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Rockershovel might be right. As good as some of this past series was, it might be time to let the series go. It's more the story quality than anything else. The ideas are good, but the gags are a little hit and miss.
If they do go onto Red Dwarf XI, then Doug Naylor should spend a little more time on the scripts. I heard that some were only being written as the first ones were being recorded.
And while haste can produce some excellent results, it doesn't always happen.
If they do go onto Red Dwarf XI, then Doug Naylor should spend a little more time on the scripts. I heard that some were only being written as the first ones were being recorded.
And while haste can produce some excellent results, it doesn't always happen.
Quatermass said:
Rockershovel might be right. As good as some of this past series was, it might be time to let the series go. It's more the story quality than anything else. The ideas are good, but the gags are a little hit and miss.
If they do go onto Red Dwarf XI, then Doug Naylor should spend a little more time on the scripts. I heard that some were only being written as the first ones were being recorded. And while haste can produce some excellent results, it doesn't always happen.
If they do go onto Red Dwarf XI, then Doug Naylor should spend a little more time on the scripts. I heard that some were only being written as the first ones were being recorded.
And while haste can produce some excellent results, it doesn't always happen.
There's a 'making of' documentary on the DVD which is supposed to be really good in a kind of 'warts and all' way. I've bought the DVD for my brother for Christmas, which I'll be borrowing as soon as possible.
I recently watched the special features of 'Back to Earth' and was delighted to see Terry Pratchett attending the premier of the mini series. He was interviewed and said he was a big fan of the show and thought the science was better than on Doctor Who.
I'd never seen Back to Earth before and hadn't heard great things about it - but I thoroughly enjoyed it.
I'd never seen Back to Earth before and hadn't heard great things about it - but I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Tonyblack said:
I recently watched the special features of 'Back to Earth' and was delighted to see Terry Pratchett attending the premier of the mini series. He was interviewed and said he was a big fan of the show and thought the science was better than on Doctor Who.
I really love Doctor Who, but real world scientific accuracy is an extremely low priority for the show. All that business about how impossible it is to orbit a black hole in The Impossible Planet comes to mind. But I don't watch it for the scientific accuracy.
Jack Remillard said:
Tonyblack said:
I recently watched the special features of 'Back to Earth' and was delighted to see Terry Pratchett attending the premier of the mini series. He was interviewed and said he was a big fan of the show and thought the science was better than on Doctor Who.
I really love Doctor Who, but real world scientific accuracy is an extremely low priority for the show. All that business about how impossible it is to orbit a black hole in The Impossible Planet comes to mind. But I don't watch it for the scientific accuracy.
But yes, the science in Doctor Who is pretty soft. But then again, calling the science of Red Dwarf much harder is a load of BS. As with Doctor Who, the story (and comedy, in the case of Red Dwarf) comes first. At least Doctor Who can fall back on Clarke's Law as an excuse. But Red Dwarf, with no actual aliens, can't fall back on it.
Quatermass said:
Jack Remillard said:
Tonyblack said:
I recently watched the special features of 'Back to Earth' and was delighted to see Terry Pratchett attending the premier of the mini series. He was interviewed and said he was a big fan of the show and thought the science was better than on Doctor Who.
I really love Doctor Who, but real world scientific accuracy is an extremely low priority for the show. All that business about how impossible it is to orbit a black hole in The Impossible Planet comes to mind. But I don't watch it for the scientific accuracy.
Unless I got the wrong end of the stick about what they were saying, which seems perfectly possible at this point.
I think the dialogue wasn't specific, and probably for the reason that the writer didn't bother with the actual science.
But as for Red Dwarf, you have, as elements of soft science...
*Going faster than light
*A mutated form of pneumonia creating solid hallucinations
*A man falling pregnant...to his own female counterpart from a parallel universe
And that's only the first two series.
Red Dwarf and Doctor Who run on science that does as the story demands. Red Dwarf does it for the sake of comedy, and Doctor Who can, for the most part, use Clarke's Third Law as an excuse.
Of course, overanalysing the story [EFF!]s up the entertainment value. So the MST3K Mantra is in play at all times.
But as for Red Dwarf, you have, as elements of soft science...
*Going faster than light
*A mutated form of pneumonia creating solid hallucinations
*A man falling pregnant...to his own female counterpart from a parallel universe
And that's only the first two series.
Red Dwarf and Doctor Who run on science that does as the story demands. Red Dwarf does it for the sake of comedy, and Doctor Who can, for the most part, use Clarke's Third Law as an excuse.
Of course, overanalysing the story [EFF!]s up the entertainment value. So the MST3K Mantra is in play at all times.
A question for Red Dwarf fans.
Is there any significance to Holly's name in the series?
The reason I ask is there is a new group of foster kittens on Livestream - The AI Fosters, who are all males apart from mum. They are all named after artificial intelligence devices.
Mum is GlaDos = named from the Portal computer game. Then there's Eddie, from Hitchhiker's Guide, Jarvis from Iron Man, Hal from 2001 and Holly, from Red Dwarf.
The problem is, people who have never seen Red Dwarf cannot get their heads around the idea that someone called Holly could be male. There was speculation that it was short for Hollister, but I put them right on that matter. Hollister was the captain.
But even I'm not sure of the reason for Holly having a female name. I did think that maybe the diminutive version of the name "Hol" was rather like "Hal", but don't know if that's the reason.
HELP!
Is there any significance to Holly's name in the series?
The reason I ask is there is a new group of foster kittens on Livestream - The AI Fosters, who are all males apart from mum.
They are all named after artificial intelligence devices. Mum is GlaDos = named from the Portal computer game. Then there's Eddie, from Hitchhiker's Guide, Jarvis from Iron Man, Hal from 2001 and Holly, from Red Dwarf.
The problem is, people who have never seen Red Dwarf cannot get their heads around the idea that someone called Holly could be male. There was speculation that it was short for Hollister, but I put them right on that matter. Hollister was the captain.
But even I'm not sure of the reason for Holly having a female name. I did think that maybe the diminutive version of the name "Hol" was rather like "Hal", but don't know if that's the reason.
HELP!
Holly is both male and female in Red Dwarf. In series 1, 2, 7 and 8 Holly is played by Norman Lovett and in 3 to 5 by Hattie Heyridge.
Both are an even more demented computer than HAL which is probably where the name came from. The reason for the actor change was simply that Lovett didn't want to be in or wasn't available for series 3 (depending on which version you read)
Both are an even more demented computer than HAL which is probably where the name came from. The reason for the actor change was simply that Lovett didn't want to be in or wasn't available for series 3 (depending on which version you read)
Indeed. I know about the sex change and the fact that it was Norman Lovett got too stroppy so when he threatened to leave, they let him.
No, I was just wondering why Holly, which is usually a girl's name was used.
I don't think it's short for hologram, as he isn't a hologram. Rimmer is a hologram, so we know what they look like in the Red Dwarf universe.
I know about the sex change and the fact that it was Norman Lovett got too stroppy so when he threatened to leave, they let him. No, I was just wondering why Holly, which is usually a girl's name was used.
I don't think it's short for hologram, as he isn't a hologram. Rimmer is a hologram, so we know what they look like in the Red Dwarf universe.
