#farscape season 1

[giveamadeuschohisownmovie]

On a more serious note, now that I’m halfway into Farscape season 1, I can’t help but think about Peter Quill/Star-Lord from “Guardians of the Galaxy” being a lesser John Crichton. Because, as I’ve written before, James Gunn was so obviously inspired by Farscape:

1) John and Peter are the good ole American protagonists who were taken to deep space against their will. They connect with people through pop culture references and their good heart.

2) Aeryn Sun and Gamora are the stone cold warriors who used to fight for the bad guys but are now on the side of good. They also have a romance with John/Peter.

3) Ka D’Argo and Drax are the proud warriors who are seeking to redeem themselves. They also are so stiff that references and simple sayings go over their heads.

4) Rygel is sorta kinda like Rocket Raccoon in that they’re the scheming loudmouths who look out for themselves.

5) Pilot and Groot fulfill the role of the lovable support character who helps everyone in the crew.

6) Zotoh Zhaan doesn’t have a perfect GOTG counterpart, but I really do feel that James Gunn split her traits between Nebula (who got the rage and tragic backstory) and Mantis (who got the mind powers).

Anyways, back to the main point. While Peter Quill does come off as a John clone, I think the way John’s arc was handled was superior to the way Peter was written. I think the main reason is that I can see why John would be his crew’s leader (or, at least, the crewmate keeping everything together) while Peter feels like he’s the leader because the plot says he should be.

John starts off as the goofball who can’t do anything right. No one trusts him and they think of him as the idiot who they just keep around. But as season 1 goes on, you can tell that he’s the glue who’s keeping the crew together. He’s the crewmate who got everyone to open up, especially Aeryn (who was trained to be cold and emotionless) and D’Argo (who distrusts everyone because of his traumatic past). He’s like that one friend who you feel like you can talk to about anything, especially since everyone else in the crew is dealing with their own problems.

So when we get to the episode where John is ready to leave, it makes sense that everyone feels hesitant to see him go. Aeryn is starting to fall for him, he was one of the few people who D’Argo would consider a friend, he helped Zhaan through some of her toughest times, and he generally got along with Rygel.

As for Peter Quill, I’m not saying he was badly written. It’s just him being treated as the team’s leader is not as believable. It’s like, imagine if John Crichton was written to be as emotionally closed off and standoffish as everyone else in the crew. While this does make Peter stand out as his own character separate from John, it also makes you wonder why Quill was written as the team’s leader. I’m sure that’s why it was a recurring gag that Quill was always struggling to be seen as the leader, whether it was from Rocket or Thor. The writers knew that wasn’t 100% believable, so they wrote it into the story.

I don’t get that with John. He might be the resident goofball, but he’s also why the crew hasn’t fallen apart.

TL;DR Peter Quill/Star-Lord was obviously modeled after John Crichton. But the MCU character who feels more in line with John as a character is Clint Barton/Hawkeye.

#marvel #mcu #guardians of the galaxy #farscape #john crichton #peter quill #james gunn #aeryn sun #gamora #ka d'argo #drax the destroyer #rygel #rocket raccoon #pilot #Groot #pa'u zotoh zhaan #mantis #nebula #thor odinson #thor #Farscape season 1 #farscape spoilers #farscape live-blogging #star lord #clint barton #hawkeye #farscape posting #marvel posting

[freckleslikestars]

What about you girls? Sex dreams? I sleep soundly.

Or that time Aeryn wore John's underwear

FARSCAPE | 1.12 Rhapsody in Blue

#no bra john's calvins big leather toe-tecters is such a fucking look sorry this irreversibly changed my brain chemistry #the whole thing screams gay sorry i don't make the rules #also like sorry john there's no way you're mad right now. we know you faking it. if a pretty girl stole my boxers i'd be on my knees #proposing marriage and...well you can fill the gaps with whatever else you think I might be doing on my knees #serious note though there is not nearly enough fic about aeryn wearing john's underwear #aeryn sun #john crichton #john x aeryn #farscape #farscape gifs #my gifs #rhapsody in blue #farscape season 1 #farscape edits #how many times can i say sorry in the tags you ask? many. please know I mean none of them I'm completely unapologetic about this

[this-is-a-love-story-isnt-it]

I’m near the end of season 1 of Farscape and something I noticed this time is that when John meets Gilina again, he’s so different from the first time he met her. You can see how much the situations he's been put in over the previous ~10 months have hardened him and made him constantly question peoples' motives. It's a bit sad. She met him when he was still a fish out of water, trying to figure things out, he gave everyone the benefit of the doubt, very open and kind. But this time, he's at the Peacekeeper base posing as Larraq, on a mission to save Aeryn's life, so of course he's on high alert, has to make sure no one realizes he's not who he says he is. When Gilina calls him over, he's super suspicious, pulls a gun on her, holds the gun on her while asking what she's doing there and why, and the whole time she has this look on her face like "why are you acting like this?" When he realizes she's alone and that she had seen him come in and has been trying to help him, he lowers his guard, but he's still very standoffish and very much focused on how to get what he needs to get without being caught. It's really not the kind of reunion she wanted or what he probably would have liked in different circumstances.

Meanwhile, Aeryn has also changed a lot since Gilina had last seen her. The first time Aeryn and Gilina met, Aeryn was very cold to her and tried to pull rank on her. She acted like a Peacekeeper addressing another peacekeeper who was "just a tech". This time, Aeryn was sort of glad to hear that it was Gilina who was helping John on the planet. When she saw her, Aeryn was much warmer and friendlier to her. She genuinely wanted her to come with them because she would probably be killed for helping them.

It's just really interesting to see how both John and Aeryn have changed over the course of the season. Aeryn's change is more noticeable over time, but John's change wasn't as evident until he met back up with someone who he hadn't seen since he was very new to everything and she was clearly thrown off by the wall that he'd put up.

#farscape #john crichton #aeryn sun #farscape season 1 #farscape meta #mine

[grimaom]

celebrating 25 years of farscape

day 5: what makes farscape truly special?

↳one thing i love about farscape is how it embraces its weirdness, making it a very unique show and watching experience.

#like season 1??? #so camp #in the best way possible #and the weird episodes are just so good #i love how random this show can get cause no other show does it like farscape #there was too many scenes i wanted to use #to many good moments #this is also a comfort show for me #cause it’s gotten me through some tough times #i’m rewatching it rn cause i was going through a break up and the way it actually made me feel better #cause i watch one episode a night and it just gave me something to look forward to every night #now i’m at the end of s2 and i’m feeling great #farscape #farscape 25 #gif

[karasbroken]

I acquired all four seasons of the Farscape Illustrated Companion (do they do stuff like that any more?) and while unfortunately all the photos are grainy black and white, I'm enjoying seeing some shots I haven't before. I found a few other versions of this "Crais with unbound hair" still on the web, but I had to colorize the one from the book anyway. Isn't he a romance book cover?

I'm normally not sailing ships with Bialar except for when I really need the deep angst, but I think Lani Tupu was is quite a handsome man and the hair! Dreamy.

#Farscape #Farscape Illustrated Companion Season 1 #bialar crais #lani tupu #headshots #promo photos #book cover

[pissfaggit]

I fucking love the way he's animated here yesssss let's put little looney tunes John in incredible distress

#one of the many clips i screen recorded on my phone for the colours amv...need to delete them all #so i can have my storage space back finally...but im so attached to them now 😭😭 #lost my grip and started watching it again btw idk what the fuck is wrong with me . #season 1 is so baaaaaad i love it <3 its so different from the rest of the show its crazy #video #farscape #john crichton #sir i protest i am not a merry man

[abnerkrill]

best thing about farscape's 22-episode seasons is that the change in crichton from pre-torture and imprisonment to post-torture and imprisonment just whacks you in the face repeatedly but also, like, slowly. you have like 15 hour-long episodes to get to know this good man, good soldier, good scientist and then you watch him get tortured, fall apart and get this crazy glint in his eyes like he's finally realized the type of world he's in. it's GREAT.

#i'm just finishing season 1 up now can't wait for him to fall further into madness #farscape

[litcityblues]

Farscape, Season 1: Very Late To This Party

Farscape is one of those shows that has floated in and out of my general consciousness over the years, but I've never actually sat down and watched it. I've started it a couple of times, but like a few shows out there (Parks & Rec, and The Office both fit this category for me) it took me a few tries to actually dig into the show and really get a season under my belt.

Having finished the first season, let me just say this: I get it. I get it now.

My first impressions of this show, were sort of so-so, to me. The first couple of episodes are pretty good. Human, experimental spacecraft, gets sucked through a wormhole into another galaxy. He gets picked up by a crew of escaped prisoners and joins them on the lam after he accidentally kills one of the local law enforcers (the Peacekeepers, as we come to find out.)

As a basic premise, it's pretty good. Sort of Quantum Leap meets Star Trek with a touch of Doctor Who and a few other sci-fi shows thrown in for good measure. The early delivery, however... Maybe it's because I watched too many episodes of Andromeda when I was younger but this feels a lot like that show blended with Stargate SG-1 (in their 'planet/monster of the week' type of episode- not the longer arcs, which are genuinely good.) So I wasn't sure if I was going to really dig in on this show. It was okay.

But then, episode ten comes along. 'They've Got A Secret' turns out to be a game-changer for this first season, because when their ship, Moya seemingly turns against them, the crew has to spend most of the episode figuring out why, and then they do: she's pregnant.

That got my attention. A sentient ship is an interesting enough idea, but one that can get pregnant? I'm in.

The rest of the season gets much stronger from there as we learn more and more about the characters on the ship what got them put in prison in the first place and what they're doing to escape their pasts. Zhaan (Virginia Hey) gets a nice moment with 'Rhapsody In Blue', 'Durka Returns' and sees Rygel (voiced by Jonathan Hardy) confront his interrogator/torturer, and a new shipmate named Chiana comes aboard. We learn more about D'Argo (Anthony Simcoe) and the quest to reunite with his son in ''Til The Blood Runs Clear' and 'The Flax'. (The ship, Moya is piloted by a creature known, funnily enough as Pilot (voiced by Lani Tupu)-- who is grafted into the ship's nervous system and essentially the voice of Moya to the rest of the crew.)

Aeryn Sun (Claudia Black), the ex-Peacekeeper forced to join the crew, and Crichton (Ben Browder), the astronaut sucked through the wormhole are sort of the core characters- so their arcs sort of run on and off throughout the first season. I do like that they're not in any hurry to put Aeryn and Crichton together- even though there's some romantic tension between them that's pretty obvious. (Even though I haven't seen the show, I've read enough about pop culture/sci-fi shows over the years to have learned that they do, in fact, end up together.)

The first season ends on a nice cliffhanger with a new big bad established- Scorpius (Wayne Pygram) and the old one, Crais (Lani Tupu), actually defecting to their side- even if does wind up double-crossing them and forcing Moya to flee, while D'Argo and Crichton are left floating in space with only Aeryn Sun to save them.

If you dig a little bit into this show, there are a lot of interesting things that jump out at you. First, Wikipedia calls it 'an Australian-American science fiction television series' which was originally produced for Australian TV before it was picked up by the Sci-Fi Channel to be part of their Sci-Fi Friday lineup (hey, does everyone remember when the Sci-Fi Channel used to have sci-fi shows on it? It's almost like remembering when MTV used to show actual music videos and not 1,345,344 episodes of Ridiculousness over and over again.) As a result of this, the majority of the cast is either Australian or New Zealander with Ben Browder being the sole American amongst the cast- so that kind of makes it unusual.

The second thing is that The Jim Henson Company is one of the producers-- so they're responsible for the various alien make-up and prosthetics you see, but two of the main characters- Rygel and Pilot are animatronic puppets that are entirely Creature Shop creations. I'm sure it was a minor deal at the time because animatronic anything is cool-- but these days, when even Yoda has become CGI, I really appreciate practical effects and both Rygel (who farts helium when he gets nervous) and Pilot are great additions to the show. Rygel is more mobile than Pilot, but you also don't see many moments of weirdness/fourth wall breaking like you do with Muppets who have to suddenly jump up or show all of their limbs or something like that. It's really well done.

Overall: I am very, very late to this particular party and I have to acknowledge the slow start, but by season's end, Farscape had convinced me: I'm on board for the rest of this ride. My Grade: *** out of ****.

#farscape #season 1 #late to the party

[roosterzebra]

The way Farscape handles command structures and militarism is SO fascinating. Just finished season 1, normally when a show like this from this era invokes anarchy it's in a negative light - a refusal to adhere to a normative hierarchical system that is the only semblance of existence a show can conceptualize of.

Farscape, the crew of Moya, are essentially a leaderless commune on a space ship. No one has unilateral power for action, no uniforms beyond a charade for others. They decide by voting, but even then they cannot force someone else to act against their will. The one instance this happened, attacking Pilot, was vilified by the others who could not stop the act of force - and it wasn't forgiven by the others by the episodes end or even in the future. They're anarchic, for better and for worse.

But also they're a found family! All of them have some level of sexual/romantic tension with each other! Pilot/Moya are the foundation of the polycule (in a literal and metaphorical sense) and function as the queer elders who give advice and guidance.

The choice for the Peacekeeper cop species to look identical to humans!! But also the way the show balances individual redemption is fascinating.

#farscape #just finished season 1 but oh buddy #this is like if voyager/ds9 were fused and could develop a coherent political narrative against militarism #I can see a lot of this show's influence on Becky Chambers' too

[metalcatholic]

trying to suppress the farscape posting until I'm not busy so I guess I'll go crazy during thanksgiving break.

#i'm nearly done w/ season 1 #i have many emotions #farscape

[giveamadeuschohisownmovie]

I’m a little over halfway into Farscape season 1. I’m convinced now that this show was created because the creators thought the sci-fi genre wasn’t sexy/lewd enough.

I mean…one character had an orgasm from exposure to sunlight. John and D’Argo had wet dreams induced through alien mind control. The very necessary scene where Aeryn confirmed she was wearing John’s underwear by reading the Calvin Klein tag. John and Aeryn nearly having sex because they thought they were gonna die.

It’s gotten to the point where every scene is now coming off as, “this feels a bit sexual”. For example, there was a scene where John was feeding Chiana through the cell doors. It was just eating food, but the way Chiana was eating it felt suggestive.

Me watching Stargate/Star Trek/most other sci-fi shows:

Me watching Farscape:

#farscape #john crichton #aeryn sun #ka d'argo #pa'u zotoh zhaan #rygel #chiana #Farscape season 1 #Farscape liveblog #scifi #science fiction #sci fi #sci fi tv #scifi tv #stargate #star trek #science fiction television #john x aeryn #syfy channel #moya #my reaction

[freckleslikestars]

FARSCAPE | 1.13 The Flax

#her smile at the end #my gifs #farscape gifs #farscape #john x aeryn #aeryn sun #john crichton #claudia black #ben browder #the flax #farscape season 1 #claudia black gifs

[this-is-a-love-story-isnt-it]

I was just thinking about how in the episode The Flax, Aeryn revived John so she didn’t have to die alone…

#farscape #numerous times she said peacekeepers die alone so she wanted to die alone #but when the plan failed and she was positive that they were going to die #she revived him so that they could die together I guess lol #this was only less than halfway through season 1

[roennq]

Farscape premiered on Sci-Fi Channel on 19 March 1999. Starring Ben Browder, Claudia Black, Virginia Hey, Anthony Simcoe, Gigi Edgley, Lani John Tupu, Jonathan Hardy, Tammy Macintosh, and Wayne Pygram, the show ran for four seasons and concluded with a two-part miniseries in 2004.

Opening and Closing Themes for Seasons 1 and 2 (by Braedy Neal) and Seasons 3 and 4 (by Guy Gross)

"My name is John Crichton, an astronaut. A radiation wave hit and I got shot through a wormhole. Now I'm lost in some distant part of the universe on a ship – a living ship, full of strange alien life forms. Help me. Listen, please. Is there anybody out there who can hear me? I'm being hunted by an insane military commander. I’m doing everything I can. I'm just looking for a way home..."

Happy 25th Anniversary, Farscape! 💖

#farscape #25th anniversary #farscape25 #tribute #forever favourite #john crichton #aeryn sun #zhaan #d'argo #chiana #rygel #moya #pilot #crais #jool #scorpius #music #tv themes #ben browder #claudia black #virginia hey #anthony simcoe #gigi edgley #jonathan hardy #lani john tupu #tammy macintosh #wayne pygram #thanks for a great show #time for a rewatch #705th

[he-said-irene]

One of the most iconic things about Farscape is that literally Season 1 Episode 12, right out of the gate, the main character is about to mind meld with someone and he's like "Ok, but there's not much up there." and then What's Up There proceeds to become the entire driving force of the plot for the rest of the show.

#The ancients saw John Crichton's massive empty head and said #'it's free real estate' #john crichton #Farscape #characters of all time

[obessivedork]

I really appreciate how Farscape managed to oust Captain Crais to up the ante for a bigger and scarier villain at the end of season 1 start of season 2 while still keeping him around. Also the comedy of the bad guys once again chasing John Crichton specifically because of a complete misunderstanding is really good

#Like it's sad reasons in show but if you think about it. MAN rip John. Man has the weirdest kinda luck. not good not bad just WEIRD 😂 #But Poor Moya and poor Moya's baby whose name I can't remember offhand :( I hope they get him back from Crais #Also I have been WAITING for the bullshit Rigel pulled it was SO satisfying 😂 #overall one of the most satisfying season finale-season beginnings I've enjoyed in a long LONG time #This show had a lot of love and care put in to it and it shows #farscape