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After Petition, Farscape Miniseries Trailer Online

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the not-all-aliens-are-aussies dept.

Myrmi writes "The four-hour Farscape miniseries will be aired on the Sci-Fi Channel starting October 17th. The trailer for the miniseries is to be hosted at Apple Trailers and starting today at 3PM EST." Here's the trailer page. As eve11 writes, "Apple.com agreed to host the trailer after a write-in campaign from Farscape fans. Until today this trailer had only been shown during the July 24th Farscape panel at Comicon in San Diego. More info here."

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  1. Bad News by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sci-Fi says despite thousands of people wanting to see the trailer, they're going to have to cancel it.

    1. Re:Bad News by Kryxan · · Score: 3, Informative

      True, Sci-Fi channel shows way too much crap now. cant they save that for the middle of the night when everyone knows that nothing good will be on TV anyway? i dont care if i see re-runs of old sci-fi shows all the time, at least make it sci-fi, not random B movie about some giant insects or whatnot. i remember getting cable just so i could watch sci-fi, now its just another channel that i sometimes watch.

  2. Will this be worth watching? by Matt+Perry · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Will this be worth watching for someone who's never seen Farscape? I've heard good things about Farscape but never bothered to watch it as I knew the story wouldn't be completed due to the cancellation of the series. Does any hardcore Farscape fan know if this mini-series will stand on its own or expect me to have watched Farscape before to understand what's happening?

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    1. Re:Will this be worth watching? by Robotech_Master · · Score: 5, Informative

      Well, the narration that opens the trailer seems to suggest they're going to do a "The story thus far" segment. I'm pretty sure that if they want to attract viewership, they'll do something of that nature.

      I don't doubt that there will be more rewards for those who have watched the entire series than those who haven't, but they'd be stupid not to try to reach out to new audiences. This is, after all, the last chance they have to build a bigger audience and show they're worthy of being brought back for another year.

      Either way, if you'd like to catch up on everything that's ever happened in the series so you'll have a better idea what's going on in the movie, there's always the Farscape Primer.

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    2. Re:Will this be worth watching? by IEEEMonkey · · Score: 4, Informative

      I bet, as with most of the Babylon 5 movies, that there is enough of an explanation to make it interesting for someone who has never seen the series. I would suggest, being a fan of the show, that you rent it and watch the show. The first four seasons can be rented from www.netflix.com.

    3. Re:Will this be worth watching? by Digital_Quartz · · Score: 4, Informative

      Watching the entire series is 100% worth the time. I had just finished the end of season 2 when the series was cancelled (we get Sci-Fi channel stuff a little slowly up here in Canada, since we don't get the Sci-Fi channel). I watched it through to the end, and I'm very glad I did.

      You should keep in mind when I say this that I watch next to no television at all. Farscape was a truly unique series.

    4. Re:Will this be worth watching? by deranged+unix+nut · · Score: 3, Informative

      If you watch episodes out-of-order, you will get a bad experience. You want to watch them in-order, or else pick a season and watch it start to finish.

      That said, this is a unique show that is well worth watching.

  3. petitions actually work? by obli · · Score: 5, Funny

    I thought petitioning was a way to raise the hope for people by making them feel like they actually were doing something to help, I'd never think they'd make a difference. Well, it's always nice to hear about a succeeded one :)

  4. False Causation Link by RobertB-DC · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Apple.com agreed to host the trailer after a write-in campaign from Farscape fans.

    I RTFA'd, but I don't see the direct link implied in the summary. Event A (write-in campaign) happened before Event B (trailer is available), but I don't see any evidence that Event A caused Event B.

    But then, it's nice to feel like you have a voice. They held elections in the old USSR... or should that be, "In Soviet Russia, Elections hold YOU!" ?

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    1. Re:False Causation Link by Otter · · Score: 4, Funny

      Wow, someone understands the difference between correlation and cause? Apparently you're overqualified to be a Harvard researcher or a JAMA editor.

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    2. Re:False Causation Link by thelexx · · Score: 4, Informative

      From a chat with Brian Henson:

      ( ChatMod) (Nessus) to (ChatQ): Where did the funding for the mini come from?

      ( BrianH) It came from a consortium of financers who would not have heard of us if it weren't for all of the attention the fans bought to the cancelling of the series.
      ( BrianH) So thanks to all of you, the mini series was funded

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  5. SweeeT by teamhasnoi · · Score: 5, Funny
    All I need now is for Farscape and Firefly to come back in full-time series, and TV would be good again.

    Of course, nothing will ever fill the hole that 'Suddenly Susan' has left in my heart.

  6. How Does Apple Profit? by idonotexist · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I've seen many movie trailers on Apple.com and I'm sure many others have too. Certainly this media is not gentle bandwidth usage.

    How does Apple profit? Do studios pay Apple to have trailers on its site?

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    1. Re:How Does Apple Profit? by pknoll · · Score: 4, Insightful
      How does Apple profit? Do studios pay Apple to have trailers on its site?

      By selling QuickTime.

      You can get the player for free, but it's the "foot in the door". The more interesting things you can do only with the full version, like authoring and so forth, and movie previews at Apple have become the de facto way of viewing trailers online.

      Pretty good push for their player software.

    2. Re:How Does Apple Profit? by GoofyBoy · · Score: 4, Funny

      >Quicktime penetration is the benefit Apple reaps.

      Wouldn't it be cheaper just to buy us all dinner and some flowers?

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    3. Re:How Does Apple Profit? by nine-times · · Score: 4, Funny
      Quicktime penetration is the benefit Apple reaps.

      Wise you are, master Yoda, and well you speak.

  7. IRC Information by KILNA · · Score: 4, Informative

    For those of you who popped in to irc.scifi.com during the campaign to get the show back on the air, that server has gone the way of the dodo. Many folks have ended up at #scapers on irc.scifi-fans.net and alternately #farscape on irc.chorn.com. Happy yakking!

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  8. Direct large version link by Universal+Nerd · · Score: 4, Informative

    In case you just want to download the video...

    http://movies.apple.com/movies/independent/farscap e/farscape-peacekeeper_m480.mov

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  9. I just hope they don't ignore the last cliffhanger by kalirion · · Score: 4, Informative

    There's only a single line in the entire trailer that might possibly be referring the the last season's cliffhanger. I really hope they do a good job of resolving it, as opposed to a cop-out quick fix (you know, the kind that Misery chick hated.)

  10. Re:I dont remember by Thieron · · Score: 3, Informative

    The lady in black is "Commander Cleavage" or basically, a high ranking peacekeeper that took Scorpi's command away from him. She has some hypnotic ability with chemicals she excretes to control males.

    The big blue baddie is one of the top, if not the top, Scarran.

  11. Re:Only played during comic con? by Lordrashmi · · Score: 3, Informative

    Yes, much different trailer. Pretty good in fact.

  12. Re:Bizarro World by stratjakt · · Score: 3, Funny

    Lost in Space was muppets.

    Oh wait, that was Pigs in Space. NM.

    (Still it had much better writing and way better SFX than FarScape)

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  13. New theme music! by ChuckleBug · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wow - they finally found the right theme music! Nice lyrics:

    It's time to play the music
    It's time to light the lights
    it's time to meet the Muppets on the Farscape Show tonight.

    It's time to put on makeup
    It's time to dress up right
    It's time to raise the curtain on the Farscape Show tonight.

    1. Re:New theme music! by LordNimon · · Score: 3, Informative

      Are you talking about this?

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  14. Irony: But I don't WANT to see the trailer... by the_skywise · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I love the story so much I don't want to be teased by it. I KNOW it's going to be good, I know it's going to have suprises. I don't want any hints, I want to savor it as I experience it!

    That has to say something about its quality.

    Of course, Sci-fi will cancel it when they see the low trailer hits...

  15. Direct download link by david.given · · Score: 4, Informative
    3 MB low-resolution download
    6 MB medium-resolution download
    18 MB high-resolution download

    Needed to poke around inside the original .mov with a hex editor to get them, too...

  16. Now to really throw them for a loop... by Tom7 · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... Boycott!!