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I saw someone on the internet this morning saying that Farscape's aliens were basically:
"...Proud Warrior Race Guy, Greedy Nobleman, Space Buddhist, Spock, Action Girl..."
...and concluding that the characters weren't all that original.
No. Wrong.
This show has D'Argo - the Proud Warrior Race Guy... who wants to stop fighting, settle down, and have a farm.
And Zhaan - the Space Buddhist... who is completely psychotic on her bad days.
And Aeryn, who was raised to be a soldier and nothing else, and Pilot, who is mostly calm and logical but also stubborn and snarky, and Jool, who is intelligent and resourceful and also a spoiled brat, Crichton, who is the American Hero and is not the action guy, he's the scientist! - and he's completely out of his depth...
And everyone else, too.
There are a lot of complaints you could make about Farscape. Lack of original characters is not one of them.
"...Proud Warrior Race Guy, Greedy Nobleman, Space Buddhist, Spock, Action Girl..."
...and concluding that the characters weren't all that original.
No. Wrong.
This show has D'Argo - the Proud Warrior Race Guy... who wants to stop fighting, settle down, and have a farm.
And Zhaan - the Space Buddhist... who is completely psychotic on her bad days.
And Aeryn, who was raised to be a soldier and nothing else, and Pilot, who is mostly calm and logical but also stubborn and snarky, and Jool, who is intelligent and resourceful and also a spoiled brat, Crichton, who is the American Hero and is not the action guy, he's the scientist! - and he's completely out of his depth...
And everyone else, too.
There are a lot of complaints you could make about Farscape. Lack of original characters is not one of them.