Red Dwarf is Back on Netflix Streaming, but…

[Ian Symes]

Something along those lines. It’s definitely the original series, but a really lossy compression/conversion has taken place at some point and changed the bastard frame rate.

[anniescribe]

“Blue: Lister and Rimmer kiss. They can’t hide how happy they aren’t.”

Mabel, much as I like this pairing, I think you nailed it. LOLOL

[Blisschick]

>>Something along those lines. It’s definitely the original series, but a really lossy compression/conversion has taken place at some point and changed the bastard frame rate.

Whatever the technical reason is that is totally over my head, it sucks.

[Ben Paddon]

That’s BBC Worldwide for you. It took them years to fix Doctor Who, and they’re still missing “Planet of the Dead” and “A Christmas Carol”. Plus Hyperdrive is currently in 4:3 (it was in 16:9 when it was on the service two years ago) and the encode for The Office is terrible.

I actually know one or two people at the executive level at BBC Worldwide. And, uh, yeah. They’re a bit shit.

[flanl3]

So what if it’s a dead thread? I was too proud of thinking of this.

Give & Take: After much debating, Cat finally gets tricked into filling Lister’s hole, before it’s discovered that Cat’s incapable of such and Lister will have to fill it himself.

[Ian Symes]

Oh, so *this* is where I got the idea for “in brief” synopses for The Complete Guide. I’d forgotten about this thread.

[Moonlight]

Hooray, I indirectly contributed to G&T.

[McAleeCh]

Oh, so *this* is where I got the idea for “in brief” synopses for The Complete Guide. I’d forgotten about this thread.

Please tell me you guys will be updating the guide once you’ve had the chance to go through the XI Blu-ray/DVD – I’m looking forward to seeing the ridiculous mini-synopses for the latest batch of episodes. XD

[Ian Symes]

There’s a plan. I planned it.

[flanl3]

Okay, but what will you do once your plan gets a little messed up after you get three mill years out into space after one of your buddies couldn’t properly repair the site in time and it blows up on everyone?

[Hamish]

Just spotted this beauty from Edmonton Public Library:
“An unambitious slob has been awakened from a 3 million year sleep to find out he may be the last human alive. Hopelessly lost in space, this crew of mutant bachelors kill time and share adventures aboard the mining ship Red Dwarf.”
https://epl.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1865690005_red_dwarf_xi

…Mutant Bachelors?

[(deleted)]

You remember them, they toured with the Abnormal Platters, the Deformed Tremeloes and Freddie And The Fucked-Up Dreamers.

[By Jove its holmes]

Well, we know from Timeslides that Rimmer evidently has a thing for underage teenage “temptresses” so is Lister/Caroline Carmen necro really implausible ;)

[Moonlight]

Meanwhile in 2016, Red Dwarf is not available for streaming in the US period.

And some of my discs are lost.

[Jason aka Smeg4Brains]

And some of my discs are lost.

You monster!

[Ben Paddon]

The good news is that Red Dwarf is surprisingly affordable on DVD in the US – the individual series sets range from $6 to $22, or the complete I-VIII set is $60.

[flanl3]

I think I bought my complete set for around $67, and the only problem I encountered was that I had to reassemble the box (it had come apart a little).

[flanl3]

Well, not the Dave series, clearly, but the fact that I spent almost as much on those three as I did on the first eight isn’t really much of a surprise.

[Moonlight]

The good news is that Red Dwarf is surprisingly affordable on DVD in the US

I’m missing the episodes for I and V.

[Jonsmad]

Twentica “Lister clamps Kryten’s Nipples to get him going before the discussion of a Big Bang”

[By Jove its holmes]

I always thought that Lister could sing the 1997 Candle in the Wind about Rimmer: “You called out to our country, now you belong to Heaven – Shut up, Lister!”

[flanl3]

Officer Rimmer: “Rimmer nuts everywhere in a dream then in his pants in real life.”

[Ian Symes]

we know from Timeslides that Rimmer evidently has a thing for underage teenage “temptresses”

Wait, what?

[By Jove its holmes]

RIMMER: “…if one of us had a photograph of a female-only naturist beach in Acapulco, full of bronzed, naked, uninhibited teenage temptresses, we could go there for a holiday?”

[Ian Symes]

Yeah, that extra word in the original post is quite key.

[Pete Part Three]

Is it OK if I burn Lolita?

[Dave]

You know that thing when an ‘r’ and an ‘n’ right next to each other can look like an ‘m’?

[Moonlight]

“Cat finds a lady cat. Whatever you’re thinking, it’s not even close.”

[By Jove its holmes]

Ian: But most people don’t refer to 18 and 19 year olds as “teenagers”, they call them “young adults”. That’s what gave me pause and wonder.

[flanl3]

Is it OK if I burn Lolita?

You know that thing when an ‘r’ and an ‘n’ right next to each other can look like an ‘m’?

Eleven and sixty-seven hundredths out of ten on that comment there.

[si]

most people don’t refer to 18 and 19 year olds as “teenagers”

I refer to 18 and 19 year olds as “far too young”.
Mind you, i refer to twenty-somethings in the same way.

And some thirty-somethings.

[si]

I don’t want to suggest how they refer to me.

[By Jove its holmes]

Still makes you wonder how old Rimmer was when he photographed the girls at the nudist beach and why they didnt call the cops on him as a dirty pervert.

[International Debris]

I just assumed it was a photograph he had acquired, rather than one he’d taken himself.

[flanl3]

Except it would need to be developed.

[Hamish]

Just like with Hitler in Fascist Dictator Monthly?

[International Debris]

If we’re getting into ‘how do they redevelop photos from prints?’ territory we might as well do a scene-by-scene ‘hold on this doesn’t make sense’ thread.

[flanl3]

we might as well do a scene-by-scene ‘hold on this doesn’t make sense’ thread.

Might as well indeed.

[(deleted)]

You can turn photos back into negatives. It used to be a thing you could get done.

[peas_and_corn]

So does that make a photo a positive?

[Jonsmad]

Cured: Lister finally receives treatment, for the ancient necrophilia incidental STD.

[Hamish]

Another winner from Edmonton Public Library:

“The Emmy-winning comedy returns for more hilarious intergalactic adventures, with the original cast on board. Viewers see the gang stranded in a scientific research center, contending with out of control, and Rimmer decides to leave Red Dwarf in search of a dimension where he isn’t such a giant loser.”

https://epl.bibliocommons.com/item/show/2017535005

[Ben Saunders]

Contending with out of control what?

[Moonlight]

Series XII was shit. The show’s had the crew contend with out of control before, and I can’t imagine why they thought it could ever live up to the same heights. 8/10.

[Flap Jack]

Beyond A Joke: “The Dwarfers spend some time in virtual reality, and… uh… something happens with other Krytens? I don’t know, it’s been a long time since I’ve seen it. I think there’s like a green, dumber Kryten in it?”

[Ben Saunders]

I just watched Beyond A Joke, there. I thought it was really good. Maybe it’s just the relief of it not being terrible after the slog of Ouroboros, Duct Soup and Blue, but I found myself really enjoying it.

[International Debris]

Beyond a Joke better than Blue?!

[Ben Saunders]

Yeah. Blue has good moments but it’s boring for the most part. Nothing much happens apart from the Rimmer Experience and the kiss.

[International Debris]

You know what I was saying about us having the opposite opinions all the time…

[Moonlight]

I’ve traditionally always liked Blue, but I found myself kind of bored with it outside of its strongest scenes the most recent time I watched it.

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