I scoffed @ Enterprise. What's up with Farscape?

POSTED BY: truk
UPDATED: Tuesday, July 6, 2004 18:05
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TRUK

Friday, January 23, 2004 2:10 PM

Buck Rodgers in the 25th Century? With bad guys you don't understand? The Death Star is near, lol. No new ground here, imo.

Alone in a trap?...watch The Prisoner. Patrick McGoohan had balls, Farscape does not. A blue chick and some painted-on cleavage?

I actually prefer Lexx over this crap.

I watched the 1st season and it seems pretty ho-hum to me. Firefly has far superior dialogue, character development and plot. The universe is interesting.

Farscape, in one boring season, equals recycled & unsuccessful Heinlein to me.

CAPNRAHN

Friday, January 23, 2004 2:19 PM

Lexx ... man ... you must have "Lowered Expectations" ...

So, I'l ask - what do you think is a GREAT show, other than our shared (I assume) like/love of Firefly?

"Remember, there is only ONE absolute - There ARE NO absolutes!!!"

TRUK

Friday, January 23, 2004 3:32 PM

I'm asking for answers not questions. Did I scare you with my prejudice?

Edit: Yet, an answer to your question remains in my original post. Check again.

"I'm like a Phoenix...reborn again...rising from Arizona!" - Frank Costanza

BROWNCOAT1

Friday, January 23, 2004 3:42 PM

Never really cared for Farscape myself. I have a friend that watched it every week and really got into it. He tried to get me hooked, but it just didn't catch my interest. The characters just seemed to lack...........a certain chemistry I guess.

"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."

CAPNRAHN

Friday, January 23, 2004 4:10 PM

No fear, just not understanding your pre-judging ... I don't like Bab 5, but I have several friends who do and we discuss/debate our differing perspectives.

Now if you just want to get into a shouting match. I really don't want to waste my time.

I am not trying to 'convert' you - just understand your perspective.

Can't do that with vague complaints.

About the shows, I did mean something current within the last 10 years maybe.

"Remember, there is only ONE absolute - There ARE NO absolutes!!!"

DIGITALOUTBREAK

Saturday, January 24, 2004 7:15 PM

I love firefly because the characters are all really "there" and you feal like you know them.

I love farscape aswell because its a great scifi show, the character development is a little bit better in firefly, but I still love watching farscape for all of the wonderful contributions its brought to the genera.

PBGAINES

Saturday, January 24, 2004 7:46 PM

I think that previous Farscape criticism about the lack of character chemistry was uncalled-for. That lack of chemistry was the point--to have characters at each other's throats and acting desperate.

I find myself uncomfortable with Farscape's obsession with the high concept plotting. Every story has to be acceptable for the 10-year-olds; so it's all way cool or way boogie-man or way cool, etc: living spaceships (having kids), American astronauts talking to Muppets, a hero haunted by the ghost of a Darth Vader character, sexual tension up the yin-yang, etc.

Farscape is quite exciting and fun, but I would just hope for a bit less heavy breathing.

BTA,

AURAPTOR

Saturday, January 24, 2004 9:48 PM

First, lets make one thing clear. IMO, Firefly is in a class by its self- no duh. Nothing else compares.
Having said that, I liked Farscape. I can't help but notice the similarities between it and Lexx ( living, symbiotic ships ). I could not stand Babylon 5. It seemed artificial in a cookie cutter fashion.

APEMAN61

Saturday, January 24, 2004 9:56 PM

go to hell. short but to the point

MISGUIDED BY VOICES

Saturday, January 24, 2004 10:04 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by AURaptor:
Having said that, I liked Farscape. I can't help but notice the similarities between it and Lexx ( living, symbiotic ships ). I could not stand Babylon 5. It seemed artificial in a cookie cutter fashion.

Ouch. See, I can trace my SF back to classic Trek (reading the episode short stories first, and then wondering why they seemed so familiar when I saw them), then TNG. B5 was the eye-opener for me, because it was written SF on the TV.

The sweep of B5 was what interested me, and its very interesting to wonder what shape TV SF would have taken had it not been around. Arc stories are now all the rage, and its accepted that an audience can be trusted to stay around and keep up - Farscape's arc got so complex I could barely keep up if I missed an episode.

Not that I'm complaining, mind. Aeren and John's relationship was done on a pretty adult level, similar to how Zoe and Wash's might have gone. In fact, apart from the no aliens, Farscape and Firefly have a lot in common - a dysfunctional family dynamic. Farscape could get seriously hard SF, which I suspect Firefly wouldn't have done.

"I threw up on your bed"

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