Extremely Shallow Question

[janamelie.livejournal.com]

Hopefully I can be excused on the grounds that my brain has turned to Christmas stress related mush, but I think it's just about relevant to this comm. :p

Would you say the Boyz are more attractive in their days of extreme cuteness (Series 2 era especially) or in their more mature stage circa Series VII?  I simply cannot decide.

Feel free to back up your arguments with pics. ;)

Comments

[leyosura.livejournal.com]

Series V. Can't think why.

[lordvalerymimes.livejournal.com]

*incoherent blabbering*

[janamelie.livejournal.com]

Ah yes, the infamous oiling scene. A popular choice. :)

[rosecathy1.livejournal.com]

TRICK QUESTION LISTER IS ALWAYS EXTREMELY ATTRACTIVE

I think I might be alone in finding Rimmer most attractive when he's on the verge of middle age (Series 8). He's a cute, skinny baby in 1-2, but he doesn't appeal to me as much at that stage.

[janamelie.livejournal.com]

I agree with your first sentence. Except possibly when he's pretending to die in "Waiting For God". That stretches even his cuteness. ;)

[sallycandance.livejournal.com]

I usually go for older men, but I must admit that series 1/2 Rimmer is my absolute favorite hands down forever and all eternity twist my nipplenods and call me Frank. Number 2 favorite is Rimmer from season 8, because I like the slight chubbiness and I think he looks stunning in that lilac smock.


(http://s48.photobucket.com/user/Shampoo_leska/media/rimmer%20wink_zpsq89uwlhe.gif.html)

[rosecathy1.livejournal.com]

Aww yay I'm not alone in liking the chubbiness <3

[sallycandance.livejournal.com]

Woot!

[lordvalerymimes.livejournal.com]

I find it so odd that he does appear to be chubby in series VIII, but then once he's completely naked, it's clear that he's NOT. I blame it on the wardrobe choices. I HATE that canaries uniform.

[janamelie.livejournal.com]

I do think Series I and II Rimmer is very cute, with the wild curls and bum-hugging trousers. ;)

[bellumed.livejournal.com]

I'm a fan of tall-and-skinny early Rimmer, for sure. Lister is a bit more ambiguous. He certainly is cuter in the first few seasons, but I find his later mellowed out personality far more attractive.

[sallycandance.livejournal.com]

I agree with you re Lister's personality.

[janamelie.livejournal.com]

The thing is, I always think of Lister as mellow. But I suppose not quite as much in Series I when he and Rimmer basically have no-one but each other.

[lordvalerymimes.livejournal.com]

For Rimmer, I cannot pick. I find him adorable in all his incarnations, super skinny baby Rimmer from series I-III, slightly more mature and filled-out Rimmer from series IV-VI, 30-something more rough looking Rimmer from series VII-VIII, and silver-haired foxy Rimmer from BTE and series X.



Clearly I just have no preference as far as Chris Barrie is concerned.

For Lister I'm more biased. I love series III with his leathers and big furry hat, but I also love Craig's look circa series VI. I think the first episode of series VI has him with a haircut that's cropped very closely on the sides and for some reason it just drives me CRAZY. The only one of Lister's looks that I'm not particularly fond of is in series I-II when they really go over-the-top with his slobbiness and give him the Hawaiian shirts. I think they just don't suit Craig as well as some of the later looks they gave him.



Then of course there's the long johns. Long may they live.



Smeg. I can't pick. I love them all, in all their days. :D

[janamelie.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the pics. Good grief, those longjohns... ;)

I know what you mean about the Hawaiian shirts (although I don't think they're that bad) but even in Series I they gave him the Mugs Murphy and London Jets T-shirts. The red ones especially really suited him.

[missflibble.livejournal.com]

...I'm sorry, you were saying?

[janamelie.livejournal.com]

So, it's a choice between this: http://thatdoodlebug.tumblr.com/post/104196528334/rimmergazpachosoup-reblogged-your-post-sorry-i

Or these: http://norwegianpornfaerie.tumblr.com/post/62757238032/duct-soup-an-crotch-odyssey-part-1-now-i-am#post-notes
http://norwegianpornfaerie.tumblr.com/post/62764942749/duct-soup-an-crotch-odyssey-part-2-it-is-as#post-notes

Nope, can't do it. ;)

[lordvalerymimes.livejournal.com]

I really want to know how both Craig and Chloe reacted when wardrobe fitted him in those danged long johns for Duct Soup. I don't think I've ever seen such blatant, "Look right here AT THIS MAN'S CROTCH" styling in a tv show before. :D

[fantasysci5.livejournal.com]

I actually really love them in Season 2, so young and adorable.

[janamelie.livejournal.com]

Yep. *Points to icon* :)

[laurenthemself]

I'm pro extreme cuteness.

When it comes down to Clare vs Chloe as Kochanski, I have an insaaaane crush on Chloe, but Clare is also super adorable.

[janamelie.livejournal.com]

Chloe's certainly attractive, but in purely physical terms I find Clare a better match for Lister. Both petite and cute. ;)

[kronette.livejournal.com]

As far as their looks go, I have no preference. Uniforms and hair styles, yes, but overall, I've liked them all since 1988 (or whenever I started watching on PBS). If I had to pick an overall look, I'd say series 3. I liked the slimmer hat on Lister, I liked the green (and red in series 4) outfit on Rimmer, and Cat was getting wilder outfits.

White long johns, you say?



As for our baby-faced Lister...



Has anyone seen these yet or did I completely miss the post?
http://rorylewisphotography.com/craig-charles-portrait-sitting/ (http://rorylewisphotography.com/craig-charles-portrait-sitting/) Absolutely STUNNING of Craig. So stark and real, yet he's still got that something.

[felineranger.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I hadn't seen these. Something very intimate about them, isn't there? I suppose because they're close-up and there's no distracting background, so you really focus on his face and eyes.

I could basically write an essay on this whole subject, but for me personally, series V-VI Chris is my favourite. That's when his bod and costumes were at their finest ;-)
Anyone here who knows me will know that I'm a Lister girl and love him the whole way through. However, if I had to choose between adorable baby Lister or older wiser Lister, I would go older. He's just SO boyish in the first few series. I do think he's particularly handsome in S2,4,5 &7 though. I didn't love the baggy boiler suit in S6. If I had to choose an overall favourite series for him it would probably be S7. Physically he looked in great shape, but I also think it was the series where he'd really made the transition from boy to man and the big gap between 6-7 (and what Craig had been through in the meantime) kind of throws it into sharp relief. Series 7 Lister was all grown-up and SMOKIN' hot :-)

And yes, there were the white long johns too...

[janamelie.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the pics! :) Those portraits are amazing. I wish I had stunning eyes like that. <3

On the one hand I'm pleased he's embracing his age but on the other it jars to see him with strands of grey. This is my own fault for rewatching a decades old show and getting that youthful image stuck in my head. ;)