World Famous Comics: Farscape - The Complete Fourth Season
Farscape - The Complete Fourth Season
Directed By: Tony Tilse, Ian Watson (II), Geoff Bennett (II) Average Rating: Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Audience Rating: Unrated Binding: DVD Format: Animated, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC Label: Adv Films Number of Items: 10 Region Code: 1 Release Date: October 05, 2004 Running Time: 1100 minutes Theatrical Release Date: March 19, 1999
Season 4: The John and Aeryn Show While Season 4 definitely had it's exciting, fun Farscape moments, and still added to this fantastic series as a whole, as compared to the other seasons, it only rated 3-stars for me.
I know I will be branded the scourge of the Earth for the this review. But I've watched every Farscape episode and I've got to tell you that Season 4 was a huge disappointment for me. In that, the majority of the focus was on John and Aeryn to the near exclusion of the remaining characters. Everyone but John and Aeryn simply stopped evolving to an appreciable degree.
Instead of the storylines being tributaries meandering through the lives of all the characters, there was only one steady flow raging through the lives of John and Aeryn. Quite frankly, it got very old, very quickly for me. Season 4 consisted of: Tune in next week to see John pining for Aeryn or Aeryn pining for John. Tune in next week to see John looking for wormholes or Earth. After 21 episodes, I was over hearing about the lovesick John/Aeryn, and even sicker of those frelling wormholes.
We never got to know more about D'Argo or visit the Luxan home world. We never got know more about Rygel or visit the Hynerian home world. And that goes for all of the other characters too. The series ended with the Peacekeeper Wars, yet we barely got to see the animus that brewed between the factions. Apparently there was a whole universe of interesting storylines out there but we rarely got to see any of them. Why?
Because for some reason, the PTB thought we needed to see show after show of "John loves Aeryn (and vice versa)" and "John/Scorpious love wormholes". Reminiscent of wasting three entire episodes (during the first season) on the absurd "Princess loves John, demands to marry him, and suddenly the battle-hardened Farscape crew who have escaped from everywhere else are not even bothering with an exit strategy." Yes, I can see how these stories would be more interesting than powerful, warring factions plotting to destroy each other, along with any other species who get in their way.
Sorry folks, I cannot drink the Farscape kool-aid for Season 4. It was a huge let down for me considering it was the last season of the series. It was stagnate and missed an opportunity for the fans really enjoy ALL of the characters, including Pilot, in more than just supportive by-product roles.
I put on hiatus viewing my other sci-fi shows so I could devote my time to viewing all of the Farscape episodes. It was a refreshing relief to get back to watching Stargate Atlantis, in which the action storylines drive the show instead of the passions of one or two specific characters. Although, Rodney is quickly becoming the Crichton "all about me" focus of Atlantis...which is slightly bothersome. But I'll save that critique for another day.
Amazingly fast-paced season! Unfortunately, this is the last season of Farscape, but it was excellent! The best part about having the DVD's is that you don't fall prey to the poor release cycle for the TV show from Sci-Fi. This season deals mainly with John's return to Earth and closer interaction with the Scarrens. As I stated in the title - incredibly fast-paced. Each episode is sure to keep you on the edge of your seat!
great season hello, it is to bad that this show didn't last logner it was really great and there was so much potential for them to meet new races and new places. still i recommend by every season andtht peace keeper wars as you will really like this anyone who like cmedy, fantasy scifi needs to own this series.
Farscape was the best show on TV. Farscape was the best show on TV. It was funny, serious, and had heart all at the same time. I am still mad that it got pulled.
Awesome The Best Show On TV.. I love this show, it is the best show on tv today even in reruns, thank god it is coming back on some local channels this fall. To bad it was cancelled, but the good news is there is talk about bringing it to the big screen, that would be cool. The stories and characters were all amazing, the special effects were awesome. I think it is still better than just about anything else on tv right now, stargate sg1 is a close second. Battlestar galactica is being billed as the best space series on tv, in my opinion it is not even close. Ican't believe sci-fi channel let this go, can we say dumdasses. Well in any case all the seasons were great. The only thing that I wish was that the complete seasons 2,3,4 were truly complete and had the deleted scenes already edited back in like in the complete season 1. Other than that all is good.
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