[Radhil]

Best sci-fi....

Farscape ranks up there. *The* best, I dunno, but it's filling my DVD collection of stuff to be watched 20 years from now, and most of Star Trek does not fill that honor (why Enterprise is still on the air is beyond me).

I see some people comparing it to Babylon 5, which is also on my top list. In my mind they're two different shows - one's an epic drama that tries to be Shakespearean, one's a roller coaster strapped to a rocket booster. Both are great, but vastly different flavors. So I wouldn't put them side by side.

And yes, Farscape's acting at times fell flat, but nine time out of ten, it was leagues beyond any other show. Claudia Black I don't think was ever anything BUT Aeryn Sun, and Browder has gone through so many different evolutions it's a wonder he's sane - as a character OR an actor. Ditto B5, who's leading men (Sinclair and Sheridan) early on tended to grin too much and make the show look goofy. But when they hit their characters... some of the best bits of TV. *Especially* the rest of the cast, who in other shows would be made bit characters serving basic plot functions. And the writing (Stracynski is a tiny god for all the amazing work he's done - check out his comics, even if you don't do comics) easily eclipsed any awkward acting moments.

Blathering over.

EDIT - Oh, and that guy in the beginning who thought Firefly was a Farscape rip-off... maybe it did borrow the tone a bit, but there are worse things to rip off. And the show had show it's first glimmers of genius before it got pulled. Pity. Joss Whedon needs something good after the Buffyverse, don't see why Firefly couldn't do it. All the good shows are leaving...

[ March 19, 2003, 16:55: Message edited by: Radhil ]