It wasnt bad, it wasnt awesome either.  It was lacking funny funny.

Im not sure I like the whole cavernous room star wars cgi effects tbh.  I guess its building up to something, the short time frame really hurt it.

Quote from: CypherIt wasnt bad, it wasnt awesome either.  It was lacking funny funny.

Im not sure I like the whole cavernous room star wars cgi effects tbh.  I guess its building up to something, the short time frame really hurt it.

Im glad that Im not the only one who thought it was alright.

Some of the stuff I have been reading about peoples opinions baffles me, already reviewing it and writing the lot off as crap after one 22 minute episode, give me a break!

People even moaning about the canned laughter!? Im glad the canned laughter has gone tbh, if you need an audible que to laugh or find something funny then god help you

I think it lacking funny funny isnt too much of bad thing, they need to keep it steady, if they try to be too funny they can fail in massive fashion if they are even slightly off, the Rimmer bit not paying attention coming to mind there.

I not watched it all but What I get is that it was rushed. Some of it add libbed and rushing around with things done in a hurry. I think it would have flowed better and actors more settled with a bit of a longer filming time?

Quote from: matt5cottPeople even moaning about the canned laughter!? Im glad the canned laughter has gone tbh, if you need an audible que to laugh or find something funny then god help you .

I did actually miss the canned laughter. Now I feel bad for it!  :whoops:

Quote from: matt5cottSome of the stuff I have been reading about peoples opinions baffles me, already reviewing it and writing the lot off as crap after one 22 minute episode, give me a break!

You know the funny thing about opinions, how everyones entitled to a different one based on their own tastes?

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Quote from: matt5cottSome of the stuff I have been reading about peoples opinions baffles me, already reviewing it and writing the lot off as crap after one 22 minute episode, give me a break!

You know the funny thing about opinions, how everyones entitled to a different one based on their own tastes?

Jeezus.

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Quote from: matt5cottSome of the stuff I have been reading about peoples opinions baffles me, already reviewing it and writing the lot off as crap after one 22 minute episode, give me a break!

You know the funny thing about opinions, how everyones entitled to a different one based on their own tastes?

Yeah of course, I appreciate that but condeming the entire 3 episodes on the value of the first is a bit much surely!?

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Quote from: matt5cottPeople even moaning about the canned laughter!? Im glad the canned laughter has gone tbh, if you need an audible que to laugh or find something funny then god help you .

I did actually miss the canned laughter. Now I feel bad for it!  :whoops:

To clarify, Red Dwarf *never* had canned laughter, they had a studio audience which Dave wasnt willing to pay for for these episodes. I miss the laughter because it no longer has those little pauses where the cast is waiting for the laughter to die down.

Will know better in an hour how its going to be.

What a crap start :whoops: not sure where this storyline is going, hope they can rescue it

Tbh might be better off waiting till monday when they show all 3 eps back to back!

Quote from: zpyderTbh might be better off waiting till monday when they show all 3 eps back to back!

Yeah kinda wish I could do that now!

Maybe all the people on various forums and facebook etc writing it off after last night had a point and on the start of tonights show more foresight than me

Tonights start was pretty lame, I mean come on but it did pick up I thought, but as it was watching it the lady made a good point red dwarf should be on a ship well said

I guess also, has any extra-terrestrial based sci fi series, ever pulled off the old "back to earth" story arc.

I mean, star trek, the original BSG, and even DR who were pretty weak on earth I felt.

It seems far too reliant on computer graphics and not the writing, the actors or the sets.

It is a cheap money maker, they know any Red Dwarf fan will be tuned in to watch it no matter what but it just isnt the quality it should have been.

I agree about the laughter, alot of the program has always been the cast bouncing off the audience. They played off what made the most laughs and it added an atmosphere to the show.

It feels dead and the writing isnt good enough to hold it up. Only one scene made me laugh and that was just a poke at the use of CG and photos in other programs.

Unless tomorrows episode is suddenly amazing I am worried about this. You can really see how little the actors seem to care about what they are doing, probably due to the cheap rushed nature of it.

I thought tomights episode was a lot better than the first and Danny didnt seem to be struggling to be the cat in this one either. Although I did also mention to my brother that it just seemed wierd them not being on a ship.

Quote from: zpyderI guess also, has any extra-terrestrial based sci fi series, ever pulled off the old "back to earth" story arc.

I mean, star trek, the original BSG, and even DR who were pretty weak on earth I felt.

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