Doctor Glyndwr wrote:
Why are people expecting a level of internal logic from Red Dwarf X that was never present before? It's no more consistent than the various versions of The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy are. It's always been that way, so I see no need to berate the new series for more of the same.
Edit -- for example, the huge break in continuity between S1-2 and S3, explained via timey-wimey stuff:
http://www.reviewsbygavrielle.com/dwarf3.shtmlI think the changes is setting could (and, somewhere, were) by them deciding as the entire ship was now theirs, they could move into the officers' quarters instead of the enlisted quarters where the first two series were.
The other personality changes... well, Rimmer became noticeably less smeggy from start to finish of Series 1 and continued in Series 2. He was initially still trying to assert himself over Lister but without the officers to back up his authoritah I think he gradually realized the fruitlessness of it all and instead dedicated himself to maintaining order and discipline indirectly. Lister likewise accepts that they're on an adventure (with reaching Earth the overall goal not the obsession) and without Rimmer riding him constantly can mellow out. And the Cat.... well, the Cat was raised almost in isolation, so finally being part of a proper social group has allowed him to develop emotionally.
I'm not sure about Kryten having a 'Canadian' accent, unless he's meant to be from some isolated island off Newfoundland or something.
Malc wrote:
a sit com where the company that made Kryten was able to send a replacement, where the electric company was able to track down lister to give him a bill.
We've already seen that droids can last a very long time in the dwarf universe, so it's ok.
DavPaz wrote:
Both the Kryten Replacement and the leccy bill (in a mail pod) were explicitly stated to have been tracking Red Dwarf for a long time. The stirmaster was less annoying that the letter from Space Corps.
Hang on, they used the electric company joke again (remember the NorWeb Federation?) only this time it was real? The mail pods cropped up several times in series 1 and 2 as the ship slowed down/turned around and the pods finally caught up.
I'm writing to inform you that your father is dad. Er, well of course he is?