Farscape

Farscape is truly a post-modern sci-fi show, if such a definition exists. The basic premise of an astronaut ending up in a distant location, on a ship of escaped convicts, seems like a simple mix of Buck Rogers and Blake?s 7, but ingenious storytelling, fantastic character development and a talent for both humour and incredibly dark, emotional storytelling have earned it a huge cult following internationally that led to an uproar when the Sci-Fi channel cancelled the show after its fourth year. In the tradition of classic Star Trek, the efforts of fans worldwide through the ?Save Farscape? campaign have now led to a new ...  Read the complete review

Farscape is as close to post-modern sci-fi as you'll likely see for some time, and it's set right here in the 21st century... just in a very different part of the universe to what we're used to. The decline of Star Trek in recent years, with the increasingly less creative Voyager and Enterprise, has caused newer and fresher television series to take over as the leading shows of 'modern sci-fi.' None are more original, interesting or enjoyable than Rockne S. Bannon's acclaimed "Farscape." Farscape's premise is as follows: an American astronaut, John Crichton, is on a test flight in Earth's orbit when his module becomes ...  Read the complete review

After seeing the last episode of season 4 and knowing there will be no season 5 i am left asking WHAT THE FRELL IS GOING ON??? Why have a 'to be continued' screen when we all know it won't be!! How can they leave it like that?? For those of you who have no clue what I am ranting on about, at the end of season 4 when all is ok and everyone is back together (with the notable exception of Chiana now being blind) and Crieghton proposes to Aeryn and then... oops they both die with no reason whatsoever other than the fact that they are in a boat in the sea! That has to be one of the worst write outs in history! Don't get me wrong, ...  Read the complete review

I am going to begin this review with a big NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! FARSCAPE HAS ENDED! I PRAY TO GOD FOR THE 5TH SERIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But we must not dwell on the past, the brilliance of the sci-fi tv show, shown on bbc2 6:45pm Monday and Tuesday, is without a doubt in a class of its own. We started back in season 1 with crichton been shot to the other side of the universe through a wormhole. He is taken in by moya and locked in a cell with aeryn sun. This was one of the best premiers i have eva seen. The show then got going and has thrown out more twists and turns than the pepsi max. The main characters are John Crichton - an american shot ...  Read the complete review

Farscape, now, what is there to say?? Well... I have now been watching this Sci-Fi series for just over one and a half years. So having now seen all of the current episodes that have been shown I can, with confidence, give my opinion on this series. The genre that Farscape is a part of is often considered 'geeky' and for 'nerds', well if this is the case I will happily cross over and become a part of the sci-fi fan stereotype because I have never been so engrossed, so moved, so angry, so touched and so humoured by a single television show, let alone a single episode in my life. Farscape certainly triggers many emotions due to the content, script, ...  Read the complete review