Public Apology

[spazzychic]

I, Amber, fully admit to the fact that before this weekend, I have never seen an episode of Red Dwarf. I did not understand the full ramifications of this lack. As kendric put it, it is so horrible, its effects so far-reaching and vast, that the entire scientific community could spend a hundred years researching and barely scratch the surface of the number of things it has impacted around the known universe.

I also understand that I was in worse peril: that my geek license could be revoked. I humbly confess of this crime, but I also joyfully attest that I am already taking steps to rectify this situation. I have about 7.5 seasons to go, but one day I will be whole and not a smeghead.

I can only plead a brokeass childhood without a functional television* for this. I throw myself at the mercy of the VCR and thank kendric for his mercy and help.

Amber

*We had a Super Nintendo with one game (Mario World) and about a dozen video tapes (Back To The Future series, Star Wars Series, My Fair Lady, Star Trek: Shore Leave and Trouble with Tribbles, The Little Mermaid, something else I remember not liking and a taped church service where I was 3 years old and called my sister crazy. Serious. I saw Next Gen with my mom, X-Files and X-men at friends houses, and a few episodes of Miami Vice with my grandfather. That was most of the TV I saw before age 16 or so.

Comments

[rev-blacky.livejournal.com]

I, Amber, fully admit to the fact that before this weekend, I have never seen an episode of Red Dwarf.

Gasp!
Be sure, after you are done watching it all, to ask me about how I met Craig Charles and ended up on the cover of the, at the time, primary Red Dwarf Seattle Fan-zine!
The story is best told in person so we can use the voices and accents, but, yeah, we do what we can...

[sartan0.livejournal.com]

I remember when "David Lister" and "Kryton" came to visit Seattle. It was an event!

[rev-blacky.livejournal.com]

Yeah, for two or three years in a row, they'd show up around the same time as Folk Life, spend their time at the festival, and do a spot on Channel 9..
And conventions.
Ah, the good old days!

[sartan0.livejournal.com]

Ack, I only heard of it one year, but yeah good old days. :)

[rev-blacky.livejournal.com]

One year they had "Rimmer" with them, another year they had "Cat", I met them the year it was "Lister" and "Kryton"...

[spazzychic.livejournal.com]

I dunno who Kryton is!

:P

Stop that.

[rev-blacky.livejournal.com]

Whoops, sorry!
;)

[fairiebane.livejournal.com]

I think all of us can be held at fault also for not immediately picking up on this heinous situation and rectifing it before it had gotten so out of control.

[kendric.livejournal.com]

Fortunately, as soon as I was made aware of this situation I was able to intervene, thus saving her even one more moment of existence without knowing the wonderment that is Red Dwarf.

[zagumus.livejournal.com]

So all those time I said "Everybodies dead dave" you were just pretending to understand? *sniff*

[spazzychic.livejournal.com]

I just didn't know who Dave was.

Honestly, I thought it was a Space Odyssey reference...which I haven't seen either.

[zagumus.livejournal.com]

*sniff* yeah, okay...

You should watch the Space Odyseey with Josh I know he really likes it. ;p

[kendric.livejournal.com]

Bah! 2001, a Space Boring-sty! A Space Travesty! A Space Waste-of-my-time-esty!

[sartan0.livejournal.com]

L: No one's got any virus, and no one's smegging nuts!
R: Well that's good... Is something the amiss?
L: Amiss? God no, what could possibly be amiss?
R: You don't think there's anything amiss? I'm sat here wearing a red and white ginnum dress, and army boots, you think that's un-amiss?
C: No, course not, it's just we thought you'd gone nuts. We were trying to humour you.
R: I was doing a little test, a little test to see if you had gone crazy. if there's one thing Ican't stand, it's crazy people.
L: Well we've passed the test Rimmer, you can let us out.
R: I can't let you out.
L: Why not?
R: Because the King of the potato people won't let me. I've begged him, I've got down on my knees and wept. He wants to keep you here, keep you here for 10 years.
C: Can we see him?
R: See who?
C: The King.
R: Do you have a magic carpet?
L: Yeah, a little 3 seater.
R: So let me get this straight. You want to fly on a magic carpet to see the King of the potato people? And plead with him for your freedom? And you're telling me you're completely sane?

[spazzychic.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen that one yet but I want to. If there's such a thing as a spoiler in this series, I shall have none of it.

[sartan0.livejournal.com]

I figured without context I could get away with it and also it is apparent it is going to occur given the name of that one. I could not help myself but no more.

[kendric.livejournal.com]

Quarantine is a season 5 episode, so you're probably pretty safe with that one for a while. She's got many episodes left before it comes up.

Also, HOLYCRAPILOVETHATEPISODE.

[aurora77]

Quarantine is sheer awesome. I'd quote more of it, but it's probably a bad idea.

[creedmore.livejournal.com]

Until you see the episode entitled:
"Gunman of the Apocalypse" - you haven't really lived :P

~ C

[mearn4d10.livejournal.com]

SAY IT AIN'T SO!!!!! *weeps and tears at his clothes*

[lironess.livejournal.com]

Fritters revoked my geek license, but it was ok. I am a nerd anyways.

[multihue-curl.livejournal.com]

this may be a shocker. I've watched a couple of episodes.. and I can safely say... I don't like Red Dwarf. :P

Just so you know. :D

[postrophe.livejournal.com]

Apparently, neither did the american public...

I got into the live-audience taping of the pilot episode for an NBC-made american remake of Red Dwarf, which sadly bombed... even though they had the original Kryton...

[spazzychic.livejournal.com]

We watched some of that on Youtube!

[kendric.livejournal.com]

It was really, really bad!

[sartan0.livejournal.com]

If it is the british version the show is at its best in the middle Seasons. If you saw some random late eps, I can see this.

[purple-fiction.livejournal.com]

The first time I ever saw Red Dwarf was when Mr. Kendric hosted a marathon. That show cracked me up.
I think fell asleep part way through, though. Too much at once can be a little tiring.

[zion-is-amorous.livejournal.com]

I love that damn show!

[katvixen.livejournal.com]

o.o

you are missing a really nice tv dealy .. I saw a few while liveing at the PS. But yes .. your childhood was lacking stuff like tv.. but to make up for it we broke in to houses.

Moral of the story - Let your kids watch TV or they will go out side and then the Bad kid will teach them to break in to houses!

Ambers i <3 You sister !!

awesome! :)

[indrazhi.livejournal.com]

i was in your shoes just a few years ago, when mr. kendric kindly insisted that i watch the very same tapes. i've just finished watching them again. definitely required viewing!

[nekosama37.livejournal.com]

If vhs is an issue I have a digital copies of all of the eps.

Meow