Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2084 in DVD
• Released on: 2003-02-10
• Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Formats: Full Screen, PAL
• Original language: English, Esperanto
• Number of discs: 2
• Running time: 180 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
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

Special Features
4:3 Full Frame
DVD 9
DVD 5
English
English
Region 2
Dolby Digital Stereo English
Dolby Digital Stereo
Cast Commentary
Deleted Scenes
Smeg Ups
Original Trailer
Red Dwarf A To Z Documentary
Doug Naylor Interview
Alternate Personalities Featurette
Tongue Tied Uncut
Special Effects Raw Footage
Isolated Music Cues
Talking Book Chapters
Photo Gallery
Weblink
Hidden Easter Egg
English

Synopsis
The sci-fi spoof RED DWARF finds chicken-soup-machine repairman Dave Lister (Craig Charles) as the last human being in the universe on a spaceship 3,000,000 years in the future. Along with the holographic image of his deceased bunkmate, Rimmer (Chris Barrie), and other odd characters, Lister navigates the stars on increasingly bizarre adventures. This collection includes the second six episodes of the series: "Kryten," "Better Than Life," "Thanks for the Memory," "Statis Leak," "Queeg," and "Parallel Universe."

Customer Reviews

We are talking april, may, june, july and august fool
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?!"

Classic.

"I had a pet lemming once..."
The history of sitcoms often overlooks Red Dwarf, wholly unfairly as it's been one of the most original, well-written and most importantly, funny sitcoms of the recent age. And it's this series that confirmed this.

With superb characterisation, great gags and stories that surpass anything that was on television at the time (and most of it now), the episodes here represent all that is good about Dwarf; the "laugh count" of episode 'Kryten' is testament to this.

Lovingly presented with good menus, extras and hilarious commentary this is worth every penny. Highlights include the Holly Hop scene (that plays reference to the meagre budget without being smug), the 'awakening' scene in 'Thanks for the Memory' and of course, every moment of 'Queeg'.

And if you were there from the beginning you can afford that little bit of schadenfraude that there won't be the same rush for any DVD box sets of "So Haunt Me", "Us Girls" or "The Brighton Belles", 'comedies' that put the 'h' back into sitcom whilst Dwarf was getting on with being brilliant.

Classic British comedy!
Red Dwarf is classic British comedy at its best. First broadcast in 1988, it's still very popular today. I can't see how anyone wouldn't enjoy it. Even though it's a sci-fi type comedy, the jokes aren't really "techie" or "geeky", they can appeal to anyone.

The characters in the series (Dave Lister, Arnold Rimmer, the Cat, etc etc) are the show's strongest point, and develop well through the series. Dave Lister is in my view the funniest - he's lazy, slobby, and very funny. Arnold Rimmer is the "smeg-head" - his one big ambition is his career, to eventually make it as an officer. However, no-one seems to really like him, and he just can't pass his astro-physics exams.

I really can't fault Red Dwarf - I'd highly recommend you see if if you didn't see it the first time round. If you did, it's still a very nice collection to have on DVD. Who knows, the DVD set may go on to become a collectible classic :o)