ADV announces 4.1 DVD release date

[witchdoctor]

I was just at the ADV Video site and they announced the first season 4 DVD will be released on Dec 2, 2003. It will only be released on DVD, not VHS and will have 5 episodes, “Crichton Kicks” (401), “What Was Lost, Part I: Sacrifice” (402), “What Was Lost, Part II: Resurrection” (403), “Lava’s a Many Splendored Thing” (404) and “Promises” (405).

For extras it will have a behind-the-scenes interview with Rebecca Riggs (“Commandant Grayza”); “Farscape: The Story So Far” featurette; Inside Farscape: Season 4 Visual Effects; From the Archives: Season 2 Bloopers; Cool Farscape Facts; Aliens Encountered; Sets, Props, & Costumes Gallery.

So maybe we will get a version of Farscape Undressed after all, depending on what that “Farscape: The Story So Far” featurette turns out to be. Plus bloopers! Those should be fun.

It is at: http://www.advfilms.com/news/index.asp?c=&i=1141

Edited: The above link doesn't lead to the release anymore, so try this one instead:

http://www.advfilms.com/news/archive.asp?pg=1&c=Archives&i=1141&s=1

[SaraD]

Yippppeeee!

[Judith]

Neat! I can ask for it for Christmas!

The lava ep bothered me though...but the others were awesome.

[MournsZhaan]

it they had left it off, the set would have been without any "Aeryn" episodes. In "Crichton Kicks" the only Aeryn we see is the one in John's head.

Chris

[Judith]

Originally posted by MournsZhaan
it they had left it off, the set would have been without any "Aeryn" episodes. In "Crichton Kicks" the only Aeryn we see is the one in John's head.

Chris

I dunno. It's not unknown for them to have 5 eps on a DVD.

I'm glad they have Promises though. I didn't get to tape it. My VCR broke RIGHT before the episode started.

[stellar]

I can't wait until Christmas!

[RescueFarscape]

Forget Christmas, I can't wait until December 2nd! Those extras sound cool. Bloopers finally!

[who45]

I went on Amazon a couple of days ago and couldn't find a release date,thanks witchdoctor.Now if only Dec.2 will hurry up and get here.

[dzelika]

witchdoctor, i followed the link you included but couldn't find anything there on farscape. help!

[Grippy]

It's about time! My dad and I keep asking at Media Play and they've not known for a long while now...! Yay :D

[witchdoctor]

Originally posted by dzelika
witchdoctor, i followed the link you included but couldn't find anything there on farscape. help!

Sorry, I don't know what happened. I previewed the post and tried the link (in the post) and it brought me right to the ADV news site and the Farscape article was there. I think the release was dated 10/24/03. I tried the link again this morning and it just brought me to the ADV news web page, but no mention of Farscape 4.1; I'm not sure what the problem is. I tried searching around the ADV site and found the release again by checking the archives (which is counter intuitive because they say only releases older than 18 months are supposed to be in it).

The link is:
http://www.advfilms.com/news/archive.asp?pg=1&c=Archives&i=1141&s=1

I tried this link in the post preview and it brought me to the story again, but in case it messes up again, here is a cut and past of the entire release:

October 2003 Farscape 4.1 Release Announced
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

DATE SET FOR RELEASE OF FARSCAPEÔ : SEASON FOUR, COLLECTION ONE

TWO-DISC COLLECTION IN STORES DECEMBER 2, 2003

HOUSTON, October 24, 2003—ADV Films today announced a street date of December 2, 2003 for the home-entertainment release of the two-DVD, five-episode Farscape: Season Four, Collection One. TV Guide has hailed the award-winning series as “The Best Sci-Fi on TV,” USA Today called Farscape “TV’s Best Space Series,” and Farscape received the 2003 Saturn Award for Best Syndicated/Cable Series—for the third year in a row!

Farscape has garnered extensive critical acclaim and has built a passionate and committed fan base around the world—including the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Brazil, Sweden, France and Australia. Fan enthusiasm has also made Farscape a successful merchandising franchise, with popular action figures, video games, comic books, novels, apparel and other items manufactured and sold by top licensees.

Episodes from Farscape Season Four: Collection One:
“Crichton Kicks” (Episode 401)
Crichton ekes out a quiet existence alone onboard Elack—an old, dying Leviathan. But the peace ends with the intrusion of a female alien, Sikozu, and a squad of pirates intent on harvesting Elack's neural tissue. Reunited with former shipmates Chiana and Rygel, Crichton fights to save his new home from the pirates and their vicious pet—the Brindz Hound.

“What Was Lost, Part I: Sacrifice” (Episode 402)
Crichton, Chiana and Rygel are reunited with D’Argo and Jool at an archaeological site run by Jool’s people, the Interions. The purpose of the dig is to find a missing probe that might reverse the planet's dangerous atmospheric conditions. When Peacekeepers led by Grayza land and capture the crew, Crichton finds himself unable to fight back, mysteriously compelled to do Grayza's bidding.

“What Was Lost, Part II: Resurrection” (Episode 403)
D’Argo and Sikozu come up with a plan to crash Elack onto the Peacekeeper pursuit craft, facilitating their escape. Crichton is forced to consort further with Grayza to ensure success. When the plan goes awry, the crew begins a search for the probe that will reverse the planet's deadly atmospheric conditions, but a most unexpected enemy stops them in their tracks.

“Lava’s a Many Splendored Thing” (Episode 404)
After a forced landing, the crew is separated by an elaborate trap that leaves Crichton, D'Argo, Noranti and Rygel in a lava-filled system of underground caves. While Chiana and Sikozu are on the surface trying to reactivate D'Argo's ship, mercenaries led by a monster impervious to the fiery lava are hunting down Crichton and the others.

“Promises” (Episode 405)
Crichton and the crew return to Moya and find Aeryn suffering from Heat Delirium. To their shock, she is under the care of Scorpius, who wants asylum aboard Moya. Soon, a giant Lukythian ship arrives. Its captain, Ullom, claims that Aeryn is an assassin and that he will heal her in return for information about the crime. But is anyone telling the whole truth?

Farscape: Season Four, Collection One (SRP $39.98) is a DVD-only release containing five episodes on two discs (episodes 401 through 405) and presented in anamorphic widescreen format. Includes English 5.1, English 2.0, and closed captioning. DVD extras include: a printed insert with official episode synopses; a behind-the-scenes interview with Rebecca Riggs (“Commandant Grayza”); “Farscape: The Story So Far” featurette; Inside Farscape: Season 4 Visual Effects; From the Archives: Season 2 Bloopers; Cool Farscape Facts; Aliens Encountered; Sets, Props, & Costumes Gallery; and ADV Previews.

[Kent]

F.Y.I.--This is finally available to pre-order at Amazon & Deep Discount.:D

[Strj500]

Can't wait until dec 2., then i can start recording over my vhs tapes with those eps.....which aren't really the highest quality.

[fermicat]

Ooooooo! Changing my Christmas list now! This goes near the top.