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Notoriously, and entirely appropriately, the original outline for Doug Naylor and Rob Grant's comedy sci-fi series Red Dwarf was sketched on the back of a beer mat. When it finally appeared on British television in 1988, the show had clearly stayed true to its roots, mixing jokes about excessive curry consumption with affectionate parodies of classic sci-fi. Indeed, one of the show's most endearing and enduring features is its obvious respect for genre conventions, even as it gleefully subverts them. The scenario owes something to Douglas Adams's satirical Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, something to The Odd Couple, and a lot more to the slacker sci-fi of John Carpenter's Dark Star. Behind the crew's constant bickering there lurks an impending sense that life, the universe, and everything are all someone's idea of a terrible joke.
Later seasons broadened the show's horizons until at last its premise was so diluted as to be unrecognizable, but in the six episodes of the first season, the comedy is witty and intimate, focusing on characters and not special effects. Slob Dave Lister (Craig Charles) is the last human alive after a radiation leak wipes out the crew of the vast mining vessel Red Dwarf (Episode 1, "The End"). He bums around the spaceship with the perpetually uptight and annoyed hologram of his dead bunkmate, Arnold Rimmer (Chris Barrie, the show's greatest comedy asset), and a creature evolved from a cat (dapper Danny John Jules). They are guided rather haphazardly by Holly, the worryingly thick main computer (lugubrious Norman Lovett). --Mark Walker
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Boldly going where no one in their right mind would ever go, this popular cult sci-fi spoof takes you on a joyride three million years into the future. Those ubiquitous anti-heroes of space travel - Lister, Rimmer, Cat and Kryten - are coming to DVD for the first time ever!
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Future Echo's of greatness,
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This review is from: Red Dwarf: Series 1 (DVD)
This is a really good series and starts of with a laugh on the 1st line, of the 1st episode, of the 1st series, which is a start of things to come. It's still trying to find it's footing in a few episodes but it's still a laugh a minute. Hollies hologram S.O.S. at the start to each episode is great and is really missed in later series. The extra's are also really good on this DVD which you can't say in many. You will be laughing all the way through this and there are some really amazing lines and jokes. Well worth having.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Madcap trek through deepest space.,
By Ms. H. Sinton "dragondrums" (Ingleby Barwick. U.K.) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Red Dwarf: Series 1 (DVD)
This is the first, and, in my opinion, the best Red Dwarf series. I remember watching this when it first aired on BBC2. I hadn't intended to watch it, it just happened to be on and I remember thinking it would be rubbish. Shows how wrong I was.
Ignore the low budget sets and old fashioned `special' effects and ignore the fact that the cast comprises unknown (at that time) actors. None of that matters with such a wickedly funny script played in a wonderfully over the top manner by its stars. The Red Dwarf is a mining ship millions of miles from home. Dave Lister (Craig Charles) is about the lowest ranked member of crew possible, senior only to the tiny robotic Scutters. Arnold Rimmer (Chris Barrie) is only one step above him but is highly ambitious and opinionated (as well as totally deluded about his abilities), and just loves to pull rank over Dave. The two despise each other and swap insults with unfailing regularity. When Dave is found to have smuggled a cat on board he is threatened with stasis for the remainder of the journey if he doesn't hand the creature over for extermination. Dave opts for stasis and this is where the saga of Red dwarf really starts. When he comes out of stasis he finds that something has wiped out the entire crew of the ship and he has been in stasis for 3 million years. His only company is the ships computer Holly, a holograph of his deceased, neurotic, room mate come enemy, Rimmer, and a self obsessed, humanoid creature, simply called Cat, who has evolved from Frankenstein, Lister's smuggled cat. The humour mainly focuses on the banter and sarcastic comments between Lister and Rimmer, two people who loathe each other but are forced together for company. Holly and Cat, in this first season, play low key parts but have some brilliant one liners. This two disc set not only contains the entire first series but also a myriad of extras including deleted scenes, `smeg-ups' and commentaries by the cast. You don't have to be a sci-fi fan to enjoy Red Dwarf, just a fan of quirky, `off the wall' comedy.
5.0 out of 5 stars
The earliest, and arguably the best, Red Dwarf series,
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This review is from: Red Dwarf: Series 1 (DVD)
The Show: The early episodes, i.e. the first two seasons, of Red Dwarf hold a special place for fans. Before any real money was thrown at the series, and even before Kryten joined the crew on a permanent basis, the first series concentrated on characters and comedy. This series sets up the characters and the relationships that will carry the show through 8 series. One of, if not the best, series of Red Dwarf and one of my personal favorites.Th DVD: Having seen (and taped) most of the show off of PBS, I'm glad to finally have this on DVD. The picture and sound is great, and the disc easily navigable. Though not as many as the later series (II, III, IV) there are a good amount of outtakes, deleted scenes, trailers, etc. But the true gem as far extras is the cast commentary on all 6 episodes. Chris, Craig, Danny and Norman share stories of the early years, behind the scenes, etc. Very cool for diehard fans like myself. In short, if you're a fan you NEED this, if you're new to RD this is probably the best place to start.
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