(Harvey! And Talyn! And Gilina!)

[deird_lj]

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.

Comments

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

This makes me want to finish the show. A lot.

Too bad I got distracted by The X-Files....

[deird1]

Oh, you must finish it! It's very worthwhile.


How far did you get?

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm sure it is! It's strange: I enjoy it while I'm watching it, but when I'm not, I don't feel a consuming desire to do so. I don't know why.

I've been stuck at the Princess trilogy in the middle of S2 for a while now. I fully intend to keep going...I just haven't. Very strange.

[deird1]

Ack! You need to keep watching! It's about to start getting really interesting!


*looks stern*
You must find out about Harvey. And Sikozu. And the second Crichton. These things are important. Now, go watch.

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

Hee! Yes, ma'am!

That really does make me anxious to do it....

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

I never found the Princess Triology to be that great. (I like the "Liars, Guns, and Money" trilogy better... and NOTHING beats the Season 3 Trilogy(ish) of Infinite Possibilities I & II along with The Choice

Hang in there until at least the Season 2 Finale "Die Me, Dichotomy." If it hasn't grabbed you by then, let it go by the wayside. But I would say at least go to "Die Me, Dichotomy" to see whether it grabs you.

(Personally, I don't think I fell for Crichton until he went insane. Not sure what that says about me, though. :)

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

Well, I like it already. It just hasn't grabbed me by the gut and demanded that I keep watching it already, not the way Buffy or...Veronica Mars did. It's more like BSG: I liked it, then I got distracted, then I went back and watched it some more, then I got distracted, then I fell in love with it, then it got bad. Only hopefully Farscape won't get bad.

I will definitely keep watching till then. Thank you! I like to have a goal in mind. Like with Buffy, you tell people to hang on until at least "Surprise"/"Innocence" (or is that reversed? Whatever).

I already love Crichton. A whole lot. But I'm willing to fall for him more! And I didn't love Buffy till she was clinically depressed, so I don't know what that says about me. ;)