Farscape turns 25

[Zathras5]

How Farscape Helped Sci-Fi TV Starburst to a New Era of Storytelling

Such a bonkers show... would love to see it come back in some form.

[IgwanaRob]

One of the best SciFi shows ever, bar none. I grew up watching Star Trek and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea in the mid 70's, was there for Star Wars, and everything else since. Farscape was the one that hit home more than any other. Like All in the Family and Married with Children, it was the stand out show going against the grain that opened the doors for so many of today's characters and storytelling. Truly under-rated and more influential than it's given credit for. Great article about it here

Edited March 18, 2024 by IgwanaRob

[Nick H. Supervisor]

I was thinking about this the other day. I remember watching a few episodes back when I was little and it first aired, but all I really remember is the premise of a human astronaut being flung to the far side of the galaxy/universe.

I'm going through the X-Files at the moment, but when I'm done I'll probably give this another go.

[IgwanaRob]

On 18/03/2024 at 06:56, IgwanaRob said:

One of the best SciFi shows ever, bar none. I grew up watching Star Trek and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea in the mid 70's, was there for Star Wars, and everything else since. Farscape was the one that hit home more than any other. Like All in the Family and Married with Children, it was the stand out show going against the grain that opened the doors for so many of today's characters and storytelling. Truly under-rated and more influential than it's given credit for. Great article about it here

Oops, wrong link - https://www.ign.com/articles/how-farscape-helped-sci-fi-tv-starburst-to-a-new-era-of-storytelling

[Nick H. Supervisor]

On 18/03/2024 at 11:55, IgwanaRob said:

Oops, wrong link - https://www.ign.com/articles/how-farscape-helped-sci-fi-tv-starburst-to-a-new-era-of-storytelling

That was an interesting read! And with the name-dropping of some of my favourite Sci-Fi series and how dark they get, as well as the reminder that Claudia Black was in it, I'll be sure to put this on my "next to watch" list!

[+primortal Subscriber²]

It was a fantastic series and from time to time my wife and I will binge watch it.  A while back Brian Hensen was in the midst of rebooting the series, but I guess it never came to fruition

[Zathras5]

On 18/03/2024 at 07:55, IgwanaRob said:

Oops, wrong link - https://www.ign.com/articles/how-farscape-helped-sci-fi-tv-starburst-to-a-new-era-of-storytelling

That's the article I started this thread with. Here's another..

https://collider.com/farscape-25th-anniversary-ben-browder-rockne-obannon/

Well, just started my second watch through last night lol.

[IgwanaRob]

On 18/03/2024 at 12:00, Zathras5 said:

That's the article I started this thread with. Here's another..

https://collider.com/farscape-25th-anniversary-ben-browder-rockne-obannon/

Well, just started my second watch through last night lol.

Opps, I thought I edited that. I My copy/Paste skills are clearly falling behind 😆

Nice read.

I recently had to get rid of all my original DVDs (the fat boxes), but I did keep my reviewer's copy of Peacekeeper Wars (2nd day DVD is missing several special effects). Kept the BluRay set as well, sad we'll never get any HD remakes (unless they found the missing masters).

[+primortal Subscriber²]

On 18/03/2024 at 14:16, IgwanaRob said:

Kept the BluRay set as well, sad we'll never get any HD remakes (unless they found the missing masters).

Not going to happen...  If I remember correctly Brian Henson said he got rid of all the masters, being it was costly to preserve them himself; after keeping them for years.  The he kicked himself in the ass cause right after he got rid of them there was a process to upscale the videos to 4K.  I think he said this on Chris Hardwick's podcast.

[Brandon H Supervisor]

wow, here's a show I haven't thought about in years. Might have to give it a fresh watch through as I was a kid back when it was airing, so I'm sure many aspects went over my head back then.