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 →
On an article mislabeling Farscape and the best thing the author said in the article. Some say that any publicity is good publicity. There’s a point in that. Any mention of Farscape is welcome because the show deserves MUCH more publicity than it gets, but how much does misrepresentation reallyRead More →
Zhaan: “Am I the only species in creation that doesn’t thrive on conflict?” Also Zhaan: “My dear, I have kicked more ass than you’ve sat on.” Embedded video below. Click to play. Text Transcript: One of the challenges facing all fiction is to respectfully and accurately portray female characters. InRead More →
Embedded video below. Click to play. << NOTE: This article contains spoilers. >> Some fiction is not meant to be anything more than light entertainment. Some fiction is meant to deliver a message to its audience, to give them something that lasts longer than a few hours of entertainment. FarscapeRead More →
Embedded video below. Click to play. For much of Farscape the original series, Zhaan is the only person who gave Rygel any respect. Perhaps one reason for that is that Zhaan was the only one to see the vulnerable side of Rygel. For example, in this scene in PK TechRead More →
Embedded video below; click to play. First in the Lessons From Farscape series. Farscape can’t teach you everything, but it does have a lot of wisdom to share. Take the lesson in the episode “Through the Looking Glass” (1.17). When Moya fails in an attempt at starburst, she and herRead More →
Embedded video below. Click to play. I am still Dominar! Always Dominar! Rygel XVI, “Self-Inflicted Wounds, Part 1 – Could’a, Would’a, Should’a” (3.03) Rygel is comic relief, right? I mean, he farts helium for a start. In the first episode, (“Premiere,” 1.01) with lines like, “There was a time whenRead More →
I was pleasantly surprised to see an article about Farscape in the mainstream Web publication Vice. Farscape never gets as much press coverage as it deserves, especially Farscape’s feminism. Even better, the Vice article is not simply a nod to the 20th anniversary, but a philosophically-minded acknowledgement that Farscape wasRead More →
One of the joys of Farscape is that it has numerous strong female characters. Zhaan, Aeryn, Chiana, Sikozu, and even Jool at times show independence and strength. I wrote about Zhaan and Aeryn before, and I will write about Chiana soon. Here I am going to focus on comparing andRead More →
For Part 1 see: Farscape and What It Means to Be a Person, Part 1 What does it mean to be a person? Crichton is a person, a human. Because we have experience only with human persons, we recognize only beings who look like us as persons. However, as HarryRead More →