Red Dwarf

[daibhidc]

Oh Lord, it's going meta...

Actually, it wasn't as irritating as I expected. I did like the conceit that they're in a universe which got two seasons we didn't, which is where all the stuff that changed between the last time we saw them and now happened. And the VW Starbug deserves a place in the series.

But tomorrow ... they meet Craig Charles, presumably, which is where it just gets silly. (Or, just possibly, they meet Lloyd Mullaney, which is even sillier.)

Comments

[daibhid-c.livejournal.com]

I don't think the problem's lack of money as such; the BBC didn't exactly throw cash at it either, but they knew how to use what they had[1]. They had the same in-house effects guys who did Who (well, to start with). If the Beeb made it today, they'd probably use The Mill.

It's just occured to me what this really reminds me of.

Blackadder Back and Forth.

A brilliant BBC comedy gets remade by a satellite channel, and it's ... all right. It's certainly funny, but somehow doesn't quite hang together, and the Original Concept that distinguishes it from its predecessor doesn't entirely work.

[1]One of Grant Naylor once wrote that he'd stopped telling people how amazing it was that Red Dwarf had the same budget as dinnerladies when he realised that the reason no-one was impressed was they didn't believe him.

[thisbluespirit]

Yes, you're right. That was kind of what I meant, but i didn't quite know how to put it into words, without sounding as if I was being paid by the BBC. ;-)

*sigh*