Farscape - Season 1 (1999)

It's 1999, and the (fictional) IASA organization is testing a new spacecraft designed by scientist John Crichton that will help propel humanity into the stars. Crichton overshoots just a LITTLE bit, and ends up running into an alien spacecraft on the other side of the galaxy, accidentally causing the death of the very conspicuously human-like pilot. Pursued by the Peackeeper armada, John is taken in by a group of prisoners escaping aboard a living ship. Now John Crichton is trying to find his way back home, but has to survive this strange new world long enough to do so.

Vinnk and Sean share their college-era memories of one of the greatest science fiction (or should we say "SYFY"?) series of all time, and how well it holds up over 20 years later - especially the practical effects and muppet aliens provided by Jim Henson's Creature Shop. As one of the last series of the 20th century, there are over 20 episode per season to get through, compared to most of our other reviews, but you don't have to bust out your VHS tapes or fullscreen, non-anamorphic DVDs to watch along.

Starring:

* Ben Browder - John Crichton

* Claudia Black - Aeryn Sun

* Anthony Simcoe - Ka D'Argo

* Jonathan Hardy - Dominar Rygel XVI

* Lani Tupu - Pilot / Captain Bialar Crais

* Gigi Edgley - Chiana

Available on Amazon Prime Video and Blu-ray.


Logo by by Louis Lloyd-Judson: https://louistrations.co.uk.



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