Yeah. Joe Mallozzi, one of the producers, posted here. Scroll down. (Note that he tells you the name of the episode and the character as well, and makes another guest star casting spoiler.)
Anya ,'Potential'
Boxed Set, Vol. 1: Smallville, Due South, Farscape
A topic for the discussion of Farscape, Smallville, and Due South. Beware possible invasions of Stargate, Highlander, or pretty much anything else that captures our fancy. Expect Adult Content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.
Stargate one-off casting spoiler:
Dooood.
That's all I got. But I had to.
Stargate one-off casting spoiler:
If she's an antagonist, how are they going to justify any of the protagonists surviving?
Hee. Well, (minor spoiler ahead!)she's an antagonist who's left alone with Daniel. Twenty bucks says she Sees The Error Of Her Ways and then gets snaked.
No way I'm taking that bet, Katie.
Although I'd guess that we get some "meaningful" connection with Daniel and possibly she dies saving him rather than being snaked. Although, if she does get snaked, she gets to come back. They do love to bring back former guest stars...
So, there could be an upside to that.
Well, I watched the first two episodes of Farscape, and all I can say is... Eh. I like the lead guy well enough. And the blue lady and Aeryn Sun. I'm even okay with the warrior guy. But I hate the little floaty king-y guy.
I'm debating whether or not I should put the second disc in my queue. Are the first two episodes (pilot and I, ET) representative of the series. Or is it still finding it's style.
Oh, and I hate the theme song!
Well, I watched the first two episodes of Farscape, and all I can say is... Eh. I like the lead guy well enough. And the blue lady and Aeryn Sun. I'm even okay with the warrior guy. But I hate the little floaty king-y guy.
The first episode is a pretty good intro, but it basically just sets things up. I, ET originally aired later in the season because it was considered weak. I'd say in the early parts of season one, they were finding their feet with a few bad episodes and a few outstanding ones. The second half of the season (and pretty much all of two and three) rock the house. Then the wheels came off about a third of the way into season 4.
However, Rygel (floaty guy) never stops being annoying. Pilot becomes quite a good character though (he's the muppet who will make you cry), and there are more regulars to come who are cool.
I'd say you need to give it more time, Rayne. It took me more than a few episodes to really get into it.
Agreed about the theme though! Never liked it and still don't.
Oh yeah. I remember watching "I, ET" and being decidedly underwhelmed. There are a few real clunkers in the first season. You could probably skip the first half of the season 1 with the exception of "PK, Tech Girl" and "DNA Mad Scientist". From the second half of the S1, I'd say, *definitely* watch "Flax", skip the next two (especially the godawful "Jeremiah Crichton"), then proceed to "Durka Returns" and onward, which are all excellent.
ETA: The theme music--god, yes. So bloody annoying. It never grew on me the way Firefly theme did.
It's entertaining, to look back at season 1 and realize that the show as it began had no intention of being an arc-driven show. Nor was it entirely intended as 'realistic' SF at first, what with That Old Black Magic. I liked its pointless (or anyway, impactless) oddity a great deal, although I also liked watching the retroactive fill-in-the-gaps as the show's creators figured out what they were doing (end of S1, beginning of S2).
In retrospect, "A Human Reaction" looks like the first episode where the creators were thinking ahead to later plot possibilities.