Did anyone see the first of the new episodes on Dave last night? I thought the first 30 mins was excruciatingly painful (the scene where Lister reads Jane Austen to Kochanski's grave especially) and the usual "Rimmer is a self-centred coward" thing seemed more contrived than usual.
That said it showed some potential towards the end and the reviews all say that it gets much better after the first installment (couldn't get much worse). Not really any surprise that they ignored all the continuity and issues from series 8 (as they've done before at the start of new series) but at least a meta-nod to it would have been nice.
Fair to say that all looked 10 years older - especially Chris Barrie who really looked awful
Just hope tomorrow's is massively better.
That said it showed some potential towards the end and the reviews all say that it gets much better after the first installment (couldn't get much worse). Not really any surprise that they ignored all the continuity and issues from series 8 (as they've done before at the start of new series) but at least a meta-nod to it would have been nice.
Fair to say that all looked 10 years older - especially Chris Barrie who really looked awful

Just hope tomorrow's is massively better.