Mrogreturns
The Ghost Who Posts
Yes its a rip-off of the Casablanca thread!
I`m referring here more to the original novel (Infinity welcomes careful drivers) rather than the sequals or TV series.
The two central characters (Lister and Rimmer) are both unfulfilled, both express the feeling of being failures.
What niether seems to notice, however, is that, as much as they dislike one another, each has set out on the path the other should have chosen.
Lister went to art school and dropped out- but we learn that Rimmer makes study time-tables that are minor works of art. If Rimmer had gone to art school- perhaps he`d have found his calling rather than slogging away at those exams.
Lister, on the other hand, turns out to be a dab-hand at space minning- managing to, virtually single handedly, mine thorium. Perhaps he should have joined the Space Corps where he would likely have been a great success (as one of his alternative selves did, in fact, do).
Any other Red Dwarf fans thought of this?
I`m referring here more to the original novel (Infinity welcomes careful drivers) rather than the sequals or TV series.
The two central characters (Lister and Rimmer) are both unfulfilled, both express the feeling of being failures.
What niether seems to notice, however, is that, as much as they dislike one another, each has set out on the path the other should have chosen.
Lister went to art school and dropped out- but we learn that Rimmer makes study time-tables that are minor works of art. If Rimmer had gone to art school- perhaps he`d have found his calling rather than slogging away at those exams.
Lister, on the other hand, turns out to be a dab-hand at space minning- managing to, virtually single handedly, mine thorium. Perhaps he should have joined the Space Corps where he would likely have been a great success (as one of his alternative selves did, in fact, do).
Any other Red Dwarf fans thought of this?
