Red Dwarf: Series VII
by Ed Bye
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Actor: Chloë Annett, Chris Barrie, Craig Charles, Danny John-Jules, Robert LlewellynDirector: Ed Bye
Brand: Warner Home Video
Writer: Robert Llewellyn
Writer: Doug Naylor
Writer: James Hendrie
Writer: John McKay
Writer: Kim Fuller
Writer: Paul Alexander
Writer: Rob Grant
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; Esperanto (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 240 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-01-10
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Model: E2416
Studio: BBC Worldwide
Product features:
- After a temporary bout of deadness, the Dwarfers find themselves solving one of the biggest conspiracy plots of all time, before Ace Rimmer drops in with the challenge of Rimmer's life. Meantime Kryten gets seriously tetchy and Lister has one of the hottest screen kisses ever. Pity it's not with the girl of his dreams. Pity it's not with a girl.Running Time: 240 min. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre:&
Movie Reviews of Red Dwarf: Series VII
Movie Review: If this is 'jumping the shark', I'm a goit!
Summary: 5 Stars
In the fall of 1993, Out of Time, the final episode of Red Dwarf 6 was broadcast. When the episode ended on an unplanned cliffhanger and 'to be cotinued' subtitle it became clear that there would have to be a series 7. But it wasn't as easy to do as expected- co-creator/writer Rob Grant left after a falling out with Doug Naylor and actor Chris Barry ( Rimmer) was unwilling to appear in future episodes. Due to all these compilcations it was more than three full years before a new episode of Red Dwarf was seen on television. Did it and its seven fellows measure up? Read on. ... When Red Dwarf 7 first hit airwaves it was a success in terms of audience reaction and percentage of people tuning in to watch. It is curious then that reviews posted here and elswhere have derided the series as unfunny, stale, and out of keeping with the formula of pervious series. Some have even claimed that it 'jumped the shark', a phrase the surley instills dread in anyone involved in television. To me RD-7 did none of these things- the storylines and overall setup for the series was creative were clever and witty, the acting the usual great, and apart from a few gags you might get simply because you aren't British, quite funny if in a slightly different way to the others. I would also like to point that Robert Llewellyn's delivery during Kryten's jokes is absoloutley pricless and at certain points he really makes the character's emotions palpable. Anyhow, the series was great with Tikka, Clipper, Ouroboros, Blue, Beyond a Joke and Duct Soup delivering especially well. Now I'd just like to point out a few things to patch up some misconceptions and critisisms about the series: 1. The laugh-track was not faked- audiences were shown the prerecorded episodes complete with visual effects, music etc. and their genuine laughing was recorded and broadcast on television and put on these DVDs ( the exceptions would be the bonus 'extended versions' of three episodes where the laughter has been removed. 2. In cas anyone is still wondering, Rimmer isn't completly absent. He appears in the first two epsiodes ( leaving in the second) and reappears in flashbacks, dreams and more in episodes 3 and 5. 3. Continuity. It is true that some things are out of continuity, the timedrive being among them. However, we have been given hints of a relationship between Lister and Kochanski before series seven- see the Grant/Naylor novel 'Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers' for more info there. Finally, I'd like to say that I don't think the show was anymore sci-fi/oriented in 7 that it had been since around 4- it's just that with Rimmer gone and the crew on Starbug, etc. the nature of the sci-fi is a little different. I mean be honest, wasn't sci-fi a major part of the series from at least 5 on if not earlier; if the end of series six isn't sci-fi, what is? Anyway, to finish, I firmly beleive that Red Dwarf did not get any worse for the break and the losses and that it was still funny- just different in a number of ways. Now, I think I'll go eat some gizpacho ( sp?) soup and watch some episodes of a show that 'jumped the shark'... The end- the smeg it is!
Summary of Red Dwarf: Series VII
After a temporary bout of deadness, the Dwarfers find themselves solving one of the biggest conspiracy plots of all time, before Ace Rimmer drops in with the challenge of Rimmer's life. Meantime Kryten gets seriously tetchy and Lister has one of the hottest screen kisses ever. Pity it's not with the girl of his dreams. Pity it's not with a girl.Running Time: 240 min.
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