Farscape 1x17 & 1x18 Through the Looking Glass The crew gathers in the dining room for dinnertime discourse (triggering to the recent Thanksgiving attendees among us): Zhaan, Rygel, and D’Argo want to abandon Moya because her pregnancy continues to interfere with her ability to starburst and thus escape pursuers.
Farscape 1x15 & 1x16 Now we’re through the doldrums, the show can get good again. We’re going to immerse ourselves in puppet trauma and human drama. Durka Returns Moya has a minor traffic accident as her starburst malfunctions due to her pregnancy. When she allows the ship she
One difference between British fantasy author Philip Pullman and American film director George Lucas is that Philip Pullman is a good writer. One similarity between Pullman and Lucas is that they both decided, many years after concluding their respective groundbreaking, critically-hailed, widely-beloved, and highly lucrative three-part works of fantastical entertainment
Farscape 1x13 & 1x14 Well, here it is: the episode widely regarded as worst Farscape ever. But first--"Rhapsody in Blue", an episode of which I have no memory. Rhapsody in Blue Everybody awakens from sexy but sad dreams. We only see John’s directly: it’s a
Farscape 1x11 and 1x12 Both episodes this week are rather dismal, yet we’re still one installment of this blog away from the episode widely considered Farscape’s worst. First seasons of science fiction television shows are functionally endurance tests. Til the Blood Runs Clear When Zhaan is in extremely
The Only Qualification for Being a Science Fiction Writer Is Being Insane A few years ago I went to Pittsburgh and at a used bookstore I bought a copy of Charles Platt’s Dream Makers which had at one point been deaccessioned from the Fort Worth public library. A few
Farscape 1x09 & 1x10 DNA Mad Scientist Now the wheels of Farscape truly begin to turn. The villain of this episode is a 7-foot-tall, quadruple-kneed ratman wearing a yellow fishnet body-stocking and a baroque set of nipple clamps. His name? Namtar. Moya’s crew visit Namtar in the hope that
Architectonically Sublime, or What? After many years of manifesting it into the used bookstore shelves before me, I finally located and acquired John Crowley’s Little, Big, in a lovely, aged first paperback edition. You might ask, “Why didn’t you just buy the book online or something, if you
An Intergalactic White Boy Grows Up Resident Alien, a SyFy/USA sitcom about a megalomaniacal alien stranded in an eccentric Colorado small town, ended recently. I’m a bit sad and a bit happy because I really enjoyed this show. I didn’t watch close to every episode, but that
Farscape 1x07 & 1x08 I, E.T. I have a historic beef with this episode. Once I watched it with headphones on and I didn’t hear my apartment building’s fire alarm, because I thought it was the alarm in Moya. I was fifteen minutes late to the evacuation.
We’re burning down the candle of 2025. Can’t wait to take the little waxy puck of this year and chuck it out the window. But before that: the cinema…How did it fare in Q3? Biggest Ws First and foremost, let me say that the Hollywood cinema tradition
Farscape 1x05 & 1x06 PK Tech Girl This is the first episode that brings the sauce. Moya stops to explore a derelict Peacekeeper Command Carrier, thinking it’s Crais’ ship. It’s not, but one of Crais’ tech officers is aboard. Her name is Gilina and she’s kinda cute.