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It's The 10th Anniversary Of FARSCAPE!! For One Day Only You Can Get This Celebratory T-Shirt...

Published at:  Mar 19, 2009 11:11:16 AM CDT


Merrick here...



It's the 10th Anniversary (!?!?!?!?!?!) of FARSCAPE and The Henson Company is marking the occasion with an extremely limited edition T-shirt, which is available for one day only.

THE SALE IS UNDERWAY!



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  • Mar 19, 2009 11:04:41 AM CDT

    Sweet..

    by buffywrestling

    I miss Farscape.

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  • Mar 19, 2009 11:14:42 AM CDT

    one Farscape TB?

    by rben

    yooze guys suk! oh, and could someone tell the Moe's people that Philadelphians don't sound like New Yawkers! dumb asses...

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  • Mar 19, 2009 11:20:13 AM CDT

    Sigh

    by dotren

    I miss this show. I really need to get this on DVD at some point.

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  • Mar 19, 2009 11:21:32 AM CDT

    Farscape Love

    by maxwell bishop

    This was a fantastic show. Hopefully we will see some new Farscape in the future. Sure they are doing the comic books, but it doesn't beat the live action aspect with the original actors.

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  • Mar 19, 2009 11:22:47 AM CDT

    i loves farscape

    by redfishbluefish

    i think we need another miniseries!

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  • Mar 19, 2009 11:25:12 AM CDT

    One of the few Sci Fi Shows that actually

    by manos

    ended better than it began.

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  • Mar 19, 2009 11:26:38 AM CDT

    Awesome show!

    by horrorfan81

    One of the better Sci-Fi shows I've seen. Fun characters, good stories for the most part.

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  • Mar 19, 2009 11:29:16 AM CDT

    Well frell me dead

    by slayme

    It's Farscape - the show from which BSG borrowed substituting curse words and having a version of a character living in another character's head. Both shows rule - I really hope the long talked about Farscape webisodes actually get made - and soon! Oh yeah, cool shirt. The new Farscape comics have been great too.

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  • Mar 19, 2009 11:35:13 AM CDT

    The show I miss most of all

    by crankyoldguy

    The producers of Stargate were brilliant in bring Browder and Black on board for the final years of that show as it got me watching it regularly. Stargate combined the fun of the original Trek with a touch of Dr. Who, plus original elements. Never thought I'd get so attached to muppet-type creations, but that was the case with Rygel and Pilot. Plus it was one heck of a love story that men could like along with women (look for the fan-made montage set to Queen/Bowie "Under Pressure"). Clever, harrowing, funny, dramatic, always passionate, I'll take a single ep of Farscape over any season of BSG. Yeah, I got a 10th anniv.shirt. Shouldn't have spent the money, but impulse buying kicked in...

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  • Mar 19, 2009 11:36:15 AM CDT

    I need advice from fans

    by crow3711

    I've always been interested in watching both this and Babylon 5 since I started getting really into Sci-Fi etc the last few years. My worry though is that since I've been watching shows like Lost and BSG (and other modern shows) that I'll be spoiled by the special effecst and ability to tell stories without sacrificing creative vision in that respect that I won't be able to enjoy these shows because they'll look so goofy to me. I feel like if you watch something when it comes out or as a kid, you love the material unconditionally and your imagination fills in the blanks. Just look how well the original Star Wars holds up for us. I would say that the effects in those movies are better than the prequels because the nostalgia and iamgination that comes with it. If I start watching these old sci-fi shows now, will I not be able to gain that? I hope someone can help me out with this. I always hear Babylon 5 is the most complete sci-fi series ever, with complete planned out answers, etc. Will I still be able to get into these shows do you think? I hope my concern makes at least a little sense to someone.

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  • Mar 19, 2009 11:40:52 AM CDT

    crankyoldguy

    by dotren

    Yeah I bought a shirt too. Hopefully SciFi or SyFy or whatever they want to call themselves now doesn't see a penny of it.I keep thinking I want to boycott iSyFy or whatever but then I keep thinking about the possibility of Stargate Universe, Caprica, and these Farscape Webepisodes actually being good....

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  • Mar 19, 2009 11:41:25 AM CDT

    Wow

    by savage lucy

    Did they farm this design out to the interns? For $18 I would like something a little more interesting than a shirt that looks like it was made in a fan's basement.

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  • Mar 19, 2009 11:42:48 AM CDT

    Crow3711

    by dotren

    You shouldn't have a problem with either show. Both Farscape and Babylon 5 may have sub-standard CGI compared today but both series are really about the characters.Also, if the CGI does bother you, you'll be happy to know that the CGI of each show gets progressively better the farther into the series you get.

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  • Mar 19, 2009 11:46:04 AM CDT

    A well-missed show....

    by mrsentinel

    Good stories, great writing and acting, and a hot grey-skinned chick. Excellent.

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  • Mar 19, 2009 11:50:40 AM CDT

    slayme

    by chairman_kaga

    "the show from which BSG borrowed substituting curse words". The original BSG did this year before Farscape.

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  • Mar 19, 2009 11:54:41 AM CDT

    Farscape referenced other shows from the start

    by crankyoldguy

    Thanks to Earthman/American John Crichton. Early on, Dagobah/Yoda, Klingon references down the road to some aliens and more.
    Browder was given latitude to drop in a lot of unscripted lines and if it worked, they kept it.

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  • Mar 19, 2009 12:01:58 PM CDT

    yummy

    by redshirt

    Let's see: Claudia Black, Virginia Hey, and Gigi Edgley. What's not to love? And whatever makeup artist was able to give Gigi cleavage should have won an emmy for makeup!

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  • Mar 19, 2009 12:05:20 PM CDT

    Where the frak

    by backstjoe

    are DVD or Blu-ray sets already? These have been out-of-print for way to long!

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  • Mar 19, 2009 12:08:44 PM CDT

    Now this is the kind of geek stuff that makes this site cool.

    by jimmy rabbitte

    I never watched Farscape; but that doesn't matter. Little side highlight stories like this are very cool indeed.

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  • Mar 19, 2009 12:09:47 PM CDT

    Chairman_Kaga

    by slayme

    What? There was a BSG before this one? Must have been made for old people or something. hehe. No I know they used it pretty rarely back in the original series but it seemed with Farscape getting away with it on a weekly basis that the current BSG felt free to use it much more liberally as well. But yes, technically you are correct. Even though I rarely watched the old series, I bet their were no Harvey's running around in anyone's head.. or were there.. hrmmm...

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  • You haven't announced who's going to be Hal yet, so make it happen!

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  • Mar 19, 2009 12:17:18 PM CDT

    wow, another shirt my wife won't let me wear in public

    by walrusholder

  • Mar 19, 2009 12:19:20 PM CDT

    Farscape kicks BSG's (remake) ass!

    by derlanghaarige

    It's one of the most innovative show of the last decade. It was the first show that managed to make me expect the death of main cast members in every single episode and not just season finales! I don't know any other show which can switch from dark and violent to colourful and funny escapism within one second, without feeling forced or silly! And it doesn't matter what you think about the puppets, at least they were willing to try something else to give use non-humanoid looking aliens!
    LONG LIVE FARSCAPE!!!! Too bad that I don't have the money for a shirt.

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  • Mar 19, 2009 12:23:16 PM CDT

    Damn, I miss this show

    by ides

    Polar opposite of Galactica, but still one of the two truly great space adventures of the last decade.

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  • Mar 19, 2009 12:41:32 PM CDT

    Fuck yeah! Browder would be GREAT as Hal Jordan.

    by v'shael

    Especially if a sequel movie called for him to go crazy :)

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  • Mar 19, 2009 12:49:15 PM CDT

    PLEASE SyFy....

    by blackguard

    Make more FarScape movies!!!! PLEASE!!!

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  • Mar 19, 2009 12:54:04 PM CDT

    I got mine!

    by dead_geek

  • Mar 19, 2009 12:58:30 PM CDT

    This show killed my interest in Star Trek.

    by kevin holsinger

    Don't get me wrong. If you like both, fantastic.But for me, I watched the episodes of Farscape, marveled at how visually imaginative they were, then went back to Star Trek and saw aliens with nothing more than weird ridges on their noses.Yes, Star Trek at its peak was better at the intellectual stuff. But in terms of imagination, give me Farscape any day.

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  • Mar 19, 2009 1:15:09 PM CDT

    The Best Televison Show Ever.

    by lord john whorfin

    I love all the Star Treks (except for Enterprise) and the Prisoner, but Farscape was the best series I've ever seen. Non-humanoid aliens, inter-character relationships that you really care about, one of the top three best villains ever (Scorpius), excellent makeup effects, great CGI, fully-realized alien worlds, truly funny, explored scientific ad metaphysical concepts, never afraid of going over viewer's heads, homages to classic stories and concepts that came before, thrilling action, stunning climaxes between each season, simply brilliant and imaginative. Not a bad episode in its entire run. The comic book out right now is a canonical fifth season. Check out this show and get knocked on your coal-mining ass.

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  • Mar 19, 2009 1:16:41 PM CDT

    Scorpius - best tv villain ever

    by ides

    When he joined in Nerve and kicked everyone's ass, including the old villain, the show really started moving toward greatness. He wasn't even actually evil, just utterly without conscience.

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  • Mar 19, 2009 1:16:59 PM CDT

    Wow.

    by donkey_lasher

    A dead scifi show gets a talkback. Better than BSG?
    Oh yeah, it was so much better it gained a spinoff show.

    Oh.

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  • Mar 19, 2009 1:19:05 PM CDT

    But...

    by donkey_lasher

    ...I agree that it was imaginative. It was just TOO imaginative for TV audiences.

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  • Mar 19, 2009 1:37:18 PM CDT

    Sigh... I miss you so Farscape.... so much.

    by judge briggs

  • Mar 19, 2009 1:40:58 PM CDT

    Better than BSG? Maybe.

    by ash talon

    I love both Farscape and BSG. I enjoy Farscape far more. Farscape had a dull episode here or there, but BSG has gone off the rails for about a season now.

    I actually find the characters in Farscape to be more compelling than BSG characters which is saying something since a few of the FS characters are puppets. On BSG, I don't really care about any of the characters other than Adama. It seems like they never knew what to do with Apollo. Starbuck is too much to believe (she's not only an awesome pilot, she's a brilliant strategist, and artist as well).

    I also have to echo the sentiment that BSG completely borrowed (ripped off) the idea of having a villain appear only in the head of a character through an implanted microchip. Everytime 6 appears to Gaius, I think "Farcape did this first." And it happens in every BSG episode.

    That said, I enjoy both shows. I just think Farscape was far more imaginative and creative and far more enjoyable to watch.

    Regarding spin-off shows...you might have to eat those words. I guess Stargate is brilliant then, right? Star Trek only got a spinoff show ~20 years after the original ended.

    It seems that the public only latches onto sci-fi tv that is only slightly sci-fi. Meaning that anything that is too different than just humans on ships is too much for them to handle. Then again most people don't have very active or productive imaginations.

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  • Mar 19, 2009 1:51:35 PM CDT

    That guy has gross elbows

    by indyabbey jones

    made me almost lose my lunch, couldn't they photoshop that shit out?

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  • Mar 19, 2009 1:55:45 PM CDT

    Did somebody already say...

    by removed_user

    best frelling thing ever created for broadcast over the medium of television? Because it should be said. Thanks for the heads-up with the article, but I'd already ordered the shirt. Can't wait for some webisodes of the most creative, imaginative and compelling show ever created!

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  • Mar 19, 2009 2:01:02 PM CDT

    also...

    by indyabbey jones

    If any of you actually buy and wear this shirt, you 100 percent will get the crap kicked out of you and laughed at...these are facts

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  • Mar 19, 2009 2:04:57 PM CDT

    I also miss Farscape

    by oisin5199

    supposedly this new comic series sets up the webisodes. But damn, it's time for a new miniseries (or movie series!!). But I also miss Firefly. And godsdamn it, I will miss BSG when it's gone. That last bit in the recent special where the actors talked to the camera about what BSG meant to them, I have to admit, there were tears. I think we have been lucky in the last 10 years to have 3 amazing science fiction shows which were all three very different in terms of tone, theme, and characters. I don't know what could possibly fill the shoes of Farscape, Firefly and BSG, but I hope these shows challenge writers, actors, and viewers to demand more from science fiction on television and come up with fantastic new creations.

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  • Mar 19, 2009 2:08:47 PM CDT

    Farscape was excellent.

    by delagoya

    I just wished I watched the entire series. I've only caught a few episodes here and there and I loved it. I just might go out and buy the first season today.

    That's the one thing I love about good, spacey Science Fiction TV shows. When they're good, they're REALLY good! All of the Star Trek series, Firefly, BSG, and Farscape. I love being a geek!

    C'mon Star Wars TV series! PLEASE be awesome!

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  • Mar 19, 2009 2:14:59 PM CDT

    Speaking of BSG

    by dotren

    Not to draw away from Farscape at all but I just read this on Slashdot and was surprised I hadn't seen anything about it on Aintitcool yet:http://tinyurl.com/cddwjyThats pretty damn cool.

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  • Mar 19, 2009 2:15:44 PM CDT

    Indyabbeyjones is a.......

    by delagoya

    Dumbass. That's a fact.

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  • Mar 19, 2009 2:16:37 PM CDT

    Wow

    by dotren

    This site even inserts those damn spaces inside of tinyurls?

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  • Mar 19, 2009 2:21:24 PM CDT

    Delagoya is a...

    by indyabbey jones

    Pretty nice guy. That's a fact

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  • Mar 19, 2009 2:25:36 PM CDT

    Thanks.

    by delagoya

  • Mar 19, 2009 3:01:44 PM CDT

    Was Kevin Sorbo in this?

    by baron karza

    Dont remember.

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  • Mar 19, 2009 3:06:05 PM CDT

    How can there be no complete series DVD set?

    by santiagoatez

    The season DVDs aren't even "in print" anymore. C'mon dammit!

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  • Mar 19, 2009 3:16:46 PM CDT

    Baron Karza

    by dotren

    You're thinking Andromeda.

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  • Mar 19, 2009 3:17:22 PM CDT

    SantiagoAtez

    by dotren

    Maybe SciFi has it on "hiatus" for a year like they like to do with their shows and merchandise.

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  • Mar 19, 2009 3:25:26 PM CDT

    Sigh. This was the best show on TV back then.

    by mahaloth

    And is still better than nearly everything on now.

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  • Mar 19, 2009 3:26:22 PM CDT

    DVDs

    by dotren

    After digging around I found this thread on Sci Fi's forum:http://tinyurl.com/dnly5rLooks like the original publisher lost the DVD rights. However, it looks like Sony might be picking it up to make on BluRay, unfortunately minus the "Starburst Edition" content that had cast and crew interviews.

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  • Mar 19, 2009 3:31:12 PM CDT

    One of the best....

    by kgreene

    ...science fiction shows ever. WAY jokier than BSG but with the same serious choices that the characters have to make. Features two of the best death scenes I've ever seen. Will never be remembered with BSG, X-Files or the first three Treks but just as good. EVERY week they made me say "I CANNOT believe they did that". In a good way. Don't hesitate to watch it. In episode 10 the show sets up an extremely important arc and in episode 19, one of the greatest villains of all time makes his appearance and completely changes the shows direction. Please, for all those who have never seen it... do yourself a favor and check it out.

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  • Mar 19, 2009 3:37:11 PM CDT

    LOVED Farscape...

    by darth macchio

    Half like half the series on DVD, waiting for the rest on Blu. Absolutely love Chiana (and Gigi of course) as well as Claudia Black, etc...Between Farscape and Babylon 5, I don't think there's been a more vivid and exciting and just absolutely the best and most kick ass sci-fi series ever (yes, better than ST for me, no question). Certainly my favorites!!!

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  • FARSCAPE had a great finale with THE PEACEKEEPER WARS 4-hour mini-series. Now it's your turn, so don't frak it up!

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  • Mar 19, 2009 3:40:18 PM CDT

    This show was so good...

    by johnny smith

    ...it took took my virginity, found it, put it back, and then took my virginity again. God bless Farscape, David Kemper, Rockne O'Bannon, Ben Browder, Claudia Black, Wayne Pygram, Gigi Edgley, Anthony Simcoe and everyone else involved in the creation of this beautiful, brilliant work of television art, which to this day is still one of my all-time top three favorite tv shows, and still the best science fiction series of all time.

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  • Mar 19, 2009 3:46:51 PM CDT

    With STARGATE gone(thankfully), Browder can go on to better thin

    by monkey_king

    like more FARSCAPE perhaps and the above mentioned perfect casting of Hal Jordan in Martin Campbell's GREEN LANTERN film for Warner Bros/DC

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  • Mar 19, 2009 4:02:36 PM CDT

    Is this really official .. and limited ???

    by caipirina

    Looks like some cafepress pull to me ... they already extended it .. whoah .. so limited .. we have to extend it ... i think i rather go after some firefly t-shirts ... :)

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  • Mar 19, 2009 4:12:33 PM CDT

    Great Finale

    by larry of arabia

    The finale made the rest of the series better retroactively. Ranks up there with the finales Babylon 5, ST:TNG and The Prisoner as one that enriched the series. BSG really needs to pull itself together because the end of it's last season is starting to have the whiff of a something that makes the rest of the series feel worse, like The X-Files.

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  • Mar 19, 2009 4:12:44 PM CDT

    DVDs

    by son_of_ebert

    The production quality of the dvd's was very poor.. many of the discs have gone bad since they first came out.. You can find the entire series (seasons 1-4), including the Peacekeeper Wars, on itunes..

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  • Mar 19, 2009 4:17:38 PM CDT

    Do we have to call this a SyFy series?

    by larry of arabia

    because I may just throw up a little bit...

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  • Mar 19, 2009 4:52:02 PM CDT

    oh Farscape, how i love thee....

    by frelling_tralk

    It is far better than most dren on television these days. I think i miss Zaahn the most, although Pilot is also a favorite. C'mon Henson! We want more!

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  • Mar 19, 2009 5:14:19 PM CDT

    Thank you Edshrinker

    by barfydog

    For giving me the love of Farscape. And for actually giving me Peacekeeper Wars.

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  • Mar 19, 2009 5:24:36 PM CDT

    Dotren

    by oisin5199

    see, this is what I'm talking about. This is why BSG is so relevant and will be remembered for a long time. Although I just imagined various sad and funny situations where Olmos tries the 'so say we all' in real life.

    Random Farscape memory. When I first got cable as an adult with my own family, one of the first things I couldn't wait to see was Farscape because I had read so much about it. It was in the middle of the 3rd season when there were 2 Crichtons. I swear I had no frelling clue what was going on - and it made absolutely no sense to me. But I loved every minute of it because it was so damn strange. Then I found when the old seasons were being played and eventually caught up between the 3rd and 4th seasons. And I loved it.

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  • Mar 19, 2009 5:26:28 PM CDT

    How 'bout a Supernatural TB

    by barfydog

    I loves me some Farscape but Supernatural is a current on air show. Show it some love. Give it a TB!!!

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  • Mar 19, 2009 5:32:17 PM CDT

    If you think "SyFy" is going to make more Farscape

    by mr spork

    you're a dumbass.

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  • Mar 19, 2009 6:47:01 PM CDT

    Webisodes

    by alientoast

    Speaking of the Farscape webisodes, what the frell ever happened to those? Peacekeeper Wars was indeed a quality finale that we were robbed of originally when Sci-Fi axed Farscape for "memorable" drell like Tremors: The Series and Crossing over with Douche. Of course the finale makes you crave more even though they tied up alot of major plot lines quite nicely.

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  • Mar 19, 2009 6:47:45 PM CDT

    Oops

    by alientoast

    I meant drenn, not drell!!

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  • Mar 19, 2009 6:49:32 PM CDT

    God, I miss this show.

    by bswise

    Everything about it.
    Imagine a world where excellence in science fiction is not rewarded by cancellation but continuation, and every Friday night, one could watch back-to-back new episodes of BSG, Firefly and Farscape. And then special mayonnaise came out of the Unicorn's horn.

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  • Mar 19, 2009 7:08:49 PM CDT

    Friday....

    by kgreene

    Yeah, there was a time (a very, very brief time) when Firefly and Farscape came on back to back (on two different networks). Best two hours of =television ever...

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  • Mar 19, 2009 7:16:30 PM CDT

    24 hours, 45 minutes until the beginning of the end

    by pennsy

    of one of the great TV shows ever. No, not the Ghost Whisperer. ;)

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  • Mar 19, 2009 7:38:05 PM CDT

    If it wasn't for frel, dren, etc. frak never...

    by commiepinko

    ...would have happened. I'm just sayin.

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  • Mar 19, 2009 7:40:43 PM CDT

    Sorry slayme! Shouda read b4 I posted

    by commiepinko

  • Mar 19, 2009 7:43:34 PM CDT

    Yes, Farscape had an AMAZING ending!!!

    by judge briggs

    One of the best send offs ever.

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  • Mar 19, 2009 7:51:35 PM CDT

    You guys really liked Peacekeeper Wars?

    by commiepinko

    I thought it was wrong in almost every way possible.

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  • Mar 19, 2009 7:54:58 PM CDT

    SyFy will have more shitty monster movies...

    by crankyoldguy

  • Mar 19, 2009 7:55:38 PM CDT

    So BBC/BBC America needs to do Farscape!

    by crankyoldguy

    And there you have it.

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  • Mar 19, 2009 7:57:10 PM CDT

    I didn't mind the plot, but the only...

    by commiepinko

    ...characters that acted like themselves were Crighton and Rygel. It was like they retconned everyone else. It didn't even affect me when Dargo died, because he didn't feel like the real Dargo.

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  • Saw on my Dish Network DVR program guide that the time for the finale is 9 to 11:10PM tomorrow night. Program your DVR's accordingly.

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  • Mar 19, 2009 8:48:50 PM CDT

    10 more minutes of Adama crying?

    by lockesbrokenleg

  • Mar 19, 2009 8:51:56 PM CDT

    Was never a fan

    by renonevada2000

    But admire the dedication of its fan base. Enjoy the shorts, folks.

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  • Mar 19, 2009 9:30:50 PM CDT

    commiepinko - frakin dren frelling...

    by slayme

    I mean - yeah. Although I enjoyed Peacekeeper Wars only by accepting that it was basicly all of Season 5 crammed into 4 hours. Lots of stuff didn't have time to develop properly but at least we got to see it. As far as D'argo goes - I'm not sure he's dead. And if he is, well, according to the finale ever Farscape story which appeared in the finale issue of the Farscape magazine by Rockne S. O'Bannon set in the future, D'argo is there attending a funeral of a shipmate. Hrmm.. something to think about.

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  • Mar 19, 2009 9:31:36 PM CDT

    Tried to Watch Farscape...

    by admiral nelson

    Maybe 4-5 times, and I literally couldn't make it through more than 10-15 minutes per episode without turning it off. Maybe if I saw it from the beginning it would be different, but something about the show just didn't click with me, ever. Ah well.

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  • Mar 19, 2009 9:40:02 PM CDT

    I'm thinking these comics and the t-shirt sale are..

    by slayme

    part of an overall strategy by Rockne S. O'Bannon to show Sci-fi (Syfy whatever) that the show is still quite profitable in an attempt to bring it back to the channel as a new series. Like Scorpy 2.0 -- Farscape 2.0. Obviously that wouldn't be the name but - bah you get the idea. Heh.

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  • Ron Moore delivered the tape himself, per the LA Times, on a red-eye flight. This was literally finished up in the last 10 days. "A lot of last-minute visual effects getting dropped in, we need that ... shot, where's that shot, no, go back and do this again, a lot of sound effects — it was just a mad scramble," he said. "I think the lion's share in the last week was done by our visual effects guys and girls who were just sitting in a dark room staring into monitors for like literally 24 hours. They just never took a day off for the last four weeks or something.... We just beat the shit out of them. They really gave it their all."

    "...We sort of raped the treasury of Universal for the last one. Universal stepped up. The network was, 'Fine, make it three hours! But somebody has to pay for it and it ain't going to be us.' "

    More at http://tinyurl.com/c3mn59

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  • Mar 19, 2009 9:41:16 PM CDT

    Hey, you know how they should celebrate?

    by shadowvoyd

    Reissue the damn season box DVDs for a limited time so I don't have to float a second mortgage just to afford 'em! Just a suggestion. Carry on.

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  • Mar 19, 2009 9:58:11 PM CDT

    Farscape was one of the best Sci Fi shows ever.

    by warp11

    I love you Farscape. One of the most amazing series I have ever seen. Frelling Amazing! Need it on Blu Ray.

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  • Mar 19, 2009 10:41:32 PM CDT

    Whaddya mean Farscape invented fake swears?

    by nefandus

    So if it wasn't for Farscape's "frell", BSG wouldn't have had "frak"? What about the 70's version of BSG, which had "frak" as well.

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  • Mar 19, 2009 10:51:39 PM CDT

    Farscape was just a cheap looking show

    by lockesbrokenleg

    It was the Stargate of its day

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  • Man this show was actually bursting with creativity that bordered on genius at times. Sure it had all the insanity but all the characters choices felt real and there was always something in the balance and man it was fun. I whole slow arc of John "seeing" Scorpius was SO well done - I don't watch BSG but in a one episode I saw, didn't they have that blonde Cylon as a neural clone? - anyway, NO show has made aliens seem so "Alien" in a way that just plain doesnt make sense sometimes from a human point of view. Wasn't too keen on the Peacekeeper wars myself on the whole but loved having them back. Bring em back!

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  • Mar 19, 2009 11:15:09 PM CDT

    Helium Farts

    by bobman46

    that part was cut off from my last post. The Helium Fart gag NEVER got old

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  • Mar 19, 2009 11:15:40 PM CDT

    lockesbrokenleg- I think thats what low budget entails

    by lovecraftfan

    You're comparision makes no sense. Stargate was competent sci-fi. Farscape was a well-written genre bending show filled with memorable characters.

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  • Mar 19, 2009 11:16:35 PM CDT

    "It was the Stargate of its day"

    by shermdawg

    How could it be "the Stargate of it's day" when SG-1 premiered two years before Scape?

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  • Mar 19, 2009 11:29:04 PM CDT

    Better than BSG? Laughable.

    by exterminans

  • Mar 19, 2009 11:35:10 PM CDT

    Stargate wasn't competent sci fi

    by lockesbrokenleg

    It was an action adventure show with some laser guns shooting.

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  • Mar 20, 2009 12:04:49 AM CDT

    Stands with the best

    by there are twelve models

    Whoever's responsible for the DVD rights has to get off their ass and start shipping discs. If this show is not currently airing somewhere on cable TV the public should sue for television malpractice. This show holds its own with B5, Firefly and other greats. Farscape had its own goofy style, the witticisms of pre-Dollhouse Whedon and ballsy plotlines that would make BSG curl up in a corner somewhere and weep. Farscape would take a familiar scifi trope, like an episode where a space oddity splits a familiar character into 3 copies, and run with it for an entire season. They were utterly unafraid of long-term storylines carried out with brilliant, foolhardy energy. They had aliens -- and hot alien women. They had a spaceship that went interesting places. And unlike so many scifi shows they didn't belong to some kind of military organization. Occasional episodes were over-the-top bizarre. But the show worked, and its incredible fluctuating cast had genuine chemistry. Episodes like "Crackers Don't Matter" and three-parters like "Liars, Guns and Money" and "Look at the Princess" rank among the best science fiction ever aired. If you're stuck watching shit like Supernatural or the turgid Dollhouse give yourself a break and catch up with one of the greats.

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  • Mar 20, 2009 12:18:41 AM CDT

    Farscape

    by melvin_pelvis

    run thru coridors. shout each others names in slo mo. floods of alien slime, vomit, shit, snot. big fx effect.
    cut, thats a wrap.

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  • Mar 20, 2009 12:51:58 AM CDT

    Where the frell are the webisodes?

    by mjohnson

    I don't want a frelling t-shirt...I want more farscape...

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  • Mar 20, 2009 12:54:31 AM CDT

    And Rygel peeing fire never gets old...

    by crankyoldguy

    That ep cracked me up, indeed.

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  • Mar 20, 2009 2:14:31 AM CDT

    "I just peed in the maintenance bay."

    by johnny smith

  • Mar 20, 2009 3:16:22 AM CDT

    Frelling awesome

    by junglejulia

    I wish they'd do another tv movie.

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  • Mar 20, 2009 8:11:12 AM CDT

    The creator is doing a comic series

    by knowthyself

    Continuing the show. FYI.

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  • Mar 20, 2009 8:12:12 AM CDT

    Battlestar stole head six

    by knowthyself

    From this show. With Scorpius being in Johns head for a few seasons.

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  • Mar 20, 2009 9:36:32 AM CDT

    I wasn't going to post, but...

    by amrcanpoet

    After seeing all the love Farscape still gets, I'd LOVE to see this TB be at the top of posts, especially given it's a post about a show that's not on anymore, and it's a post about a frelling T-SHIRT! Let's get this TB to the top!

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  • Mar 20, 2009 9:37:03 AM CDT

    Also, people...

    by amrcanpoet

    Crackers Don't Matter.

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  • Mar 20, 2009 9:43:08 AM CDT

    Wow re: DVD prices

    by amrcanpoet

    After looking at eBay, I might be able to make a small fortune selling my season sets of Farscape.

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  • Mar 20, 2009 9:52:58 AM CDT

    What a massively good show

    by evil twin

    That's all I've got really.

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  • Mar 20, 2009 10:27:27 AM CDT

    Farscape naysayers.

    by removed_user

    I like how their posts always turn out saying far more about their own intelligence levels and perceptual abilities than the show itself.

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  • Mar 20, 2009 10:34:15 AM CDT

    Best Sci-Fi Show Ever (and re: Crow3711)

    by _maltheus_

    Crow3711, B5 will seem dated to you and the first season (and much of the second) will be painful to work through, but the third and the fourth are so freaking, non-stop good that it'll be worth it, if you are patient. The mysteries and excitement will get your pulse pounding. Farscape it easier to jump into, IMO. Other than the fact that it isn't widescreen, it doesn't feel dated at all. It's more Henson than CGI. It's the best Sci-fi show of all time. That honor would have gone to B5 had it not been for the weaker episodes watering down the brilliance. B5 still has the best character arc of all time with Londo Mollari.
    BSG provided a bunch of really good episodes that leaves you feeling like there's a lot of potential in the show, but none of it has really paid off. Does anyone expect tonight's episodes to be half as good as the Farscape miniseries wrap up? Of course not. Plus I pretty much now hate every single BSG character whereas I grew to really love all the Farscape characters. Even the villains were lovable. And BSG feels like an alternate reality Earth whereas Farscape had a true, far out sci-fi feel to it. I think it's time to fire up the DVDs.

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  • Mar 20, 2009 10:48:20 AM CDT

    UPDATE: Sale extended to Sunday 3/22

    by vawitch

    Yay! now I can pay the frelling bills then get my shirt.

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  • Mar 20, 2009 10:55:22 AM CDT

    FARSCAPE is AWESOME!!!

    by dioxholster

    beats the shit out of BSG!!!

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  • Mar 20, 2009 12:15:57 PM CDT

    This shirt will be great!

    by the eskimo

    Especially for guys who do not want to get laid.

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  • Mar 20, 2009 12:18:01 PM CDT

    Farscape = most horribly awful sci fi tv show EVER

    by motoko kusanagi

    I cannot believe that you can even remotely like this futuristic ape dung.Horrible actors, fucking lame scripts, laughable cheap production design. Who cares about this kiddie crap anyway?

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  • Mar 20, 2009 12:36:08 PM CDT

    What I saw, I enjoyed... then they cancelled it

    by turketron

    I think I picked it up when Sci Fi was running a marathon before starting what would become the final season of the show. I was PISSED when it got cancelled. I still have never gone back and watched all the earlier episodes I missed though. Need to do that.

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  • Mar 20, 2009 1:30:22 PM CDT

    What on earth is happening with the Webisodes?

    by eeplox

    It feels like years since they were announced, and they're still talking about them "Coming soon!"

    But really, I miss this show more than anything. It was just so good... orgasmic television.

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  • Mar 20, 2009 3:55:49 PM CDT

    Motoko Kusanagi

    by removed_user

    Is a good example of what I'm talking about.

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  • Mar 20, 2009 3:59:31 PM CDT

    dioxholster

    by removed_user

    So true. But at the same time that's quite an understatement. It's kind of like saying "Looking at Frank Frazetta paintings is better than letting Rob Liefeld take a shit directly into your eyes" or something.

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  • Mar 20, 2009 6:20:06 PM CDT

    Man, I miss that show...

    by samuel_l_bronkowitz

    ...you can never get enough muppets.

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  • Mar 20, 2009 6:20:14 PM CDT

    Motoko, I'd like to know what you think is

    by crankyoldguy

    good. Battlestar dark isn't my idea of sci-fi fun at all. Oh, it's interesting at times, but oppressive. No light with the dark.
    When you grow up to became a real adult and learn it's okay to be playful and serious, maybe you'll get Farscape. Then, you probably hate Who and Torchwood, too.

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  • Mar 20, 2009 10:39:22 PM CDT

    Ha Ha!

    by removed_user

    I just watched the BSG finale and boy did it ever suck ass. The apologists are gonna have a hard time defending that one. Farscape, on the other hand, was never anything short of utterly brilliant.

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  • Mar 21, 2009 7:43:24 AM CDT

    Webisodes

    by evil twin

    Forget the webisodes, we need a new series. In fact forget that and get the old team together for an entirely new project.

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  • Mar 21, 2009 4:00:28 PM CDT

    Sector_11374265 confirmed my fear of the end of BSG

    by computerguy68

    I figured it would be crap. Watching a TV show should not be a chore but that show has been one since season 2. Now that I have the entire final season to watch (been collecting them since Razor). I'll get around to the final shows this spring. No interest in Crapica... Farscape and B5 WERE some of the best TV Sci-Fi EVER produced. Don't miss out the chance to watch those shows.

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  • Mar 21, 2009 4:16:19 PM CDT

    fear of the end

    by removed_user

    I wouldn't even bother watching the rest. It's time that you'll never get back and I wish that I hadn't. The show went into a tailspin at the beginning of season 3 and crashed HARD at the end. Just wait for the Farscape revival, which is sure to be frelling great!

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  • Mar 21, 2009 8:56:35 PM CDT

    Where's the Complete Series Box Set, on Blu-Ray?

    by the merk

    I mean really. I'm waiting to give them my money. Then how about an 8-13 episode series. In times like these we need fun shit like Farscape.

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  • Mar 22, 2009 6:55:30 AM CDT

    Yes yes

    by evil twin

    The complete series box set on Blu-Ray, that is what we need. Remastered to 16:9 if at all possible.

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  • Mar 22, 2009 8:21:08 AM CDT

    Sector_11374265, i'm in no hurry to start the final season of BS

    by computerguy68

    But after slugging through the first three (God s3 was a POS for the most part) I might as well see the rest. I have them all, and will watch it when I have nothing better to do and the weather is bad, and I have no new books to read. Maybe in about a year! A Farscape revival would be nice, but can they do it again? All of the B5 spin-offs were kind of flat...

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  • Mar 22, 2009 1:57:56 PM CDT

    can they do it again?

    by removed_user

    As long as they involve the same creative people I don't see why not. The bar has been set extremely low right now, as anyone can see by the BSG finale.

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  • Mar 23, 2009 12:08:07 AM CDT

    Sector, true, let them try, would be nice to see the gang again.

    by computerguy68

    It was a show that was ended before it hit the best before date, unlike BSG. Funny thing about that show, during the first year, I argued with some BSG drones that the show would never make it to 5 years, and that it would struggle to get past 3 and be any good. I was told that the folks running the show could do it and that I had no creative talent to see the vision of the show. Ha! in the end I was right and the show is dead! Crapica will probably never make it past season 1.

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  • Mar 24, 2009 8:12:09 PM CDT

    Man oh man, I missed the date.

    by cooper2000

    I just found out about this. I want one but its too late. Why for only one day??
    Oh Frell.

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