Red Dwarf: Back to Earth

[Sanada]

For those interested and in the UK, the new special episodes of Red Dwarf start tonight at 9PM on Dave. (http://dave.uktv.co.uk/)

They'll also repeat all the episodes again on Monday.

 

[knut]

Can't wait for these tonight. Gonna be good, I hope. If not then what the hell, it was a nice try.

 

[simonjedi]

I'm looking forward to it, but i'm not holding my hopes massively high. I'm hoping it's the style of the first couple of series not the god awful 8th series

 

[pomegranate]

Oh shit, thanks for this post or I would have missed the whole damn thing... instead of just the first 15 minutes...

 

[ríomhaire]

I just saw this post. Missed it. It seems to be repeating again at 11.30 though, so I set my box to record that.

 

[simonjedi]

I just saw this post. Missed it. It seems to be repeating again at 11.30 though, so I set my box to record that.

Why don't you watch it on Dave +1 at 10?

I thought it was alright, lack of laughter track was weird

 

[Evo]

No laugh track in a Red Dwarf? wtf?

 

[MrBobbert]

damn, it's going to be impossible to watch this in canada, gonna have to stream or download i guess

 

[pomegranate]

Not impressed so far. About as light on chuckles as the last series was. Story seems patchy as well - I've seen the scene twice tonight and still don't understand why the Science Officer appeared... but I'm guessing it wasn't a coincidence that it was at the same time as the monster in the water. But apart from that it's not explained, pffft.

 

[hot564231]

Not off to a good start to be honest, you'd think by now they had a good written plot after so long.


also the CGI must have been done by the Dr Who CGI group, because it was sub-par, weak as ****.


Babylon 5 was made 15 years ago, and the cgi was amazingly better.

 

[stemot]

Not off to a good start to be honest, you'd think by now they had a good written plot after so long.


also the CGI must have been done by the Dr Who CGI group, because it was sub-par, weak as ****.


Babylon 5 was made 15 years ago, and the cgi was amazingly better.

Doctor Who's CGI is nowhere near as bad as this.

 

[ríomhaire]

After seeing the second episode all I can say is...smeg.

 

[Reginald]

I watched this when really really pissed last night. And it was bloody awful.

 

[pomegranate]

Oh pissing hell, I missed the first 20 minutes of the last episode as well.

EDIT

Pffft was that it? I figured from the first episode that the whole thing was gonna turn out to be a fantasy, correctly remembering the fantasy sea monster from years ago... however still a bit disappointing that it turned out to not be real - they've been to contemporary Earth once before (twice if you include Tikka To Ride), I was really hoping that it would be a return to Earth in the time that the last series was set, or even better a return to the time that Lister left Earth... but in the end, no closure to the story, nothing resolved... maybe I care too much but I really think they could have done more with the opportunity, especially considering it didn't turn out to be very funny.

 

[AJ Rimmer]

Man, Episode two was a big step back. The first episode actually felt like Old Dwarf, although the russian science officer was A; A re-used plotline and B; Coming completely out of nowhere, although I expect maybe that's part of the plot. This second episode was... meh. Sort-of clever idea and not *completely* out of the realm of Dwarfness, but still pretty lame as I don't *want* the show to be pretend (In the reality of the show, it just ruins all immersion). Also, the entire second half of the second ep was boring as ****.

 

[kupocake]

Only saw the first episode, and at half volume since I was at my sister's.

Is it explained how on earth they got from the ending of Season 8 to this? No, i'm not talking quality-wise (since the final episode of season 8 is probably one of the most amateurish pieces of TV ever seen, and I wasn't overwhelmed by what I saw).

 

[Mutley]

I thought it was really good, very funny, well written and some great lines in it.

The first "episode" was a little slow but it really picked up.

"Meeeeeeeeeeaaaoowww Yeeeeeeaah!"

 

[hot564231]

Doctor Who's CGI is nowhere near as bad as this.

Did you see the new episode of Dr. Who... I beg to differ. :dozey:

Anyway, the new RD was clever rather than funny.

 

[BoroVC]

It was really weak but in all honesty the show hasnt been the same since Rob Grant left. Series 7 onwards did provide a few laughs but didnt deliver the same feel and quality of the first six series.

 

[kupocake]

I saw a bit of the 'making of' after the third episode. Just like the DVDs, it seemed like a massive circle jerk where everyone was pretty blind and gushing over everything, regardless of its quality.

 

[Warbie]

The new series is as ****ing shite as the 3 series before it! The gulf in quality between this and series 1 & 2, which are up there with the very best of british comedy imo, couldn't be larger.

I liked 3 and 4 too btw, and 5 was ok, but everything after sucks major donkey's dick!

 

[stemot]

Did you see the new episode of Dr. Who... I beg to differ. :dozey:

Anyway, the new RD was clever rather than funny.

Yes I did, and the wrecked alien ship and cgi backdrops from that episode are clearly leagues ahead of any in the new red dwarf, to say otherwise is being really a little silly.

 

[Shift]

I really enjoyed the new episodes, had quite a few good laughs, i have found all the series very entertaining, but the early ones, season 3 inparticular, would definately have to be the funniest.

 

[Sandspider]

It wasn't too bad... but not anthing close to the stuff in seasons 1-6.

I was particularly narked off that they fobbed off the sooooo many plot holes that were needed to tie up season 8 to the new episodes.

 

[hot564231]

Yes I did, and the wrecked alien ship and cgi backdrops from that episode are clearly leagues ahead of any in the new red dwarf, to say otherwise is being really a little silly.

I still beg to differ.

 

[Mutley]

Wow, you guys are harsh on it.

I really enjoyed it.

 

[hot564231]

I enjoyed too, just think it wasn't that funny. just had alot of light humor

 

[Warbie]

Taken in isolation it wasn't so bad, but compared to any episode in series 1 or 2 it is so, so very poor.

 

[kupocake]

Series 1 or 2 aren't really part of the same show as everything from 3 onwards though. The entire thing plays out like at least three separate shows. It's like Blackadder, but less blatantly divergent.

Oh, and nowhere near as funny.