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What are you Watching? (August 2023)
(lemmy.world)
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Started watching Farscape. I've only seen season 1 when it aired in Finland the first time. It's stuck with me ever since and while it certainly has a lot of problems, it holds up quite well as a camp scifi action show.
If only those effects were a little bit higher quality.
Seasons 3/4 move past the "alien of the week" (though occasionally they have one still) and get into a more episodic season long arc that I think fits a lot better.
With everything being long arcs nowadays, I really enjoy the old school episodic format. So that definitely isn't a negative 😁
Yeah, I vaguely remember the guy. Terrific look and great villain material 🙂
If you end up liking it, definitely also check out the 1970s BBC sci-fi series Blake's 7. Farscape paid tribute to it in many ways, including the 'fugitives on a spacecraft fleeing through the galaxy' element. There's also a later villain, Grayza, who looks remarkably like Servalan, the main villain in Blake's 7.
That said, Blake was far more serious in tone.
Sounds fun. I need to check that at some point. Thanks!