Farscape

Just finished season one of Farscape and I am still up in the air about it. On one hand the sets and makeup are pretty cool. Even the puppet Rygel comes off as beleivable. But on the other hand it is all just so overwrought. Almost every episode is "a very special Farscape" where the characters spend lots of time saying their good-byes because surely they are about to die. I understand the occasional one sappy one but every other one?

It reminds me of the original Star Trek: every episode was self-contained and no matter what happened, you were confident that the show's formula wouldn't really change. No matter what danger the crew (unless you happened to be wearing red that day) would be ok. I get that same comfort from Farscape. Farscape doesn't really innovate just carries on a tradition.

They seem to just keeping throwing stuff in off the cuff. Oh D'Argo can survive in space for a bit...uh sure. And uh did we mention Zhaan is a plant? Guess what-that the Peacekeepers can't get real warm. All these come up just in the nick of time. These type of hamfisted plotting just seems unsophisticated.

Maybe that is why BSG or Heroes is more satisfying. They still deliver a punch and a good story, but ask a bit more of the viewer. Though Heroes needs to pick up the pace a bit and show some action.

Will I start season 2 of Farscape? Yeah, they left Crichton and D'Argo are floating in space for crying out loud.