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I have seen it advertized but didn't realize it was brand new, i thought they were just re-running it. I'l have to watch it too see but i agree should have left it alone.
 
Well it should have been left at series 6.

They have been bogging it up though, but I can't see it being as good as it was.
 
I thought the brand new specials that were on Dave three years ago were great, to be fair.

The reason why there is a new series was because the specials were a huge success, the first of the three specials being watched by 4 million viewers, and the other two parts by 3 million - absolutely huge numbers for Dave where the top rated show each week usually only gets 400k viewers (albeit 99% of their programming is repeats).

I'm looking forward to it.
 
Wont be giving it a go so it doesn't taint how I view the old stuff. Its like Blackadder, if they made news ones I simply wouldn't watch it.
 

teppic said:
Well it should have been left at series 6.

They have been bogging it up though, but I can't see it being as good as it was.
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Yeah this.

The program just doesn't work without Rimmer, and when he is in it it doesn't work with the crew being old. And it doesn't work with the crew being old and not having a funny script.

X might be midly amusing at best but the characters themselves just aren't the same now as they were back when it was good.
 
So basically write a reasonably funny joke, stretch it out til its not funny anymore then kill it completly by setting up the punch line for 5 mins but make it so blatantly obvious whats coming.

This is basically like an Everton over 50's susperstars of yesterday team playing a game. Occasional glimpses of what they used to be but really just a bunch of old guys getting together to mess about and try to recreate old times whilst having a bit of a laugh between themselves.
 
I laughed about 5 times which was better than I expected. Pleasantly surprised. I'll be tuning in next week..
 

Trojan is supposedly been muted by some that have seen the whole series as one of the worst episodes in series X so the rest should be pretty good
 
Missed the start, but not too bad. Nowhere near the classics tho, eg Camille which they showed after. Still looking forward to the rest, and might have to bust out my RD DVD :)

Anyone read the books??
 
Absolutely fantastic that, was excited for its return and was hoping it didnt let down. The style is very much the original but with a modernised set. Great gags in there though.
 
It was alright, better than most of the 'comedy' on TV at the minute but it feels a bit too polished to be Red Dwarf of old. I pulled up the rest of the series preview from Damonpedia for those that are interested.

2 11 October 2012 Fathers and Suns Lister grapples with the problem of being his own father while Rimmer and Kryten install a new computer.
3 18 October 2012 Lemons The Red Dwarf crew end up marooned in 23 AD. They cannot return because they need an 8-volt battery for Starbug. However, remembering a lesson from school, Rimmer suggests they make one out of lemons.
4 25 October 2012 Entangled Lister loses a poker game against Rimmer to a strange device which makes Cat and Kryten speak at the same time.
5 1 November 2012 Dear Dave Lister, as he has always been way over fond of women, ends up stuck in a love triangle with snack dispensers 23 and 34. Then some surprise mail comes.
6 8 November 2012 The Beginning A fleet of severe war ships surround Red Dwarf and the crew start to wonder if this is the beginning or the end. To make matters worse only one man can save them. And to make matters even worse that 'man' is Arnold .J. Rimmer.
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