whatisfarscape.com asks What is Farscape to you?

[primortal]

I am currently working on whatisfarscape.com (http://www.whatisfarscape.com) and asking all of you for your valuable input.

What I want is in your own way tell me 'what is farscape' to you. It can be lengthy or sort, it doesn't matter.

whatisfarscape.com (http://www.whatisfarscape.com) is targeted for the whole world. We are trying to do the site for fans and would-be fans so we can promote the show. It is a work in progress so other things will be added along he way.

[Maritza23]

Well Primortal has put up the site but it seems no one is really interested. Why were certain individuals asking for this and when it is conjoured up no-one wants to have anything to do with it?
Where does everyone stand? Or was this supposed to go to someone else and he did not know about it.
He is doing the best that he can. For anyone to nitpick is to say he should drop what he does in his normal/working life and totally dedicate himself to this cause. Sorry but bills need to be paid. Or is anyone outhere living for free these days?
If you want it up you will have to help him.
He has already asked.
If anyone is going to get hot and bothered about the speed of how long it will take to do it. Then they themselves should have purchased it when the subject was bought up. I did not see many takers.
He is a fan and wants to do what he can just like you. He has responsibilities in his life as well as many of you and he believes in doing good work not cut and paste so yes it will take a little bit of time but it will be done with as much care and dedication as the many works that have been portrayed here.
I defend because I know who Primortal is and he is genuinely willing to do this for others.
So please I will ask for him again to answer the questions he will ask so the steps will be taken so the site will be done in an orderly fashion to make Farscape and scapers proud of what they have put out together.
By the way how many here have been putting out emails and letters? I have. So for those who have not do not point fingers when certain things do not jump at a snap of a finger.
Sorry for the hostility but that is how I feel. I expect more from Scapers than wining and complaining.
Let's get this done.

[Maritza23]

By the way I suggest that the mods. on this board make this thread a sticky so that people can work on it.
If not then it will seem as if the only good ideas that are worth posting on top are the ones created by the webmasters which would totally show your arrogance.
This is about every one here.
Whether I look like the bad guy I don't care.
That's how i feel take it or leave it.
It is a work based on the fans of the show and needs to be worked on.
It will not have a forum or community so it will not be any competition for the owners of this board or any other if that is what is concerning certain individuals.

[ElectricLandlady]

This is what I wrote for the SaveFarscapeCanada site... with much help from Cranky (thanks!). If useful, help yourself.

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What is Farscape?

Farscape is the story of a man, lost, far from home, and fallen among strange companions. Farscape is the story of a wildly diverse group of friends and enemies that must cooperate to survive. Farscape is a continuing, evolving tale of love, honour, friendship, hope, betrayal, death, and life. Farscape is comic, tragic, funny, sexy, dramatic, well-written science fiction.

(It's also cancelled. But we're working on that.)

In brief: John Crichton is an astronaut from Earth who was shot through a wormhole and found himself in another part of the galaxy. He has ended up on a living ship with a crew of escaped prisoners fleeing the Peacekeepers (they're the bad guys. You'll see). They have escaped into the Uncharted Territories. For more, you'll need to watch the show.

A quick look at some people you'll meet:
* John Crichton. Our hero. Scientist, astronaut, and very, very far from home.
* Aeryn Sun. Former Peacekeeper. Although "irretrievably contaminated" thanks to Crichton and hunted by her own kind, she can't help falling for the strange "Earp-man."
* Moya. The ship. Doesn't talk, but communicates very effectively through...
* Pilot. Symbiotically linked to Moya.
* Ka D'Argo. The big guy with the tentacles. A former prisoner.
* Pa'u Zotoh Zhaan. The blue chick. Likewise a former prisoner. Extremely calm.
* Rygel. The little green one. Deposed ruler of billions of subjects. Not as cuddly as he looks.
* Chiana. The grey girl. A fugitive from a society where everyone behaves themselves. Chiana... doesn't.
* Scorpius. The really creepy guy with the black leather mask. He's bad. No, no, just trust us on this one.

Farscape airs across Canada on Space <http://www.spacecast.com/shows/firstRun/Farscape.asp>, which at time of writing (September 2002) is just a couple of episodes into Season 3. (U.S. viewers are waiting for Season 4 to start up again on the Sci Fi Channel <http://www.scifi.com/farscape/> in January.) To catch up, we suggest renting some tapes or DVDs of the first two seasons, particularly the end of Season 2.

What is Farscape?

We're glad you asked.

Tune in to Space, Fridays at 9 p.m. Eastern, to find out for yourself.

Look up and share the wonders we've seen.


Want to know more?

There are plenty of detailed plot summaries, character analyses, and collections of quotes out there. We particularly recommend Mary Wood's excellent Newbie's Guide to Farscape
<http://www.farscapeworld.com/other/other/newbies.shtml> at Farscapeworld
<http://www.farscapeworld.com/>, and the splendid 'Snurchers Guide to Farscape <http://www.snurcher.com/>. You can also check out the official site <http://www.farscape.com/>.

[TaraK]

I promise to get in a lengthy response on what this show means to me, but just wanted to thank you for taking the initiative and starting the site. :)

[Dominar of Action]

Farscape is family ... a messy, glorious, technicolor family. A "Jerry Springer kind of family." Joyous at times, and heartbreaking at others:

John the hero, not because he wants to be but because he needs to be. He reminds us constantly by his actions and words that "the right thing starts at the beginning of the day, not after you've been caught." Yet, John is not above making bad choices in his own self-interest from time to time that end up hurting his friends.

Aeryn the soldier and protector, not because she wants to be but because she was bred to be, yet somehow knowing that John was right to tell her "you can be more."

D'Argo the family man, honorable yet a frequent victim of his own anger.

Chiana the free spirit, constantly battling her survival instincts in the interest of the group's needs ...

The list goes on. Each character an essential part to the strength and beauty of the whole.

That is what Farscape is to me... Family.

[WhiteLight]

Farscape to me? Simple, fun.

For four years, I have been part of this fandom, I have known only fun and friendship. It has made me laugh, made me cry, and made me think. It is fun.

It has indirectly influences most of the good things that have ocurred in my life. It came to me and allowed me to escape to a world that is adventurous, that is fun, and that I fell in love with.

The dynamic story lines, the beautiful sets, and the unreal acting stunned me. I was in love at first sight.

Everything that came after in the fandom for me was fun. I loved meeting fellow fans and loved being involved with the community.

The cast and crew made it fun for us. They loved doing this show and it showed. They came to conventions and loved the fan attention. They were so accesible and so easy to approach. They made the fans happy and we in turn made them happy.

I had fun. I am having fun. And I do not want to give up my fun.

[Eve11]

Okay, one adjective for each letter -- Farscape to me is:

Funny. Adventurous. Raunchy. Sexy. Captivating. Addictive. Poignant. Enduring.

[Scaper989]

Is Farscape a cop show? Nope.
Is it a sit com? Nope.
Hospital show? "Reality" show? Phoney mentalist acts?

None of the above. There's plenty of them, and you've seen
them all before.

Farscape is action, adventure, it's got humor, suspense, heart
and the cohones to do what what it wants.

Farscape is what big screen T.V's were invented for.

[DarkScape]

What does Farscape mean to me?

Farscape is my life line. Simply and cheesy as it sounds, it is true.

I'm in remission from cancer and Farscape with all the talent, acting and warm kindness has kept me going through my last chemo therapy. When the pain was too deep, too raw to even lift a finger, I could watch an ep of Farscape and for an hour I could forget all the pain, the loss of hair, teeth and whatnot. Farscape and the gutsy creativity kept me sane.

Before the illness I was your usual Scaper, had my fan page, wrote a bit of fanfiction and did all the stuff any Scaper did, when the illness came I couldn't just meet online friends anymore easily (on and offline), so I watched every ep like it was gospel just to feel connected and what did happen? I fell in love with the show all over again, the writing, the acting, the Special Effects ... all comes together in a sexy, mind-boggling melange that gets you hooked and craving for more.

Farscape just isn't your normal science fiction show, it isn't just comedy or soap opera set in space, Farscape shows you a journey of a handful of fugitives who become enemies and friends, find love and hate, and have to find a way home ... wherever that is.
Farscape has it all .... from Greek drama of the likes of Ulysses to Oedipus, the transcendental journey of a hero of all anti-heroes, it makes you weep, laugh and punches you in the stomach and most of all shows you what TV is all about when it is called entertainment.

Una

[primortal]

thanks to everyone! Great work, keep'em coming :aok:

[buggabboo]

Farscape is proof that television and art are not mutually exclusive terms. It's proof that some people still love their jobs and that love for a show can be the centerpiece for a family of would-be strangers.

[ipimen]

Farscape is a whole new set of:

Fascinating characters that are as complex as you can imagine. When you think you know them, BAM! something new comes up about their past, their future or their present. They have stories, they have dreams, wishes, they have problems. Even Moya (the ship) is a complex character. You'll never get bored getting to know this people, they are aliens, including Crichton, but they get to be so familiar...

Words in your vocabulary. You'll learn to use new words like "frell", "dren", "yotz" and so many more. It's so fun to find yourself saying "frell" for the first time and when you find someone else that understands what you mean by it...you know you've found a new friend...

Friends... Farscape is a great excuse to engage in conversation with someone else...if they don't know the show, tell them about it...let them know what's it about. If they know the show, be prepared for a loooong talk, cause Scapers can't shut up when Farscape is the subject :D

For me, Farscape has meant a new fascination with TV. I remember my sister (she has never watched Farscape) asking me if what i was watching was a series or a movie....i used to say, It's a series, that is so damn good that it looks like a movie...with the passing of time, my answer has changed: it is a series that is so damn good that it has no match...just look at it and you'll know what i mean...

[jued0001]

Farscape is an unpredictable mesh of the lives of many characters that keeps you guessing every week. No character is held to a stereotype, and that alone makes them people, things, whatever that you care about because they have real personalities. It really is a show that has no equal.

[cincygal]

You might want to check out this thread here as well:

http://www.wdsection.com/community/showthread.php?s=&threadid=3394

it had some great ideas in it.

I also had a link to Temis the Vorta's discription, but can't find it right now.

She had a wonderful discription of Farscape for the newbie.

One more thing ... at the very least, can something be put up there at the http://www.whatisfarscape.com so newbies will have something, and we can perhaps use the URL in handouts during the upcoming Global Rallys?

Edit: Temis' discription:

http://www.trekbbs.com/ubb/Forum11/HTML/013004.html

[Originally posted by Temis the Vorta:
It's hard to summarize this series because the premise is merely the starting point. John Crichton is a NASA (sorry, "IASA" :D) astronaut who is apparently a genius test pilot/astrophysicist because he gets IASA to fund an experimental spacecraft (the Farscape module, looks like a baby Space Shuttle) that is supposed to fly real fast.

However, the test goes wrong and the spacecraft opens a wormhole to a distant part of our galaxy, or another galaxy altogether. It is an open question whether Crichton has also travelled in time (there are hints of just that) and maybe, just possibly, it wasn't the Farscape module test that opened that wormhole at all, but one of those frelling temporal paradoxes!

The whole series is like that - stuff happens, things change, you're always off balance and wondering what if they go this way, what if they go that way - it makes it very fun to yak about around here, speculate about how various plotlines will evolve, etc.

Getting back to the "premise," Crichton ends up on a living spaceship named Moya (a Leviathan, a space-dwelling species) with a bunch of escaped prisoners from the Peacekeepers. A PK, Aeryn Sun, ends up on the ship and is kicked out of the PKs by her superior officer, Bialar Crais, who ironically enough also ends up getting kicked out of the PKs by Scorpius. The PKs are a nasty bunch, but lots of fun at parties!

Nominally, the series is about John Crichton "trying to get home," but as the years have progressed, he's become emotionally attached to his friends, particularly AHEM Aeryn, and it's doubtful now that that's his goal anymore. However, he remains obsessed with wormholes (remember, he's a scientist, and it's refreshing to see a sci-fi series that not only has a genuine scientist in the lead, but also knows the sorts of things a scientist would find interesting and motivating!) so he keeps frelling around with them.

Because of some convoluted stuff with extra-dimensional aliens called The Ancients, Crichton has a unique ability to control wormholes. However, the aforementioned Scorpius (Scorpy to friends and admirers) wants to control wormholes as a weapon against the Scarrens, some truly NASTY folks who are threatening to invade PK space. (Ironically enough, Scorpy is half Scarren. Or maybe it's not ironic at all.)

The PKs are outnumbered, but wormholes could be a devastating weapon: you can send a whole fleet bopping through one for a surprise strike, or swallow up an entire enemy fleet. Whole planets, maybe.

Scorpy is justified in his own mind that he NEEDS those wormholes (and really, he is), but he's also totally ruthless and the PKs are not pussycats and besides he and John have "history" which involves torture and cross-dressing (okay, the cross-dressing came later) and all that icky stuff so Scorpy isn't exactly on John's list of Favorite Best Buds.

The question is, when the dren hits the fan, what will John do? Cooperate with Scorpy to save the PKs from the Scarrens? And take the risk that the PKs will themselves run amok with the wormhole TECH? And what will that do to the very fabric of space, time, reality, tribbles, extra-dark chocolate and lobster hats???

And I haven't even mentioned the questions of Who's the Daddy of Aeryn's Baby (I still say, nasty PK genetics experiment), is Braca Scorpy's mole (and does he know it?) and what happens the next time Grayza gets her claws and boob-sweat into poor John-boy??? And when, oh when, will Chiana ever meet her long-lost brother so we can get back to the frelling Nebari arc already!! I so long to hear John say the words, "ELVIS is IN the BUILDING!"

And now you have some inkling of why we are so desperate to have MORE SCAPE! :D

Great words, don't you think?

[WhiteLight]

From a friend of mine that doesn't post on boards and enjoys the show..

Farscape renewed my faith in science fiction. It is that good.

[Bryn Conwy]

What is Farscape for me?
the show is a diamond in the rough - fine acting, writing, chemistry, production, and heart have all converged into one location to produce something that has shown the ability to touch people's hearts - there is just something real about the show that draws you in...and my god it's subtle

you start watching just out of curiosity, or maybe you were referred to it by another friend/acquaintence

you think it is pretty cool, but unless you started with the first episode you probably are a little lost as to what is going on...BUT something keeps you there to catch it again next time - after a few weeks you begin to understand where the plot is going and who the basic characters are

by the end of a season you've developed a vested interest in the characters on the show, their struggles, hurts, joys (and of course their really cool guns :) )

there are stand alone episodes, but more often or not they actually add significantly to the overall character development or plotlines

then comes a mindbender of an epsisode, a real emotional rollercoaster, and one of the most intruiging(at least for me) curveballs ever thrown at my face in serial television...John is twinned - I know some may say been there done that, BUT this one is different: its made into a longterm issue with deep and lasting results

before it is simply John, but after the twinning BOTH TJ and MJ understandably want to be the one in the relationship with Aeryn - and even though most of us saw it coming from a mile off, the story arc was scripted, acted, and filmed so phenomenally that when TJ died it still hit you like a hammer

And then what did they do? They had the "gall" to be consistent and deal with the effects of everything that had happened to both Johns and Aeryn - one friend descibed the first episode where they really deal with it this way: "Fractures was so REAL it hurt." anyway i'm beginning to ramble and i have to get back to my point before i loose you all (if i havn't already)

This little spiel is an attempt at an explanation for why Farscape is for me, and why i think it is absolutely the best thing to hit serial TV since B5 (and given a chance to finish on its terms, it will surpass B5 and become number one on the list)

the reason i also mentioned the TJ/MJ/Aeryn knot is that of all the episodes of Season Three the last 20-25 min of Icarus Abides stood out to me as something singularly special (sheer emotion/chemistry/spectacular direction/amazing CGI/simple but elegant, quiet, gentle music), and it moved this mediocre poet to slap down a few lines as a quick method of catharsis after watching it the first time:

A Warrior lay on death's dark door
A mortal wound his body bore
Companions watched him all around
But in this moment peace he found

This man had fought with many foes
and friends had suffered many woes
A voice that almost drove him mad
A homeland lost with all he had

He fought, and clawed, and kicked, and screamed
To wake up from this awful dream
He beat the foes and slew the voice
But in the end he had no choice

To save his friends, protect his love
He struck like lightning from above
He saved them all, and then came home
And die he did, but not alone.


This show is a rare jewel...its depictions of love, loss, honor, friendship, and hope are ones that are both real and inspiring

This epic deserves nothing less than to have its final verses penned in a way that will be remembered long after we have shuffled off this mortal coil

This is what Farscape is to me

[ProgHead777]

Farscape is an adventure, a drama, a comedy, a high octane action flick and a beautiful and moving love story. All this with production values like nothing seen on television before makes Farscape one of the best shows ever aired. One episode can take you from laughter to tears, from a whisper to a scream. There is simply nothing else like it.

[waltersgirl]

while it's technically not an episode discussion, per se, this thread revolves around the essence that is the show, so i moved it here...also, and most importantly, it's another one of those threads that shouldn't get buried amidst the other campaign threads. it's important that we have reminders of why we're fighting to save Farscape.


can't wait to see the site when it's up. :aok:

[T'railmixx]

Personally, I could take it or leave it. Very few movies or shows have left a lasting impression. For that matter very few movies of any genre have left a lasting impression. But, I can't get Farscape out of my mind; its incredible. Farscape isn't about sci-fi, it's about it's creators having all of these wonderful ideas, and saying "Hey, if we set this in a fictional setting, we could really throw some twists and turns at them.".

Figures, I've got more I want to say but I gotta go for now...will edit later. Hope this helps so far.

[veelana]

What is Farscape to me?
It's a spark. It's that sweet burn that can bring me to tears or make me fall off the couch in laughter. Farscape has captured something rare and wonderful in the bleak and boring landscape of television. A heartbeat of an unlikely family, with mind, heart, courage and wit, that challenges you to keep up with it's absurdity and it's emotional depth. I thank those bright and creative minds, those talented players, writers and production genius' that have brought me this tale. Brought me along on the journey of these wonderful characters.
After that I can only add:

Hot Space Babes
Evil Alien Big Bads
Tight Black Leather Pants
This Ain't your Daddy's Scifi.

And I am soooo glad.

Vee

[primortal]

I haven't forgotten the request. Give me two more days and the site should up in a usable format.

[jfranka]

...but after seeing the new DVD out with the "Look at the Princess" trilogy, I had to let this out.

How the frell could Sci-Fi cancel this show? The last two scenes in that particular trilogy are so damn good: the whole scene where John and Aeyrn kiss without a word between them, and especially when John sees his unborn daughter.

Damn. Really powerful stuff.

---Just had to let that out. Sorry.----

[Sparky]

Farscape is about coping with the impossible, doing what you have to do, sacrificing for others, loving and accepting friends and surviving an insane violent universe to do the right thing.

There are men who cry and women who fight and no stereotyping or predictable plots. This show pays hommage to the greatest sci fi movies and television as well as
our own human intelligence and courage.

Farscape has heroes, villains and a love story mixed in with
action, humor, cliffhangers, tears and inspiriation. It is good enough to keep me home on Friday, good enough to laugh out loud, good enough to watch each episode more than once, good enough to be the best in class.

Farscape gives us words to live by and a premise that one has to fight when there is no hope, love beyond hope and be our own kind of heroes.

[Heater72]

The short answer....

A quality work of art.



I'm working on a longer one :)

[MindFrelled]

I try and try, but my words come up short.

In short, it KICKS MAJOR ASS DUDE :D

CAN I GET A HELL YEAH!


(how’s that for a deep, inspirational, & heartfelt insight into what Farscape is to me?)

[ChianaGray]

Farscape to me is something very off the wall. They sometimes do things we've seen before in so few shows, and they do it unconventionally.

Farscape has been in my mind an innovative show, daring enough to go out and touch along the uncharted threads of human mind, emotion, culture and spirit. Sometimes, in the wierdest.

How many people do that?

Many times it has touched along the true essance of Jim Henson and his awesome creations such as Dark Crystal. Noranti has even been sometimes very muppet like and I enjoy that taste of Spirit held there, that Henson had. I feel like he would be very proud of Farscape just for the ideals in it, the creation behind it and then the wild, passionate movement to finish it.

It has become an unbelievable collection of the best, and the worst in fantasies and realities, of the bizarr, the bruital, the tender, the spiritualy mature and the feral. It is the feral I have enjoyed the most because I have felt like that is something so very missing in American television, books and movies today. Sometimes even in the very soul of the human being walking around right now.

Like, the faeries, the joy and mistery had been forgotten, shuffled away as so much non-sense when in essance, indeed, there is, there was and it does.

That was the turn over for me, especially in Chiana, that there was this show on television that covers things I feel like, I believe, I think or I never could rightly express or say or sometimes even look at within myself.

It touched me most and more than anything else creative wise going on in recent time because I could express my own self with it and jam with the best of em duuuude!

So that sounds personal, a reflection of Spirit, but that's the way it is, like I've been told before in a world empty for me without great ideas/visions, Ancients, feral's and Starks and Moya's. That's just how it is, get used to it.

I - don't think so! That just will not do.

Am I dead?

And I know you guys left me somethin around here somewhere, surely you did .....

Anyway though, Farscape to me is rock and roll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wooohooo!

[DRD-1812]

Farscape is the reason why I subscribe to cable TV.

Farscape is the reason I upgraded to Digital Cable.

Farscape is the only television show I've given a dren about in my life. ((sigh))

[MindFrelled]

Originally posted by DRD-1812
Farscape is the reason why I subscribe to cable TV...

...Farscape is the only television show I've given a dren about in my life. ((sigh))

I second that!

[PauNthWorlds]

Ok, I am at it again, going through some of the first posts I can find, this is another great site by a fan that I am happy to add to my list of site, that is once I get home.

I wish Scifi could see all the work the fans have done, all the personal money spent and the dediction.

Scifi obviously made a mistake!!

[fiona-maria]

What is FarScape?

A world where hope reigns eternal, love conquers all, family is what you make it, and you never give up because the wheel will come around again.

A place of heart and body and soul given life by people I have never met and probably never will, but they invite me into their world every time I watch them.

A story of mythic proportions, a love to last the ages and resonate through the years, a journey home only to discover home is where the heart is and always closer than you think.

A promise, a dream, a wish, a fear.

I am FarScape. I am still here.

Fiona

[Jude]

Farscape is the one thing that can cheer me up when I am down... make me laugh when I'm crying and cause many different emotions in the space for 40 minutes!