Jan 20, 2012 11:05
After a slow opening, 2011 rolled merrily along; the year was over before I knew it. A lot has happened. After years of yearning for one, finally gotten a cat, who has been a delightful addition to my life. I've finished The Early Mixes and it's a very strange feeling not to have to have it somewhere in my mind at all times. A friend has re-
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And speaking of films, do you plan on distributing your film The Early Mixes for purchase?
Congrats on your savings of Farscape I saw the Blu-Ray at our local B&N this past week - my wife and I keep eyeballing it because its one we've never seen and because we both enjoyed Babylon 5 and the last several seasons of Stargate: SG1. We did purchase a very expensive "used" box-set at the Half-Price Book Store once, and while the discs were not cracked or broken, they were...old. They had yellowed in places and clouded over in others which made them unplayable. Its still on our radar, and I think I saw them available for streaming on Netflix - if that's the case your writeup has certainly re-piqued my interest in finally seeing it. That is, once we're off our Kung Fu kick. You know how these things must run their course. And your "Pigs in Space" subtitle cracked me up. Too many years.
In other news I'm listening to "The Vice of Killing" and enjoying it far more than I did the first time without being able to tell you why. Perhaps the time is just right? What a great collection, sir. While I usually appreciate his non-Westerns more, today I cannot separate the two. Just magnificent!
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The ultimate fate of The Early Mixes is at present unclear. I wish I could elaborate, but such things are what they are.
Farscape is a lot of fun. It's sexy, looks gorgeous, very smart and psychedelic. It is one of those shows that occasionally runs with scissors but somehow manages to sidestep the pitfalls of just about every television trope that it punctures (and there are a few of them). It's well worth getting on Blu-ray too; while the picture is only a slight upgrade over the DVDs, the sound is great and there are more episodes per disc, making it more convenient just from a practical perspective.
You will have to watch the series finale The Peacekeeper Wars on DVD, however, as that mini-series was produced by a different company and is not included in this set.
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