But its just a TV show, right...?

[Da-Met]

I have a question for you... well ok *I* don't, I'm a fan... but imagine you're being asked by non-fans to describe why this show is worth so much time, effort, and commitment to get it back ont he air? I mean it's only a TV show right???

I'm writing a little article on the campaign (for a univ newspaper, not exactly high circulation... but... i'd imagine every little bit helps) and was hoping to get a few fans thoughts on this. I'm going to shed my fan conceptions and ask this as an objective non-fan.

But why put this massive amount of time, effort, and commitment? After all, it's only a TV show, right?

What do you say to that? If you wouldn't mind answering that question, send me an email with your thoughts at avirk@umd.umich.edu
and if you dont mind, a first name, age, location, if I can fit it into the article I will... however no later than fri morning! Nothing too long though, since i'm only gonna be able to scoop out a quote here and there.
I sent an email to Red but i'm assuming she'll prolly be a little busy to answer.

Thanks muchly, Scapers. Rock on.

[etana]

I'm going to post my response here because I think this is a question that we all, as Farscape campaign people, should have an answer to... I know for myself I've at times felt somewhat guilty putting all this time into the SaveFarscapeCanada site when part of me feels I should be spending it on something more "important"--like getting Canada to ratify the Kyoto accord... or sticking it to the local government or whatever...

Then I remember this...


The battle for Farscape is the battle of quality storytelling versus big-buck bottom line. It's the battle of a culture that springs from the citizens of the TV universe (the fans) versus one that is dictated to us by the corporation.

And anyone who says that TV is not "culture" or should not be considered "culture" needs to take their head out of the sand... television are our common stories... they are the cultural glue that hold this society together. In the US this may not be as obvious, but in Canada it's practically doctrine in terms of federal media strategy... (I have a BA in Communications so I admit to knowing more about Canadian media strategy than is... err, "normal")... anyways, upon founding our national public broadcaster our government said that within the leisure habits of our country lies its national identity... essentially, a common culture is what defines a community.

Something that's easily proven with the strength of purpose and commitment that can be found in the passionate community that holds its roots right here. We share the common story, the common culture, that is Farscape... it is the tie that binds and we are made stronger by it.

Now, I ask you, what would happen if our common culture became whatever the corporate world was prepared to serve us at bargain-basement prices? What would happen if all the stories are simply about selling us things? Or worse, selling us a way to be? And I hate to tell you this, but a lot of television is exactly that... pharmaceutical infomercials disguised as evening news, sitcoms that sell clothes and hair styles, kids programs that sell toys and video games...

Story? What story? And quality? Pfft. If the populous can stomach it, then well we might as well keep serving it, right?


The demise of Farscape is the demise of quality storytelling... stories that address the truly important things in life--honour, love, hope... and heaven knows, we need more television like THIS--not less!!

That's my... err, long answer to the "Why Farscape?" question. :)

[jadeshand]

You hit the nail right on the head. We should be including that in all our letters to networks and advertisers just so they see what we are fighting for. :aok:

[JA_Shipper]

And an excellent answer it is, Etana!! Bravo! :D

Suse

[Eve11]

There was a really great answer to this posted online somewhere. I forget who the author was (orchidcactus maybe?)... but it likened the cancellation to the establishment chaining the doors on your favorite friday-night nightclub hangout. Or to bulldozing your favorite park for a parking lot. Something like that. I'll see if I can find a link.

[Tiriel]

Hiya!

Let me answer from a totally different angle:

Yeah, it's just a TV-show, but it's made by people. People who feel passionate about what they've been doing for four years and to a degree that it shows in the quality of the product.
I want high quality TV, no doubt about it, but would I put in this much energy and money and time if it was just that? Probably not. When Farscape was canceled without any prior warning a lot of good people we're put out of a job, people who I believe deserve better, people I care about, because they have succeeded in touching me with their work for four years in a row (well, three and a half as yet, really). And what is even worse is that they so obviously were hurt by it, because they, too, care. Neither Claudia nor Ben nor ANY of the actors or puppeteers should have any problems getting another job, they're all very talented. They want to do the show because they love doing it, love working together.
It's them I'm here for. It's them I fight for. And because I don't like carrying a debt :D

There are many reasons to do what we're doing and they're all equally valid, these are mine :)

Love and Peace and Hope, Always :)

Tiriel :eek:

PS: Yeah, AND I want the show back, too ;)

[DaMENACE]

I've got a simple answer to why I am working so hard to save Farscape...

I am working to improve the American culture by saving one of the greatest television shows of all time. American television (and movies) currently suffer from a lack of quality. By saving Farscape, I am saving our generation's reputation to future generations. They will see Farscape and discover that there were truly ingenious television shows being made and not be disgusted by our generations taste in entertainment. In short I am securing our reputation in history.

[skinnyman27]

I on the other hand am selfish..after a long hard work week I have time and interest for only a few shows and farscape is one of them. It is the everyday working persons show..yeah it's science fiction but we can all relate to it on a human level, so much to a point that it truely becomes a part of your very being. If your the average everyday shmo you see in john yourself (that is a big compliment to all involved in the show) because even though he does not exist ...if this in fact ever did happen this is probably the way everything "would" happen.
Not always a happy ending but a believable one.
It is entertainment the way it should be..so off the cuff and not politically correct.
It is made through improv ..the way some of the best actors and actresses of our time made names for themselves in their crafts.

and yes I want my show back and because of that yes I'm selfish
__________________________________________________ __
" November in New York, what a great time of the year..just 15 more days till the Convention"

[cincygal]

I'm in this because of Farscape needs to have a proper ending, but even more than that, I have this thing about ppl who break promises ... I can't STAND ppl (or companies) who go back on their word.

Skiffy broke the promise, and thus the trust, of it's viewiers, those of use who are Farscape fans, when they announced with great fanfare that they were going to do a 4th AND 5th season.

Plain and simple, they welched on the promise they made to us, the fans, their viewers, and as such, Skiffy's 'customers' of their Network.

That's the main reason I'm involoved ... to do my very best to make Skiffy live up to the promise they made (and they sure didn't tell US that they had an 'out' clause either!) to the fans of Farscape ... to do Season 5, and thus, Finish the Farscape Story.

There is more to it than that ... but that is the main part of it ... and I don't think I'm alone either in those feelings.

[sunscaped]

I totally agree with you, cincygal! :aok:

To me, it's a matter of principal, the overall practice of acting honorably and in good faith. Sci-Fi made a big deal about announcing their signing of a 2 year contract, assuring fans that Farscape was their "flagship" show. Then without warning, after the Season 4 cliffhanger ending had already been filmed, they opted out using a slick, undisclosed (to the viewers) loophole. And I believe they would have kept us in the dark about the cancellation until 422 was shown, if DK, RM and BB hadn't come into chat to tell 'Scapers in person.

It seems that ethics, honor, and integrity are not covered it the Sci-Fi or TV Industry handbook. Money is all that matters, not viewer loyalty, support or concern. They put on a new show, then jerk it off the schedule, but still expect the viewers to tune into whatever dren they decide to put in it's place. I've had enough of it! I no longer trust Sci-Fi (or most networks for that matter) enough to invest my time in any new show they bring out. What's to say it won't be canceled without warning.

Also, leaving the writers without a way to properly end the story is just not right - for the viewers or for the cast and crew. They have worked very hard to bring us exceptional entertainment and we have been loyal and appreciative of their work. We all deserve a resolution to this amazing story. And I would imagine that most fans of other canceled shows (I-Man, Witchblade, Dark Angel just to name a few) feel the same way.

I've pretty much given up on other series television, but I'm fighting for Farscape! For me, it was the straw that broke this camels back :D

[NewLoyalFan]

hey Damet,

I've got a degree in english lit but alas I'm extremely stupid, so this may not help much.

superior writing
superior design
superior acting
superior vision ...

A useless list. Saying stuff like "characters are three-dimensional" isn't going to convert or impress anybody. Your best bet in describing the show to non-fans is to compare it to other popular shows, so your readers have some sort of context.

Just a few ideas, in no particular order ...

Aeryn is one of a recent string of "strong women" role model in spec fic (Buffy Summers, Sidney Bristow), but her strength springs from character rather than some unachievable fantasy.

Chrichton resembles Scully from the X-files in that he's an ordinary person disoriented by the genuinely weird. It simultaneously elevates the weird and makes Chrichton more sympathetic.

The science fiction "mind benders" taste like that ST:TNG episode "The Inner Light", in that the writers gracefully knit big scope to character. And Farscape has a much higher batting average for such mind bender episodes than other sf.

Less slick than Trek, a touch of Dr. Who. After being exposed to Farscape, Trek's "slick" quality seems soulless.

The makeup is startlingly inventive and beautiful. Hard to find a comparison. Maybe Babylon 5, but what compares to that dynamic bone eater design? Cronenberg?

Aaargh, there's a ton more. Somebody help me here, this show is tough to describe...

"Who did you eat?"

"No one."

"Why do you look like that?"

"I used all my remaining calcium to present myself in this way."

"Why?"

"So ... HUUUH ... HUUUH ... AAAAAAAAHH! ... YOU ... YOU ... YOU - OAAAHHHW - OWWWW -- YOU'D LISTEN ... HUUUH ... HUUUH ... HUUUM... UM ... I'M STAAAAAARVING TO DEATH!! AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH! AAHHHH! HUUUM ... HUH ... I MUST EEEEEEEEAT!! HUUUUHHH ... YOU MUUUST TAKE ME WITH YOU! OH, GIVE ME FOOOOOOOOOOOODD!!!!!"

... ...

... that. scene. blew. my. fuckin. mind ...

New and SUDDENLY Loyal Fan
Toronto, Canada

[iflywormholes]

I've never fought for a show before. I've been upset over cancelations, but the day I found out about Farscape I immediately started writing letters. I can tout all the reasons of why Farscape is so special, but that would be preaching to the choir here. :huh:

I think the biggest motivating factors for me were the breaking of a promise to air a fifth season and the horrible way in which this was communicated to all. If Farscape had ended properly at the end of the fourth season I would be dissipointed but not in arms.

For those that say this is only a tv show I reply that if you don't fight for those things which you love and enjoy, then what is the point in fighting for anything? Farscape does not rule my life (well it didn't :D) but it provides a moment to escape, to believe in something more. Through it I can learn more about myself and others. I want to give something back to all who have given us all such joy and more selfhishly I want it to continue for my own enjoyment.

In an email I wrote to my friends a while ago I included this message as well:

I know you may think I am crazy for caring this much about a TV show, but it is something special and it is more than just rallying for a specific show. I want the viewers to have input into what the networks are airing FOR THEM TO WATCH. I want the networks to know that you can't ask an audience to commit to a show and then yank the rug out from underneath them and not even finish the storyline. I want the executives to realize that the reason they are doing all this is for the fans and that the fans are more intelligent, organized, and committed than they have ever believed them to be.

Hope, that's what keeps me going.

-iflywormholes

[scaper mary]

Da-Met- good question!

So many of the answers hit important reasons, but here is what I recently emailed my friends and family:

"So, yes, here I am, a 44 year-old nurse, mother and wife, involved in a
campaign to save a TV show. I have never written on behalf of a TV show
before. I have been involved in political letter-writing campaigns,
especially on health issues, but never an entertainment issue. Every once
in a while, I ask myself why I am spending so much time on this campaign
when my country is on the brink of war. Is a TV show really worth this? I
think the answer is based on the underlying message of hope throughout the
series. I want to believe in hope right now, and working for this cause is
my way of showing I do believe in hope."

I pulled out my Barlett's Familiar Quotations book out the other day to look up a good quote about hope. The only one I found that came close to how I feel is Emily Dickinson's "Hope is the thing with feathers..." Farscape has better quotes about hope than well known authors and politicians! (Now if I could ony remember them!)

;)

[Vianney]

A TV show? you betcha.
But Art, with a big 'A' ? Hell yeah!

[Cynicat]

From an Aussie perspective:

Hope.
Plain and simple as a hammer to the forebrain.
Hope for what? *points upward* All of the above, but for me it means a little something extra:
Hope for the Australian television and film industry, hope for what we can achieve.
Farscape lifted the bar for Australian productions far beyond the soapies, cop shows and patronising childrens' programs that keep being cranked out in a never-ending flow. Farscape showed what could be done with a great idea backed by committed individuals. Australian productions have been stuck in a rut for so long, Farscape shocked the frell out of them!

"What are we going to do? We've got this amazing show - we've never seen anything like it before - and people like it!
I know - we'll take it off air and pretend it doesn't exist."
That's why there were rarely groups of fans gathered around the entrance to the film lot - no-one even knew it was there! (You should see the sign they had up at Homebush - generic industrial park signboard, with a little Farscape logo in one of the bottom slots...)

If Farscape dies, innovation in Australian television will likely die with it. And it's all in the hands of a greedy, short-sighted American network - we in Australia feel almost powerless, we don't get SciFi here so our ratings don't count: it's all up to how it rates in the US, and that really cheeses me off.

[Dominar of Action]

I, too, have never before given even a fleeting thought to participating in a SOS campaign, and I have asked myself repeatedly why this time is different. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to come to any simple conclusion. It's hard to put into words, but the cancellation and Sci Fi's treatment of the show and its viewers are both just wrong on so many levels that they demand a response. To do otherwise--to accept meekly whatever crumbs the TV executives in their ivory towers deem appropriate to feed viewers--reduces us to the mindless cattle they seem to think we are.

Sci Fi's behavior is so far beyond the pale in terms of bad faith, deceit, and poor business judgment that it defies any explanation other than that they must think viewers are completely fungible objects for them to use as they wish. While I do not believe Sci Fi is alone among networks to have this view of its audience (and sadly, given the mass appeal of the endless string of reality shows, and cookie-cutter sitcoms and dramas being churned out, there is evidence to support their approach), its behavior with respect to Farscape is so egregious that it has become the lightening rod for my discontent with the television industry as a whole.

And as I would hope has been demonstrated by now, Farscape viewers cannot be lumped together with the masses--we are more demanding in terms of quality. We are supposedly the viewers for whom niche networks were created. Yet, time and time again, we have had the rug pulled out from under us. We are told, "Here, watch this!" and so we do and become involved with a show, only to have it yanked away by the network without so much as a second thought. And I. Am. Tired. Of. It.

My fight for Farscape is only partially about my love for the show and the people who make it. Yes, if any show did not deserve to be canceled, this was it, and one reason for my fight is to let them know that the show could reach the broader audience they so desire *if promoted correctly.* But I don't know if I would have still been doing this 2 months later if I didn't also feel that I was fighting for quality television and to let all TV executives know that there is a cost to their cavalier treatment of viewers.

There is a limit to my patience, and Skiffy crossed it.

[etana]

It's interesting to read these replies and realize that for so many of us the fight is with the network first and for Farscape second... a very close, inspirational second, but it is the treatment by the network that is the fuel for this fire. If SciFi had said at the end of the third season, "We're going to take on one more" and they did, and then they didn't pick up the fifth I don't think there would've been as strong a reaction as we've got here.

The internet is changing the equation here... providing us a place to come together and organize... again, I don't think we would've come this far without it... I know personally that I didn't start sending letters until I realized that there was a huge campaign behind me--that was part of my inspiration as well... I needed to know that I wasn't alone in this, (particularly given that I was the only Farscape fan I knew in Vancouver), that there was a chance we could succeed.

But back to my point... what we're doing could easily mark the beginning of the end to this kind of corporate arrogance... and the end of the pacifist TV audience... with a place for thousands of us to organize, they aren't going to be able to brush us off so easily. Admittedly saving a show has been done before, but for each time we do it we make the networks realize we aren't going to take their corporate crap lying down. We're stronger than they think and, no matter the outcome, we will get our message heard.


I'd say that's worth fighting for.

[cincygal]

One more thing I've pointed out to my family and friends on why I'm fighting for this show, and also why others are.

Many ppl do NOT get involved in ANY fight, period.

Yet if one wanted to, you could think of fighting for a simple TV show as a Training ground for fighting for bigger (and more important) life issues.

This is especially true WHEN ( :ewink: ) we win this battle for a 5th season.

Perhaps then, ppl who fought for a simple TV show to have a 5th season, will remember how good it felt to do so, when something of an more life meaning aspect comes along, that needs fighting for as well.

[Crankygrrl]

Originally posted by etana
The battle for Farscape is the battle of quality storytelling versus big-buck bottom line. It's the battle of a culture that springs from the citizens of the TV universe (the fans) versus one that is dictated to us by the corporation....

Duuuude, you so rock. And you hit the nail on the head...damn, this should get published somewhere...anywhere....wanna co-author an article for the Globe and Mail...?

Anyway, the reason I'm doing this is I want to know how the story ends, plain and simple.

As Etana said far more intelligently, stories are important: they bind us together, they tear us apart, they define our communities, they shape our opinions, they inspire us, and they make us despair. Stories are important.

I need to know how this one ends--"all that's past is prologue" and all that.

Cranky

[JennF]

This may be a little deep - forgive me.....

In today's world pretty much everything is done for us. Everything is convenient and easy. This isn't a bad thing, but it takes something away. We give children toys that play for them and even books that read for them. Most things don't require much more than the push of a button.

We all know perfectly well that these are just charachters in a story played by people named Ben and Claudia, Gigi and Anthony, but in our minds there are real people out there named John and Aeryn and D'Argo and Chiana and we care about what happens to them. THIS is imagination. Imagination is what has taken the human race to the point we're at now.

The problem is, like everything else, it's a case of use it or lose it. The conveniences of modern life don't require us to use our imaginations to survive anymore and we're raising a generation of children who are going to be required to use their imaginations even less (I hate those Leap Frog commercials).

What Farscape has given us is the opportunity to use our imaginations - to put ourselves right alongside the characters that we're watching and to care about what happens to them. (Aside from not actively wishing evil on the man - does anyone really care what happens to John Edwards?)

We all know that it's a TV show. We all know that it wasn't going to last forever. All we really want is what we were promised and that's an ending. To know how everything ends and to have the opportunity to wish our friends well before they go.

[RescueFarscape]

To tell why I love Farscape would take whole chapters, so here's an article I wrote to my local paper.

You know that horrible feeling you get when something you’ve taken for granted is suddenly lost? Like a blow to the solar plexus that leaves you retching and breathless? That happened to millions of people around the world this September.

I would be the first to say that falling in love with a television show is the most ridiculous thing you could do in life. Yet here I am, writing an article about a show 90% of you will never have heard of: ‘Farscape’. Ring a bell? I didn’t think so.

By no means have I ever LOVED a television show before this. Liked, sure. But I shrugged when they were cancelled and went on with my life, the same as before, watching less TV, and never regretting the fact that the program I watched was gone.

Then came ‘Farscape’.

‘Farscape’ has a simple premise. It’s about an astronaut named John Crichton, from our time, our world, who suddenly finds himself galaxies away from Earth, thrown into the midst of a battle between two technologically superior races. He doesn’t have a single hope for survival until he is picked up by a group of escaping prisoners, who are immensely hostile and distrustful toward him. That is the moment where ‘Farscape’ leaps beyond anything seen before. Crichton doesn’t earn their trust in the first episode, as he would on any other sci-fi show. He must gradually earn their trust and learn their ways over the course of years that are marked by great friendship and terrible betrayal. The actors have astonishing chemistry that leave you believing the characters they portray are flesh and blood, with the same eccentricities, evils and virtues all persons share.

John Crichton started out his journey in the Uncharted Territories with some of the best human qualities: his curiosity, eagerness, trustfulness, true loyalty to the people he found himself among, and maybe most of all his innocence in believing in the goodness of others. We’ve seen him make terrible choices that have serious consequences for himself and his friends. Yet, despite the disparity of his companions that include an ex-soldier, a deposed emperor, a convicted murderer and a girl who refused to conform on her own world, we find this group of people working together, trusting and even loving one another. Crichton has traveled a difficult road that will lead him finally to...what? Where? We may never know, and that is the tragedy of this story.

You see, the Sci-Fi Channel cancelled this award-winning show in spite of promises and a signed contract to air a fifth season. That betrayal, by whom they considered an ally, raised the fervor of millions of fans around the world to save their show. They are working hard even now, months after the cancellation was leaked, writing letters, passing out flyers, paying advertising money out of their pockets to publicize on TV and radio a show that will have no home after the fourth season ends.

I know that if ‘Farscape’ is not picked up by another network after ending it’s run on the Sci-Fi Channel in January-March 2003, I will see no reason to continue my $65.00 digital cable service, no reason to subject myself to the shows now available.

So if you can’t stomach a program that has action, adventure, romance, insanity, redemption; is about friendship, hope and above all other things, love, it’s your choice. Stick with your safe ‘Friends’, ‘Enterprise’, your ‘Survivor’, your ‘Anna Nichole Smith Show’.

And maybe someday, despite the mind-numbing fare on television, you’ll remember that once upon a time a group of people dared to dream that television could be better, dreamed they could produce a stunning show that raised the bar of excellence for all television, a show that would become beloved by millions all over the world.

The dream that is ‘Farscape’.

[etana]

Originally posted by Crankygrrl
Duuuude, you so rock. And you hit the nail on the head...damn, this should get published somewhere...anywhere....wanna co-author an article for the Globe and Mail...?

sure, sounds good.
drop me an email and we can brainstorm like crazy people. ;)

[guyricardo]

Reading this thread is giving me goose bumps. So much feeling in our little community. RescueScaper, that was an awesome letter:aok:

As for why I'm involved...
Because this show IS the best show on television. It challenges us all to be the best we can be. It's about people coming from different places, and cultures, and learning how to trust, and forge friendships, and loves, to make mistakes, and have them forgiven, to always know that there is another, better way to achieve that which is worth achieving. Are these not the lessons in live we should all be following. Expecially in these times of war and violence, there is much to be learned from these 'aliens'.

And I'm in it because as Dominar said, 'I am tired of it'. I'm tired of getting involved in a show only to have it cancelled, ussually with little warning or a chance to wrap-up thread of the story (Dark Angel, Once & Again).

And i'm in it because of the people behand the characters, Ben, Claudia, GiGi, DK, etc. that put so much of themselfs into making this show. The poured their hearts into every frame, and it shows.

I'm in it to save a show with true heart, and to fight the networks that have none.

[Bandana Girl]

I'm thinking about writing to a newspaper now:cry2: what U guys wrote is beautiful!!! It's also very convincing!!!!Thanks for the inspiration:aok: .

Farscape is the second TV show I have ever really felt passionate about!!!It's not one of those 'safe' shows that were mentioned earlier!!!The main reason I live this show is because it assumes the audience has a brain!!!!( that ALWAYS puts me on cloud 9:angelgrin ) When U are from a place that assumes being smart dosen't really matter (my home town:( ) It's nice to know that SOMEONE out there knows that U have a brain and knows U want to use it!!:bgb: And not just for homework either!!! Everytime I see an episode of Farscape I am absolutely swept away!!! even on my worse days.:space:

[Bandana Girl]

P.S I meant 'love' not 'live' sorry about the boo boo

[guyricardo]

'live' works :D

[Danor]

I suppose you could also say that 'To Kill a Mockingbird' is just a book. Or 'East of Eden'. Or 'Catcher in the Rye'.

Maybe the 'Star-Spangled Banner' is just a song? What about 'American Pie'? Was that just a song?

'The Godfather' and 'The Godfather II'. Just movies. And don't ask me about 'Casablanca', or even Kurosawa's 'Seven Samurai'.

Or perhaps they transcend that - perhaps they speak to things inside us that go beyond the medium. They are things that can give meaning and understanding where before none may have been. They give us a possibility, a new facet in the way we look at life. Quantum physics says the act of observing changes the observed. I argue that it can also change the observer.

Oh, and the collected works of Van Gogh? Just paint.

[tedbragg]

I think very few things in life are worth fighting for. Life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness...

And also for those special, inspired things that simply transcend simple explaination. Farscape is not the best show on TV, but it IS the only tv program that has inspired so many people like it has, simply because the people involved poured their entire ability, soul and sweat into it.

Farscape wasn't simply made because some suit wanted to make a buck. Farscape is a creative endeavour that *HAD* to be made. DK, Rockne, et al were the artists, the cast served as paint, and television was a canvas upon which a wonderfully realized story was made, changed, evolved and...

There's nothing else like it. Plain and simple.

At the very least, Farscape deserves to be allowed to END...a telemovie, a miniseries...I'll be happy to see the final chapter.

And then Sci-Fi channel will be BLOCKED FOREVER ON MY TV!!!!!~

[DZ_Crasher]

I must say I like the Van Gogh reference... Farscape is definatly a work of art.

Adi
*You have reached 'God', 'God' can not come to the phone right now but if you leave a message 'God' will get back to you as soon as 'God' can. However since 'God' is omniscient 'God' already knows what your message will be and since 'God' is omnipotent 'God' has already decided whether or not to answer you. If you still want to leave a message that can only mean that 'God' has found you unworthy. Thank you. Beeeep.*

[RescueFarscape]

:bump: Because this is still true: "The demise of Farscape is the demise of quality storytelling... stories that address the truly important things in life--honour, love, hope... and heaven knows, we need more television like THIS--not less!!"

Farscape, a television show? Yup. And one that fires the imagination, makes you wonder, and inspires its viewers to achieve the impossible.

[uisceboo]

These are the fairy tales of our generation, the myths and legends and folk-tales. Farscaper is a beloved story, something that we can pass on to other generations. Our mythology is valuable, a world treasure. Cave people felt compelled to preserve stories of hunts and of of gods and goddess on cave walls. Clearly something innately human values these stories. This is part of what we are, human. We don't let little bits of who we are get chipped off. We respect this part of ourselves, of our humanity.

Farscape is the story of Anyone, and average person, who gets thrown into a situation beyond their control. It touches who we are, struggling to deal with the unfathomable -- life. Farscaper is who we were, who we are, who we will be. Isn't that worth fighting for?

[Scaper989]

I'm not fighting for Farscape because the network reneged on
it's promice of two more seasons.

I'm not fighting for Farscape to see the end of the story.

I'm not fighting for Farscape because it's art.

I'm not fighting for Farscape because it's the most interesting
show on television since M.A.S.H.

I'm fighting for Farscape for all those reasons, and more. Farscape
defies catagories. It has comedy, drama, romance, action -
frequently all in the same episode! I believe Farsape could
become as big as the Star Trek franchise, if only it were properly
promoted.

And finally, "There's nothing good on T.V. any more". Farscape
was my only "appointment viewing" show.

[waltersgirl]

"Those Frelling bastard should not tell you WHERE the dream ends, WHEN the magic is gone and when there is no need of imagination anymore, because it's all in the heart, it's all in the eyes. And that wormhole lies within you - you can go wherever you want, push the limits and nothing will stop you. I know you are fighting not just for a simple show with fake guns and ships, for people that wear masks and speak strange words, but for that dream which make you smile when you look up to the sky and the eyes of the stranger you might meet on the sreet, which tells you I know your heart, I too smile when I look up to the sky. You , my sweethearts, you are fighting for the universal that is inside of you. I am Farscape, because I survive a war, give birth to gorgeous child, bury a husband and because that Jonny is such a cute young man. That is what I think!"

mippippippi's 80 year old bulgarian grandma

[tedbragg1]

Farscape will CHANGE YOU.

Make you feel.

Make you think.

It brought out best in its viewers.


Nuff said.

[quendi]

Farscape made you believe that it was all worth fighting for, that you could win if you were diligent. It gave you faith that your friends would always be there, and that your friends were worth saving. It made you feel comfortable and safe within Moya's halls, like being at mom's. It made ya glad that it was Friday. It made you aware of your shortcomings, but empowered you to do something about them. It made you dream, and hope, and love, but most importantly, live. It validated crackers. It showed us all that we have a fire inside of us, making us stand up for something we believe in. It gave us "community", and for that it will forever be more than "just a show".

[DZ_Crasher]

It validated crackers.

Yeah! Hey why isn't the Society Against Cruelty To Crackers working with us?

[ipimen]

i don't have very profound reasons for fighting for Farscape, mine are very simple. From the first episode i saw to the last one, this show has meant a lot to me. I love good stories, and Farscape knows how to tell great stories. I love tv if it makes me want more, and i definitely want more Farscape, that is the only reason i come here every single day and read what's going on, and try to help if i can. I just want more.

[DZ_Crasher]

I love Farscape. It doesn't preach about the greatness of humanity like B5 and Star Trek (and I loved them both, don't get me wrong). It doesn't have heros, it doesn't have villians. No one's essentially good or evil. People do things for a reason, always for a reason. People die because people make mistakes. There is no wrong or right. I love Farscape because the only thing it preaches, over and over and over again is hope.