RD Vlogs: Siliconia

[@toonlover4612]

btw, we in the uk have just had an ad with the red dwarf cast in it, done by the Automabile Association. Here is the link for any who wish to see it. -kzbin.info/www/bejne/bJXZhIOji9mam9k

[@Cyborcat]

I'm going to pin this so hopefully people will stop telling me about it =P

[@toonlover4612]

@@Cyborcat sorry I did not know others had, my apologies

[@Cyborcat]

No worries. I'm just kinda having fun with it ^.^

[@Majorhappysaccount]

There are also a couple of radio Ad's. What's strange is that both Rob Grant and Doug Naylor seem to have been at the filming.

[@JDaubney123]

There's another one where cat cause the battery to go flat then says 'don't just stand there looking ugly, make me a coffee!'

[@ryandowney8743]

Anybody else think it's weird that they made the mechanoid Cat in his skin shade, but didn't do the same for Lister? He's the same color as the rest with the "caucasian" white skin tone.

[@ZakJordan98]

When Craig, Chris and Danny finally understood the pain of Robert's makeup

[@watchermark]

I really wish this had been a two-parter. The whole concept of having the crew captured by a bunch of mechanoids with Kryten being won to their cause while the others try to escape and meet a group of oppressed droids could have easily been expanded. Plus I'd happily have Siliconia Part II over a certain other episode this season which may or may not be next up.

[@Shaunography]

Yeah the ending felt abrupt but I do love the episode overall

[@uDaftBugger]

I wish the episode had embraced the horrificness of the concept. that being the put into a robot body and slowly losing yourself thing. but then thats kinda hard to do when at the end you want the mechs to be seen as misunderstood.

[@azzauk1984]

Didn't realise until now that the Mechanoid with the goggles who says that the ones above are superior to them is James Buckley, who played Jay in the original British Inbetweeners. You can recognise him by his voice

[@Special_Iron]

4:00 Another possible callback to Camille: "But you don't know my friends! You'll like them! Well... some of them, well... one of them... maybe..."

[@TimeLordParadox]

I liked this episode. A lot of commentary while still being funny, relevant and yet not heavily political. It just showcases the dangers and temptation of cult like groups. Ultimately, it shows how people can be manipulated into joining something dark which masquerades as a moral good.

[@Jayfive276]

13:02 - The pause before saying the title was small but significant. Prepare for what is possibly the most divisive episode in all of Red Dwarf.

[@duncmcrae]

I think the word 'divisive' is very generous. :-)

[@TroyConvers5000]

First I'm hearing of it.

[@awesomeproductions7755]

*(sees the opening from Kryten’s point of view)* Buncha *SMEEES.* Buncha *SMEEE HEEES.*

[@darthkahn45]

Oh my god...The fish callback...That was absolutely mindblowing

[@EddJones25]

Of course they would have James Buckley in an episode with "MILFs" Inbetweeners fans know

[@ZakJordan98]

STARBUG WANKERS!

[@TheKaiTetley]

Edd Jones. Thanks for pointing this out. I had no idea.

[@mrcritical6751]

“I was scared because I thought Rimmer’s dad was gonna come out and bum us”

[@FarelForever]

The one way for me too find out the weekend started: a Red Dwarf vlog by Dena

[@maxkennedy7430]

We Don’t Have Funny Shaped Heads! Our Heads are Sensibly Shaped!

[@daybreakknight6495]

Tell it how it is, partner

[@Robert_B_445]

Rimmer's mech voice sounds a bit like his Ronald Reagan impression from when he was on Spitting Image.

[@LukeIdontKnow]

Yes

[@daybreakknight6495]

It does

[@Zombihamster]

I think the "cleanasium" was filmed at the same location they used for "Justice world" in season 4. Sunbury Pumphouse, a disused water pumping station that was also used for the British TV video games show "GamesMatser" in the early 90's.

[@Cyborcat]

Interesting.

[@BenCol]

Didn’t Justice World become the Tate Modern? Maybe it was a different episode. They definitely used the building in its pre-art gallery days though.

[@The_Husband_of_Jane_Lane]

I saw this episode last week. The acronym for Mechanoid Intergalactic Liberation Front made me burst into laugher and I couldn't stop laughing for a while.

[@daybreakknight6495]

I always love your Red Dwarf vlogs. I love this show and I'm glad It's shown to last the years, but I hope those four smegheads never lose their charm.

[@lazy1119]

this ones quite dark and its a lot of fun, i think Cured was funnier though. this one kind of gives me Doctor Who Cyberman vibes with the whole humans becoming mindless robots schtick. something that we never find out is how many of the mechanoids on the ship are actually mechanoids and how many are converted humans, im guessing that the ones on the lower levels may have been human beforehand.

[@Cyborcat]

Good points.

[@icemanlj2k7]

Okay, time to be productive and....new RD Vlog? Real life can wait!

[@Cyborcat]

At least it's a fairly short video XD

[@thesmithersy]

The doccumentary on Bodyswap confirmed Craig Charles struggled with impressions of Rimmer so doing Kryten's Vancouver accent is a lot harder. I imagine it probably was just easier for Charles with his scouse accent to do posh Queen's English. Chris Barrie is a talented impressionist so he can get more lines as Kryten.

[@ianfrench1577]

Kryten's accent is English. Not Canadian.

[@thesmithersy]

@@ianfrench1577 It's certainly not an English accent. He openly said in the documentary, he was trying to interpret a Canadian Vancouver accent.

[@ianfrench1577]

Well considering I've lived in the UK for 4 decades now, I'm in a pretty good position to know what a British accent sounds like. I've been speaking the Queen's English all my life. I have a friend from the south east of the UK who sounds very similar to the way Kryten's accent is, albeit less polite, and he certainly isn't Canadian.@@thesmithersy

[@ianfrench1577]

trying doesn't always equate to succeeding.@@thesmithersy

[@thesmithersy]

@@ianfrench1577 *sigh*, have you even watched the documentary? It's freely available on KZbin.

[@mrdoctorgilmore]

Only episode of RD I've never seen, not out of choice I just missed it's original airing and subsequent repeats.

[@Special_Iron]

Even when they are all Krytens, it's still pretty easy to tell who is who by their expressions alone. :)

[@RBEmpathy]

Absolutely brilliant analysis, as always. Your attention to the lore and past episodes/series is on point.

[@charlesjunior5087]

2:46 for a second there, I thought that Dena was doing the voice.

[@jaredohlstein7355]

This was an interesting episode and one of my favs from series 12 Also Dena you SHOULD have more subscribers since your videos are very enjoyable

[@Cyborcat]

Thanks ^.^

[@ZakJordan98]

Silicon Heaven? Completed it mate

[@zombiehiphophex]

Never noticed how much Chris Barrie’s Krysten impression sounds close to his Ronald Regan impression ha ha.

[@Cyborcat]

It does, kinda XD

[@StarWarsMoments]

The Eddie Van Halen colander was something else.

[@cowman20j29]

was that james buckley?

[@theloneman3006]

I thought this was a great episode as just seeing the cast in the make of Kryten was funny as hell. I think it is funny as hell and plus it kind of reminds me of earthbound in a way as you need to put your mind into robot bodies so you can handle the madness that would otherwise kill you when you try to fight the final boss. Also as always great video Dena hope to see more or even streams. Till then I and everyone who follows ya will wait for ya. We all will smoke ya all the kippers and be waiting for you for breakfast.

[@Jotari]

The robot bodies had nothing to do with madness in Earthbound. It was because humans couldn't time travel.

[@Total0belisk]

For whatever reason I thought you'd covered Timewave already XD then I remembered I'd seen it recently on TV and somehow my brain just assumed I'd watched a Vlog, or maybe that was wishful thinking.

[@philipglover3295]

Jay from the Inbetweeners was the main Slave mechanoid

[@TheBeird]

A good episode but I’d have loved the concept to have been milked just a little bit more. And again, wouldn’t this have been a good place to end the show? The concept more than the actual episode

[@rollingfog1]

Was the mech in the lower deck the guy that played Hally ?

[@Cyborcat]

No, that wasn't Holly.

[@kingqunt8567]

Doesn’t it annoy anyone else that Kryten’s plating was a light grey and every other mech had black plating

[@Shaunography]

10:37 same conclusion I came to lol

[@womba68]

do you not think this episode is unfair on cat? rimmer and lister are always imposing on kryten but i'm not sure there's an instance of cat doing so in the entire run until this episode. we know he can do his own laundry and i think he would be more likely to ban kryten from touching his clothes rather than letting him wash and iron them. and then he's the one who is made to break his own finger.

[@Cyborcat]

Hadn't thought of that, but maybe. I'll keep that in mind of the Cat video.

[@boraichomk9958]

Are you going to do another red dwarf spotlight? I loved the cat spotlight series. Would you consider doing an analysis on another character, that would be interesting 😊.

[@Cyborcat]

No real reason to, since the other characters already get spotlighted on the show pretty well.

[@danielsausaman9767]

how did the transferred work on Rimmer when he Hologram???

[@Stuart267]

*Can't believe I am saying this given that I quit watching the show during season 7 but they should have ended it with season 10. Was the perfect ending for them, Rimmer's character growth was perfection & they left the ending ambiguous so the audience can make up their own ending.*

[@Picnicl]

Lister and the Cat look like circus freaks as mechanoids.

[@georgeowain]

Hey Cat, search KZbin for the vid Stellar Recue, and check out the new Red Dwarf commercial for the AA; UK Motor Breakdown service.

[@Cyborcat]

Been told about it many times and have seen it. It is cute.

[@tyrant-den884]

Was I the only one who thought the first female mechanoid sounded a lot like Cybocat? I thought she was doing a joke dub at first.

[@Cyborcat]

I'm not hearing it, but that's funny. Someone else thought she sounded like Nebula.

[@TheKingofall42]

I've noticed some of the budget has been saved here as most of the Mechs are wearing casts of Kryten's series 11/12 costume over wetsuits and the lower level ones (as well as Cat and Lister) are wearing Kryten's series 9 and 10 costumes (the latter with the shoulder tubes removed). They're the ones with smaller view screens and done up in gunmetal not light grey, I wonder if it was intentional that Cat and Lister are gunmetal and Kryten and Rimmer are light grey. Though I really despise the series 11/12 Kryten suit. It looks so cheap, it makes him look fat and makes his face all round (I assume that's more to do with comfort for Llewellyn though). It's almost as bad as Series 2's Kryten, especially coming off the back of series 10 and 9 (especially 9) where the suits were much more similar to Series 3-8 but made with more modern materials and more of a budget.

[@LadyBoldly]

I just hated this episode when I first watched it for some reason

[@smelkus]

I wonder how many of the milfs were original mechanoids and how many are human converts I

[@bakura23]

I honestly found the cleanasium segment really disturbing.

[@stephenwhite3967]

And in one paraellel universe rimmer dreams of being a manager of a lesuire centre,.

[@Niktana]

Really off topic, I made a video of my favorite underrated KZbinrs and I mentioned you in it, I hope that was okay. It was to show support, I just made a fan art avatar of you and mention the Game Den and Film Den. the chill atmosphere of your horror themed channel and some of what you cover.

[@Cyborcat]

Awesome, thanks! I left a comment ^.^

[@leejones8582]

You gonna review Child's Play 2?

[@Cyborcat]

Not right now.

[@LukeIdontKnow]

It was designed after her ex-husband

[@Cyborcat]

I'm aware of that.

[@LukeIdontKnow]

😐 sorry

[@paultheretrogamer]

Season 11 and 12 was the best season 10 sucked

[@mrliberty8468]

You should do a better job of keeping your political opinions to yourself.

[@Cyborcat]

Nah, I'm good.

[@satanclause1]

Chris Barrie's Kryten voice is very close to the Ronald Reagan impression he used to do for the show Spitting Image

[@Cyborcat]

Heh, it does sound a little Reagan-ish.