From leather, to Muppets, to Harvey, ten of the reasons we love Farscape.
What inspired such devotion to a show not written by Joss Whedon, we hear you ask?
Farscapeis a high quality drama, with strong writing, great acting, compelling characters and intricate plots.
Here are ten reasons we love it.
The puppets inFarscapeare, like all the Henson workshops characters, fantastic creations.
Just as it should be.
Thats a totally different thing.
Farscapes alien swear words in action:
Aeryn: Frell!
Aeryn: No, bad frell!
These three are, respectively, warrior, priest, and king.
Surely the cutest menial robots sinceRed Dwarfs scutters,Farscapes DRDs are miniature works of genius.
And the piece was originally written to celebrate a Russian victory over the French).
Farscapes opening sequence in seasons one and two was one of its weak switch.
The opening narration was simple and clear enough, though not overly inspiring.
In season three, however, the opening sequence changed.
Firstly and most importantly, the theme tune was re-recorded without the screeching.
But the opening narration also changed, and became something much more interesting.
read more: Revisiting Farscapes Peacekeeper War
One of the central themes ofFarscapeis that sometimes you cant go home.
Farscapehas particularly well developed villains, who always have their own motivations and their own problems.
However, Crais journey from villain to reluctant hero is beautifully played out.
By the time he exits the show, we feel like weve lost one of our hero-characters.
And then theres Scorpius and his ever-loyal Braca.
(Loyal to Scorpius that is he betrays just about everyone else).
read more: Which Farscape Season Was The Best?
Best of all, though, is his relationship with Braca.
Harvey wasFarscapes answer to a common problem: the over-popular villain.
Put a neural clone of Scorpius inside Crichtons head and let him interact with that.
Responsible for numerous one-liners and sight gags, he also provides a useful outlet for Crichtons pop culture obsession.
Farscapes solution to the Season Three Problem wasnt perfect, or flawless.
On the whole, however, it was a stroke of genius.
And Black T manages to knock Aeryn up, so his existence wasnt a total waste of time.
Juliette Harrisson is a part-time lecturer and full-time Trekkie.
Her thoughts on what the Greeks and Romans have done for us can be foundhere.
