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, Original recording remastered, NTSC
• Language: English
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Adv Films
• VHS Release Date: June 12, 2001
• Run Time: 50 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (47 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005AMQR
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #482,321 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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31 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Love the show, hate the DVDs, June 15, 2001

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Sharon Himmanen "[e-mail]" (Allentown, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Farscape Season 1, Vol. 4 - PK Tech Girl/That Old Black Magic (DVD)

Well, actually, to clarify, I hate DVDs that have just *two* episodes and nothing more. I didn't mind so much when the episodes had commentary tracks because I didn't feel quite so cheated. Paramount started the disgraceful practice of two-episodes per disk but I'm not particularly interested in helping that notion become an industry standard. The people at ADV could learn a thing or two from MGM (who have their own DVD problems when it comes to movie releases, I'll admit), who just released a reasonably priced five-disk set of the first season of Stargate SG-1, with each episode letterboxed and anamorphic. And there were extras on each disk, including the four or five episodes per.

But hey, ADV, start putting four or five Farscape episodes per disk, and releasing them in season box sets, and I am *so* there with you. Until then, rather than spending my money on the Farscape two-episode DVDs being released slower than snails move, I'll just save my dollars for season two of Stargate SG-1.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Great Episodes, Poor DVD, July 13, 2001

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C. Paschall (RVA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Farscape Season 1, Vol. 4 - PK Tech Girl/That Old Black Magic (DVD)

It is a bit of a rip to only release 2 episodes per DVD. I was dealing with that fine. The commentary tracks on the past DVDs made up for it a bit. This one has NO extras at all and yet is still priced like the prior ones. ADV and Jim Henson should be ashamed. I think I will stick with my dub tapes rather than get this DVD. I returned mine. Sad to say though that people are still going to buy these no mater how overpriced they are. The episodes on here are great though. PK Tech Girl develops some of the emotions between Aeryn and John. That Old Black Magic shows some of Zahn's dark past.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You people are way too harsh..., August 22, 2001

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poddie (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Farscape Season 1, Vol. 4 - PK Tech Girl/That Old Black Magic (DVD)

I believe that it was ADV's president that said that this is the only way they could release the series. Henson demanded (and rightfully so) that the audio/video quality be high, so there are two episodes per dual-layer DVD (1 ep per layer). I believe the UK discs are two single-layer DVDs per pack with four episode (2 eps per layer). What this means is that there is nearly twice the bitrate on the American discs and the shows look fantastic.

Adding one more episode to the disc would be akward because it would mean a layer change in the middle of the second episode (as well as the diminished quality based on the bitrate). Adding another disc would make them more expensive, and the major retailers won't buy ...discs from smaller companies like ADV. Neither will they buy the bigger box sets...

So the choices are: (1) A little more expensive with knockout video (2) Reduce the quality (and I don't think this was an option because of Henson) (3) NO DVDs

Given these choices, we should be glad we're seeing these at all...

And it looks like V7 may start a slightly cheaper pricing scheme as well....