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The Return of the Dwarf.

Miserableoldgit
Miserableoldgit Posts: 21,458
edited April 2009 in Not Sports Related
On Dave next weekend (Easter) a new 3 parter with the return of Lister, Kryton,The Cat and Rimmer.
Details to follow...............
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  • Friend Or Defoe
    Friend Or Defoe Posts: 18,128
    The last new series was awful, so I'm not expecting much.

    I hope it turns out that was all a dream and they will return to bumming around in star bug.
  • adamtheaddick
    adamtheaddick Posts: 8,664
    edited April 2009
    I'm dwayne dibbley............. classic


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  • Miserableoldgit
    Miserableoldgit Posts: 21,458
    "You Twonk !!"
  • Clem_Snide
    Clem_Snide Posts: 11,759
    This has obviously come about as they couldn't get it together to produce the mooted film.

    To be honest I'm not expecting much, I thought things went downhill in series 7 and series 8 was just a pile of crap.

    Surprised they have got Chris Barrie & Craig Charles in the same room to be honest. Rumours always used to circulate that they didn't get on, these escalated further when Barrie had bit parts in the later shows.

    Wasn't Danny John Jules (cat) all over the tabloids a while back? Something to do with attacking a bin man.
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,921
    feared the worst when i saw the title.....
  • Miserableoldgit
    Miserableoldgit Posts: 21,458
    [cite]Posted By: AFKABartram[/cite]feared the worst when i saw the title.....

    Big ;-)
  • adamtheaddick
    adamtheaddick Posts: 8,664
    AFKA at blackheath fun fair..

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  • BDL
    BDL Posts: 6,004
    Lol - I'll dig out my Smeg Head T shirt!!!
  • Miserableoldgit
    Miserableoldgit Posts: 21,458
    listerscominghome.com
  • falconwood_1
    falconwood_1 Posts: 7,368
    2009 Thread of the Year

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  • Miserableoldgit
    Miserableoldgit Posts: 21,458
    brilliant !!
    Telegraph poles !!!
  • falconwood_1
    falconwood_1 Posts: 7,368
    edited April 2009
    Brilliant
  • stubs1310
    stubs1310 Posts: 379
    Met the guy who plays Kryton last year- very nice chap. Theres a RD convention coming up soon where they are all in attendence. Saw Craig Charles live a few years back as well as host of Robots Wars when my son and I went to see it filmed- what a great presenter.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,098
    [cite]Posted By: stubs1310[/cite]Met the guy who plays Kryton last year- very nice chap. Theres a RD convention coming up soon where they are all in attendence. Saw Craig Charles live a few years back as well as host of Robots Wars when my son and I went to see it filmed- what a great presenter.

    And crackhead.
  • adamtheaddick
    adamtheaddick Posts: 8,664
    [cite]Posted By: Covered End[/cite]And crackhead

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    And cleared of all rape charges.
  • Miserableoldgit
    Miserableoldgit Posts: 21,458
    All round nice guys !!
  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,462
    [cite]Posted By: adamtheaddick[/cite]
    [cite]Posted By: Covered End[/cite]And crackhead

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    And cleared of all rape charges.

    He's a dick tried to start on my gf's dad! He is smaller than AFKA and a lot less threatening.
  • Alex Wright
    Alex Wright Posts: 8,214
    Hey! Smoke me a kipper............
  • Miserableoldgit
    Miserableoldgit Posts: 21,458
    Back To Reality
  • Miserableoldgit
    Miserableoldgit Posts: 21,458
    What to watch tonight ?

    Red Dwarf (superb first 2 shows) or Lost ?
    Thank God for Sky+.

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  • Mortimerician
    Mortimerician Posts: 5,222
    I thought it was achingly bad to be honest, and I quite liked most of the earlier series. Surprised at the reaction on here.
  • Miserableoldgit
    Miserableoldgit Posts: 21,458
    Thought the whole 3 parter (and making of....) was superb.
    Back to series 5 & 6 quality.
  • Clem_Snide
    Clem_Snide Posts: 11,759
    Watched all 3 of the new episodes back to back last night.

    Unfortunately, my fears were confirmed. Thought it was piss poor.

    The idea about seeking out their creator to ask for more life is stolen from the League of Gentlemen film.

    Can only actually remember laughing 2 or 3 times. Completely underwhelmed.

    I was a huge fan up until series 6. Think they should let sleeping dogs lie now.
  • Friend Or Defoe
    Friend Or Defoe Posts: 18,128
    I thought it was awful. The whole TV show angle was terrible & hard to watch at times.

    There were a few good jokes in it though!
  • randy andy
    randy andy Posts: 5,458
    [cite]Posted By: Clem_Snide[/cite]Watched all 3 of the new episodes back to back last night.

    Unfortunately, my fears were confirmed. Thought it was piss poor.

    The idea about seeking out their creator to ask for more life is stolen from the League of Gentlemen film.

    Can only actually remember laughing 2 or 3 times. Completely underwhelmed.

    I was a huge fan up until series 6. Think they should let sleeping dogs lie now.

    erm, it was stolen from Blade Runner, they even say that in the show, plus the fact the scene with the nose guy is a spoof (with many identical lines) of the scene in Blade Runner with the eye guy, the creator looks is made to look like the head guy in blade runner, as is his office building. There are loads of other references to blade runner too. I think you'll find that the league of gentleman film itself borrows from Blade Runner. I'm sure that blade runner itself probably borrows from far older stories/myths of creators being begged for longer life.

    I actually thought it wasn't that bad, but my expectations after the last series were pretty low.
  • Clem_Snide
    Clem_Snide Posts: 11,759
    Never seen blade runner.

    Don't remember them mentioning blade runner in the show. I guess that shows how well it held my attention.
  • randy andy
    randy andy Posts: 5,458
    [cite]Posted By: Clem_Snide[/cite]Never seen blade runner.

    Don't remember them mentioning blade runner in the show. I guess that shows how well it held my attention.

    Never seen blade runner?!? Oh dear oh dear oh dear lol ;)
  • Vinnie V.
    Vinnie V. Posts: 1,509
    Part 1 was ok. Parts 2 & 3, dross. Used too be my favorite programme.
  • [cite]Posted By: millaphile[/cite]Part 1 was ok. Parts 2 & 3, dross. Used too be my favorite programme.

    Oddly enough I thought it was the other way around. Overall though, as feared, it wasn't very good.
  • kigelia
    kigelia Posts: 2,582
    I thought the first episode was ok but came across as trying too hard to be how it was before. The second two I thought were really poor in terms of the plot although had some good set pieces that made me laugh.

    The problem with it in my view is that what makes a sitcom work generally is that the opposing characters are stuck with each other. In red dwarf they were stuck by being millions of years from getting home (essentially they couldn't) this three parter kind of broke that structure and the stuff with the creator of the show was atrocious as an idea and whilst the ending tried to justify the approach they had used the same device in previous episodes far far better. To me the whole thing came across as a lazy peice of writing.