OT Farscape Best Scifi Series Ever?

Owlman · #1 March 14th, 2003, 09:52 PM

In my opinion, yes it is. Of course, people responding to this will probably say B5 is, personally I couldn't watch more than five minutes of that show. A few reasons why it is the best:

1. Best acted Scifi ever! That includes movies and TV. Ben Browder has been screwed out of an Emmy for three years now. Claudia Black is sexy as hell and is also getting screwed by the Emmys. The two have unbeliveable chemistery, and the cast is the best ensamble cast on TV today.

2. Best Anti-Hero. Crichton starred the series out as a peace loving, innocent guy, then went insane, became a psychopathic killer, got cloned, became a drug addict, and then evolved into a cold, almost stoic killer. He's killed more people than any TV character that I can remember, and he dosen't even kill for a cause, he just kills to save his *** or one of his friends.

3. Best Evil race: The Scarrens make the Dominion and the Borg look like boy scouts! Virtually indestructable, strong as hell, emit metal/flesh melting heat, and have mental powers. Plus, they don't simply wish to conquer the galaxy, they wish to exterminate all sentient life as well.

4. Best damn story lines. Again, I never watched B5, and I couldn't stand Star Trek (except DS9), but Farscape has great story arcs, some that span multiple seasons.

5. The Kurt Cobain/Elvis advantage: Since the show was cancled two thirds of the way through, it automatically gets a bonus. Like the original Star Trek.

6. Been ripped off: Firefly was a blatant ripoff of this show, and thankfully, it quickly failed. The crapfest that is MOO3 also stole alot from Farscape (as well as every other Scifi series and the game still sucked). They turned the Sakkra from a bunch of normal Reptiles into a race of Scarren ripoffs, and the Grendal or whatever race looks freakishly like them. Plus, the MOO story seems to have the same obsession with wormholes.

Suicide Junkie · #2 March 14th, 2003, 11:59 PM

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and he dosen't even kill for a cause, he just kills to save his *** or one of his friends

That's not a good enough cause for you?
Yikes!

Narrew · #3 March 15th, 2003, 12:11 AM

I like Farscape, but the show that I like the most atm is Stargate-SG1. I just started watching it on Sci-Fi channel on Monday nights, they have 4 episodes, from the beginning (haven't missed a night yet). But I got a chuckle of the episode of Farscape when Crichton was in Aeryns body, what a hoot.

Rigelian · #4 March 15th, 2003, 12:36 AM

Sorry, but the best Sci-fi series ever is Red Dwarf..

If you prefer 'straight' sci-fi then I think the general situation is analagous to that with sci-fi movies. The majority are so cringe-makingly awful that a merely bad one is a relief. And a good one seems like the best thing you ever saw. I'm saying this as someone who actually LIKES sci-fi - it's a shame that the best books so rarely get translated.

I really haven't seen enough of Farscape to lump it in with that generalisation. But I was astonished that a movie as poor as 'Stargate' actually got a spinoff series. I thought it was straight-to-video garbage, but I guess a significant number of people disagreed with that

Fyron · #5 March 15th, 2003, 01:52 AM

No, the best Sci-Fi series ever is Babylon 5. Farscape is too ridiculous at many times.

[ March 14, 2003, 23:53: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

Hugh Manatee · #6 March 15th, 2003, 01:59 AM

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I kill you all in the name of his Divine Shadow!!!