Hyperdrive, was it really that bad?

[Solariabsg25]

Y'know, I actually enjoyed this show.

Still not quite to the heights of Red Dwarf, but well the humour still works. MAINLY.

I do have to say, occassionally it did miss the mark, but to be honest I feel that it was like Futurama, went before it's time. With a little tighter writing, perhaps it would have gone on to be a big hit.

And what other series shows someone in a sci fi show who actually is a big fan, and watches, a future sci-fi show??

It's like I always wondered - in Star Trek, what sci-fi books do people write??

I miss Henderson, York, Teal, Vine and the rest.

To misquote Red Dwarf's Inquisitor, "It could have been so much more!"

 

[Kelso]

Hyperdrive was dumb fun.

 

[The Badger]

To misquote Red Dwarf's Inquisitor, "It could have been so much more!"

And I think that sums it up.
There was always the sense of great potential with Hyperdrive, it always seemed to be on the edge of greatness, but never quite got there. Some moments worked well, for example the reactions of Henderson and York when it is revealed that their televised exploits have garnered York a huge gay fanbase, but for the most part it didn't really work (IMHO).

So for me, the word which best sums up Hyperdrive is 'disappointing'. It could have done a lot better, leaving a sense of frustration.

 

[ITL]

I love Hyperdrive and find it very rewatchable.

 

[Solariabsg25]

Hey, readily admit I do sometimes find myself saying "He marvelled, yes you all saw him didn't you?"

Thing that does get me about it was, the cast were fantastic, the wiritng was fantastic, the effects dazzling expecially for a "light" BBC show, but yet a certain "something" was missing.

I dunno, like eating a perfect steak dinner but then finding the mushrooms are slightly undercooked.

 

[Jim Steele]

Hyperdrive, was it really that bad?

Yes.

 

[cylkoth]

Hyperdrive was dumb fun.

It was too dumb to be funny. Which was frustrating... How can you screw up a space com? So many things to mock and make fun of, and very little seemed to come together. I'm straining to even remember any of the plotlines-there was the red alien vegetable folk-or were they crap people... they were on the planet and had to escape , can barely recall details...The captain had the ship in a space race?
The sets were good looking, as were the effects work though. Too bad trhe rest wasn't as memorable (for me..)

 

[Bob The Skutter]

Hyperdrive, was it really that bad?

Yes.

My first thought when I read the title too.

 

[roguephoenix]

it was bad in a good way. i thought it was entertaining. like someone else said, it's just stupid fun lol.

 

[payndz201]

I watched three episodes before giving up, for the simple reason that it never actually made me laugh, or even particularly amused me. Which is not a good start for a comedy show.

I think possibly the main problem was casting Nick Frost, of all people, as the straight man. He wasn't playing it awesome enough to be Captain Kirk, or ridiculous enough to be Zapp Brannigan. He was just... some guy. Which may have been the point of the show - the British idea of a space captain is a bureaucratic nobody rather than a square-jawed hero - but it was definitely a waste of Frost.

 

[Mr. Adventure]

I think possibly the main problem was casting Nick Frost, of all people, as the straight man. He wasn't playing it awesome enough to be Captain Kirk, or ridiculous enough to be Zapp Brannigan. He was just... some guy. Which may have been the point of the show - the British idea of a space captain is a bureaucratic nobody rather than a square-jawed hero - but it was definitely a waste of Frost.

I really tried to like it but it just didn't do much for me. I don't think he needed to be Kirk or Zapp but they just didn't wring enough out of the everyday absurdities turned up a notch idea either.

 

[firehawk12]

I think it had to deal with the legacy of Red Dwarf, which was just infinitely funnier, even in the S8 days.

On its own, it's fairly passable.

 

[captcalhoun]

Hyperdrive, was it really that bad?

Yes.

NO. it was worse.

 

[Solariabsg25]

I think possibly the main problem was casting Nick Frost, of all people, as the straight man. He wasn't playing it awesome enough to be Captain Kirk, or ridiculous enough to be Zapp Brannigan. He was just... some guy. Which may have been the point of the show - the British idea of a space captain is a bureaucratic nobody rather than a square-jawed hero - but it was definitely a waste of Frost.

I really tried to like it but it just didn't do much for me. I don't think he needed to be Kirk or Zapp but they just didn't wring enough out of the everyday absurdities turned up a notch idea either.

I think you guys may have hit the nail on the head regarding Henderson.

He wasn't a space hero (Kirk) or space hero in his own mind (Zapp), he was an ordinary guy.

He was the kind of person who may have been captaining those other Constitution Class starships we never saw in Star Trek, or the guys in command of the ships then met then went on their way in any of the Treks.

Even Lister and Rimmer were extraordinary in their own ways, so maybe was just that the writer's intentions were not what is expected from such a show.

 

[Faldor]

It was very hit and miss, one of the best points was as always, The actor Kevin Eldon.

"that thing is killing me crew!"
"...Only the slow ones"