Customer Reviews

Farscape - Season 2, Collection 3 (2 Disc Starburst Edition)

5 star:		(6)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

Ok, So I am a textbook phlegmatic, and not given to emotion. Not in life and certainly not in the context of a television show. But I have to say that "Die me Dichotomy" actually hurts its so good. I was on the verge of tears with this show a number of times. And that particular episode really does a number on ya. The acting is excellent. The story epic. Its absence tragic. If you haven't picked up this show yet. Please do yourself a favor. I promise you won't regret it.

Starburst Season 2, Collection 3 has been my own personal 'most anticipated' release. The Liars, Guns and Money trilogy along with Die Me, Dichotomy mark Farscape's jump from amazing storytelling to epic drama.

What I've always loved best about Farscape is the risky storytelling. Farscape wasn't afraid to do anything or go anywhere and nothing illustrates that better than the story that unfolds in the last four episodes of season 2.

I'm also thrilled that a commentary has been added to Die Me, Dichotomy. I'd had my fingers crossed that I would get to hear Ben Browder and Claudia Black's thoughts on such a pivotal episode.

Collection 2.3 ushers Farscape to a new level. I'm incredibly happy with the dvd and I'm so happy with the extras ADV has included. One can hardly even debate over the 'worth it' factor with these Starburst editions considering the cheaper price and extensive extras that are included.

This reveiw is more about the quality issues with the disc more so than the content of the disc. For the record ADV has added a lot of extras that is not anywhere else. Albeit many are repeated multible times on different disc of this STARBURST series release that could have been better used reducing the compression ratio. As for the quality issues, these are recorded on dual layer double sided disc and as of this writing I have had to send 3 of the 6 currently released back to be exchanged due to skipping, frame freeze, audio cracking etc. The disc were checked on 3 players and a computer and did the same on all of them. So the issue is with the quality or the lack thereof. I have contacted ADV about the quality issues and they have more the most part said ... 'Oh well.' The more pricey collection did not have these issues, but lacked many of the extras and you get what you pay for. Granted to be fair when the disc work, the video and audio quality is fine, but it is annoying to get to the middle of a show and the disc freezes up and up have to skip over 10 or more minutes to get it to play. ADV simply tried to squeeze to much into to small of a space. This collection really should have been put on 4 disc instead of 2. They did not include scene selection either, you can only choose which episode you want to see then fast forward through the tracks after that. As I said I love the show and it is a healthy 5 but this release's quality is a sickly zero.

Anyone who likes SciFi would enjoy this series - the characters are memorable, the action fascinating, and the special effects and puppet use delightful. Ben Browder and Claudia Black are terrific - now I have to watch them in Stargate.

The last episodes of the second season make up with the confusion of the first few episodes and the slow down of the middle episodes. Liars, Guns & Money is all action and Die Me, Dichotomy is perfect in every way. I enjoyed each and every episode in this collection for different reasons and plan to get the third season as soon as I have the money and the time to watch the episodes all at once.

Though collection 3 has the incredable season 2 closing with Chricton having his chip removed oh-so late, the Season in its entirity was not as good as the first and third seasons of this great show.

Farscape as a TV series is one of the best science fiction series produced. The decision to shut it down was shortsighted, to say the least. For anyone wanting to watch a compelling drama laced with humor (both light and dark), the purchase of the entire series is an absolute must. I guarantee that you can't just watch one episode and walk away. Be prepared for several hours of continuous viewing.

Farscape is tied with Red Dwarf and the Stargates as one of my favorite shows of all time. I love the starburst editions for their price and the considerably smaller shelf space compared to the previous release of Farscape on DVD. My one complaint is the cases are crap. Most of the cases for the starburst collection have 1-3 disc hubs broken. I forget where but I eventually found the case manufacturer and was able to order repacements. The replacements were the exact size but the disc hubs had been greatly improved.

I started watching Farscape in Season 3. I watched all episodes and reruns I could get my hands on. I think they were INSANE to drop it from television.

I eventually bought the entire collection at once.

The only reason I gave this a 4 out of 5 stars, is because of the quality of the DVD. The inner clips of the box break very easily. The DVD always defaults back to subtitles between episodes, which is really annoying.

Even with the problems of the DVD, I love this set.