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Red Dwarf V: Holoship overview
From: [email protected] (Neil Postlethwaite)
Subject: Red Dwarf V: Holoship (SPOILERS AHEAD !!!!!!!)
Organization: Computer Science, Heriot-Watt U., Scotland
Red Dwarf V/1: Holoship. (BBC2 20/02/92 @ 21.00Hrs)
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Rimmer, Lister, Kryten Cat and Holly are in Starbug flying about.
They are discussion various things when they come across a mysterious
unscannable light entity. It transfers Rimmer to a Holoship.
The Holoship is crewed entirely by holograms, though not
Series I holograms like Rimmer. They are all extremely intelligent,
the cream of the 'deadies'. Rimmer tries to join the crew of the Holoship.
He must intellectually combat one of the crew to 'win' a place.
Meanwhile Starbug is being analysed for any salvage value.
One of the main pastimes on the Holoship is sex. Constant twice
a day sex. People are considered rude if they refuse anybodies request
for sex (Rimmer is pleased !). Rimmer 'beds' Nirvanah Crane. He is
compared, in bed, to a Jananese meal. Small portions, but MANY courses.
If Rimmer beats his opponent, he will gain officer status and
take the place of his opponent. Rimmer decides to cheat, by having a
mind patch, with 2 of the most intelligent people in Red Dwarf's
hologram store and he becomes very intelligent, but a total pain in
the arse, (!).
Rimmer starts the contest and is doing very well in the initial
stages, far outstripping his opponent. Suddenly disaster strikes and Rimmer
runs for it and ends up back on Red Dwarf. His mind, which was in control
of the two patches, has rejected the added intelligence. He is startled
to discover Lister/Cat/Kryten are interviewing Red Dwarf Crew from the
ship hologram store, for a replacement. The main qualification appears
to be a deep interest in curries, even a curry pizza. The first
applicant, she isn't interested and would rather be dead.
Rimmer is pursuaded to return and continue the contest as himself,
by Nirvanah Crane who assures him, that he will win. The contest continues
and Rimmer does indeed win. He gains officer status and replaces his opponent
on the Holoship. He bids the Red Dwarf crew a sad farewell. The are more
than people who have become his friends, they are 'people he just MET'.
However, on the Holoship, Rimmer discovers that his opponent
was Nirvanah, whom he has fallen in love with, as she has with him. She
withdrew from the competition so that he would win. The fate if he lost
was to have his runtime withdrawn. She has decided to give up her life
for him.
Rimmer can't take this and decides to resign his commission so that
Nirvanah can live, he will return to Red Dwarf.
At the start, Lister, Rimmer, Cat, Kryten are watching a film.(It
could be Casablanca though I'm not sure here. I didn't recognise the
dialogue we got Listers 2 fave films are 1/ It's a Wonderful Life and
2/ Casablanca. It was a slushy parting, one character gave up their
life (?) to save the other who they would never see again. Rimmer says the
film was a load of bollocks and he would never do that). The exact quote
from the end of the film was the last scene where Rimmer resigned to save
Nirvanah on the Holoship. 'He couldn't believe he said that'.
Episode summary end.
Comments
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The episode seemed very slow moving compared with previous. There
was a deathly silence between character dialogue, with the exception of
the laugh-track. The laugh track in previous series' was ok(ish), as laugh
tracks go. The new one is APPALING. IRRITATING canned laughter which really
spoiled my appreciation of the show. It needs to be flamed down. The old ones
were at least recorded FOR the show, syncing with the gags. The new is just
canned which could be from any crap sit-com. Get rid of them, yeuch !!!!
Holly had almost no scenes. The characters seem to be in order
of importance. Rimmer, Lister, Kryten, Cat, Holly.(RD Only).
New(ish) cinemascope on the titles. Start one's the same, end ones
are different(ish) not cinemascoped. Music same.
I don't know if it is because of the new director or what but
I didn't enjoy it as much as Red Dwarf IV, though lets give it time
before we start a get back Ed Bye war.
The gags and lines are as good as ever. The effects are RD IV
standard. All in all, worth the wait, though please get rid of the cans
of laughter. I prefer none at all, like UK version of M*A*SH, but
if they must be their PLEASE record them for the show.
Credits (From Radio Times).
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Arnold Rimmer...............................CHRIS BARRIE
Dave Lister.................................CRAIG CHARLES
Kryten......................................ROBERT LLEWELLYN
Cat.........................................DANNY JOHN-JULES
Holly.......................................HATTIE HAYRIDGE
Nirvanah Crane..............................JANE HORROCKS
Captain Platini.............................MATTHEW MARSH
Commander Binks.............................DON WARRINGTON
Director....................................JULIET MAY
Producer....................................HILARY BEVAN JONES
Executive Production........................ROB GRANT/DOUG NAYLOR.
Regerds for now,
Neil
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JANET: [email protected] * Neil Postlethwaite, Computer Science,
INTERNET: [email protected] * Heriot-Watt University,
UUCP: ..mcsun!ukc!hwcs!neilp * Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.
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