Hey, I liked Farscape.

/Muppets In SPAAAACCCCCCEEEEEE ...

this might be engough of a reason to buy a blue ray player

Why are no cable networks looking for the next BSG? The DVD sales alone should attract interest.

I guess this (new window)comes the closest.

/Farscape rocks!

I liked Farscape. Chicks with huge blue tits are cool!

Of course, I liked Alien Nation, and then watched some reruns just recently... bleh.

"Flying through wormholes ain't like dustin' crops boy."

Loved that show. Great theme music too.

Farscape was awesome.

Farscape was great.
I particularly like that they made a movie to wrap the whole thing up. (a tad late, but at least they did it)

Farscape was awesome. I was pissed when Sci-Fi canceled it just to save money. Farking bastards.

So... now BlueRay, and the option of four seasons in one box instead of four seasons in four boxes?

WhyteRaven74: Farscape was awesome. I was pissed when Sci-Fi canceled it just to save money. Farking bastards.

Between that and axing MST3K, they really *did* run shiat into the ground there, quality-wise.

Hankrearden: this might be engough of a reason to buy a blue ray player

Don't rush out and buy one yet. Only the Fark headline mentions Blu, not the press release.

Say what you want about Farscape but they had some of the best alien designs ever.

/Plus it was nice to see a good old Southern boy character who was a scientist/astronaut and not some dumb hick.

Toshiro Mifune's Letter Opener: Between that and axing MST3K, they really *did* run shiat into the ground there, quality-wise.

Yeah that they definitely did.

mekki: Say what you want about Farscape but they had some of the best alien designs ever.

hell yes they did

it's BLU RAY. stupid, but that's what it is.

secondly; I am a fan of bsg, lost, getting babylon 5 now. is this a sweet show too or does it suck? is it like..."arrested development" thirteen fans or is it "sit down, shut up" thirteen fans?

I'll buy that collection the minute it hits stores! As was said many times previously, Farscape rocked!

Farscape not only rocked, it rolled considerably, too.

LordOfThePings
Hankrearden: this might be engough of a reason to buy a blue ray player

Don't rush out and buy one yet. Only the Fark headline mentions Blu, not the press release.

Indeed, and I already own the box set (which wasn't cheap) of every series and the Peacekeeper Wars which has been out for a while:Link (new window)

Maybe it was only released in the UK?

Architecture Of Aggression: secondly; I am a fan of bsg, lost, getting babylon 5 now. is this a sweet show too or does it suck? is it like..."arrested development" thirteen fans or is it "sit down, shut up" thirteen fans?

Well, if you like lost, you're pretty easy to please, so yes, buy it...

But seriously, it's a good show. What pissed off a lot of people was the rather colorful alien design, including a main character that's basically a muppet. Not to mention the big baddie who ran around dressed like the gimp from Pulp Fiction...
So visually it's definitely nothing like the shades-of-brown look of BSG, more like early B5.

What I liked a lot was the "Yankee in King Arthur's Court" displacement of John Crichton, the lone human amongst a horde of alien guys. Nobody understands his pop culture references.
And rather like B5, it starts out with a largely serial format, but after a while characters from past episodes appear again and a larger plot forms. It's still about a few prisoners on their sentient spaceship, though.

It's basically Dark Crystal Babylon's 7.

also, list any awesome sci fi shows, new or old.

already watch: lost, bsg, seen caprica, seen Vs and awaiting the new one, firefly, star wars ewoks extreme, 4400, don't like x files, jericho, dr who, would love to track down the hitchhikers guide bbc show. am in the process of getting babylon five and now farscape because I'm too impatient to wait for people's opinion.

what else is awesome?

Farscape was awesome.

Farscape was awesome but the DVDs are so expensive. I would love to own them when properly priced. This is good news to me.

Architecture Of Aggression: it's BLU RAY. stupid, but that's what it is.

I thought it was BLOO RAY.

Hmm, Farscape


/Hot like alien on alien action

daychilde: Farscape was awesome.

It had it's moments where it was very good, then it had some very boring times, too.

Shazbot!

This thread needs pics of 'Pip'/Gigi!






You're welcome.

abb3w: So... now BlueRay, and the option of four seasons in one box instead of four seasons in four boxes?

You obviously nevered tried to buy Farscape on DVD did you? It was not four seasons in four boxes it was four seasons in 16 boxes all costin 59.99. Getting Season X.1+X.2+X.3+X.4 cost over $200, for one season.

If they can bring the price point under $200 for all four that is a deal.

Farscape was great because it didn't take itself too seriously like BSG or preach down to you pretentiously like Star Trek.

lilplatinum : Farscape was great because it didn't take itself too seriously like BSG or preach down to you pretentiously like Star Trek.

And had a crew that were mildly mistrustful of each other. Especially the Dominaar, Rigel.

Is it wrong of me that I enjoyed "Andromeda", too? If I could get that whole series of that in one box, I'd be a very happy geek!

/Firefly, Andromeda, Farscape, Babylon 5.
//Sci-Fi awesomeness!

Architecture Of Aggression: is this a sweet show too or does it suck?

It's a sweet show, although it's got its ups and downs too. And the "ending" miniseries is... meh.

What I love about it, personally, is that it does a really good job updating the Flash Gordon/Buck Rogers type of story/setting into something that's more believable. Grittier, without picking up that vibe of, "LOOK HOW EDGY WE ARE. EDGY. YAY."

MmmmBacon: Is it wrong of me that I enjoyed "Andromeda", too?

"Andromeda" was better than it had any right to be. It was perfect for that late Saturday timeslot. The "Lost World" revamp fits into that too- it was also better than it had any right to be. "Earth Final Conflict", on the other hand, was just as bad as I expected it to be, but was still addictive.

I loved Farscape and saw every episode, but it did start to jump the shark towards the end. Not completely, but it was getting close. I don't think they ever should have arrived on Earth, that was sort of the jump the shark moment. The whole point of the series was a guy trapped in distant space unable to get home to Earth. Letting him get home was like letting Gilligan get off the island or letting the fugitive catch the one-armed man. After that, now what?

Also there are nit-picks such as no one was supposed to be able to understand them unless the DRDs give them a translator shot, but we saw John watching a show from Earth with D'Argo speaking English. There were no sub-titles or anything for people on earth watching, so how did they understand him? There were also other instances where people understood them without ever having gotten a shot. Also D'Argo's high tech invisible ship was easily detected and blasted into a million pieces with him and Chianna in it, yet they were perfectly fine.

It did have some great story arcs though and they weren't afraid to kill off major characters, although like "Heroes" some of them didn't stay dead, despite being killed numerous times. Scorpius, I'm looking at you. At one point they had tons of characters on Moya at the same time, such as Jool, D'Argo's son, Sikozu, and the old lady. Not sure if I preferred that or the smaller crew but it was a great ride while it lasted. Friday night's on Sci-Fi were great. Farscape, then Lexx. 8pm was interesting too with the various shows that aired there. Remember the campy "Black Scorpion"?

Galen_Rasputin: abb3w: So... now BlueRay, and the option of four seasons in one box instead of four seasons in four boxes?

You obviously nevered tried to buy Farscape on DVD did you? It was not four seasons in four boxes it was four seasons in 16 boxes all costin 59.99. Getting Season X.1+X.2+X.3+X.4 cost over $200, for one season.

If they can bring the price point under $200 for all four that is a deal.

Where in the blue-tit hell were you shopping? I have four seasons in four boxes, and all four combined cost me a bit over $200. I certainly never had to pay over $200 for one season.

WhyteRaven74: Farscape was awesome. I was pissed when Sci-Fi canceled it just to save money. Farking bastards.

you and I agree on SO much...

Do yourselves a favor and let the fond memories you have stay that way.

I watched the whole series all in a row (thank you bit torrent), including the movie at the end. It was damn near intolerable, but I persevered because it was the only English programming I had available (and it was new to me). EVERY major character on that show is an asshole. The general nature of their interaction was in the form of argument and I constantly felt myself wishing they would just shut up.

It's not a total disaster, but I think the weekly episodic nature of it likely made it a more pleasant experience. I just couldn't stand it in concentrated doses.

I also had a problem with the lack of rules. Absolutely anything could happen, good, bad, or otherwise. Any problem was surmountable through the discovery of a new "thing" or ability of Moya. They did MULTIPLE episodes that turned out to be dream sequences, totally ripping off the viewer.

It did have Claudia Black in tight outfits. That's about it, though.

I'm sorry to rag on it so much, but I was just so disappointed by it. I'd only recommend it if you have nothing else.

Architecture Of Aggression: secondly; I am a fan of bsg, lost, getting babylon 5 now. is this a sweet show too or does it suck?

People who've seen Farscape either love it or hate it (I'm in the 'love it' camp, but that's me.) It takes the dystopian future of BSG, mixes it with the motley-crew-commits-petty-crimes-to-survive storyline of Firefly, has Star Wars-like SFX & characters, includes one character who's a Muppet, and most of the cast dresses like they just walked off the set of an Australian S&M photo shoot. Very quirky & IMHO more imaginative than most scifi fare; again, you'll either love it or hate it, so check out a few episodes online first before buying.

That said, the storyline got pretty weird after Crichton was 'twinned' and the final episode p*ssed me off so much, I threw things at my TV when it ended. So I'd advise skipping the last episode & "Peacekeeper Wars" followup mini.

/but other than that, great show :)
//will be buying the DVDs

Crackers.

Don't.

Matter.

StandsWithAFist: That said, the storyline got pretty weird after Crichton was 'twinned' and the final episode p*ssed me off so much, I threw things at my TV when it ended. So I'd advise skipping the last episode & "Peacekeeper Wars" followup mini.

I thought "Peacekeeper Wars" did a decent job of FINALLY ending the series. Otherwise I'm with you, the ending of season 4 sucked. However the show was going to have a 5th season before it was canceled so I don't believe that they really meant to end the series that way.

I was wondering what would happen to the rights now that ADV Films is pretty much history. That was a sad stat of affairs really, they used to be the tops of the anime distribution world, but they just slowly went downhill and now they've pretty much stopped dubbing any new anime, becoming nothing more then a release house of cheep asian films.

Their handling of Farscape was also weird. they handled it like an old school anime release, where seasons were sold as individual dvd's with 3-4 episodes for $25 a pop. Thats not how most people like to pick up their TV shows, prefering box sets for $50-100.

Frell you subby, I thoroughly enjoyed Farscape.

Galen_Rasputin: You obviously nevered tried to buy Farscape on DVD did you?

Succeeded, even. Thus, the choice of "We've already got one" Frenchman.

IIR, I had bought all four right when the Peacekeeper Wars aired, and recorded PW from cable to DVD. (I've since replaced the home-brew DVD of the PW with a store bought; the local cable company was crap for maintaining cables.) I'm confident the price has gone up since; I thought they were under $100 initially (about $75?@), but my memory is thus suspect. They came out roughly around the time I had switched jobs at a 30% pay raise, and I had not yet adjusted my life to otherwise erode the resulting level of disposable income.

Junzi Nicuzn: I have four seasons in four boxes, and all four combined cost me a bit over $200.

That sounds about right. However, the current price is about $80-120 per Season... and the economy is a bit more obviously screwed than it was around 2004.

bingo the psych-o: StandsWithAFist: That said, the storyline got pretty weird after Crichton was 'twinned' and the final episode p*ssed me off so much, I threw things at my TV when it ended. So I'd advise skipping the last episode & "Peacekeeper Wars" followup mini.

I thought "Peacekeeper Wars" did a decent job of FINALLY ending the series. Otherwise I'm with you, the ending of season 4 sucked. However the show was going to have a 5th season before it was canceled so I don't believe that they really meant to end the series that way.

I remember reading an interview with Claudia Black about how the series ended. They all knew it was a real possibility it was canceled, but went ahead anyway with the plans. Thankfully a fan uproar prompted them to complete the story with the mini-series. Though a bit rushed, it did wrap things up pretty well.

SupremeLeader: Torrents are free, young padawan.

Mildly illegal, which I'm not too bothered by.
Do not convince production companies that quality SF is worth investing money in... which I am bothered by.

Starving college and grad students, I have sympathy for. Folk who missed an episode, by all means "borrow" a copy of the recording from Teh Internet for a few days so you can watch it and keep up with the series. But if you're still doing that when you're out in the world and gainfully employed, you're a shmuck.

I'm sorry, I can't hear you over the rush of blood in my ears.

Instant Karma: I'm sorry, I can't hear you over the rush of blood in my ears.

When you look at Claudia Black your blood rushes to your ... ears?

abb3w: Galen_Rasputin: You obviously nevered tried to buy Farscape on DVD did you?

Succeeded, even. Thus, the choice of "We've already got one" Frenchman.

IIR, I had bought all four right when the Peacekeeper Wars aired, and recorded PW from cable to DVD. (I've since replaced the home-brew DVD of the PW with a store bought; the local cable company was crap for maintaining cables.) I'm confident the price has gone up since; I thought they were under $100 initially (about $75?@), but my memory is thus suspect. They came out roughly around the time I had switched jobs at a 30% pay raise, and I had not yet adjusted my life to otherwise erode the resulting level of disposable income.

Junzi Nicuzn: I have four seasons in four boxes, and all four combined cost me a bit over $200.

That sounds about right. However, the current price is about $80-120 per Season... and the economy is a bit more obviously screwed than it was around 2004.

Yeah, I picked up the boxes on ebay in 04, I think I only paid 60 a season and had peacekeeper wars thrown in too.
I'm wondering if the new box will have peacekeeper wars, just says "all four seasons" which leads me to believe it probably won't.

BoringNickName: Instant Karma: I'm sorry, I can't hear you over the rush of blood in my ears.

When you look at Claudia Black your blood rushes to your ... ears?

I didn't say to....

Walker: I loved Farscape and saw every episode, but it did start to jump the shark towards the end.

As much as I loved the show I wasn't too sad to see it end before its downward spiral worsened, it really was running out of steam in the last season. The first three seasons are pure gold and even the rest had some shining moments.

Accolade: It did have Claudia Black in tight outfits.

And how!