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  • RMS OceanicRMS Oceanic Registered User regular
    edited April 19
    The most distinctive laugh I remeber from the audience in Red Dwarf is when Rimmer's looking at his crib notes in the astronavigation exam in The End

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  • Golden YakGolden Yak Burnished Bovine The sunny beaches of CanadaRegistered User regular
    edited April 19
    My favorite line from my favorite episode shows that the show is well aware of what it's all about - sci-fi parody-comedy.

    KRYTEN: Red Dwarf was stolen. By persons... or life forms unknown.
    CAT: Who would steal a gigantic red trash can with no brakes and three million years on the clock?
    KRYTEN: Rogue droids... Genetically engineered life forms... Figments of Mr Lister's imagination made solid by some weird space ray. Who knows?

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  • RazielMortemRazielMortem Registered User regular
    edited April 19
    I thought Chloe Annett did a good job, especially once she bedded into the rhythm of the show. I also loved Crime Traveller (and might be the only person who saw it as no-one ever remembers it).

    I just think the loss of Grant or Naylor (like Gork & Mork I can never remember which) was pretty pronounced in 7.

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  • JazzJazz Registered User regular
    edited April 19
    I remember Crime Traveller too, that show was good fun.

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  • RMS OceanicRMS Oceanic Registered User regular
    edited April 19
    Three for three on Crime Traveller

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  • AlphaRomeroAlphaRomero Registered User regular
    edited April 19
    Kochanski generally played the stick in the mud so it's not surprising. She resisted crazy adventures because they were stupid, Rimmer because he was a proud coward, one was definitely funnier than the other

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  • RMS OceanicRMS Oceanic Registered User regular
    edited April 19
    "You can't frighten me, I'm a coward, I'm always scared!"

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  • TraceTrace GNU Terry Pratchett; GNU Gus; GNU Carrie Fisher; GNU Adam We Registered User regular
    edited April 19
    "You can't frighten me, I'm a coward, I'm always scared!"

    There are so many good lines in Red Dwarf it's insane.

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  • MorninglordMorninglord I'm tired of being Batman, so today I'll be Owl.Registered User regular
    edited April 19
    My favourite line is completely straightforward.

    It's the pea on toast scene in the ep with qeeg.

    "I've lost me pea! Oh that's it I've cracked."

    Gets me every time.

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  • CasualCasual Wiggle Wiggle Wiggle Flap Flap Flap Registered User regular
    edited April 19
    I have to thank this thread for making me aware that the Red Dwarf audiobook exists and is narrated by Chris Barrie. Absolute perfection, 10/10, no notes.

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  • RazielMortemRazielMortem Registered User regular
    edited April 19
    The scripts are pretty good but what makes Red Dwarf work for me is the delivery. Those actors killed it with their performances. That's why it's still going today.

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  • RMS OceanicRMS Oceanic Registered User regular
    edited April 19
    I alwayd imagined if Infinity Welcomes Carerful Drivers got adapted to the screen, Kate Mulgrew could play the captain

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  • Shakey1245Shakey1245 Registered User regular
    edited April 19
    She does have experience playing the captain of a space ship that gets lost far from home and has a prominent holographic crew member.

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  • klemmingklemming Registered User regular
    edited April 19
    7 had a lot of changes. First and foremost, losing half of the main creative team (and given that Rob Grant and Doug Naylor each wrote their own book 3, I assume it wasn't a totally cool breakup), the availability of cheap cgi (which was great because it was now in their budget range, but also looked like cheap cgi), the non studio audience killing the comedic timing, and the years-long delay while Charles dealt with a sexual assault accusation that I think got thrown out the instant it finally reached a courtroom.
    Barrie I think had a choice of missing half the series or not doing another series of Brittas Empire, so he had to go.

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  • RazielMortemRazielMortem Registered User regular
    edited April 19
    BTW, it's worth checking out the (2) US Red Dwarf pilots. It sort of shows how these things are often lightning in a bottle.

    I do wonder what happened between Grant and Naylor. They've never spoken about it have they?

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  • Zilla360Zilla360 21st Century. |She/Her| Trans* Woman In Aviators Firing A Bazooka. ⚛️Registered User regular
    edited April 19
    Jazz wrote: »
    I remember Crime Traveller too, that show was good fun.
    Yeah I loved that show! Chloë Annett was great in that (and in Red Dwarf). I am so tempted to make a Crime Traveller thread now, but it would so niche (only 8 episodes of 1 season).

    It was around the same era as BUGS, so the two shows are kind of mixed together in my mind, I have so many great memories of 90's era BBC sci-fi.

    Looking her up on IMDB she seems to have retired from acting. No roles since 2014. A shame. I kind of wonder why.

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  • RazielMortemRazielMortem Registered User regular
    edited April 19
    Zilla360 wrote: »
    Jazz wrote: »
    I remember Crime Traveller too, that show was good fun.
    Yeah I loved that show! Chloë Annett was great in that (and in Red Dwarf). I am so tempted to make a Crime Traveller thread now, but it would so niche (only 8 episodes of 1 season).

    It was around the same era as BUGS, so the two shows are kind of mixed together in my mind, I have so many great memories of 90's era BBC sci-fi.

    Looking her up on IMDB she seems to have retired from acting. No roles since 2014. A shame. I kind of wonder why.

    BUGS, especially early seasons was top quality nonsense. Loved it. Hmm...it's on Britbox, do I dare go back and look....

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  • DonnictonDonnicton Registered User regular
    edited April 19
    I started this series recently, up to season 7 so far. It's weird watching how hard of a tonal shift it went from campy sitcom to some kind of serious tones to some weird mixing of comedic and serious while also including that fucking laugh track this whole time. I'm liking it as a whole so far though , I don't think I can recall too many examples in media that thumb their noses so hard at existentialism as this show does.

    That JFK episode was wild.

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  • JazzJazz Registered User regular
    edited April 19
    Existentialism, eh?

    "Well, Sartre! We don't like existentialists around here. And we certainly don't like French philosophers poncing around in their black polo-necks filling everyone's heads with their theories about the bleakness of existence and the absurdity of the cosmos! Clear?"

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  • RMS OceanicRMS Oceanic Registered User regular
    edited April 19
    Another opportunity to hear Chris Barrie's voice acting skills: There's a deleted scene in Bodyswap, after they've done the episode title, and it was never overdubbed. While Craig Charles just speaks normal, or at least I couldn't pick anything different up, Chris Barrie still tries to speak like Lister would speak and it feels authentic.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5S1ZzlM3yo
    (11:10)

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  • CasualCasual Wiggle Wiggle Wiggle Flap Flap Flap Registered User regular
    edited April 19
    There's a point in the audio book where Barrie switches from voicing Lister to voicing Rimmer doing an impression of Lister and it is on point. I'm going to see if he's done any more audiobooks because the man has a real talent for it.

    It makes me want to see an animated red dwarf series where Barrie voices every character. Maybe even an Eddy Murphy scenario where he played every role in a live action thing. I'd legit pay money to see that.

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  • The WolfmanThe Wolfman Registered User regular
    edited April 19
    I mean, I'm surprised nobody's bothered to post this yet.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MU0QPGbYUn0

    Yeah, he frigging bullseye's Lister's accent.

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  • akTheraakThera akjak Registered User regular
    edited April 14
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    Polaritie wrote: »
    If that's your B team you're well past needing anyone. Also Ei is plenty of on field for that in my experience.

    My A team is just poping the big zhong energy and being too lazy to do anything but charge attack with ganyu

    Me but Hu Tao instead of Ganyu. Other two party members are like whatever man.

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  • Darth_MogsDarth_Mogs Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    I don't really have an 'A' team because I spread myself out early and by the time I realized that was probably not the best idea, I was kind of already committed, especially since the units I focused on weren't great for overall content. So I have 'decent' stuff on a lot of characters and can make a lot of teams, but nothing that's built to the level where I can confidently take them into Abyss without doing some heavy considering.

    Like, I have a Yae Hyperbloom team (Yae/Kuki/Kokomi/Nahida) that works pretty well by virtue of having good 5*s and Dendro being OP and that's good. I can slot Yae into a pretty alright Quicken team with Fischl, Yaoyao and Kazuha, again by virtue of them being good characters at base, even though my artifacts are just alright.

    I've put more actual effort into my Yoimiya team, though. (Yoimiya/Yelan/Xingqiu/Zhongli) Yelan's artifacts are actually pretty good, Yoimiya's are a work in progress, XQ is XQ and Zhongli is Zhongli. I tried a YoiBurgeon team in the first run of the current Abyss 12 (Yoi/XQ/Nahida/Thoma) with...not great results. But again, unsurprising.

    This is mostly why I really got into looking into teambuilding ideas and the mechanics of the game to try and help others, since like, I kinda made my bed, I have 20 or so half-built characters that I can make work but I'd probably have a better time if I'd put that effort into focusing on 8 first and going from there. But at the same time, it is nice being able to just put something together and make it work. Like my Sprinkle Sugar Kuki team (Nahida/Kuki/XQ/C6 Bennett, so named because it's very colorful, (yes it's just Thundering Furry with Kuki instead of Razor)) is just kinda fun and actually put in work in the Abyss while I was building up Razor to run actual TF.

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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
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  • augustaugust where you come from is gone Registered User regular
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  • KrathoonKrathoon Registered User regular
    edited April 19
    I am listening to the audiobook version of the first Red Dwarf novel in the car. It is great.

    I am watching the fifth season right now. Just watched Holoship.

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  • KrathoonKrathoon Registered User regular
    edited April 19
    The first novel is essentially a prequel to the show.

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  • Commander ZoomCommander Zoom Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Skywind:
    Nope, original still better. Sorry.

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  • KrathoonKrathoon Registered User regular
    edited April 19
    I am halfway through season 5 now. Watched Terraform.

    I have also ordered Crime Traveler on Amazon.

    Yonderland is also another show I collected a while back.

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
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  • RMS OceanicRMS Oceanic Registered User regular
    edited April 19
    Krathoon wrote: »
    The first novel is essentially a prequel to the show.

    Part One is, but the rest is a mix of several series 1/2 episodes

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  • CasualCasual Wiggle Wiggle Wiggle Flap Flap Flap Registered User regular
    edited April 19
    Am I going crazy or is there a whole bunch of content from the book that's missing from the audiobook? I remember an entire begining section to BTL that's not in the audiobook.

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  • RMS OceanicRMS Oceanic Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    The Luminist Metroid Soundtrack slaps

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  • RMS OceanicRMS Oceanic Registered User regular
    edited April 19
    Casual wrote: »
    Am I going crazy or is there a whole bunch of content from the book that's missing from the audiobook? I remember an entire begining section to BTL that's not in the audiobook.

    It might depend on your version? I know there was a later version with sound effects and stuff that trimmed a few things, while the Audible versions were transcribed from the cassette tape version which was more or less word for word. What part is missing?

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