The TV you like thread - The Bear and Badger

Raiziel

I’m watching for old times sake.

Dinostar77

God do the cast look old. Not surprising since Red Dwarf started back in 80s.

Moot_Geeza

I was done with Red Dwarf ages ago, maybe the season with the dinosaur in it, but it was enjoyable stuff for a fair few seasons.

Moot_Geeza

Not knocking the new one as I have no idea if it's good again, but it dropped off just as hard as Only Fools.

nick_md

I haven't watched red dwarf since the proper final ep, the one with the time machine, the rest are shite. All that, going into the real world shit. But those new AA adverts are genuinely good imo.

RamSteelwood

yourfavouriteuncle wrote:

b0r1s wrote:

Facewon wrote:

Got free apple tv with an ipad. Anything worth it? Beasties doco any good?

The Servant (I enjoyed it but it gets middling reviews, best to go in blind though) Morning Show is supposed to be good (but I haven’t seen it). Don’t think Beasties is out yet??

The Servant is good, The Morning Show is excellent and there’s a game dev comedy on there by Rob off of inventing IASIP but that hasn’t reviewed too well and I’ve yet to see it.

I find the appletv/apple+ UX horrible, which puts me off ever using it.

I did watch all of 'Mythic Quest' which is the game dev thing. I enjoyed it. Not brilliant but fun enough. you get cricket off IASIP and Abed off of Community too

Dinostar77

nick_md wrote:

I haven't watched red dwarf since the proper final ep, the one with the time machine, the rest are shite. All that, going into the real world shit. But those new AA adverts are genuinely good imo.

Seasons 1-6 are best. 7-9 are shite and not worth watching. 10-12 are ok, with the occasional really good episode.

b0r1s

Been working through them on Netflix recently and season one, like Blackadder, is poor.

Seasons 2-4/5 are solid and peak with the excellent Back to Reality that created a load of catch phrases for me and my mates. I still occasionally explore Dwayne Dibley from time to time :-)

Dinostar77

b0r1s wrote:

Been working through them on Netflix recently and season one, like Blackadder, is poor.

Seasons 2-4/5 are solid and peak with the excellent Back to Reality that created a load of catch phrases for me and my mates. I still occasionally explore Dwayne Dibley from time to time

Will agree with that. I rewatched them about a month ago. Season 1-6. Some classic epsiodes in their. Dwayne Dibley and Ace Rimmer great alter egos

poprock

Stasis Leak remains the connoisseur’s choice.

LivDiv

Feature length episode was ok.
I think the show is generally strongest when at its simplest, it requires better writing.
The episode where they are stranded on a snow planet and Lister burns a guitar shape cut from Rimmer's canfor wood chest springs to mind.

Quarantine and The Inquisitor are also great episodes.

b0r1s

All three are great episodes Liv. Think I gave up on those episodes at the prison planet (7?) so will be interesting to see the latter episodes.

What was jarring watching the older then newer episodes (I’m on the chasing down red dwarf series) and there is no canned laughter. I find it weirdly less engaging without the canned laughter and I hate it normally. It kind of feels like when you watch a stand up with a mate who doesn’t laugh and it takes the wind out of your sails when you are really enjoying it.

Blocks100

It reached its apex with White Hole.

b0r1s

A white hole?

poprock

So what is it?

Blocks100

Only joking!

cockbeard

b0r1s wrote:

A white hole?

poprock wrote:

So what is it?

Basingstoke

Raiziel

LivDiv wrote:

Feature length episode was ok. I think the show is generally strongest when at its simplest, it requires better writing. The episode where they are stranded on a snow planet and Lister burns a guitar shape cut from Rimmer's canfor wood chest springs to mind. Quarantine and The Inquisitor are also great episodes.

This.

Eps that focused on character interplay and less on sci-fi shenanigans worked best. I’m going to be generous and say that seasons 1 to 6 are brilliant. After that the show lost a writer and focused less on the funny and more on the sci-fi.

Fly me to the moon.

Bob

LivDiv wrote:

Feature length episode was ok. I think the show is generally strongest when at its simplest, it requires better writing. The episode where they are stranded on a snow planet and Lister burns a guitar shape cut from Rimmer's canfor wood chest springs to mind. Quarantine and The Inquisitor are also great episodes.

It’s cos only one of the original two writers still does it.

Paul the sparky

Finished Tales from the Loop. Bit crap. It's all just flat as a fart, I think it's because of the music, which is just that constant theme no matter what's going on. Looked nice enough but I struggled to maintain interest.

n0face

I've watched 3 do far. Agree about the music and I keep thinking they should be half an hour long each.

Facewon

I can get on with the music and pace. Liked ep 3.

Defintely going for a medative pace. There's moments im in the mood for that and other times I'm not, so I'm picking my times to watch.

nick_md

Up to date with Better Call Saul now it continues to be excellent, gotta wait on an ep a week now though, bollocks.

Diluted Dante

nick_md wrote:

I haven't watched red dwarf since the proper final ep, the one with the time machine, the rest are shite. All that, going into the real world shit. But those new AA adverts are genuinely good imo.

After 6 Rob Grant left. Judging from the books, Rob Grant was the funny one, and Doug Naylor the storyteller. 7 is weird because there isn't a studio audience, and it's not multi camera, but I don't think it's actually that bad. 8 Goes back to the original style, but introduces CGI rather than practical effects, and it's weird. Back to Earth, a few moments aside (encountering DVD's springs to mind) is rubbish.

The ones since then haven't reached the highs of series 4-6, but they're well worth watching if you enjoyed up for series 6. There is no requirement to watch anything in between as things revert to how it was with no explanation.

Blocks100

Has their ever been a 'fan poll' to decide the GOAT episode? I would have thought Dave would have organised something like that by now.

Diluted Dante

Appropriately, it has to be quarantine surely?

nick_md

Diluted Dante wrote:

nick_md wrote:

I haven't watched red dwarf since the proper final ep, the one with the time machine, the rest are shite. All that, going into the real world shit. But those new AA adverts are genuinely good imo.

After 6 Rob Grant left. Judging from the books, Rob Grant was the funny one, and Doug Naylor the storyteller. 7 is weird because there isn't a studio audience, and it's not multi camera, but I don't think it's actually that bad. 8 Goes back to the original style, but introduces CGI rather than practical effects, and it's weird. Back to Earth, a few moments aside (encountering DVD's springs to mind) is rubbish.

The ones since then haven't reached the highs of series 4-6, but they're well worth watching if you enjoyed up for series 6. There is no requirement to watch anything in between as things revert to how it was with no explanation.

Cheers Dants, I'll start dipping in over the quarantine (which funnily enough is one of my favourite episodes).

Blocks, pretty sure there was a poll during Red Dwarf night (pre Dave/digital age pretty much, late 90s) and it was the 4 Horsemen episode. I think.

Lots of contenders for sure.

I also really like series 1 & 2, for how different they look.

poprock

The problem with big polls is that most people are wrong. The Four Horsemen, for best episode? What were those people smoking?

Dinostar77

nick_md wrote:

Up to date with Better Call Saul now it continues to be excellent, gotta wait on an ep a week now though, bollocks.

Agreed

nick_md

poprock wrote:

The problem with big polls is that most people are wrong. The Four Horsemen, for best episode? What were those people smoking?

It's a great episode but yeah, wouldn't say best. Iirc this Red Dwarf Night was when that season was the most recent, or so, so everyone was loving The Riviera Kid et al.

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