Product Description

In Red Dwarf season V the terrified crew runs through six outrageous adventures encountering love death existential erasure - and a killer glove puppet.Running Time: 180 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS UPC: 794051211422 Manufacturer No: E2114

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #56051 in DVD
• Brand: Warner Brothers
• Released on: 2005-03-15
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
• Original language: English, Esperanto
• Number of discs: 2
• Dimensions: 1.00 pounds
• Running time: 180 minutes

Amazon.com
It's brown alert time all over again for Red Dwarf fans with the fifth season of the much-loved U.K. sci-fi/comedy series. Episode-wise, it's business as usual for the crew of the Red Dwarf--that is, if one considers encountering an alien squid that squirts a despair-inducing hallucinogen ("Back to Reality," later voted the best episode of the series by British viewers--and Stephen Hawking!), evil (and not particularly bright) versions of the crew ("Demons and Angels"), a virus that causes insanity ("Quarantine"), and a trip to a moon created entirely from the mind of the insufferable hologram Rimmer ("Terrorform") business as usual. In short, it's six hilarious episodes, highlighted by the typically terrific writing of creators Rob Grant and Doug Naylor (who also direct two episodes). As with the previous deluxe DVD releases, Series V features a wealth of supplemental features, the most intriguing of which is a look at the failed attempt to recreate the show in America (with U.K. cast member Robert Llewellyn and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's Terry Farrell as Cat). Also included are cast and fan commentaries, featurettes on the show's "science" and villains, special effects tests, blooper reels, and a sampling of Grant and Naylor's BBC 4 radio sketch "Dave Hollins, Space Cadet," which served as the inspiration for Red Dwarf. Dedicated DVD owners will also be rewarded by Easter eggs lurking throughout the menus. --Paul Gaita

Customer Reviews

Some good and some great.
The first and last season/series are nearly the best. If you like British silly sci-fi comedy, you will love this series! The early and the later seasons were the best. Some of the middle seasons had good episodes, but not all of episodes were good. I own all of the series and can't wait for the movie.

the fundamental chages become obvious
By series 5, Red Dwarf has begun to deviate from its roots, which is actually obvious before this. By series 4, it is much more based on visual and physical comedy than before (though they never forget to leave room for the hysterical lines) But series 5 is fundamentally different somehow, to me, it begins to get a little more sober (slightly) and thoughtful. It begins to deviate somewhat from th basic premise the show was founded on) But despite any chages, it follows still in the grand tradition of Red Dwarf, delivering dense, side-splitting humor, right until the last moment.

Ok, Time To Put my Foot in My Mouth
I had written earlier in my review of the first series that I didn't like Red Dwarf. If you look at my review there, you'd see that I thought it simply wasn't funny and I don't get what the fuss is all about. And I wrote the entire series off and went to watch The Brittas Empire instead.

Later, I decided to come back to Red Dwarf, and watch Series 5, reasoning that by this time, they would most likely have gotten a handle on how to do it right. Although I still stand by what I thought of Series 1, oh man, I thought Series 5 is everything Series 1 was not. It's funny, clever, intelligent, engaging and not annoying at all. In fact, I LOVE it.

And after immersing myself in episodes from Series 4, 5, 6 and now 7, I have to say it's one of my most favorite series ever. I'm a life long Star Trek fan, and what I say would be blasphemy I'm sure, but there are many instances in this show where they leave Star Trek in the dust in terms of concepts, storytelling, and simple bravery in the kinds of stories they have the audacity to tell.