Trying again to get into Farscape
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The way it ends though is rather impressive too, in my opinion.
I actually like S1, even if it is hit or miss in terms of enjoyment (Bone to be Wild, I'm looking at you). But, I do like that Crais is not featured in every episode, only to be foiled again. They all have their own arcs, which makes it more interesting.
With season 2 i love the new look f d'anglo. Very coo. Much better improvement. Gots to love the old late 90s tv score music too. Back to farscape. Season 2, episode 3. Taking the stone.
Arguably the worst episode of Farscape ever made. I like little parts of it, but it is generally regarded as crap.
I like the characters in Farscape. I have trouble staying interested because too many of the stories are either just plain silly or 'Let's plug in a generic scifi what if'. And too much of the humor is bodily fluid oriented and generally immature.
In season 2 you start to notice a lot of repetition. Scorpious attacking in the same way ten times, Rigel betraying at the drop of a hat. Most villains 'Just evil' and you can normally tell good and evil apart strictly by appearances. Relationships between any characters of opposing genders always dominated by the sexual narratives.
I see Farscape as a show enjoyable in small doses only.
In season 2 you start to notice a lot of repetition. Scorpious attacking in the same way ten times, Rigel betraying at the drop of a hat. Most villains 'Just evil' and you can normally tell good and evil apart strictly by appearances. Relationships between any characters of opposing genders always dominated by the sexual narratives.
I see Farscape as a show enjoyable in small doses only.
Nothing else in SF approaches the growing romance between John and Aeryn. It was beautifully and believably done. I like that the main characters had differences befitting their backgrounds. I always felt that some Trek characters were too human-like. For instance, B'Elanna Torres on Voyager seemed like just a cranky human with little of her Klingon half's attributes.
At the point I'm at, mid-late S4, I'm starting to get a bit tired of John-Aeryn, honestly. It had some beautiful play in S3 but there just doesn't seem to be any resolution in sight, and I have little patience for the will-they-won't-they aspect. That said, I'm open to things rekindling my interest.
Eh, I may just be being cranky. I'll be watching another three eps tomorrow.
Eh, I may just be being cranky. I'll be watching another three eps tomorrow.
Farscape had a smaller cast than most Trek shows, though what made John and Aeryn work more than anything was the chemistry Ben and Claudia had. Because their characters...didn't have a lot in common to lead to a relationship aside from them both looking human.
Even then the show had some difficulty justifying why the crew stayed together.
For the life of me I always wondered why they bothered keeping Rygel around. Or Jool. Or Chiana or Noranti.
Then you shouldn't have to wait much longer.
Once you get through the episode with the weird spider/woman/alien thing (I can't remember the title, but I think it's the episode right after "Terra Firma"), you'll be good to go.
I had similar frustrations with the first half of Season 4 the first time around. After the amazing momentum they built in Season 3, something about Season 4 just felt off. I have come to really appreciate it, though, in the context of what is yet to come.
I had similar frustrations with the first half of Season 4 the first time around. After the amazing momentum they built in Season 3, something about Season 4 just felt off. I have come to really appreciate it, though, in the context of what is yet to come.
They were all outcasts from their respective homes, except for John who was a stranger in a strange land (and hunted by Crais for a time). Better to stick together for common defense than to take off on their own. None of them can go home again and they have a leviathan to provide a place to live and for defense.
Season 4 lost me with
I just couldn't keep going after that. Still, I enjoyed Season 1 and 3 a lot, and I don't regret watching what I did. I do wish I'd been able to see the ending, but it probably would just have ticked me off, so maybe its better that I stopped when I did.
The "return to earth" trilogy. Season 1's A Human Reaction is my most hated Farscape episode, and I didn't enjoy Crichton actually returning to Earth any better than I did his fake return. I got to Part 2 of the trilogy (Kansas) and just shut it off part way through.
I just couldn't keep going after that. Still, I enjoyed Season 1 and 3 a lot, and I don't regret watching what I did. I do wish I'd been able to see the ending, but it probably would just have ticked me off, so maybe its better that I stopped when I did.
But what did Rygel or Jool or Noranti contribute to the crew? They caused more trouble than anything else.
That actually rekindled my interest after what I thought was a lackluster set of episodes immediately prior.
Friend had to cancel tonight, so I remain Farscapeless. :/
I never really thought of the people who lived on Moya as the kind of "crew" where people were contributing things. I thought of them more as just a group of people who were thrown together through events not entirely under their control.
I was thinking about reading the comics soon, and when I did I wanted to discuss them on here. Would it be OK to just talk about them in this thread, if it's still active, or should I just start a new thread?
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