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| Farscape 1.3 [1999] | ![Farscape 1.3 [1999]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51R6ZA2WTAL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Directors: Geoff Bennett, Ian Watson, Tony Tilse
Studio: Contender Entertainment Group
Category: DVD
List Price: £24.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 59096
Format: Pal
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
Running Time: 240 minutes
Number Of Items: 2
Discs: 2
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.5 x 1.4
EAN: 5030305810030
ASIN: B00004TL91
Theatrical Release Date: March 19, 1999
Release Date: July 24, 2000
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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Amazon.co.uk Review
An international co-production of Jim Henson's Creature Shop, Australia's Channel 9 and Hallmark Entertainment, Farscape is genre television at its most ambitious, inspired both by the cult appeal of Babylon 5 and the continuing success of the Star Trek franchise. Making extensive use of CGI, prosthetics and state-of-the-art puppetry, Farscape takes a visual leap beyond previous shows. Admittedly, the basic premise may be borrowed from Buck Rogers (American astronaut catapulted to far-flung galaxy populated by strange aliens), while the crew have something of Blake's 7 about them (a motley bunch of escaped convicts pursued by a relentless foe), and ideas such as the living ship are borrowed from Babylon 5, but the Farscape concept has a freshness that makes it look and feel completely original. The production design is all bio-mechanical curves and the script never takes itself too seriously (fart jokes and double-entendres pop up when you least expect them). It must have been expensive to make, but it certainly looks (and sounds-in Dolby Digital 5.1) as if every penny made it to the screen. In true Buck Rogers style, Ben Browder plays leading man John Crichton as an all-American astronaut, although with a more believable sense of bewilderment; the supporting cast is a mixture of Australian and British actors, mostly disguised under heavy make-up.There are five more episodes from Season One on this third DVD box set. "They've Got a Secret" has D'Argo being accidentally ejected into space, as a result of which, secrets of his imprisonment are revealed. "Till the Blood Runs Clear" finds Crichton and Aeryn confronting bounty-hunters. In "The Flax", the crew get all tangled up with some Zenetan pirates. Blue-skinned Delvian priestess Zhaan meets more of her kind in "Rhapsody in Blue", but madness is the result. Finally, "Jeremiah Crichton" finds our human hero stranded on an earthly paradise where no machines will function; falling in love is just the beginning of his troubles. On the DVD: Special features here are a gallery of conceptual art and another star profile, this time of Anthony Simcoe's Luxan warrior character, D'Argo. --Mark Walker
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 Makes Americans willing to pay large shipping fees October 12, 2000
Farscape is such an unbelievably good show that it makes me (a stingy American) willing to go to a UK site and pay the overseas shipping to catch the eps I missed in season 1. If you like sci fi, this will instantly captivate you.
 Great show - but these episodes do it no justice July 19, 2000
Since airing on BBC2 this australian/british production really grabs the attention with its effects and serialisation. You learn a little more about the characters as each episode unfolds. These are more orientated towards characterisation than action - especially 'Jeremiah', but you really do grow to relate to these characters!
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