Series X Best And Worst Scenes

[janamelie.livejournal.com]

To mark the second anniversary of the first airing of Red Dwarf X (I know, where the hell have two years gone?), G&T have just published an article about the high and low points of that series.  It's worth a read so I'm linking it to here.

(Please note that due to computer setting issues (don't ask) I can't post links in actual entries, so the link is in the first comment.)

This has reminded me how much I enjoyed Series X and made me even more impatient for XI, assuming it happens.  *Sigh*

Comments

[kahvi.livejournal.com]

Yarp, hologram age means nothing. They're simulations; they can be any apparent age. I have my own pet fanon for this as far as Rimmer is concerned, as you know, but given that Howard was instantiated at a later point than Rimmer, you could even postulate that the tech is different. (It would be regardless, as Rimmer is Legion-boosted.)

This is not an argument for or against the slag line (you know my feelings there, and I very much respect yours), but in reading this, I realized that I really dislike the finger gesture; not for reasons of offense, but because it simply jarrs for me. And that made me realize that what I dislike in RD in general, is exaggerated physical gestures. Craig can be bad at that, but when Chris does it, it actually makes me cringe more.

[janamelie.livejournal.com]

Interesting. The only physical gesture I remember cringing at is Rimmer's "I gave her one!" fistpumps regarding McGruder, but because of what it says about the character rather than Chris's performance. :)

[kahvi.livejournal.com]

I guess it's that Chris is better at more subtle things, while Craig more often is able to pull off overt physical comedy. I absolutely loathed the 'crashing' faces all the holograms made in "Trojan," for example. To the point where I had to look away from the screen.