Lister and the crew cause major temporal issues whilst in pursuit of a curry.
I enjoyed this one due to the plot and sci-fi concept, but it does feel pretty devoid of the comedy present in first six series.
The story quickly ties up the cliffhanger at the end of Out Of Time and moves on to more time-travel related shenanigans that take the shape of a homage to the great Star Trek episode, The City On The Edge Of Forever. It also has a pretty cool tie-in to one of the major historical events of the twentieth century. All of this works very well and with it being caused by the search for a curry, it fits in well with Lister's character.
Comedy wise it rarely works for me due to the emphasis on plot and sci-fi concepts. Also the new cinematic visuals are so distracting it made me focus on the cinematography and effects more than I probably should do. Kryten losing his guilt has been done before and wasn't particularly that funny the first time round.
Most performances are good, particularly Craig Charles, but unusually Chris Barrie doesn't seem up to his usual brilliant standard. It might be just me, but he feels like someone reeling of lines of memorised dialogue rather than someone who is living a character as before.
I'm not sure if the departure of Rob Grant had an impact on the humour, but it feels at this point like the show is leaning more towards clever sci-fi than comedy, but I say this with an appreciation that everybody experiences humour differently, so what's not funny to me might be hilarious to someone else.
For me Tikka To Ride is a 6.5/10, but as always I round upwards.
I enjoyed this one due to the plot and sci-fi concept, but it does feel pretty devoid of the comedy present in first six series.
The story quickly ties up the cliffhanger at the end of Out Of Time and moves on to more time-travel related shenanigans that take the shape of a homage to the great Star Trek episode, The City On The Edge Of Forever. It also has a pretty cool tie-in to one of the major historical events of the twentieth century. All of this works very well and with it being caused by the search for a curry, it fits in well with Lister's character.
Comedy wise it rarely works for me due to the emphasis on plot and sci-fi concepts. Also the new cinematic visuals are so distracting it made me focus on the cinematography and effects more than I probably should do. Kryten losing his guilt has been done before and wasn't particularly that funny the first time round.
Most performances are good, particularly Craig Charles, but unusually Chris Barrie doesn't seem up to his usual brilliant standard. It might be just me, but he feels like someone reeling of lines of memorised dialogue rather than someone who is living a character as before.
I'm not sure if the departure of Rob Grant had an impact on the humour, but it feels at this point like the show is leaning more towards clever sci-fi than comedy, but I say this with an appreciation that everybody experiences humour differently, so what's not funny to me might be hilarious to someone else.
For me Tikka To Ride is a 6.5/10, but as always I round upwards.