Red Dwarf Tiermaker lists

[Warbodog]

We’re between survey cycles, and it’s a slightly different and maybe clearer way of expressing yourself than trying to come up with a strict hierarchy, so why not waste some time? (Drag ‘n’ drop and save as an image).

I ended up annoying myself in the end, but I’m fairly happy with my groups, apart from the stupid middle. (Chronological order).

Credit to list creator John Mannion for coming up with identifiable thumbnails and bothering to do the colour scheme + font.

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[loadoftottnumb]

Nice bit of fun, thanks

[loadoftottnumb]

Not sure how I got my order all about tit

[Dave]

[Jonsmad]

[Jenuall]

Here we go then, although I could probably have sat here for another hour and reworked it over and over!

 

[International Debris]

Am I missing something with the SABCDF format? What does the S mean and why no E?

[Warbodog]

Superb etc., I took it as best of the best / personal faves among your highest rated.

Maybe there’s normally an E and he switched it out for the custom ‘Not Seen,’ recognising those who didn’t bother with the modern series or skipped some bad ones… although you could probably just not drag those into the list in the first place.

I could probably have sat here for another hour and reworked it over and over!

Yeah, you’ll disagree with yourself immediately, but luckily it counts towards absolutely sod all.

[Ridley]

S-rank is from the Japanese grading system.

[Nick R]

S-rank is from the Japanese grading system.

I didn’t know it was originally an academic thing! I thought it originated in video games – the same sort of ego-boosting scale that led to pinball scores being measured in the billions, Every Extend Extra Extreme scores in the trillions, and to the Devil May Cry games taking the S-rank even higher by introducing Sweet! – SShowtime!! – SSStylish!!! ratings.

My attempt:

I know the D-tier section looks very empty, and the B-tier very full! I think that came about because I wanted to put the better series VIII episodes a grade higher than the worst series VIII ones… but then, I couldn’t bear to put anything from series VII, or all except two Dave episodes, down there with them. (I think I’m fonder of VII than most people here.)

On a different day I might have put almost everything from the Grant Naylor era on S-A-B, with only my favourite few Dave episodes (like Give & Take) making it into that bubble.

After making this, I looked at the list I submitted to the Pearl Poll again. On that list, I put Me2, Out of Time, and Back to Reality above Future Echoes – so for these tiers to match that, those three would jump up from A to S.

[Warbodog]

I ignored any rating aspect of the letters and just grouped episodes I like about the same (anything above D being good and happy to watch any time). I could have done with an extra Zed deck to flush down the absolute worsties though.

[Jenuall]

Tier ranking is a useful way to group things quickly into blocks of “roughly equivalent quality” but at the same time I always find it almost makes the job harder because I then look at things that I’ve put on the same tier and think: “well no I can’t say that episode X is as good as Y because I find X is actually quite a bit better…” and then you end up wanting more tiers and before you know it you’re just doing a top to bottom ranking again!

[Phil]

[Warbodog]

I adapted the maker panel, after greedily rewatching ahead of schedule.

Seeing the gallery made me decide a 10 belonged more with my 9s. There were definitely no other glaring aberrations.

[Hellraiser]

[Ewing]

I realize I have like 12 episodes in the highest tier but that’s just the quality of perfect Red Dwarf episodes.

[Rushy]

Ridley said I can bump this

[Ben Saunders]

Oh, Ridley said, did they?

[Nick R]

Me in 2021:

Me in 2025:

This time, I put The Promised Land above Give & Take.

White Hole and Dimension Jump used to be up in the top tier; now they’ve dropped down one, and Me2 has gone up there instead.

Polymorph and Stasks Leak dropped down quite significantly, while Waiting for God went up.

Fathers & Suns used to be in the same tier as Trojan, Lemons and The Beginning; now it’s a tier below them.

Tikka to Ride used to be in the same tier as Stoke and Blue; now it’s a tier above them.

I think this goes to show that I am a fickle man whose opinions can change on a whim.

[Warbodog]

My main change was Back to Earth, Part 2. When I first rewatched it about 10 years ago, the meta really clicked with me or something and I rated it highly. I watched it again for the Coral Canvass and it plummeted to my bottom 5.

[International Debris]

[Moonlight]

Started work on this yesterday, got distracted naming tiers for a while. I tried to rank based on how I would feel about putting this episode on right now rather than trying to reason out an “objective” ranking. I could infinitely fiddle with this list so I decided to just stop and post it. I put XI / XII controversially high, probably. I was still somewhat on the young side when those originally aired and I watched them to death for a couple years the same way I did with the original 52 shows when I got into them.

[Rushy]

[Dave]

[Unrumble]

Wow, you really do hate Future Echoes and Danny’s Series I performance that much, huh?

[Warbodog]

[Rushy]

Wow, you really do hate Future Echoes and Danny’s Series I performance that much, huh?

I don’t hate Future Echoes, I just think it’s extremely overrated and lower tier of the bubble. . 

I do hate Danny’s s1 performance. 

But mostly I ranked it low because I’m rarely in the mood to revisit it. 

[Dave]

[Unrumble]

[Dave]

[Nick R]

[tombow]

[Warbodog]

They should have had some sort of computer character too, that would have filled out the early series.

[tombow]

[Nick R]

[tombow]

[Warbodog]

[Dave]

[Nick R]

Where on that tier list would you put Crime Traveller?

[Dave]

Where on that tier list would you put Crime Traveller?

Ah shit, I knew I forgot something. 

[tombow]

it’s the virginity tier list

[Author]

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