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Summary: Great climax for season 1 Finale
Review: This DVD marks the end of season one and these two episodes are indicative of this great series. "Bone to be wild" is a good who do you trust episode. The crew while hiding in an asteroid field to avoid Crais and Scorpious are hailed by an unknown alien. Once meeting this alien they find that a creature is preying upon them as they find remains of previous victims. They are attacked by another plant like creature who is more than he seems. They find out that they only have a short time before the creature attacks again but who are they going to trust?
"Family Ties" sees Rygel up to his old tricks in trying to sell out his comrades to save his own green hide. But with Crais under arrest and Scorpious in charge he knows he has much of a chance to cut a good deal. He instead makes a deal with Crais and comes back to Moya with him. So Crichton is faced with one of his nemises, will he overcome the urge to take revenge? It ends with a great cliffhanger in this season finale. Look out for this one if you are a farscape fan or someone who enjoys a good drama and great acting, sci-fi or no. Enjoy:)
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Summary: "Farscape" ends Season One with a massive starburst
Review: Volume 11 finishes off Season 1 of "Farscape," and heralds the return of the audio commentaries that allowed the first DVDs in this series to set the standard for being fan-friendly. Of course, you are not going to listen to the commentary tracks until the second time around, where Anthony Simcoe provides solo commentary on "Bone to be Wild" and Ben Browder and Claudia Black do their tag-team act on "Family Ties." However, one thing that cropped up in the latter is useful for appreciating what we are seeing, namely that "Farscape" had not been reviewed when they started filming the finale of Season 1. Consequently, you want to read "Family Ties" as not only a cliffhanger, but also as a possible grand finale (sort of like this year's final episode of "Angel").Episode 21, "Bone to Be Wild," starts with Moya still hiding in the asteroid field from the Peacekeeper Command Carrier of Crais (Lani John Tupu). While Aeryn (Black) checks out the newborn Leviathan with its intriguing synthesis of Peacekeeper technology, Chrichton (Browder), D'Argo (Simcoe) and Zhaan (Virginia Hey) answer a distress call. What they find is an asteroid that is a garden paradise and two creatures, each claiming the other is a killer. The title has to do with the fact that the female of the pair only eats bones and the only animal life on this asteroid is her opponent and, as we discover, two of the three visitors. Meanwhile, Crais discovers he is in a losing power struggle with Scorpius (Wayne Pygram), and Aeryn starts to build a relationship with Moya's newborn offspring. Obviously there is a lot happening in this episode that we will have to remember down the road. Episode 22, "Family Ties," is fairly impressive as a season finale in terms of the massive galactic train wreck that is created by the time the producers credit pops up at the end of the episode. Keep in mind that for most of the filming the cast thought this was their final episode, so there is a sense of gravity here beyond that dictated by the situation. The chaos begins immediately as Rygel goes off to cut his own deal with the Peacekeepers on their Command Carrier, where Crais is on the verge of losing control to Scorpius. Things start getting really worse until Moya's crew has to come up with a desperate and complicated plan to get out of the asteroid field alive. Then the situation gets so bad that when it ends they do not even need to tell you "to be continued," because the thought of ending the series at this point is too horrible to contemplate.
"Farscape" certainly ends its first season on a high note, ironically by charting the depths of despair. The commentary tracks provides lots of insights into the details of the show, such as how to turn the instructions in the language of Papau New Guinea for getting to a McDonalds into a Delvian blessing (drop one consonant per word). The commentaries were recorded at the end of Season 3 so the actors are able to provide perspective on what would be happening down the road (there are lots of references to "seeds" being planted). You will also find a pair of video profiles this time around, featuring series creator Rockne O'Bannon and executive producer David Kemper, along with a look at the Jim Henson Creature Shop in Australia, conceptual designs, and other goodies.
Rating:
Summary: "Farscape" ends Season One with a massive starburst
Review: Volume 11 finishes off Season 1 of "Farscape," and heralds the return of the audio commentaries that allowed the first DVDs in this series to set the standard for being fan-friendly. Of course, you are not going to listen to the commentary tracks until the second time around, where Anthony Simcoe provides solo commentary on "Bone to be Wild" and Ben Browder and Claudia Black do their tag-team act on "Family Ties." However, one thing that cropped up in the latter is useful for appreciating what we are seeing, namely that "Farscape" had not been reviewed when they started filming the finale of Season 1. Consequently, you want to read "Family Ties" as not only a cliffhanger, but also as a possible grand finale (sort of like this year's final episode of "Angel"). Episode 21, "Bone to Be Wild," starts with Moya still hiding in the asteroid field from the Peacekeeper Command Carrier of Crais (Lani John Tupu). While Aeryn (Black) checks out the newborn Leviathan with its intriguing synthesis of Peacekeeper technology, Chrichton (Browder), D'Argo (Simcoe) and Zhaan (Virginia Hey) answer a distress call. What they find is an asteroid that is a garden paradise and two creatures, each claiming the other is a killer. The title has to do with the fact that the female of the pair only eats bones and the only animal life on this asteroid is her opponent and, as we discover, two of the three visitors. Meanwhile, Crais discovers he is in a losing power struggle with Scorpius (Wayne Pygram), and Aeryn starts to build a relationship with Moya's newborn offspring. Obviously there is a lot happening in this episode that we will have to remember down the road. Episode 22, "Family Ties," is fairly impressive as a season finale in terms of the massive galactic train wreck that is created by the time the producers credit pops up at the end of the episode. Keep in mind that for most of the filming the cast thought this was their final episode, so there is a sense of gravity here beyond that dictated by the situation. The chaos begins immediately as Rygel goes off to cut his own deal with the Peacekeepers on their Command Carrier, where Crais is on the verge of losing control to Scorpius. Things start getting really worse until Moya's crew has to come up with a desperate and complicated plan to get out of the asteroid field alive. Then the situation gets so bad that when it ends they do not even need to tell you "to be continued," because the thought of ending the series at this point is too horrible to contemplate.
"Farscape" certainly ends its first season on a high note, ironically by charting the depths of despair. The commentary tracks provides lots of insights into the details of the show, such as how to turn the instructions in the language of Papau New Guinea for getting to a McDonalds into a Delvian blessing (drop one consonant per word). The commentaries were recorded at the end of Season 3 so the actors are able to provide perspective on what would be happening down the road (there are lots of references to "seeds" being planted). You will also find a pair of video profiles this time around, featuring series creator Rockne O'Bannon and executive producer David Kemper, along with a look at the Jim Henson Creature Shop in Australia, conceptual designs, and other goodies.
Rating:
Summary: "Farscape" ends Season One with a massive starburst
Review: Volume 11 finishes off Season 1 of "Farscape," and heralds the return of the audio commentaries that allowed the first DVDs in this series to set the standard for being fan-friendly. Of course, you are not going to listen to the commentary tracks until the second time around, where Anthony Simcoe provides solo commentary on "Bone to be Wild" and Ben Browder and Claudia Black do their tag-team act on "Family Ties." However, one thing that cropped up in the latter is useful for appreciating what we are seeing, namely that "Farscape" had not been reviewed when they started filming the finale of Season 1. Consequently, you want to read "Family Ties" as not only a cliffhanger, but also as a possible grand finale (sort of like this year's final episode of "Angel"). Episode 21, "Bone to Be Wild," starts with Moya still hiding in the asteroid field from the Peacekeeper Command Carrier of Crais (Lani John Tupu). While Aeryn (Black) checks out the newborn Leviathan with its intriguing synthesis of Peacekeeper technology, Chrichton (Browder), D'Argo (Simcoe) and Zhaan (Virginia Hey) answer a distress call. What they find is an asteroid that is a garden paradise and two creatures, each claiming the other is a killer. The title has to do with the fact that the female of the pair only eats bones and the only animal life on this asteroid is her opponent and, as we discover, two of the three visitors. Meanwhile, Crais discovers he is in a losing power struggle with Scorpius (Wayne Pygram), and Aeryn starts to build a relationship with Moya's newborn offspring. Obviously there is a lot happening in this episode that we will have to remember down the road. Episode 22, "Family Ties," is fairly impressive as a season finale in terms of the massive galactic train wreck that is created by the time the producers credit pops up at the end of the episode. Keep in mind that for most of the filming the cast thought this was their final episode, so there is a sense of gravity here beyond that dictated by the situation. The chaos begins immediately as Rygel goes off to cut his own deal with the Peacekeepers on their Command Carrier, where Crais is on the verge of losing control to Scorpius. Things start getting really worse until Moya's crew has to come up with a desperate and complicated plan to get out of the asteroid field alive. Then the situation gets so bad that when it ends they do not even need to tell you "to be continued," because the thought of ending the series at this point is too horrible to contemplate.
"Farscape" certainly ends its first season on a high note, ironically by charting the depths of despair. The commentary tracks provides lots of insights into the details of the show, such as how to turn the instructions in the language of Papau New Guinea for getting to a McDonalds into a Delvian blessing (drop one consonant per word). The commentaries were recorded at the end of Season 3 so the actors are able to provide perspective on what would be happening down the road (there are lots of references to "seeds" being planted). You will also find a pair of video profiles this time around, featuring series creator Rockne O'Bannon and executive producer David Kemper, along with a look at the Jim Henson Creature Shop in Australia, conceptual designs, and other goodies.
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