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An international co-production of Jim Henson's Creature Shop, Australia's Channel 9 and Hallmark Entertainment, Farscape is genre television at its most ambitious, inspired both by the cult appeal of Babylon 5 and the continuing success of the Star Trek franchise. Making extensive use of CGI, prosthetics and state-of-the-art puppetry, Farscape takes a visual leap beyond previous shows. Admittedly, the basic premise may be borrowed from Buck Rogers (American astronaut catapulted to far-flung galaxy populated by strange aliens), while the crew have something of Blake's 7 about them (a motley bunch of escaped convicts pursued by a relentless foe), and ideas like the living ship are borrowed from Babylon 5, but the Farscape concept has a freshness that makes it look and feel completely original. The production design is all bio-mechanical curves and the script never takes itself too seriously (fart jokes and double-entendres pop up when you least expect them). It must have been expensive to make, but it certainly looks (and sounds-in Dolby Digital 5.1) like every penny made it to the screen. In true Buck Rogers style, Ben Browder plays leading man John Crichton as an all-American astronaut, although with a more believable sense of bewilderment; the supporting cast is a mixture of Australian and British actors, mostly disguised under heavy make-up.
There are three more episodes from Season One here. "They've Got a Secret" has D'Argo being accidentally ejected into space, as a result of which secrets of his imprisonment are revealed. "Till the Blood Runs Clear" finds Crichton and Aeryn confronting bounty-hunters. In "The Flax", the crew get all tangled up with some Zenetan pirates. --Mark Walker END
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Format:VHS Tape
This combination of three really good stories make the VHS well worth buying. There's humour and pathos in 'They've got a Secret', which deals with D'Argo's past sadness. Then Crais rears his head in 'Till the Blood Runs Clear', when two Vorcarian Blood Trackers have to be skilfully manipulated by Crichton to keep them off the 'right' scent (and don't miss the mechanic!) But my absolute favourite has to be 'The Flax' with it's 'Mad Max' flavour and poignant sensitive moments, visiting the brink of disaster but punctuated with fun... it's great!
Format:VHS Tape
These two episodes are quite cool and fit well into your weekend Farscape marathon as they showcase a maturity and allow us to get into the characters a bit more, without getting cheezy. "They've Got a Secret" is a good look at D'Argo and "Till the Blood Runs Clear" is great in terms of planetary adventures and a bit of Krais plot thickness.
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