I mean, I love Star Trek, but I love it because it has heart unlike most other scifi, not because it is "smarter" than other scifi. 99% of other scifi shows/movies spend all their time trying to be "smart" about how war will mechanically work in space or the far future... and completely bungle representing the human condition with any degree of heart or depth.

Star trek can be as dumb as it wants, it will always be better than 99% of other scifi just for the reason that it has heart and isn't obsessed with technology for technologies sake.

I mean.. look at the current crop of techbros who watch dystopian scifi's and think "this looks COOOOL, lets make that!", it really speaks to how flawed most scifi is at actually engaging with humanity beyond a superficial, aesthetic or "big picture ideas" level.

Red Dwarf from this article does look like it has heart too though, I will definitely have to give it a try.

I think that one is the most significant differences between the shows is illustrated by how they handle escalating a yellow alert to a red alert. Star Trek does so almost unthinkingly, but in Red Dwarf Kryten first questions whether it is the right choice with "Sir, are you absolutely sure? It does mean changing the bulb."

If only the red dwarf writers hadn't split up. It's been a shadow of itself since then :(

A white hole?

Smeg off Rimmer!

Chicken vindaloo for breakfast. The cat. Rimmer. This show is hilarious, I like it so much.

I've rewatched Red Dwarf so many times, very fun show. I've watched all of TNG but I've never been all that interested in star trek though.

Loved this show when I was a kid