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> I could go on for more pages than anyone would care to count about Farscape. It is, without any doubt, one of the greatest science fiction television series’

> I could go on for more pages than anyone would care to count about Farscape. It is, without any doubt, one of the greatest science fiction television series’ ever created. Please quote me on that. A’men! It holds up incredibly well to modern scifi because there’s very little CGI and it doesn’t look as badly dated as say, Babylon 5. It’s sad that there’s no one who really does animatronics like Henson anymore and if the show were to be remade today (god forbid), all the characters would probably be Andy Serkis in a mocap suit. My favorite puppet to this day is the Seer Creesus [1] which would have given me nightmares if I had watched the show as a kid. [1] https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/farscape/images/5/55/Cresus.jpg https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/farscape/images/5/55/Cresu...

RajT88 3y ago
My wife and I rewatched it recently. She is not particularly a sci-fi geek but she really liked it - until season 3. Some of those Season 1 episodes are some of the best TV I have seen.
- washadjeffmad 3y ago
  When my ex told me she "didn't like sci-fi" but couldn't name anything in particular she didn't like, I showed her Farscape, and she watched it end to end almost every year after that. In fact, I just checked the media server logs, and she logged into watch an episode just this week.
indigodaddy 3y ago
And btw it’s still on sale on iTunes for 19.99 for the complete series. Just picked it up before I posted this :)
- altruios 3y ago
  *The license... you aren't buying the series, just the license to stream it from iTunes. The Blu-ray box set is $200. The price difference between revocable streaming licenses and physical media is worth it, as physical media is not revocable. (You might find it cheaper on eBay)
  - gettodachoppa 3y ago
    If that iTunes license goes away that's a morally green signal to get a non-revocable license from The Pirate Bay.
  - indigodaddy 3y ago
    Yep yep I know how it works. But fwiw I’ve never had anything I’ve purchased on Vudu or iTunes not be accessible/playable subsequently. Sure it may get removed and not searchable anymore, but still playable and present in your library. And I have over 700 movies (peanuts by comparison to many though). And also, re: $200 vs $20, $200 for the physical is most definitely NOT worth it to me.

RajT88 3y ago

My wife and I rewatched it recently. She is not particularly a sci-fi geek but she really liked it - until season 3. Some of those Season 1 episodes are some of the best TV I have seen.

washadjeffmad 3y ago
When my ex told me she "didn't like sci-fi" but couldn't name anything in particular she didn't like, I showed her Farscape, and she watched it end to end almost every year after that. In fact, I just checked the media server logs, and she logged into watch an episode just this week.

indigodaddy 3y ago

And btw it’s still on sale on iTunes for 19.99 for the complete series. Just picked it up before I posted this :)

altruios 3y ago
*The license... you aren't buying the series, just the license to stream it from iTunes. The Blu-ray box set is $200. The price difference between revocable streaming licenses and physical media is worth it, as physical media is not revocable. (You might find it cheaper on eBay)
- gettodachoppa 3y ago
  If that iTunes license goes away that's a morally green signal to get a non-revocable license from The Pirate Bay.
- indigodaddy 3y ago
  Yep yep I know how it works. But fwiw I’ve never had anything I’ve purchased on Vudu or iTunes not be accessible/playable subsequently. Sure it may get removed and not searchable anymore, but still playable and present in your library. And I have over 700 movies (peanuts by comparison to many though). And also, re: $200 vs $20, $200 for the physical is most definitely NOT worth it to me.