Red Dwarf "Trojan" Review

 

There are some shows that have a huge cut following no matter what genre they are apart of by they a comedy or a science fiction show there's just something about them that people love. With the same thing also being true for the show that i'm going to be talking about today which is also a show that I haven't really talked about in a while and i'm not going to lie that's not going to change anytime soon and so then join me as I review the episode that saw the boys from the dwarf return to a weekly TV series with the episode in question being called simply just "Trojan" enjoy.

The plot of the episode is when Red Dwarf picks up a distress call from Rimmer's seemingly more successful brother Rimmer , Kryten , Lister and Cat have to save him and his simulant companion. Now then inter,s of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad with this episodes plot being rather enjoyable and easy to follow along with in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this episode is Robot Wars and Takeshi's Castle host Craig Charles as Dave Lister and The Brittas Empire star Chris Barrie as Arnold Rimmer. Also starring in this episode is Danny John-Jules as Cat , Robert Llewellyn as Kryten , Mark Dexter as Howard Rimmer , Susan Earl as Sim Crawford , Lucy Newman-Williams as All Droid Jayne and the Phone Droid Voice , Bryan Bounds as All Droid Bob and the Phone Droid Voice , Laurence Bouvard as the Phone Droid Voice and Rupert Degas as the Phone Droid Voice.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. Which isn't all that shocking as the four main leads have been playing their respective characters for decades at this point and so they would know what performance would best suit there characters at any given time what was shocking however was the fact that the guest cast for this episode also turned in some really solid performances as well with the guest cast more then holding their own when acting opposite the returning cast members which couldn't have been an easy thing to do and yet they do it wonderfully in this episode.

I will admit that I loved seeing Rimmer interact with his brother as it gave us a chance to see just how smug this character can be. Which was something that I really liked as that's very true to Rimmer's character at least this version of Rimmer and to see him and the crew just pulling of this entire charade just impress someone who is ultimately the exact same level as Rimmer just makes there whole interactions even more hysterical as it then becomes a case of one trying to outdo the other without letting on to the other person that that's what it is that there trying to do which is just genius screenwriting.  

With this episode we also saw the return of the show being filmed infront of a live studio audience which is something that really does make all the difference. As this is the kind of show that is made to be performed infront of a live studio audience and while it does limit what kind of camera moves that you can do it also lets you know what jokes are working and which ones aren't which luckily for this show series alot of it's jokes do work and you can tell that the cast love performing infront of an audience as well and I really do hope that for any future series or special that they keep the live audience just to make it feel alot more like Red Dwarf and alot less like any other science fiction comedy show out there.

This episode saw the team take a more back to basics approach with making the show whilst also including something that they didn't include in any of the previous series. With this new series only retaining the four main lead characters and no other recurring character from the previous series and also introducing subplots to the series with this episodes subplot really being really enjoyable but I would have liked if the Lister subplot tied into the main plot in someway just to make things a little bit more coherent but as it is the shows first subplot wasn't that bad and as was really entertaining as it led to one of the biggest laughs of the episode for me. 

I will admit that I didn't like this episodes surprise villain as it's something that wasn't really built up all that well at all. While we are given a reason as to why this episodes villain is the way that they are this episodes villain is taken out far to easily and really isn't all that creepy of a villain which is a shame because the idea behind this villain and what there end goal is is a really good idea it's just that the character doesn't have alot of dialog before there big reveal and so we don't really get the chance to know if something is up with this character and s when the big reveal does happen it comes out of nowhere.

Now then while I cannot for the absolutely life of me remember whatever this episodes running time even was I do know that for a fact this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of roughly twenty nine minuets. Which from what I remember is pretty much the bogstanderd running time for this show and to this episodes credit it does have more then enough there interms of either plot or story to cover that large amount of running time I do wish that the episode was a tad bit longer as I was having such a good time with this episode but on the flip side of that if this episode was longer then it would be stretching a thin story even thinner but I will admit tho that this episode really does have some good pacing to it.

So now then as this is a comedy that means that I have to actually talked about the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. With this episode having alot of painfully funny laugh out loud moments with this episode having far to many funny moments to even count and it really does help that alot of this episodes jokes are really well written and comes across as being very character driven as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall this episode was a great return to the boys from the dwarf as it is an episode that is just filled to the brim with painfully moments which will make alot of people laugh out loud and laugh hard as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very episode in this very review and as such that means that this very episode really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly an 8 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Red Dwarf fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website that I personally preferred to use to get the images that I personally used in this very review being the wonderful Google Images since all of the images that are currently up and and featured / presented to us on freaking Google Images are all really fairly freaking high in freaking quality and as well as being really very fairly freaking high in definition.

Red Dwarf "The End" Review

 

Ladies and gentlemen Red Dwarf is a show that is actually the longest running comedy TV show to be in production since this show has never officially ended production. Even with it's ten year hiatus this show has still managed to attract a fan base that is made of both young and old people and heck even I myself had considered reviewing other Red Dwarf episodes in the past but I just couldn't bring myself to do it and so finally i'm pulling the trigger on reviewing an episode of Red Dwarf and so join me as I review the very first episode of Red Dwarf with the episode in question being called simply just "The End" enjoy.

The plot of this particular episode is third-class technician Dave Lister is sent into stasis after he brings on board a cat but when he wakes up not only is he now three million years into the future but he is the only surviving crew member with only a hologram of now dead crew member Arnold Rimmer and the ships computer Holly the three discover that they are not as alone on this ship as they once thought that they were. Now then as for what I personally thought about the plot of this very episode well in all honesty I honestly thought that the plot of this episode was both really good and yet also very basic at the same time.

Starring in this episode is Craig Charles as Dave Lister , Chris Barrie as Arnold Rimmer , Danny John-Jules as Cat and Norman Lovett as Holly. Also starring in this episode is Mac McDonald as Captain Frank Hollister , Clare Grogan as Kristine Kochanski , Robert Bathurst as Frank Todhunter , Mark Williams as The Legend That Is Olaf Petersen , Paul Bradley as Chen , David Gillespie as Selby and Robert McCulley as George McIntyre.

Now then as for what I personally thought about the acting that's featured / presented to us in this / the particular / very episode in all honesty I honestly thought that the acting that's featured / presented to us in this / the particular / very episode was rather shockingly very / really good. This is because all of the actors are so perfectly cast as each and every one of their respective characters and so all of the performances are good because each of the characters at the vert least from point of view of the lead characters are all perfectly crafted to suit the best aspects of each and everyone of the four actors who are playing the four lead characters in not only this episode but also in the rest of the Red Dwarf TV series as a whole. 

Now then I sadly cannot find out which company provided the very dated looking CGI effects for this particular / very episode which is a very good thing indeed. Since like I just said the CGI effects that are featured / presented to us in this particular / very episode look very dated which is of course not the fault of those who were / are in charge of making the show since this show when it was being made had a very tiny budget which means that shots like the one you see above have bad / dated looking CGI effects but those bad looking CGI effects don't even come close to making this episode unwatchable at all in my opinion anyways / at least.

I will very fully admit that this particular / very episode did a very good job of getting across each of the four main characters personalities. Since in this episode we see that Holly is helpful if a bit forgetful at times we also see that Dave Lister is a slob but he likes to have a laugh and jokes and is also a genuinely good friend to those that he his friends with , Cat is just The cat and he is simply perrrrrrrfect in every single way possible even if he is a big on the dumb side of things and lastly we also see that Arnold J. Rimmer is ambitious and is ever so slightly snobby.

While this episode is indeed very freaking good there are some things that I personally didn't ' did not like about this very / particular. With the first of which being the fact that the other Red Dwarf crew members aren't really that fleshed out which I is something that I fully understand since none of the other Red Dwarf crew members are main characters but since it's the deaths of the Red Dwarf crew members that serves as a catalyst for the events of this show even taking place I personally would have liked if at least some of the other Red Dwarf crew members were a bit more fleshed out but that's just what I think and that's just in my very humble and as well as being in my very honest opinion anyways / at least. 

I honestly thought that the character o The Cat at least in this very / particular episode served no purpose with his scenes just feeling like they were shoehorned in at the last minuet. Which is a shame because The Cat is perhaps one of if not the funniest character in this entire show and so it honestly was a shame to see that his appearance in this episode has very little to no actual impact on the story that is currently being told in this very / particular episode.

Now then this particular / very episode has / had a grand total running time of exactly thirty minuets and two seconds and well I have to be honest here because I thought that that running time was a bit on the short side. Since it means that crucial plot points are now rushed instead of us getting to hose exact same plot points at a more organic pace but at the same time this plot line is perfect for this particular / very episodes running time  tho since this episode doesn't really have enough story / plot / plotline to cover anything that's over thirty minuets in my opinion anyways / at least.

Now then this is a comedy TV show after all and that means that there are some actual jokes in this episode and that means that I have to actually talk about the jokes that are featured / presented to us in this very / particular episode and well if i'm being very honest here people the jokes that are featured / presented to us in this very / particular are actually the best part of this very / particular episode. Since all of the jokes that are in this episode are really freaking funny and heck / hell I pure and simply cannot pick out a a favourite joke because every single joke in this particular / very episode is so damn good in my opinion anyways / at least.

Overall this was a really good first episode with this particular / very episode also being like I said very funny and as well as being very well written and it's not hard to see why this show has lasted as long as it has because just based off of this episode alone you can see that this series / show has potential to be great and oh my god does this show more then freaking live up to that very potential indeed. Now then i've talked about both of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are featured / presented to us in this particular / very episode in this very review and as such this episode gets an 8.5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Red Dwarf fandom wiki page and nowhere else and since I only went to the official Red Dwarf fandom wiki page and nowhere else for the images that I personally used in this very review. I have no choice but to recommend that you guys use the official Red Dwarf fandom wiki page if you guys want to use any of the images that are related to the Red Dwarf TV series since all of the images I personally found that re currently up and on the official Red Dwarf fandom wiki page are all fairly high in quality and as well as being fairly high definition.

My Top 5 British TV Comedy's

Hello there any British people since i currently love talking about British things i'd thought i'd mention some comedy's that we've produced and that love and to all fellow Brits out there i'm not including anything by Ronnie Barker just to make this list more interesting so here we go.

Red Dwarf

This space age comedy started in the eighties and has just finished it's twelfth series it's full of great gags and one liners and the plot of the show isn't that bad either the show follows the remaining crew of the ship Red Dwarf as they try and get back to earth which isn't easy since they are in deep deep space.

The Inbetweeners

This comedy about four lads just living life has sadly come to an end but it ran for three glorious years and spawned two feature films and a terrible American remake but what made this show so special was the characters they are just four normal every day lads and that's is truly great.

Fawlty Towers

Even tho this show is a true classic in every sense of the word what so little people know about the series is that only twelve episodes spanning two series were ever made and unlike the rest of this list this has the least chance of coming back since writers and stars John Cleese and Connie Booth who were married when the show was on have since gone there separate ways.

Blackadder Goes Fourth

Set during the first world war 1 when this series first aired it had everyone wanting more and as well as giving us great laughs it wasn't afraid to show us what war was really like especially in it's final episode were spoiler alert the main cast dies after going over the top but not before one of the most heart wrenching scenes ever.

Only Fools And Horses

How could it not be this series like the previous entries this series has alot of laughs and like Blackadder Goes Fourth is has alot of heart as well but when you add in the fact that all of the main characters are memorable and all of the episodes are really well written well you can see why this is my number 1