Television
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
Television
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
Book Review
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
Book Review
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
Television
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
Television
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.
Cinema
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
Television
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.
Book Review
Of late, friends and advisors have provided me with leads on books about fantasy versions of Italy, to provide touchstone references for a manuscript I’m preparing which also involves a type of made-up Italy. Of these, I have recently completed The Republic of Thieves by Scott Lynch, the third
Television
Farscape 1x03 & 1x04 Back and Back and Back to the Future This episode serves as a perfect introduction to the “Aged Poorly” class of Farscape Episodes. Like so many science fiction television episodes, the villain is a sexually indiscrete hot lady alien who makes false assault accusations. It’s
Television
Farscape 1x01 & 1x02 Have you ever wondered what it would be like if the Mos Eisley Cantina from Star Wars were a sex club? Wonder no longer: Farscape is here to tell you. I love Farscape, but it’s hard to explain why. Farscape is a show about having