Resolution Of The Series VIII Cliffhanger

[janamelie.livejournal.com]

After the joke in "The Beginning" I thought this was out of the question, but a Twitter exchange between Doug and Kill Crazy actor Jake Wood today seems to indicate otherwise.

https://twitter.com/DougRDNaylor/status/608291738663460864

For those who don't know, Jake Wood is a successful soap star in the UK and also recently won Strictly Come Dancing, so I doubt he's just touting for work without having been approached.  Apparently he's taking a year off from "Eastenders".

So if Kill Crazy may be making a reappearance, I don't see how that could be done without explaining what happened at the end of Series VIII.  Personally, I could have happily never found out, but if we get that I will be intrigued to see what Doug comes up with.

So what's everyone else's thoughts?  Would you be interested to possibly see a flashback with Hollister and maybe Rimmer-as-Ace saving the day?  Or is your instinctive reaction the same as I've seen elsewhere, along the lines of "Oh God, no!  Stay away from Series VIII!" ;)

Comments

[rosecathy1.livejournal.com]

Intriguing! Now I'm nervous because I'm pretty attached to the "Our Rimmer came back to save everyone" ending (not sure where I stand on what happened to NanoRimmer — I hope he lived happily ever after in the mirror universe?), and if they go a different route...:/ Well, I'll live.

Craig did say that in (one of) the movie script(s), the kidney stone operation was performed on Hollister. Maybe the plan has always been for the Dwarfers to find survivors, although presumably not the entire resurrected crew.

[janamelie.livejournal.com]

It does seem a fairly rich vein of comedy / drama for Doug to mine, so he couldn't really be blamed for going back to it. It's interesting because a lot of casual fans are always asking for a resolution whereas hardcore fans tend to be more in the "Don't touch it with a bargepole" camp.

Although to be fair someone did ask about it at DJ, as well as the possible return of Ace, and got the usual non-committal brush-off. Doug did say that he felt the reality might not live up to people's expectations.

It's possible that Jake simply heard about the two new series and felt nostalgic, I suppose. We won't know for a while.