Monday, December 12, 2005
The End
I've just been watching all my beloved FarScape DVDs again lately =) I truely think FarScape has been the best thing ever to be produced for television, it was such a crime that it didn't get a fifth and final series.
FarScape was amazingly intelligent, funny, exciting and so original and different with so many fantastic cliffhangers throughout the seasons, but the complicated ongoing storyline and character developments, which created such a strong and loyal fanbase, made it difficult for the fanbase to increase in size at all. The fans who watched it from the begining grew to love the show more and more, but it seemed harder and harder for people on the outside to get in. It could never achieve a fanbase the size of Star Trek or Stargate because of this, and also because of how original and 'alien' the show was to others.
It was good that we got the mini-series FarScape: Peacekeeper Wars because of the devotion of the fans, but it just felt like an entire season of 22 episodes squashed into 4 which spoilt it a bit for me. Just one more season, that the writers had planned on and already written, would've finished off such a fantastic masterpiece of Sci-Fi.
Alas, it was not to be, but i really recommend anyone out there to give it a go. I'm sure a lot of the bigger video rental stores have it (or used to) or maybe download some to see what you think. You can buy each 10 disc season on dvd for £60 from Play.com.
Peace.
I've just been watching all my beloved FarScape DVDs again lately =) I truely think FarScape has been the best thing ever to be produced for television, it was such a crime that it didn't get a fifth and final series.FarScape was amazingly intelligent, funny, exciting and so original and different with so many fantastic cliffhangers throughout the seasons, but the complicated ongoing storyline and character developments, which created such a strong and loyal fanbase, made it difficult for the fanbase to increase in size at all. The fans who watched it from the begining grew to love the show more and more, but it seemed harder and harder for people on the outside to get in. It could never achieve a fanbase the size of Star Trek or Stargate because of this, and also because of how original and 'alien' the show was to others.
It was good that we got the mini-series FarScape: Peacekeeper Wars because of the devotion of the fans, but it just felt like an entire season of 22 episodes squashed into 4 which spoilt it a bit for me. Just one more season, that the writers had planned on and already written, would've finished off such a fantastic masterpiece of Sci-Fi.Alas, it was not to be, but i really recommend anyone out there to give it a go. I'm sure a lot of the bigger video rental stores have it (or used to) or maybe download some to see what you think. You can buy each 10 disc season on dvd for £60 from Play.com.
Peace.