Product Details

• Actors: Ben Browder, Claudia Black, Anthony Simcoe, Lani John Tupu, Jonathan Hardy
• Directors: Geoff Bennett, Ian Watson, Tony Tilse
• Writers: Rockne S. O'Bannon
• Producers: Andrew Prowse, David Willis, Emily Skopov, Justin Monjo
• Format: Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo), English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: A.D. Vision
• DVD Release Date: October 8, 2002
• Run Time: 50 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00006CY4A
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #217,072 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Farscape Season 2 (Volume 3)" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

49 of 49 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 5 Perfect Episodes of "Farscape"!!!, August 29, 2002

By 

Robert W. Berg "Rob" (New York, NY United States) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Farscape Season 2 (Volume 3) (DVD)

This is the set I've been waiting for since ADV started releasing the "Farscape" episodes on DVD! This set contains the brilliant fairy-tale trilogy, "Look at the Princess," which was the pinnacle of "Farscape" greatness up to that point. Also included are the great comedic episode, "Out of Their Minds," and the dramatic "My Three Crichtons." In terms of quality, this is the best out of the second season sets so far, since every episode is a gem.

"Out of Their Minds" takes an old sci-fi chestnut (the main characters all switch bodies), and completely turns it on its head in typical "Farscape" fashion. This episode is fun, fun, fun in the same vein as "Crackers Don't Matter," (although not as dark) and "Through the Looking Glass" (although not quite as wack-a-do). A true classic.

"My Three Crichtons" takes another classic sci-fi cliche, in that John is split into three versions of himself. The twist, though, is that one is at the bottom of the evolutionary scale, a caveman early-man prototype, the second is the regular human him, and the third is a John Crichton of the future, further evolved than the average human, with a large skull, to hold his much-bigger brain. This episode, despite its jokey title, is a dark, involving hour.

And then the crown jewel of the set...The entire "Look at the Princess" trilogy, composed of Part 1, "A Kiss is But a Kiss," Part 2, "I Do, I Think," and Part 3, "The Maltese Crichton." This trilogy pushed the show in ways it had never been pushed before. It managed to (finally) give the John-and-Aeryn-shippers some real great romance between the two, expand on the Scarran mythology and the Scorpius character, deal with the politics of the Farscape universe, develop every character, while at the same time crafting a great, exciting, adventurous story that's loaded with almost unbearably suspenseful cliffhangers and freewheeling "Farscape" ingenuity.

And, as I've said before, the second season keeps getting better and better...The next set also includes 4 great episodes, not a weak one in the bunch--"Beware of Dog," "Won't Get Fooled Again (one of the best, certainly one of the weirdest episodes in the show's history), "The Locket," and "The Ugly Truth." Now when's that coming out already?!?

Rob

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Five (not four!) outstanding episodes in this set!, October 11, 2002

By 

Saska Albright (Redmond, WA United States) - See all my reviews

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Farscape Season 2 (Volume 3) (DVD)

What better reason to fight for a season five of Farscape than a shining example of what can be accomplished when David Kemper (writer) and Tony Tilse (director) put their minds and pens to a three-parter that is part fairy tale, part spy movie, and all engrossing? The Look At The Princess trilogy is every bit movie-quality - in production, scripting, acting AND length. ADV has redeemed themselves in my eyes (for extras that really lack oomph) by releasing all three of these episodes together, plus two more, in what would otherwise be a four-episode set. Having snagged LATP on my TiVo during a marathon on the Sci-Fi channel, I can say with authority that these are meant to be watched all together, commercial-free, the way they are packaged in this set. I can't wait.

The other two episodes also deserve accolades - both challenging acting tasks for the series' stars. Ben Browder gets a real workout playing three evolutionary versions of himself in "My Three Crichtons", which helps demonstrate to his alien companions that humans really *have* come a long way. It also carries a strong message about the redeeming qualities of humanity that manages to be poignant without being heavy-handed.

"Out of Their Minds" is a riot for those familiar with the show, and really showcases not only how talented each actor is in his or her own right, but also how well they know one another and their characters - because they all get a chance to play each other (or in some cases, play WITH each other - er, themselves - er, you just have to watch).

Fans of Farscape won't be able to live without this volume in the Season Two series. Those new to the show will miss some of the finer points of these episodes, but will be treated to a good two hours of beautifully executed plot in LATP that stands on its own without any other series backstory. In my opinion, this is the don't-miss Farscape DVD among those yet released.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Look at the Princess, March 7, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Farscape Season 2 (Volume 3) (DVD)

4 very strong episodes, and one somewhat weak episode: Out of their Minds has good performances by 6 of the actors playing one another's characters in the Farscape turn on the old "body-switching" cliche, some character development, and rather backstabbing bird-like aliens. The three-part Look at the Princess is brilliant, with lots of character development, political intrigue, assassination attempts, confrontations with various bad guys (including an early encounter with a Scarran, and a complex bit of dancing with Scorpy), backstory on Moya, and an intriguing central plot point; like the other great three-part arc episodes (Lies, Guns and Money, and the interrupted Nerve/Hidden Memory/Family Ties), it really pushes the series along and bears rewatching again and again. My Three Crichtons, on the other hand, is just a rewrite of the old "split into two halves" SF cliche with the two halves being "past Crichton" and "future Crichton," but with the original combined Crichton being kept around for safety. Tiny amount of character development, but really not up to the standards of the other episodes.