Farscape 4x08

[coalescent]

I'm sure at this point it's only for snowking's benefit that I do this, but what the hell, eh?



I thought this one was a mixed bag. The plot was nothing we haven't seen before, which meant the episode relies on the incidental moments and revelations to hold the viewer's interest. Some of these worked; the Crichton/Scorpius interplay was, as ever, entertaining. Some of them didn't; in particular, I was disappointed by the lack of explanation for the shrink ray. When Sikozou started babbling (quite correctly) about how what was happening was impossible, I got all excited; I thought maybe we were going to get a genuine SFnal twist. But nothing more was made of it; turns out it was just a throwaway line, in effect saying "we know this is impossible - but we're going to do it anyway." I can deal with Farscape doing things that are clearly impossible; I don't hold it to hard SF standards. But when it promises to hold itself to hard SF standards and then doesn't, I get disappointed.

I'm a little confused as to why we've suddenly got a new breed of Scarrans (apart from the fact that it would seem to cut down on the work for the prosthetics department). The revelation that they were spying on the Peacekeepers was nice, but beyond that - well, why was he there? What was special about him? Why would a member of the ruling class be a spy?

The same goes for Chiana's amazing slo-mo vision. It just seems to keep popping up without really going anywhere. I can't even remember if it's unusual for her species, or whether it's even been discussed.

All of which sounds a bit harsh, so I should point out that I did enjoy the episode; it just felt a little too much like filler.

Comments

[thevoicewithin.livejournal.com]

And there I was about to berate you for your multiple entries.

[snowking.livejournal.com]

Well I saw it as "We know why we can't. We're going to anyway." which I though was cool. Compared to the utter, UTTER shite of, say, Voyager. Which don't even know the rules.

Chi's slo-mo: 2 parts handy prop device and 1 part bullet-time.

You'll really like 4-11.

I promise.

[despotliz.livejournal.com]

I will be interested, in a little while.

but for now I am skimming the posts very fast so as not to pick up vital plot details.

I don't know whether to give up on S3, watch the last 5 and crack on with S4 or whether to wait. But it could be a while, so I think I will crack on.

Monday 23rd, baby!

[malenfant.livejournal.com]

And if you ask really nicely, I'll pass the S4 CDs on when I'm done with them...