My Farscape Post

[cianconnell]

I was going to jot down a few thoughts on sebaceanbabe's birthday post, but it got...longer than I was anticipating. It's a bit rambly and all over the place, I apologize for that, since I have to flee to pick up my pops at the airport in a few, so he can come visit with my boys, who have a full schedule of baseball and soccer, which they wanted to show off.

Comments

[miniglik]

I like how the group has gone from open animosity to barely tolerating each other to actual affection (and more). They’re no longer only interested in saving their own skins and using each other to do so. It's touching to see. Yes, Crichton and Aeryn. But also in "Human Reaction" (was it?) with fake Earth and Crichton's relief that Rygel wasn't dead and D’Argo, so sweet with holding Aeryn’s hand and making sure that she wasn't going to die alone. And who’s now calling Crichton “John!”
I love me some Crichton/Aeryn, but D'Argo and John is another one of my favorite relationships. Their friendship is so hard earned, and they're both incredibly selfish and full of their own Issues at times (D'Argo always and John later), that when they're finally genuinely good friends it's really fun to watch. Aeryn and D'Argo, Aeryn and Pilot, and John and Chiana are all also good. (And John and Scorpius eventually have one of the best hero/villain relationships ever, but you'll get to that later

[cianconnell]

D'Argo and John are great. I've finally seen Season One's finale and the whole "How you doing?" "I've gotta pee," and the insta-giggles they both got was awesome (so much of a change from the beginning of their relationship, or even when they agreed not to be enemies in the bounty-the-dog hunter episode).

And John, once again, cracking up when Crais entered the ship with Rygel. Classic! I really love that quality of...when all else fails...it's such a human reaction and I love that it's been going on the whole time, and from your comments, it isn't going anywhere. It truly is one of my favorite Crichton-isms.

Also, if you like Crichton's Alpha-Male act and inappropriate laughter, then I feel you are going to love the rest of the series. Because... there's only going to be more of that.Okay, that is entirely made out of win, and I'm very, very excited to moove on to Season Two. So much so that I bought and uploaded into my i-pod. It's been so long since I've had a show to work out to at the gym, I'm really looking forward to it (

[cianconnell]

Aeryn and Pilot

Oh, and YES, they totally had me going in their goodbyes in the season finale. A muppet, damnit! A muppet!

[miniglik]

Rygel never, ever, wins me over. I mean, I don't straight out hate him, but I'm not a fan. But Pilot is GREAT. He even gets a back story ep, season two's "The Way We Weren't" which is a favorite ep for a lot of fans. (I like it a lot, but I'm a little too much of a Crichton fan for it to be my favorite -- if Crichton's not tortured and at least a little crazy it's not quite a favorite.)

D'Argo and John are great. I've finally seen Season One's finale and the whole "How you doing?" "I've gotta pee," and the insta-giggles they both got was awesome (so much of a change from the beginning of their relationship, or even when they agreed not to be enemies in the bounty-the-dog hunter episode).

Here, have a totally random, unimportant, out of context season three Crichton/D'Argo as BadAss BFFs scene: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGjB_1lzbOw&feature=related

Okay, that is entirely made out of win, and I'm very, very excited to moove on to Season

[cianconnell]

Hee, with the "Who's your daddy." Yeah, Crichton looks...way more with the batshit badass there than in the semi-soft place I have him now.

Rygel can make me laugh, despite myself, though I'm not a huge fan. I do like that Crichton reacted the way he did in "Human Reaction," even though he's not much of a fan, either. Though, I also liked his dressing-down in the finale, because...so well deserved.

Do you see now why Farscape is hard to recommend? It's, like, brilliant at doing things I LOVED, but it's got muppets and body paint and fart jokes and really, really, really bad science, and occasional bad boring episodes on planets of blue people or planets of tribal people dressed in purple nylon vests. But when it's awesome it's really awesome.

Yes, totally, I'm trying to get folks to come along with me for the ride, but it's a hard sell.

Some people don't like that he does get so loud and inappropriate when backed into a corner. (And especially in season two.) I kind of like it as character development, in that he starts to lose

[miniglik]

I'm a huge believer in humor to ease grief. Particularly when it's totally inappropriate Wrong!Bad!Humor that only you and the other grieving people would be okay with. J's this way too, so we often end up going with the dark funny when we're upset or even fighting or whatever.

She was so painfully alone and actually had to make the decision that none of them had had yet (I guess the blue chick had it later with the commune episode) of whether to "go back home," but realized that it was no longer her home and she was just as alone and stranded as the rest of the sorry lot.

Yeah, she's awesome. She's full of the least amount of crap of anyone on the show, and yet she's so emotionally stunted. I can't decide if I like her arc or Crichton's better, but hers is much more subtle.

[miniglik]

So, uh, watched anymore?

Yes, I'm bored.

[cianconnell]

Heh.

My answer should totally be a resounding yes, since I plugged my i-pod in last night before going to bed, then actually went to the gym today (go me!), but, sadly, apparently, I had checked the box to only upload television shows that I had marked and I hadn't marked the Farscape ones. Boo!

So, I ended up rewatching an old episode of Freaks and Geeks and sad, so sad...