Changelog

As I mentioned in my big tv post we’ve been watching Farscape from beginning to end (thanks to NetFlix). Well, after one lsat Farscape marathon last night (about 4.5 hours of TV) we’re finished with the series and the follow-up mini-series.

Overall I thought the series was pretty decent sci-fi. It took a little while to get used to the muppets and the Australian accents (actually, I really wish they had included subtitles on the DVDs — too many of the actors mumbled their lines), but by the end of season one those things aren’t so noticeable anymore.

What I liked

I thought the main characters were fairly well done, and most of them actually demonstrated some growth over the length of the series. The ones who didn’t tended to only last a season or so. My least favorite tended to be D’Argo — to me he felt like a prissy Klingon with tentacles. The universe felt very Star Wars-esque but they did a decent job keeping things interesting and not falling into creature-of-the-week mode. Finally, I liked that they attempted to maintain continuity throughout the series — Crichton and friends earned a reputation that began to proceed them.

What I didn’t like

I know writers sometimes have to drop storylines for various reasons, but there seemed to be a lot of orphan plotlines in Farscape (Why do some people melt in wormholes and others don’t?). there were also quite a few anoying glitches over the run of the series (How did Stark get his mask back? What exactly do wormhole weapons do? How could the Scarrans find Earth?). Mostly I hated the music. I always muted the DVD menus because it gave me a headache.

See Also: The Peacekeeper Wars