Why FARSCAPE is AWESOME

Crichton: "You used me!" Scorpious: " We used each other." Crichton: "Well, you're better at it." Scorpious: "Oh, you're learning."

Farscape is not the most underrated show of all time, because it's generally revered among the people who have watched the whole series. However it is the best unseen show that most people will write off as a cheesy TV show, such a shame. I consider Farscape to be one of the top 5 best TV shows ever.

I was a featured extra in an episode of Farscape .. a two week shoot ... wearing white contact lenses (no pupils) ... a conceptual artist fresh out of film school I went on to work with the Henson team, designing and building the FX ... the animatronics and creature design and modelling were second to none, using some state of the art materials and technology purchased from none other than NASA ... pilot Moya (the face of moya) was never seen in a shot with an actor ... so the impression was that pilot Moya was human sized ... The animatronic head was actually gigantic, filling a sound stage ... I always thought it was a shame she was not depicted on screen as gigantic as she actually was ... she was truly awesome and spectacular to behold. During the filming of the series the Henson team was based at Fox Studios Sydney, which was housed in the the old Dog Pavilion (Fox Studios Sydney was built on the beautifully restored historic site of the original Sydney Showgrounds) ... Thank you for a heart-warming trip down memory lane❣

The episode where they switch bodies and have to act as their character acting as a different character is mind-blowing and a good showcase of everyone's talent

But you didn't mention all the swearing. Farscape gave us a whole lexicon of alien swearing for us to use

When the Guardians Of The Galaxy film came out, I couldn't work out why it felt so familiar. The crew are almost exactly the same makeup. Token male human as main protagonist, who constantly drops references to Earth pop culture, that none of the rest of the crew have a chance of understanding Female love interest to main protagonist, disconnected underling of the big bad, learns that her previous overlord is in fact the bad guy. Is a kickass fighter, wears tight clothing. Hardcore tattooed male warrior, wife killed by an underling of the big bad. Prefers to use bladed weapons, but will happily use a big gun. Small non-humanoid character. Only cares for himself, likes to collect trinkets. Pissed off at the galaxy. Primary comic relief Tall living plant. Moral backbone of the crew. Sacrifices themselves to save the rest.

I absolutely LOVE this show.

farscape always struck me as romantic fanfiction come to life. crichton and aryn's love story was told amazingly. such natural chemistry as well. the best sci fi show out there for me.

My favorite sci-fi show of all time. Seriously.

Gigi Edgely was awesome as Chiana, great physical movements that must have been awkward to perform, and a great deadpan delivery of some of the best lines in the series.

There were only two sci-fi series I was completely obsessed with; Babylon 5 and Farscape. Farscape was just that show that grabbed your attention immediately. I just couldn't get over how it is that the syfy network cancelled the show. The writing behind the show was great, I have to say my favorite scene was when Crais and Talyn starburst inside the command carrier. That was the most insane scene ever in t.v. sci-fi.

I think Chritons overall arc of turning from no fucking clue to badass mofo over time is what really made me like this series so much. He dons the peacekeeper garb and a badass attitude making for one of the most awesome cosplays if you see people running it, but the overall attitude and talking to himself and other things throughout with his audible monolog and other quirks that he develops overtime as well as how he melds with the rest of the crew. Just priceless.

I cried when this series ended. I truly was a love to watch.

Scorpius is one of the most memorable villains I can think of because he wasn't just a villain. He was the protagonist in his own story. His journey just happened to be a very dark one in opposition to John's. In the middle of the series they elevated Crais in a similar way. Grayza by comparison got short shrift in terms of writing and character development. In my personal estimation she never developed into the hero of her own story, as opposed to being the antagonist of our hero's stories.

One thing I certainly took note of as to why Farscape is awesome, and this is a minor point, vaguely touched upon by the video is this: the theme song, with it's dissonant, wailing vocals and tribal beats, sounds almost like a warped, twisted parody of Star Trek TOS's theme song. The whole composition seems to scream musically "Wake up! This show is NOT Star Trek, this is VERY MUCH it's own thing!" I love it for that.

I love that Claudia Black and Ben Browder made their way to the last 2 seasons of Stargate SG1! There was even a parody of Farscape in Stargate SG1's 200th episode!

I disagree with you about Scoripus... He did have a moral code, it was just one we never fully understood till later in the run of the show... in my opinion he was the best villain of any show ever... there are so many times he even made it quite clear that he had no issues with John, he just wanted the knowledge the ancients placed in his head about wormholes. He was very surgical and sterile... he only wanted what he wanted for his own reasons... he was true to that from the first time we meet him till we find him begging for the wormhole tech from John with the pretty please with a cherry on top... You hated him, but loved him at the same time because regardless at who ruthless he was, he was always true to himself... couple that with the episode where we find out why he wants the knowledge so badly... you can't help but feel for him. I could go on and on, but needless to say he was/is one of the richest and deeply flawed characters ever.

Probably best sci-fi fantasy tv series produced so far. (and I have seen all believe me) That is probably because it went against what a standart or mediocre space opera production supposed to be in so many ways...from aestetic choices of ship or costumes , to make up , to characterization to story themes and character development. And even villains have their own goals not incompatible with protoganists and in time they even became symphatic. I mean look at Scorpius. Character development of Crais was top notch. Not to mention romance between lead characters (John and Aeryn) beats everything I have ever seen in elsewhere

Not to mention the subtle character progression as time goes on. When they started Criten wouldn't use a blaster. It wasn't untill Aryn was in danger that he picked one up without hesitation and went to work.

Being a doctor who fan I thought nothing was going to come to the level of enjoyment I got from it. Lexx got close, but Farscape was just amazing. Such a great era. Then Fringe and the Buffyverse came along as well. Farscape did more in its short run than many many other highly regarded shows combined did in their run Can't speak high enough of this masterpeice of entertainment.