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When FARSCAPE was cancelled after Season Four and one of the great cliffhangers in TV history (John Crichton and Aeryn Sun becoming engaged to marry, but immediately afterwards being turned into a pile of crystallized pellets by a mysterious aircraft that flew over their boat), fans of the show responded with outrage. Had there not been a renewal of the series, or a mini-series, or even a feature length film to wrap up the loose ends of the series, it would surely have gone down as the least satisfying series finale in history. The demand was there, especially after the audience for the show actually grew after its cancellation (so much so that in a Summer of 2004 TV Guide poll of the top cult shows of all time, FARSCAPE surprisingly managed a #4 ranking, immediately behind BUFFY, THE X-FILES, and, of course, STAR TREK). So, when it was announced that there would be a mini-series, FARSCAPE: THE PEACEKEEPER WARS, to wrap up the series, the news was greeted with ecstasy by fans of the show.
So how'd they do? Overall, pretty well. Let me start with one of the few negatives: this is pretty clearly a mini-series into which most of the ideas of what would have been the fifth season was stuffed. There is through much of it a rushed feeling, as if they had to cover too much narrative in too brief of a time. This is especially true at the beginning. In a Season Five, the recreation and reconstitution of Aeryn and John, which took up only the first few minutes of the mini-series, would have been the subject of at least a couple of episodes. And Aeryn's brief hesitation to marry John in the mini-series would have taken up perhaps half of Season Five. In other words, the mini-series suffers slightly from a lack of room and the luxury of taking their time in unrolling the narrative.
What THE PEACEKEEPER WARS does not suffer from is a surfeit of ideas. After all, they are stuffing an entire season's story arc into four hours instead of twenty-two. As a result, we get a rich, fast-moving, idea-laden epic that manages to resolve all of the major plot lines of the series, while at the same time keeping sufficient openness for feature length film or spin off television series. I do miss the patient, slowly developing moments (remember the scene from Season Two when John is trying to talk to Aeryn after having narrowly avoided getting married to the princess, Aeryn doing dips on a bench in the background refusing to talk to him, then slowly, silently stopping her exercising, walking slowly to him and holding up the vial that contains the liquid that, when applied to the tip of the tongues, allows two people to know if they are genetically compatible, their applying it to their tongues, then kissing, then the long, long delay followed by Aeryn's turning poker faced around, and then finally a smile breaking out on her face?-this mini-series simply does not have the luxury for an exquisite moment like that). But these guys are on borrowed time; they have a story to tell, and they tell it quickly and they tell it well.
I won't go into all of the plot details. I will recount some of the things that I most enjoyed in THE PEACEKEEPER WARS. I loved the beginning, with a CGI Rygel swimming about the bottom of the lake where we witnessed the demise of John and Aeryn at the end of Season Four. I had more or less forgotten that Rygel was basically a frog, and seeing the usually immobile creep swimming about so nimbly was a lot of fun. The scene where the crew is fighting a host of enemies at the same moment that Aeryn is giving birth while continuing to blast away and getting married to John is classic FARSCAPE, taking absolutely everything way over the top. I loved how Aeryn, the former Nazi storm trooper, had softened, and experienced instant love for an infant she would never been allowed to have had she remained a Peacekeeper. I loved the final resolution of the Scorpius arc, and even felt a pang of regret when Harvey and John say goodbye for the final time. I loved Chianna's new look, having gained new eyes after suffering blindness in Season Four. I loved the fact that she and Ka D'Argo finally managed to patch things up, after she crushed him at the start of Season Three. Would they have married? Who knows, but there was clearly a desire on the part of the writers to heal things between them. I loved Ka D'Argo's death, though I detested the fact that he died. The almost jocular way he talked with John reflected how far their friendship had come from Season One, when he seemed more likely to kill John than befriend him. And after having watched John and Aeryn engage in one of the most tortured near-romances in the history of TV for four seasons, it was marvelous to see them together, comfortable with one another, content and unconflicted at finally being a couple, exalting over their new son. There was a great else besides that was great to enjoy, but these were only a few.
Apart from the rushed aspect of the series and the fact that Ka D'Argo died, there was not a great deal that I didn't like about the series. There was, however, one. At the end of Season Four, Sikozu Shanu was not clearly a good or a bad character but had the potential in Season Five (had it taken place) to evolve into either. In the mini-series she evolves into a completely reprehensible character. Her treachery was a bit of a shock. I also had serious problems with her physical appearance. Raelee Hill, who plays Sikozu Shanu, is a remarkably beautiful woman (most Americans only know what she looks like in make up, but she might be in real life the most attractive of all of the FARSCAPE women). But the hairstyle and make up they deploy on her in the mini-series was shocking. Despite having seen Raelee Hill's name in the credits, I seriously wondered whether they had a new actress was playing Sikozu Shanu. It was a bad, bad look for her. Perhaps in the course of a full season Sikozu Shanu's treason would have been developed more convincingly, but here it felt implausible and unconvincing. It was one of the few false notes in an otherwise excellent mini-series.
Now for the big question: was this up to the extremely high standards set by the series? Yes and no. Clearly it was well-conceived, and many of the individual moments were marvelous. In the end, it is the difference between having 182 minutes with which to work versus over 900 minutes. As it is, I think it is a wonderful extension of the series as a whole. I think there is also enough evidence here to indicate that Season Five would have been very good indeed.
Is there a future for FARSCAPE? Though it labored in relative obscurity during its run on TV, more and more it considered to be one of if not the finest Sci-Fi series that TV has seen. Star Ben Browder has stated a willing ness to work on either a film project or on a spin off series, though his involvement on STARGATE SG-1 obviously complicates things. My gut (which admittedly has no connection with the world of reality) tells me that we have probably seen the end of the FARSCAPE saga. Had they seriously been considering continuing the series in some fashion, I simply cannot imagine them deciding to allow the death of Ka D'Argo. Mind you, no one would be happier to see Moya and her companions exploring new corners of the universe, but I suspect that this mini-series will be the last we see of the guys. Nonetheless, I am profoundly grateful that they did this marvelous mini-series not just to wrap up the various story lines of the series, but to allow us to share some final adventures with some characters we had come to love very much. FARSCAPE is one of my favorite series ever, and I'm delighted that the powers that be allowed it to end so very well.
Finally, I want to praise Hallmark for bringing this mini-series out on such a remarkably affordable disc. I honestly feel that the full season DVD sets are criminally overpriced (there truly is no hyperbole in that statement). The outrageous price tags are absolutely not morally justifiable, and I can't conceive that they are economically justifiable, since few can afford them (if FARSCAPE is ever made available on sets that discount to around $38 a set, then this series will experience another leap in popularity). In fact, THE PEACEKEEPER WARS might be a tad under priced. We might have been better off if they had put it on an extra disc and added more special features and commentary. As it is, we have a high quality reproduction of the television mini-series with little or no special features, but with a truly outstanding price. I just wish each of the four regular seasons were comparably priced.
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The must-have collection includes 7 episodes of the first season of the Jim Henson Television, Hallmark Entertainment, and Nine Networks award-sinning series on 2 discs. This award-winning series, which airs on SCI FI, has been called "The Best Sci-Fi on TV", by TV Guide, and hailed as "TV's Best Space Series" by USA Today.
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- Actors : Ben Browder, Claudia Black, Anthony Simcoe, Lani John Tupu, Jonathan Hardy
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I've been a fan of Farscape for years and would come back here and binge watch the series about once a year. But this time, I find Amazon has moved it over to this Freevee stuff (being polite here). Well, at least it's still available. But as anyone who is a fan of this show knows, the conclusion is the 2-part "movie" at the end of Season 4. This used to be included in Season 4, but now it's gone. So, what, do I have to search around here at Amazon and *rent* the final two episodes to watch what used to be included with my Prime membership?
I'm gonna be polite here and assume that the last two episodes being left out was an oversight. Because, well, after all, they were originally published as a movie, but then only later converted to the final two episodes. Regardless, this series is incomplete without these last two episodes. The final one, especially, is the capstone of the entire series. Not having them amounts to the amputation of an important limb.
So, Amazon, do the right thing. Bring back the final two episodes so that Farscape will be a complete series. One of the all-time best sci-fi TV shows deserves to be whole.
UPDATE 12/3/2022: Okay, I guess this is where I need to say "Never mind." I decided to do a bit of digging here and discovered that Amazon has listed the conclusion separately as "The Peacekeeper Wars." So, it is still available, just not where I was used to finding it. Glad to see they decided to include it because this series really isn't complete without the final two episodes. So, after you finish episode 22 and you're going, "But wait, they can't end the show like this!" well, just do a search on "Peacekeeper Wars" and you find it.
I'm gonna be polite here and assume that the last two episodes being left out was an oversight. Because, well, after all, they were originally published as a movie, but then only later converted to the final two episodes. Regardless, this series is incomplete without these last two episodes. The final one, especially, is the capstone of the entire series. Not having them amounts to the amputation of an important limb.
So, Amazon, do the right thing. Bring back the final two episodes so that Farscape will be a complete series. One of the all-time best sci-fi TV shows deserves to be whole.
UPDATE 12/3/2022: Okay, I guess this is where I need to say "Never mind." I decided to do a bit of digging here and discovered that Amazon has listed the conclusion separately as "The Peacekeeper Wars." So, it is still available, just not where I was used to finding it. Glad to see they decided to include it because this series really isn't complete without the final two episodes. So, after you finish episode 22 and you're going, "But wait, they can't end the show like this!" well, just do a search on "Peacekeeper Wars" and you find it.
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Although FARSCAPE had no bad seasons and no set in this series will be of anything less than completing enjoyable, this set contains what is arguably the ones where the show evolved into what it in fact was: the most innovative Sci-fi series in the history of television. In particular, in these episodes the story arc that would extend from the three "Look at the Princess" episodes to the final minutes of the miniseries would be in place. For it is in these episodes that John and Aeryn's romantic interest in each other, which had previously been latent, is made explicit and we begin getting the first concrete hints that something is not quite right with John's head, though we won't learn precisely what until late in the season. All we know for certain is that John has begun to see Scorpius even when he knows that he isn't there.
Like many fans of FARSCAPE, I've only now started turning in my old recordings of the show for DVDs now that we are finally getting acceptably priced copies of the show. Although there have been other TV series that have appeared in overpriced editions-THE X-FILES springs to mind-FARSCAPE was the only one in its original edition that could be said to be prohibitively so. I'm not sure about other fans, but there was simply no way that I was able or willing to pay for a set that listed for well over a hundred dollars. One could make some complaints about the new Starburst edition-for instance, I'm still not clear on why they have to dribble these out two discs at a time, instead of releasing an entire season at once-but two things one cannot carp about: the cost and the number of extras. As to the former, I've been about to find each disc in the Starburst so far from various resellers listed on Amazon for no more than $16 apiece. As to the latter, each of the three sets making up each season is stuffed with a variety of special features. Some of the special features feel a bit like filler, but a number are substantive.
As in all these sets, the final side of the second disc has many interesting special effects. Here the longest is a long interview with Virginia Hey that took place after the demise of the series, with her hair regrown and skin decidedly not blue. Even though she was 52 at the time of the interview, she honestly doesn't look as if she could be a day over 35. People talk of good genes, and she has them aplenty. As long as the interview is, it is incomplete, and will presumably be completed in another set. There is also a blooper reel (my favorite is when D'Argo bumps against a huge rock column and it moves forward-ooops!) and some raw footage of "The Flax" and "Through the Looking Glass" from Season One, which is great to see what the scenes look like on the set before special effects have been added.
All the episodes on this disc are excellent (though I cringe a bit when I see the identity-switch episode "Out of Their Minds"-why must every show employ this hackneyed plot device when it never leads to anything good, with the notable exception of the stunning two-parter on BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER where Buffy and Faith switch bodies, the exception that proves the rule), the highpoint of the set and one of the highpoints of the entire series is the three-part "Look at the Princess." Although on one level it is about John's nearly being forced to become a prince (and statue) on a planet over which Scarens and Peacekeepers struggle for mastery, in reality it is about John and Aeryn. Although there had been flirtations in the first season and a half, and in one virtual reality episode apparently spent on earth a night of passion, their feelings had more or less remained sublimated. Here, however, the three-part saga begins with John and Aeryn on his shuttle, with her showing him piloting tricks, when things get more than a little passionate. Breaking off from their kiss Aeryn yells that she will not be a slave to his hormones, when clearly her hormones are every bit as guilty as his. While John seems pretty clear on how he feels about Aeryn, the former Peacekeeper, suffering from a lifetime of being taught not to have strong feelings for others, is having a difficult time figuring how to come to terms with how she feels for John. When the crew descends to a planet about to celebrate a royal wedding, they discover a practice whereby someone places a drop of a liquid on the tongue of a member of the opposite sex, briefly touch tongues, and then kiss. If they are genetically compatible, a sweet taste will result; if incompatible, a bitter taste. The ambitious prince, younger brother of the woman who is heir to the throne, has poisoned her DNA so that any Sebacean who kisses her will prove incompatible. When she kisses John, however, who being human somehow is immune to the poison, a sweet taste results and John suddenly finds himself about to become royalty.
In the end John avoids all the intrigue to either kill him or make him a regent. Back on the ship a scene occurs that demonstrates as well as any in the run of the show what makes it so special. Although it has as many or more special effects as any show ever made, a host of aliens and exotics settings, and as much action as even the most avid action nut could hope for, the most exciting scene occurs in a quiet moment between John and Aeryn back upon Moya. Seeing each other alone for the first time after their ordeal, John talks happily to Aeryn until he finally call attention to her persistent silence. Aeryn breaks off her exercise, reaches for something nearby, and then holding up one of the planet's compatibility vials walks slowly towards John. Both of them quiet now, she hands the vial to John who places a drop on her tongue and then on his own. They kiss as the music rises and then break off suddenly as it lowers. She turns around to face the camera, a blank expression on her face which holds for a second, and then breaks into a smile that barely represses the joy is obviously feels, John also breaking into a grin as she walks away. Though FARSCAPE had so much window dressing, the show in the end was really about whether two people have the right chemistry. Though the show went for four seasons and a miniseries, John and Aeryn's kiss has to stand as one of the half dozen great moments in the history of the show. From this moment on, it isn't a question of if John and Aeryn will get together, but of how long it will take. But we all know that if there is one thing that television shows love to do it is to postpone the inevitable.
The other major thing we see in these episodes is that Scorpius has a hold over John that we hadn't previously known. True, in one episode he had imagined seeing Scorpius on Moya, but in this episode Scorpius explicitly states that John hasn't even begun to understand what he has done to him, and we find that when John attempts to kill Scorpius he is suddenly unable to go through with it. Then on the final episode of this set, "Beware of Dog," John again sees Scorpius when he knows he can't be there. These are the beginning intimations of what John would later call Harvey, the inner presence of Scorpius due to the chip he inserted into John's brain when he was in the Aurora chair.
All shows take some time to mature and find their greatness. BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER (which, by the way, gets a mention in one of the Princess episodes, when John complains that when he awakens after being a statue for 80 years everything he cares about will be dead, even Buffy) was a very good show its first season and for the first third of the second, but in the episode "Innocence" became a great show. Likewise, FARSCAPE was a very good show for its first season and a half, but after the Princess trilogy clearly had achieved greatness.
Like many fans of FARSCAPE, I've only now started turning in my old recordings of the show for DVDs now that we are finally getting acceptably priced copies of the show. Although there have been other TV series that have appeared in overpriced editions-THE X-FILES springs to mind-FARSCAPE was the only one in its original edition that could be said to be prohibitively so. I'm not sure about other fans, but there was simply no way that I was able or willing to pay for a set that listed for well over a hundred dollars. One could make some complaints about the new Starburst edition-for instance, I'm still not clear on why they have to dribble these out two discs at a time, instead of releasing an entire season at once-but two things one cannot carp about: the cost and the number of extras. As to the former, I've been about to find each disc in the Starburst so far from various resellers listed on Amazon for no more than $16 apiece. As to the latter, each of the three sets making up each season is stuffed with a variety of special features. Some of the special features feel a bit like filler, but a number are substantive.
As in all these sets, the final side of the second disc has many interesting special effects. Here the longest is a long interview with Virginia Hey that took place after the demise of the series, with her hair regrown and skin decidedly not blue. Even though she was 52 at the time of the interview, she honestly doesn't look as if she could be a day over 35. People talk of good genes, and she has them aplenty. As long as the interview is, it is incomplete, and will presumably be completed in another set. There is also a blooper reel (my favorite is when D'Argo bumps against a huge rock column and it moves forward-ooops!) and some raw footage of "The Flax" and "Through the Looking Glass" from Season One, which is great to see what the scenes look like on the set before special effects have been added.
All the episodes on this disc are excellent (though I cringe a bit when I see the identity-switch episode "Out of Their Minds"-why must every show employ this hackneyed plot device when it never leads to anything good, with the notable exception of the stunning two-parter on BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER where Buffy and Faith switch bodies, the exception that proves the rule), the highpoint of the set and one of the highpoints of the entire series is the three-part "Look at the Princess." Although on one level it is about John's nearly being forced to become a prince (and statue) on a planet over which Scarens and Peacekeepers struggle for mastery, in reality it is about John and Aeryn. Although there had been flirtations in the first season and a half, and in one virtual reality episode apparently spent on earth a night of passion, their feelings had more or less remained sublimated. Here, however, the three-part saga begins with John and Aeryn on his shuttle, with her showing him piloting tricks, when things get more than a little passionate. Breaking off from their kiss Aeryn yells that she will not be a slave to his hormones, when clearly her hormones are every bit as guilty as his. While John seems pretty clear on how he feels about Aeryn, the former Peacekeeper, suffering from a lifetime of being taught not to have strong feelings for others, is having a difficult time figuring how to come to terms with how she feels for John. When the crew descends to a planet about to celebrate a royal wedding, they discover a practice whereby someone places a drop of a liquid on the tongue of a member of the opposite sex, briefly touch tongues, and then kiss. If they are genetically compatible, a sweet taste will result; if incompatible, a bitter taste. The ambitious prince, younger brother of the woman who is heir to the throne, has poisoned her DNA so that any Sebacean who kisses her will prove incompatible. When she kisses John, however, who being human somehow is immune to the poison, a sweet taste results and John suddenly finds himself about to become royalty.
In the end John avoids all the intrigue to either kill him or make him a regent. Back on the ship a scene occurs that demonstrates as well as any in the run of the show what makes it so special. Although it has as many or more special effects as any show ever made, a host of aliens and exotics settings, and as much action as even the most avid action nut could hope for, the most exciting scene occurs in a quiet moment between John and Aeryn back upon Moya. Seeing each other alone for the first time after their ordeal, John talks happily to Aeryn until he finally call attention to her persistent silence. Aeryn breaks off her exercise, reaches for something nearby, and then holding up one of the planet's compatibility vials walks slowly towards John. Both of them quiet now, she hands the vial to John who places a drop on her tongue and then on his own. They kiss as the music rises and then break off suddenly as it lowers. She turns around to face the camera, a blank expression on her face which holds for a second, and then breaks into a smile that barely represses the joy is obviously feels, John also breaking into a grin as she walks away. Though FARSCAPE had so much window dressing, the show in the end was really about whether two people have the right chemistry. Though the show went for four seasons and a miniseries, John and Aeryn's kiss has to stand as one of the half dozen great moments in the history of the show. From this moment on, it isn't a question of if John and Aeryn will get together, but of how long it will take. But we all know that if there is one thing that television shows love to do it is to postpone the inevitable.
The other major thing we see in these episodes is that Scorpius has a hold over John that we hadn't previously known. True, in one episode he had imagined seeing Scorpius on Moya, but in this episode Scorpius explicitly states that John hasn't even begun to understand what he has done to him, and we find that when John attempts to kill Scorpius he is suddenly unable to go through with it. Then on the final episode of this set, "Beware of Dog," John again sees Scorpius when he knows he can't be there. These are the beginning intimations of what John would later call Harvey, the inner presence of Scorpius due to the chip he inserted into John's brain when he was in the Aurora chair.
All shows take some time to mature and find their greatness. BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER (which, by the way, gets a mention in one of the Princess episodes, when John complains that when he awakens after being a statue for 80 years everything he cares about will be dead, even Buffy) was a very good show its first season and for the first third of the second, but in the episode "Innocence" became a great show. Likewise, FARSCAPE was a very good show for its first season and a half, but after the Princess trilogy clearly had achieved greatness.
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on June 17, 2015
Fans of the Farscape series will undoubtedly love this 2004, 3 hour movie. Despite the Dutch cover, this import is the same as the standard UK version except the menus and subtitles are in Dutch, but the soundtrack is in English [2,0 or 5.1] with a choice to turn off the subtitles.
For those not familiar with the series, it’s a military science fiction miniseries and this film was written to tie up some elements of the series in general. Basically at the end of the series John Crichton [Ben Browder] and Aeryn Sun [Claudia Black] were crystalised. 60 days later they are ‘reformed’ to find that the Peacekeepers and Scarrans have finally gone to war against one another in a galaxy wide conflict. Crichton and the crew of Moya try to stop the conflict as both factions pursue them for the wormhole knowledge Crichton possesses.
The film is fast paced and although the start is a little ‘slow paced’ as it fills in the back story, the tongue in cheek humour keeps it moving. Picture and sound quality are fine and the special effects are as good as ever. Finally, fans can now discover who the Peacekeepers actually are and what becomes of the main characters. While it’s not essential to have seen the series, it will make viewing easier. If this still has your interest then buy this –not the Blu Ray version which purchasers seem to give the thumbs down. A definite frelling ***** rating.
For those not familiar with the series, it’s a military science fiction miniseries and this film was written to tie up some elements of the series in general. Basically at the end of the series John Crichton [Ben Browder] and Aeryn Sun [Claudia Black] were crystalised. 60 days later they are ‘reformed’ to find that the Peacekeepers and Scarrans have finally gone to war against one another in a galaxy wide conflict. Crichton and the crew of Moya try to stop the conflict as both factions pursue them for the wormhole knowledge Crichton possesses.
The film is fast paced and although the start is a little ‘slow paced’ as it fills in the back story, the tongue in cheek humour keeps it moving. Picture and sound quality are fine and the special effects are as good as ever. Finally, fans can now discover who the Peacekeepers actually are and what becomes of the main characters. While it’s not essential to have seen the series, it will make viewing easier. If this still has your interest then buy this –not the Blu Ray version which purchasers seem to give the thumbs down. A definite frelling ***** rating.
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W. Y. Davidson
5.0 out of 5 stars
Farscape completed series.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 4, 2014
After getting hooked on this amazing sci-fi series and having watched all 1 - 4 series's I found on their fan club website they had made another 2 extra long finishes for their fans after fan pressure.
This DVD although Dutch sub titles, is in English dialogue, my player can switch off the sub titles so there is no loss of visual viewing.
Farscape is a big loss for fans of the series and it is now over ten years since the last series 4 finished but the production on this excellent series came to a brilliant end with the edition of this Peacekeeper War video - excellent series better than any sci-fi today and this one will remain dateless, if this had been plugged more it would have been an even more popular series - the whole series from series 1 episode 1 to the end of series 4 is so cleverly produced and written with many twists and the maximum sci-fi imagination used it's a Classic for me and worth an easy five stars, the addition of this excellent "Peacekeeper War" video is cream on the top.
Loved it and will watch again a few times.
If you love sci-fi, you'll get hooked on this one...:)
This DVD although Dutch sub titles, is in English dialogue, my player can switch off the sub titles so there is no loss of visual viewing.
Farscape is a big loss for fans of the series and it is now over ten years since the last series 4 finished but the production on this excellent series came to a brilliant end with the edition of this Peacekeeper War video - excellent series better than any sci-fi today and this one will remain dateless, if this had been plugged more it would have been an even more popular series - the whole series from series 1 episode 1 to the end of series 4 is so cleverly produced and written with many twists and the maximum sci-fi imagination used it's a Classic for me and worth an easy five stars, the addition of this excellent "Peacekeeper War" video is cream on the top.
Loved it and will watch again a few times.
If you love sci-fi, you'll get hooked on this one...:)
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Cain Mosni
4.0 out of 5 stars
A rushed ending
Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on November 20, 2021
Whilst this brings to a conclusion everything left hanging with the cancellation of Farscape at the end of the 4th season, it feels like exactly what it is: a rush to tie up loose ends, and in the rush it looses the deft touch that the series had. The ending is unsatisfyingly sentimentally syrupy and tragic in equal measure.
But it's better than simply leaving the series in hiatus.
But it's better than simply leaving the series in hiatus.
Fred Dread
5.0 out of 5 stars
An ending at last
Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on January 17, 2011
With the rather unsatisfactory ending to the series thank God Hallmark decided to satisfy the fans with an ending that could, pretty much, keep everyone happy. With so many pretty decent Sci-Fi TV series being cancelled it showed that if a network decide not to take up the show the writers can be given a chance to wrap-up the loose ends. Angel was pulled but the finale sort of concluded the 5 year series and others that weren't so lucky were, to name a few, Firefly, Brimstone, Heroes, Midnight, Stargate Universe, Invasion, Surface, the Lone Gunmen, Jericho, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Tru Calling, Bionic Woman, Odyssey 5, Space Above and Beyond, Threshold, 4400, Defying Gravity, etc, etc. I wish more companies showed some backbone, as Hallmark did, and produced the filming of similar mini-series to give a conclusion to series followed religiously by many Sci-Fi fans. But realistically what can you expect from from a nation that had George Bush as President (he shout "Amigo, Amigo at the ITALIAN Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi), Vice-President Dan Quayle (I was recently on a tour of Latin America, and the only regret I have was that I didn't study Latin harder in school so I could converse with those people.) and finally Sarah Palin (But obviously we've gotta stand with our North Korean allies--we're bound to by treaties ...) as a major contender for high political office!!!
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Clive
5.0 out of 5 stars
Stands up well.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 14, 2014
I really enjoyed the beginning of this series when it was first broadcast in the UK. Something happened at some point, I either moved or they changed the time but I remember that all of a sudden I didn't get back from work in time and kept forgetting to set the video! In the end I gave up on it.
I'm now at the end of season two of this box set and must say its great. The aliens and bits of plastic pipe have stood the test of time well and still look good even in this era of modern CGI.
The stories have all been good so far except one which is more than I can say for a lot of box sets.
Really recommend this!
I'm now at the end of season two of this box set and must say its great. The aliens and bits of plastic pipe have stood the test of time well and still look good even in this era of modern CGI.
The stories have all been good so far except one which is more than I can say for a lot of box sets.
Really recommend this!
