form.
It sounds like the name of a dull businessman, or something, to me XD I generally agree, tho I remember not liking 11 so much, but thinking 12 was better. 10 is easily the best out of the three, tho.
Twentica (first episode of 11) i thought was really good. Samsara (a bit merh some decent moments though) Give and take (really poor probably my least favourite episode of the entire series) Officer Rimmer (dont get me wrong i thought the rimmer quartet was good) but to me it just seemed recycled (the whole lot of rimmers been a nightmare thing) seen it before or at least something similar so it just felt repeated) Krysis (decent episode) Can of worms (change of pace cos Cat was the centre of the story which is...not often. As for 12...Cured was a bit mad but i still found it funny Siliconia just felt a bit to stupid Timewave was dreadful the final 3 episodes of 12 though i thought were really good.
The first two episodes of Dave-era are a bit rough, to be honest; Trojan is very hit and miss. The one good thing is the main plot of sibling rivalry aka Rimmer Vs Rimmer. Chris Barrie slipping into his comfortable pre 'Stoke Me a Clipper' Rimmer (yeah, don't ask about how he's a hologram again) and Mark Dexter showing the family trait of being an utter git. The secondary plot of Lister and his stupid call center shenanigans is just boring, except for Kryten freaking out at the call center operator and the punchline of the simulant tea stirrer. The big problem with the episode lies with the production. It's like the production crew hadn't got to grips with 16:9 HD; it seems bland and well 'American', like a sitcom pretending to be Red Dwarf. Dare I say it, it feels more like RDUSA! They do get the hang of it over time and most later episodes have more of an authentic feel, but this one, Rimmer apart, is a bit of a dud.
Yeah, after remembering "Can of Worms" I had to update that to "This season anyway". EDIT - Okay, the person who I was responding to deleted their comment for some reason. EDIT again - Turns out the comment just went into the spam folder AFTER I responded to it. WTF is that all about?
I love your reviews--delightful as always. However, I can't get over the fact that Howard was brought back as a hologram when he is a low ranking crew member. I also don't understand how Howard's ship got so far into deep space, with the crew still being alive! I've never understood the glaring flaws in reasoning in this episode. But then, it IS just a comedy.
Huh, I read read the uniform thing very differently. I always perceived it as using the vinyl texture and the alien rib-like structure of it (think Giger) to underline her synthetic nature
I've thought of that before, and it could be both. I just really like the idea of Red Dwarf poking fun at Star Trek's habit of making female uniforms tighter and/or more revealing by being really obvious about it.
Best line “No we just hosed him down and gave him a hat!”
Honestly this series is the Red Dwarf I had been wanting since series 6 ended. As you said a real return to form.
Lister has said "God damn" before. In the episode Bodyswap, he says to Rimmer, "You're never borrowing my body again, that's for God damn sure!"
Approximately how nerdy am I for remembering that?
Rimmer has that interesting thing where you could technically hate him, but you end up loving him for the hate, hehe
The Simulant plugged those drives in the right way the first time. I think she really is a superior being.
Something that struck me about Rimmer's apparent cowardice was less about him simply having a big yellow streak up his spine, and more the tragedy of him not having anybody in his life that he cared about enough, nobody he would stick his neck out for.
In seasons 6-8 however, we see both the original and his nanobot-restored counterpart become somebody who does indeed care enough about people around him. It's quite relatable, and I think we all find people we feel that way about eventually.
His brother turning out the same way over the course of this episode was an interesting microcosm of that.
That's because both his parents treated him with contempt and his brothers bullied him, not exactly conducive to creating a loving caring person is it?
Red Dwarf X was such a great return to form and sets the mould for 11 and 12 which have episodes up there with 1-6
Yes, I discovered Red Dwarf when it was first on Netflix in 2012/2013 (Can't remember) and while X wasn't on it, I watched in on the internet and I thought it was magnificent
Slower than the speed of dark is now one of my go to quotable lines.
As Terry Pratchett reveals, dark is actually SUPER fast.
It's always there before the light.
@@chrissonofpear1384 yeah funnily enough it's faster than light, because it's not information, it's lack of information
@@kosmokat111 Hmm, that sounds vaguely testable, ala double slit and cavity based experiments...?
I started watching Red Dwarf half way through season 3 and was immediately hooked. As soon as i'd here the theme tune at 9pm on BBC 2 i would be so excited and no episode ever disappointed back then. I thought season 10 was a marked improvement on the previous series but seasons 3-6 will never be matched again #DwarferForever
Rimmer is the most relatable character for me
He's my spirit animal!
are you alright?
He’s always relatable to everyone. Mostly to an celebrity named Dallon Weekes.
I totally saw that betrayal coming, I mean come on the boys from the dwarf don’t exactly have the best track record for befriending those crazy cyborgs do they.
Was looking forward to this episode. This was my first new red dwarf episode that was made after I started enjoying the show
I was so afraid that it wouldn't be as funny as the old days but as soon as they did the Moose joke I was nearly in tears laughing.
That was a great running gag.
As a sweed I nearly died from laughing so hard at that moose joke.
That photo at 12:34. When this episode aired, they ran a competition to get a signed photo - that one - signed by all 4 of the main cast. Amazingly, I won and Richard Naylor sent it to me a few days later. Since then, I have always loved this season. It has 1 of my favourite ever episodes in it. And that signed photo still makes me smile!
I know some people who thought the overload face was a bit too tryhard but I personally didn't mind it. And the thing I noticed in this episode is that the hold music Lister gets stuck with is the exact same music used in the lift ride Lister and Rimmer take in one of the early episodes (forget which now and I'm too lazy to check) Also we never see exactly what becomes of the defunct simulant, she wasn't dead exactly they could've reprogrammed her to be friendly but we never see her again.
9:45 "She wants the rod" _Phrasing_
The part where they trick the simulant into thinking they'd changed coursed by leaning in unison was great - only Red Dwarf could even usr a joke like that.
Trojan is a really underrated episode. I think it's the best since Gunmen. A lot of the series X-XII episodes are underrated because the passage of time has elevated the Grant Naylor episodes to classic status in people's minds (and I'm also guilty of this) to the point where nothing they could do would ever compare favourably. But, I think if series X scripts had been shot in the 90s in place of series VII or VIII, these episodes would be as classic as any.
Series 10 is actually my favourite of all time and I grew up with the originals. Also, absolutely love that scene with Lister & Hitler when they jam in Series 12.
Really? It's a bit meh.
The Worlds oldest meme, I sware you let one wooden horse in to one city and no one ever let's it go.
Love how composer Howard Goodall managed to squeeze in a solumn version of the Rimmer munchkin song during Howard’s death scene...
Damn, I think I caught that on previous viewings but forgot about it this time. That is awesome, tho.
I think rimmer is obviously more of a practical vocational person not a exam person. It seems odd that in the future they don't have different exam types for different learner types
What a splendisimo video :)
Man I remember laughing til I almost puked at the payoff for that moose joke, as usual with red dwarf it was the friggin' delivery that makes it amazing.
1:36 this is the same pep talk i give myself everyday. i might need to change that. lolol
Considering the big revilation we're going to find out about Rimmer in the last episode of this season. This episode makes me wonder if the same goes for Howard Rimmer since he's just as bad as Rimmer.
Well considering their mother is that really much of a surprise?
We at least know John and Frank aren’t Dungo’s kids because they’re both successful as opposed to Rimmer and Howard
Apparently, they were Uncle Frank's. The writers said so somewhere, though I'm not sure where.
@@kate_cooper Also, they had cut lines where the other siblings had nervous breakdowns and went postal, apparently, later in their careers.
Putting this out there. I think Rimmer's reaction to his brothers death was reasonable, considering what we know about how the older Rimmer boys treated him and how Howard treated Arnold for almost the entire time he was on the Trojan.
Also, just a fan theory...perhaps this Howard was from a different dimension.
Series X truly was a 'return to form' for the Dwarfers. The bigger budget isn't even important, because it is the writing and spot-on acting that makes the show great. I was also glad they got rid of Kochanski. Chloe Annett is a fantastic actress, but she was completely wasted and should have been a different character, since people instinctively kept comparing her to Clare Grogan. Her character became a throw-away that went nowhere, plus the whole retcon of her and Dave having an actual relationship was just dumb. I think the writers realised this, hence why they went back to the basics, essentially hitting the 'reset' button. Albeit, I would have liked to see Holly return (either Norm or Hattie).
Just say you don't like women.
I don’t think I’ve seen that animated end card before, it looks really cool!
Thanks! Been wanting to do it for awhile.
I honestly didn't realise how similar the episode is to Beyond a Joke until you pointed it out to me.
I choose to believe that your "But he's feeling much better now" was a reference to John Astin's character Buddy from "Night Court."
Yep! I was thinking of Bull at the time because he said it too, but you're basically right. I'm glad somebody caught that.
I'm just going to put this out there now...I think in the very end, very last episode - no more Red Dwarf episode ever, Rimmer will more than redeem himself. There will be tears & cheers from all the fans.
We shall see in the (hopefully very distant) future how this plays out.
The original Rimmer already did that in Stoke Me a Klipper though when he became Ace. I think every other Rimmer including the one after 9 is a different iteration
Loving these RD reviews, thank you! Series 10 is one of the best, post-1993 or otherwise!
I thought the Male uniforms were sexy too :)
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Well, they definitely looked good in them ^.^
Dude that phone is awesome. I'd use a landline if I had a phone that smegging sweet!
Usually the episode titles have some meaning. Not sure what the hidden meaning here was (maybe it’s Crawford being an insurgent but that’s a bit of a stretch...)
Also I loved the “utter ****” line. It’s the delivery that really does it for me.
A brilliant episode about a brilliant episode!
Also a bit of an editing fluff when Sim Crawford walks away to use the teleporter and they cut away a second too soon in the previous shot that in the shot after Crawford uses the teleporter you can still see a glimpse of her still walking towards the teleporter...
I'm surprised that you didn't mention that during Howard's death scene you can hear a slowed down version of the Munchkin Song (A.K.A The Rimmer Experience song)
Yeah, it's hard to catch if you're not listening for it, and I just forgot that it was in there.
Eh, fair enough. I only noticed after someone pointed it out.
I'm surprised you didn't mention that a slow instrumental version of the Rimmer song from series 7 was playing in the background of Howard's death
Yeah, I knew about it but forgot while making the video.
I love it when the simulant goes cross eyed for a second during Lister's rant. Its amazing how just one tiny gesture can give a very minor character so much more flavor, its the kind of reaction you'd expect a psychotic deranged android to have to Lister's behavior. I also like how it was a women, script writers don't allow women to do goofy things that might make them "conventionally" unattractive for a joke enough.
SfDebris just made a review of this episode just a few days ago so I was able to compare both review/vlog. Honestly, you win for the comparison from another episode and from not making any Rocky and Bullwinkle jokes.
Interesting timing, I'll have to check that out.
Lister’s dreadlocks may look better than ever in this series, but I’m not fond of Kryten’s costume at all. His look was vastly improved in 11 and 12.
I may be alone in this, but anyone else think Kryten in X looks like Robin Williams?
9:41 usb drives, werent they called "computer slugs" in series 5? I rewwtched this episode. Series 10 is easily the best since 6, if not somewhat better.
The hold music on the phone is the elevator music from Stasis Leak btw
season 10 to me is where you get the more nuanced rimmer you got in the books
This is the first time I've realised that Lister's voice seems deeper & his accent less scouse. How did I miss that😂?
Possibly because he’s gotten older and his voice has changed. At least that’s the most likely reason. Plus, I think he thickened up his accent for Red Dwarf and isn’t able to do that anymore due to age. That’s my two cents on the matter.
11:21. Nice Futurama reference by the way. xD
Well, I'm certainly not joining any Space Corps that doesn't have vinyl corsets as part of the uniform.
1:30: That'll be me when I get my exam results next year
Hey-Ho Pip and Dandy!
As noble as his death was, I don't feel that sorry for Howard. He was a relentlessly cruel bully to our Rimmer, along with his other brothers.
I remember disliking this episode immensely at the time. It felt like they were nervous and the energy felt jittery. However, the rest of series 10 worked for me so maybe I should revisit this one.
The Dwarfers are back! :D
I think my only complaint about season 10 was how absurdly flamboyant Cat's wardrobe became. He's been outlandishly stylish before, but this season took it to a "Little Richard Meets Liberace" level that I found distracting.
Yeah, tho I only felt that way about his first two outfits--I remember liking the rest. I really hate his hair, tho--that's what's distracting for me.
YES. I think maybe it wouldn't have been so jarring if they'd kept his hair recognizable, instead of looking like a whole new lifeform had grown onto his head.
@@Cyborcat Hi. You might not know this, but Danny John-Jules is now bald. He lost most of his hair in the hiatus between Season 8 and the 2009 Easter specials. So the production team insisted that he wore a wig. Hope this clears up why his hair looks weird?
@@johnking5174 No, because wigs vary in quality. He's likely been wearing a wig since Season 5, except that one was much more convincing and the only way you can tell is because he suddenly had a widow's peak and the texture was more like Caucasian hair, but it still looked good.
Yeah no, the antenna was already part of it, i had that phone. UK has odd things. :p
Well, I assumed the antenna was added because there's a hole where the cord would have been, so it didn't look like it started out as a cordless phone. Unless your corded phones also had an antenna, which seems kind of excessive =P
@@Cyborcat You know I'd have to ask my parents? Maybe it was for a charger. But what I remember was that phone with the huge antenna and it was cordless.
Some of the stuff we had in the late 90s when it came to electronics looked awful :p
I hadn't thought of it being for a charger, that makes sense.
@@Cyborcat We have that exact same phone I believe in the late 80s or early 90s. It was definitely a cordless phone with a big antenna. The big antennas were great because that meant you could take the phone All over the house.
I use to idolize rimmer when I was like 8 or 9, I would draw a H on my head with texture lol
Is your name Redge Warf by any chance?
I know it is a joke but the speed of dark is the same as the speed of light
Not if you think about it. Anytime light arrives somewhere, the dark is already there
Fact copyright of Terry Pratchett
Good catch. It's one of the many, many such bits that got stuck in my mind forever
1:51 "All-Droid" shopping network ;)
I was wondering is Howard a hard or soft light hologram
Good question. It's been awhile, but I don't recall him touching anything, so he could be soft-light.
@@Cyborcat and yet Lister was able to grasp hold of Howard’s head during the Touch-T scene. I reckon he’s hardlight.
Found a artist whose redesigned the Red Dwarf cast if they where ever rebooted as movie .
www.artstation.com/artwork/nqGbE
Which could work, if half why through they crossed over the originals.
The Krytens could postulate its a meeting of reality's. As a way to kind of a poke at the new Star Trek film series without being to on the nose or mean spirited.
They are the same people. Just with some differences in appearances and minor life events. (Just like if it was a movie adaptation)
Neat!
I’ve never seen this episode.. I think I gave up after earlier series
I feel like I'm the only one who enjoyed beyond a joke, the only thing is disliked about it was how the audience totally killed the mood after Able's death
I liked aspects of it.
The name Gerald Hampton came from 1 of the Producers...where they were debating over it and 1 said "You have to call him Gerald Hampton or something like that" and it just stuck... :)
As for the 3 new series 10,11 and 12 I thought 10 was superb not a single bad episode everything felt great from the writing to the camera movement to even the graphics (on usual red dwarf standards for budget and such) ...11 and 12 had some good episodes but i felt they were just far to rushed give and take was not a good episode in my opinion. (just my opinion if you like the episode thats fine) But 10 is a brilliant return to form.
It sounds like the name of a dull businessman, or something, to me XD
I generally agree, tho I remember not liking 11 so much, but thinking 12 was better. 10 is easily the best out of the three, tho.
Twentica (first episode of 11) i thought was really good.
Samsara (a bit merh some decent moments though)
Give and take (really poor probably my least favourite episode of the entire series)
Officer Rimmer (dont get me wrong i thought the rimmer quartet was good) but to me it just seemed recycled (the whole lot of rimmers been a nightmare thing) seen it before or at least something similar so it just felt repeated)
Krysis (decent episode)
Can of worms (change of pace cos Cat was the centre of the story which is...not often.
As for 12...Cured was a bit mad but i still found it funny
Siliconia just felt a bit to stupid
Timewave was dreadful
the final 3 episodes of 12 though i thought were really good.
Ty
The first two episodes of Dave-era are a bit rough, to be honest; Trojan is very hit and miss.
The one good thing is the main plot of sibling rivalry aka Rimmer Vs Rimmer. Chris Barrie slipping into his comfortable pre 'Stoke Me a Clipper' Rimmer (yeah, don't ask about how he's a hologram again) and Mark Dexter showing the family trait of being an utter git.
The secondary plot of Lister and his stupid call center shenanigans is just boring, except for Kryten freaking out at the call center operator and the punchline of the simulant tea stirrer.
The big problem with the episode lies with the production. It's like the production crew hadn't got to grips with 16:9 HD; it seems bland and well 'American', like a sitcom pretending to be Red Dwarf. Dare I say it, it feels more like RDUSA!
They do get the hang of it over time and most later episodes have more of an authentic feel, but this one, Rimmer apart, is a bit of a dud.
Dave HD? Ironic
Too bad they dumbed down the Cat. 😣
I don't see how he's dumbed down, he just doesn't have as much to do.
(this season, anyway)
Sadly It was the 11 and 12 that dumbed him down.
Yeah, after remembering "Can of Worms" I had to update that to "This season anyway".
EDIT - Okay, the person who I was responding to deleted their comment for some reason.
EDIT again - Turns out the comment just went into the spam folder AFTER I responded to it. WTF is that all about?
1:10
I love your reviews--delightful as always. However, I can't get over the fact that Howard was brought back as a hologram when he is a low ranking crew member. I also don't understand how Howard's ship got so far into deep space, with the crew still being alive! I've never understood the glaring flaws in reasoning in this episode. But then, it IS just a comedy.
Oh gawd.. that was awful.. I didn’t miss much
It gets worse. This is one of the better ones out of series 10-12
Series X, the worst of the series unfortunately!