I love the darker tone to the comedy/general narrative in these books vs. our beloved TV version. It feels quite different, doesn’t it? Not better, just… edgier & more adult.

@grouchgaming1033

Жыл бұрын

I wouldn't so much say edgier or more adult, just uncensored in the purest form of the word. More room for it all between the covers of a book versus the glow of the telly. Both are beautiful in their own right, but I find myself coming back to this book as well as it's follow up "Better Than Life", they just... Lister relates a lot heavier in the books to me personally and the overall darker tone makes the funny stuff stick out even more. Humor was always a form of defense, so it's poetic these books... But I am very aware of subjection and all that, just one voice in the crowd, blah blah blah...

@lewiseveritt2091

3 ай бұрын

Absolutely, I'd love to see the TV shows redone with the same tone and content as the books in the form of a miniseries or film series. With new actors etc. It wouldn't be easy, but it could be amazing and draw in a whole new generation of fans.

The narrator totally nails Rimmers voice.

@samgwillym

4 жыл бұрын

Coz it is him 😂 😂 😂

@waiifii22

3 жыл бұрын

No it's Chris Barrie, not Rimmer.

@taylormanfred3489

3 жыл бұрын

Amazing isn’t it!

@colinfarren8326

3 жыл бұрын

Doh! He does a good Lister tho!

@ScoriacTears

3 жыл бұрын

@@colinfarren8326 I concur.

Classic stuff! Chris Barrie is a very talented narrator. He brings the story to life.

@Exnavyjay

7 ай бұрын

It’s the only area of their job that I’d consider to be hard work, narrating books

I listen to these audiobooks here on YT as I go to sleep, and it always seems like I'm finally nodding off when the snoring bit begins. It always jolts me awake. Thanks Chris Barrie :P Fer real, Thanks for posting Ace! What a guy :)

@monkeechicken

5 жыл бұрын

exactly the same as me, horrible noise.

@twt3716

4 жыл бұрын

How long you beena plumber?

I can’t sleep without this! Thanks Ace.

@n3cron99

3 жыл бұрын

Me too

@tinybutmightycookie2518

3 жыл бұрын

Same 😊

@Jay-ez1xb

Жыл бұрын

Same

I read this book so many times, it fell apart. It's interesting to hear Chris' inflection on some of the passages I remember and how I remember inflecting them.

Listen to this every night Love the dwarf! Thanks for posting

@buckTesterson

7 жыл бұрын

carrot too Gamer me to

Chris Barrie is the perfect choice to read this - seeing as he can imitate the rest of the cast (particularly Holly and Lister) - amazingly well.

@tonyfallon2102

8 жыл бұрын

I actually assumed it was them! amazing

@LoneCloudHopper

7 жыл бұрын

I wasn't sure if it was them or not. Barrie does it so naturally.

@Warboy1982

6 жыл бұрын

he does a pretty good Rimmer, too

@Liofa73

5 жыл бұрын

He's okay, but I don't think his accents are that good..

@reloadpsi

5 жыл бұрын

@@Warboy1982 That particularly caught me off guard.

Wow. This was also the first KZread vid I've ever come across that wasn't full of nasty comments by trolls. Good people.

@jimmy2k4o

3 жыл бұрын

You suck, Smeg head. X

@thomastarn3699

3 жыл бұрын

@@jimmy2k4o 3 years later

@bobadams7654

3 жыл бұрын

SmeeeHeeee

@mariepaynefiend5562

2 жыл бұрын

You are a silly billy, Im sorry, that was too harsh, have a beer friend 🍺

@rjonboy7608

2 жыл бұрын

Like Monty Python or Bob and Doug MacKenzie, ya hosehead. Sometimes the best humor contains no barbs.

Barrie's impression of Norman Lovett is unreal.

@memyselfandi2506

Жыл бұрын

His impression of rimmer is even better

@memyselfandi2506

Жыл бұрын

His impression of rimmer is even better

@davidvasey5065

Жыл бұрын

Timestamp?

@calebleland8390

16 күн бұрын

I actually thought that they'd gotten Norman to do a cameo on this. Chris is amazing.

@calebleland8390

16 күн бұрын

​@@davidvasey5065start at 40:45 and you get a new take on a classic exchange between Holly and Lister.

"She won't be much use to you on Feegee now, not unless it snows and you need something to grit the path with." Really funny line that.

58 Smegheads have managed to find the down thumb icon. Smegin hell.

Really enjoyed this. Went through High School here in the States, waking up in the Mid AM hours of the morning to catch Red Dwarf. I recall thinking I hated Rimmer until he had left the show for a sting, and thought the show was poorer for..or at least while...he was absent. Now, at 36 years old and find Chris Barrie to be a highly versatile actor. Really enjoyed listening to this

@chemicaltrails4468

6 ай бұрын

Barrie is a ledge - I went to a Red Dwarf convention years ago.. I arrived pretty late and he was not sat at his table and people were saying that he had already left.. so I solemnly went to the loo before planning to make my exit.. and whilst I was peeing in the urinal.. Arnold J Rimmer walked out of one of the cubicles behind me in a full Tweed suit.. I will never forget that moment.. stood there with my todger in my hands while one of my heroes washed his.. memories haha

@calebleland8390

16 күн бұрын

​@@chemicaltrails4468he wahed his todger...in the sink? Absolute legend! 🤣🤣 That's actually a great story.

Chris Barrie is a true talent.

Thanks so much for posting this. I've wanted to hear this unabridged version again for so long. I've listened to all the audiobooks easily over 50 times each, and I never tire of them. LOVE THE DWARF!!!

I have to give you a rimmer salute for posting this

@caiotefu9856

6 жыл бұрын

JoeGuitar335 A double Rimmer for special times!

@caiotefu9856

6 жыл бұрын

#Occasions

Chris Barrie is just brilliant, one of the best audiobook readings I've heard. Shame he didn't do more.

@monkfan72

Жыл бұрын

He also did the Better Than Life audiobook.

Found my new bedtime listening..

Christ, no wonder they didn’t include Lister’s effective mental breakdown in the TV series, it provides a great insight into his character but man is it dark.

Perhaps I'm just old and tired but I think Rimmer's stasis hobby makes some kind of sense. If the Space Corp has a final salary pension after 40 years of service then, based on his time saving, Rimmer could start collecting that when he was effectively in his early fifties. This means he could enjoy a long retirement starting at a point when he's young and fit enough to enjoy it. x

@Lily_of_the_Forest

Жыл бұрын

Yeah it makes sense to me.

The industrial version of the hitchhiker's guide

I like the idea of spending free time in a stasis booth, it sounds ideal

@Lily_of_the_Forest

Жыл бұрын

Yeah good idea

Poor Rimmer! Brilliant. Thanks

The amazing thing about Chris Barrie isn't that he sounds as much like other actors/characters as he does, it's that I genuinely can't hear Chris Barrie in the other voices. That's a feat.

@mantabond

3 жыл бұрын

Quite so, sir.

@HashCracker

2 жыл бұрын

He does such a good lister, but in this one he makes lister sound like a woman or something

@ejayman

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah he makes lister sound half asleep, but I know exactly who it’s supposed to be so no issue from me

That holly voice is emaculate

This is my favourite book, I've read it a dozen times along with the sequels. Ive always thought they are better than the TV series and its nice to hear Chris Barry reading it and doing voices. He can do those better than he does here btw

@georgemink1813

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah, Chris And Danny(John-Jules) both do excellent voice work

@Lily_of_the_Forest

Жыл бұрын

Better than the series?

@christianbuczko1481

Жыл бұрын

@@Lily_of_the_Forest yes, it has a different humour which the tv series cannot produce and it puts the series stories into 1 story which all flows along instead of several short stories.

@minicle426

7 ай бұрын

What dissapointed me about the books is how they ended up dropping the whole plotline involving towing Earth back to the Solar System.

Excellent stuff. I own and have read the book but hearing it from chris himself is superb

01:01:25. I love this and the rant after.

Nuneaton Borough, they knocked Swansea City out of the 1967 FA Cup

Flipping love this. Perfect in every way.

Love this so much. Takes me ages to find out where I left off

Just gold, thank you

That midi theme just makes it more awesome.

@beenaplumber8379

5 жыл бұрын

I wish I could agree. If they just recorded a real guitar, I'd be cool with it. I always fast-forward through it, and it always plays twice. At least Howard Goodall still gets his performance royalties, no matter what version they use. He's my favorite modern composer.

@knivesfightinnguns3103

3 жыл бұрын

Said noone ever

Thanks for posting this. I used to have the book but, well, divorce. Thanks again mate.

look for brittas empire..Chris barrie at his finest

@TheSleathable

7 жыл бұрын

hes good in it...but its not better than red dwarf

Excellent thanks for the upload 😀

@ozipk

6 жыл бұрын

Robert Thomas Hynd no worries aye glad you enjoyed it

Before Red Dwarf he was a professional impersonator

51:38 the weird thing is that i can imagine if that had happened to me I'd probably react that way myself.

I feel sorry for Rimmer. Yeah he’s a jerk, but his family was crap. Hard to overcome that.

Love it.

Is it just me, or did these videos become monetized recently? I started getting ads a few months ago, but those little yellow markers in the time/progress bar thingy were never there, and they never interrupted the video. The ads were only when I started playing. Now the little yellow marks are there, and the program is interrupted really frequently. I can't listen to these anymore at bedtime, and that sucks!

@Notallowed101

4 жыл бұрын

Switch to the Brave Browser ;)

@TheStarBlack

3 жыл бұрын

The funny thing is companies paying KZread to advertise to sleeping people!

@blackmagicvoodoobox8779

2 жыл бұрын

Skip to the end of the video and then click the replay button. It plays through without ads for me.

Saving this for a listen later.

Chris barrie 's first job was voice overs on spitting image..next was part on blackadder s2

@beenaplumber8379

7 жыл бұрын

s2 or s3? I remember him in s3 as the French revolutionary at the embassy who was holding Blackadder captive when he was rescued by the Scarlet Pimpernel :D Did he also have a part in s2?

@beenaplumber8379

7 жыл бұрын

Paul Hawklord Really??? Do you remember which episode? I have them all on VHS :P

@beenaplumber8379

7 жыл бұрын

Paul Hawklord I'll look for it - thanks!

@georgemink1813

7 жыл бұрын

"Spitting Image..." Was that a puppet show where he played Ronald Reagan?

@she_wench9856

5 жыл бұрын

Beena Plumber You were right the first time. It was just season 3.

getting a very strong sense of dejavu, like I've just heard this.

What I wouldn't give to be Dave Lister! Most people would freak out if they found out they were the last human alive on an enormous mining ship, not me! All the things I want would be on that ship, all my favorite movies, music, everything!! And especially the solitude, oh the solitude!

@minicle426

7 ай бұрын

What about the sex?

@turboking9238

7 ай бұрын

@@minicle426 I guess the many VR games could suffice.

1:39:14. . . so, erm, how many times did You rewind what follows the forementioned timestamp?

How do you go out tonight in space I wonder and why Rimmer didn't just move next door if he couldn't sleep bc of Lister snoring? wasn't like they were to many of them left on the red dwarf

@BringJoy2HealOurEarth

11 ай бұрын

I think it was out of habit, as they shared before the radiation leak and also humans need company so maybe it was almost subconscious for them.

@minicle426

7 ай бұрын

Or use earplugs

EVERYBODYS DEAD DAVE! 😉

@SamuelBlack84

2 жыл бұрын

Are you trying to tell me everybody's dead?

Listers stasis master plan and rimmers,shame. Dwarfers abide.

@knivesfightinnguns3103

3 жыл бұрын

The dude abides

@ronaldharris6569

3 жыл бұрын

@@knivesfightinnguns3103 indeed sir the dude abides

yep heart break do that makes you go so crazy you crate the human\cat race

SMOKE ME A KIPPER I'LL BE BACK FOR BREAKFAST! !!👍😎💜 LOVE YA ACE!!✌😙 THEY DON'T MAKE EM LIKE THIS ANYMORE 👍😭 GOD I SOUND OLD✋😠

@helenswan705

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, but at least you are called Zac

Can someone explain the "going on holiday with a group of germans" joke to me?

@SamuelBlack84

2 жыл бұрын

It's incredibly boring

@Lily_of_the_Forest

Жыл бұрын

English people aren’t fond of Germans. Ya know, WWII and all that.

1:01:27 LOL hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

Smeeeeeg hheeeeeeeddds

40:10

1:21:24

30:38

15:30

I never understand why lister told the cat he could take two suits your going into stais not leveing the ship thay still be there when thay get out

@beenaplumber8379

5 жыл бұрын

Unlike Dave's clothes the 1st thime he got out of stasis. It's a plot hole. Grant & Naylor love their plot holes - like inside jokes or something :)

@whovianhistorybuff

5 жыл бұрын

In the next part it explains the suits are going into vacuum storage rather than stasis

@helenswan705

3 жыл бұрын

maybe poor Cat just can't go anywhere without clothes

1:55:10 Bookmark

It was a good show till they put all that chanksi rubbish in it .

@Vojife

5 жыл бұрын

What's chanksi rubbish?

@beenaplumber8379

5 жыл бұрын

@Ejuice Vaper I think it would have been great if they'd had Claire Grogan continue in the part. She was far better suited to the character, but they were trying to get a movie deal, and they thought Chloe was more glamorous and sophisticated, two things nobody on Red Dwarf should ever be unless they're giant, slimy cockroaches in disguise (Pete Tranter's sister... oh my...). Props to Chloe. I mean she's a talented actor, especially in the new character they wrote for her (spoiled, sophisticated rich girl who likes Jane Austin and cottage cheese with pineapple chunks) and she's quite yummy. She fit in very well with the cast and the part they gave her, but it was that part I strongly disliked. Usually. Except when she makes me laugh.

@KuraIthys

4 жыл бұрын

Stuff past season 6 basically isn't the same partly because one of the writers stopped being involved. The first 6 seasons are Rob Grant and Doug Naylor together. After that, Grant left, and Naylor got a handful of other people to help. So, that might not seem significant, but clearly it makes a major transition point in the way the show was written. Some of it's still funny, but it doesn't seem on the same level as the older stuff.

@beenaplumber8379

4 жыл бұрын

@@KuraIthys I gotta say I like seasons 10-12, especially 12. It's more Saturday morning-ish, but for what it is, I'm into it. The characters are allowed to be older, and they make fun of it instead of playing the same regular characters and pretending they're not aging and gaining weight. They're still funny, and they feel like older versions of the same characters. Spot on.

@helenswan705

3 жыл бұрын

@@Vojife Kachanski, Lister's love

Why is the captain a woman in this ?

awful

I actually joined the Royal Navy in 1990 after watching red dwarf and reading the book because I thought it’d be the closest thing to being in this story. I actually adopted a similar persona to lister and used to do as little work as possible. Why couldn’t I have been influenced by a Napoleon biography instead, and then maybe I wouldn’t be smoking weed and binge watching Rick and Morty 😂

40:10

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