Stornoway_craig

[Stornoway_craig]

I don’t want to go picking any fights (seen as I’ve never actually posted anything before) but I’m not sure I agree with the fact the after VII & VIII Doug has now decided “that it’s best to just ignore what the fans want and to make what he thinks is right for the show.” From what I’ve read on reports about the new series, it seems Doug is doing exaclty what the fans want i.e. it’s just the 4 guys are back on the ship.

I remember reading a comment ages ago (it may have been on the offical site) that said something along the lines of what the fans want isn’t necessarily what’s best for the show. Although that may be true, in Red Dwarf’s case I’d say that’s completely wrong. After seres VI I think the majority of fans wanted the guys to get back to Red Dwarf for series VII. They certainly didn’t want Kochanski as a ragular, getting rid of the studio audience, bringing back the whole crew and making Red Dwarf into a prison ship. Weren’t all of these ideas Doug Naylor’s?

I think by taking the series back to it’s original premise Doug has finally started to listen to the fans – it’s just a pity it’s taken him 15 years and 2 (so far) very disapointing series.

Or maybe I’m just getting things completely wrong.

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