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> what happens in skipper?

Well…

*dodges warning shot from Ian Syme’s with admin hat on*

One more day damn it! Just one more day!

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> What I wanted to get across was: this isn’t a case of “The Gay UK’s TV critic thought Timewave was good”, it’s a case of “The Gay UK happens to have a Red Dwarf fan as a regular writer” … But generally one expects TV reviews to be a little less biased than that.

Wait, doesn’t Ganymede & Titan also have long time Red Dwarf fans reviewing episodes? SHOCK! HORROR!

I demand to see the results of full and thorough inquest into the matter immediately.

> Are we all being reasonable and coming to an agreement, then? That’s weird. Where’s Better Dead Than Smeg when you need him?

Will that do?

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“Remarkably, Timewave actually gained viewers, for a series-high so far of 723,000. This is the first time a mid-series episode of Red Dwarf has ever recorded higher figures than its series premiere”

*bangs head against the wall*

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I know it has become something of a cliche to say this, but placing constraints on someone can sometimes help improve the quality of their creative output. Doug is already both writing and directing his own shows now. How much more can he be unbridled?

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> This is exactly the kind of reason I adore the idea … It’d be gratuitously controversial in certain people’s eyes.

Like having a camp man in a pink dress. They should have put Ziggy on the spine.

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The thing about things like the Blue Midget Dance, Reality Sucks, or even the Dibbley Skutters is that with them the show was at least trying to be fun.

Timewave is just no fun at all.

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SNIPER:

Rimmer goes up to the Observation Dome and commits mass murder.

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So in short you are all heartless bastards.

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> If you didn’t want to eat either apple or oranges ever again.

Not if they are pink, no.

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When?

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What?

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Why?

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> They’ll be using it on the actual show next.

Timewave Remastered perhaps?

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Well that typo is unfortunate.

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GUNMEN OF THE ALPACALYPSE:

Exactly the same episode as Gunmen, but with Alpacas.

Wait, that’s stupid. They would have to be rising Llamas instead.

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> I hate to admit it, but the “Everybody’s dead” scene frustrates me. It could’ve been executed so much better … Especially “are you trying to tell me everybody’s dead?” which I would have preferred Craig Charles to deliver shell-shocked rather than like he’s thick and he’s only just worked out what Holly means

Is he being thick, or is he is being incredulous? Lister had only just come out of stasis, meaning that as far as he was concerned he had been speaking to Todhunter only moments before. You can only be shell shocked after the scale of the problem has sunk in. Temporally disoriented as he was I don’t think he had the time for that.

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Not to mention that Holly’s “they’re dead Dave” speech is probably one of the most cultural iconic parts of the show. It crops up everywhere.

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> Because he’s not a snob who digests things with a critical eye

Wait, are you criticizing us?

DRAIN HIM! DRAIN THEM ALL!

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Wrong, wrong, absolutely brimming over with wrong-ability.

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I still think Lieutenant Asshole is a terrible line myself.

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Jawscvmcdia is Helios?

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APPLES

The Dwarfers briefly travel to 23 AD Britain without any needless trips to India.

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“Pete Part Three”

Guest staring Pete Martin.

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“Corbyn”

The Dwarfers discover a new refrain for Seven Nation Army.

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…from On The Buses.

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Yeah, that is why I quite like Rimmerworld. That is until you actually get to Rimmerworld and it becomes Terrorform II.

The teleporter gags good though.

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The One Where Everyone’s Butler.

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> I don’t think solo- Doug has ever really nailed static scenes of just comedy dialogue, which have nothing to do with plot. (Compare Marooned to Duct Soup) and this episode kind of brings it to the fore … The opening scene does nothing for me.

I still think the Mineoply scenes are the best the Rimmer/Lister two hander Doug has given them in the Dave era. Also the best acting he has gotten out of Chris, with the possible exception of his little tantrum upon losing the game, but at least it is still little.

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Best Kryten suit in general is always going to be VI.

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And that, ladies and gentleman, is what happens when you fail to reload a thread.

Good points lads, well made.

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Pardon me for being thick, but just because Rimmer has hard-light available does that mean he must have it on all of the time?

It is not like you see him touching anything with the red jacket on?

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Which do you prefer, editing comments on the forum or on main articles?

Feel free to discuss this important question.

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Say what you want about Series XI, unlike The Force Awakens it did not just regurgitate the entire plot of the of the first outing of the show.

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It appears to be some kind of dimension hopping margarine, looking for somewhere quiet to hydrogenate.

…I have been sitting on that one for YEARS.

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Look, I can’t churn with you, okay?

It’s because I’m butter isn’t it?

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> ill-advised changelog snark

Name of your autobiography, there.

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eBay Canada = getting reamed by shipping costs from the US.

By and and large.

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23, and I will get off your lawns.

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> Twentica I had forgotten about. They never fix the timeline do they, so presumably Earth history from their point of view has always had a prohibition on technology in the mid 20th century?

Which makes them assassinating Kennedy kind of pointless?

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There does certainly seem to be an element of culture clash here, with your opinion on this largely depending on what you were brought up to expect.

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> This is a serious discussion.

I think you have got the wrong forum mate.

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‘I’ve been begging for a baby Kryten, a little animatronic baby to nurse. That’s never happened,’ Robert suggested.

Red Dwarf cast can’t believe the show has lasted for 30 years

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I grew up almost exclusively on VHS tapes and DVDs, and have almost never watched a show on broadcast as it was coming out. Which means that watching all of the episodes at once (or at least having full control of when I do watch them) is the norm for me. I do still have a communal viewing experience though because I almost exclusively watch television with a family member to bounce my thoughts with. I never watch alone.

The most noteworthy thing this has produced though is that I next to never watch new television and spend most of my time with older shows. I would much rather go back to watch a well regarded or significant series from the past that has slipped me by than try and follow the latest buzz that is going around on Twitter or whatever.

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> Is Hamish new? I like Hamish.

I’m your sock puppet.

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Browsing the internet one night, I came across this forum, clearly a Red Dwarf forum, and at once, to my horror and outrage, what I thought I saw was a bunch of intolerant cretins that go around and attack people. I was already reaching for my telephone to call to this girl (Sarah), when something happened to make me laugh. So I left the telephone where it was and went on posting. Within moments I had gotten what the forum was, and I was laughing all of the time. For me what continues to make this forum so appealing is that it is at times so close to a normal fan community and yet so delightfully makes such a mock of itself and the kind of people who post on it. I sometimes wish we could introduce some of that same wild ironic humour to other online fandoms as well.

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I think everybody wins, except me, so just forget I spoke, all right?

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Yeah, well, proper English spelling is one of my bugbears, growing up in a region with increasing Americanization of the language. The few years I went to a regular school were awful with all of the kids saying “Zee” instead of “Zed”.

This is Canada, damn it! Well, that was Canada. This is the internet. So I guess it does not really matter.

BUT STILL DAMN IT!

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My, that is a mouthful.

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Seb, at present the combining of three separate people’s opinions into one by other posters covers a quarter of the forum, while the amount combined by jawscvmcdia alone consists of small cluster of inane forum threads. I hardly think that we can be entirely absolved of blame on the combining of three separate people’s opinions into one front.

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> What’s Labor Day? Is it when everyone has to deny the Holocaust and make threats on the safety of Laura Kuennsberg?

You know, if you are going to post an inflammatory UK political comment, you can at least go to the trouble of using the British spelling of Labour with a “u”.

And apparently Arbour day is a big deal in Calgary, so I guess I am just a little bit too far north for it.

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