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Pulse said:
I've been disappointed from the off, unfortunately.
Me and a friend were both really looking forward to it, but I have gone back to watching the old stuff now! I'll still be watching them, since you just have to, but they are disappointing.
I'm going back on my earlier statement.Me and a friend were both really looking forward to it, but I have gone back to watching the old stuff now! I'll still be watching them, since you just have to, but they are disappointing.
Whilst it doesn't quite match up to the previous stuff, and it probably wouldn't, talking through it with my cousin last night made me realise some of the things I had watched, but not really appreciated.
I found it all very claustrophobic to be honest.
Just seemed like a cheap episode that did not require much money spent on it. No monsters, no chases and no 'exotic' locations.
As for the comedy. The jokes were very thin on the ground. Apart from the moving of the vending machine and that took an age to build up.
Poor 4/10.
Well worth staying up to see the two great cracking episodes afterwards.
Just seemed like a cheap episode that did not require much money spent on it. No monsters, no chases and no 'exotic' locations.
As for the comedy. The jokes were very thin on the ground. Apart from the moving of the vending machine and that took an age to build up.
Poor 4/10.
Well worth staying up to see the two great cracking episodes afterwards.
Speaking of the later episodes, I noticed that in Horsemen they did a small but subtle cut.
When Lister is talking about playing games on the AR machine, Rimmer derides him for just using it to have sex. The original version was something like
Lister: "What about the sports simulations, like Zero-G kick boxing, or Wimbledon?"
Rimmer: "You only play Wimbledon because you're having it off with that jailbait ball girl"
Lister: "She's not jailbait, she's 17!"
But the version aired cut after Lister said "Zero-G kick boxing".
Wonder why they did that...
When Lister is talking about playing games on the AR machine, Rimmer derides him for just using it to have sex. The original version was something like
Lister: "What about the sports simulations, like Zero-G kick boxing, or Wimbledon?"
Rimmer: "You only play Wimbledon because you're having it off with that jailbait ball girl"
Lister: "She's not jailbait, she's 17!"
But the version aired cut after Lister said "Zero-G kick boxing".
Wonder why they did that...
Mr Happy said:
Speaking of the later episodes, I noticed that in Horsemen they did a small but subtle cut.
When Lister is talking about playing games on the AR machine, Rimmer derides him for just using it to have sex. The original version was something like
Lister: "What about the sports simulations, like Zero-G kick boxing, or Wimbledon?"
Rimmer: "You only play Wimbledon because you're having it off with that jailbait ball girl"
Lister: "She's not jailbait, she's 17!"
But the version aired cut after Lister said "Zero-G kick boxing".
Wonder why they did that...
They show Red Dwarf during the day, so perhaps that's the daytime edit and is the only version they have to show. Or if they have the uncut version they showed the wrong one.When Lister is talking about playing games on the AR machine, Rimmer derides him for just using it to have sex. The original version was something like
Lister: "What about the sports simulations, like Zero-G kick boxing, or Wimbledon?"
Rimmer: "You only play Wimbledon because you're having it off with that jailbait ball girl"
Lister: "She's not jailbait, she's 17!"
But the version aired cut after Lister said "Zero-G kick boxing".
Wonder why they did that...
Morningside said:
I found it all very claustrophobic to be honest.
Just seemed like a cheap episode that did not require much money spent on it. No monsters, no chases and no 'exotic' locations.
So just like the first series then?Just seemed like a cheap episode that did not require much money spent on it. No monsters, no chases and no 'exotic' locations.
I wonder if the "Don't talk about the human race" scene was a reference to the "Don't talk about food" scene from series 2-ish.
FourWheelDrift said:
Mr Happy said:
Speaking of the later episodes, I noticed that in Horsemen they did a small but subtle cut.
When Lister is talking about playing games on the AR machine, Rimmer derides him for just using it to have sex. The original version was something like
Lister: "What about the sports simulations, like Zero-G kick boxing, or Wimbledon?"
Rimmer: "You only play Wimbledon because you're having it off with that jailbait ball girl"
Lister: "She's not jailbait, she's 17!"
But the version aired cut after Lister said "Zero-G kick boxing".
Wonder why they did that...
They show Red Dwarf during the day, so perhaps that's the daytime edit and is the only version they have to show. Or if they have the uncut version they showed the wrong one.When Lister is talking about playing games on the AR machine, Rimmer derides him for just using it to have sex. The original version was something like
Lister: "What about the sports simulations, like Zero-G kick boxing, or Wimbledon?"
Rimmer: "You only play Wimbledon because you're having it off with that jailbait ball girl"
Lister: "She's not jailbait, she's 17!"
But the version aired cut after Lister said "Zero-G kick boxing".
Wonder why they did that...
Yep. Even though I've seen the old series many times, they still raise more chuckles than series X.
I remember laughing hysterically to Polymorph (shrinking pants scene) and Legion (knocking rimmer out scene) first time round. That gasping for breath stuff. Maybe you had to be a teenager?
I remember laughing hysterically to Polymorph (shrinking pants scene) and Legion (knocking rimmer out scene) first time round. That gasping for breath stuff. Maybe you had to be a teenager?
So far, for me, X has been...... ok. I love that it's on, that it's not complete s
te, but it's a warm fuzzy glow of Dwarf, no real stand-out-remember-them-forever moments. And where's Holly? There was that predicitive computer (who was no where near as good as Queeg) but that's about it. I vote for Miranda if Lovett's not available 
te, but it's a warm fuzzy glow of Dwarf, no real stand-out-remember-them-forever moments. And where's Holly? There was that predicitive computer (who was no where near as good as Queeg) but that's about it. I vote for Miranda if Lovett's not available hornet said:
So I'm alone in enjoying last night's episode then? Monsters and whatnot are fun, but if they did that every week, I've no doubt we'd just moan there wasn't enough pure character stuff a la series one and two or episodes like Marooned. Loved Cat's "Don't think about it!" speech.
I liked it, I'll try to remember some of Cat's don't think about it speech for the next time someone whinges about their ex. 
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