Conflict. People who teach creative writing say you can’t have a story without conflict. Some people do prefer conflict, like the functionary running the Farscape channel wanting to stir up a fan conflict <that’s frelled clip> I refuse to play that game. But since art imitates life, it has inspiredRead More →
Embedded Video: Text Transcript: In 12 videos, I’ve covered all the major species in Farscape, the original series. Of course, there are plentiful other aliens in the show, most of whom are seen in only one episode. Let’s take a quick, fun run through. There are some species thatRead More →
Embedded Video My previous video looked at the Scarrans, our friendly, neighborhood warlords. Now, I’ll look at the Charrids and the Kalish. I’ll look at them together because of their association with the Scarrans, though the two species are in some ways quite different. We’ll start with the Charrids,Read More →
Admit it, you’ve been waiting for this one, haven’t you? But the Scarrans don’t appear until the 33rd episode of the original series, so they are #11 in our series of the Species of Farscape. And if you like the Farscape Continues videos, please support them by clicking onRead More →
Video – Text Transcript Below As we sequentially go through the species of Farscape the original series, next appearing is the half-breed. Yes, this one. We don’t realize Scorpius is a half-breed at first, though we are given an off-hand mention. < Crais clip > We meet two other half-breedsRead More →
Video and Text As we survey the species of Farscape the original series, Baniks are another of which we meet only one person: Stark. In an earlier video, I discussed how many viewers and fan sites are confused that all Baniks have Stark’s abilities, Much of that is because ofRead More →
Embedded Video Below – Click to View Text transcript below. In going through the species of Farscape in the order of their appearance, I must confess I forgot a rather important one. <Rygel explains clip> In most science fiction, everyone in the universe speaks the language of the producers ofRead More →
Embedded Video – Click to Watch The next recurring species we meet on Farscape are the Nebari. We get a good sense of the kind of beings they are in the first few seconds. <I am Salis> Salis is calm in a creepy way. He acts as though he representsRead More →
Embedded Video Text Transcript After we meet five truly alien aliens in the first few minutes of Farscape, we meet our first Sebacean. You may think you remember who that Sebacean is, but no, the first Sebacean shown is this guy – Captain Crais. And we are shown Crais’sRead More →
Embedded video below <I’m Rygel clip> We never get to talk with any of his 600 billion subjects in the original series, save one. and she didn’t stay long. So, yes, with Hynerians we have a similar difficulty we have with Leviathans, Luxans, and Delvians – we meet so fewRead More →