Introcast off hiatus - tangent topic

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

I found out the Red Dwarf Introcast people recorded their latest podcast today, which will post sometime later this week, most likely - for those of you besides me keeping up with that.

For those of you NOT keeping up, you if you've wanted to sort of jump in and start, this might be a good point to do so. They've done the first six seasons already (you can find them in archive on their site, and some through iTunes podcasts); this week is "Tikka to Ride." The two newbies aren't allowed to be spoiling themselves before any episode they see, so there will be Big Changes as they get into S7 - especially SMAC, which I would surmise will be recorded next week. That's how it usually works, anyway (they've been on a hiatus because of graduations, vacations, etc.).

An extra feature to tide over podcast subscribers was the "Spoilercast" recorded last month. It featured only a handful of longtime fans who have participated in past podcasts, not the newbies at all - the oldies talked about how they think Heath and Angela (the newbie couple) will react to the changes after S6. I admit, it will be interesting to see how they adjust to no Rimmer, given they made the point in one of their latest podcasts that they don't think the show could survive without him. *G*

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[janamelie.livejournal.com]

I'm looking forward to it. :) I think Angela especially will be pleased and intrigued at the glimpses of Kochanski in the credits sequence. I wonder if they'll guess it's her, given that it's a different actress?

I do wonder though how they'll respond to SMAC in particular and the direction Series 7 goes in. I hope it doesn't deter them too much. :/

If anyone's on Facebook, they discuss it there too, but unfortunately you have to be a member of the site to read that.

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

Well, crap - it was just a quiz. Which I did worse on than Heath and Angela. Although I did get a laugh out of the future questions they couldn't possibly answer. :-D

[saylee.livejournal.com]

It sounds like they're planning on having the actual episode up soon, though. I was pretty proud of how I did on the quiz. The future questions were great. I did notice that one of the questions in another round - how many "smeg"s there were in the whole series - technically encompassed the series they haven't watched yet. I was hoping for an episode, but the quiz was pretty fun anyway.

[janamelie.livejournal.com]

Their Facebook page (which I read when my brother's logged in) makes it clear they've already recorded "Tikka" though, so hopefully it'll be up shortly.

[janamelie.livejournal.com]

"Tikka" is up! :) http://thereddwarfpodcast.podbean.com/2013/06/21/season-7-episode-1-tikka-to-ride/

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

Yes, Angela - Ace is NOT the man he used to be, in fact, next week. So close...

I wonder if it'll sink in right away that Rimmer's gone, or if they'll have to see Ouroboros to get it.

[janamelie.livejournal.com]

"Ouroboros" will probably confuse them because Chris does have a cameo in it, so it might take until "Duct Soup". And then of course "Blue" will confuse them all over again. *Lol* :)

I think they're vaguely aware that he's in Series X so they'll know he comes back at some stage.

I wonder what they'll think of Norman's return in "Nanarchy". More pleased he's back or annoyed that Hattie isn't? *Leaping ahead* ;)

[saylee.livejournal.com]

I'm really excited that they'll be back, but apprehensive about their reaction to S7, especially because the no spoilers rule means that no one can reassure them that Rimmer will come back. I hope they stick it out.

I'm sure Angela will be happy to have Kochanski join the show, but I wonder how she'll feel about the writing for her.

[janamelie.livejournal.com]

Yes, Angela may find it's a case of "Be careful what you wish for" with some of the writing Chloe gets. It does improve as it goes along though.

I'm also looking forward to their reaction to "Blue". ;)

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

You took the words out of my mouth - I too am looking forward to their "Blue" podcast. (I can hear Heath now, without knowing the actual reality of it: "And the fanfiction writers are hard at work, I'm sure.")

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

Ha, it might turn out she'd still rather have female Holly back. For my part, I like KK okay in this season. The writing could be far better for her ... but to be fair, it could be better for the male characters in this season, too. (Same complaint with S8. As for KK, in fact, I think 7 treats her better than 8 - there aren't "period" and stuffed-animal jokes in 7.) But, there is comedy to be had in 7 and 8, sparse though it is in 7. I'm not wild about KK's first episode or two, but the parts after that where she's shown struggling to fit in with the crew, she's not as glamorous and slick-looking as she is in "Ouroboros" and I feel better about her being a flawed human being. I still miss Rimmer, but it's not as acute once I realize she too has her share of whining and butting heads with the guys.

Even without knowing Rimmer is coming back (and they DO know there's a Series X, so I suppose it's possible they've seen a glimpse of promo photo with Chris, enough to realize *something* happened), if I were them, I'd stick with it a little longer just to find out how the hell it managed to last another 20 years past S6. But that's me.

[saylee.livejournal.com]

Oh don't get me wrong, I really like KK, especially in S7, and especially in the scenes where she gets to be deeply neurotic. What I don't like is that a lot of the humour for her is about her being "a girl", as opposed to character comedy (and I think this is worse in 8 than in 7). I expect Angela to pick up on that, too.

I'd stick with it, too (and did), but their comment about the show needing Rimmer worries me just a tad.

[saylee.livejournal.com]

I'm listening to the SMAC episode, and am thrilled that the newbies love the episode so much. It's one of my all-time favourites. And they mention Lister's tenderness towards Rimmer.

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

YES. I caught that too. I'm thinking Angela may be touched/not surprised by "Blue" and that Heath may be vastly amused (and perhaps not surprised, either). LOL

[janamelie.livejournal.com]

Finally managed to listen to it. They really love "Stoke". Hope "Ouroboros" isn't too much of a letdown.

The "tenderness" line was nice. And the praise for both Chris and Craig's acting. :)

Um, sorry. I can't seem to unembolden this post. ;)