Farscape 4x05 and 4x06
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coalescent...but not other SF shows beginning with F. Not just yet, anyway...
The short version: I'd say both of these fall somewhere between LAMST and WWL on the quality scale. I didn't feel either of them were anything really special, but they were both fine, solid episodes. S4 is shaping up nicely.
I didn't realise until sat down to think about it, though, quite how many questions 'Promises' managed to raise, whilst at the same time being frustratingly vague in the answers it gave to outstanding unknowns. For instance: Aeryn's sojourn. There has to be more there than we've been told, else I don't buy her attitude to Scorpius. I can buy that she feels she owes him, but after all he's done I'd still expect him to be far less ready to trust him than she apparently is.
Who is Scorpius' spy on Grayza's command carrier? I'd feel a little cheated if it's someone we haven't met yet, but I think that's the way it's heading, since I can't see it being Braca, and none of the other peacekeepers on that carrier seem to have names. And speaking of Scorpius...couldn't we have kept Harvey, instead? I mean, ok, after 'Infinite Possibilities' it was pretty much a given that the other Harvey would have to go at some point, but even so. The real Scorpius isn't half so much fun, and I'm going to miss those fantasy sequences.
(Oh, and what's up with Pilot not being able to remember what happened? Or claiming to not remember - for some reason, I'm inclined to believe Noranti on this one).
One thing I like a lot is the idea that Moya and Pilot want a captain. It makes sense, and it's an interesting way to change the group dynamic. My initial guess was that soeone other than Crichton would get the captaincy to start with, and then Crichton (being the natural leader) would end up taking over later. On reflection, I'm not so sure about that; D'Argo does need a role at the moment, some kind of purpose, so now I'm tending towards the idea that it's more of a long-term position. Either way, I suspect I'm going to enjoy the next few episodes for this development alone.
I'm not so happy about the pregnancy. If it was established in an earlier episode that I haven't seen that peacekeepers can be pregnant for seven years then that's one thing, but I got the strong impression it was supposed to be a new revelation. I don't like it one bit; adding new biological traits whenever the writers feel like it is a tad too convenient. Having the father being someone we've never met - or worse, being someone we've met but didn't know that Aeryn had slept with - would also not go down well. There's also the fact that if she's been pregnant for that long, why on earth did she only just realise?
Questions, questions. Guess the only thing to do is watch more episodes and see how it all pans out...
(Final note: Hasn't the music on this show improved since the early days? :-)
Oh, and...
What Farscape Character are you?
I kinda like that. :-)
The short version: I'd say both of these fall somewhere between LAMST and WWL on the quality scale. I didn't feel either of them were anything really special, but they were both fine, solid episodes. S4 is shaping up nicely.
I didn't realise until sat down to think about it, though, quite how many questions 'Promises' managed to raise, whilst at the same time being frustratingly vague in the answers it gave to outstanding unknowns. For instance: Aeryn's sojourn. There has to be more there than we've been told, else I don't buy her attitude to Scorpius. I can buy that she feels she owes him, but after all he's done I'd still expect him to be far less ready to trust him than she apparently is.
Who is Scorpius' spy on Grayza's command carrier? I'd feel a little cheated if it's someone we haven't met yet, but I think that's the way it's heading, since I can't see it being Braca, and none of the other peacekeepers on that carrier seem to have names. And speaking of Scorpius...couldn't we have kept Harvey, instead? I mean, ok, after 'Infinite Possibilities' it was pretty much a given that the other Harvey would have to go at some point, but even so. The real Scorpius isn't half so much fun, and I'm going to miss those fantasy sequences.
(Oh, and what's up with Pilot not being able to remember what happened? Or claiming to not remember - for some reason, I'm inclined to believe Noranti on this one).
One thing I like a lot is the idea that Moya and Pilot want a captain. It makes sense, and it's an interesting way to change the group dynamic. My initial guess was that soeone other than Crichton would get the captaincy to start with, and then Crichton (being the natural leader) would end up taking over later. On reflection, I'm not so sure about that; D'Argo does need a role at the moment, some kind of purpose, so now I'm tending towards the idea that it's more of a long-term position. Either way, I suspect I'm going to enjoy the next few episodes for this development alone.
I'm not so happy about the pregnancy. If it was established in an earlier episode that I haven't seen that peacekeepers can be pregnant for seven years then that's one thing, but I got the strong impression it was supposed to be a new revelation. I don't like it one bit; adding new biological traits whenever the writers feel like it is a tad too convenient. Having the father being someone we've never met - or worse, being someone we've met but didn't know that Aeryn had slept with - would also not go down well. There's also the fact that if she's been pregnant for that long, why on earth did she only just realise?
Questions, questions. Guess the only thing to do is watch more episodes and see how it all pans out...
(Final note: Hasn't the music on this show improved since the early days? :-)
Oh, and...
What Farscape Character are you?
I kinda like that. :-)
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well isn't that just darling ...
What Farscape Character are you?
That's a great improvement on the last Farscape test, which really sucked. Practically everyone came out as Xan, except me, I came out as Dargo. To be honest, I'd rather have been Stark, but I'll settle for Scorpy. Niftly threads. No morals. Strange women with exoskeletons to shag ...
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Date: 2002-09-04 04:24 pm (UTC)What Farscape Character are you?
Woo! I'm nuts!
Downloaded episode 11 last night. And that's the lot till January.
Still, Firefly starts in 16 days :)
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Date: 2002-09-05 07:44 am (UTC)(http://home.earthlink.net/~kngobern/farscapetest.html)
I'm not that fond of sunlight, but ah well. Is this a good character to get?
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Date: 2002-09-05 02:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2002-09-05 03:32 pm (UTC)