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By the end of this fourth year, Red Dwarf had completed its metamorphosis from a modest studio-bound sitcom with a futuristic premise to a full-blown science-fiction series, complete with a relatively lavish (by BBC standards) special-effects budget, more impressive sets and more location shooting. Despite the heavier emphasis on SF, the character-based comedy remained as sharp as ever. Witness the Cat's reaction to Lister's pus-filled exploding head; Kryten's devastatingly sarcastic defence of Rimmer; or, the classic scene that opens the series, Lister teaching Kryten to lie.
In "Camille", Robert Llewellyn's real-life wife plays a female mechanoid who transforms into something else entirely, as does the episode, which by the end becomes a delightful skit on Casablanca. "DNA" comes over all SF, with lots of techno-speak about a matter transmogrifier and a RoboCop homage--but in typical Dwarf fashion, turns out to be all about curry. "Justice" sees Rimmer on trial for the murder of the entire crew, while Lister attempts to evade a psychotic cyborg. Holly gets her IQ back in "White Hole", but wastes time debating bread products with the toaster. "Dimension Jump" introduces dashing doppelganger Ace Rimmer for the first time--he was to return in later series, with diminishingly funny results. Here his appearance is all the better for its apparent improbability. Finally, "Meltdown" goes on location (to a park in North London) where waxdroids of historical characters (played by a miscellaneous selection of cheesy lookalikes) are at war. Only intermittently successful, this episode is really memorable for Chris Barrie's tour-de-force performance, as Rimmer becomes a crazed, Patton-esque general.
On the DVD: Red Dwarf, Series 4, like its predecessors, comes as a two-disc set complete with full cast commentary for every episode, an extensive retrospective documentary (mostly featuring the cast reminiscing), deleted scenes and lots of other fun bits of trivia. --Mark Walker
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Episodes:
- 1. Camille
- 2. DNA
- 3. Justice
- 4. White Hole
- 5. Dimension Jump
- 6. Meltdown
- 2. DNA
Ace Rimmer arrives from an alternate dimension, Kryten falls in love and Lister’s curry tries to kill him in six more slices of classic Red Dwarf chaos.
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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful
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Well, what can I say? This is one of the very few TV shows I could happily sit and watch continually all day. Red Dwarf is a cult classic and series 4 is the best of the 4 released so far.
I loved every episode on the DVD so I can't say which was my favourite, but each episode has a lot of cracking on liners.
I loved every episode on the DVD so I can't say which was my favourite, but each episode has a lot of cracking on liners.
Holy is still female, Lister is still a slob, the Cat is still vain, Kryten is still cuaght in his programming and Rimmer,...well...he's still a git (but girls, he's a damn fine looking git!)
Highlights of this series were (without trying to give things away) Kryten's 'new image', Rimmer's 'other half'-what a guy, Holly's regained IQ of 12,000, Lister watching the execution of a well known figure and Rimmer making Ghandi give him 50 press ups. "I'm watching you, Ghandi!"
Episode lists as follows: Camille, DNA, Justice, White Hole, Dimension Jump and Meltdown.
It's great when each new series is realeased but the day will arrive when the final series goes out and that's it. Just make sure, that when that time comes, you've got every other series to look back on. Red Dwarf is a classic show and up there alongside the other more coventional British comedys in terms of superiority.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This is going to be a short review. All I can say is collect the whole series of red dwarf. From the beginnings of a low budget BBC production it has been excellent. You know when a truely good show has emerged when it has almost no budget and is still excellent. Series 4 is no execption. The story lines in series 4 are well developed and complement the characters well. The budget has increased in series 4 and the special effects have improved. This is not, however, am important aspect. The dialogue is as good as in other series and this is what matters. The characters and their personalities are well established. I don't think there is a sane person around who could not find red dwarf hilariously funny.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
i did not get into red dwarf till long after the first 6 series
so i missed out on the original vhs releases but then i got the first 3 series on the remastered vhs release the problem was they never got round to any more series so i had to wait for series 1-3 to be released on dvd and FINALLY i have got series 4 it must be said though the extras are fantasic the commentary is done well (i always believe the secret for a good commentary is to have a minimum of two people).With smeg ups and a very good episode by episode talk through with cast and crew its value for money
so i missed out on the original vhs releases but then i got the first 3 series on the remastered vhs release the problem was they never got round to any more series so i had to wait for series 1-3 to be released on dvd and FINALLY i have got series 4 it must be said though the extras are fantasic the commentary is done well (i always believe the secret for a good commentary is to have a minimum of two people).With smeg ups and a very good episode by episode talk through with cast and crew its value for money
as far as the actual episodes themselves they are fantastic with many classic scenes well worth buying
i also have a suggestion for commentary on series 5+ perhaps get a fan in to ask questions on the commentary there is alot many people would like to know (like me:-)
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WARNING!! Review May contain spoilers...
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Smeggin' wonderful!
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Smeging brilliant
Red Dwarf, season 4 lives up to what you would expect from a classic sit-coms.
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in my opinion the only real program on TV every recorded that can make science fiction... Read more
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Another classic season
The fourth season of Red Dwarf is interesting in that it is the only one without any major format changes. Read more
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This series is worth seeing just for the look on Listers face when a genetically altered Kryten (altered into a human being) hands him a double polaroid of his newly acquired... Read more
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A truly excellent series
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