Can Peacekeeper Was be enjoyed without renting the whole Gorram Farscape series first?
POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Friday, April 15, 2005 02:19
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Okay, They want stupid money to own this series, so I just wanted to know...well, the above.
I usually buy the stuff I like, but just can't foot the bill for all four seasons. Do I have to see 'em to 'get' PW?
A Farscape know-nuthin' Chrisisall
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Yes, it is possible to enjoy Peacekeeper Wars without renting the whole series. But all those options involve either buying the whole series or borrowing the whole series. Otherwise, you're out of luck. IMHO.
"Don't say 'ka' until you've tried it." Daniel Jackson
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Sickdude, you and Thrawn got me so up about Farscape that I fancied buying the whole series, but WHOAH! I don't have $500 lyin' around like that! I guess Netflix, huh?
Poor Chrisisall
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No no, you can enjoy it just fine without seeing the series first. I firmly believe you won't get the full oomph out of it if you don't watch the series BUT, I introduced four people to Farscape via PK War, so I would say go for it :D
Of course, as a dedicated Scaper I would like to poke you gently to do whatever you can to gain that $500 spare cash, and also to check out Ebay :D
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Originally posted by Phoebe:
No no, you can enjoy it just fine without seeing the series first. I firmly believe you won't get the full oomph out of it if you don't watch the series BUT, I introduced four people to Farscape via PK War, so I would say go for it :D
Of course, as a dedicated Scaper I would like to poke you gently to do whatever you can to gain that $500 spare cash, and also to check out Ebay :D
Well, Chrisisall, I suppose you can give it a try. Certainly its better than no Farscape at all. It just seems the mini-series is the culmination of plot from the series, not really a stand alone movie.
On the winning side, you'd be wellserved to check out the whole series. It certainly has wondrous things. Whereas a lot of series have great story or characters, I humbly offer that the best part of Farscape (or Spankyspace as I call it) is the "alienness" of it. Where else would you see a big, sentient moo-cow like Pilot?
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Originally posted by chrisisall:
Okay, They want stupid money to own this series, so I just wanted to know...well, the above.
Yes. I greatly enjoyed the mini-series, but never watched a single epsiode of the series. Now I'm probably going to try and find the series on Ebay or someplace cheap...maybe a rental.
H
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I did some online pokin' around just now and discovered "starburst" editions of Farscape- 3 seperatly sold disks @ about $20 a piece, it seems like you can get the whole first season for just under $60- if the first season consisted of 21 episodes...
This could be shiny...
Chrisisall
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I enoyed PK Wars and I've only seen the last five episodes of the series (got to love the Space channel holiday marathons!) It was still entertaining, even knowing I was missing stuff.
Besides, good tv sci-fi is hard to come by these days...
If nothing we do matters, then all that matters is what we do. -"Angel"
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Okay, I confirmed it! Farscape is out in "starburst" editions, 3 sets, each set is about $20 and has 1/3 of the episodes of the first season, that means at about $60 per season, I think I'll attempt to buy.
I assume that the other seasons will be coming out the same way, right? I don't see why not...
Off to Best Buy!!!!
Future Scaper Chrisisall
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I'm told you can enjoy PKW first. I was worried about that myself for new folks. It will spoil you for the series though (plot-wise).
* Some rental outlets have Farscape, Netflix for sure!
* Find a friend to loan them to you.
* Check your local public library. The Library Project at WatchFarscape.com has placed dvds in over 150 libraries in US. ( http://library.watchfarscape.com/)
* If your local library doesn't have FS, ask them to buy it with a "purchase request." It's free to ask!
* The Starbusrt dvds as mentioned above. New release of FS on dvd. Only S1 out now (Starburst 1-1; 1-2; 1-3). Three packs of double-sided dvds for each season. Each pack retails for $25 but can be found at Best Buy, Deepdiscountdvd.com, and other locales for about $15. Therefore a season of FS potentially $45.
OH - and if you haven't checked if your local library has Firefly - do so and request they buy it too!
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