>From: "Reggie Bautista" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brin-L) >Subject: Re: Farscape fans? >Date: Sun, 05 May 2002 15:55:58 -0500 > >Gary wrote: >>Any Farscape fans out there? Farscape is rapidly becoming one of my >>favorite >>shows. > >I've seen probably ten or twelve episodes of Farscape and loved what I saw, >but unfortunately I don't have the time to keep up with it. I have a >friend >who is buying all of the DVDs as they come out and I plan to borrow those >from him and watch the show in order from the beginning. > >Anybody on the list tape the show regularly? I'm curious as to what it >will >be like to watch several episodes in a row. I had a lot of fun doing that >for Babylon 5 once I taped the whole run on SciFi (and I'm looking forward >to B5's release on DVD this fall -- I hope they don't screw that up). > >Reggie B. >
Frell, yes. :-) I saw all of the first 2 seasons... a good friend taped them for himself and I was borrowing from his library for a while. I saw the third season in bits and pieces -- not in order. It's very well written, they pay attention to continuity and character development and generally have interesting guest stars -- which, IMO, is often a serious problem with sci-fi series. If you're trying to get a feel for the series is find and watch "Farscape Undressed." They air it before the beginning of each season now. It's a clip show designed to bring new or sometime viewers up to speed. (After watching it you almost wish more shows did that.) You also need to watch the pilot ep. It answers a bunch of questions rapidly (like why do all the aliens speak English. They don't -- Everyone on board Moya has been injected with nanotranslators or something.) Was very annoyed that they killed off Zhaan. It wasn't their fault -- Veronica Hay was having allergic reactions to the makeup and had corneal abrasions from the contacts they made her wear as part of her costume. (That's the same reason Brent Stait (Rev Bem) left Andromeda, BTW.) But her character was replaced by one that screamed a lot. It's not nice to replace a deep, philosophical character with one who resembles fingernails screeching across a blackboard. Chriton's an awesome character. Nothing like having a protagonist that can size up a situation in 20th/21st century terms. He's written with a pretty good sense of humor too. (If you've seen the "Who's your Daddy?" scene in one of the 3rd(?) season episodes, you know what I'm talking about.) If you have questions about the first couple of seasons I can probably answer 'em based on memory. You might also want to check out sci-fi.com's farscape site -- IIRC, it's extensive. Jon _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx
