[discostu]

Somebody needs to explain to me the Farscape thing. The show sucked. Everybody talked with stupid accents and couldn't be understood half the time, the stories were dumb, the special effect were so-so. And most importantly: the ratings were in the toilet.

Christopher Lloyd has a recurring role in Tremors, that's a big plus right there. And of course rightwing whacko Burt Gummer is right more often than he's not, which sort of gives the show a conservative bent. Though if they put the hot Latina in a water trough without a bra anymore they'll lose the "family entertainment" vote.

[vollmond]

Bring back Quark! I still chuckle over the Ficus mating scene. Bee, bee, bee, bee, bee, bee, bee.

[Kieri]

I'm one of Farscape's original defenders, so allow me to make my argument, please.

Farscape premiered in March 1999. I was reluctant to watch it at first ("Muppets? How DARE they attempt to put muppets in a serious SF series!") I watched it because I wanted to see how bad it was.

Boy was I surprised.

The "muppets" were actually incredible, especially Pilot. Ok, ok, I'll admit, I've got a HUGE soft spot for Pilot, going to the point of making a few tee shirts because Creation never made any (one of which Lani Tupu still wears!). I wasn't crazy about Ben Browder's portrayal as Crichton, but the series grew on me. They never pulled punches and, most importantly, didn't try to wrap up the plot in the last five minutes. Characters came and went, tragedies happened and we saw comedy in space. They never tried to shove altruistic humanist theories down my throat (God bless you Rockne and David and Froony), and constantly kept production quality high. Granted, its difficult for a new watcher to come in mid-season, but I would HIGHLY encourage you to rent...no...BUY the first season on DVD. They've come down in price and are well worth the investment. If you don't like it, donate it to a library, or see www.savefarscape.com to donate it to our troops!

My husband and I had a saying. "A bad day on Farscape is better than a good day on Trek." Sure, they had a less-than spectacular ep from time to time, but each show is WELL WORTH the couch time.

[HamiltonJay]

Farscape most certainly did not suck... however you had to catch every episode to follow it, and if you started mid way in you had to watch for a while to really understand what was going on.

If you just tuned in for one episode, and never watched it before or since... you definately would have no clue what was going on.

[Oztrich Boy]

Somebody needs to explain to me the Farscape thing.

Chick. With. Gun.

Everybody talked with stupid accents and couldn't be understood half the time,

I didn't notice any accents (stupid or otherwise) and had no trouble understanding them.