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holdouttrout) wrote2021-02-03 05:58 pm
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Farscape: Premiere and I, E.T.
Just some random thoughts below the cut, guys--feel free to chime in with actual themes or side notes or tell me how wrong I am. I should also mention that I know there are different episode orders out there but I'm just following along with my DVDs. So. Yes.
Premiere
John Crichton has friends! He has a decent relationship with his dad! He is not an anti-hero loner, and he's nervous and excited!
Also: I… sort of forget that John Crichton is actually like… verifiably, really, really smart. I think it's because so much of Farscape is him being the fish out of water (and slowly acclimating)... and because ALL the other characters are verifiably, really, really smart, and much more used to their environment(s).
I love how utterly strange Moya is to John, at first. It's funny, but this time watching I really felt the duality of both kind of knowing what was going on (tractor beam???, hangar bay???) and yet having it be completely alien, too.
I adore the bit before John is injected with the translator microbes. I always have. These people have got to look so Star Trek to Crichton, and he can not only not understand them but they sound weird and wrong, and then he suddenly can understand them and… look, I grew up on Star Trek, and if that happened to me, I'd faint. I mean, and that's before you see Rygel. Or Pilot.
Aeryn has a great way of introducing herself, just sayin'.
Crais… Okay, look, his brother is dead, but like… did he actually watch that footage? This always bugs me, but okay. Whatever. Emotional reactions don't have to be logical, I guess.
These people are all super pretty.
Planet Earp.
Oh! I actually wanted to point out the really incredibly dumb Peacekeeper guards, becuase I feel like the Peacekeepers don't have enough dumb people just hanging around. Or something.
Boy, is it clear that these people have nothing in common with each other except for being in a really bad predicament together. It makes sense that Crichton is the only one of them that knows they're (possibly) stronger together than apart.
I, E.T.
This is one of those episodes that I feel should be difficult to watch - it's such an early episode, after all, and I'm often not that fond of early episodes of shows, before they hit their stride and solidify characterization… but I adore this episode.
For one thing, it throws you right into the chaos and clamor that this show often brings (no slow wind-up for the viewer - you are dumped right into the problem).
For another, it's just how familiar and how alien the planet feels. Everything is very Earth-like, but very unlike Earth, too. I recognize these people. I like (some of) these people.
One of my favorite moments is when John's clorium detector goes off and he gets excited and demands to know what it is that set it off--and scares Lyneea and the kid… and then realizes how they see him, apologizes, calms down, and settles back into a supplication for help. It's lovely, because his success isn't because he is smart or fast or strong, but because he can relate to how they see him.
Also: kissing is totally weird. Heh.
Also also: Zhaan!
Premiere
John Crichton has friends! He has a decent relationship with his dad! He is not an anti-hero loner, and he's nervous and excited!
Also: I… sort of forget that John Crichton is actually like… verifiably, really, really smart. I think it's because so much of Farscape is him being the fish out of water (and slowly acclimating)... and because ALL the other characters are verifiably, really, really smart, and much more used to their environment(s).
I love how utterly strange Moya is to John, at first. It's funny, but this time watching I really felt the duality of both kind of knowing what was going on (tractor beam???, hangar bay???) and yet having it be completely alien, too.
I adore the bit before John is injected with the translator microbes. I always have. These people have got to look so Star Trek to Crichton, and he can not only not understand them but they sound weird and wrong, and then he suddenly can understand them and… look, I grew up on Star Trek, and if that happened to me, I'd faint. I mean, and that's before you see Rygel. Or Pilot.
Aeryn has a great way of introducing herself, just sayin'.
Crais… Okay, look, his brother is dead, but like… did he actually watch that footage? This always bugs me, but okay. Whatever. Emotional reactions don't have to be logical, I guess.
These people are all super pretty.
Planet Earp.
Oh! I actually wanted to point out the really incredibly dumb Peacekeeper guards, becuase I feel like the Peacekeepers don't have enough dumb people just hanging around. Or something.
Boy, is it clear that these people have nothing in common with each other except for being in a really bad predicament together. It makes sense that Crichton is the only one of them that knows they're (possibly) stronger together than apart.
I, E.T.
This is one of those episodes that I feel should be difficult to watch - it's such an early episode, after all, and I'm often not that fond of early episodes of shows, before they hit their stride and solidify characterization… but I adore this episode.
For one thing, it throws you right into the chaos and clamor that this show often brings (no slow wind-up for the viewer - you are dumped right into the problem).
For another, it's just how familiar and how alien the planet feels. Everything is very Earth-like, but very unlike Earth, too. I recognize these people. I like (some of) these people.
One of my favorite moments is when John's clorium detector goes off and he gets excited and demands to know what it is that set it off--and scares Lyneea and the kid… and then realizes how they see him, apologizes, calms down, and settles back into a supplication for help. It's lovely, because his success isn't because he is smart or fast or strong, but because he can relate to how they see him.
Also: kissing is totally weird. Heh.
Also also: Zhaan!