As a kid I met Arnold Rimmer’s actor at a con, and he was so nice in person. He ignored the “no pictures” rule and offered me and my dad a pic with him for free. I think considering I was like 10 years old, it might’ve been a rarity to see young fans. Kind of a shame to see his latest blog posts though…
My uncle also met Lister’s actor in a pub and they got on well and apparently discussed his prison life, but this sounds like it was ages ago.
First episode I saw was the nodnoL one.
I didn’t know what you were talking about and now I do and I’m sad…
Beyond Series 6 it becomes a bit of a blur, but there are still some highlights (and in the Dave era too).
The commentaries are a “must listen”. They are as funny as the show, especially for the BBC era stuff.
Red Dwarf is that silly little show, from my youth, that I adore.
I must have started watching from when about Series 4 started airing on BBC 2. I remember going back and watching it all on VHS. A glorious shelf full of series 1-8. Also, as with Doctor Who, UKTV Gold would play an entire series on either Thursday or Friday night. And even though I had them all on VHS, I also had 4 VHS tapes, in LP, with 2 series each recorded. Ads included. I still have them somewhere.
I do remember getting the DVDs as they were coming out. They were released every 6 months and I would go the day of release and get them. As soon as I got home, I watched the series right through. The wonder of 480p. So clean. Then I would watch the documentary disc, and then go back and fall asleep with the commentary tracks.
I still have my DVDs of Series 1-8, Bodysnatcher Collection (the remastered series) and the Smeg Ups DVD. I also got the 1-8 Blu-ray “Just the Shows”. I don’t have anything after that on physical media.
As for the Dave era, I’ve seen Back to Eath and Series 10, but I’ve not been able to watch any more really. Only odd bits here and there. The “modern” stuff doesn’t work that well for me, but I do intent to watch it at some point. Usually I get to the end of Series 8 and give up to live with my nostalgia.
For BBC era, I think all the series have their pluses and minuses.
I’ve read all the books too.
It is also worth picking up the audiobooks for the first two as they are read by Chris Barrie. He does a great job.
A list of my favourite episodes:
There I’ve rambled for a while. I’m now going to smegging smeg off.
I love red dwarf, I’ve never watched past back to earth though, one day I’ll get around to it.
I’m not sure what my favourite episode would be, I tend to binge watch this show so they blend together a bit. My favourite character has always been Rimmer though :]
Jog on you evil bastard.
Did not expect the guy to actually like it, never mind that much!
My all-time favourite episode is Queeg. That ending is so, so funny.
Oh, Queeg is great! Actor who plays Queeg did a great job.
I’d have trouble pinning down all time favorite episode, but Holoship was a really good one…
