Better dead than Smeg - Red Dwarf - BBC comedy

[Raskolnikov32]

I owe it all to Rimmer.

[Raskolnikov32]

Arnold's tops with us.

[Raskolnikov32]

Arnie does it best.

[TechneonX]

this single clip traumatised my childhood when I first saw it in 96, I'm glad they didn't show the full version I saw on dvd a few years later

[LodovicoAriosto1]

It may sound weird but I have goose bumps when watching this particular scene. This is one of the rare serious (not comedy) scenes in RD. Rimmer finally getting out of his shell of self-loathing and turning into Ace Rimmer.

[Raskolnikov32]

@LodovicoAriosto1 that doesn't sound weird I get those goosebumps too, and a wee surge of adrenaline to boot.

[LodovicoAriosto1]

@Raskolnikov32 good to see I am not alone in this

[Shockwave474]

@LodovicoAriosto1 Excellent example of how necessity can be the best teacher.

[adcashmo]

Love Red Dwarf, but there are so many flaws. Rimmer destroying the time-drive would have exactly the same effect as his future self destroying the ship (and with it the time drive). Kryten even pointed this out.

I'm, sure 'dwarfers' already have essays on this though :)

[darthkahn45]

Rimmer? brave?

Thats an even bigger paradox than meeting himself from the future.

[jimbot1980]

For me and many other 'Dwarfers' this was the last episode of Red Dwarf.

[HoosierMF]

This timeline should have ended as soon as Lister was killed. 

[Gtlgrid]

"You Can Land A Plane In That Crease!!" I laughed so hard when the cat said that!

[2010Barbon]

Classic red dwarf line: better dead than smeg.

[RedDwarfReview]

Sorry guys but he got a hardlight drive in a previous episode, so Old Iron Balls can do whatever he wants lol

[furonguy42]

Rimmer's a hologram, meaning he can't pick up a weapon with which to do that

[connell256]

@furonguy42 this was after he became hard light :) hardlight = solid light.

[adcashmo]

@furonguy42 he was hard light by this time :)

[Jiemusu89]

YEAH, IRON BALLS

[shaunmalley]

God did this show ever lose the plot...

[TheWonderfulWombat]

Yay for Rimmer redeeming himself! I love me some Rimsey. 

[ALynnL07]

You have no idea how much I flipped out upon seeing this clip. I was like...

"No! Lister! Cat! Kryten!" Rimmer's own desperation almost felt like my own...

And then he just takes out those future smegheads with a single shot. Nicely done. <3

I knew Arnie had it in him.

[cybersaur]

I've noticed the set from 'Rimmerworld' being re-used.

[toggsuk]

Go on Rimmer! lol!

[rocksoliddude1]

rimmer finally grows some balls

[Bladerunner93]

This reminds me of the ending to Blake's Seven

[bennyenglish]

I was so excited for series 7 it started strong but rimmer leaving it made me stop enjoying it....those 4 guys played off eachother ya take one away and the whole thing falls apart

[SSBBMANIAC142]

What episode & series is this?

[brutalbattaglia0]

ep 6 of season 6

[SSBBMANIAC142]

whats the ending to this?

[lowellriggsiam]

That was the ending.

[DisturbedAidan2]

Season 7 continues on from it.

[alluurpo]

what's the first episode called in season 7?

[DisturbedAidan2]

"Tikka to Ride" I think, it's something like that. It's the one were they go back in time to get currys but end up stopping the JFK assassination.

[dolphin35901]

I LOVE RED DWARF

[CidHighwindRocks]

A good bit of sci fi writing I thought especially the plan to blow up the time drive.

Anyway Seasons 1-6 are great. Season 7 had a few redeeming moments but overall wasn't that good and series 8 was just plain bad (bringing back the crew ruined it for me) and then the Easter special was awful except for the Blade runner parody they did.

[c0nzo12]

well yeah, thats the point. it didnt go downhill after this. epideme was good, as was nanarchy. i also liked duct soup. but unlike the other seasons you couldnt enjoy every episode.

[crazymurdav]

DUN-DUN-DAAAA (dramatic cliffhanger music) lol

This was the last good episode of R.D. Kinda all went down from here :(

[c0nzo12]

this was definately the last good season, but there was still a few good episodes after this. tikka to ride, stoke me a clipper, SOME of blue (the rimmer parts, not the kryten and kochanski parts.) and cassandra was pretty good.

[wolves167]

kryten lister cat and rimmer made red dwarf the best, theyre all top rated compared to kochanski, krytens just as good as the other 3

[c0nzo12]

yeah kryten was great in season 3-6 but in seven he lost everything that made him good, and his personality changed. he got better in series 8 though.

[wolves167]

fair enough, i'll let you off ;)

[TillieMoon]

In Tikka to Ride I was a bit annoyed that Kryten wasn't his usual lovable self that he was in series 3-6. He was okay in Stoke me a Clipper. But once Kochanski stepped in it didn't really feel like Red Dwarf to me, no matter what people say. All the gags were related to sexual things and that wasn't really the Red Dwarf way, you know?

[c0nzo12]

yeah in series 7 kryten was annoying. and you can all thumbs down me, but thats my opinion. he just didn't feel like kryten. and with the lack of rimmer, thats only half of the red dwarf crew.

[TillieMoon]

I completely agree, once again. I'm not saying the gags weren't funny, but the pants draw and the salad cream and everything just went on a bit, and in the end I just wanted to step in and say "OK, now for something new, yeah?"

[afropower88]

The one truely brave thing Rimmer ever did that saved the ship and the lives of three crewmen, and no-one will ever know.

[TillieMoon]

Aaah, Rimmer has it in him :)

[Raskolnikov32]

@afropower88 they might remember, after all, Lister remembers playing pool with planets when he shouldn't be able to. And at least we know what he did.

[Swordseye]

wow Rimmer actually came up with a plan that worked and was incredibly brave for him. too bad he was too late but it doesn't make too much difference the time drive was still destroyed.

[thomas49th]

any idea of the strings (violin, viola, chello?) song used in the last part of the clip

[Holbol647]

better dead than sofa sized butt lol I love red dwarf !

[EvilMuppet1979]

well done mr brittas!

[Beachy198621]

my uncle (who got me into red dwarf) convinced me this was the end of the Red Dwarf...as in last episode i was crying...thankfully my teacher told me about the next seasons :) he was a meanie LOL

[ArcaneAzmadi]

An rare, possibly unique moment where Rimmer willingly chooses to fight in the face of certain death. Quite out of place in Red Dwarf, but still quite cool. Still, I think they could have spared at least 1 model shot to show the two ships exchanging fire.

[Thastidyinnih]

I remember watching this episode on TV way back and my jaw hit the floor because I thought it was the end of 'em.

But they got out of it. HURRAH!!

[steven8787gill]

That funny jolt at 0.16 made me think that the cliffhanger was gonna be explained as an unreality bubble, i have a feeling that's what they were planning, then they probably went for the one they went for at the last second

[Werewolfpokemon]

Rimmer actually... DOES SOMETHING GOOD FOR ONCE!!!???? Well thats a change. I see where he is coming from though. Better dead than smeg is what i live by now!

[redwarf99]

mine too

[boycraz2]

wat happens next !!!

i cant get it on dam dvd do u no how much that cost !!!! i need to save up to see my family in ireland

DAM U BBC

[19jayfuz91]

they all live happily ever after....until final final final final episode

[boycraz2]

arr good nice ending

[BumblebeeXrocks]

Can I say the final FINAL ending is???

[boycraz2]

yes

[BumblebeeXrocks]

Nanobots recreate Red Dwarf + crew and then some virus melts the ship + Rimmer. Everyone else escaped into space. XD Poor Rimmer. What a smeghead XD XD

[boycraz2]

noooooo hes my fav

[BumblebeeXrocks]

Lister is my fave XD

[boycraz2]

do u like him in coranation street

[BumblebeeXrocks]

coranation street? Which was that?

[boycraz2]

soap on itv he plays lloyd

[BumblebeeXrocks]

idk about that... 0_o

[twinsruleok]

Rimmer dies?

*puppy eyes*

Oh.

*crys silently*

[redwarf99]

no he doesnt, smeg head.

[redwarf99]

he doesnt die, because he knees death so death cnt kill him, they were gona carry it on in the movie but it went to scrap

[BumblebeeXrocks]

Right, but everyone assumed he was dead because the ship was melting and Death was still 'alive' and could track him down and strangle the smeg-face XD XD

[redwarf99]

number 1) rimmer is my fav character so dnt call him a smeg face

number 2) Wouldnt death not want to go near rimmer because of wt happened

[BumblebeeXrocks]

1) Every one has their opinion about him and I respect that. I ment smeg-face in a humorus way.

2) Who knows what Death would have done? XD

3) Rimmer is funny :)

[blackatree]

well for 1)

call him a smeg-head like every1 else lol

[romaurie]

I'm sure someone asked before, but why didn't they make a "feature length" movie?

How many did 'Star TreK' have, 6?

[TheCoffeeGrind]

They tried to make a full length movie, in fact, it's been in the works, but they can't come up with the funds. Sadly. That's why the very last episode is such a big freakin' cliff-hanger x.x

[TerminalCriticism]

"Better dead than smeg"

I had that made into a shirt, needless to say, it's my pride and joy lol.

[bazfanv2]

hes an hologram, how does he pick up a bazookoid. i love red dwarf, should be called red flaw. i have them all on dvd, i am compelled to watch on a regular basis.

[srmcd1]

Rimmer was given a hardlight drive a few episodes earlier. It gives him a subsitute body. It only works when his coat is blue.

[srmcd1]

One thing that really gets you at the fact that the beginning of this episode, Rimmer was berating the crew, and at the ending, he's risking life and limb to save them.

[monkeynutjohn]

that little bit of ace really shined through in him there, what a guy

[sanityisrelative]

i really liked that rimmer did something heroic. you can see the growth his character went through in the first 6 series. not extreme changes mind, but some growth as a person. that's one of the issues i have with series 8. i do like it well enough, as i can't NOT like anythig red dwarf, but bringing rimmer back as they did, it wipes out all the growth the character had gone through, and starts him from scratch. still, no matter what, it's still chris barrie, and he's always worth watching!

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[katiewoman]

That's exactly what I think!

It took he and Lister 7 series to strengthen the bond they eventually had..

But it was back to square one in series 8.

And it made it all seen kinda useless.

But it's still Red Dwarf.

So I love it.

[PringlesJingles]

It doesn't really wipe it all out as the first Rimmer became Ace and is still out there (although he probably smegged it up).

And you can even look at series 8 and say that they do work together to quite a extent. Obviously that's partly because they're in the Tank, and there's no-one else who particularly cares about Rimmer....

But admit it, Lister would drive anyone nuts with sexual magnetism virus pouring, Canary enlisting, and of course his guitar "skills"...

[Foebane72]

You do realise that it was RIMMER, the abject COWARD, that saved them all?

[missbeetlebottom]

What... what was that? what? are they okay? do they come back? PLEASE NOT LISTER!!!!! NO I LOVE HIM TO MUCH FOR HIM TO DIE!!!

[GothicAnimeAngel]

yes they come back...there are 8 series in total...i think this was the 6th series

[ParasitePostill]

Umm... They made 2 more series after this one, so I'd say so:P - The long explananation is that by the past selves been destroyed, the future selves never existed, and therefor were never able to put the past selves into that position, therefore making the entire episode irrelevant and returning the crew & starbug back to its former glory. Now don't try filming yourself explaining it, that's all. It's the camera, y'see - they just cant handle it

[steven8787gill]

yeah but if the future crew no longer existed to go back in time and kill themself in the past, then the present crew can't die right? but, hang on if the present crew are alive and well, then they can become there future selves and kill themeselves in the present, but they can, but they cant, but they can, but they cant. ect ect ad infinitum+1

ouch my head hurts:)

[Surochan]

And thats why the camera explodes everytime Listy tries to explain it :D

[Swordseye]

so basicly when they die when they're their future selves because their present selves were killed the future crew become the past crew. they can never die

[TobyDurkin]

Personally I don't see what's the problem with the original actors playing the characters.

Red Dwarf is littered with paradoxes so for me I don't see the problem.

[dkittv]

Best ending to a comedy season ever, possibly any season... really awesome. What a shame they followed it up with a half-assed season...

[123kidcahal]

This show is amazing, it deserves a film

[GothicAnimeAngel]

i thought they did bring out a film, thats what i thought when i saw the film cover shot thingys....argh google red dwarf

[dkittv]

There were vague plans but nothing came of it... at least not yet, and most people assume nothing will... sadly

[GothicAnimeAngel]

ahhh, hmm well, maybe now the cast dont want to do the film....who knows, i dunno maybe a film outta it would be cool, all depends on if the cast want to do it

[dkittv]

I heard that their increasing age is a possible factor against making a film, the series began in 1988, and the characters aren't really meant to be that much older now than then... though obviously the actors are...

[GothicAnimeAngel]

agreed, well i guess for Robert (actor for kryten) it might not be much of a factor as he's in a suit anyway. also another factor could be how would they start it off coz the very last ever episode was left with just rimmer on a destructing red dwarf and the cure thingy was burning, so tha could be a factor in how to start it, and how to get rimmer off the burning ship

[dkittv]

If I were to make it (I wish!) I'd start from the beginning again and do a movie based on the first Red Dwarf Novel - "Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers"

But that's just me!

[GothicAnimeAngel]

oh yeh i remember that, my dad had that. thinkin bout it that would actually be a good film if it was based on that

[dkittv]

Hells yes. And if it's a success there are at least 2 more books to base sequels on! 3 possibly though if you know the series of books it may not work to base a film on all of them...

I think the only problem would be that the novels were slightly more serious, so fans may get dissapointed...

[GothicAnimeAngel]

ahh yeh, and also being serious the younger fans might not get most of it, well depends if the parents will let them watch it i suppose, but yeh there may be a part of a disappointment as the last 8 series always brought lauhter to people

[midare]

I dunno, I for one would love to see them just plain ol' find a new cast to bring on and do some RD comedy films based off the books'n such. Hell, if they're takin' all these old series and making movies from them with new actors (Get Smart, Dukes of Hazard etcetera) why not just do it with Red Dwarf?

[GothicAnimeAngel]

you cant do red dwarf with a new cast, it wont work. people loved red dwarf because the actors playng their characters so well, other people will just....wont be the same, a new lister just wont be lister, cat just wont be cat, rimmer wont be rimmer and kryten wont be kryten. if the message comes through, plus using actors in dukes of hazard i deff wont watch it, i was left very unimpressed my dukes of hazard so if the actors became the new RD cast, it'd turn out like the american piolet

[midare]

I personally think that the series is capable of standing on the merit of the original writers' ability. I respect that you, personally, would not endorse it. But I'd deal with new actors for more sci-fi comedy in the vein of RD. I'd love to see an animated version, see if they couldn't get whomever was willing from the original cast to do voices then just replace those who think they're "too good" to keep playing their roles.

[GothicAnimeAngel]

well i can see where ur coming from, i just think that if they replaced the cast with new actors then it wouldnt be red dwarf, it'd be some re-make of it with none of the original actor's own humor and personality being played into the characters. which wouldnt make it the same. in my opinion i think if the original cast want to do an extra several years on thing or the movie or whatever then that's good, but if they dont i think RD shuld be left to itself

[swordsandtequila]

agreed. anyone who has read the books can attest that the characters can stand on their own away from the actors.

[DomWeasel]

I'm with you, a new cast would be crap. Personally, I've always thought they should do a film set ten years after the last Series. That would make sense and it would be fun to see an aged Lister and Cat still trying to be young. They've all aged rather well anyway.

[prophetofog]

Of all the remakes of TV shows, have any of them been remotely GOOD? I can't think of any. They've already tried a remake of Red Dwarf with an Americanized cast, and that's something that's best forgotten. A newer, lamer knockoff of Red Dwarf wouldn't be any better. If they can't continue with the original cast, they shouldn't continue at all. Why even consider a different cast? If they still bring the funny, who will actually care that the cast members dared to age in the twenty years?

[lucikomg]

Ok siriously....the best tv show EVER... I´ve seen all 52 episodes at least for 1000times and I still love it xD

[papplemanger]

"Better dead than smeg" words of wonder

The "Rimmer Action" music is cool =]

[AcePilot101]

Better dead than Smeg.

Those are words to live by..lol

[TaraJayneRikku]

Ooh!!

I haven't seen the next episode after this, but I think he used the Holly Hopper?

=D

Maybe he did, maybe he didn't, but they have to live dudes!

Lister marries Catchansky!

[martinberra]

I just love the resolution to this!

[mystorydude]

BBC

[zebrazazzle]

i wont MOOOOOOORRRRRRRREEEEEEE

[pencilponce]

If they make the movie or a new series I hope they keep the same writers. Red Dwarf all the way!

[JackTraven2525]

" Better anything then that toupee"

[MangaNutcase]

I want a new series...! Please, BBC! XO

[ben150195]

i luv red dwarf !

[romaurie]

Maybe a movie? The way "Star Trek" went.

[wolfschmidt11]

then I say "FIGHT"!

[emmab2006]

brilliant show , BRING THE MOVIE OUT BBC !!!!!! OR ANOTHER SERIES !!! PLEASE !!!!! :D