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Hey, thanks. I didn’t think anyone was gonna be able to help, but this has motivated me again. I’ll edit them into the articles and see how it goes.

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If I’m honest, I’m so beaten with this stuff I can’t bring myself to hunt for this stuff, I’m not going to get the same online reviews like Series X got and it’s just that simple. It’s sad to say, but I’m afraid the man has got me by the balls here and there isn’t much I can do.

I’d add Can of Worms and Skipper if I could, but this guy has surely got to be on my ass now after going out of his way to tag the three episodes and me now conversing with him. I don’t know what I can do here, so I’m pretty helpless on this.

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If it can be from a “reliable source” as well, like RadioTimes or nearest equivalent, that’s what I’m looking for.

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Right, what I’m getting from this guy is he wants more reviews, at least I assume cause he writes very legalese and vague on specifics. I’m going to try and add every review of these three episodes (knowing my luck, that number will quickly go up) available and try to save these articles.

If anybody with reviews for Samsara, Krysis, or Mechocracy that isn’t from Den of Geek, Digital Spy, or CultBox can send it my way, I’ll appreciate it and add it to the article.

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By whatever logic this guy is using, that’s very much up in the air.

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So I sent him a message on his talk page asking what his issue with the episodes are and what I can do to sort them out, as I’m genuinely confused what his problem with them are. I’m not going to do Can of Worms and Skipper until I can hopefully get this sorted as I don’t want to risk any of my time being wasted for something he’ll possibly get deleted anyway.

Unfortunate turn of events.

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*without episode pages

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Thank you for the feedback. It bothered me seeing XI and XII with episode pages for so long, I just didn’t have the knowledge of how to fix it for so long.

I don’t copy and paste the synopsis for episodes, I go by memory and occasionally putting the episode itself on for reference, so it takes some time. I try to keep it at three paragraphs everytime too. I’m the least proud of Samsara, cause I thought I had it the first time and had to rewrite what remembered.

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What makes those episodes any less notable than Parallel Universe or Pete. I’d like that chucklefuck to tell me.

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That prick also did that to Krysis. What the hell is that asshole’s problem, I bust my ass making these and some cunt just gallops in and slaps a tag demeaning it. Honestly.

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Whatever the case, Samsara done now. I still have Krysis, Can of Worms, Mechocracy, and Skipper to go. I did them out of order to keep it from getting too mind-numbing but that’s not panning out, it’s a pain in the ass.

I’m trying to get them all done by February 15, for obvious reasons, so I’ll get back to work on the others tomorrow. Probably Mechocracy next, nice change of pace doing an episode I actually like.

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Right, I’m well fucking pissed off now. I just got done do the entire page for Samsara and load a preview only for Wikimedia servers to crash. God fucking damnit, I didn’t save the fucking shit now I have to rewrite the whole damn thing, only makes me hate that episode even more.

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You’d think the Doctor would be more than happy to see Amy’s crack.

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Timewave done. I’m going to do my next available favorite Siliconia next then call it a day for now

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Thx btw

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Lol I’ll guess I’ll start from Timewave and work my way up. I finished the X photos, correcting their aspect ratios. Their episode synopses may or may not be very good but they haven’t been marked so I’ll assume they’re alright.

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In fact I’m doing the same to the X photos as I speak, I need to get the other XI and XII episodes articles as well but it’s a pain in the balls creating the pages when they already have redirects at the “List of Red Dwarf episodes” page.

If anybody knows a way around this, please advise.

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Alright you bastards, I fixed the fucking Wikipedia pages. New, shorter, concise synopses and new and improved photos with non-squashed aspect ratios.

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A deleted scene that’s in the episode.

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Update the list you lazy cunt

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Let’s not kick him while he’s down

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That’s a shame, sorry to see you go

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People could make fun of you for that, but I admire the creativity involved in this theory.

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The 1980s references in series I to III aren’t very distracting, though, and what they do reference is usually pretty well-known and significant to modern pop culture outside the odd reference to whatever Dustin Hoffman movie was playing at the time.

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Guess it got deleted

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Guess I deserved that for asking a legitimate question on G&T of all places

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What do you expect from the miserable bastards of G&T?

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It’s just an excerise to pass the time, not a collective documentation.

Besides I’m pretty sure OP intended for references to geopolitical scenarios and such, not to pop culture like we ran away with.

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He’s gone into self-loathing, we’ve come full circle.

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As a non-viewer who only saw the clip of the “fuck”, I can safely say it’s laughably bad lol

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Rimmer attributing Glenn Miller being returned by aliens in D.N.A. is a reference to his plane disappearing over the English Channel in 1944. In the same episode, Lister’s recalling of the Polymorph attack is referencing Die Hard 2.

Joseph Merrick, the Elephant Man, is mentioned in Justice and Officer Rimmer.

In Meltdown, during the rollcall of his waxdroid battalion, Rimmer references An Officer and a Gentleman and Full Metal Jacket when talking to the troops. Rimmer calling Elvis, “Sergeant Presley”, is a reference to his actual rank by the time of his discharge from the U.S. Army. The evil waxdroids not mentioned include a member of the Ku Klux Klan and what is presumably a member of the Hell’s Angels.

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In Lemons, “Club 18-30: the holy version” is jokingly said when they mention Jesus’s “missing years” between his childhood and by the time he was 30. Club 18-30, as the name suggests, was a British holiday company specializing in organizing holiday vacations for people in that age group.

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In Krysis, when Rimmer says, “What do you suggest? A lunar road trip herding vacuum cleaners?” He’s referencing the plot of City Slickers.

When Kryten says “Quayle” among the genius inventors who created Legion, he’s referring to the first George Bush’s vice president, Dan Quayle, who had a reputation for being stupid, hence why the audience laughs at his mention.

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I mean let’s not mince words here, this would be an incredibly awful idea.

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It’s not awkwardly done you’re just offended.

My particular favorite is the reference to the Cincinnati Bengals in Justice when Cat says Lister should paint his space mumps their colors.

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That… kinda went past me. Huh. Dampens my vibe now when you think about it.

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So I finally got around to watching Nemesis and… I enjoyed it. I don’t know exactly how to express why I liked it, but me being a viewer of purely the films (and not even all of them) I think it helped I wasn’t attached to anyone apart from Picard and Data. I don’t know though, I have the least to say about this one but I had fun.

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“exist in the same universe”

Yeah, doubt it. This reads more like a bad fanfic than anything.

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Lol what’s the context for that

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Thought it was alright. Feel like I’ve seen this premise before but done better, and Hugh Laurie for me was the only one carrying his weight whilst everyone else faded into the background.

Don’t think I’ll be tuning in again but more a circumstance about how little time I really have to spare for TV shows now.

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It’s more so for older people such as those 40+, though I doubt you’re blending into Gen Z crowds with your This is England looks lol

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Maybe it’s the higher definition cameras capturing his facial fatigue. That, and Stewart does have a beard in most interviews I’ve seen and beards legitimately age you down.

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Watched the RLM review; they pretty much hammered it, though I can’t say i had any particular interest in this myself. I don’t see the benefit of stretching this out over more than a series, Stewart’s 78 and there comes a point it’ll take a lot out of him. Though, I doubt the writers would be able to write a strong limited series one.

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That reminds me of the costume of the Mercenoid in Can of Worms and how everybody pointed it out from Doctor Who when it originated from Riddick, and there were legit people calling for the BBC to tax Red Dwarf for using it. I mean, some people man.

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Yeah, they’re referencing Space: 1999. I’m pretty sure they real ones are either deteriorated or in a museum so they’re probably new.

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Come on Ben, don’t regurgitate shit we already heard before and hear the point I’m making.

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I’m genuinely lose respect for people who act like Timewave is Triump of the Will in 1080p. The mere mention of it’s name is cause for crying now? Lordy, lordy.

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It being a library I’d imagine it’d see use mainly as a library for productions.

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“Sometimes they even sleep with me.” “MMMMMMMMMMMH. Yeah.”

It’s amazing they pulled that one off.

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We need to take some responsibility for ourselves in regards to his toxic behavior. It’s cause of us constantly giving him the attention he craves that he thinks it’s okay to keep behaving the way he does. I honestly think it’s for his and our own good if some action is taken here.

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