Red Dwarf DVD commentaries

[FujiVice]

Listened to these again recently, and they’re fantastic. What’s your favourite moments from them?

Norman is a right misery on the Series 8, though. Seems incredibly bitter and for some reason snipes at Chris throughout it.

[Quinn: Clochebusters World Champion]

My favourite bit is when Danny mentions ham.

[Warbodog]

I only listened the first time through, and only had up to series 6. I don’t remember any stand out moments or insights like I do for some other commentaries from the time, like I’m Alan Partridge. But I would have already known most RD trivia from the documentaries and books, so that’s not really a fair comparison.

My most watched features by far are the raw FX (via YouTube uploads for convenience). I stick them on sometimes if I want visuals for DwarfCasts or less relevant audio.

[GlenTokyo]

Bodyform/Terrorform – a classic.

[International Debris]

They’re quite fun, but not as informative as, say, a Rob/Doug one would be.

Norm is the best thing about the VIII commentaries. The worst bit is Bobby calling Krytie TV ‘classic Dwarf’.

[Quinn: Clochebusters World Champion]

They’re quite fun, but not as informative as, say, a Rob/Doug one would be.

Cast commentaries are never as good as writer director commentaries.

It’s fun hearing some on set shenanigans but you really wana hear the creative process behind the stories and the scenes. And you just don’t get that with actors laughing at themselves.

[Rudolph]

Craig’s “your toast is ready, sir!” when Talkie Toaster pops up.

[Unrumble]

My favourite bit is when Danny mentions ham.

The scene in Future Echoes, where Lister is figuring out how the Cat will break his tooth, while Rimmer does some funeral march business in the background. Can’t watch that now without hearing Danny describing it as “a leg of lamb swinging back and forth in the shot”. Or something to that effect.

[clem]

‘Look, the only thing being lit in this shot is Craig’s packet!’ during the scene in Duct Soup where the lights have gone out but Lister’s holding a lantern.

Norm is the best thing about the VIII commentaries

I remember he brings up the David Ross ‘Are you legit?’ story AGAIN.

[Quinn: Clochebusters World Champion]

‘Look, the only thing being lit in this shot is Craig’s packet!’ during the scene in Duct Soup where the lights have gone out but Lister’s holding a lantern.

Norm is the best thing about the VIII commentaries
I remember he brings up the David Ross ‘Are you legit?’ story AGAIN.

It must be difficult to try and reinsert yourself into a group that you had comradary with and whose comradary has grown without you. They have 1001 more stories and references and injokes and all you can do is talk about something from a decade previously

[Stilianides]

Norman was indeed the best thing about the Series VIII commentaries, but they had too many people which leads to them talking over each other sometimes.

I have a nostalgia for the Series 1 commentaries simply because it was exciting to buy the DVD back in those days.

Rob and Doug’s commentaries on the Bodysnatcher DVD are pretty great and it’s a shame that’s all we got.

The lockdown commentaries were wonderful as well.

[Captain Bollocks]

Danny telling Norman his tuft of hair makes him look like Mick McManus.

[Stabbim the Skutter]

I always particularly liked the Series 5 commentaries where Craig was off ill, so the rest of the cast did impressions of him.

Also, the many comments about the dark lighting turning Danny invisible, until they realised they had the contrast turned down on their TV screen.

Hattie: “Ooh! It’s like something out of the Clangers!”

[Mr-Stabby]

Definitely my favourite of the commentaries is Series 7 once Chris has left. He takes great pleasure in pointing out how shit the show was without him :D

“Kryten’s trying to shag Kochanski! Craig’s showing off his packet and the cat hasn’t even appeared!”

[Stephen R. Fletcher]

I’m still not sure if he’s just putting on an act and playfully taking the piss, or if he’s genuinely hating every minute haha.

Though tbf, there was a period where Chris was quite candid with his thoughts on the show before he left.

[MANI506]

<p style=”text-align: left;”>They don’t call him Naylor for nothing.</p>

[RunawayTrain]

I haven’t watched the commentaries for a while but one moment I particularly enjoy is Chris Barrie pointing out in … I think one of the series II eps (maybe Queeg, or Kryten) the rivets on the wall that weren’t repainted.  Just an absurd level of detail to notice, yet very relatable for me anyway.

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