r/shittymoviedetails • u/LuinAelin • 10h ago

In Red Dwarf, it's shown in the future that not even death will free you from your job because they'll bring you back as a hologram.

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u/heyitscory 9h ago

That's why the ship on Red Dwarf is called Roko's Basilisk, which of course is an anagram of ouroboros, if you borrow some R's and O's from the future and leave the extra letters in the past.

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u/LuinAelin 9h ago

Left in a box saying our rob or ros. They couldn't even decide on a name

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u/Mezeye 10h ago

I think they are only brought back to keep the crew happy. They’re light projections who can’t even pick up objects.
It’s not like they are so short staffed they need a smeggin’ hologram to fill clerical roles.

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u/voivoivoi183 10h ago

I'm showing how much of a nerd I am, but he's the navigator, and they brought him back as a hologram because he's essential personnel.

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u/Mezeye 10h ago

That makes sense. Didn’t want to put the pilot on to check. That’s a reasonable person to bring back. Guess he truly does have to work after death, or, at least his brain scan does.

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u/Andrew1990M 10h ago

They’re kept for their expertise too. 

Since Holly can only sustain a single hologram, I think the highest ranking deceased officer would be brought back. 

It was only Rimmer after the accident because Holly’s main concern was keeping Lister sane, the mission had already failed. 

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u/sausagefinance 10h ago

Do hologram farts smell? Can holograms smell farts? There is a lot of undiscovered science in this area. 

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u/Melodic_Till_3778 10h ago

I'm pretty sure they can smell in general. On the other hand, he lives with Lister

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u/LuinAelin 9h ago

Holly probably turned that feature off...... Doing anything else would be cruel

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u/Melodic_Till_3778 9h ago

I think it depends on how much he annoyed them that day

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u/LuinAelin 10h ago

Asking the important questions about red dwarf.

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u/Character_Mind_671 8h ago

Rimmer was unable to touch or taste anything, so we can assume he can't smell either. He once hijacked Lister's body and binge ate until Lister grew man boobs.

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u/LuinAelin 10h ago

They tortured that toster

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u/Extra_Razzmatazz_212 9h ago

I would stay up late to watch this on pbs and it all went over my head but i loved it

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u/Plodderic 7h ago

“What’s it like?”
“Death? It’s like being on holiday with a group of Germans”

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u/callmedale 10h ago

That’s the hologram’s problem

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u/Awkward_Stranger407 6h ago

But where do all the toasters go?

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u/SpoonerUK 2h ago

Remember you also won't be a threat to anyone’s marriage.

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u/Sir_Soft_Spoken 4h ago

And yet, it’s still better than how the Imperium of Man does it.