Red Dwarf vs. Farscape!

A light-hearted comparison, to be sure. After all, I love both shows dearly. Red Dwarf is the best sci-fi comedy ever (as if it's had lots of competition, but still...), and Farscape is the best show ever, period. So far be it from me to snark at either one. Neither committed the great sin of taking itself seriously. When that happens, my respect for a show plunges like Nasdaq tech stock.

Anyway, please enjoy the following silly bit of business:

Red Dwarf	Jupiter Mining Corporation Red Dwarf about 5 x 3 x 2 miles "thinks" thanks to Holly, its Artificial Intelligence mission: none	Moya, a leviathan smaller, but still very big "A ship - a living ship!" mission: none	Moya
Holly	Red Dwarf's A.I. and liaison between the ship and its crew an IQ of... well, it used to be 6,000 quite the multi-tasker, he is not terribly mobile, but can transmit to remotes bone-dry sense of humor	Moya's liaison between the ship and her passengers IQ unknown, but his language is too complex for translator microbes quite the multi-tasker, he is even less mobile does he even have one?	Pilot
Skutters	the drones of Red Dwarf, performing constant maintenances for mechanicals, they sure can cop an attitude; like an admin assistant, mess with them, and they mess with you! have been known to fire toy guns at each other	the drones of Moya, performing constant maintenances for mechanicals, they sure can cop an attitude; like an admin assistant, mess with them, and they mess with you! have been known to fire actual weapons at enemies	DRDs
Dave Lister	(probably) the last human being alive.  Until Season 7, anyway would rather slob around and ride his space bike than work speech is littered with colloquialisms Craves: curry and lager smarter than folks give him credit for	the only known human in the Uncharted Territories would rather kick back with a TV remote than fight for his life speech is littered with colloquialisms Craves: ice cream and chocolate smarter than folks give him credit for	John Crichton
Kochanski	competent, intelligent hottie keeps her cool in a crisis.  most of the time Lister's on-again, off-again babe (mostly off) not thrilled about living with Lister and the gang (but got better)	competent, intelligent hottie keeps her cool in a crisis.  most of the time Crichton's on-again, off-again babe (mostly on) not thrilled about living with Crichton and the gang (but got better)	Aeryn Sun
Arnold Rimmer	perpetually cross, stubborn and relentless in his quest to annoy Lister blames everyone else for his problems those flaring nostrils!	perpetually cross, stubborn and relentless in his quest to kill Crichton blames Crichton for his problems those flaring nostrils!	Bialar Crais
Arnold Rimmer	pompous, manipulative, a real backstabber very strong sense of entitlement blames everyone else for his problems	pompous, manipulative, a real backstabber very strong sense of entitlement blames his cousin for his problems	Rygel XVI
Cat	a bottomless stomach! superiority complex extreme unwillingness to work	three bottomless stomachs! superiority complex extreme unwillingness to work	Rygel XVI
Cat	sexy clothes, sexy bod, and he knows it! an insatiable... appetite, but doesn't always know what to do with it can smell things coming from miles away not the brains of the group, but who needs 'em?	sexy clothes, sexy bod, and she knows it! an insatiable... appetite, and without doubt, knows what to do with it can see things coming from microts away not the brains of the group, but who needs 'em?	Chiana
Kryten	a janitorial mechanoid, but competent in other sciences strong belief in an afterlife strong moral code (software code, that is) gentle; won't harm humans, but has made exceptions a wicked sense of humor bald!	a priest, but also the resident scientist/doctor strong belief in an afterlife strong moral code gentle; won't harm others, but has made exceptions a wicked sense of humor bald!	Pa'u Zotoh Zhaan
Simulants	genetically-engineered creatures hate all humans not easily outwitted	genetically-engineered creature hates all Scarrans oh, boy, is he ever not!	Scorpius
GELFs	big, hairy, strong, quick-tempered will hunt you to the ends of the universe, if you insult them	big, hairy, strong, quick-tempered will hunt you to the ends of the universe, if you kill his wife and frame him for it	D'argo
Sample Plots	The crew swaps bodies throughout the episode An empathic creature steals personalities, rendering the crew all but helpless Lister and Cat debate Wilma Flintstone vs. Betty Rubble (Wilma wins) Rimmer... times two?? Lister is the groom in a shotgun wedding with a GELF Rimmer is stuck on a planet for centuries Starved for food, Lister has eaten fried space weevil... and dog food!	The crew swaps bodies throughout the episode An empathic creature steals personalities, rendering the crew all but helpless Crichton imagines himself in a cartoon world Crichton... times two?? Crichton is the groom in a shotgun wedding with a princess Aeryn, then Crichton, are stuck on a planet for many cycles starved for food, Crichton tried frying dentics, but didn't get past one bite	Sample Plots