Different Destinations - The Best Farscape Episode Ever Made
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- Опубліковано 24 сер 2021
- Farscape is one of the best sci-fi shows ever made, but there's one episode that stands out amongst all the others for me. Different Destinations, the fifth episode of the show's third season, is one of the best written episodes of TV I've ever seen.
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Ah, the 90s. When CGI wasn't good enough yet, so you just had to write a good story.
Farscape's 'space' looks so cool. Just, so impossibly busy and colorful. And the idea that the big worm creatures swim in asteroid belts? Some great stuff there
To be fair farscape had a fairly small budget too.
Yup. CGI ruined storytelling. CGI is nice but not at the expense of everything else.
Modern CGI is to media production as is anything made by a kid who gets their first copy of Photoshop...intent on using every plugin in every project
Farscape had a mix of practical effects, a bit of CGI, and the amazing animatronics of Jim Henson’s Creature Shop. Good times.
The one, big indicator for me that Farscape is a truly great show is that after a couple of episodes, you stop seeing two of the main characters as puppets.
Absolutely! Pilot was one of my two favorite characters on the show. The care they took with voice and personal stories made _everyone_ on that show so much more alive and real.
I decided to give this one a chance, even though it's one muppet over my limit but I'm damn glad I did. It's a show that was never afraid to hit with you with heavy ideas, or just plain gut punch you with the realization that the good guys don't always win, sometimes they barely survive while some around them do not.
@@613harbinger316 And how funny/ironical it is that Pilot's voice was Lani John Tupu the same actor who played Captain Bialar Crais...
@@saalkz.a.9715 Someone asks: "Who does the voice for Pilot?"
I say: "Remember that male cop in red high heels who could only arrest you if you understood your rights?"
@@613harbinger316 OH my. For a sec a thought you're describing Dr Frank-N-Further... 😅
Back when a damn PUPPET had a more realistic and fully developed character than today's stereotypical "checkbox" protagonists. I miss you Dominar.
Shout out for Pilot. Especially in The Peacekeeper War when he learns of Dargo's fate.
Characters with more facial expression than Rey from the farce awakens. Hell 1812 is better than Rey.
@@timothydoyle9635 Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo dooooo!
Such a BURN. You're right Rygel is FAR more of a '3 dimensional' fully rounded character than the shitty mary sues of today. The whole series was a tour de force of imaginative leaps. It has so much respect for its audience and expected them to keep up.
This isn't as much of a burn as you think it is. They had Jim Henson; *the* Jim Henson who did Fraggle rock, the muppets, Labyrinth, Dark Crystal, Little shop of horrors and various other timeless classics.
When the Drinker just gives a "sober" and straight review without making any jokes about drinking toxic liquids or how bad shit is in Scotland, you know the Topic being reviewed has a strong emotional impact on him.
Yep, this one is personal.
Yes ! Very well put , the drinker IS hands down the best and as much I love to hear him tear films apart , isn’t it so nice to hear him get so excited about the things he loves
Farscape will do that to you🙂
@@talynstarburst2l2l2l beat me to it!
Not so surprising, Farscape almost gets to everyone. But what´s bad about Scotland? I think it must be quite beautiful, wish I could go there, never have been ...
Farscape is woefully underrated, but those of us who love this show, know just how brilliant and ground breaking it really was.
it was one of the highest rated sci-fi shows ever. whats underrated about that??
Bullshit. It was highly rated during airing, and after.
Every season got better and better. Some of the episodes are some of the best Sci-Fi ever made. So happy to see Drinker mention this gem. I knew he had good taste and he never disappoints. Shows like this haven't existed for a long time. Creativity is at an all time low and I am just so thankful I got to grow up with shows like this.
Ben Browder was great as a snarky American completely out of his element.
hell yes.
Remember when writers didn't try to social engineer or coddle their audiences? Yeah, I do too. We of the older generations need to re-introduce story telling to our beloved younger ones so they can consider life and their choices better. Even fiction can spark thoughtful reflection and discussion. No manipulation, only respectful inspiration.
Social message? Fine. Social lecturing? Grows tiresome.
Yeaaah... About that. Have a look at Dominic Noble's channel. The nail polish wearing young Brit book reviewer that moved to the states is an admitted flaming sjw.
He's well spoken and very talented and creative but he and his viewer base are of the generation conditioned to search for and expect inclusion, diversity, equality and representation in literature.
@@ivucica For sure especially when the source are people who expect the world to change to suit their harmful ideology. It's fine for us all to differ in opinion and view, it's not fine for a group to take over in order to silence other opinions. No good outcome from that!
Present different sides in the story, write good characters, and let the individuals in the audience make up their own minds. Debate will happen but people will enjoy the story and want more
*Social engineering* is the art of manipulating people so they give up confidential information. Criminals use social engineering tactics because it is usually easier to exploit your natural inclination to trust than it is to discover ways to hack your software.
To be perfectly honest, I can't remember anytime a TV show or movie writer brought up the topic of *Social Engineering* unless it was a joke about Nigerian Princes on a sitcom. Social Engineering never seemed prevalent to writers unless they were making a heist movie. And I don't see the problem with heist movies?
Ben Crowder and Claudia Black were brilliant in that show! Chemistry was amazing! The whole cast and crew BRAVO! Thanks for giving me Fridays with Farscape after high school
Meeting them in about...72 hours.
@@JnEricsonx wow! Where?
@@rachelpops9239 A thing in Queens. Ben, Claudia, Gigli, and the show creator.
Browder not Crowder
Crackers Don't Matter and Out of Their Minds showed how awesome they all are, but especially Claudia Black. I completely believed that Ben Browder was in her body acting. Great as Rygel too.
The show was renewed for an additional 2 seasons, but was cancelled when Sci Fi channel was bought out by another company. One of the most heartbreaking things to see was on the final box set. The director came on set and announced to the cast of the cancellation. They were previously happy of the renewal but were hit with the news on set. They really were a family on set and the show reflected their dedication to the story. Man I was heartbroken...
But in all honesty, the fourth season wasn't all that good anymore.
The final episode however...
@@diatonicdelirium1743 After the last episode there was a full-length film to close threads, right?
@@GreyDeathVaccine Miniseries actually (The Peacekeeper Wars
), not the best but still worth the watch.
Then Aaron and Crichton all ended up in Stargate Command.
Actually it was renewed for a fifth season, but the series was cancelled because the series was making enough of a profit. The budget was $3 mil USD (over $4mil in Australia) at that time. Sci-Fi was still USA Network's sister network.
I had to do a double take when I saw “Drinker” next to “Farscape”!!! Definitely review this series!!!
THIS!
Yea, same. He'll give anything show a go. Respect.
I legit thought I was hallucinating haha. So happy to see this and hope to see more.
Yeah no shit M8
Indeed. Although I'm often tend to disagree with him, consider me surprised, when The Algorithm picked this video for me. I love this show and hope to find time for a re-watch.
That muted delivery of The Drinker's classic sign off really communicates the impact of this episode
I had the exact same thought.
True
I noticed that too.
The same kind of despairing melancholy you'd hear from the Drinker when he realises he's run out of Glenfiddich, foreboding a long night crying into his only remaining bottle of Asda smart price scotch.
I felt that.
“If we die, will I be with my daughter, after?”
“Different beliefs, different destinations. I cannot tell before the end.”
Such a good series, and great episode. My kingdom for a sci-fi show with this kind of writing and boldness.
One of my fave Stark lines come from that conversation.
"Fear is good, keep that. But travel light. Forget hate."
Deep down we all know Farscape was better than both Star Wars and ESPECIALLY Star Trek. I only saw the episodes over this summer and I was totally blown away by the creativity. Can we even talk about the "Harvey" Scorpius in Crichton's head? It's hard to even describe to people because it took such imaginative flight. It's THE crowning achievement of Gen X creativity.
Farscape is in my mind the best Sci-Fi Space adventure Series. It felt so grounded and soulful. Technically the Expanse is a better produced series but the episodic dips into stories like this always hurts more in the right places.
Thanks for not linking this to me, Dingleberry!
Farscape is perhaps the best character driven show ever. The CG doesnt hold up. But non of that matters when you factor in the incredible cast of characters, and the wonderful puppets from Henson's art department....
We want Season 5!
I disliked.farcape.... hated the acting. Glad everyone else enjoyed it.
Technically the Expanse after S01 is a boring, pretentious turd. I'd rather watch Farscape.
It's also from a time where Sci Fi was allowed to be fun.
Farscape and Babylon 5. I didn't see either one during the original run, I came across them later on dvd or Netflix. For a guy who grew up thinking sci-fi meant Star Trek, it absolutely blew my mind to see events from one episode have impact on every subsequent episode. They very rarely did a reset, and I'd never seen that before outside of a soap opera.
"I watched this episode when I was a teenager."
Oh god I feel old...
Cherish the good times my friend.
Aye, aye
That hurt me as well...haha and I was at my 20s..
I was 19 at the time.
@@blvp2145 I was in my late 20s.
Scorpius has to be one of the best characters ever written. God it was amazing how the show ended.
I liked the episode in which they portrayed John and Scorpius as cartoon characters.
Absolutely true. Scorpius is like a quintessential anti-villain. His defining moment (at least for me) is when he tells Crichton why he wants wormhole technology: "I don't want power - I want REVENGE!"
a villain u can not hate, but u hate his methods.
it is rare
I know right! He's a fucking great villain, he's way better then Crais, whatever the fuck they were trying to do with that character. Also, I've been watching this show for the Ist time & just got to this episode tonight, don't know if it's the best, personally prefer The Way We Weren't, but yeah, it's pretty good, especially with that ending.
@encyclopractica yea but scorpios got his due
"While they were all handled brilliantly, I don't think any of them hit as hard as this particular episode."
I can think of one.
"Talyn.... starburst"
Go ahead, break my heart.
What an arc that was. They took the main villain of the first season, and over time made him an ally of convenience but still dangerous, to a believable friend of the people he had once hunted. Without ever forgetting what he had done, or trying to pretend it was forgiven.
I watched the show religiously, but I didn't follow the news around the show or try to find out anything in advance. When the "Talyn... Starburst" scene happened, I really thought the show was ending. So much built up to that episode, and it seems so cataclysmic, I figured, "where can they go from here?" And I think I was right. The show seemed adrift in the fourth season. There was a handful of good episodes, but it was only near the end of that season that they seems to find any real direction. And we all know how that ended.
Definitely.
@@ressljs I felt like once the second half of S4 started, the show recaptured much of its brilliance
Leading up to the last four episodes that just had me floored more than anything else I had seen except for Babylon 5’s S3 finale which is my favorite single episode of tv ever. The gap between Farscape S3 and S4 probably didn’t help matters either with keeping a coherent story
Never mind "nowadays," the writing stood out by the standards of days gone by as well.
You know, back when the word "standards" was more than just a sad punchline.
“Fear accompanies the possibility of death. Calm shepherds its certainty.”
“I love hanging with you, man.”
@Junior Read It's all part of the plan you see!
Best line ever!
"As John once said, if I'm going to go down, I want to go down on a swing!"
@@driftertank reminds me of another great line
“You fool! As if it matters how a man falls down.”
“When the fall's all that's left, it matters a great deal.”
One of the coolest lines in the whole series!!
I really love this moment too!
S1 finale was so good!!
"I thought I'd live much longer"
"I never thought I'd live this long"
Can't just watch one episode. SO I WATCH THE WHOLE SERIES ONCE A YEAR.
Same.
Sometimes 2ce in 1 year.
"Humans never give up". This pretty much sums up Johns life. Just about every single episode John is being chased, tortured and mindfrelled, but he does his best to work through it. Truely one of the best series ever made!
Farscape was so amazing. Remember when we had GOOD trek, Stargate AND Farscape AAAND Firefly??
* happy nostalgic noises *
Earth 2, Seaquest DSV, ahhh the nostalgia is real :D
And Babylon 5.
I'm pretty sure Andromeda is better than the shite coming out now. I'm tempted to go back and watch some to see.
You forgot Babylon 5
That is THE most somber "go away now" we will ever hear from you, Drinker.
I didn't want these tears, but they came anyway.
Drinker after lifting and wanting a protein shake
"Go a whey now"
He knows how we feel today about the Afghanistan situation.
His sad anti-Disney Star Wars rant had a heartfelt "go awhey now"
@@thegreatergood8081 It did. I think we're all feeling a little sad this year. The worst is going to be when they shut down 9/11 memorials this year because they create a platform to criticize the government. They'll probably use COVID to justify it.
I remember the first time I watched Different Destinations. The ending felt like a gut punch.
On one hand, I'm thrilled you bring up "Farscape."
On the other hand, it is *so* good, that I don't want the general public to know about it, so that it can't be ruined.
Agreed. It was a work of art that can not and should not be repreated , resumed or remade or rebooted. They told their story and finalised it.
@@merdiolu 'They' are not ever going to remake or continue Farscape. If they do, there won't be puppets and makeup, but 99% CGI - imagine that Saturday morning cartoon fest, worse than Star Wars prequels...
And since, IIRC, _Farscape_ was owned by Jim Henson Productions, it's been absorbed by the House of Mouse, the likely outcome of a reboot/continuation/whatever is dire.
Erin Soon will now be played by a Watoosie or a Viking.
Afraid they'd try to remake a woke version? What are they gonna do? it's already got a 60% female cast, they going to recast Pilot as trans? Zhaan not Alien-of-color enough for you? Chiana/Dargo not an inter sectional enough relationship? Is the white male savior character slowly going insane too much of a male power fantasy? Not enough shattered family relationships in the quest to destroy the modern nuclear family? I suppose the woke remake would just take all those same things and add a laugh track.
FarScape has one of the best written and acted villains that ever hit the screen.
Mm. From his first line Wayne Pygram just nailed it.
There. That man. He's an imposter. Seize him.
Because a good villain is the hero in his own story. A great villain makes you see him as a hero of the story. The point where we got to see what was driving Scorpius and why was jaw dropping.
Absolutely.
I've been watching a bunch of The Drinker's back catalogue today. In one he talks about what makes good villains.
I immediately thought of Scorpius. He's clearly antagonistic, but he's efficient in his actions. His manipulations and alliances change as doors open and close to him. When he is thwarted, he doesn't waste time angsting over it, he moves to his next plan to get what he wants...and when we get a glimpse into his mind and memories, we can understand his motivations, the pain and hatred he's experienced and the reasons for his goals. He is ruthless, manipulative, cunning, and cruel...and in his own mind, it is because he is doing what must be done to save the universe from even greater evils.
While the character was always imposing and frightening, with his façade of calm, polite, and even jovial gentleness over a deep vein of rage, cruelty, and ego...having the episode that showed what, and who he was, and what he had to endure, and what he BELIEVED his own motivations were, suddenly made even the creepy, backstabbing, cold bastard into a strangely relatable character.
Between that and the complex "frenemy" relationship with John, I feel like Scorpius may be one of the most compelling villains ever brought to the small screen.
ETA: Wayne Pygram's portrayal of the character was also masterful. Subtle, simmering, always giving the impression that he was hiding something important. Sometimes dryly humorous...and as the "Harvey" sub-character developed, he often showed a sillier, campy side that contrasted wonderfully against the real Scorpius' cold and serious presence.
Scorpius vs the Joker. Who would come out on top? lol Just kidding.
@@talynstarburst2l2l2l Imagine him vs say... the Joker.
"Whatever its faults...", no idea what you are talking about here. Farscape had only one fault...it ended.
The original writer left the show after a few seasons and IMO the story went a little downhill from there. They had budget problems too and eventually the show was cancelled. They still made a movie some time later though to wrap things up.
@@Bonez0r TWO movies IIRC. And the new, FEMALE head of Sci-Fi Channel ("Now SYFY!" which always sounded like a pet name for a venereal disease) had the set for Moya chain-sawed apart so she didn't have to deal with fan requests to keep it on the air. Syfy was downhill from the name change.
@@Trollificusv2 Oh, you mean after they changed it to "Siffy?"
I refuse to pronounce it any other way.
The way they ended Farscape was a tragedy...apparently there had been rumors that the show was facing cancellation, and so the writers produced 2 storylines for the end of season 4, one meant to wrap up the show with a tidy ending, and 1 with the cliffhanger ending to hook into season 5. Then they went to the producers to ask about which they should film, and we're assured they were going to be renewed, so they filmed the cliffhanger...and we're apparently informed that they had been cancelled at the wrap party.
So goes the tale, at least.
Thank goodness they got to pull things together to give us at least a LITTLE closure in the Peacekeeper Wars.
Not to mention when they pulled Stargate and BS Galactica off..
Seriously the channel went dow hill after all these real sci-fi shows disappeared.
Oh and remember Sliders?
@@GCEXTREMEMN Actually BSG was always planned to be a 4 season show.
Crichton: "Bill Gates can't guarantee Windows! How can you guarantee my safety?"
My favorite line from the whole series is, "Oh Smokey, you can't argue with a woman."
@@ninjabearpress2574 My favorite was “With these wormholes, anything is possible. Somewhere the Cubs are winning the World Series.”
Sadly they did…
@@crowtservo Anything is possible, but I hope the Cubs don't think they're going to win every hundred years or so.
@@ninjabearpress2574 I probably won’t live to 140, if they want to wait another 103 years, that’s fine with me.
@@crowtservo Reminds me of a line from Blake's 7, when Villa says, "I plan to live forever, or die trying."
Farscape is one of the most original sci-fi series of past 30 years. This series took the type of narrative risks that most writer's rooms can only DREAM of.
Scorpius, Harvey, two Crichtons-- all of it was BRILLIANT.
I love how StarGate SG-1 had a little fun in their 200th episode and referenced Farscape.
Reference? Ben Browder and Claudia Black appear on it, and Black actually acts as Aeryn Sun!!
@@GustaveTheSteelXIII Well the whole episode Claudia’s character is pitching movies that people recognize. She’s told she needs a property not many people are familiar with. So she pitches him a Farscape type show, only to be told she did good finding something not well known.
@Couchsader No Remote i miss SG1..wish SG:Atlantis would have went on longer. Really hated Stargate Universe tho.
@@GCEXTREMEMN _Fightin’ words!_
Ya know, I would have picked this episode too.
And, by the way, Farscape is how you write a "strong female character."
Claudia Black IS the definition of strong female character. (Morrigan, Chloe Frazer, Aeryn, Matriarch Aethyta)
@@matebalazs1575 As is Claudia Christian and the late Mira furlan as ivanova and delenn.
We've gone back'Ards
*Characters
Zaan may not have been much of a fighter, she was smart, confident and formidable in many surprising ways. She never needed to be stronger or tougher than the men she faced, sometimes all she had to do was simply smirk at them.
Strong Female Character like that are in woefully short supply these days....
The greatest thing about her character is that she was competent in her field, but flawed like any other Humanoid.
@@mikhailiagacesa3406 "flawed like any other humanoid..."
Speak for yourself!
Big fan back in the day. We had it so good and didn't even realize it when they were making good shows like this.
Amen. And even the shows that weren't the greatest are lightyears better then any garbage that comes out today. Fuck we had it good. Every generation always thinks they had it better, but entertainment took a precipitous nose dive after 2012-ish and it's never been the same since.
Not only that, if shows WEREN'T good, they didn't last. Unlike the horrendous shows forcing the woke agenda constantly getting renewed without reason, programs were canceled. Farscape would probably be canceled today after 1 season.
The mistake we made was assuming that they'd just get better.
Back in the 90s, man we had some outstanding sci-fi: 3 ST series, 3 ST movies, first SW prequel movie (yes, more fantasy that sci-fi, but still), Farscape, Babylon 5, Men In Black, X-Files, SG movie and SG-1, MST3K, a whole tv channel. And if you go back to the 80s: Blade Runner, V, more ST movies, TNG, the OG SW movies, Back to the Future, The Terminator, ET, Aliens, Robocop,
The problem is that they are trying to take shows in directions that going over the top. Star Trek used to be simple, UTOPIA, the writers are simply forgetting what they are writing for, I have not watched any Trek since the last movie. The Star Wars and Marvel tv shows, I have not watched, do not want to. I was fine when the Max Reebo band was headed by Max Reebo and not Sy Snootles. The other problem seems to be, writers trying to shoehorn old fights into new shows and they want to pretend that the old fight was centered around their cause, but they are wrong.
Claudia Black was so great in this show, talk about a strong woman character. Thanks for adding her voice. I could listen to that every night before bed.
When the 'strong female character' ISN'T a condemnatory slam on shitty writing / politics.
@@realrayra very true.
a really strong woman who happens to not hate men!
@@johnnyskinwalker4095 Aaron was just a great, well written character.
@@johndurham6172 very well done indeed
I fucking loved Farscape, really wish it hadn't ended 😭
Loved this. I feel Farscape and Babylon 5 were peak sci fi shows and both are almost forgotten apart from the die hard fans. The sheer intricacy of the writing in Bab5 is mind blowing and hasn't been achieved again since. I miss the 90s.
I was going to mention B5 but you got in first.
It was my favorite sci-fi and should never be redone in current woke world.
They'd ruin the fuck out of it!
Miss the 90's too.
Back in 2006-07 a friend and I watched all of B5 and Farscape after he borrowed the DVDs from a co-worker. It was a real eye opener. It changed how we both saw Sci-fi.
@@blueplanetcreature5049 Went through the comments just looking for a B5 mention.
Every time I google the show the curse has gotten another one. :(
@@lilysnark yip
The show worth a mention at any chance.
Farscape is a fuc&ing masterpiece! A crazy, somber, over-the-top, imaginative, dark, visually amazing masterpiece.
Seeing that look on D'argo's face at the end was almost too much for an already ultra-heavy episode, but that's why we love things like this.. good on ya, Drinker, you're shining a bright light in dark times.
Farscape is so horribly forgotten today, but it easily held its own against many of the greats like TNG/DS9, Babylon 5 and (though not aired in the same period) Battlestar Galactica remake. The characters were absolutely unforgettable.
Now I want to rewatch the whole show again
I'm currently halfway through Season 3.
I watch whole thing about once a year.
Well, do it. I've watched it again a few months ago and I may re-watch sooner than usual myself.
What service is it on?
@@TheStonewall117 Amazon Prime
When I saw Farscape, I never thought it would be a marker I'd look back on and feel the change the world has undergone.. wow. Thank you CriticalDrinker!
That was the sadest "go away now" I've ever heard him say. I'm silently going now.
Flawed, imperfect characters having to overcome challenges will always be inherently more interesting than the Rey/Captain Marvels of the world.
I love how Farscape could go from something like Different Destinations one week to the off the wall shenanigans of Scratch and Sniff the next. Opposite ends of the emotional spectrum, yet both utterly fantastic.
I'm soooo glad The Drinker is a Farscape fan.
Eat me was the ep following this.
Now that showed the show's diverse storytelling.... From time travel feels to out and out pure horror flick.
i always loved the two or three parts episodes, specially the storyline in season 3 when Talyn and Crais blow up the command ship. The moment when Scorpius walks down the stairs in the midst of the destruction and all the water was flooding the atrium was epic!
Into the Lion’s Den. Also Liars, Guns, and Money was another fantastic multi episode story.
One take. Wayne Pygram had to nail that in the one take because they couldn't redo. No CGI. Walking up the stairs against the fast flow of the water.
Iconic.
Great pick. One of my favourites is A Constellation of Doubt from season 4. Crichton watches a documentary about his return to Earth and feels disillusioned at humanity's response. We totally suck the magic out, drowning the moment in the comfortable and familiar to make it palatable to the masses, who consume the product and move on. There was no instant societal shift that brought the world together. Once the initial joy wore off, we went right back to being us.
TIL the Drinker also appreciates Farscape. Excellent. One of us, one of us!
Wait Drinker likes Farscape ? Yes do a review it's really underappreciated.
Farscape was soooooo much better than I was ready to give it credit for back in the day.
Never has being wrong been more rewarding.
I found this show at a funky time in my life and it always made me feel better. Fantastic show. Thank you for covering it. R.I.P. Jim Henson.
I f#%kin loved this show. Not afraid to kill off characters and change it up. Lots of great practical effects/character design. Unique ideas that are hard to come by in Sci-Fi.
Ahhh Farscape. Where you came for the story but stayed for Claudia Black and Gigi Edgley.
Still one of my favorite series with a great cast and characters. Also Scorpius is one of the best antagonists (anti-villain a bit?) of all time.
Farscape is the best sci-fi show ever made and by the looks of things now. It will never be overtaken.
Sadly, discovered Farscape on it's final marathon before the movie was released on Sci-fi channel. what an awesome show!
To me, in my humble opinion, this is the all time greatest sci-fi show ever.
You are not alone in your opinion
100% correct
Ahh Farscape. Great show, the whole cast is diverse and interesting. Really felt like a higher budget version of Lexx.
I loved Lexx so much simply for how bizarre it was. Really stood out compared to everything else at the time.
@@Redpantslol For me, Farscape aged much better than Lexx. I'm rewatching Farscape and loving it. I tried to rewatch Lexx, and I found it challenging to get into again.
I never saw Lexx, but I do remember a promo for it on the sci fi channel where they showed a scene of a robot head that was about to get tongue raped by what looked like a guy in a bdsm outfit and the robot head screaming in terror. I thought it was one of those weird sex sci fi shows.
@Junior Read Oh my God I found it. ua-cam.com/video/a4xmikv3L-o/v-deo.html
Lexx was appalling, I'd rather watch boring low grade shit like Andromeda starring the dude from Hercules than have to watch that godawful Lexx show again🙄
I remember when this show came out , I went and bought every DVD when it became available. I will have to rewatch this show again very soon. One of the best Sci fi shows out there.
Ah, Drinker. This takes me back to the time I just moved into London and my 4m² room. I've spent my (Monday?) evenings watching Farscape, drinking and smoking, and thinking to myself: what a wicked show.
Farscape is the best SF show I ever watched... That is all. Period. Go away now ;P!
I am torn between Farscape and SG-1 as my favorite shows of all time.
Better than the early 2000s Battlestar Galactica reboot?
@@Brownie-ms6sv Yes. Not by a large margin mind you but Yes.
@@Entreped SG1 has massive advantage on number of episodes and spinoffs whitch is very nice indeed. But for me Farescape Rain supreme in the end :).
@@piotrskodowski7544, ok, fair enough. I've watched BSG and Firefly, so it looks like I'll have to have a look at Farscape now as well.
I’m with you, this was a magnificent show. I’m still upset this show was canceled and it’s been almost 20 years. It’s fucking weird to think about it like that.
Honestly I think the wrap up movie was pretty good as far as finales go. Not amazing, but not Enterprise terrible.
@@davidb2045 yeah, Peacekeeper Wars was a good way to send off the show. I am thankful for it, but I would still rather had another few seasons.
I met my wife around the same time this show was coming out and it became our ritual to watch it. We were two damaged souls that were picking up the pieces and putting them back together, trying to create a home because we had nothing to go back to and watching these two build something that made them give up their home showed us we were on the right track. No, there aren’t always happy moments, and some stories are painful and that’s okay because that’s what the adventure is about: overcoming insurmountable adversity. If you can make it through the worst, the spoils are all that much sweeter.
It was sad to see the show go, but in that last moment the realization that if you really want it all, if you want the truth, you need to be willing to lose it all to gain everything. That if you can’t have your future, nobody can and in that moment you already have what you’re looking for. A future that we can all exist in.
Today I’m happily married still, with a beautiful child that loves me, but I see that truth is still as real today as it ever was. Give it your all or give it nothing, there is no middle ground, and it’s helped me see I am who I want to be and no title, no family, no home ever defined me quite as effectively as I defined myself. I gave up the world I thought mattered and realized I had lost nothing, but gained a new world that is my everything.
I love Farscape! Such a great show. Used to come on The Sci-Fi Channel in the US, right before Lexx, back before that channel lowered its standards and rebranded as SyFy.
Changing Sci-fi to SyFy was a minor thing, but it indicated a huge shift in quality and respect for its audience (and not in a good way). I stopped watching that channel soon after.
Finally, The Drinker talks Farscape! The best sci-if show ever made. Now do the entire series! Or an episode by episode breakdown.
Yes please!!!
Watching this video really makes me want to watch the series again. I've only ever watched it once and that was about ten years ago, so it might be that time again.
I actually downloaded the entire series some time ago so I can rewatch it anytime I want to.
The show definitely is underrated as hell. The 90s had some great sci-fi. Farscape, Babylon 5, Star Trek, etc. I miss those days.
@Couchsader No Remote That was pretty epic. Thanks.
I remember when Farscape first broadcast on TV, I was 5 and it was my first exposure to science fiction. It’s on amazon prime now...think I’ll rewatch it for the first time in decades
This show is now 25 years old. Still one of my all time favorites. I'm going to go start re-watching all of it right now. Cheers Drinker.
Damn it Drinker. I shouldn't be dealing with these feels and needing a frelling drink this early in the morning.
That's what I said too. I'm sitting with my morning coffee, just got on UA-cam, first vid is see is new Drinker video. Yay. No, not yay.... Tears.
You know the thing is serious when the Drinker ends in such a sad, almost mournful not. It may sound silly, but as someone who really enjoyed Farscape, it hits hard.
Yeah, I felt those last words. Makes me wanna watch the whole show (I've never seen it)
@@MPaans Me too.
@@MPaans It's worth it. A time when good writing, acting & production was considered important. Even the costumes worn by the characters reflect changes. Most noticeably with Crichton
@@need-to-know- I'd recommend it.
@@ptonpc Thank you. 1998-2001 was a rather chaotic time in my life when it came to keeping up with entertainment and such and when I did get to get a glimpse of series, I was overwhelmed at where to try to begin because I had left off with voyager and found myself surrounded by Andromeda, Firefly, Farscape, and others. And up to now, I didn’t go back to try to catch up on those because I thought some of them might just be discount Star Treks. So thank you and I will.
This show was ahead of its time
Love Farscape! Very few shows had the guts to run with unintended consequences. Chrichton gets cloned? Well, now there are two Chrichtons, what are you gonna do about it? What a great move, and the resolution? OUCH. Farscape had a great way of resolving plot threads by giving more consequences, and not some neat bow. But that's why the show holds up so well in terms of writing. It was a show where even the characters were self-aware enough to know that interfering sometimes makes things much, much worse, despite good intentions. But through it all, it's those character flaws and weaknesses that drive the characters to need each other, and that gives the audience hooks to care about them, too. Great show, great video, Drinker! Cheers Mate!
One of the most under recognized and underrated shows of all time. Thank you for shining a light on it!
Farscape is one of THE best sci-fi shows in existence. 20 years later it still holds up on all fronts and it is always an absolute pleasure to watch. And the review you gave of this episode is one of the most accurate reviews I have seen.
I agree. Another one of THE best shows for me is Babylon 5. Epic.
@@Kashban Hell yeah, Babylon 5 is the best one. But Farscape is a close 2nd. And then there's a big gap until anything else.
@@PsychedeliKompot Indeed my friend and can I get a third best for Sapphire & Steel? it was the X-Files of my childhood.
@@sonofspock1 Not familiar with Sapphire & Steel, but I was mostly referring to Space Sci-Fi shows here. What I'd rank 3rd would be the first 7 seasons of Stargate SG1 and the whole of Stargate Atlantis. And like the 20% of Deep Space 9 that actually advances the overarching storylines there and isn't just filler.
@@PsychedeliKompot Well, gotta keep the torturing O'Brien episodes, obviously.
Scorpius is one of the best damned villains in any series out there, menacing, complex, perfectly written and masterfully acted.
That hit home... I will make sure rewatch the whole show with kids when they grow older.
AWESOME vid.
Farscape is amazing.
Great characters, stories and arcs. A perfect blend of science and fantasy.
The animatronics were also awesome. Fantastic to see alien creatures that in no way resembled Humans on a scifi show.
Would love to see it return, but I am extremely hesitant in this climate of wokeness to allow anything I love to be remade, or continued.
I just know they'd fuck it up.
What's cool is that Jim Henson Productions worked on the series through his son Brian Henson which is undoubtedly why the animatronics and non-bipedal characters are so good.
Though, I'd hate to see this brought back right now despite the original cast not getting any younger.
We'd probably end up getting a new cast of characters that take turns shitting on John Crichton just like Picard got in his self-titled reboot.
Interesting that these non-human characters still shared emotional and moral touch points with the humans of various factions and faiths, isn't it? These are things that the smooth-brained midwits who write this kind of thing nowadays can't imagine that people of slightly different colors can share.
God I hate the 20s!!
Don't forget that the peacekeepers ended up being artifically/genetically enhanced and evolved humans.
Farscape did far more, with far less than so many of the "great" shows. It knew how to pull you in, tear out your guts, and then laugh at you while you laid there trying to recover.
I loved Farscape and this was a great walk down memory lane. I need to introduce this to my sons.
Another gem of weird science fiction.
Weird, brilliant, wear a cup kind of sci-fi the way it was meant to be.
The way you signed off this time...I could tell this really hit you hard emotionally. Love you Drinker.
Farscape and Stargate SG1 are two of my favorite series of all time. I was so sad when Farscape ended with Peacekeeper Wars (at least we got the miniseries). Can you imagine my joy when Ben (Crichton) and Claudia (Aeryn) joined SG1 as Mitchell and Vala. Ahhhhhh, long gone happy times :-(
My favorite sci-fi show of all time. The characters, the world building, the writing…just amazing.
This show is so well acted and well written. I've watched this show a dozen times and it never gets old.
My daughter and I loved watching this show together. She was 13-14 and loves Sci Fi. Like I did when I was her age.
This was one of the best shows ever. "I would rather destroy everyone than have my child be born in a universe of perpetual war".
I rewatch this show every year since I discovered it in 2011. Another great thing about this episode is establishing the rules of altering history that play a role in a major plotline of Season 4, and the reveal makes Harvey even more interesting.
Farscape is so awesome. Great chemistry between the cast.
I LOVED Harvey!!!
"Kill her, then we will have pizza and margarita shooters"
I’m real to you John! ...I’m real to me... man it actually got to me when Harvey died.
Farscape had some of, if not all, of the most interesting characters I've ever seen in any show, scifi or not. They took a lot of risks on that show, and as a testament to the people who made it, they not only made it work, but it was great. Compare it to the risk averse "creators" we have now, and you'll see how grand the mockery is to the likes of Farscape and the passionate creative people that made it.
@@connordorman117 Harvey is what I loved most about Farscape, he's the very definition of schizophrenia.
Nobody eats pizza with Margaritas!!!!!
@@Icanonlycountto4 Yeah, I think that's why somebody invented beer.
Possibly the most underappreciated sci fi series to come to the small screen. Strong women , strong men , Strong er alien characters, each well written and well placed in the story..who'de of thunk it?! All episodes are on Amazon Prime.
Oh and Scorpius , dare I say it , up there with some of the best villians in Sci fi
Still waiting for that proper review, Drinker. About to conclude S02 now. The entire watch-group is stunned by this show, and obsessed with it. Truly a masterpiece.
The Drinker never disappoints
Damn, I love this show. Definitely the high-water mark of science fiction television.
Yeah, does anyone else want to duct tape JJ Abrams to a lawn chair and make him watch Farscape until he understands this is how it should be?
@@ninjabearpress2574 NO! LOL! Pray that the Destroyer of Franchises never knows this show exists!
That episode was the most bitter pill to swallow. But I never skip it. Although there was so no happy end - apart from them getting out of it alive. And it shows that sometimes good intentions are not enough - and still they are very important!
Have not watched Farscape in 15 years or so, i cant remember anything except that i loved it of course!
Farscape is a gem and can't wait for your proper review. A couple others from the era I'd love your takes on include LEXX, Andromeda and the Stargates.
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*shivers* LEXX.. that was fucked up show. How bout Babylon 5 instead :D
Lexx is fucked but brilliant
@@DSzaks hell yeah. B5 is a favorite of mine. Still disappointed that Crusade got canned so quickly
@@forsakenquery I absolutely want Drinker's take on Babylon 5. Hell, X Files, would like to hear his angle on that.
Babylon 5 and Farscape were the pinnacle of Sci-Fi way back then, still so watchable even now.
Farscape, even today, is possibly the most brilliant scfi series to ever grace TV screens. In fact, I was a frelling scaper from the very first episode. I was also one of the millions of outraged fans ready to carry a torch and pitchfork to the headquarters of the scifi channel when they ended the series on a cliffhanger to end all cliff hangers. This brings us to perhaps the greatest illustration of just how awesome this show was. After the cancellation there was a fan revolt. A fund was started that collected millions of dollars to finance "Save Farscape" commercials, which eventually convinced the SciFi channel to do just that ..... sort of. Though they didn't give us another season, they did produced a movie, "The Peacekeeper Wars," which tied up all the loose ends of the series and gave the fans the ending they had been clamoring for. To this day the campaign to save Farscape was, and is, an historic event with no equal for aside from the occasional online petition no fan base, before or since, has put their money where their mouth is in such an epic fashion and with such satisfying results. Still to have just one more season of this scfi gold .... "sigh"
I liked the sadness in the "Go away now" ending. I feel you dude! Good old times!
I still go back and watch this masterpiece. Despite its age it still stands out even among modern more technologically capable series.
YES, show was close to perfect, loved the episodes were mostly done with a start and finish, much more satisfying. And the puppets and costumes were cool.
That's one of the things I loved about Farscape. The fact that things didn't always work out for the better in the end of each episode made it feel more genuine.
Farscape was definitely my jam . tone of episodes . all gold . you will laugh , you will cry , you will kiss your spare time goodbye and frelling love it .