tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1031498593064294214.post3418944472025350072..comments2024-03-13T14:53:58.150-04:00Comments on MUSINGS OF A SCI-FI FANATIC: Farscape S1 Ep5: Back And Back And Back To The FutureSFFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04256589316922398158noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1031498593064294214.post-59807465562391355132010-12-01T09:12:57.501-05:002010-12-01T09:12:57.501-05:00L13
Thank you for the kind words my friend and ha...L13<br /><br />Thank you for the kind words my friend and happy birthday to the fierce one. Best, SFFSFFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04256589316922398158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1031498593064294214.post-31610578785498078532010-11-30T22:25:40.543-05:002010-11-30T22:25:40.543-05:00As John stated, another of your fine examinations,...As John stated, another of your fine examinations, SFF. I have to get into FARSCAPE. Oh, and ST:TNG did have a few interesting episodes on sexuality and gender -- see, Will, I'm not <i>totally</i> negative toward TNG ;-). Thanks, SFF.le0pard13https://www.blogger.com/profile/09421175808461787862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1031498593064294214.post-10679244193483377422010-11-30T17:48:39.331-05:002010-11-30T17:48:39.331-05:00John
Thanks so much my friend. I love that word ...John<br /><br />Thanks so much my friend. I love that word alchemy. I've always loved that word, but you're right, Farscape is an alchemy of elements or an amalgamation [another good word- ha- if I don't mind saying so] of wonderful ideas and variables.<br /><br />Well, here's the funniest oddest thing- you took the words literally out of my mouth. I was literally driving home today and I was thinking about Farscape and its use of color and I immediately thought of ST:TOS. <br /><br />I thought, 'this is precisely one of the things that really drew me to Star Trek- The Original'. Farscape has that same kind of hypnotic allure for me. Anyway, I was going to write about that point and then lo and behold you mention it right here in the comments. I literally just had that revelation on the ride home from work and I maby have been channeling you at that moment. Funny. But Farscape is funny and we get it completely.... as does Will.<br /><br />Also, completely agree on the muted, dulled down tones of the Phantom Menace [at times] and the ST:TNG series [sorry Will]. I mean Farscape must have felt like the antidote to some who were seriously missing out on the much needed energy and passion of science ficiton. Farscape has it in spades.<br /><br />Thanks so much John for all of the kind words and exceptional commentary. Sincerely, SFF<br /><br />----<br />Will, <br /><br />Love your input as well as always my friend.<br /><br />You have been at ground zero for alot of these programs upon their arrival. Are you like some kind of Highlander? : )<br /><br />Seriously, you add such perspective from where you stood on these programs.<br /><br />And while they no doubt employed Farscape ASSETS when needed to sell the show, and I know you know this, that's just good marketing sense. All of the sensual and sexual appeal of Farscape is real as both you and John mentioned.<br /><br />It doesn't feel like a cheap ride or a gimmick in the least. There are loads of sparks flying and real "flamboyant" personalities which makes this like the science fiction equivalent to Freddie Mercury!<br /><br />The sex element felt gimmicky to me on Stargate Universe when I saw its pilot. It just felt a little unnatural our of the gate and maybe I need to give that series another look someday based on JKM's feelings for the show.<br /><br />But, I know we all agree Farscape is a hands down and up and around and general feel good winner.<br /><br />I'll be sure to pull that soundtrack Will and give it a listen. <br /><br />Thank you very much Will for your equally colorful thoughts my friend,<br />SFFSFFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04256589316922398158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1031498593064294214.post-68089964827967915862010-11-30T13:51:44.132-05:002010-11-30T13:51:44.132-05:00I'll try to ignore JKM's crack at TNG (I k...I'll try to ignore JKM's crack at TNG (I know he's just trying to rile me up). ;)<br /><br />But, to agree with JKM (for once), and add on to his point, Farscape was sexual without making a statement about it. It never seemed like a ratings push (well, except maybe for that one commercial during the third season when Aeryn unzips her top and it says ON THE NEXT FARSCAPE. . .can't recall the exact episode). Rather, as JKM pointed out, it was more biological and normal. . .and it just HAPPENED to have blue people, grey people, and people with tentacles performing the said nasty.<br /><br />And to further that point, shows like BSG use sex as gimmicks. In the end, shows like BSG make sex seem gimmicky and almost as unreal as a show that ignores sexual content.<br /><br />See JKM, sometimes we can actually agree ;)<br /><br />Also, this episode contains the strangest but most compelling scoring from SubVision (it's either track 3 or 4 on the now out of print first soundtrack). Lots of angelic voices, odd hip hop beats, and strange liquid sounds. Beautifully weird.<br /><br />Great review!Willhttp://secureimmaturity.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1031498593064294214.post-6411226152941511432010-11-30T10:17:19.653-05:002010-11-30T10:17:19.653-05:00SFF: As usual, you've written an amazing revie...SFF: As usual, you've written an amazing review. You state perfectly (and reflect perfectly, with your choice of illustrations...) the magic alchemy of Farscape.<br /><br />For me, this series was like food to a starving man in the late 1990s. <br /><br />Space adventure TV had taken such a dull, non-sexual, almost non-colorful tack with shows such as TNG and Voyager. Even the new Star Wars movie Phantom Menace seemed vanilla in terms of human passions.<br /><br />Finally, Farscape was a production every bit as kinky, every bit as colorful, every bit as funny as the original Trek of the 1960s. <br /><br />I always like to remind people who complain when science fiction features sex in the mix that it is a critical part of human physiology, human history and human literature (think Lysistrata or anything by Shakespeare...). And by ignoring stories dealing with this critical element of "us," you're really cutting off (castrating?) a piece of "the human equation." <br /><br />Genre TV shows that ignore sex don't seem fully real, and rarely hold the interest.<br /><br />Farscape doesn't make that mistake, does it? The characters are living, breathing, sexual beings and by consequence, fully-dimensional. We can identify with them. I love that about this series. It's a show, so often, about passion of all stripes.<br /><br />Thanks for focusing on this episode, and for reminding us why Farscape is such a colorful, flamboyant, human adventure.<br /><br />best,<br />JKMJohn Kenneth Muirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15629979615332893780noreply@blogger.com