River: You gave up everything you had. Simon: [Chinese] Everything I have is right here.

'Safe'


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.


UTTAD - Oct 20, 2004 4:39:37 am PDT #8150 of 10000
Strawberry disappointment.

It did it because of reasons, you see. And because of those reasons, that's how and why it did it.


sumi - Oct 20, 2004 4:44:23 am PDT #8151 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!

That's right. Very very important reasons. That's why.


Jessica - Oct 20, 2004 4:55:52 am PDT #8152 of 10000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

DH sent me this last night:

'FARSCAPE' DECLARES 'WAR' ON THE COMPETITION

SCI FI Miniseries Premieres #1 Among P18-49 and P25-54

New York, NY (October 19, 2004) -- The fans have spoken. They frelling love their Farscape. The two-night, four-hour Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars (Oct. 17-18 @ 9-11pm ET/PT) premiere averaged a 1.7 HH rating/1,916,000 P2+, making SCI FI the #1 non-sports cable network for P25-54 and P18-49 for the time period over the two nights.

SCI FI trounced its competition among P25-54, outdelivering TNT (24%), TBS (45%) and Spike TV (42%). They fared no better among P18-49, with SCI FI outperforming TNT (32%), TBS (27%) and Spike TV (35%).

Peacekeeper Wars delivered an aggregate audience of 6,883,000 viewers over the two nights (4 telecasts of Night One, 3 telecasts of Night Two).

Woo hoo!


Steph L. - Oct 20, 2004 4:56:37 am PDT #8153 of 10000
I look more rad than Lutheranism

Fucking Sci-Fi Network. They cancelled this show WHY?


Nora Deirdre - Oct 20, 2004 5:00:24 am PDT #8154 of 10000
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

I read an awful, condescending article about Sci-Fi Channel in EW - the Sci-Fi execs hold their audience in such disdain, it's sickening. Basically, there was a shot from the Peacekeeper Wars, it was mentioned in the lead-off, but then it talked about how Sci-Fi has been doing better since they stopped airing, you know, science fiction. I'll see if I can link or repost.


Sean K - Oct 20, 2004 6:59:50 am PDT #8155 of 10000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

Why (and how) would it do that?

::handwavy::

So that Rygel would wind up carrying John and Aeryn's baby for a while. For the funny!


Emily - Oct 20, 2004 7:00:19 am PDT #8156 of 10000
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola

I loved it, of course. I had issues with the crystalline-baby-reconstitution as well, but well, totally nonsensical plot device. Okay. I particularly liked Aeryn's conversation with D'argo, where it's clear that while she's fiercely protective of the baby, she doesn't have any actual attachment to it yet. I thought that rocked, both because it was a startling declaration of love for John, but also in how it totally subverted the usual representations of pregnancy.

It's funny; although I really loved Aeryn's pregnancy, I was kind of surprised by the baby. Like, oh, it's... a baby. Like, with gender and everything. Nah, I kind of liked it better as a pregnancy. I also found the last scene a little tacked on and uninspiring, but then there was the big pull-back shot of Moya, and that made me all verklempt so it was okay.


Jessica - Oct 20, 2004 7:04:20 am PDT #8157 of 10000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I thought that rocked, both because it was a startling declaration of love for John, but also in how it totally subverted the usual representations of pregnancy.

I freaking loved that too. Also how she was squicked when the baby started moving, and had a "Oooookay, living thing inside me! Kinda not fun anymore!" moment. It was so honestly written.


§ ita § - Oct 20, 2004 7:06:03 am PDT #8158 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

A lot of the high emotion scenes, especially John's tangential speechifying, failed to hit home with me.

I don't think I got hit where everyone else got hit.

But I sure did get hit.

How long are we whitefonting for?

There was indeed subversion -- Aeryn was multiply redeemed from the nonsense of last season. However, I may always hate the "no! marry us before the birth!" gimmick, no matter where it pops up. Haven't seen it be not annoying yet. And it seemed so very human, like Aeryn was the one making all the cultural compromises.


Steph L. - Oct 20, 2004 7:15:51 am PDT #8159 of 10000
I look more rad than Lutheranism

How long are we whitefonting for?

This is a NAFDA-esque thread, right? Where people generally whitefont during the broadcast out of courtesy for other time zones? Therefore, I think we can blackfont now.