Back to Earth (Part One)

Great stuff!!!! Now this was always going to be a love it hate it and people don't like change, and yes it was missing details and fill in's from when we last saw the crew but face it when getting the green light you pitch a show that will fill 3 half hour shows/will not be so far up a fans backside that only they will understand/fill it with past events and run out of time for a new story/be fresh and funny, and then once they can do this money changes hands and they get their shot at what is really a pitch at another series, yes money from making it but more so with DVD sales in mind but if it gets the numbers then they will get another series and thats the big money for the guys. For the people who hate it well it comes down to would you rather they never do anything ever again? or get a shot at getting a series? because if you want them back on TV everyone must get behind the show and sales of DVD which will prob be out soon, its only then will the show be made, not saying like it just because of this......you can still not be keen but its only way to get them back as its been so long and this was testing the market and to be honest I loved it, its grown and though the jokes were thin on the ground in places it had some gems and the acting was up a few grades and the effects, I also loved the very nice setups from the all time great BladeRunner, and the guys though with a few more wrinkles were as they have always been and seem to love playing the parts once again and I hope they get the chance to do so again but I do think that they could do with some new talent for stories should they ever get a new series, until then I do think the boys done good with Back To Earth.

Really not that good. I suggest skipping this season, and going straight to season 10.

All those in the UK who have seen this have already started to either tear it apart or embrace it as something amazing. I, on the other hand, am in the US... and had to take a few extra steps to see this. First, those of you who are expecting a canned laughter to tell you which spots are funny, none here... if you'll miss it, you probably won't like it that much. Second, those of you who bought or downloaded the books-on-tape of the Red Dwarf series (as read by some of the stars of the show) and enjoyed them... you're in for a true treat. Without the audience laughter, it felt like they were performing just for me. It had a very intimate feel to it, I can't say much more without giving away anything... then again, if you're a true fan in the UK or US, you've already seen it or found a way to see it. Just brilliant.

Well 1st one is down and was it good?........well I have liked the show from the start, not a big t-shirt wearing fan lol but enough to catch each show and so when I heard about this and fact it's been so long and the film that never happened....well I did not hold much hope and felt that this was going to be cheap and unfunny and done for die hard fans who will swear no matter how bad it was that it was funny.......but this is not the case, what they have done is taken a risk and spent more money on it than I ever thought they would, it's not ILM effects but it's very good for a show of its kind, and though the effects have changed its to see the guys have not, they seem to be back into their roles as though they had only been away for a few weeks from our screens, yes more wrinkles here and there but they all hit their lines of a script hats just as good as past ones, yes it's only been one show but if this is signs of things to come then all should be good......but one odd thing is no studio laughter, I don't need a hint to tell me it's funny and where to laugh but just feels odd after all these years.

Afficianados who attend conventions, call each other smegheads and think Kochanski is a cost-effective substitute for Viagra, may have been disappointed by this resurrection - aptly on screen at Easter. But after a slow start, with the arrival of the Russian Hologram and surrealistic twists and turns, I think we got our moneyworth.

Topical comments about the banks abounded, the aforesaid Ms Kochanski made an appearance towards the end and the aging performers gave it plenty of oomph. There's such a dearth of decent comedy on television, when vintage stuff like this materializes, it takes a while to acclimatise.

I think the metaphysical notion of searching for your maker to extend your life is entirely plausible. Had Luc Goddard directed, instead of Doug Naylor, it might have made media studies courses. True there were not many huge belly laughs...but it's not that sort of comedy. A good effort, a reminder of our past successes before the degeneration into "character" comedy with little or no situation. And a lesson for all of us. You may think it's all over...it is now.