Post by Jamie85 on Jul 24, 2005 17:13:40 GMT
Strictly it's a TV program (british) not a movie, but it's so good it deserves a place here (and they're making a movie of it now anyway )
The basic premise (courtesy of http://www.british-sitcom.co.uk)
It is very funny. It's a simple enough premise but the way the characters are portrayed and the way they interact with each other gives it is comedic brilliance. For instance, Lister is the scouser slob, who likes to take the piss out of the hologram Rimmer (note the comedic name), whilst on another extreme you have an immensely vain cat/man who has evolved from a cat and a man over many millennia. Finally, in series 3, an eccentric mechanoid called Kryten.
I now have the first 6 series all on DVD (there were 8 made, yet series 7 and 8, although old, aren't out on DVD yet.)
They're well worth getting. I also understand that the americans tried to make their own version with their own actors...but yeah, well, it sucked, and never took off.
There are also the books too...
The basic premise (courtesy of http://www.british-sitcom.co.uk)
This space sitcom observes the goings on aboard Red Dwarf, a damaged mining spaceship. David Lister is the only survivor after a explosion on-board and he must spend the rest of his life traveling with a hologram of his least favourite crew mate, Arnold Rimmer (a failed 'officer' who likes to enforce pointless rules). The only other animated objects he has for company are a hyper-evolved vain cat, Kryten (an android with no feelings) and the ship's sarcastic computer.
Anyone reading the above synopsis would think the idea behind this sitcom isn't a particularly good one. You would be wrong though as this is a first class production and very funny as well. At times a bit low budget and slightly repetitive but overall well worth watching. The comedy certainly benefits from the ability to suspend reality, allowing for funny situations to be created which are not normally possible in a sitcom (e.g. time travel, mad robots and morphing into other people all feature)
Red Dwarf's large world-wide fan base are now looking forward to the film currently in production.
Anyone reading the above synopsis would think the idea behind this sitcom isn't a particularly good one. You would be wrong though as this is a first class production and very funny as well. At times a bit low budget and slightly repetitive but overall well worth watching. The comedy certainly benefits from the ability to suspend reality, allowing for funny situations to be created which are not normally possible in a sitcom (e.g. time travel, mad robots and morphing into other people all feature)
Red Dwarf's large world-wide fan base are now looking forward to the film currently in production.
It is very funny. It's a simple enough premise but the way the characters are portrayed and the way they interact with each other gives it is comedic brilliance. For instance, Lister is the scouser slob, who likes to take the piss out of the hologram Rimmer (note the comedic name), whilst on another extreme you have an immensely vain cat/man who has evolved from a cat and a man over many millennia. Finally, in series 3, an eccentric mechanoid called Kryten.
I now have the first 6 series all on DVD (there were 8 made, yet series 7 and 8, although old, aren't out on DVD yet.)
They're well worth getting. I also understand that the americans tried to make their own version with their own actors...but yeah, well, it sucked, and never took off.
There are also the books too...