Smegheads Guide to Red Dwarf series 10

It's cold outside, there's no kind of atmosphere, you're all alone.. more or less. Let me show you around..

[@noneed4me2n7]

Thanks for the wonderful coverage of one of my favorite comedy/sci-fi series. I also enjoy your The Terror and Franklin Expedition video essays. Entertaining and insightful plus heavily laced with sarcasm is just the icing on the cake.

[@mysteriiis]

"Are you telling me you've been playing the prat version of Rimmer for ten years!?!"

[@Scooterthegreat51]

Can’t wait for the rest of the series reviews

[@SelfPityEntertainment]

Nice. Always enjoy these videos.

[@seanb.6793]

Thanks for the summaries / reviews!

[@uDaftBugger]

Lister suggestively bonking the dispensing machine has to be possibly the worst joke in the shows entire run. i ain't sure how the writer ever thought it would work. its not shot well enough that it pays off like the scene in polymorph and telling Craig Charles to pretend he is humping a box only works if you are laughing at Craig Charles trying incredibly hard to make it look convincing... which it doesn't and i ain't sure it ever could.

[@marthastubbs8321]

Yeah. So many big flaws this series Could it have worked if Listers belt got somehow trapped in the vending dispenser?

[@mathieuleader8601]

That theremin in the intro is squeakier than halloumi

[@WalesintheMovies]

The original series were full of not racial, but national stereotypes - including Welsh.

[@marthastubbs8321]

I thought this series was fun but really flawed. Much preferred 11 and 12

[@jazzygeofferz]

I liked series X, probably because they set the bar low and managed to exceed it. I felt series XI wasn't as good probably because I was expecting better? Promised Land was a bit of a mess.

[@spencerreynolds0617]

Promised Land was on the lines of series 8, all silly and pantomimy in the sense that this ‘diamond light’ concept turns a hologram into the look of a bloody superhero - which is just stupid. Overall, Red Dwarf has lost its charm since 6, it’s not clever any more like it used to, not as funny or intelligent jokes. It just feels like a generic sitcom that has gone of the rails with sci fi elements thrown in. Rob Grant is not here anymore and that’s the reason. He was the clever one and Doug was clearly the latter.

[@azhrie139]

Algorithm Gods!

[@doma7956]

Is your accent Scottish and American? It sounds so neutral

[@DiamandaHagan]

I'm Northern Irish but don't sound much like it lol.

[@doma7956]

@@DiamandaHagan ah! Thanks for replying, love the videos

[@DiamandaHagan]

@@doma7956 Thanks :)

[@StefanTravis]

If I wanted to watch someone moan for 40 minutes about something they supposedly love ... I'd watch a review of Dr Who. Or Star Trek: Discovery. Or Star Trek: Picard. Or...yeah.

[@DiamandaHagan]

You should watch s7 or 8 if you really want to hear me moan.

[@d-logan5280]

If I wanted to read someone moan about a youtuber reviewing a TV show in a way they find moany . . . Well I have countless options don't I?

[@StefanTravis]

@@d-logan5280 Moany Moany: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qYq8cqljhrxmbrM

[@d-logan5280]

@@StefanTravis That was the most entertaining comeback I have ever experienced. May hat cometh off to you sir.

[@johnking5174]

People don't understand how much more money it costs for a sitcom or any show to have a studio audience. It's not simply trying to get 250 people to fill a studio at Shepperton Studios, first the cost of hiring an audience ticketing platform is costly, and then comes the insurance. Insurance to cover the 250 people who arrive each week to see the show is immense and can strip out thousands of pounds from the show's budget. This is why Dave channel preferred to have it filmed without an audience and on single camera.

[@icemanlj2k7]

The problem with the Kryten design this season is the nose...it just doesn't look right. It's too thin

[@samminden1058]

So apparently there is actually some IRL theological belief in the theory that it was Judas, not Jesus, who died on the cross and allowed Jesus to live. Except it is not from Christianity, but rather from Islam, which largely rejects the belief that Jesus died on the cross and instead has him ascending to Heaven directly (like Elijah in Judaism). Also, woohoo, Dragon Blade shoutout!

[@kingofmonsters14]

geez.... why is Religion so complicated

[@lloroshastar6347]

Of all the problematic aspects of Red Dwarf, the one flaw that always bothered me more than any other is their incredibly flippant attitude towards canon. Even given the fact that it's a comedy (so apparently that makes canon less important) the show still has fans and it's so dismissive of Doug Naylor (who apparently used to shut Rob Grant down whenever he brought up the subject of consistency) who clearly isn't willing to learn. Thing is, Only Fools and Horses could afford to be more flippant about canon, and yet they always remained very committed to being consistent even though they had been around for several years. Yes it's true they did have the same writer, but so does Red Dwarf. Now I can be very forgiving about a lot of the continuity errors throughout the shows history, but the gazpacho soup line is classic. I mean, they made an entire episode about it for flip sake, it's not like it's easy to forget, in fact I actually think if Lister had said 'I wouldn't call saying "gazpacho soup" dignified' it would have been funnier. Yes it makes less sense than 'mummy, mummy' but the oddness of the line is still funny and it draws fans of the series back to that classic moment.

[@w8m4n]

I agree completely! Things like that bug me on RD, definitely the one you mentioned too

[@SanFran51]

Doctor Who got away with it for years.

[@BazTheStoryteller]

Kryten pushing the trolley of toilet rolls remind me of this joke from Fawlty Towers: "She said she wanted 22!"

[@smelkus]

I wonder if Rimmer subconsciously suspected that his Dad wasn't his real Dad that's why he was Lister's half brother in Back to reality just like the people he thought were his brothers were actually his half brothers

[@zimattack9994]

I needed this thank you o dark queen

[@glentalbot9166]

The Kriten mask looks weird because of the dark spots under his eyes.

[@michaelgarcia2024]

You're so cruel, lol!

[@Dim4323]

Or the nose

[@melvert33]

Robert Llewellyn said that being over 60 years old he just couldn't do the many hours of make up it took to become Kryten anymore and they went with a quicker make up that doesn't look as good.

[@ebwarg]

Weird that I don’t remember anything about this series other than the “Chinese Whispers” subplot. Is my MIB3 Neuralizer actually semi-functional?

[@backtoearth1983]

10 was "just fine", 11, 12 were pretty good and some absolute classic lines

[@ronniemcnuggit9718]

Wait a goddamned second, I have been listening to cyborcats reviews of red dwarf almost every day for months with my coffee at 4 am, then I click this, watch it, click your profile and recognize you! You worked for THWTG just like her! And you are doing red dwarf reviewers years after you escaped from doug chains. Good for you!

[@DiamandaHagan]

It's a small internet!

[@sleepeybunney]

Theory: Pree didn't actually go rogue - Lister asked her for help motivating his future self, & by the end of the episode he's achieved everything on the list. She sacrificed herself to get him onto the engineering program (which is tragically never mentioned again)

[@westheriault3797]

The utter hell they went through for episodes 5 and 6 is wild. Apparently one of the spiked machines was just like... eight buff guys? My favorite bit of this season is definitely Lister swanning around in red pajamas, Craig Charles looks good for his age.

[@Panzerkampfpony]

Between this and the Terror review, I think She could do a great history podcast.

[@jackburton1455]

His son's name was Dick Naylor? 🤭

[@Muetichu]

Call me KENNETH! Don’t make a joke about it XD

[@iamtrappedonanisland998]

I have loved reddwarf for as long as my kids have been on this planet, they would do the pbs fundraiser and id donate to hear dave say my kids name and tell them to go to bed lol now they share the show with my grandbabies.. glad the American version never took off. This show these actors...perfect.

[@dmonikmusik]

Manchester said smeg off lol. That cat/vending machine wasnt the actor getting mad at a scripted piece of tin either. DJJ is English, he was still speaking in the put-on american Cat accent there

[@emperortrevornorton3119]

Boys from the dwarf

[@Endoptic]

Actually, some Gnostics had you covered. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_of_Judas "In contrast to the canonical gospels, which paint Judas as a betrayer who delivered Jesus to the authorities for crucifixion in exchange for money, the Gospel of Judas portrays Judas's actions as done in obedience to instructions given to him by Jesus of Nazareth. It does not claim that the other disciples knew about Jesus's true teachings. On the contrary, it asserts that they had not learned the true Gospel, which Jesus taught only to Judas Iscariot, the sole follower belonging to the "holy generation" among the disciples."

[@rahulshah1408]

The beginning is one of my favorite episodes. Especially hoagie the roagie.

[@dinogoldie9716]

"Jesus" wasn't Jesus's name. It was Yeshua bin Yusuf - or somemat like that.

[@JoRobertsGaming1984]

Rimmer is my favourite character. His famous salute in series 8 which lasts around two minutes makes me cry with laughter

[@Dim4323]

She didnt explain what her best and worst episodes on this series x

[@ordinarynocturne]

Ah, these videos always make me happy, thank you for them!

[@nameless5413]

well aren't i a moron? i stoped watching during the ATM in love epissode .(

[@Dim4323]

Are chinese wiskers racist?

[@Dim4323]

My favourite season

[@chriswhittaker5075]

Fun fact: NASA wasted a lot of money making a pen that works in zero gravity, then realised that pencils work in zero gravity

[@sterling2p]

I had one of those!

[@marcherwitch9811]

thank youuuuu!

[@hezekiahra3416]

Yay red dwarf

[@DrZombieMoogle]

Harsh, but fair

[@Jesse-mh6hv]

Before I watch the video I’m going to say I like the red dwarf Dave era

[@DiamandaHagan]

Me too :)

[@matthewlamont4111]

Are you gonna do Series 11 and 12 next.

[@marthastubbs8321]

11 and 12 were great overall

[@hardkermit69]

Can't wait for the next part

[@DiamandaHagan]

It's in editing and should be up in the next month :)

[@bloodiedfox]

I suspect the chinese whispers thing was just them wanting an excuse to whine about 'political correctness'

[@QuikVidGuy]

it REALLY didn't make sense for rimmer to be the one to bring it up, considering that character is really racist... to non humans at least

[@NewMessage]

The 'Kinda, sorta racist stuff with Taiwan Tony' was the point. That was the joke. Asking an obvious racist stereotype if something was racist. That's the whole joke. It wasn't an insensitive flub. And I assure you Danny was 100% in on it, otherwise he wouldn't have done it at all. Come on. It's like you're bending over backwards for reasons to knock on the show now.

[@swirvinbirds1971]

I've noticed that through these videos. You almost get the feeling he doesn't like the show. It's a comedy... Not Star Trek. It doesn't take itself too seriously.

[@kugelweg]

I'm not sure where your accent is from, but it's HOT! Also, thank you for mentioning the ridiculousness of Howard Rimmer being brought back as a hologram and how silly it is for him to run into Rimmer after 3 million years! So you lived in NORWICH! HAHAHA My family is from Norwich...I laughed harder than I dare admit at this!

[@DiamandaHagan]

Heh! I'm not from Norwich (never been but a friend is and wanted to make them laugh). I'm from Northern Ireland :)

[@michaelgarcia2024]

This guy is such a downer, just have fun and laugh with your friends!

[@ComradeHellas]

No spoilers. Smeg off.