A comedy sci fi for all ages (Red Dwarf - Series 1 (DVD))

Member Name: jinnjinster

Product:	Red Dwarf - Series 1 (DVD)
Date:	15/04/09 (21 review reads)
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Advantages: well plotted comedy

Disadvantages: Pre CGI special effects may put some off

Back in 1988 we met the cast of Red Dwarf who would think that 21 years later it would still be on our screens. This is why you know you're in for a good time. The series written by Grant and Naylor succeeded for eight series, several books and just recently a 3 part tv special for the tv channel Dave, with the possibility of new series in the future. This first series tells the story of Dave Lister who joins a space mining vessel as a means to returning to his home planet earth, taking a job as a maintenance assistant to Arnold Rimmer- the 2 lowest ranking people on the ship. The story begins when Lister is summoned by the Captain for illegally bringing a cat on board the ship, refusing to give the cat up he is placed in to stasus- a booth where time is frozen for whoever is inside. When the booth is reopened by the ships computer Lister returns to find himself several thousands of years in the future, due to a radiation meltdown the whole crew were killed and the computer known as Holly sealed Lister in the stasus booth until the radiation was cleared. As a means to keep him saine Holly has brought back Rimmer as a Hologram and their only other companion is Cat who has evolved from the family of the cat that Lister had brought aboard the ship previously. They are now the only remaining people on board Red Dwarf and possibly the only people left alive anywhere, Lister has to know and Holly agrees to return the crew to earth and so the mission begins as the crew head home with hillarious adventures aplenty. Although a little tacky obviously being filmed at a time before CGI and computerised special effects the show can be acknowledged as being one of the best british sci fi comedies of its time.

Summary: A well plotted sci fi comedy thats stood the test of time