2014-04-20

Yeah, we probably don't need to do anything about this petition, since this was just posted by Digital Spy: http://www.digitalspy.com/british-tv/feature/a564887/the-office-top-gear-and-more-bbc-twos-greatest-ever-shows.html#~oC1VLsqI1NsYLZ It lists Red Dwarf as the FIRST SHOW mentioned as being eligible, so whoever thought the show was snubbed in the first place read it wrong. Not that it hasn't been snubbed by BBC in the past.

The rules are as follows: shows like Red Dwarf that originated on BBC Two are eligible, but shows better associated with another channel are not - say Top of the Pops, which aired on BBC One for the majority of its run but shifted to the sister channel for its final episodes.

And someone commented that it's been mentioned twice in the BBC retrospective tonight. So. Yah?

Go to change.org and sign the petition. It's time BBC ADMITTED and ACKNOWLEDGED that Red Dwarf is one of their own.

Do you believe that there was only one originating Ace that broke the dimension barrier, or could several have done it?

Do you believe that there's only one of them at a time, or are there multiple Aces flying around the dimensions, saving people ~~hunting things. The family business~~?

What would happen if an Ace met another Ace? Interdimensional rift like the one that brought Kochanski to our Red Dwarf? An implosion like a dying star that creates a black hole? Is that where a time dilation field comes from, when one Ace meets another? Or is it just another day in meeting yourself?

What we didn't get to see in Dimension Jump was Ace touching Rimmer, because our Rimmer was a hologram. And because of split screen limitations, we didn't get to see them touch (I don't think) in Stoke Me a Clipper.

And on a purely peeved note, why would Ace have holographic clothes? Did he have to explain to all his lovers that he was a hologram? He went through the trouble of hiding the "H"; why not real clothes?

2014-04-20

posting on behalf of janamelie -petition

So, Ace Rimmer.