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Summary: Two At A Time Is Fine!!
Review: I think the system of DVD's is fine the way it is. While it is sometimes more expensive to buy the whole season at two shows per DVD, these DVD's have more features on them than the other shows with their whole season on one DVD. The Farscape DVD's have more features that are great to watch, escpecially the commentaries that give the viewer a background view of what's going on in the show. These extra features would not always be available if the whole season were on one disc, and they are what make these DVD's worth every penny! Farscape is the best no matter how you package it!
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Summary: To much money
Review: Farscape is a great show, but they are pricing out their viewers by only selling two episode sets. Maybe it doesn't have to be as great a deal as the Sex in the city set or Sapranos, but 2 epidsodes? Come on man, get with the times. The days of buying two episodes of a tv show you can record off TV for the price of a new movie are over. This is a slap in the face to the fans you expect to pay this. DVD discs are so cheap to make. It's all about circulation man. Get your old seasons out on DVD to as many people as possible, and they show their friends, and your audience grows. Very bad marketing if you ask me.
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Summary: keep these dvds coming exactly as they are!
Review: this system is so much better than bundled sets! if you really like Farscape, this is a dream come true. each and every single episode gets an alternate audio track featuring the actors and/or producers. by putting only two episodes per disc, you get nice extras, unlike the x-files and stargate sets. And it's not really that much more expensive. If you pre-order, you can get each for about 20 bucks, which comes out to $220 per season. compare that to $150 for each x-files season. it's not much more when you consider the value of the commentary tracks alone. plus it looks cool to have farscape dominate your dvd collection, in my opinion.
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Summary: Great shows but why only 2 and not the whole season?
Review: Lets be realistic. Why is that all other shows are going the route of a one price/ whole season dvd system? It's fair to the consumer and a cash cow for the producers and retailers. However why does farscape decide to grab their loyal viewers by the ankles and shake them until all their money falls out of their pockets? It just doesn't make sense. They won't get anymore of my money until they change their system. Do the same and hopefully we will all get rewarded with a clean and easy purchasing system and a fair price. The shows are great but at this price and this system they are worth the wait.
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Summary: episodes should be bundled!
Review: it doesn't make sense to sell 2 episodes per disc. episodes should be bundled. however, it's unlikely that adv films will wake up...so don't look for a box set any time soon.
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Summary: Why Isn't this Bundled?
Review: Any Fan of a series wants all the episodes of that series. The problem comes when these marketing types decide that you will pay [price] per tape in order to get it. The X-Files Season one, two and three are prime examples of what fans are willing to pay. The latest addition to the Supranos and sex in the city series is Stargate SG-1! Here is the whole season in one package for one low price! Trust me! You already pay your cable companies money to have these channels why do you want to pay them more for the privalidge of only get two episodes per disk? I'm a fan of Farscape, I love the charaters but, I'm going to wait until they offer this in the complete set. Trust me they will come. If not then I'll wait and get it used and reasonable! Don't waste your money. Force them ot off the packages we consumers want! The Whole series or nothing at all!
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Summary: Technical aspects for this DVD
Review: Please note this really isn't a review, since I haven't seen the two episodes included in the DVD, and not the DVD itself. At the time I'm writing this, Amazon.com have not put any of the features that will come with this DVD. The information listed in the following is taken directly from the ADV Films website and should be fairly accurate, hopefully this will help you to determine whether to pre-order a copy for yourself or not. Unfortunately starting DVD#4 there will no longer be any commentaries, the first 6 were done at a Farscape Convention last year, and as of now there are no words of any future ones, that is the biggest change (I'm crossing my finger for the commentaries, but it isn't likely.) It will feature a short interview with Virginia Hey, the actress that plays Zhaan in the series, and 5.1/2.0 Dolby surround audio, definitely much less than the previous three DVD released.
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Summary: WOW!
Review: Amazing! Like all FARSCAPE episodes, these two are astounding. You find yourself pulled in with the characters and you can't help but love this show. Actually when it first aired, "That Old Black Magic" was the first episode I had ever seen of this series. I tell you, I was a fan right away.
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Summary: Not as good as most Farscape, but better than most other TV
Review: Crichton (Ben Browder) finds love on an abandoned Peacekeeper battleship in "PK Tech Girl." This irks Aeryn (Claudia Black) and gives us our first clear hint of the potential for the great romance that is to come. Meanwhile, D'Argo (Anthony Simcoe) and Zhaan (Virginia Hey) bluff a dangerous intruder and Rygel confronts old ghosts. A strong episode.
"That Old Black Magic" is less successful. A powerful sorcerer (Chris Heywood) kidnaps Crichton and brings him face-to-face with Crais (Lani Tupu) in order to feed off the resulting emotion. Despite a powerful performance by Heywood, the tremendous power his character must possess in order to bring Crais into the story makes him too implausible. In addition, much of the episode is talky and consists of our hero running around in a maze, which becomes tiresome after a while. However, we do receive some important and intriguing insight into Zhaan's character and history.
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Summary: 4th FARSCAPE DVD is a Good View
Review: Well, it was bound to happen. The fourth DVD based on the FARSCAPE series came out, but it was the first one without any real special features at all. While the DVDs are nice to have simply because of the quality of the graphics and the extra footage not seen in North America, is that really enough? I don't think so. This one starts out with "PK Tech Girl", one of my favourite Season One episodes. When the crew of Moya find the wreckage of a legendary Peacekeeper ship, the Zelbininon, floating in space, they go aboard to see what they can find starchart-wise. But the Zelbinion is not deserted, as Crais left a tech team to go over the ship, and the only survivor, Gilina, hits it off with Crichton. Meanwhile, Rygel must come to grips with having been tortured on this infamous ship, and the fire-breathing scavengers, the Sheyangs, who arrive on the scene don't make the situation any easier. This is a lovely story with some good stuff in it, marred only by the Sheyang at times, but the extra footage here doesn't really make or break this episode. Still, it puts certain story elements into the forefront, provides some background on Rygel, and give Crichton a lust interest that he's not really been given a chance to have yet. Plus, it acts as the catalyst for several storyline developments down the road (notably in "Durka Returns"). The second episode, "That Old Black Magic", has the crew of Moya visiting a commerce planet searching for a remedy for Rygel's case of flu. An evil sorcerer, Maldis, rules the planet through fear and intimdiation, and when he captures both Crichton and Crais and pits them against one another, Zhaan is forced to bring her dark side to the surface to save her shipmate. This episode is a terrific story with some great acting by Lani Tupu as Crais and Chris Heywood as Maldis, and brings the Crichton/Crais relationship back into focus. The extra footage here is worth the price, simply because it adds significantly to the background of Crais and a whole new dimension to some of the morality and ethics of the story. With no commentary versions or any other special features, other than the terrific D'Argo/Anthony Simcoe profile, this DVD is very light on extra features for the price. I don't know what the reasoning for this was, other than that it was a Henson Company decision, but having the episodes on DVD is the real bonus here. I gave the episode four stars, rather than three, simply because the Anthony Simcoe interview was illuminating and because the extra footage in "That Old Black Magic" made the DVD worth the price alone.
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