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The second series of Red Dwarf is, as Danny John-Jules says in the accompanying DVD commentary, "the one where it really went good". First broadcast in the autumn of 1988, these six episodes showcase Rob Grant and Doug Naylor's sardonic, sarcastic humour to perfection. The writing has matured, no longer focussing solely on SF in-jokes and gags about bodily functions, instead allowing the humour to develop from the characters and their sometimes surprisingly poignant interactions: Lister's timeless love for Kochanksi, for example, or Rimmer's brief memory-implanted love for one of Lister's ex-girlfriends. The cast had gelled, too, and there's even more colour this year as the drab sets are spiced up, a little more money has been assigned to models and special effects, and the crew even go on location once in a while.
"Kryten" introduces us to the eponymous house robot (here played by David Ross), although after this first episode he was not to reappear until Series 3, when Robert Llewellyn made the role his own. Then in "Better Than Life" the show produced one of its all-time classic episodes, as the boys from the Dwarf take part in a virtual reality game that's ruined by Rimmer's tortured psyche. Other highlights include "Queeg", in which Holly is replaced by a domineering computer personality, the baffling time travel paradox of "Stasis Leak", the puzzling conundrum of "Thanks for the Memory", and the astonishingly feminine "Parallel Universe".
On the DVD: Red Dwarf, Series 2 has another chaotic and undisciplined group commentary from the cast, all clearly enjoying the opportunity to reminisce. The second disc has a host of fun extras, including an "A-Z of Red Dwarf", outtakes, deleted scenes, a Doug Naylor interview, model shots, and the full, unexpurgated "Tongue Tied" music video. As with the first set, the animated menus are great fun and the "Play All" facility is the most useful little flashing button ever created. --Mark Walker
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All six episodes from the second series of the popular sci-fi comedy. In 'Kryten' the crew of Red Dwarf answer a distress call from three woman survivors of a crashed spaceship, only to discover their long-dead bodies being waited on by android butler Kryten. 'Better Than Life' finds the crew living out their fantasies with a virtual reality computer game. 'Thanks for the Memory' sees Lister, Cat and Rimmer lose all memory of the preceding four days. 'Stasis Leak' has the crew discover a doorway to the past, enabling Lister to romance Kochanski and Rimmer to warn himself about the future. 'Queeg' sees Holly replaced by a much stricter back-up computer. Finally, in 'Parallel Universe', a faster-than-light drive propels the crew into a universe where they meet their female counterparts.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This DVD is absolutely brilliant. All episodes are well written and clever as usual and if you want to watch the commentary with the episode, it just adds to the comedy. Craig Charles, Chris Barrie and Danny John-Jules are hilarious performers and it shows through their comments.
The second disk is just as good with the smeg ups and the highly camp Tongue Tied dance. Smegging brill.
If you don't buy this now, you're a ginboid!!
The second disk is just as good with the smeg ups and the highly camp Tongue Tied dance. Smegging brill.
If you don't buy this now, you're a ginboid!!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By "abethel7"
Format:DVD
To be honest, before Series 2 DVD, I have only seen 'Queeg' 'Better than Life' and 'Parallel Universe' and even then only in re-mastered form. So this DVD was a new experience for me and totally different aspect from the re-mastered. I also experienced the joy of watching a episode for the first time ever. 'Kryten' 'Queeg' and 'Better Than Life' are three of the funniest episodes out of personal bests. The only other one that beats these three is 'Polymorph' which will be on Series 3 DVD. As for the DVD, it is the best yet. Slick, full of features and easy to use, the animated menus are once again, brilliant. The extras good too. The 'Tongue Tied uncut' was funny, as was the 'A-Z of Red Dwarf' this DVD is a classic to own. As before the episodes are in their original, un-re-mastered formats, but enhanced picture quality and better sound. Deleted scenes are more interesting to see as are the smeg ups which was funny. Once again the Red Dwarf team prove they are unstoppable... Roll on Tree!
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
By banythehat
Format:DVD
The second series of Red Dwarf improves so much on the first. For the first time the makers had the budget to create new sets which allowed the dwarfers to travel outside the confides of the ship.
You feel during this series that the actors have settled down into their roles which gives the writers more oppertunity to write more involved scenes and situations. (in this series we are treated to, androids, time travel, dimension jumps and much more)
The reason red dwarf works so well is all down to excellent writing by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor and the comic timing by all the cast involves.
In one scene Rimmer is confronted by his future self who informs him that in 3 million years he'll be dead. To which he replys: "Will I really! Well what do you suggest? Give up white bread? More ruffage?!"
You feel during this series that the actors have settled down into their roles which gives the writers more oppertunity to write more involved scenes and situations. (in this series we are treated to, androids, time travel, dimension jumps and much more)
The reason red dwarf works so well is all down to excellent writing by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor and the comic timing by all the cast involves.
In one scene Rimmer is confronted by his future self who informs him that in 3 million years he'll be dead. To which he replys: "Will I really! Well what do you suggest? Give up white bread? More ruffage?!"
Classic.
17 of 19 people found the following review helpful
By "ad_the_lad"
Format:DVD
Red Dwarf - not just a celestial phenomonon but also the best Sci-Fi comedy to come out of the UK ever. The show comes into its own in series two with increased confidence from the relative success of the first series and a (slightly) larger budget allowing for even more cheap looking effects shots. The story lines are much better and a particular highlight is "Kryten" where the crew rescues a slighlty demented android who likes a robotic version of Neighbours and being asleep. The cast are top notch in their performances, exaggerating traits to great comic effect. Well worth the money just for the episodes so the fine host of extras is a fine bonus. But the best of the series was yet to come!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:DVD
Me, being biased, will always be in favour of Red Dwarf over most contempory comedies of today as i have grown up with this show all of my life. Throughout my years i have tried to nail down why i have enjoyed this show again and again, and i have finally found the reason - as with all great sitcoms; simplicity is the key - well formed and essentially likeable characters interacting in a unique way and being able to find something of yourself in their personalities , and i have found that Red Dwarf manages this better than any comedy i have seen. Series 2 is my personal favourite as it has a sharper script than series 1 and retains the character based apppeal that latter series lacked- but the real reason why this series works, is the brilliant relationship between Lister and Rimmer that develops throughout as they become further apart, and closer together at the same time. The two episodes that put my point across are my personal faves which are 'Better than life', based on the book of the same name, which combines all the scope and imagination that i loved about the show and illustrates Rimmer's 'diseased brain' brilliantly, and also 'Thanks for the memory' which combines pathos and real emotion apart from comedy which brings you closer to the root of the primary characters. In my opinion, Red Dwarf as a whole and in particular series 2, raised the bar for any character based sitcom of which none have lived upto.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By Chris C
Format:DVD
If Series One showed this was a comedy that had potential in the making, then Series Two in all areas had laid the foundations for the next six seasons. It is here Rob and Doug take their creativity and characterisations and give it another boost of life.
Whilst there was no drastic changes in the way it looks, unlike Series Three, Series Two has a much stronger and funnier script than the previous. It is also noticeable that Craig, Chris, Danny and Norman are all fitting into their roles better than before. I think the fact this was where they began to venture off the ship was just the icing on the cake.
Featuring the classic Kryten episode (played by David Ross), this is special considering it introduces a character that would become a firm favourite and permanent member afterwards. I also find Norman was great as the senile computer Holly, and his performance in Queeg was very funny. The interactions between Rimmer and Lister were greater and every episode they get funnier and funnier.
Once again, Series Two is packed with bonus features like A-Z of Red Dwarf from the 10th anniversary special, the usual smeg-ups and deleted scenes, a Doug Naylor interview on the series and the full uncut video to the biggest song from Red Dwarf (next to the main title song) Tongue Tied (Also Danny John-Jules' best performance).
I can't say anymore about this... just buy it now! :-)
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent
Another funny dvd from the red dwarf series, my son has watched the dvd over and over and has quite a few of the series now
Published 2 months ago by gapscan
5.0 out of 5 stars
Classic
Who doesn't like Red Dwarf, well worth watching over and over again -- one of those series that will be repeated over and over again
Published 3 months ago by big moma
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Dwarfers' first great series
The first series was a decent start and this successor is even better. In my opinion it is the first great series of Red Dwarf. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Mr. A. Rothnie
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Blue Midget!!!
WARNING!! Review May contain spoilers...
After the really rather good Series 1, Red Dwarf ups it's game with a vastly superior second series. Read more
After the really rather good Series 1, Red Dwarf ups it's game with a vastly superior second series. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Dehumanizer
5.0 out of 5 stars
Red Dwarf 2
Excellent DVD all six eps; S2 plus extra disc of bonus stuff, interviewing writer, clips, out takes etc.. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Steve123
5.0 out of 5 stars
Review for the one-disc edition
This series has been released on DVD several times previously and doubtless some will say that this one-disc edition is unnecessary. Read more
Published on 25 May 2011 by M. Hopkins
3.0 out of 5 stars
Great service...shame about the product
Just to be clear, the product as in the red dwarf dvd's are themselves great and the delivery and packaging also... Read more
Published on 12 May 2011 by Lowgun
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Maturing Masterpiece
After the excellent first series, though with some commissioning problems with the BBC, this second series was much needed and managed to avoid the pitfalls of going stale. Read more
Published on 3 Jan 2011 by S. Meadows
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not as funny as I remembered
I was kind of disappointed. I don't think it's really got into it's stride yet. I bought this because I remembered the good episodes as having Kryten in, but here, after... Read more
Published on 30 Nov 2010 by G Rounce
5.0 out of 5 stars
Smeggin' great!
As a big Red Dwarf fan I can only praise them for this top quality comedy thats got me through many a rainy day and cheered me up on those 'down days'. Read more
Published on 4 Sep 2010 by NicNic
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