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FTW

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Looking forward to the series. Haven’t decided yet if I want to watch Twentica on Sept. 15 or wait until its premiere on my birthday to do so, but I suspect I’ll probably cave and watch it early so I can react in real time with a lot of other fans.

On the point of making the characters do mid-series homework (the overall series that is, not a single series – or as we Americans call it, a season) to prep for this one, I’m not sure if that’s ideal, or a potential mistake. I suppose “pantomimey” may be a thing in XI, not having seen it; I only noticed it really once in Series X with Chris and his “Shakespeare is OVER!” bit. But there’s a difference between saying “wish it weren’t pantomimey” and “these characters should act like they did 20 years and five seasons ago.” Yes, there are personality traits an adult always maintains, but other things can change, like interpersonal relationships or reactions (i.e., I’m a lot more chill about certain things in my mid-40s than I was when I was 22, which is incidentally when I began watching Red Dwarf). Hell, there are changes the characters exhibit from Series 1 to Series 6, that could make some moments in 6 look pantomimey to someone who really liked Series 1-2, I suppose.

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Patrick Stewart as Hogey’s brother.

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I’m 2000 miles away but if you need any distance help I will do what I can.

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My sympathies are with you.

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Do you know if it’s downloadable for an Android platform and where, by chance?

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I can help you with the punctuation. Let me know if there’s anything else.

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No, by “chemistry,” you might “they play off each other well” or you can mean “they seem to want to fuck.” Some fans who thought Smith and Coleman had the latter are pretty upset at the lack of it between her and Capaldi. I’m good with it; I think they have the former just fine, though.

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Depends what you mean by “chemistry.”

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Soon? Or geologically soon? Or maybe just Ripley’s-lifetime soon?

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That would def cause a problem, since I’ve counted the switches to help me keep track on the DVD watch before; they’re about equally childish in the theater. Thanks for answering.

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Ian, what was cut from the broadcast? It’s been so very long and I only remember what I know from the DVD.

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At least he’s better than Harvey Korman at the grin thing. There are a number of times he sort of seems to turn amusement into Rimmer’s trademark irritation (although one notable time he couldn’t just channel anger was “Emohawk” during Danny’s speech about preparing to help save Lister and Kryten – “Ace” is clearly fighting off a guffaw).

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And Symes as Rob Grant?

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I let the petition link pass a few times before signing. What the hell, I’ve signed Change.org petitions for far more important things, so no big.

What I’m really waiting for is Dwarf’s equivalent of “An Adventure in Time and Space.” :-D

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Hurrah, I’m safe til menopause!

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Aren’t we all from the past? Neil Tyson would likely say so.

/ponders

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Did your version of the rewatch (and the original, I guess) have the extended “black card” scene with Lister and the cake and painting an H on his forehead? I understand that’s much shorter in the remastered version ….?

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Yes, but it’s then Rimmer fussing with his new beehive that makes it.

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What’s even more remarkable is how well early Chris and Craig work off of each other given they reportedly did not get on very well. Or maybe that just fed the mug-hogging competition and made it funnier. Probably that.

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When Lister insulted a superior officer and wasn’t reprimanded properly, I knew something wasn’t kosher. Then everybody died, and I thought, “welp, that’s it, show.”

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Do … Re … EGON!

Awwww. :-(

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Greetings from an infrequent guest. :-D

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HA, he’s adorable!

(I thought this was going to be baby pictures of Robert or something, initially …)

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I know. Shares in domestic eye bleach went up this morning.

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That’s what SHE said.

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Perhaps, for a pittance.

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And the officially licensed Pecos Pesos purses?

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When do we start filming, boss?

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Aww. I was just so glad to see Legolas again, I had to see if anyone else went as well. :-D

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Gee, we must be the only two people here who’ve seen or plan to see it.

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I want to star in the documentary. That’s where the real action is.

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I CALL YEOMAN RAND.

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Oh, J.K. and her pseudonyms at it again …

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HA! I had the same foreboding when I heard her say that.

The Alabamans are coming for YOU, Kerry Shale.

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I thought he looked a lot like Sam Rockwell in that one, actually.

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I really liked this sort-of documentary. It was informative and touching, and David Bradley is never a bad choice. I wonder if anyone will ever do this for Dwarf’s origins one day …

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Is there a cast commentary on X? No? I’ll be keeping my $150.

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I’d be daft enough to pay the £66 next year too if not for the $1,400 plane and hotel that goes with it …

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It’s been about two and a half years since we played this game, I think all involved forgot the steps.

“So we’re doing a new series?”

“Yes.”

“Are you sure? We need to plan time off for this.”

“I told a roomful of 400 people daft enough to pay £66 a head to hear it five months ago, didn’t I?”

*type type type blog blog blog*

“YIPEE A SERIES. NEW RIMMER UNIFORM AND KRYTEN HEAD!”

*Doug’s Twitter explodes*

“No, there is no new series. Where do you get these things?”

*erase erase erase fume fume fume*

….. pas de deux

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Someday I want to meet Fuck. They know a LOT of secrets.

Thanks for the link!

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Hey, do any of you collect old Who merchandise or props, books, etc.? I mean old, like from the 80s or earlier …

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I thought Who fans were contractually obligated to have coronaries at the shortening of the title “Doctor” …

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….. This is because of Lister in the gingham dress, isn’t it?

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I feel nobody won on this day.

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JMC is not an acronym! You can’t make a word out of it. Dr. Tyson taught me the grammars. ;-)

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I tweeted the video to someone yesterday with only a humorous “I don’t even know, LOL” and I guess the band gets Google alerts for their name, because shortly after, they retweeted me. Since it gave me the opportunity, I asked about the blackface and where they were from, and explained in the US it’s considered offensive (and asked if it was even makeup anyway). The guy said they’re from Andalucia and his producer played Cat because he resembles him. He said the makeup artist “just put his skin a little darker” on the producer because he’s Latin, and said it’s not offensive, “it’s just performing.”

So there you go – I’m not doing a full “20/20” investigative report to verify his cultural claims, but he did address my questions quickly and pleasantly. And on Twitter, where there’s not much room to explain much. For whatever that’s worth. :-D

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Here’s an admittedly crazy question: Is it possible that’s the dude’s actual skin and he’s not wearing blackface?

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I don’t know where this band is from. But I suspect there are more countries than not where blackface isn’t seen as bad, where they don’t have the history the US and UK do with African slavery. If they’re neither British nor American, maybe they don’t think it’s offensive?

I still want to know what the fuck I watched …

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My thoughts, in order:

<I>Star Trek meets Red Dwarf-ish outpost

Oh shit, it IS Red Dwarf

Why is Todhunter a hologram?

The fuck am I watching?

So this is where Dr. Evil trains his fembots

You know, the world really does need more rappin’ Rimmer

Cat can’t dance

Did Cat kill and eat Lister?

When did Rimmer become Palpatine?

The fuck did I watch all the way through?</I>

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