British sci-fi. <3

[elisi]

The new series of Red Dwarf is FABULOUS! For those who don't know this gem, it's basically a sitcom in outer space... a bit like a grown up Doctor Who, which instead of the Last of the Time Lords features The Last Human. Who - instead of being alien and clever and magical - is a space bum and a total slob, yet he is also every kind of awesome. I shall illustrate the differences like so ('Wonders of the Universe' Vs 'New Computer Game!'):





And yet, both shows play with EXACTLY the same ideas - time and space and what-it-means-to-be-human and paradoxes and all that mad sci-fi stuff. (Yesterday's episode centred around actions being predetermined, fatherhood [I... won't even begin to explain the impossibility of the paradox involved in this - it was GLORIOUS, and reminded me of Moffat's Jekyll. Pissed out of its head] - and Chinese Whispers. Last week's was mostly about the paralyzing force of jealousy. It was hysterical.)

Seriously, for any sci-fi trope you can think of, Red Dwarf will have done an episode, and it will have been hilarious and clever.

(I am so tired, but this show should see me through the next few weeks. ♥)

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[a-phoenixdragon.livejournal.com]

Gods, yes...I've always loved the Dwarf. I need to catch up -

And now that I think on it, you captured all the EXACT reasons I love the Dwarf and the parallels between them. The love was inevitable.

*HUGS*

[(Anonymous)]

Yes. This.

Someone needs to write a proper RD/DW crossover. Imagine the clash - the cynicism of RD against the idealism of DW.

~ srmcd1

[debris4spike]

I used to love old Red Dwarf ... but lost track of it when it got too silly over the last 4 seasons.

The first few were superb.

(But there again I am still a huge Blakes 7 fan!)

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

Loved Red Dwarf back in the day. Haven't seen the recent stuff yet.

[elisi]

Series 9 was just weird, but this one has gone right back to its roots! <3

And clearly I was overthinking things, but oh, that episode. It was like Moffat on drugs. You'll see what I mean!

[elisi]

RED DWARF ISN'T CYNICAL!

*waves hands around*

Red Dwarf is full of optimism and hope and finding meaning in a hostile universe. Lister is a one-person argument for why the Doctor keeps saving the human race... ("I'm pretty cool, I don't take any smeg, and even though I'm disgusting, sometimes I can be quite brave.")

Oh and this is the only crossover I've ever found, but it is VERY good:

First Contact.

:)

[elisi]

I'd say try the latest one (Series X, it's on Dave). It's very much back to basics. I love it. <3

[elisi]

The newest one is Series X - see if you can find it, it's just fabulous. <3

[debris4spike]

Thanks - I shall give it a go, then.

[urb-banal.livejournal.com]

I remember that show! Hey, didn't the guy do a stint on Coronation Street?

I started watching Cory when I was a baby and it's still on and I am OLD.

[elisi]

It's funny, because they're all just so much older. Yet it feels the same. <3

[elisi]

I remember that show! Hey, didn't the guy do a stint on Coronation Street?
Craig Charles - and yes he did. (In series 9 - which was weird and a mini series and very atypical - they travelled across to our world and Lister met Craig...) The new series is on Dave if you want to check it out. :)

And yeah, there are some institutions that just keep going. *cheers*

[gamiila.livejournal.com]

There's a new Red Dwarf? What channel is it on?

[elisi]

Yes there is! And it's on Dave! (Look for Series X!)

[a-phoenixdragon.livejournal.com]

Love it when a show does that. SPN did weird for two years, then bang! - right back to where it was suppose to be.

There is never such a thing as overthinking, lol!!

OMG...now I am excite!! YUS!!

[elisi]

Love it when a show does that. SPN did weird for two years, then bang! - right back to where it was suppose to be.
:D

There is never such a thing as overthinking, lol!!
Yes, yes there is. (We watched Prometheus last night. And if that isn't a classic exercise in Overthinking, then I don't know what is... /o\)

[a-phoenixdragon.livejournal.com]

And here I thought Prometheus was a classic case of hardcore drugs in the water combined with drinking and assuming you were touching the realms of (over)thinking. Heard about it. Glad I skipped it. Saw the Honest Movie Trailer on it.

Think the Honest Movie Trailer was the best portion of that film. O_o

[elisi]

Saw the Honest Movie Trailer on it.
Wish I had before watching the thing itself. It... really, truly, sums it up. Wow.

[a-phoenixdragon.livejournal.com]

They get down to the Brass Tacks. *Cackles* Prometheus should make a LOT more sense now.

[elisi]

Not really. But it's good to know that no one else understood it either.

[a-phoenixdragon.livejournal.com]

LOL! Therein lies the Answer. Let us Zen on it...

[elisi]

I'm currently debating with myself whether it was better or worse than the Star Wars prequels. I'll let you know what I decide. ;)

[(Anonymous)]

Have you read the novels? You'll see just how cynical Grant and Naylor were in the heyday. No aliens. The human race is totally alone and totally stupid. Earth became a garbage dump. And then lots of other bad things happened, like the GELF Wars.

I write a lot of Red Dwarf Fan Fiction. I'll have to do a crossover myself someday.

~ srmcd1

[elisi]

Have you read the novels?
Nope. So I guess I both bow to your superior knowledge, even as I stick with my original statement. :)

[(Anonymous)]

I highly recommend them then. Excellent reads.

~ srmcd1

[elisi]

Once I'm done with Dante I might go looking for them. :)