Do you have a couple of brain cells to rub together?
I'm not being sarcastic here, but the reason Farscape is worth your time is that it doesn't "dumb down' for it's audience- it makes you think, and feel, and laugh, and surprises you- just when you think that you know what the plot is going to be-like every Star Trek episode- it does something entirely different and logical.
It's visually beautiful, the music is magnificent, and the acting is superb. And they tell wonderful stories.
And it has some of the hottest actors and actresses ever.
Farscape is watched by a lot of people that aren't into watching TV. It's also watched socially, with get togethers and long discussions about plot points, science, and philosophy- remember the early days of X-files?
Another reason to watch this show is that Scifi shafted its fans royally. They made a big deal about an unprecedented two season deal a year ago (with an unadvertised out clause) and then proceeded to have a seven month hiatus with no reruns and delayed the return of the show for two months without advertising, causing a lot of viewers to think it was already gone. Then , when the ratings declined slightly, and their newly bought Sg-1 did better, they axed it without warning. Scifi has consistently axed their second highest show, even when the ratings were good, then developed new programming to be axed.
So watch it for all those people who trusted Scifi that it was safe for two years when it wasn't, and then had their letters, emails, telegraphs, and faxes ignored. If you have a box, you have the power that most of the viewers don't- you can be heard.
watch Kansas, the episode showing at 8 Pm ET this Friday. I guarantee that even if you have never seen an ep before you will find yourself identifying with the lost astronaut attempting to find his way home- and you'll laugh your eema off.
thanks for listening.;)
We're Scapers, which is a good thing, because scapies sounds like a disease...
And Farscape is cancelled, is still cancelled, and the final 11 episodes are showing starting in January. However, the campaign to Save Farscape is hoping to get more people to watch, and raise the ratings for the last eps to give Farscape a chance to be renewed or picked up by another network. That's what all the fuss boils down to- all the press, the commercials, rallies, and newspaper ads.
All these good things people here are saying abut Firefly are fine- I like Firefly, and I've been a joss Whedon fan for a long time. But there is nothing you're saying that isn't true of Farscape (except the real bullets part- Farscape has little yellow bolts of light). Farscape has great characters, breaks the rules of TV, long story arcs and character development, not to mention fantastic writing, directing, music, and great special effects. It's also funny as Hell- if anyone here saw Crichton in Aeryn's body, doing the titty shimmy, you'd know what I mean.
the difference is that we've watched Farscape for four years! We're in the middle of the frelling story! And because Scifi did not see fit to inform them they were cancelled until two days before the end of shooting for season four, we're going to end on some god-awful cliff-hanger like every other season- but with no hope of resolution.
All we want is another season to finish off the story- Farscape was cut off in it's prime, an untimely death.
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Do you have a couple of brain cells to rub together? I'm not being sarcastic here, but the reason Farscape is worth your time is that it doesn't "dumb down' for it's audience- it makes you think, and feel, and laugh, and surprises you- just when you think that you know what the plot is going to be-like every Star Trek episode- it does something entirely different and logical. It's visually beautiful, the music is magnificent, and the acting is superb. And they tell wonderful stories. And it has some of the hottest actors and actresses ever. Farscape is watched by a lot of people that aren't into watching TV. It's also watched socially, with get togethers and long discussions about plot points, science, and philosophy- remember the early days of X-files? Another reason to watch this show is that Scifi shafted its fans royally. They made a big deal about an unprecedented two season deal a year ago (with an unadvertised out clause) and then proceeded to have a seven month hiatus with no reruns and delayed the return of the show for two months without advertising, causing a lot of viewers to think it was already gone. Then , when the ratings declined slightly, and their newly bought Sg-1 did better, they axed it without warning. Scifi has consistently axed their second highest show, even when the ratings were good, then developed new programming to be axed. So watch it for all those people who trusted Scifi that it was safe for two years when it wasn't, and then had their letters, emails, telegraphs, and faxes ignored. If you have a box, you have the power that most of the viewers don't- you can be heard. watch Kansas, the episode showing at 8 Pm ET this Friday. I guarantee that even if you have never seen an ep before you will find yourself identifying with the lost astronaut attempting to find his way home- and you'll laugh your eema off. thanks for listening .;)
We're Scapers, which is a good thing, because scapies sounds like a disease... And Farscape is cancelled, is still cancelled, and the final 11 episodes are showing starting in January. However, the campaign to Save Farscape is hoping to get more people to watch, and raise the ratings for the last eps to give Farscape a chance to be renewed or picked up by another network. That's what all the fuss boils down to- all the press, the commercials, rallies, and newspaper ads. All these good things people here are saying abut Firefly are fine- I like Firefly, and I've been a joss Whedon fan for a long time. But there is nothing you're saying that isn't true of Farscape (except the real bullets part- Farscape has little yellow bolts of light). Farscape has great characters, breaks the rules of TV, long story arcs and character development, not to mention fantastic writing, directing, music, and great special effects. It's also funny as Hell- if anyone here saw Crichton in Aeryn's body, doing the titty shimmy, you'd know what I mean. the difference is that we've watched Farscape for four years! We're in the middle of the frelling story! And because Scifi did not see fit to inform them they were cancelled until two days before the end of shooting for season four, we're going to end on some god-awful cliff-hanger like every other season- but with no hope of resolution. All we want is another season to finish off the story- Farscape was cut off in it's prime, an untimely death.