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What can i say? It's a show which holds a very very special place in my heart - I grew up with Red Dwarf!

I remember always watching it with my Dad. 3nodding Laughing so much at it I nearly cried. I remember the thrill and excitement of watching a new episode, that tingle in your fingers which gradually spread up your arms and down your spine... whee

The characters are all so human as well - they're believable. They've got their good points, and they've got their bad points, every one of them. People can relate to them.

Maybe it's the humour. I hear the same jokes, over and over, I know the plots, I know the one-liners that I've heard a thousand times, and yet... every single time I hear them, they ever fail to make me laugh. I look at it this way - either I've got short term memory loss, or those jokes are gems. And seeing as I can remember what I did 5 minutes ago, I reckon it's the latter. wink

It's in my blood, I grew up watching it. Like everyone has said, it's believable, and apart from the whole lost in deep space thing, it's realistic. It doesn't glam up human life, it acknowledges that human kind has faults and isn't perfect. It then plays with these faults to make them funny. Well, you gotta laugh haven't you.....

I mainly love it for the early seasons. It was just three guys trapped in space, with no prospects of ever getting any women or change of scenery... ever. That, to me, seemed to exemplify hilarity. Of course, they couldn't keep that up forever (it would get very old), so they had to start introducing new characters, bringing them to exotic places, et al. I understand it was needed, and I still like the later episodes, but the early ones will always be my overall favourites.

I think it's this weird (and cheap to produce) idea that I really love about Red Dwarf, and what got me into the show. Of course, what kept me with it after that idea was used up were the great character interactions they have. Those will never get old.

I think that red dwarf is just the most quirky, humourous and interesting show I've ever seen!! The characters are just soooo real in a weird sci-fi dropkicks way.... sweatdrop
Besides it makes me laugh and i can watch all the episodes again and again!! I doubt I'll ever get sick of it blaugh

I've found that people who I've shown RD to, and who didn't get it, turned out to be people I didn't really have anything in common with. My bf's niece, her boyfriend, an ex-business partner.
The fact that they didn't "get it" was a warning sign. These people have no sense of subtle word play or character interaction. This test hasn't failed me yet! biggrin

In a way, RD is a like a modern Shakespeare. That's where I first discovered the humor of word play and irony, and the subtlety of underplayed humor.

Yeah, most things made in America just plain out stink. sad

They always look like they're enjoying being their. Like, if they had a choice to be filming somewhere else that they wouldn't take it.