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[zianuray]

Watching Red Dwarf for the first time.

So far I'm not impressed -- though it's so bad that I can see how it'd have a following.

ETA:  It's just...maybe this will explain me vs Brit humour:
When I first saw Monty Python and the Holy Grail, I was trying to make sense of it. Until someone explained to me that I was trying too hard, I was totally lost and confused!  A couple of shots later, I was enjoying it just fine.

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[strife-caecus.livejournal.com]

I watched most of the first season and I wasn't the most impressed. However, a friend told me that the series supposedly gets better after the first season--apparently with the addition of a robot character.

[torakiyoshi.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes. Chriton is an excellent character. They needed the straight man to offset the goofiness of the others.

-=Kiyoshi

[duane-kc.livejournal.com]

It grows on you. Of course, so does fungu, so I can see how that's not a recommendation. Just wait until Lister forgets where he parked the Red Dwarf and has to...well, you'll see, it *does* get better.

[zianuray.livejournal.com]

I'm giving it a shot -- the first episodes I saw were perhaps not the first in the series, as DH was setting scenes as they started.

It's just...maybe this will explain me vs Brit humour:
When I first saw Monty Python and the Holy Grail, I was trying to make sense of it. Until someone explained to me that I was trying too hard, I was totally lost and confused!

[jeffs-page.livejournal.com]

I'm sure that in little-to-no time, you'll be refering to people that piss you off as "smegheads".

[gem-handler.livejournal.com]

The first couple of times I saw it, I really didn't like it. I avoided it for some time, until it came on between one of my favorite Brit-coms and another that I wanted to see, so it was easier to just let the TV run in the background while I did something else.

Once you start getting to know the characters, and some of the recurring jokes, it gets MUCH better.

[marence.livejournal.com]

I'm just agreeing with the consensus: you must have an appreciation for British humor to really enjoy it. The mockworthiness of crappy sets and such are just a plus.
Part of my personal enjoyment is that I know a guy just like Dave Lister, only Ohioan.