Farscape marathon starts Oct. 1

POSTED BY: RhymePhile
UPDATED: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 14:50
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RHYMEPHILE

Monday, September 27, 2004 8:25 PM

I just read this on the SciFi Channel's SciFiWire:

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SCI FI Channel will air every episode of Farscape, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. ET/PT Oct. 1-15, in advance of its upcoming four-hour original miniseries Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars, which premieres at 9 p.m. Oct. 17.

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LINDLEY

Monday, September 27, 2004 9:13 PM

Good review for the fans, I suppose, but not terribly helpful to new viewers. Shorter marathons with a longer lead-up time would have been more accessible.

LEEH

Monday, September 27, 2004 9:50 PM

Thanks for spreading the word. I missed LOTS of episodes due to SCIFI's odd airing schedule, so this is a nice way to catch up. . . .

"Well, my days of not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle. . . ."

EMBERS

Monday, September 27, 2004 9:59 PM

yeah I'll be taping, and watching at a more convenient rate.. I'll just make sure I've seen them all before 10/17th
(that is when they air the mini series, right?)

I've never watched Farscape before but it does look like fun
(not FIREFLY fun of course, but still fun will be had)

LEEH

Tuesday, September 28, 2004 2:08 AM

Dunno the exact dates of the miniseries--it's on the schedule at scifi.com, if you do a search.

Farscape is, well, WEIRD. I watched it pretty religiously at first, as it was so fresh and different, and I liked the characters. After awhile it got so weird that it sort of lost me (and I've got a Ph.D. in literature so I'm pretty good at understanding stories!) so I wasn't that bummed that it was hard to find and aired unpredictably. I wouldn't rank it as great sf, certainly NOT up there with FF or with the superlative Babylon 5. But it was fun, and the character dynamics are really enjoyable--there is a bit of similarity to FF in that way. And some of the wackiness reminds me of Joss; lots of episodes really push the boundaries of "reality," and the show was really good at poking fun at itself.

So take that into account as you watch, then post and let us know what you think!

"Well, my days of not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle. . . ."

BIKISDAD

Tuesday, September 28, 2004 5:44 AM

I just looked at the tv schedule and noticed that the Sci-Fi channel is not showing the episodes in the same order that they're in on the dvds, but they are sort of in chronological order - not exactly, but close. So the viewing marathon may be a little confusing as some episodes are shown out of order. However, it should still be a good way to catch up on what's happened before the mini-series comes out.

Apathy on he Rise. No One Cares.

RHYMEPHILE

Tuesday, September 28, 2004 1:32 PM

I would love to watch this marathon. I've only seen bits and pieces of the show, and I know I would like it if I could see it from the beginning.

Can't rent it either, because of the way the episodes are arranged on the DVDs. Netflix allows you to have 3 discs out at a time, and the episodes bounce from disc to disc, i.e. episode 1 on disc 1, episode 2 on disc 2, or a similar pattern. I'd have to watch an episode on one disc and return it, get another one, return that and then get the first disc again. Too much hassle.

Unfortunately, without TiVo this huge marathon ain't gonna work. Videotapes only hold at the most 6 hours, which means I'd miss too much.

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"My office! Burgled! Plundered! Purloined! Ha ha ha...loins."

-- Phil Sebben, Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law

GHOULMAN

Tuesday, September 28, 2004 2:27 PM

... of course, we in Canada will not get to see this great stuff since frellin' SPACE "the unimaginative channel" is only interested in selling thier own crappy Toronto productions.

Yea, I'm bitter.

Farscape, like Firefly, is obviously a terrific show that was basically not given much of a chance by tptb. It's gratifiying to see that the Sci-Fi people know when they have made a mistake and give us something like this to make us love them and thier channel.

Hey... we just need a reason.

MRSKBORG

Tuesday, September 28, 2004 10:06 PM

Damn it all to hell, still looks like no ones gonna show Peacekeeper Wars over here in the UK. Frell!!!!!!

IDEFIX

Wednesday, September 29, 2004 4:45 PM

about the different EP orders:

I think there was a different EP order in season one. so it was aired differently than it is on DVD but the DVD order isn't 'wrong', you don't need to switch DVDs. just watch it the way it comes on DVD. the first few EPs of season 1 are pretty much interchangable in order. it only starts later on that it get's arc-y. I can't remember if it was like with Firefly were they aired it in a different order the producers wanted it to air. maybe someone else remembers.

and if I haven't said it: I love Farscape.
it's wild, it's weird, it's fresh, it takes lots of chances. the characters are interesting and always evolving, the interaction is interesting - the lack of a leader for instance, they live pretty much in anarchy and it seems to work mostly. the stories are fastmoving and longlived. the continuity is mostly great.

you need to listen while watching and maybe rewatch and watch in order and with brain switched firmly ON and with an open mind and then it will all make sense and it'll be wonderful. they don't show everything and when they cut something it's not something that doesn't need repeating anyways because there's nothing repeated most of the time. it goes fast forward without forgetting its past.

they live in a universe where not everything makes sense to everyone, Rygel said it to Sikozu in S4, when they were shrunk to action figure size. Sikuzu was theorizing that this wasn't possible because either the bad guys reduced the amounts of molecules in their bodies and that would lead to their brains being to simple to function or the shrunk all the molecules in their bodies but then they wouldn't be able to breathe normal air molecules. Rygel said to her to shut up and stop behaving like a child. it doesn't work to analyse why something that's clearly a fact can't be. he's been around a few years and he knows a frelling fact when it hit's him in the face.
I think that sums it up pretty nicely. maybe I find a transcript of this scene somewhere I'm not sure my retelling is very good. if you're the Sikozu type you may not enjoy Farscape too much but if you take it the way Rygel takes it it works.

I'm at the moment watching my S4 DVDs to catch up. waiting for Peacekeeper Wars.

Idefix

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