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Farscape 2.1 [DVD] [1999]

DVD ~ Ben Browder
3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Ben Browder, Claudia Black, Anthony Simcoe, Lani John Tupu, Jonathan Hardy
  • Directors: Andrew Prowse, Geoff Bennett, Ian Watson, Tony Tilse
  • Writers: Rockne S. O'Bannon
  • Producers: Andrew Prowse, David Willis, Doug Heyes Jr.
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 2
  • Classification: 12
  • Studio: E1 Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 12 Mar 2001
  • Run Time: 220 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000056KPE
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 43,211 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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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, but taking a visual and conceptual leap beyond those shows. Making extensive use of CGI, prosthetics and state-of-the-art puppetry, courtesy of Jim Henson's Creature Shop, 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, which is peppered with post-modern pop culture references and movie in-jokes, never takes itself too seriously. It may be expensive to make, but it certainly looks (and sounds--in Dolby Digital 5.1) like every penny made it to the screen. Ben Browder plays leading man John Crichton as a latter-day Buck Rogers but with an entirely believable sense of bewilderment, not to mention loss; the rest of the living ship Moya's crew also has plenty of difficult issues to deal with, allowing Farscape's writers licence to develop their characters in often unexpected ways. The result is episodic TV sci-fi that continually pushes at the accepted boundaries of the format.

Box Set 6: after the nail-biting cliffhanger at the end of the first, the second series gets off to a shaky start in "Mind the Baby", as all the loose plot ends have to be gathered and resolved. Crais apparently has a change of heart, and Scorpius takes his place as Crichton's new nemesis. In "Vitas Mortis" D'Argo falls for a lonely Luxan, with catastrophic and barely plausible results for Moya. "Taking the Stone" showcases Chiana's grief in an episode that manages to be even more confusing. Fortunately by the fourth episode, "Crackers Don't Matter", the show has really hit its stride once again: the crew slowly succumbs to a state of paranoia-fuelled madness, fighting and trying to kill one another thanks to the presence of an odd light-seeking alien. Crichton has a string of great lines ("I hate it when villains quote Shakespeare") and much fun doing an impersonation of Jack Nicholson in The Shining. In "The Way We Weren't" there are shocking revelations about both Aeryn and Pilot's past lives and the show's gift for surprising as well as emotionally convincing character development is once more brought to the fore. Extra features on the DVD include a handful of deleted scenes, cast biographies, a picture gallery and TV trailer. --Mark Walker



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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Worth it just for 'The Way We Weren't', 19 Feb 2002
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Although 'Mind the Baby' has some moments of implausability & 'Taking the Stone' & 'Vitas Mortis' have the feel of slightly weak filler episodes, this DVD, as a package deserves 5 stars.
Why? Two of the best Farscape eps of the whole three seasons is reason enough. 'Crackers don't matter' is darkly comedic in a uniquely Farscape way, whilst 'The Way we Weren't' allows Claudia Black to unleash her undoubted talent as Aeryn Sun. Also it unusually gives an animatronic character (Pilot) an emotional, yet convincing role. Farscape is definitely THE best thing on the small screen.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Season 2, 5 Mar 2001
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Wonderful! Thats all I have to say about this show. The season opener "Mind the Baby" is a cracker, and "The Way We Weren't has some of the best TV you'll ever see. Fantastic. Miss it at your peril.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Farscape series 2 - the plot and characters mature, 9 Jan 2001
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Given the involving and watchable nature of the first series, with the forgivable dodge plot lines of any new series, the second season shows a new maturity to the plot writing and character development. Perhaps most welcome, the driving forces behind each character evolve and some reach fruition, thankfully avoiding the vacuum packed character development of shows like Voyager. The atmosphere and production design of the series becomes darker and more menacing, but this works well as a representation of a change in the characters way of handling thier situation, as they slowly stop running and start fighting.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Love Farscape! But....
...this time it was a bit to much. As a season start it could have been better but I'm now and forever a Farscape fan. And the digital format make it better!
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