IF you watched Westworld to the end you will know it asked some questions about Reality.
The Peripheral (from the same team) appears to be taking this further.
The core material is a William Gibson book so the DNA is there.
Without Spoilers the show mixes genres VERY well. There is time jumping but much easier to follow than Westworld.
There is Redneck backwoods 'Murica.
There is a hint of the original Matrix, of Read Player One.
I really have no idea what is going on, but after 3 episodes Iām getting a few theories.
Completely hooked on it.
She-Hulk doesnāt really question reality. It just breaks the fourth wall and takes the piss out of the MCU in the process. Iām always moaning about having seen it all before. Iāve seen something like this before in Gremlins 2. That was a skit, not a finale. I think itās kinda genius.
I am planning on having a look at Westworld. Is it done yet?
Westworld is done but may not be.
Not in the usual cliffhanger way.
It starts as a very good remake of the film but there is āsomething moreā it meanders a bit esp in S3 but a couple of episodes into S4 it comes together very well. The main issue most had is that it time jumps the story without context. Once you work that out it is easy to follow.
I think The Periperal has a great story and the time jumps are well telegraphed and in context.
Both worth the effort
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But imho s4 ended it āOKā - Sure it could have wrapped it up properly but context wise Iām ok with that being the end
And they are right about S2 &3 until you watch s4
We do not recognise the mighty Red Dwarf enough on this site.
What is your favourite Red Dwarf episode?
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Backwards.
Genius
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I have a full DVD set from about 14 years ago.
Dont have a DVD player anymore
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It really is. I watched this with my mum last week and she knows very little about Red Dwarf, but loved the epirsode immediately.
When you think about all the time on money spent on complicated CGI these days and can see what was achieved with reverse footage and a bit of purposeful editing, Backwards does look especially forward-looking.
I really love Queeg, but I have to admit Iām a bit torn between that and Backwards. I think Iāll always put Queeg first.
Because we are talking wheeze of the week, jape of the century, etc.
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Back To Reality - great episode which introduced Dwayne Dibbley
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Plus it was years ahead of Chris Nolan, Tenet seems to have been heavily influenced by that episode.
I liked the episode with the despair squid, there were a couple of good time travel episodes that were cleverly done too.
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Ace Rimmer.
2nd best
Smoke me a Kipper Iāll be back for Breakfast
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I do have a soft spot for the whole of S1
For years you could watch every series but that one. A bit like Blackadder.
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Fvck you @pap
Red Dwarf made me think of the radio show of Hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy & the wonderful Peter Jones
https://hitchhikers.fandom.com/wiki/Peter_Jones
And, from the book, The Robots invading Earth that created Cricket & the Rain God
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Mrs C_S and YoungAdults rave about Hitchhikers
- never got it myself, but thatās probably because everyone at 6th form back in the day raved about it
Too many other things on the tellybox list now to even be bothered to try. The recent-ish film didnāt float my boat either.
Film was shit.
Read the books.
End of
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The VR episode where they were all lost inside the headsets as that is now a reality.
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Corrected it for you 
Radio 4 series was the best
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Been getting into All Tomorrows, which you certainly canāt accuse of lacking scope or imagination. Itās a fake history that covers all of humanityās future.
Itās a bumpy ride. Eight billion killed in the Mars / Earth / War. No faster than light travel. Humanity first modifies itself to be better adapted to space travel, then seeds itself by sending automated ships out to far flung places and growing new humans when they get there.
We then get twatted by an alien race that keeps us about and genetically modified us into a load of sub species. The rest of the book is about the fate of what remains of humanity.
Not a novel. Totally a fake history, except it focuses on the future. Little bit mind-blowing.
Chloe Grace Mortez may just be the hottest new name on the block
The Peripheral is very very good