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bobguy
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Red Dwarf
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Oct 25 14:45 UTC 1992 |
Hey, has anyone ever seen a show called "The Red Dwarf"?
I saw a couple of episodes and died laughing...
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robh
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response 1 of 61:
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Oct 26 00:46 UTC 1992 |
Of course! TARDA2 has tapes of most of the episodes, up through season
5. Come to one of our meetings (every other Wednesday, 2439 Mason
Hall on the U of M Campus, 8 PM) and watch with us.
"Now, the most difficult decision we must make is what to call
ourselves. My own personal favorite is the Comittee for the
Liberation and Integration Of Terrifying Organisms and their
Rehabilitation Into Society. There's just one problem with it,
the initials spell CLITORIS."
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mcnally
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response 2 of 61:
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Oct 26 20:10 UTC 1992 |
Red Dwarf is hilarious! I'm hoping that the Science Fiction Channel
will pick it up. I've got most of the first two seasons on tape but
would love to get my hands on seasons 3, 4, and 5..
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bobguy
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response 3 of 61:
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Nov 1 11:17 UTC 1992 |
So do you think it's hard for a Dead Guy to get a job?
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griz
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response 4 of 61:
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Nov 11 18:38 UTC 1992 |
I watched it on network television ... when I was in Belfast. :-)
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matthew
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response 5 of 61:
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Nov 14 06:13 UTC 1992 |
I've never even heard of it, could anyone give me brief idea as to what it's
aout ? Thanks.
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terru
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response 6 of 61:
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Nov 14 09:11 UTC 1992 |
Okay, this dreadlock guy gets put into suspended animation for goofing
off and generally doing nasty things to his bunkmate Rimmer. One outcome
of his goofing off causes the entire crew of the ship to off it due to
radioactive contamination. The ships computer decides to keep him in
stasis for the 3 million years it takes for the ship to be liveable.
He comes out to find that his cat (who he got put in stasis for) breed
cats who evolved into human like beings who still act like cats. One of
these cats becomes his companion. This cat looks like one of the Pips
for want of any better description.
Our heros other companion is a holographic construct in the form of his
old bunkmate.
These three proceed to bug the hell out of each other while dealing with
various SF problems in an amusing fashion.
It's good enough for me to have memorized the theme song.
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matthew
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response 7 of 61:
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Nov 14 16:03 UTC 1992 |
Thanks, I'll keep my eyes open for it.
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bobguy
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response 8 of 61:
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Nov 27 14:18 UTC 1992 |
Hey, you forgot about The Computer...The ship's computer also has a
personality...a very misguided personality if you can imagine that!
In addition, you should mention that his old bunkmate is of those
straight-laced, spit-n-polish, Oxford type dudes! You know, the type
that believes in Principles of Management!
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young
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response 9 of 61:
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May 24 05:09 UTC 1993 |
"Frank Burns in space" is the description I've been given.
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vidar
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response 10 of 61:
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Sep 28 23:06 UTC 1993 |
Kimball Kinisen was here!
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driver
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response 11 of 61:
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Apr 24 13:12 UTC 1994 |
Hello people. OK. To begin, we in the UK have now seen 5 or 6 series of Red rf.
Yes, they are excellent. I would like to point out that a complete sad
character who can only be described as a git(ie. Rimmer) is nothing at all like
an Oxford-type. Although I am not arguing that Oxford does not contain it's
share of Rimmers, don't stereotype all of us please. PS. Don't be alarmed when
Holly's sex changes overnight. Things like that
happen in deep space!
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w15rs
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response 12 of 61:
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Jul 6 23:06 UTC 1994 |
.:help
Sorry about that, I said I said it was my first message.
Anyway, as I was saying, I have the first 6 seasons on tape. I think
it's the most hilarious show ever. After the second season, thee's a
format change. A bit of the history is re-written, and a new
character (actually introduced in the second season), an android named
Kryten, is added. My favourite episodes are Better Than Life (season 1),
Kryten (season 2), and Back to Reality (season 5). How about any other
favourites?
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aruba
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response 13 of 61:
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Jul 7 00:51 UTC 1994 |
I'd have to go with "Stasis Leak" myself, but I've only seen the first
two seasons. Sure would like to see the rest.
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krebsy
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response 14 of 61:
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Sep 30 13:03 UTC 1994 |
Here in the UK they are currently repeating all of the series and they are up
to series 6 now. I don't want to sour the atmosphere but Craig (Lister)
Charles is up on a Rape charge at the moment. Unf. the news is almost totally
silent about it here, but i'll post a report as i get one.
Krebsy.
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robh
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response 15 of 61:
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Sep 30 22:55 UTC 1994 |
Yes, I've been following that in the Red Dwarf newsgroup. I hope
he's acquitted, but more importantly, I hope he didn't do it.
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cyberpnk
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response 16 of 61:
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Oct 1 17:55 UTC 1994 |
Here in Texas, there is a pbs station out of Dallas called KERA.
They run Red Dwarf on saturday nights, and they're going through all the
episodes again. I hope RD does NOT get on the scifi channel because of this
annoying habit of arbitrarily hacking programs to fit time slots. And one of my
favorite episodes is 'Qua' Quarantine' (season 4?)
C-=:)
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aruba
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response 17 of 61:
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Nov 10 02:19 UTC 1994 |
For anyone who's interested, Blockbuster Video on Main St. in Ann Arbor
has the first 4 seasons of Red Dwarf for rent (there are 2 tapes per
season). Right now you'll find them on the "New Releases" shelf.
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tryxilit
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response 18 of 61:
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Nov 12 10:40 UTC 1994 |
Can I clarify a small point it isn't actually as a result of Listers 'goofing
off' that the radiation leak occurs but due to rimmers negligance in repariing
the drive plate which allows a cadmium-2 leak.. Now this is also sort of due to
the fact that Lister should have been helping him but couldn't because he was
in stasis.. However Lister wasn't in stasis for goofing off but for breaking
quarantine regs by smuggling an un quarantined pet..His cat...on to the ship
and by refusing to give her up for disection and analysis.. It's a small point
but a rather important one in my view... It explains a lot of Rimmer's
insecuritys and also why it is him and not Lister that is imprisioned on
Justice World... A devoted RD fan..(Whattya mean you can tell ;) )
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cyberpnk
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response 19 of 61:
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Nov 12 17:51 UTC 1994 |
I acquired the red dwarf novels recently, and the reason that lister got the
cat in the first place was (according to the book) lister signed on hoping for
a quick passage back to earth from mimas, and he found out that it would take 5
years.
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tryxilit
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response 20 of 61:
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Nov 13 03:11 UTC 1994 |
Yup Grant Naylor decided that Lister broke quarentine rules just to get in
to Stasis as he could stand the thought of another 5 years in sopace...
Nice Irony huh?
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guyver1
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response 21 of 61:
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Sep 10 00:24 UTC 1995 |
Hey, anyone who doesn't like Red Dwarf should just smeg off!
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aruba
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response 22 of 61:
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Sep 10 12:19 UTC 1995 |
I wish someone would show Red Dwarf again in the Detroit area. It's been
absent for 4 years now, and they only ever showed the first 2 seasons anyway.
Blockbuster recently got seasons 1-4, but I understand there are quite a few
more than that now, right? And whatever happened with that rape trial,
anybody know?
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kaplan
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response 23 of 61:
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Sep 14 05:23 UTC 1995 |
There have been 6 seasons of RD. Craig was not convicted of rape and there
may be 2 more seasons made.
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aruba
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response 24 of 61:
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Sep 19 22:48 UTC 1995 |
Well, that's good to hear.
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